tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post7364186232732670303..comments2023-06-15T07:12:34.580-07:00Comments on The Lockwood Family: My TestimonyDaniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04754161436420513542noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-4909830873416871472012-02-15T11:44:21.861-07:002012-02-15T11:44:21.861-07:00Now is the Time to Pray, and Ask Almighty God to r...Now is the Time to Pray, and Ask Almighty God to remove all of the Negative Attachments to your past, and move into your new Present, Because it's such a Gift to live with God, and be free Now! Isaiah 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Kind Regards,<br />http://www.raptureprophecy.netRapturehttp://www.raptureprophecy.net/the-rapture-and-end-times-bible-prophecynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-83046185494118359512011-03-20T15:38:04.879-07:002011-03-20T15:38:04.879-07:00I have just read this, after seeing your facebook ...I have just read this, after seeing your facebook post yesterday. It is very troubling to me and I am still trying to process it. If you could be living the life you were living, giving the advice you were giving, sharing what you were sharing, all without being saved, but thinking you were . . . how can any of us know we are saved for sure? <br /><br />I have confidence that I am saved only by Christ's gift, that He loves me, and that I can do NOTHING apart from Him. All I do in the flesh will burn, even if it seems "good" to those around me. All I do in the Spirit will last for all eternity even if it seems "mundane" or even "wrong" to those around me. But, a year ago, perhaps you may have confessed that very same thing, and now you confess that you were not saved back then. So, perhaps I am deceived as well? <br /><br />In Luke 11, Jesus said, "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?"Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" <br /><br />The Pharisees and Sadducees REJECTED Jesus. They trusted only in their works of the Law and animal sacrifices to save them. I do not think that is the same as believing Jesus but not yet fully understanding His grace (as if we ever could). <br /><br />Romans 14 talks about those with weak faith who still observe all manner of outward works. We each need to be fully convinced in our own minds and I am not to judge a brother or sister who is convinced that they must do, say, avoid, or eat certain things. But, I do not believe that is the same "outward works" as the Pharisees and Saducees trusted in. <br /><br />I am glad for the peace you now have, but I must admit that your testimony is causing much turmoil in my own mind as I wrestle with these truths and how to apply them.<br /><br />We love you Jaynee, and your family. I am praying for you all. But I really struggle with the thought that if you would have died during Samuel's birth and delivery, that you would be in Hell. I don't struggle because I think you earned heaven, but because you proclaimed, believed, trusted, and never rejected your Savior during that entire difficult time and because He is merciful and would never give you a scorpion if you asked for an egg. I guess that is why I am wrestling with your testimony.<br /><br />So, I ask you to pray for me and others like me who will read your testimony and go to God with a lot of difficult questions. Pray for wisdom and truth.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />LornaJustin and Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825125659720149942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-40901192538524457172010-10-21T21:30:21.186-06:002010-10-21T21:30:21.186-06:00Jaynee-
I appreciate your transparency. It is wo...Jaynee- <br /><br />I appreciate your transparency. It is wonderful to come to a saving knowledge of the Lord!! It is easy to get caught up in the Lord's work, without knowing the Lord of the work. Charo Washer, a missionary to Peru for many years, shares a similar story and I think you will be blessed and encouraged by her testimony. (She's the wife of the evangelist and teacher Paul Washer). <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAxeDX-GYHw (this is her testimony on youtube). <br /><br />In Christ, <br />Carolewomen apologeticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667915241959175462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-16745606634478817452010-10-21T18:58:22.737-06:002010-10-21T18:58:22.737-06:00So glad to hear how God is working in your life. ...So glad to hear how God is working in your life. I've read your blog for several years and admit that I am surprised by this as you've often encouraged others in the Lord and have shown over and over that you place your trust and your children/husband in His loving care? Again, I'm so glad that you know His love for you now. I've had similar experiences as His love and care becomes more real to me throughout cerain seasons in life, but I've been trusting that it's part of His care for me as His child and not a new rebirth. I'd love to hear your Pastor/husband's thoughts on this as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-63201423559111254672010-10-19T14:53:44.849-06:002010-10-19T14:53:44.849-06:00What a beautiful testimony!!! Praise God for savin...What a beautiful testimony!!! Praise God for saving a wretch as us!!!