SO JOYFUL

Romans 14:17  For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I have so much joy in my life! and I am so grateful to my Father for giving me His joy, because I in myself could never be joyful. The Joy of the Lord is my SALVATION.

Romans 4:7 “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.

Have you been forgiven? I have, and that is the cause of my JOY.

Romans 4:8 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin!

Imagine that! My record is completely CLEARED!

Isn’t that a cause for JOY?

Romans 5:1 (Faith Brings Joy)Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.

Do you see how wonderful God is? He did not ask you or me to fix ourselves because He knows we can not do it. So He provided EVERYTHING for us through Jesus Christ. So there is no need to WORK for it! The only thing you need to do is BELIEVE HIM AND RECEIVE FROM HIM.

I used to think I did not deserve anything from God; this would have been right if Jesus had not given his life for me. BUT BECAUSE OF HIM HE HAS MADE ME WORTHY!  God has done everything for me because of Jesus… NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE DONE OF WHAT I MIGHT DO OR NOT DO. CAN YOU SEE THAT? IN OURSELVES EVERYTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!

BUT IN JESUS EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!

Romans 5:2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

Can you see how Jesus has made you worthy? Given you a place of privilege? What is the only thing God wants from you?

TO BELIEVE HIM! TO RECEIVE FROM HIM! TO ABIDE IN HIM! BUT EVEN THAT COMES FROM HIS LOVING HAND…LOOK AT THIS:

Philippians 2:13  For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

ISN’T GOD WONDERFUL?

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on May 22, 2012  •  Permalink
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I LOVE YOUR PEACE

John 14:27  “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Just like this picture above, God has a way out of every situation that may take my peace away. God IS peace! He does not have peace, HE IS PEACE! How can I, if He is in me, not be peace also? This is what it means to become one with the Father:

John 17:21  that they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

It is not only Jesus desire that I become one with Him as He is one with the Father; but as this becomes a reality, the world will see, and believe! Imagine of all of us would permit God to do this in our lives!

John 17:23 I in them and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.

The prof that God sent Jesus to the world? OUR UNITY WITH THE FATHER! Not having God as a companion when it is convenient! But being ONE WITH HIM! What a mysterious miracle!

I did not understand this miraculous truth until recently after my recovery; when I locked myself out in my room and God used it to reveal Himself to me, I saw Him! I heard his loving voice! I felt His embrace! How can I explain to you such a loving God? I had never seen Him like this before.

I would love for you to have this experience in your own life, please read the entire chapter of John 17th; it is Jesus heart poured out to the Father on our own behalf.

GOD BLESS YOU!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on May 15, 2012  •  Permalink
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YOU ARE MY PEACE

John 14:27  “I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

Have you ever felt  with life like you are in a pressure cooker? I think I can see you nodding because there is no person who has not gone through this situation.

In the past two weeks I went through such a situation; at first it looked like a wonderful opportunity and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it; for some people it is the right thing to do. Opportunities are wonderful! So please do not misunderstand me. I applaud the people who are good at taking advantage of great opportunities.

On the other hand is the lure of getting rich. This COULD BE something that can take your eyes from THE REAL PROVIDER; GOD. For Sammy and me, it has been , all of our married life, something that we have gotten to experience first hand. When we got married right after bible college, we had absolutely nothing; everything we have now, we have acquired till now has been with hard work, saving, and complete dependence on our Father. I say this with great thankfulness to Him. Sammy and I have a motto: GOD IS OUR FOUNTAIN.

When this “opportunity” was offered to me; I thought, well, I can help Sammy out! After all many wives work and make either their own money or contribute to the household. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT! What I have realized is that it is not for me.

How do I know? I am not a lazy person; I love accomplishing things; but doing business with people, selling things, and that kind of thing, I AM A TERRIBLE SALES PERSON.

The thing is that this was the kind of opportunity that came my way! And I got all excited at the thought of having more for the things I want, and even having my OWN MONEY!

I do not worry about money or the future since God has been transforming my life. I learned when they moved me away to Texas and we lost everything 4 years ago, and people were telling me we would end up on food stamps or starve; that God does not let his children be beggars; that would dishonor his faithfulness, because he promises he would not permit that. God showed me over there HIS FAITHFULNESS. We never lacked of anything. WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED!

