NO OBSTACLE TOO GREAT

[no_obstacle]

Hello my name is Mino and I will be posting in the book review section. Every word I say is true, as it's my written testimony, it's about a book I had one finger typed and self published on two continents, for this very reason I know its of God, as after 5 years I still remain vertually an unknown as the world does not have an interest in eternal truths...

My church, in which I have already given a 45 minute testimonial is looking into taking No obstacle to the publisher for the third time..Before I begin "I WISH TO MAKE myself perfectly clear--in no way am I promoting my book, my express desire is to share what God has done  my life.

I welcome and reply to all comments.

Every aspect of my life, from its conception to this very moment in time, each and every directional step I have taken, has been pre-orchestrated by God Himself, for His everlasting glory, and I never until recently had any knowledge of it.  At fifty one years of age, I don't know nothing about nothing, I have never had visitations, visions or conversations with God, I'm not even sure if I know how to pray, I was only baptized a year ago. Yet and however, when in closer inspection and reflection of all the extraordinary night and day differences within my life, God was not only showing me things, He was continually talking to me, and until recently I was blind to it all.

Again however there exists a clear and unmistaken distinctionable paradox to my life. On one hand, within a quick reflectional glance, it seems as though my life, in those issues of sexual abuse, which occured during my earliest childhood memories, within an innocent purity, to those of abandonment, dysfunctionalism, criminality, incarcerations, followed by the hardships of suffocating addictions, and the emotional  paralysis due to an incurable and devastating life threatening illness, made my life one of immeasurable complexities.

Although in a much broader sense, my life when viewed within each individualistic night and day difference, through the course of its journey, within its most simplistic nature, in which a child as if watching a mythical story book enchantment unfold itself,  could very easily comprehend. Clearly to those that have a spirit of discernment, the presence of the Holy Spirit is distinctly seen, charting each step of my life, towards God's Destination...

What is the significance and purpose of my life, I wish I could answer that with a definite certainty, however as I'm unraveling the mysteries between a shattered life, and the miraculous transformation process, within this progressional perfection towards the Glory of Christ, I myself am drawn in an uncontainable Reverent Awe to the presence of God.

There are several instances throughout the bible, where God has taken an absolute nobody and made them a blessing to others, if anything, I was a nobody, I never knew God, and if I did, my understanding was lost in complete disillusionment, even now in a newness of life, I am only begining to but understand the Sovereignty of God. It wasn't a fluke or a mistake or coincidence that in exactly my fortieth year, I asked God to step in, and He did just that with hammer and chiseil and began the wonderful molding proces.

He knew that it would be no easy task, as never before imagined" No Obstacle Too Great", within all of its weaknesses and insecurities, in all of its personal persecutions and trials, through all the hardships and sorrows. The final treacherous wave of despair, which began to pull me under, was in being told that my hiv infection was progressing to its final stages, as in this my death was then inevitable.

Although I had faced many obstacles throughout my life, this was one beyond my immediate comprehension and strength, nor was I willing to face it, a drug overdose seemed now to be my best plan of escape from a life of continuous misery. As each new page within the chronicles of my life unfolds itself, I  leave my sorid past behind, to venture towards a greater destination, as never before imagined.What had appeared to be a hope beyond hope itself, was in reality a journey to the Glory of God...
 
I am neither a learned man, nor educated , however my  following words are in themselves irrefutable, as my very existence through the furnaces of affliction, are evidences of God's miracles...I have with great interest and with many reservations  articles regarding the charasmatic movements, and most of what I read shows me the blindness, or rather the deceptions of Satan himself.

There are two sides to my contentions: firstly Moses led a nation out of Egypt, who themselves witnessed Miracles of God, yet collectively and unanimously Satan was able to influence them all to rebel, and doubt God-A whole nation...How great then is his power against one  lost soul...I not so much rebuke him, as he's kind of gotten used to that, I love to continuously remind him of his future, which is just around the corner, He runs from me :]] Amen.