<br /><br />Cindy The Morris Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317663337648115903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-85718401547245629862010-10-18T21:52:44.468-06:002010-10-18T21:52:44.468-06:00Jaynee, I've been thinking about your beautifu...Jaynee, I've been thinking about your beautiful testimony for several days. I heard so many of my own thoughts and feelings in your words. Right now, I know I'm in the beginnings of the 'head' knowledge of Christ, and I sooo sooo want to have HEART knowledge of Him. <br /><br />It is so encouraging that it's not all-or-nothing. I can grow and lean on and listen to the Lord and grow closer and closer to Him.<br /><br />Thank you for your testimony.<br /><br />Love,<br />FontaineFontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092441177068923932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-31505104029251145282010-10-18T21:40:44.956-06:002010-10-18T21:40:44.956-06:00Jaynee, your story is almost exactly like my own, ...Jaynee, your story is almost exactly like my own, minus the husband and children. My day was August 11th. Praise the Lord that HE IS SUFFICIENT and there is absolutely NOTHING we can do to earn His wonderful gift of salvation! Oh, praise His name!<br />-abAlisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-40470053482111822452010-10-18T20:13:19.055-06:002010-10-18T20:13:19.055-06:00oh jaynee I had chills! thank you so much for bein...oh jaynee I had chills! thank you so much for being open and sharing your beautiful testimony! I can identify so much as God has changed me completely since we've moved to Mexico!! Much love to you, sister!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425395887248001224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-27355364720749368222010-10-18T18:23:29.635-06:002010-10-18T18:23:29.635-06:00Missionarymomma,
I told my children my testim...Missionarymomma, <br /> I told my children my testimony in a short version a while ago and they were so happy. We too have always sought each day to point them to Christ; when they disobey or get angry or do things they shouldn't, we use that time to teach them how those are things that come from our heart and only God can clean our heart through what Jesus Christ did. <br /> After writing out my testimony here, I read it out loud to the children one evening. It was a sweet time of sharing.<br /><br />Dear Kathy,<br /> I was baptized as a young girl...I think I was about 9. But after coming to Christ as I did this year...completely broken, stripped of everything, and by faith, believing that by His mercy, he saved me, one of the first things I did was want to get baptized. <br /> Baptism is a step of obedience to our Lord after salvation. Since I came to know Christ after the time I was baptized as a girl, I knew I needed to be baptized as truly His child.Daniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754161436420513542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-14831000583714712252010-10-18T15:39:35.041-06:002010-10-18T15:39:35.041-06:00Jaynee, thank you for sharing. You don't know ...Jaynee, thank you for sharing. You don't know the good you've done for many of older children of God who have followed our Lord our whole lives but have doubts about who we really are in Christ. Sometimes I think of the vs, where he tells us to go away, that he does not know us and tremble.<br /><br />Can I ask you a question? Were you not baptized at some earlier point in your life? I ask for my own personal reasons, while trying to come to a biblical understanding, if it's OK to ever be rebaptized. <br /><br />Thank you again, for sharing so much of yourself with others and being an encouragement to me:-)Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986606071755379390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-26599400162770996172010-10-18T12:58:46.949-06:002010-10-18T12:58:46.949-06:00Hi Jaynee, hello from England. I have been readin...Hi Jaynee, hello from England. I have been reading your blog for a while. I am really pleased you have shared your testimony, it is similar to mine, having been truly saved only a few years ago. You know in your heart of hearts when it isn't real, no matter what others round you are telling you. We are told to "examine ourselves to see whether we are in the faith." 