http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/ A Home for the Stray Thoughts of an Ordinary Christian Woman Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:07:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-52401 Random Dozen # « Stray Thoughts Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:02:27 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-52401 [...] assurance of my salvation for years and finally deciding to get the matter settled: more on that here. The other occurred before that. My father was an alcoholic. My mother was not but did drink at [...] [...] assurance of my salvation for years and finally deciding to get the matter settled: more on that here. The other occurred before that. My father was an alcoholic. My mother was not but did drink at [...]

]]> http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-52088 Random Dozen Meme #7 « Stray Thoughts Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:08:44 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-52088 [...] Another — this encompassed several moments, actually — was when I was struggling with assurance and feared I was not [...] [...] Another — this encompassed several moments, actually — was when I was struggling with assurance and feared I was not [...]

]]> http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-51202 From the worldling’s hollow gladness « Stray Thoughts Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:16:34 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-51202 [...] “No, no, you were saved as a little child. Don’t you remember?” I had had enough struggles with assurance on my own that I would never say that to anyone wrestling with whether they had really believed on [...] [...] “No, no, you were saved as a little child. Don’t you remember?” I had had enough struggles with assurance on my own that I would never say that to anyone wrestling with whether they had really believed on [...]

]]> http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-36332 Elaine Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:20:27 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-36332 Hello! thank you soooo much for this post!! I especiallly loved the one about the plank, that it's the plank that gets you across the chasm, not how confident you are walking it... thanks so much for addressing some of these common fears! Hello! thank you soooo much for this post!! I especiallly loved the one about the plank, that it’s the plank that gets you across the chasm, not how confident you are walking it… thanks so much for addressing some of these common fears!

]]> http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-5417 Dear Me in 1973 « Stray Thoughts Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:02:48 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-5417 [...] though you probably struggle with it much longer than you need to, you will finally come to full assurance from God’s Word that He has saved you and brought you into His family when you asked His [...] [...] though you probably struggle with it much longer than you need to, you will finally come to full assurance from God’s Word that He has saved you and brought you into His family when you asked His [...]

]]> http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-840 Susan Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:41:31 +0000 http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/blessed-assurance/#comment-840 I've been reading your blog for a week or two now, and when I first read your salvation testimony, I couldn't believe how similar it was to mine! And now this entry . . . some of the things you struggled with are the exact same things that I battled, especially repentance. Thank you so much for writing this; it was a great blessing to see that someone else has struggled with it too. By the way, I made sure of my salvation on March 8, 1993, after 21 years of being in good, fundamental Baptist churches. I just turned loose of all the prayers, all the good things, all the "hope-so's" and simply trusted Christ. That day was a turning point for me! I’ve been reading your blog for a week or two now, and when I first read your salvation testimony, I couldn’t believe how similar it was to mine! And now this entry . . . some of the things you struggled with are the exact same things that I battled, especially repentance. Thank you so much for writing this; it was a great blessing to see that someone else has struggled with it too. By the way, I made sure of my salvation on March 8, 1993, after 21 years of being in good, fundamental Baptist churches. I just turned loose of all the prayers, all the good things, all the “hope-so’s” and simply trusted Christ. That day was a turning point for me!

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