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Disappointments In Life
What to do When Your Prince Turns into a Frog!
Kathie Walters
Macon, GA
Macon, GA
Your hopes and dreams seem right in front of you... so
embrace them. It's just great and everything in the garden is lovely.
But after a while the prince begins to
look a little different ...hummmm you didn't really notice that before. It was
all happy.
I am using a couple of examples here but
your "prince" could be anything that looks and sounds really great
(at first) but then it begins to change. You make excuses at first and then of
course the "prince" blames you.
Maybe it's a great business deal. Some
friends of mine in Orlando met a couple who had a great business going. They
even had a nice office. They were charming, polite and certainly seemed to know
what they were doing.
So my friends invested a little and got a
good return. So they invested more and got a return, so then they invested
their whole savings- and guess what?
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That's right, the couple with the business
disappeared along with the office and the money. The prince became a frog (a
toad in this case).
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Thanks to God, the final chapter says "Jesus."
Maybe it's a church
that promised you heaven and earth. Great worship. Ministry opportunities (they
said).
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You are going to be propelled into a great anointing by joining
this showcase of "what God is doing."
This is where it's happening, you are made
so welcome. But after a while it seems like they aren't too interested in what
you have to offer (except your tithe maybe). The prince begins to turn
into a frog.
I have a good friend in Australia. He had
a great job with a great big bank and had great money coming in which he gave
liberally to his bustling church. He had attention.
A while later some things happened when he
stood up for righteousness in his high paying job so they fired him. So he
didn't have the money he had before. He thought he would get some counseling
and support from the prince (church) but you know what?
He could not get an appointment with the
pastor. My, that frog manifested quickly.
Thank the Lord
There are many great churches that care
about you and want you to prosper and want your ministry gifts and callings to
be operating.
They want you to fire on 8 cylinders instead of two. They
genuinely love you, even when you mess up.
You don't put your children out of
the house when they don't behave perfectly do you?
Be careful of what you attach yourself to. You are yoked to
Him and, "His yoke is easy and His
burden is light and delightful."
If you are under His yoke you will be in
the right place
One time when I was at a large conference,
a well-known minister got hold me and kinda pushed me into a room where there
was lady sitting crying. "Pray for her," he said and went out and
closed the door.
So I was left with this poor lady and I
think there was another lady there too.
I wasn't sure what was going on with the women but I just started
praying. "Oh," I said, "You married a prince that turned into a
frog."
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Well she just burst forth in sobs and I
felt terrible, but I didn't have any choice then but to press on. I prayed off
DISAPPOINTMENT - that's the biggest thing, then regret, rejection,
self-accusation etc.
She began to change as these things lifted
off her. "Then I said to her, "Oh and God said you are going to have
your furniture back."
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I wasn't sure what I was talking about but she
cried again when I mentioned her furniture but then started to laugh. She left
back the building back in faith, to move on with her life.
She turned out to be a well-known
minister's wife. Her husband had been killed in an accident. That was hard
enough but a while later she met a "prince." He was a very good
looking, charismatic Christian.
I mean charismatic in the way of personality
not belief system. She was so excited -- but after a while he began to
change and began to be verbally abusive. He told her it was her fault
because of things she did and didn't do that weren't exactly how he liked.
Then finally he became physically abusive
so she left one night and was now at my friend's conference. She left the house
with all her lovely furniture still there and he would not let her back again.
The night I prayed for her she was
sleeping on the floor in a room in a friend's apartment with no
furniture.
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Well of course I didn't know that, but God gave her word that
she would have it back. She knew that was God because she didn't even know me,
nor I her.
What do you do?
So what do you do when your Prince turns
into a frog? If there's anything legal involved make sure you get your
ducks in a row.
Get good advice from people who know what they are talking
about.
Spiritually and emotionally you have to forgive yourself first and
stop kicking yourself.
Yes maybe you should have seen it coming,
maybe there were things you just chose to ignore, even things
that are obvious now that you think about
it.
