{"id":4529,"date":"2014-05-30T16:16:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2014-05-30T16:16:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:16:52","slug":"fatigue-and-gods-saving-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/4529\/fatigue-and-gods-saving-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatigue … and God’s Saving Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/savingstrength.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pioneertract.com\/tracts\/52_RenewedStrength.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, I’ve wrestled with\u00a0fatigue<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0Sometimes it gets so bad I hardly have the strength to speak. \u00a0I get just plain worn out, from activities or exercise that normal people do everyday. \u00a0It’s a debilitating fatigue that is deep inside; not just simply being tired or drowsy. \u00a0It’s a terrible “drained” feeling; and a weakness at later hours in the day. \u00a0That’s why I finally went to see some specialists and get blood work—to check my thyroid, and my blood sugar levels, and my hormone levels. \u00a0The thyroid and glucose tests turned out surprisingly positive, with only a hint of high-blood-sugar issues. \u00a0The latter tests I have postponed, because I am now feeling better!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But It started to get worse the week before Mother’s Day, May 11th, then became much worse by May 14th, and\u00a0on Thursday, the 15th, I had a touch from Jesus. . . a BIG touch. . .<\/span><\/p>\n

I found some GCC tracts:\u00a0Saving Strength and\u00a0Renewed Strength. \u00a0Had never read them before. Don’t recall ever\u00a0seeing<\/em>\u00a0them before, but there they were; I had printed them from the PTS website, apparently, perhaps a year ago, they were in a box of office papers and stuff that I’d put in the garage. \u00a0I was searching in this box for some memories for Molly’s scrapbook and Jesus put those tracts right smack dab in my path. \u00a0They intrigued me. \u00a0So I read them. \u00a0I wept. \u00a0I praised God ! \u00a0They were the answer to my malaise. \u00a0So I prayed and worshipped God. \u00a0I felt the power of God upon me, like a heavy, comforting embrace. \u00a0And then—a release. \u00a0And I suddenly felt better. . . almost completely delivered from the previous symptoms. \u00a0What a RELIEF!!! \u00a0I went about my day…confident in Christ<\/em>…and the fatigue has not returned since. \u00a0In fact, I worked so hard at the retail store\u00a0on Monday\u00a0I thought I’d have a heart attack, from the extreme cardio exercise (stocking outdoor recreational equipment and shoving boxes around in the warehouse), but at the end of my 8 hour shift, I felt okay. \u00a0Really okay. \u00a0I went to Patty’s that night for OT study and I felt energized–especially after your OT preaching on the Tabernacle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s all\u00a0GOD<\/em>. \u00a0It’s\u00a0HIS<\/em>\u00a0strength. \u00a0If we stay\u00a0IN<\/strong>\u00a0HIM, we have health. . . and strength. \u00a0It’s that simple.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m going to trust that from now on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I never realized it till I read your father’s eloquent faith-filled writings. \u00a0He was such a sweet man of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/savingstrength.html http:\/\/www.pioneertract.com\/tracts\/52_RenewedStrength.pdf Pastor John, For years, I’ve wrestled with\u00a0fatigue. \u00a0Sometimes it gets so bad I hardly have the strength to speak. \u00a0I get just plain worn out, from activities or exercise that normal people do everyday. \u00a0It’s a debilitating fatigue that is deep inside; not just simply being tired or drowsy. \u00a0It’s a terrible “drained” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}