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That's okay, @Hepzibah. I can wait.

Yes, in our prayerful, grateful lives that result with the Holy Spirit's guidance and enabling. You might be interested in the book What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography (Amazon).

Hi, Verily! Thirteen years into my pain, which arrived the third Friday of March, 1986, I began getting tired like my fatigue when I had seven years of major depression, from which God completely healed me for 38 years now. So, I asked God, who is my divine Shrink, "What am I getting depressed...

You are completely correct, behold! I agree. You quote Romans 12:1. That book is divided into three parts: the GUILT of our sins (1:18--3:20), God's GRACE to declare us "not-guilty" or justified through Jesus' death (3:21--end of 11), and our life of GRATITUDE (12:1 through the rest of the...

I suggest that you read through the Gospel of John. He presents three Persons of God--the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. And then search for the term "one God" in all of Scripture. You will see the Trinity emerging as its truth. The Trinity is a mystery that human minds cannot solve with...

Where in the Bible do you find the teaching that the Father "brought forth" the second and third Persons of the Trinity? Just face it. The doctrine of the Trinity, which is presented clearly in the Gospel of John, was re-discovered by Augustine. It is a profound mystery that eastern and...

I empathize with your infirmity. For some Christians, God removes their thorn through prayer and maybe medical means. For others, he gives us strength to bear up under it, thus learning many lessons. For me, it's four kinds of chronic physical pain, with which God has taught me to be much more...

No, Satan is acting independently yet with limitations to attack God's people, but God overcomes his attacks for their good. Let's keep it biblically straight.

What you say is very true in terms of what is given us when we first believe in principle, that is, the "already" of the gospel, what is already the case in the Father's sight as our Judge. However, there is a "not-yet" of the gospel for the sins that still remain in our sinful natures...

What do all these posts have to do with my original post asking you folks what your thorn in the flesh is? Mine is four kinds of physical chronic pain that God has used but didn't cause to keep me humble first as a pastor and now as an author.

I think that spiritual gifts are abilities given to us and guided by the Holy Spirit.

You're very welcome! I'll be praying for your ministry. God has given me three forum ministries, including this one. He has also guided me to write books and has made me a published author in both fiction and nonfiction, which blew my mind! God is great!

I know for a fact that the eleven pastors in our large church and the people in my small group are genuine Christians following Christ. I hope that you can find such a genuine church home too.

Yes, he is always good as our Father! It's really difficult to focus on God when people betray and mistreat us. I know that similar things happened to me in two of my churches. God enabled me to lament persistently those situations, the way David did in almost half of the Psalms, though it's not...

Brother Simonides, I understand your situation completely. I hope that you will eventually find a church home. You're on my daily prayer list. May the Lord bless you.

I am part of the universal church too, and I go to church when I can, given my limitations at 82 years old. So, you don't follow Hebrews 10:25 to gather together with believers in worship? There must be some gathering of believers, part of the body of Christ, in your area, where you can worship...

Thank you, Johann, for your condolences. However, God has given me his peace of Philippians 4:6-7. Her death has been a huge adjustment for me, through which God has guided me. He receives all the praise!

Prove to me that all three were heretics by quoting their own writings in context. If you can't, I'll know that you have retracted your accusations.

I'm an 82-year-old widower. I was an English teacher for 8 years, a sales manager for 3 years, and a pastor for 27 years with master's degrees in English and Theology. Then, God made me a published author in retirement from the ministry. I was christened a Methodist, grew up in and joined a...

Do you think that you have no shortcomings, Dan? See this passage: 1Th 5:16 Rejoice always, 1Th 5:17 pray without ceasing, 1Th 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Paul commands us and also admits that he is imperfect in this passage...