When we moved back to Fairview God has continued to show me His faithfulness; not because I deserve it but because HE IS FAITHFUL. I HAVE NO FEAR OF NOT HAVING MY NEEDS MET BECAUSE I KNOW WHO IS MY FATHER, MY PROVIDER.

When I started trying to “take advantage” of this opportunity I was telling you about, old feeling came back to me; insecurity, greed, desires for more. I HAD BEEN CONTENT! WHAT HAPPENED? I WENT THE WRONG WAY!

I gave it a good try! I went all out on my business venture. Do you know what happened? TOTAL FAILING! This brought me more insecurity, more fear of the future, a  terrible feeling of being not good enough. I lost my peace, my security, my place.

Then I ran to my Father not even knowing what had happened. I asked Him to please not let me get lost in whatever it was I was getting lost in. I was still trying to make a go of my endeavor. Then one night, after failing in another appointment I had made, I asked my Father why this was happening. I heard Him clearly telling me: I DON’T WANT THIS FOR YOU!

I knew in that moment that He was trying to let me know this from the beginning. Like I said before, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER; BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME.

AS SOON AS I LET IT GO AND LET GOD BE MY FOUNTAIN, MY PEACE RETURNED TO ME, I GOT MY SECURITY BACK AND I FEEL GREAT! GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MINISTRY AFTER HE GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK; THIS IS WHAT FILLS MY LIFE WITH JOY, PEACE, LOVE.

HE WILL TAKE CARE OF ME!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on April 24, 2012  •  Permalink
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MY FATHERS BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART

Psalm 73:28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!

Psalm 77:14

You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples.

Psalm 86:8 There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours.

Psalm 92:4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Psalm 92:5 How great are Your works, O LORD!  Your thoughts are very deep.

Psalm 104:24 O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.

Psalm 139:14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 145:4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,  And shall declare Your mighty acts.

Psalm 145:5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on April 10, 2012  •  Permalink
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HE LOVES YOU! HE PROVED IT BY GIVING HIS LIFE.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him. “Listen,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die. Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”” Matthew 20: 17-19 NLT

When God decided to save me, He made the most unbelievable plan to do it. He did not pay for my salvation with money, that would not do! He did not ask anyone else to do it, that would not do! He did not try one thing and then another, that would not do! When He decided to save me, He did the mos wonderful, unbelievable thing anyone could imagine! HE GAVE HIMSELF!

This divine act, because that is what it is, was a COMPLETE % SOLUTION TO MY ETERNAL PROBLEM; FROM MY BIRTH TO MY ETERNAL LIFE. NOTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE DONE IT.

So He took the form of a new-born baby and lived in this earth as a man of flesh and blood; He lived amongst us! And no one recognized Him! No one realized God Himself had come from heaven and showed us how to live!

When God made His plans to save me, He did not ask someone else to do it; That would not do! He did not pay for it with money, That would not do! He did not beat around the bush about it, That would not do! When He made his plan, He gave His own life to save me, he poured His own blood as the payment. THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD DO!

This REMEDY of God; was to be a PERMANENT SOLUTION; a ONCE AND FOR ALL SOLUTION to the plight of humanity. THE BLOOD OF JESUS PAYED FOR ALL OF MY SIN, FOR ALL OF MY PAIN, FOR ALL OF MY INFIRMITIES. THERE IS NOTHING THAT HIS BLOOD DID NOT COVER.

His purpose? To give me (you) eternal life with Him; to fill my (your) life NOW! with everything that He is and that He has; JOY, LOVE, PEACE, FULFILLMENT, PURPOSE.

If you are skeptical, look at my life; a woman who supposedly had it all, but that was in such pain and sorrow that took her own life 4 years ago. God, against all odds, gave me my life back; after months and months of physical recuperation and then much more time of spiritual struggle; HERE I AM! A FULL SATISFIED LIFE; FULL OF JOY AND PURPOSE AS NEVER BEFORE, I STILL HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF  WHEN I REMEMBER HOW I USED TO BE AND HOW MY LIFE USED TO BE. I AM A LIVING TESTIMONY OF GODS TRUTH! A LIVING TESTIMONY OF HIS GRACE!

Nothing in the circumstances of my life have changed; everything is the same, and in some instances it is ever worse. BUT I BELIEVE MY FATHER! CAN YOU SEE THIS? I HAD NO HOPE BEFORE! HOPE IS A WONDERFUL THING! BUT HOPE HAS TO BE BASED ON SOMETHING REAL! MY GOD IS REAL! MY FATHER IS WONDERFULLY REAL! HOW DO I KNOW? I KNOW HIM! I PERSONALLY KNOW HIM!

