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  1. Mantis

    Bell’s palsy

    I have facial paralysis from something called Bell’s palsy. Came on just the other day. This feels like a spiritual attack as I just had some fantastic opportunities pop up where I need my faculties to operate properly. Please pray this away. It can be permanent if there is damage to my facial...
  2. Mantis

    Singing

    Does God command us to sing to him? The thing is, singing is a very personal thing to me. For some reason I am so shy about singing. I have never sung in front of my wife let alone a church full of people. None of my friend or family have heard me sing. I am kind of like Will Ferrel in the step...
  3. Mantis

    You don't have to be a perfect person to be a Christian!

    You don't have to be a perfect person to be a Christian! This is one of the things that I thought before I became a christian. I thought you had to be perfect or God would reject you. This actually stopped me from becoming a christian for a good decade or more. Mostly because I didn't...
  4. Mantis

    God doesn't need your money!

    I was listening to christian radio the other day and I there was a preacher preaching about money. I actually heard him say "God doesn't need your money to complete his ministry". Wow, how refreshing. After almost every sermon there is a preacher asking for money. I realize that it cost a ton of...
  5. Mantis

    What is Christianity? What is the Gospel?

    For those who are seeking God: In the garden of Eden, Adam(The first modern man) disobeyed God and ate from the forbidden fruit. His wife Eve was first deceived by the Devil to eat the fruit. The forbidden fruit is the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil". This rebellion separated man...
  6. Mantis

    Do you need peace in your life?

    One of the most profound benefits of my christian experience has been the peace that God has given me. My life before christianity was filled with anxiety and fear. Anxiety is horrible. I lived with the fear of uncertainty and insecurity in life. I used to freak out when bad things would happen...
  7. Mantis

    How did God call you?

    For me it was a supernatural experience. He called my name and led me out of darkness. I realized that I knew Jesus from before earth born life. I think we all know him but when we are born our memeory is wiped. At some point he calls us in a way that will reach us. For those of you that he has...
  8. Mantis

    On Spiritual Discernment

    For those who have ears to hear, Would a deceiving spirit/demon ever say "Lord Jesus"? I am having a serious moment of doubt. I know God has three distinct personalities. Does that mean he has three distinct voices?
  9. Mantis

    Could this allude to the dinosaurs?

    Reading the book of Job this morning and found this nugget. God is speaking to Job pretty much saying “you don’t know jack”. He is speaking of a “Behemoth”(a large animal, exact identity unknown). Now this is the first time reading an ESV Bible so I didn’t see this in the King James Version. But...
  10. Mantis

    Doors closing

    I am trying to figure out what God is up to. I crave in person christian fellowship and every time I try to get that fellowship the doors close. I started a few years ago going to a four square church. I got baptized there. The church was mostly filled with old people, probably retired. I'm in...
  11. Mantis

    They’re going to outlaw meat....

    Here is an article about what Bill Gates thinks about animals for food and the scripture that supports the idea. Bill Gates: ‘All rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef’ ◄ 1 Timothy 4 ► 1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith...
  12. Mantis

    Has God called your name?

    I am curious if God has called your name. Simple question, I am wondering who here has been called in that manner. I love that our Lord knows us, he thinks about us. He calls us by name! How wonderful is that? This calling is the first experience with the son of God I ever experienced and it...
  13. Mantis

    His sheep hear his voice...my testimony

    It started with sleep paralysis. I was choked by a shadow entity, it was terrifying. It was a very dark time in my life which I think attracts demons. At the time I was reading books and practicing lucid dreaming etc. I was also miserable and a drunk. Fornication was the norm, bars etc. My life...
  14. Mantis

    Any non pre-trib teachers?

    So I listen to CSN while I work. I love the preaching but I don't agree with the pre-trib rapture that they are always teaching. Is there any online sources of good teachers with a non pre-trib view? Thanks in advance.
  15. Mantis

    Who are the elect? Not the pious IMO

    I personally think the elect are NOT people that are pious. I think the elect are people who are so screwed up that if God didn't intervene in their lives, they would perish. I think I am elect, not because I am pious but because Jesus came to me in such a supernatural way that if he didn't I...
  16. Mantis

    Is pre-tribulation rapture a doctrine of demons?

    I am really starting to wonder if the pre-tribulation rapture is a doctrine of demons. It sounds wonderful but in reality I think it is a stretch to conclude that there will be a pre-trib rapture from scripture. Yet it is taught with confidence that it is truth. If it is a false teaching that...
  17. Mantis

    Is pre-tribulation rapture a doctrines of demons?

    I am really starting to wonder if the pre-tribulation rapture is a doctrine of demons. It sounds wonderful but in reality I think it is a stretch to conclude that there will be a pre-trib rapture from scripture. Yet it is taught with confidence that it is truth. If it is a false teaching that...
  18. Mantis

    For those who suffer chronic pain

    If you physically suffer chronic pain this is a good read. I found this link and it gave me some hope and comfort. My pain is chastisement from the Lord and very difficult to deal with. I need God to just get through the day most of the time. But the more I suffer the closer it keeps me to God...
  19. Mantis

    is this American politics in scripture?

    Isaiah 32:5 KJV - The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. I find it interesting that only in the KJV does it call these people liberals. Or they call...
  20. Mantis

    Can someone explain this to me?

    I accidentally placed this thread in the wrong place so I am re-posting here. So which is it? John 1:18 -No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. Exodus 24:9 - Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the...