Miracles were performed then, within the supernatural events that preceeded them, well lets get our heads out of the ostrich hole. If in these perilous times there is one think all relegions can collectively and unanimously agree upon, we are on the threshold of a Prohpetic supernatural event ,which is the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Everyone is entittled to an opinion, and truthfully speaking, most denominations today within their own beliefs and Doctrine's, have adopted their own intrepretations as to Eternal truths. However one must be in careful consideration when chosing words that would judge, or critisize, therefore  leaving a stain upon one's character, lest it be their own...At 51 years old, I  was  baptized a year ago, in what could only be considered to constitute a Divine Intervention by God Himself. Believe me I have neither the inclination, nor the desire to darken anyone's character or credibility, however what I am about to tell you could be attributed to God Himself.

One could say that within a newness of life, in its beginning stages, one's eye's are barely opening, well mine are as wide as plates, and my appetite is that of an elephant. I have nothing against Preachers, especially those of a bible thumping nature, as they are less concerned about the eloquence of words within the delivery of their sermon, they rely very little on educated degree's, or theological principles.

Their main objective is to portray God's glory from within the scriptures. I don't care how many books someone has read or written, I put little faith in degree's  or doctorial certificates, as there is nothing more powerful as to the lasting impact and influence, be it upon individual or a nation, than a personal experience within the overcoming of unimaginable hardships.

As to the Charismatic movement, and claims within an Apostolic nature...There is not a denomination in existence that hasn't made such claims, and most come with great disappointment, However this I do know. I entered my first church 4 years ago, and for three years I sat like gum on a pew, basically it was a dead church, which is one where there is no spiritual growth. How can I be so sure...In three years, there were two people baptized, when finally within my own intrepretations of the book of Romans, I asked to be baptized and was told they'd have a meeting about it, ok, what did I know. However God had a different plan....

In what can only be described as a one in a billion chance meeting, a supernatural event occured. In a line up one day I find myself talking about my life to this woman, whom I've never met. I mentioned that I was going to get baptized and she literally lit up like a lighthouse, she was overjoyed, overwhelmed and wanted to know when. I told her they were having a meeting, and her heart sank. What she told me about God in the next hour made more sense than those three years in church.

Regarding the rites and importance of baptism, she assured me her church would do this right away, I didn't have to be a member, I didn't have to be anything ,but willing to accept Jesus as my personal Savior, I didn't even have to ever come back. Within the first six months 153 people were baptized. After two months, in what can only be described as life long friendship, we discovered that she was my neighbour 35 years ago, the reason I didn't know her was she was just a baby in a crib...Wow

For forty years the pits of hell were the playground of my existience. The battles I fought were within issues of sexual abuse, parental abandonment, almost twenty-five years of criminality, fourteen years of imprisonment, twelve years of drug addiction, and thirty-five years of alcoholism. If this wasn't in itself enough to shake the confidence of the bravest and strongest warrior, before I could even attempt to pick up the shattered pieces of my life, it had to get worse !

As a direct result of sharing needles, I contracted the devastating and incurable HIV virus, and was told that my life expectancy was to be very short-lived...it seemed at this point that my life was coming to an end, for I needed a hope beyond all hope, and even in that moment, twelve years ago, if I were to in fact have grasped a Christian faith, would it have been  enough, within a life of continual failure, to sustain the spears of discouragement that would have daily hammered away at me, as if fired from a machine gun ? Tell me, when standing in the abyss of darkness, how ?? could it be possible, to cling to an unseen and unknown faith !!!

God did deliver me, and my point is that miracles happen each and everyday, and as long as we have preachers who would rather hear themselves preach textbook theology, than introduce God's living testimonies that sit silently like gum on their pews, we will never know about them.  Individually, "from the moment we ask God for something, and to the fufillment of that promise, if we allow for even a breath of time to pass by, we have lost the promise to the deceptions of Satan, we must never faulter from our solid foundation, being the solid rock of Jesus. God's spoken words are the promise, He is the creator of all things, heavens and earth move, stand still, or tremble at the sound of His voice.

                                 Faith..the true breath of life--BY: Mino Pavlic

In today's society, regrettably there are many hearts full of unbelief towards the reality of God, as they stubbornly remain satisfied within their indifferent and unchanging rejection of His written word. The ennemy of all righteousness continues to imprison and blind them within His cloak of darkness, which has all but extinquished any hope of their true Glory.....

