Tu es la lumière du monde

Tu es la lumière du monde

Tu es la lumière du monde

Par Toni Weisz/Disciplines spirituelles

Écritures: Matthieu 5:3-16

Matthieu 5:3-16
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you, when they revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for My sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets which were before you. You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Aujourd'hui, we are going to take a break from our usual format because so many of us have been suffering from some very hard trials, and I want to use this time to repent of any sin in our lives and to pray for guidance and wisdom in our personal lives and this ministry. Seigneur, so many in our midst have been suffering for a long time with no relief. We ask, Seigneur, for You to move mightily on our behalf. We are seeking You with our whole hearts. Please attend to the voice of our prayers. Your word says that You collect our tears in a bottle. So precious in Your sight are Your saints.

We pray for our leaders in our government. Lord God, we pray your Holy Spirit will break those whose ways and policies oppose You. We pray that You will bend the arrows they are firing at Ouiour children so their own hearts will be pierced instead. Seigneur, confound those who are swift to shed innocent blood, who cause division, who lie, cheat, steal, and run to mischief. We pray that You will convict them of their sins so they can confess and turn from them. Seigneur, we are praying for their salvation, in Jesus' Name.

We pray for our leaders in the church and in ministry. Seigneur, we bind any spirit of pride in the Name of Jesus. Help us to be humble and teachable. Help us to be quick to hear and slow to speak. I pray our words will not be harsh but will be life–affirming and encouraging. Help us to continually extend grace to others. Help us to be patient, gentil, and compassionate. Let the glorious light of the gospel shine through our actions and words. We pray others will be drawn to You through our testimonies.

We pray for those who have heard the gospel and have rejected it. C'est la bonté de Dieu qui mène à la repentance. Father, help us to reflect Ouiour beauty in this world. Help us to love others the way you do, without partiality. For they are Ouiour image–bearers and Your most magnificent creation. Seigneur, we are praying You will have mercy upon them. Open their spiritual eyes to see who You are. Open their hearts et make them soft and pliable like clay in the M.aster’s hand. Seigneur, we are praying for a mighty harvest of souls saved.

Father, we are praying for a mighty revival in our land; let it start with me, Seigneur.

Many times, we feel alone. I want to encourage you with this song from Hillsong United, "Another in the Fire":
https://youtu.be/WUSsEo52-a0. Let’s listen together.

Now let’s go to the Lord and share our hearts and our burdens. Let us confess sin and receive the forgiveness and healing we all need. Let’s join our hearts in one accord to worship and thank God for His goodness and faithfulness.

Please reach out if you need to talk or need prayer. Ouiou can email me at: toni@myashestobeauty.com.

You are dearly loved,
Toni

 

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Un pécheur sauve par la grâce de Dieu

Un pécheur sauve par la grâce de Dieu

Un pécheur sauve par la grâce de Dieu

Dust Toni Weisz

 

Quand j'étais une petite fille, J'ai eu du mal à être parfait, pensant que ce serait aimé si c'était. Cela n'a pas fonctionné, Alors je me suis tourné vers l'alcool, au 12 années, Drogues 13, sexe 16, Et puis j'ai eu mon avortement avec le 21 années. Je me suis caché dans mes secrets et j'ai mis le masque de perfection, Mais à l'intérieur, il souffrait d'une profonde dépression et de la solitude.

Je cherchais l'amour et l'acceptation aux mauvais endroits. Ce vide profond m'a rendu vulnérable à l'ennemi. J'avais tellement de colère et de déteste pour moi que j'ai essayé de me blesser en frappant et en donnant des coups de pied sur les murs et les portes. J'étais hors de contrôle. Ma dépression a empiré, Surtout après l'avortement. Je voulais juste mettre fin à cette vie tourmentée.

Mais Dieu avait un plan différent pour moi, Un bon plan avec un bon avenir. Il 6 Février 1994, Dieu m'a sauvé radicalement et je suis né de nouveau au 34 années. Je suis très reconnaissant à Dieu pour sa miséricorde quand j'ai été perdu dans mes péchés, tourmenté, cassé, déprimé et seul. Je pensais que la vie ne valait pas la peine d'être vécue tant que Dieu m'a donné une vie abondante en Christ.

Je ne veux jamais oublier d'où je viens parce que ça m'aide à aimer encore plus Jésus pour ce qu'il a fait pour moi. Je suis un pécheur sauve par la grâce de Dieu, Et vous pouvez aussi être. Si vous n'avez jamais demandé à Jésus de pardonner vos péchés et d'être votre Seigneur et Sauveur, Donc aujourd'hui est le jour du salut pour vous.

