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5 Marks That God is Using You in Tremendous Ways

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Category: Spirituality

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Frank Viola is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker, and consultant to authors and writers. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. To learn more about Frank and his work, go to 20 Years of Projects. To invite Frank to speak at your event, go to his Speaking Page. Due to a new problem with persistent spam that we haven’t figured out how to control, comments are closed for the present time. To contact Frank, use the “Contact” page in the top menu.

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  1. Neil Butterfield

    October 13, 2013 at 11:48 PM

    Thanks for sharing Frank. Nice to know that I am on track 🙂

  2. Abby

    September 26, 2013 at 12:31 PM

    This is great to remember! Thanks!

  3. Derek

    September 9, 2013 at 6:15 PM

    Hi Frank

    Thanks brother for your ongoing words of encouragement and for your standing in the face of attacks.

    The need in this walk of faith is for some to walk on ahead to experience difficulties, trials and attacks and to learn as a result so they can shout back these learning’s to those walking behind saying, “This is the better way to go through”!

    Thanks brother for patiently walking on ahead.

  4. Teague

    September 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    Frank,

    I appreciate your care & feeding of the body of Christ. I can see the Lord nourishing & cherishing His bride (Eph. 5). His heart is touched when we care for His wife as He does 🙂 God bless!

  5. Darryl

    September 9, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    Good words brother. I would also add that unexpected tragedy can reveal who has your heart. All relationships will be tested. Our son went to be with Jesus in 2008. He was washed out to sea and never found. My wife and I know where he is though and we will see him again. God is good.

  6. Carole Pearce

    September 9, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    How true! Thank you. Good that you remind the reader that this post is about personal attacks. They are indeed arrows sent forth with the intention of hampering at least, and killing you at worst. Literal and figurative. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony and we care not whether we lose our lives in the process. For Jesus.

  7. Pat

    September 9, 2013 at 12:01 PM

    Great Post Frank. Very encouraging!

  8. Jorge Luis Martinez

    September 9, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    Woww so true, thanks for sharing this Frank! Its encouraging!

  9. Nancy

    September 9, 2013 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks, needed to hear this.

  10. jacquie woodward

    September 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Insightful……obviously from your own testimony. Mind too. BUT GOD! He has it all taken care of. I am no masochist but it is an indescribable experience to make it though a trial/attack victoriously and obediently knowing He is right there step for step literally carrying you. The darkness literally cannot exist in the presence of THE LIGHT…..not even a sub visible trace of darkness can be in the presence of that Glory Light of Jesus. What a God!

  11. Frank Viola

    September 9, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    P.S. 3 Kinds of Critics and How to Respond to Them: https://www.frankviola.org/2013/02/13/threekindsofcritics/

  12. Jason Guinasso

    September 9, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    Thank you for the encouragement. Very timely! Just finishing God’s Favorite Place (three months later because good books deserve time to read and meditate upon) and just beginning the online study on the Indwelling Life. I regret only purchasing a subscription for myself. Need to purchase a subscription for my church.

    • Frank Viola

      September 9, 2013 at 10:09 AM

      Awesome! Thanks!

  13. Steve Simms

    September 9, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Excellent. One reason that God allows us to be criticized and to experience trials is to keep us from getting the big head about the compliments and the way we see Him using us in people’s lives.

    • Frank Viola

      September 9, 2013 at 9:24 AM

      Steve. Attacks and criticism are two different things. I’m speaking of attacks in this post, not criticisms. See https://www.frankviola.org/2012/10/01/jesusandpaulunderfire/ for examples of what attacks look like. Also https://www.frankviola.org/2013/07/03/dontbelieveeverythingyouhear/ (the 3 examples concerning President Obama).

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Frank is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster, and blogger. He helps serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. His blog – frankviola.org – is regularly ranked in the top 5 of all Christian blogs on the Web and his podcast – Christ is All – has ranked #1 in Canada and #2 in the USA on Apple Podcasts. He and his conversation partners also host The Insurgence Podcast. Frank’s books have sold over 600,000 copies and they’ve been translated into many languages.

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