2 Cor 13:5<br />Love KirstyKirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026285791837368590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-52638074885094146892010-10-18T11:52:03.575-06:002010-10-18T11:52:03.575-06:00I have been pondering your testimony all weekend. ...I have been pondering your testimony all weekend. I am suspecting that there could be some wh are confused over this, or even discount it.<br /><br />It took much humility and love of Jesus fr you the "missionary" to admit and then confess that you needed t once and for all and for the first time with understanding bow yur knee. How many others in leadership that just will not bow because of embarrasment, fear f loss of income...<br /><br />Your testimony is actually not uncommon for those of us who were raised in the church. It is this type of testimony that caused me to wake up and reconsider children's ministry after many years of devoting my life to that purpose. We do children a GREAT disservice and even eternal damage when we with good intentions lead them t pray that prayer befre they can really grasp their sin and real need of a Savior. <br />So many adults who do not KNOW Jesus think they are saved because somehwere back in Sunday Schol they prayed and were baptised. Many others struggle with assurance of ten because they know that they do not KNOW him. <br /><br />I am rejoicing with you - truely rejoicing. <br /><br />After years of "leading" literally hundreds of children to Christ with our own children we have decided against pushing them into an early childhood coversin. Rather, we are teaching them and training them up and building precept upn precept, and waiting for them to come to the realizatin of their own need. <br /><br />I hope that other "leaders" will read this testimony and also humble themselves and bow before God our Maker.<br /><br />One question: How have yur children responded to this news?<br />A big hug dear sister!missionarymommahttp://www.babyhomepages.net/tenlittleinionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-27932307680743422662010-10-18T09:00:31.109-06:002010-10-18T09:00:31.109-06:00I came across your blog, and very much enjoyed rea...I came across your blog, and very much enjoyed reading it and learning about your family. I hope that you are continuing to recover. We are a family of 15 (13 children) and I always enjoy reading about other large families. I also noticed that we have names that several of our children share. We have a Noah, a Daniel and Timothy, Elijah...and some of our middle names are names that have as well...Rebakah, Samuel and so on. <br />God bless you!!!<br />our blog is:<br />www.15smithies.blogspot.comSmithieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106036106840834251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-45106495841372513652010-10-17T20:57:03.320-06:002010-10-17T20:57:03.320-06:00Dear Jaynee
Reading your testimony this morning re...Dear Jaynee<br />Reading your testimony this morning revealed to me that I had not truly opened my heart to God and I wanted to thank you for opening my eyes. I have since asked God to forgive me and to truly come into my heart. I feel like I am starting a new relationship with God.<br />Thank you again and may God bless you and your family.<br /><br />Love Kelly<br /><br />Kelly in AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-23104317055387350962010-10-17T14:34:59.093-06:002010-10-17T14:34:59.093-06:00Darci ~ I love that song - It is called "Sati...Darci ~ I love that song - It is called "Satisfied" in our hymnbook =)<br /><br />Jaynee ~ How Good our God is!!! And how thankful you must be to have had that settled before the trials of the last couple months came along.<br /><br />~ God bless you ~melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021320182522447827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-62611824039501679292010-10-16T19:54:36.651-06:002010-10-16T19:54:36.651-06:00Jaynee~ Thank you for sharing your heart. It is a ...Jaynee~ Thank you for sharing your heart. It is a great testimony and I think so many will benefit from it!!! We are still praying for you and your sweet family. Take care over there in Mexico friend. <br /><br />Love<br />Jessicajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07333867623075088666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-21588693068554346762010-10-16T16:26:31.831-06:002010-10-16T16:26:31.831-06:00Dear Darci, Thank you for sharing. If the Lord c...Dear Darci, Thank you for sharing. If the Lord can use my testimony to glorify Him and bless another, it would be the least I can do. Feel free to share it with others.