La Bible dit:

23 Parce que tout le monde a péché, et sont licenciés de la gloire de Dieu, (Romains 3:23)

23 Parce que la rémunération du péché est la mort, De plus, le don de Dieu est la vie éternelle en Christ Jésus Seigneur nôtre. (Romains 6:23)

9 que si vous confessez avec votre bouche que Jésus est le Seigneur, Et croyez en ton cœur que Dieu l'a retiré des morts, Tu seras sauvé. 10 Parce qu'avec le cœur, on croit pour la justice, Mais avec la bouche, il avoue pour le salut. 11 Eh bien, l'écriture dit: Tous ceux qui croient en lui, Il ne aura pas honte. (Romains 10:9-11)

13 Parce que quiconque invoque le nom du Seigneur, Il sera sauvé. (Romains 10:13)

 

8 Parce que par grâce, vous êtes sauvé par la foi; Et ce n'est pas de toi, Eh bien, c'est le don de Dieu; 9 Pas pour les œuvres, pour que personne ne gloris. (Éphésiens 2:8-9)

Le salut est un cadeau de Dieu.

Recevrez-vous ce cadeau aujourd'hui?

Contactez-nous si vous voulez en savoir plus sur Jésus et ce que cela signifie “être né de nouveau ".

Vous pouvez m'envoyer un e-mail à toni@mystobeauty.com ou vous pouvez aller sur notre site Web, www.myashestobauty.com.

Merci et que Dieu vous bénisse.

— Toni Weisz

 

Un pécheur sauvé par la grâce

Un pécheur sauvé par la grâce

Un beau témoignage

Un beau témoignage

Un beau témoignage

Par Toni Weisz/Disciplines spirituelles

Écritures: Ruth 1:15-18 and James 4:6-8un,10

And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more (Ruth 1:15-18).

Even in Naomi’s suffering, she was a powerful testimony to her two daughters-in-law who were living with her. So much so that Ruth left her family and all she knew and followed Naomi and embraced her God. To suffer well is not an easy thing to do, especially when we are plagued with prolonged suffering, hardship, and pain. We cry out to God and ask, "Seigneur, why is this trial lasting so long? What am I supposed to be learning from this? Please help me to endure.”

I know several of you are in a season of prolonged hardship, grief, difficult family situations, douleur, physical challenges, et dépression. It makes my heart sad to see you suffer so. But I know that our God never wastes our pain. He uses it for a specific purpose, which could be for salvation, or to make us aware of a blind spot, or to expose an unconfessed sin, or spiritual warfare, and/or a combination of several things, or the fact that we live in a fallen world and these human bodies are slowly breaking down.

I know in prolonged seasons of suffering; I have learned some very valuable truths about God that I would not have if I were healthy and strong and able to do my daily routine.

In your season of prolonged trials, what is God showing you?

Others are watching how you handle adversity.

For one of our dear sisters, her prolonged trials are leading her husband to seek the Lord. Praise Jesus for that.

While in this season, how has God used you to share the gospel with others or to pray for others or to receive help from others (which is sometimes hard to do)?

A humble and teachable spirit is of great value in the sight of God.

God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up (James 4: 6-8a and 10).

When we keep our eyes focused on God, I believe suffering can conform us to the image of Jesus. We can reflect His beauty, love, forgiveness and compassion to the world around us. When we have a humble, teachable spirit and we are seeking God with our whole heart, God can do amazing things in and through us. I believe this is what Naomi did, and as a result of her suffering well and seeking God with her whole heart, God turned her ashes of grief, sorrow, and despair and turned them into great joy. Ruth married Boaz and conceived a child who would be the grandfather to King David. Naomi’s life had been redeemed by God. She felt so blessed and cared for by God, and I pray that you too will experience that joy again.

Des questions à prendre à cœur:

  1. What is God showing you during this time of prolonged suffering?
  2. How can we come alongside you to help you endure this very difficult season?
  3. How has God used your trials to minister to another person?
  4. Comment pouvons-nous prier pour vous?

Je prie ce sujet qui vous a été utile. If you need to talk just text or email me at: toni@myashestobeauty.com.

Tu es aimé,
Toni

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Dissimuler mes péchés

Dissimuler mes péchés

Dissimuler mes péchés

par Toni Weisz/Disciplines spirituelles

Écritures: Genèse 3:6-9 et 21, Numbers 32:23, 1 John 2:2, 2 Corinthiens 5:10, and Revelation 20:15

 

Genèse 3:6-9
Alors, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; and they sewed fig lives together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called Adam and said to him, “Where are you?"

Genèse 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them.

Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, voir, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

1 John 2:2
And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

My marriage did not start out on a solid foundation. I married my husband, first, because I felt a bond with him because we aborted our first child, Joseph, 45 years ago, and second, because we were living in sin and I was about to graduate from college and that meant my parents would be visiting me in Ohio for the first time on my graduation. I was frantically trying to figure out, “How am I going to hide this from them?"

Seven weeks before my sister was to be married, she broke off her engagement. I had no idea she was even struggling in this relationship, and when I think back at that, I realize I didn’t even console my sister because I was very self-absorbed. I was living in sin and doing the devil’s bidding, and that made me a very selfish individual. I was obsessed with keeping that perfect mask on and making sure my sin would not be found out.

Alors, I devised a plan, “What if I took her place? That might work. The wedding is in August, and I graduate in December, so the timing will be perfect.”

I saw red flags. He was too controlling and manipulative, but he took care of my physical needs, so I decided to go forward with my plan.

