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You are most certainly in my prayers!

That came across to me as having a sad note in it. Am I mistaken? Hey, I go on sometimes too long and too hard. I have you in my prayers for God to have His Way in you and brighten today for you.

Probably not! But, hopefully you are coming to God in the manner of such a child. But... is God finished with you yet? All of us do, but have you never changed your mind? Has God never changed your mind? Would you say that He will never change you again? Who does not? How much of what we know...

Nothing wrong with the initials after your name if they do not stand between you and God. Knowledge can be a good thing, but without the Spirit, it may be the very worst of things. My personal experience on this teaches me to be very careful. There are very learned men in probably every...

Did I say that? Sometimes they don't. Sometimes they do. Coming together in his name is always a good thing. When the in his name part is missing, then Jesus is missing and we are not likely to move toward Him. When we study alone or with others we need to pray also sincerely from the heart...

Without a doubt, but he really had the Holy Ghost in him and was working on following God instead of walking out in front of Him. "And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as...

I trust God. Among men I have found some in whom I could confidence in their sincerity, but that is not the same, is it? It is not that different people are told different things. People receive the Holy Ghost and start learning to trust Jesus, but they are not always listening for His voice...

Compare it with the situation with Moses. Moses led the Israelites through the wilderness for 40 years and was mostly faithful to God, but then for one disobedience, he lost his own entrance into the Promised Land. "Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no...

There church groups who believe it that way. You really do trust too much in theologians. I have no doubt that many of them have a lot of knowledge, but how much truth do most of them have? Don't answer that. What did the woman who was healed by touching the hem of Jesus's garment have? How...

@bwdave A very difficult place to be indeed, but you seem to have a handle on it and you have received some good advice. I will be praying for you and yours.

Many people seem to think that common sense is always a good thing, but common sense changes according to times and places and cultures, sometimes to the good and sometimes to the bad. Actually I would say, rather that the Bible is written in God's order, which is NOT subject to time. Jesus...

There is always more to be learned by those whose hearts and minds are still open. People like to find a level plateau and rest there as if there was no more of the mountain looming above them. Who knows God so well that there is nothing more to be found or revealed?

Certainly more difficult, but so long as the old man is not completely dead, he may still yearn for things that he cannot really have. Consider the mostly old men in the flesh who have been president of the United States. Did not pride get hold of most of them to take on that job? Did not the...

A saint is simply a person set apart. When we have decided to really follow Jesus we became set apart. We became saints. The meaning used by the Catholic Church is the standard on this and many Protestants hold onto it, but in reading scripture the pre-conceived notions we have will affect what...

All the verses do not really define God, do they? They give us ideas and sometimes the Holy Spirit brings it all into better focus. Who can really define Him? Not me, and neither should I limit Him to say what He can or cannot do. I think that the difference between Jesus and us is that he...

According to your definition of God you may be correct. For me, being tempted means that yielding to the temptation is possible. In Jesus' case he never yielded to the temptation. If you are correct, how can we ever really become like Him? "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth...

Thank you for your kind consideration.

"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." Heb...

@RMathews Welcome to the forum. Give God the glory for your vision of Him.

Indeed He is all around us, but there is a special or real presence or whatever we might want to call it that is different. It is not really, I believe, that God is different, but that our perception of Him is different because of what we have done. What we have done is opened ourselves up to...