Recent content by liz

Thanks, SW! It befuddles my mind that Christians can get themselves into situations where they forget that God's desire is that we use the gifts He has given us- like wisdom and knowledge from the Holy Spirit, and discernment as well, plus put on the mind of Christ! Why has God even given us...

Aloha Irene, from Liz in Blue Hawaii. I am a newbie, too! Today is a little overcast which is great so it's a bit cooler. I can feel the ocean breezes on my back as I sit at the dining table with my laptop! (Just making Stan jealous!)

Aloha Stan, Mahalo (thank you) for the welcome! I am 3rd generation born and raised here and have yet to see more of the world and Alberta, Canada. I have had a glimpse of Vancouver, Victoria, and Ontario. The beauty of God's creation is awesome everywhere in the world!

1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. We need to be careful about self...

Yes, Satan is an all powerful foe and adversary. He is even stronger when we are weak; he has great power to render us powerless against him and his desire is to take us to hell with him. He is the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy ; but Jesus came that we might have life, and have it...

Thank you, Jon-Marc!

Hi Brother, How wonderful that you want to be a good steward of the Lord's money which He has entrusted you. Pray and ask the Lord to show you what to do and believe the Holy Spirit to lead you in your giving. God will speak to you from His Word; He may use someone to share a word with you...

Nice group! I may be among the oldest of the bunch! So what's the next question?

Interesting discussion. We are missionaries/volunteer Bible teachers in our church. We don't expect payment of any kind, nor have we ever benefited from any support toward our 14 mission trips to the Philippines since year 2000. We have never considered tithing, but have always given to the...

You're a great teacher, Axehead! You have scriptures and experience to support your beliefs on this subject. I heard a story years ago about someone who borrowed bus fare to get to the church where she regularly tithed. I don't think giving or tithing should result in a poverty mentality...

Thanks for the welcome! Is it not allowed to list websites?

Axehead, I believe you've covered the subject of tithing very well. That woman on the video acts like a crazy woman or maybe she preaches like crazy! She could scare a lot of people into believing that they are thieves and are robbing God! How can anyone feel blessed when their giving is...

I was looking for Christian blogs to read and stumbled upon this forum. I am a retired teacher, mother and grandmother, and missionary to Northern Luzon, Philippines since 2000. I just started a blog recently to share my Christian faith, and personal and mission experiences. There are...

I agree with you that Facebook has great potential as an evangelistic tool. Everybody and his brother/sister wants to be your/my friend, like friends of friends of friends. I have all but deleted everyone from my Facebook for now since I have a messages that everybody's friend says they have...

I'm no spring chicken, but don't look or act my age either! Why do you need to know?