NOW I HAVE HOPE BASED ON THE GOD  CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE! HIS PROMISES ARE TRUE AND I CAN DEPEND COMPLETELY  ON HIM! THE DEFERENCE FOR ME IS THAT I HAVE MET HIM PERSONALLY, FOR REAL!

CONSIDER HIS LOVE FOR YOU. NOT THE RELIGION YOU BELONG TO,IF THERE IS A LONGING IN YOUR HEART FOR THE TRUTH; WOULDN’T IT BE WORTH IT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE?  HE IS WAITING FOR YOU…

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on April 3, 2012  •  Permalink
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WITH UNVAILED FACE

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Yesterday, Sammy and I were reading the Bible before going to church. He read the above verse to finish the chapter and it hit me like a ton of bricks!  I had read this verse before, but had never seen the TRUTH of it before!

Look at it! I am going to personalize it so you can see what I mean:

BUT I, WITH UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, AM BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.

Do you see it? I see it more clearly than ever! How God’s promise of transforming me; you; into the very image of Jesus; to the point that I will reflect HIS GLORY… LIKE JESUS DID!

This is amazing to me; because before I would hear this “other” voice telling me how worthless and despised I was; how I could never, ever reach the favor of God; how lowly and unworthy I was. I listened to this all my life and believed it in the core of my being; against everything else I did or I believed I KNEW this more than anything.

Then God saves my life in February 13th 2008 (My Testimony on the top tab) and changes EVERYTHING. Like this verse says, HE REMOVED THE VAIL THAT HAD COVERED MY EYES ALL MY LIFE; HE KNEW MY HEART; HE KNEW I HAD ALWAYS DESIRED TO BE WELL WITH HIM; HE KNEW MY FOOLISH EFFORTS TO ATTAIN HIS APPROVAL AND LOVE WHEN IT ALL HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ME FREELY; BUT I DID NOT KNOW IT, I THOUGHT I HAD TO EARN IT!

SO AFTER I HAD LOCKED MYSELF UP IN MY BEDROOM FOR 7 MONTHS AND GOD SHOWED ME HIS LOVE FOR ME; WITHOUT CONDITION OR ANYTHING BUT MY COMPLETE SURRENDER TO HIM; IT WAS A MIRACLE. YOU SEE I WAS BLIND! HE HAD TO REMOVE THAT VAIL SO I COULD SEE HE HAD DONE IT ALL FOR ME! THE ONLY THING HE EVER WANTED FROM ME WAS TO RECEIVE, TO ACCEPT, TO BELIEVE HIM!

IN THE VERY MOMENT THAT I SAW IT AND MADE THE DECISION TO BELIEVE HIM; TO ACCEPT HIS OFFER; HE STARTED CHANGING ME! HE CHANGED MY OPINION AND BELIEF OF WHO HE IS, OF HOW HE IS, AND OF WHAT HE WANTS FROM ME! I COULD NOT BELIEVE I HAD BEEN SO VERY WRONG ABOUT HIM ALL MY LIFE! I SAW THAT WHAT I HAD WAS NOTHING LESS THAN A DEAD RELIGION; THAT IS WHAT IT WAS! NO WONDER I HAD FAILED SO BADLY! RELIGION DOES NOT WORK! RELIGION, ANY RELIGION, IS DEAD! IT DOES NOTHING FOR YOU! WHAT IT DOES IS TO GIVE YOU PRIDE IN YOUR OWN DOING; BUT AT THE END IS ONLY FRAUD TO YOURSELF AND TO OTHERS.

BUT NOW! I CAN NOT EXPRESS HOW IN WONDER I AM OF MY FATHER! I SEE HIM MOVING! I SEE HIM DOING! I MARVEL AT HIS WORKS THAT I SEE IN MY LIFE EVERY DAY! HOW CAN I DENY THAT? HOW CAN I BE QUIET? HE IS MARVELOUS! WONDERFUL! MY PEACE! MY PROVIDER! MY LOVE! MY JOY! MY HEALTH! EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED! EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!

TO TOP IT OF HE NOW TELLS ME I AM A REFLECTION OF HIS GLORY! LIKE A MIRROR! BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF JESUS!