A few days before the wedding, I was at my parent’s house, and I was vacuuming my brother’s room. The only window in his room was a small hexagonal window on top of the west wall. I was thinking to myself and saying a prayer of sorts; I didn’t know the Lord then, so I only cried out to Him in times of desperation. “Am I doing the right thing marrying John?” All of a sudden, the sun shone in through that little window on me, and I could feel the sun’s rays on my face. And I felt a calming in my spirit, and I said to myself, “OK, I guess that means yes.” So, I went through with it.

I was like Adam and Eve in the garden. I too was hiding from God, and I tried to cover up my numerous sins by rushing in and getting married and then thinking to myself, “That takes care of that; I am all good.”

Non. it doesn’t work like that. I was covering up my sin with more sin. Just like when Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness (their sins), it didn’t work either. Only God through the blood of Jesus can cover our sins. Anything else is a counterfeit.

Are there sins in your life that you are trying to cover up too with more sin? Or are you medicating to numb yourself so you don’t feel anything? Or are you pretending your sins do not exist?

One day, your sins will find you out. They will all be exposed. Just when we think we can get away with something, God shines His light into our darkened souls, and he exposes our faulty misguided ways to deal with our sin.

The only way our sins can truly be covered is by trusting in Jesus and receiving the gift of salvation that God freely offers all of us. God killed animals to cover Adam and Eve’s sin. When we put our faith and trust in Jesus, His blood covers our sins.

If you have never asked Jesus to forgive your sins and be your Lord and Savior, then there is still time. Please, if God is convicting you right now, don’t delay. Please reach out to me, toni@myashestobeauty.com.

Tu es aimé,

Toni

P.S. For those of you who know Jesus, what are you doing to share the gospel in your part of the world with your sphere of influence? Time is short. Please reach out if you need help with that.

 

Dieu a-t-il couvert vos péchés?

Dieu a-t-il couvert vos péchés?

Dieu a-t-il couvert vos péchés?

par Toni Weisz/Outils de récupération

Scripture References: Genèse 3:6-21, Psaume 85:2, Psaume 32:1, and James 5:16

Genèse 3: 7-9 et 21
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees in the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” Also, for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

Hebrews 9:22b
UNEnd without the shedding of blood is no remission.

Psaume 85:2
You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin.

Psaume 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one to another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

It’s interesting when we read the verses in Genesis 3 how Adam and Eve tried to cover up their (nakedness) sins by sewing fig leaves together, but they were still in their sin. They were still hiding from God. Only God can forgive sin and remove it from us. It wasn’t until God sacrificed an animal and blood was shed, a foreshadowing of the precious blood of Jesus shed for us to cover our sins, that their nakedness was covered. This is the first time in Scripture that an animal is killed for a sacrifice for sin.

I tried everything to cover my sins on my own, but that never worked because I was covering up my sins with more sins. I had created this huge web of secrets and lies, and I found myself getting more and more tangled in them. I didn’t know how to break free of this. Without Christ, it was impossible. But when I received Jesus as my Lord in 1994, I had the Holy Spirit to help me to have victory over sin and this destructive pattern.

It wasn’t until I surrendered to God and asked Him to forgive all my sins that my sins were covered. This is an ongoing process for the rest of our lives. As God reveals truth in areas we were once blinded in, we have awareness, and with that comes responsibility.

“What is my part, Seigneur? Show me what I need to do to make things right.”

Confessing sin to one another, apologizing for things we have said or done, and always asking God to show us our sins and shortcomings are all part of the ongoing process. We are always responsible to do the right thing regardless of what someone else does to provoke us.

In Step 4 of the 12 Steps of AA, we are to make a search and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The next, Step 5, is to admit to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)

God wants us to go to Him about all our sins that the Holy Spirit convicts us of. It’s not a blanket prayer for the rest of our lives, e.g., “O God forgive my sins.” He wants us to mention each one to Him. He wants us to be broken over our sins and to turn away from them. He has so much He wants to show us.

Are you willing to sit at His feet and put everything else in your busy life on hold while He ministers His grace, peace, and love upon you?

Take some time right now. Viens, Holy Spirit, and show each of us areas that we need to work on, ways we have fallen short and have disappointed You and hurt others. Help us, Seigneur, to be clean vessels ready for Your use.

What has God reveled to you? Write it down.

Our sanctification is a lifelong process. God wants us to bring everything into the light that the Holy Spirit reveals to us. “Show me, Lord Jesus, areas I have sinned against You and another person.” He wants us healed in all areas of our life, and this is a process that takes sometimes decades. We must be patient and kind to ourselves, especially those of us with abuse in our past.

Des questions à prendre à cœur:

  1. What did God reveal to you today?
  2. What area(s) in your life has God showed you that you need to address, change, apologize for, or repent from?
  3. Do you have an accountability partner that can help you in these areas?
  4. Comment pouvons-nous prier pour vous?

Please know it takes hard work to heal from trauma, and not many people do it because it hurts sometimes. But the hurt will subside as God reveals even more truth and He fills you with His love and peace.

Seigneur, strengthen these women to step out and trust You. We ask You to heal all their wounds. In the powerful name of Jesus, nous prions, amen.

Tu es aimé,
Toni

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