What
to do When Your Prince
Turns
into a Frog!
Kathie Walters
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? 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). 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). 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?
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He could not get an appointment with the pastor. My, that frog manifested quickly.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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." 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. 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.
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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“No Condemnation”
Don Moen
lyrics
There is therefore now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus
There is therefore now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus
For those who are in Christ Jesus
There is therefore now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus
Verse:
For the law of the Spirit
Of life, in Christ Jesus,
Will set us free
From the law of sin and death
There is therefore now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus
For those who are in Christ Jesus
For those who are in Christ Jesus
For those who are in Christ Jesus
For those who are in Christ Jesus
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