BE BLESSED!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 27, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 27, 2012

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NO WORDS!

Nothing ever prepared me for what is happening with the class I am sharing in the internet. Last night it was GLORIOUS; to see God revealing Himself to all of us has been nothing less than a miracle. Imagine this: about 12 people connected through cameras, we do not even know each other personally  ( I do know 4 of them); separated by thousands of miles; we share what God has been teaching us during the week after we have processed the lesson with Him and the results have been more wonderful than I would ever have dreamed.

Last night after we all shared, asked questions and learned from our Father, people ¡started weeping!; the words were not enough to express the joy that God filled us with because we are getting to know Him as He is for real. For some of the students, this is the very first time they have met God AS THEIR FATHER. LIKE ME, THEY ALL HAVE KNOWN GOD AS A GOD; LIKE MOST PEOPLE KNOW HIM; GOD WHO MAYBE IS THERE FOR CHURCH, AND ONCE IN A WHILE PAYS ATTENTION TO YOU, OR YOU TO HIM, WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED. AM I RIGHT?

So to realize that God can be as close as you permit Him to be, that His interest in you is so great, that He cares about everything no matter how small you think it is or so great, and that He wants to have such a personal relationship with you so you can really feel as his beloved child, AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE HIS BELOVED CHILD,  that He is the BEST FATHER YOU COULD HAVE  EVER IMAGINED, IMAGINE THAT!

THIS IS WHAT EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS EVER LONG FOR. WE LOOK FOR IT IN EVERYTHING WE DO TO BE HAPPY, TO BE FULFILLED. WE STUDY, WE GET MARRIED, WE HAVE CHILDREN, WE MAKE MONEY, WE GET DEGREES, WE GO TO CHURCH, WE WORK, WE BUILD, WE DO AND DO, WE STRUGGLE. AND MANY, MANY TIMES INSIDE WE REMAIN EMPTY, SORROWFULLY EMPTY.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CLASS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME 2 AND A HALF YEARS AGO; I WAS SO RELIGIOUS, SO DEDICATED, WORKED SO HARD AT EVERYTHING I DID; BUT IN MY HEART I FELT THE EMPTINESS, I WAS WORN OUT FROM TRYING SO HARD AND FAILING, WHEN MY EFFORTS WERE NOT ENOUGH, NEVER EVEN CLOSE; MY HEALTH FAILED, I BECAME UNDONE.

THEN GOD SAVED MY LIFE AFTER I TOOK IT AWAY WITH MY OWN HANDS. HE WANTED TO SHOW ME A DIFFERENT WAY; HIS WAY! HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE BEFORE, BUT I COULD NOT SEE HIM, MY OWN “STRENGTH” HAD BEEN IN HIS WAY. SO HE PERMITTED ME TO LOSE IT SO I COULD FINALLY SEE HIM. HE WANTED TO LOVE ME AND I DID NOT LET HIM; I WAS TO BUSY DOING, EVEN FOR HIM, “SERVING HIM”… NOW I SEE IT! WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY DO FOR GOD? GIVE TO GOD? HE HAS IT ALL, HE IS ALL POWERFUL!

SO I DECIDED TO LET HIM SERVE ME! I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE ANATHEMA TO MOST CHRISTIANS; BUT LAST WEEK MY FATHER WENT FURTHER THAT EVER IN TEACHING ME THIS; JUST LISTEN TO THIS:

WHEN YOU ARE SO INTENT IN DOING YOUR OWN WORKS FOR ME, YOU ARE DENYING MY WORKS! YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR YOU IS NOT ENOUGH, THAT EVEN MY SONS DEATH IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO EARN WHAT I SO FREELY HAVE GIVEN YOU!

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE DIED TO. I HAVE CHOSEN TO BY HIS BABY, LYING IN HIS LOVING LAP TO RECEIVE AND RECEIVE UNTIL HE TAKES ME HOME. AS THIS BELOVED CHILD OF HIS, I CAN SHARE WHAT I COULD NEVER SHARE BEFORE, HIS LOVE TO YOU! HE LOVES YOU THE SAME WAY, BUT ONLY IF YOU RECEIVE IT, IF YOU BELIEVE HIM.

WILL YOU LET  HIM LOVE YOU?

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 20, 2012

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?