<br /><br />Dear Anonymous,<br /> I truly believe that Jesus saved me the moment I called upon Him that day in June. He was calling me and bringing to that place for years. And I'm so thankful to Him!Daniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754161436420513542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-60120196542976322452010-10-16T11:05:31.319-06:002010-10-16T11:05:31.319-06:00WOW. Thank you so much for sharing your heart. I...WOW. Thank you so much for sharing your heart. I often talk with my kids about the difference between knowing Jesus with your HEAD, and knowing Jesus with your HEART...or being filled with the Holy Spirit. Thank you for giving me a Godly true example to show them. Do you think it was possible you WERE saved, but became filled with the Holy Spirit in June?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-48922767190605363252010-10-16T06:26:16.692-06:002010-10-16T06:26:16.692-06:00Glory, glory to the Lamb of God that was slain! Fl...Glory, glory to the Lamb of God that was slain! Flood of joy or' my soul like a sea billows roll! I am SO THRILLED for you and with you. That new love and joy for Jesus is just a foretaste of glory devine. :) <br /><br />Love in Christ, <br /><br />SusanSusan Watsonhttp://www.sandlappersue.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-89416761272174032732010-10-16T05:50:01.607-06:002010-10-16T05:50:01.607-06:00"It is my testimony…how the Lord Jesus Christ..."It is my testimony…how the Lord Jesus Christ found me and saved me."<br /><br />ps, this line just brought to mind my favorite song of lately (Red Mountain Church).<br />"All my life long I had panted for a drink from some cool spring, That I hoped would quench the burning of the thirst I felt within.<br />Hallelujah! He has found me! The One my soul so long has craved! Jesus satisfies all my longings-Thru His blood I now am saved.<br />Feeding on the filth around me til my strength was almost gone. Longed my soul for something better only still to hunger on.<br />Hallelujah He has found me! The One my soul so long has craved! Jesus satisfies all my longings-thru His blood I now am saved.<br />Poor I was and sought for riches, something that would satisfy. But the dust I gathered round me only mocked my soul's sad cry.<br />Hallelujah, He has found me! The One my soul so long has craved. Jesus satisfies all my longing-thru His blood I now am saved.<br />Well of water, ever springing, Bread of Life so rich and free. Untold wealth that never faileth, my Redeemer is to me.<br />Hallelujah, He has found me!the One my soul so long has craved. Jesus satisfies all my longings, thru His blood I now am saved. <br />Thru His blood I now am saved.darcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729565512380024608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-11345060777628862142010-10-16T05:40:46.089-06:002010-10-16T05:40:46.089-06:00Dear Jaynee
I found your blog off a friend's b...Dear Jaynee<br />I found your blog off a friend's blog this morning (no coincidence). I just cried reading this. Thank you,thank you, for sharing it. This was my husbands story..and lately I have been wondering if it is not mine.Raised a pastor's kid, mission trips, all the above you wrote about, thinking I was 'loving" Jesus, but I wasn't loving the REAL Jesus, the real, true God...because I had no clue about brokeness, repentance, humility...oh He has taught me and wooed me so much in these last months. I have wept and begged and pleaded with Him, as I have feared and doubted my own salvation. And yet He has changed my heart, He has broken me, He has brought me into such sweet fellowship with Him. I just honestly read this post and wept and praised Him. THANK YOu for sharing it. I truly believe, now, that I am saved, and yet, now, I do find at times that satan creeps in to attack me, because I don't have a specific date or time..I just know there has been a radical change in my heart, that I long for brokeness, repentance, daily. The Bible tells us to 'examine ourselves' to see if we are in the faith..and also to 'take every thought captive to make it obedient to Jesus Christ' right, and so that is where I am at..to drag every part into the light, His light, and at the same time resist the attacks from the devil to smoosh me. I am going to print your testimony out (f that's ok) and I'd love permission to share it with others. You can let me know if that is ok, I won't until you tell me. :) Darci <br />mhovdestad at hotmail dot comdarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729565512380024608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-78759199227496769362010-10-15T17:11:49.956-06:002010-10-15T17:11:49.956-06:00Thanks for your response.