Words of discouragement are often hurled at the Saints of God by those that have never tasted, nor willing to experience within the undeniable precepts of Faith, the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives, which is not only God's word to us, but to all who ask, it's His Promise!!! There are many reasons for the continuing resistance of God's promised light, but none stand higher than our own unwilling ignorance and defiance of committment to that which is unseen. It's in this statement that our answers are found within an  unknown fear, which is not even ours, but Satan's, as He knows of the inexpressible greatness of our lives, should we even in unbeleif attempt to grasp God's Promise of Eternal Life.

Often times the weight within the perplexities of crippling circumstances that seem to govern our very existience, which could range from a multitude of addictions or negative behaviors, to that of those paraylzing fears, in something as simple as going to the store. Like that of an inescapable electrical current, it draws us to the unimaginable limits of desperation, where now within the confines of a depraved and degenerate dysfunctionalism, we enter the very halls of hell, where helplessness, madness and suicide become a living reality.

The only hope of escaping the pits of hell is through the salvation found within the written word, which is the breath of our almighty God !!! However you cannot live a wholesome Christian life by exercising the strength of your faith alone, and those who try to run this race alone know nothing, for our sustaining grace of pardoned sin, is mercifully given to us by a redeeming God, who alone has freed us from the very temptations and deceptive captivity of Satan...Amen

If only the eyes of all brave warriors could be opened as mine have been, and recognize the need and urgency of losing that very confidence in self completely, and then entirely placing your trust in God, who is our only hope, beyond all hope...I remember my feable plea as if it were yesterday. In itself, it did not represent any expression of helplessness, sorrow, remorse, or forgiveness, it did not within it self have a spark of sincerety, nor did my plea sing within its simplistic ignorance of anything that would be an endearment to an almighty God.

"big fella, if you're up there, I could sure use a hand right about now", I never had a faith, nor a belief, but this didn't matter to God. Regardless of its nature, the essential requirement within my plea was met, " I had somehow in that fraction of a second, lost all confidence in myself, and asked for God's help. Now would begin my greatest battle, no longer was it a battle over self and things of this world, it was now a battle of Principalities, and as long as I was willing to surrender to God's molding influence, He would reshape my life, beyond my wildest imaginations.

From the very moment we profess ourselves to be Saints of God, we are no longer under the natural law of our flesh, but rather under the power and grace of God. The pyschological complexcities that fuel the passions of  human desires, such as our motives,affections, coupled by our principles and purposes should understandably be considered our greatest weaknesses within all of Satan's temptations.

As Saints we are called by example, to fight the battle of righteousnesst, before a lost world. Sin of any nature is incompatible with the Christian life, it must not be our master, for we have been freed from sin and given eternal life, if we would but walk that narrow path.

"Within the breath of creation, from the unexpressible beauty of nature itself, to the indescribable greatness within our humanity, it has always been by personal experience and reflection within those mythical experiences, that we gain our greatest understanding and most influencial wisdom of God's everlasting pressence in our lives. Certainly then, artists in whose gifts radiate, magnify and glorify the majestic Supremecy of Jesus Christ, are to be considered similar to that of prophets, as inspiration of a heavenly nature is all of God.

A miracle is a supernatural event which has no human explanation, its a supernatural event which actually momentarily suspends natural law, where God steps into the natural world, doing something that has no natural explanation and pulling back out again and letting natural law then run it course again....

[Jon-Marc]

Welcome to GC forums, Mino.

[Serenity432001]

I have ADD and generally will not read long post but yours I have read every word.  This one and the two in the book review section.  I highly recommend all take the time to read them even those of us with short attention spans

I read the book review ones first so have already thanked you but would like to do so again and welcome you to GCM.  I really hope you become a part of us here.  I can see that God is using you in such a beautiful way! 

In Him,

Lisa P

[Basherbelding]

Welcome' what a long post! 

God Bless,
Basherbelding

[Bonnie]

Welcome! Glad you came our way.

[memmy]

Wow! I don't know how I missed these!

Where did you go Mino?

We could use your presence here, in continuing to share the work the Lord is doing in your life still.

Blessings, Memmy

[no_obstacle]

Hello Memmy, just wanted to thank you for your comments. My new book was released in January. [deleted]

Respectfully

Mino