I have shared with you about wonderful opportunity my Father has given me to share with a class on-line. The whole experience has been absolutely  WONDERFUL!  I see Gods promise to me when I asked Him why let me live after I took my own life. I had felt completely useless, with more to deal than never before and I could not imagine WHY He wanted me alive! If you have read “My testimony” on the top tab of this page, you will remember He said to me: I AM GOING TO SHOW MY GLORY IN YOUR LIFE! At first I behaved like Sarah after God told her she would bear a child in her old age, I LAUGHED if I can use that word! How are you going to show your glory through someone who denied your love by killing herself?! In those days I did not even believe that he loved me! But then when I saw that I had only one choice, either surrender to Gods love or die without hope. I CHOSE TO BELIEVE HIM! THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE! Then God goes even further and gives me that promise: I WILL SHOW MY GLORY IN YOUR LIFE! WOW! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE HAD IN HIS MIND!

The first time I said the words: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Was still in Lake Jackson Texas; it was after the first time I shared my testimony to my family and friends (about 70 people) in our home there; I had invited everyone to tell them what God had done in me during those 7 months I locked myself in my bedroom. There were no excuses, no explanations for defending myself in my testimony that day; I CONFESSED MY ACTIONS TO THEM, MY REASONS THAT WERE TOTALLY WRONG, AND TOLD THEM HOW GOD HAD CHANGED MY LIFE DURING THOSE MONTHS ALL OF THEM HAD NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM ME. MY OLD CONCEPTS OF GODS CHARACTER WERE WRONG! BUT INSTEAD OF GOD HAVING PEOPLE CONVINCE ME OF THE CONTRARY; HE TOOK ME INTO THAT DARK SOMBER BEDROOM AND HE CONVINCED ME OF ALL THAT HE REALLY IS! THAT CHANGED MY LIFE IN EVERY WAY! HE IS STILL WORKING ON ME NOW! HE IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET! AND I AM LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

Well! Last night we were in our class on-line and we have a member who suffered a motorcycle accident and is paralyzed from his waist down, bedridden, suffering terribly, but hungry for the truth of God. As soon as I found out about him I started praying for him; not only for his body but for his entire being. A person can be completely well fiscally and dying in the inside! As our meetings have continued I have seen this mans face and seen his pain, the tears, sometimes uncontrollable weeping, as God is talking to him. As I have shared my testimony of what God has been doing in my life and body, not necessarily giving me complete health, but giving me complete peace and joy in spite of anything that happens; I see his eyes light up with hope!

As a group of our school we are sharing our needs for prayer and all of us have put Naoki (the man I am talking about) as a priority in our prayers. He shared with us his doubts, questions that i recognized immediately because these were the questions I had about God before He changed my life, and it has been my joy to share with him and with the rest of the group there experiences with my Father. These gives them tremendous hope! They are not hearing points 1,2, and 3 of how to do… they are hearing a living testimony of God doing in me, not me doing for God! Can you see the difference? This is a human thing! serving God, pleasing God, doing for God, etc. Look what God says about this:

Isaiah 64:6 (CEV)

We are unfit to worship you;

each of our good deeds

is merely a filthy rag.

We dry up like leaves;

our sins are storm winds

sweeping us away.

It is a whole completely different thing when God does things through me than when I try in my own strength to do things for God. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE!

AND I HAVE WONDERFUL NEWS! GOD HAS STARTED TO RESTORE NAOKIS HEALTH! IN THE PAST WEEK HE STARTED TO MOVE HIS TOES! HIS PAIN HAS DIMINISHED! HE SHARED THAT A PERSON OFFERED TO SUPPLY TREATMENT FOR HIM AND FORGO ALL THE COSTS FOR HIM!

WHO DOES THIS? WHO CAN DO THIS THINGS? THEREFORE MY QUESTION OF WORSHIP AND ADMIRATION!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING MY FATHER?! I SEE HIM SMILING AT ME! KEEPING MY PROMISE MI DARLING, KEEPING MY PROMISE; AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!  JUST THE BEGINNING!

MY CUP RUNETH OVER!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 13, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 13, 2012

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RECEIVING FROM GOD-PRAISING!

In the last few weeks I have been having difficult heath issues. I had spoken about this before and shared how God had been working in this through medicine and prayer. All of a sudden things got really bad, to the point that I was willing for the doctors to put a permanent catheter in me! I went to the doctor and we discussed my options; he told me one of those was out of the question for my age, and he tried another option that they were going to teach me to do in his office. There they discovered that my anatomy is very difficult to manage such a feat on my own!

