My daughter is my special guest writer this month. A little testimony and teaching. Sincerely, Pastor Dr. Doug DeRamus You can visit Doug DeRamus at: www.facebook.com/dougderamus
MORE THAN CONQUERORS By Felicia DeRamus-Paul
Rom. 8:35-39 - (35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (36) As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. (37) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, (39) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. KJV
Well I want to start by saying 2014 was a year of challenge for me. My Grandma Dorthy passed away in the spring and my husband Charles' Grandpa passed away in the late spring. During this sad Spring, most people didn’t know I was pretty sick with stomach issues that continued during summer break and I was losing weight. The Doctors did so many tests on me throughout the year trying to find what was wrong with me and were not sure other than just a small little sugar problem. I did end up dealing with the biggest fear battle in my life, and once I started worrying more things would come up, for me to be fearful about. Not only was I afraid but I had lost more weight and was more skinny than I already was. People would tell me how skinny I am, but I never would tell them why. I was already embarrassed of the few pounds I lost. The fear of becoming a diabetic, losing more weight, and being sick from losing too much weight, was already hard enough. The fear was tormenting me day and night. I knew that I needed to overcome. 1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. KJV MAKING A STAND: Then by the time Christmas came around, I was determined to make a stand. I was not going to worry about things, I was not going to let fear take over who I really was in Christ! It's easy to allow anxiety, depression, or fear come into your life, but is that really how you want to live? Truly in your heart, if you don't want these things in your life, you have the power to stop them in the Christ Jesus. Phil 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. KJV Romans 8:37 - Nay, in all these things we are MORE than conquerors through him that loved us. Continued on next page‌ Christian Servant Magazine - Edition IV, 2016 - Page 13