To reiterate, I'm h...Thanks for your response.<br /><br />To reiterate, I'm happy that you know that Jesus is yours.<br /><br />As an aside, Satan loves to trip up God's children, so he plants doubts on a continuum. Praise God, though, there is NO (none!) condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1)...that is our only hope, and on that we stand.<br /><br />May Jesus Christ be praised.<br /><br />CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-78287986326624456142010-10-15T16:22:42.229-06:002010-10-15T16:22:42.229-06:00Dear Cathy,
The questions you have asked are ...Dear Cathy, <br /> The questions you have asked are ones that I have asked myself. And I will try my best to explain. You are right; it was just 4 months ago that I got on my knees, completely broken, and by faith asked Jesus Christ to save me. <br /> If I were to have looked back on my life even two years ago, I wouldn’t have seen things the same way as I do now. I never have not believed in Jesus Christ, that He died, rose again, is God, and is the Savior. I have always believed that the Bible is God’s Word and is true. But I think the best way to describe it is that it was more a head knowledge rather than one in my heart. The past couple years, the Lord has taken what I knew to be true and shown me how much I needed it. To give a simple analogy, it is like having a medicine that will cure cancer. You have studied this medicine, know it works, and with full confidence let others know that if they have cancer, this is the cure. Yet you are walking around filled with the disease yourself yet not realizing it.<br /> I did not know I was not saved. I didn’t know anything else than what I had been taught and had lived and I thought that I was saved. At times, I wondered if there was something more but because all I knew was the life I had lived, I wasn’t sure. I did have doubts…mostly since coming to the mission field; but I know that the devil brings doubts to our minds and I thought for a while that was all it was.<br /> All I know is what Jesus Christ has done in my heart. The Lord has been very real to me; He became more and more real and dear to me the past couple years as He continued to work in my heart and draw me to Him. I have always known how good and faithful He is. I loved His Word and to the saved or the unsaved, every word therein is true. And it ministered to my soul. And brought me to Christ.<br /> My heart was like the Pharisee who believed He was serving God, yet saw those around him and thought, “Thank you Lord that I am not as bad as that man.” And the Lord brought me to see my true state…that of the publican who smote his chest and said, “Be merciful to me, O God, for I am a sinner.” <br /> Does that make sense? It is hard to write into words. But I’m just so thankful for the Lord’s long suffering and patience. He is so faithful and so good!Daniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754161436420513542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-51349716215489299042010-10-15T13:52:41.477-06:002010-10-15T13:52:41.477-06:00Please don't take offense to my comment/questi...Please don't take offense to my comment/questions. "Momto9" mentioned that it was a "year or so" since your conversion, but you wrote that it was in June 2010--only four months ago, right?<br /><br />I am a bit confused. So, did you know that you weren't a believer, or did you think that you were? I have reread parts of the post, but am scratching my head. Don't get me wrong. I am happy that you have assurance that you are in Christ now, but if you knew that you weren't (because from your post, it appears that you DID realize it at some point), why, then, did you continue to write about God, and your experiences with His goodness? Don't get me wrong on that, either. I know that God is good to all that He has made, but you wrote as if you knew Him. Almost all of your posts (since I've reading, anyway, which is about three years or so) have extolled the character and grace of God. Were you just going through the motions? Did you really believe what you were writing?<br /><br />I don't want to cast aspersions, but I am nonplussed. <br />Thanks,<br /><br />CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28568561.post-25013482058560312262010-10-15T12:42:35.785-06:002010-10-15T12:42:35.785-06:00In January of this year I poured my heart out to G...In January of this year I poured my heart out to God and said "I have known you over 40 years but I don't think I have ever known what it was like to be head over heels in love with Jesus."<br />What an awesome God we serve. He has knocked me over with love I never knew existed and my life is radically altered.<br />Thanks for sharing your story.Jana Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043783339005645366noreply@blogger.com