Comments on: Five Words That Can Change Your Life http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/five-words-change-your-life/ Author, Speaker, Greeting Card Writer Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rebecca http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/five-words-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Rebecca Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/?p=1#comment-10 Docena, What a wonderful experience and lesson you shared. Your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit made the difference. And God truly is faithful to His Word. Keep sharing that story. It will encourage many, just as it did me. Blessings, Rebecca Docena,
What a wonderful experience and lesson you shared. Your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit made the difference. And God truly is faithful to His Word. Keep sharing that story. It will encourage many, just as it did me.
Blessings, Rebecca

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/five-words-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Rebecca Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:59:54 +0000 http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/?p=1#comment-7 Thank you for your kind words. It sounds like God has taught you much through your difficulties. May He continue to bless you. Rebecca Thank you for your kind words. It sounds like God has taught you much through your difficulties. May He continue to bless you.
Rebecca

]]> By: Docena Moore http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/five-words-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Docena Moore Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:33:33 +0000 http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/?p=1#comment-5 Rebecca...this article triggered a memory of mine from 1992. I was working for a college textbook publishing company as a receptionist. I also answered the phone. One day I messed up a phone communication for one our employees who had given me specific instructions to be very careful with this call. I was quite distraught over this woman's response to the situation. My apologies did nothing to calm her down. I spent an anxious night praying and wondering what I should do to try to impact the situation in a Christ-like manner. This woman was not a Christian and I wanted to respond to her as Christ would have me. The Holy Spirit reminded me of Matt. 6:1-4 where Jesus spoke about rewarding us for what we do in secret. So, I decided to go to work early. I stopped at the grocery store on the way to purchase a flowering plant to place on her desk with a card saying, "Have a nice day!" No signature...I was able to complete my "secret mission" without her seeing me. I went on with my day at my desk comforted that I had been obedient to Christ. Imagine my surprise when she later asked me if I was the one who had given her the plant! I guess my face gave her the answer, because she threw her arms around me and hugged me and thanked me! All was well....because I did something in secret that God used to heal a broken relationship! I was truly blessed because of God's faithfulness to His Word. I have shared this a number of times through the years to encourage others to do the same. Rebecca…this article triggered a memory of mine from 1992. I was working for a college textbook publishing company as a receptionist. I also answered the phone. One day I messed up a phone communication for one our employees who had given me specific instructions to be very careful with this call. I was quite distraught over this woman’s response to the situation. My apologies did nothing to calm her down.

I spent an anxious night praying and wondering what I should do to try to impact the situation in a Christ-like manner. This woman was not a Christian and I wanted to respond to her as Christ would have me.

The Holy Spirit reminded me of Matt. 6:1-4 where Jesus spoke about rewarding us for what we do in secret. So, I decided to go to work early. I stopped at the grocery store on the way to purchase a flowering plant to place on her desk with a card saying, “Have a nice day!” No signature…I was able to complete my “secret mission” without her seeing me. I went on with my day at my desk comforted that I had been obedient to Christ.

Imagine my surprise when she later asked me if I was the one who had given her the plant! I guess my face gave her the answer, because she threw her arms around me and hugged me and thanked me! All was well….because I did something in secret that God used to heal a broken relationship!

I was truly blessed because of God’s faithfulness to His Word. I have shared this a number of times through the years to encourage others to do the same.

]]> By: Tammy http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/five-words-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Tammy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:19:08 +0000 http://www.rebeccabarlowjordan.com/?p=1#comment-2 Yup, your gift for words lifted my soul so much this day,and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was just outside praising the Lord and lifting His name up high and then came back in to see the answer from the Lord on daily inspirations, FROM THE FATHER'S HEART My child, do you know how much I enjoy blessing My children? Do you understand that all I want for you are good things? But it is also My goodness that forgives and prods your heart when it needs changing. It is My goodness that allows tests to come your way. It is My goodness that holds you in the palm of My hand and will not let you go. I love you, My child. A GRATEFUL RESPONSE I stand unworthy of any good thing. Yet You, Lord, continue to pour into my life good and perfect gifts. Daily blessings, special relationships, answered prayers, undeserved favors—You give them all, Lord. Even in difficult times, Your goodness is always evident. Thank You, Lord. My husband and I have been through some seriously rough times, but through it all we have not complained, as a matter of fact we have praised and worshiped the Lord even more than before the trials that came upon us. You see we understand that my my my the Lord loves us so much that He has found us worthy of being chastened. Your words have worked a wondrous work on my heart this morning,as we are believing for a wonderful blessing and it was as though the Lord were saying through you, exactly what we are believing for. Thank you very much for sharing your gift of words with us. Tammy Levesque Monroe WA Yup,
your gift for words lifted my soul so much this day,and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was just outside praising the Lord and lifting His name up high and then came back in to see the answer from the Lord on daily inspirations, FROM THE FATHER’S HEART
My child, do you know how much I enjoy blessing My children? Do you understand that all I want for you are good things? But it is also My goodness that forgives and prods your heart when it needs changing. It is My goodness that allows tests to come your way. It is My goodness that holds you in the palm of My hand and will not let you go. I love you, My child.

A GRATEFUL RESPONSE
I stand unworthy of any good thing. Yet You, Lord, continue to pour into my life good and perfect gifts. Daily blessings, special relationships, answered prayers, undeserved favors—You give them all, Lord. Even in difficult times, Your goodness is always evident. Thank You, Lord.

My husband and I have been through some seriously rough times, but through it all we have not complained, as a matter of fact we have praised and worshiped the Lord even more than before the trials that came upon us. You see we understand that my my my the Lord loves us so much that He has found us worthy of being chastened.
Your words have worked a wondrous work on my heart this morning,as we are believing for a wonderful blessing and it was as though the Lord were saying through you, exactly what we are believing for. Thank you very much for sharing your gift of words with us.
Tammy Levesque Monroe WA

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