THROUGH ME . . . THROUGH YOU
From the Book “LOVE STORIES” –
by Missionary Pat Bates
Doing what God wants you to do enables you to
live the most wonderful and satisfying life possible. Of course, I didn’t know that a few years ago
when I argued with God’s every instruction for my life!
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When He told me to give $10 to a hungry man on the street
. . . I told Him it would just be spent on booze.
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When He told me to teach a Bible study . . . I told
Him I didn’t know how.
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When He told me to go to the nations and make disciples
in His Name . . . I told Him nobody would listen to me.
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When He told me to go to
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When He told me to go to the
I always argued, and Praise
God, I always lost! May I tell you
what happened when I decided that God knew best?
o I gave the hungry man on the
street $10 and he cried because he had been hit by rocks thrown from
passing cars, and no one knew, or cared, that he had 4 little children who had
nothing to eat.
o began to teach a bible study that lasted for 6 years
and saw miracles happen:
a.
Manic depressed people healed
b. Agoraphobics delivered
and leaving their homes to attend church
c.
Diabetes and cancer healed
d. Children saved
e. Abusive spouses
repentant and healed
f.
Drug addicts instantaneously set free
● I began
to answer alter calls for those “with a heart for missions” and my faith
grew in my calling.
● I applied to
missions school (where it was a requirement to be debt-free, and I wasn’t), and
was accepted and debt-free before classes started!
● I searched
and found a position in the Philippines, and a whole church was freed from
controlling spirits, and the people have found
true joy in their lives.
Through these
victories, I found the revelation knowledge that it isn’t so much that God
knows best (of course, He does), but that He knows what He can accomplish through
me, when I surrender my will to His!
I pray the experiences I will share
with you, on these pages, will somehow help you to receive that same revelation
knowledge, and make you more aware of what the purpose and plan for your life
is. I really believe, for all of us, it
is loving people to Jesus, with a little hard work thrown in.
Your Sis, Pat