I came home with bleeding, pain, and very disappointed with the doctors attitude with me. I JUST WANTED SOME RELIEF! He told me that the next option was a bladder pace maker. I had never heard of such a thing! You hear pace maker and you think HEART! Right? Well he explained it to me and gave me an appointment with the right urologist. I came home and looked it up on-line. As I got informed, I found out how many people had been helped so much by this procedure.

Some days went by and I started thinking: Why did the medicine stop working? Let me mention that all this time I had been speaking to my Father and asking Him for WISDOM, asking Him to show me what to do. I KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME AND HOW INTERESTED HE IS IN MY WELL BEING IN EVERY WAY.

One morning as I was about to take my medicine I looked at what I was about to do; I had been told to take it in an empty stomach; I always have BUT from some time to now, I had a terrible bout with allergies and started taking another medicine also in an empty stomach! Do you know what I was doing? TAKING THEM BOTH TOGETHER IN AN EMPTY STOMACH!

Innocent mistake! Right? Well! As soon as i stopped mixing those medicines, the one for my bladder STARTED WORKING AGAIN! DO YOU REALIZE WHERE THE WISDOM CAME FROM? I HAD GIVEN UP ON THE MEDICINE! IT HAS ITS UNCOMFORTABLE SIDE EFFECTS, BUT AS LONG AS IT WAS WORKING, I KNEW IT WAS WORTH IT!

THE DAY THAT GOD SHOWED ME THIS I WAS STILL THINKING OF THE PACE MAKER; I GOT IN THE SHOWER AND STARTED SINGING TO MY FATHER: There is no other God like you… there is not…there is not…there is not a God that can do… the things that You can do…. AND THEN I STARTED THANKING HIM! THANKING HIM FOR MY BLADDER, FOR THE DISCOMFORT, FOR ALLOWING ME TO KNOW HIM BETTER THROUGH EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS ACTUALLY THANKING HIM FOR ALL OF THIS! THEN, I STARTED TELLING HIM AND DECLARING THAT HE IS JUST! I HAD NEVER DONE THAT! IN FACT THAT HAD BEEN THE LIE THE ENEMY HAD USED WITH ME TO SHOW ME HOW UNJUST GOD HAS BEEN WITH ME ALL MY LIFE! ALL THE SUFFERING! ALL THE PAIN! AS SOON AS I STARTED TO SAY: YOU ARE JUST FATHER, I DECLARE THAT YOU ARE JUST! I FELT ANOTHER LEVEL OF FREEDOM IN MY SOUL; FREEDOM OF EVER LETTING THE THOUGHT THE DEVIL HAD PLANTED IN ME OF GOD BEING UNJUST INFILTRATE MY MIND AGAIN!

SO! MY TESTIMONY ABOUT THIS IS THAT MY FATHER GAVE ME THE WISDOM TO FIND OUT WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG SO THAT I COULD CHANGE IT AND BE BETTER. DO YOU SEE HOW WONDERFUL HE IS? DO YOU SEE HIS GRACE? DO YOU SEE HIS MERCY? DO YOU SEE HIS COMPASSION?

I PRAISE HIM! I THANK HIM! THERE IS NO OTHER GOD LIKE HIM. I AM SO BLESSED TO BE HIS DAUGHTER, TO BE SO LOVED BY THE ONLY LIVING AND TRUE GOD!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 6, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on March 6, 2012

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES

 

My Father has given me the wonderful opportunity to share his love and his truth through a class on-line. I can not even believe this is actually happening. But I do because this is what He promised me when I asked Him WHY HE BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE.

He told me: I AM GOING TO SHOW MY GLORY IN YOUR LIFE.

At the time I did not believe it was possible. How in the world would this be possible?

Luke 1:37 Amplified Bible (AMP) For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.

What put into motion the fulfillment of His promise was the fact that I believed Him, I believe Him now, and I will keep believing Him. Because He has proven Himself to me, not only in the fact that He loves me, but that He is flowing through my life like a river.

I love sharing His love with others. I can not help it! He has given me so much! More than I ever imagined possible.

So rejoice with me! Praise Him! and pray for me so that I will remain in this place of grace; of HIS INFINITE GRACE!

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by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on February 21, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Estrella Montealegre de Albarrán on February 21, 2012

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