But it's gone now, so forgive yourself for maybe some stupidity on your part or maybe
you just were exceedingly gracious and kept forgiving.
You should forgive but at the same time,
sometimes you have to do something before the roof falls in on you. Maybe there
are things that you should take a look at.
For example; why you wanted to
embrace the prince when you maybe did have a little "check" in your
spirit?
But for now, concentrate on getting out of the debris to a clear
place then you can sort out those things. Don't try and analyze everything
while you are on an emotional roller coaster.
I've been talking about a woman but this
happens to men too. I met a minister who married a lovely girl who had a great
voice, besides being very attractive. He thought she would be a great asset to
his ministry.
She turned out to be the devil in disguise
and about destroyed his relationship with his family and also got hold of a
bunch of his savings before she "took off with the silver" as the
saying goes.
Was that Jezebel? Probably not. I am
writing some things about Jezebel that you probably haven't heard yet).
More like chameleon spirit. A chameleon spirit makes people able to disguise
their true colors. And maybe enchantment came on him.
The Thing is Through WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
First of all, forgive yourself as I said,
and forgive anyone else involved. You need to step clear of the debris in order
to see clearly. Maybe there is someone in a different area you could stay with
for a couple for weeks- That's not a necessity, it just can help. You can
always go back to clear up the debris.
Second, get someone to pray for you for
spirit of disappointment. It kinda hangs on you from behind and makes you keep thinking about it.
You
can only aim at what you can see. So you have to see what God sees for you and guess what He sees a
FUTURE.
It's about how to see what God sees for you. Bad things can happen but
it's not the end: the last chapter says JESUS. I have an article about Jesus as
the Rescuer.
Pray off all the rejection, and
self-condemnation, distrust etc. and then go on. See what God sees for
you.
You may have tripped over a rock, maybe
you rolled down a hill, but it's not over, it's not the end. A good friend of
mine who has been in the ministry for about 80 years says, "You can go out
on a knockout, or you can get up and come in on a knockout."
Make a decision, not according to how you
feel but according to what you believe about Jesus. He has you in the
palm of His hand but He will walk you out, or walk you in but He WILL NOT leave
you. He has plans.
As David said in Psalm 139. "Whither shall
I flee from you Spirit, or whither shall I flee from your Presence?.....If I
take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea.....even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold
me....... the darkness cannot hide from you."
He knows every breath you take, His
tenderness is eternal, "His
love has no limits, His grace has no measure, His power has no boundaries known
unto men."
There is great change taking place
everywhere and oh, I got a strong word yesterday when we rang bells at the
church I was at in Social Circle GA.
He is opening doors and opening
gates. Where you've been locked in the paddock - the gates are open. I
saw so many doors and gates opening in every direction I looked.
Look up not down, look out not down.
You are already seated in the heavenly places with Christ. You were meant to
fly and you will.
Remember
Jesus has the last word. It doesn't matter what the doctor says, it doesn't
matter what your circumstances say - He has the last word.
He is the Amen."All the promises of God in Him, are yes and
amen to the glory of God." (2 Corinthians 1:20)
Would
you want God to change your life?
God has made it possible for you to know Him
and experience an amazing change in your own life through a
relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ, and have eternal life.
Say the following prayer:
“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins
have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry. I now want to turn
away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again.
I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was
resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my
heart from this day forward. Thank You that according to your Word, I am now
born again.
Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will
for the rest of my life. I promise to study Your Word – the Bible.
Please use me for Your glory.
In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.”
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If you have just
put your trust in Jesus Christ, you have been born into God’s family.
As a spiritual
baby, you need to grow by feeding on God’s Word – the Bible (1 Peter 2:2).
You must have a good
modern translation Bible and begin prayerfully reading it. Start in the New
Testament, such as the Gospel of John or Paul’s letters to the Ephesians.
Also, you need to
join a Christian fellowship where the Bible is taught and where God is truly
worshiped.
God bless you as
you begin your new life with Him!
Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.
Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com
Website: www.kathiewaltersministry.com
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