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    Just quick: ask God to give you a sign that you are saved? (He will!)

    Hi there, So just real quick, I do not want to spend a whole lot of time. I asked God, I said "You are a God of great signs - how will I know that I have fulfilled Your calling of me to be a believer?" He said "I will give you the sign of Ezekiel". Remember that Jesus said "the only sign you...
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    Praise God! God loved us, before He created us; then once He created us, He made His love constant - power to God!

    Hi there, So yes: God loved us before He created us - loved every detail! He foresaw it all, the good times, the bad, the sin, the repentance and He loved us! Once God created us, He made His Love constant - waited for us to seek Him, to inquire of what He had done! He rejoiced to be tested...
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    Grief comes more easily to the simple of heart; those that trust the Spirit have their share of strife (selah)

    Hi there, So I wanted to focus on something that I didn't actually think I would encounter as a believer. For a long time, I thought the problem with my faith, must be that I backslid; which constantly seemed to drag me back into doubt. Then I realised I was trying to "do faith" on my own, too...
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    Joseph Prince "The Law says 'do not steal', Grace says 'find opportunities to give'" - what a sermon

    Hi there! So I was blown away by this message from Joseph Prince (exact sermon unknown, but I can find it if you want it); with one statement, he made it crystal clear what it is that is meant by "the Law and Grace". I was really impacted and had to tell you! The comparison is so simple, but so...
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    The time of Jacob's trouble, is definitely a Garden of Gethsemane moment - society is starting to lose touch (with the reality of the Cross) (hurt?)

    Hi there, So this is to sort of focus our prayers. We are entering the time of Jacob's trouble, when Heaven is shut and there is sin on Earth. Christ faced the struggle of this time too (already), when He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. If Christ had been able to be crucified in the...
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    The truth is where the spirit and the soul meet (truth?)

    Hi there, So Jesus famously called Himself "the way, the truth and the life" and also said "and you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" (gospels, from memory). What I wanted to share, is a truth that exists between these two things. This is a truth about the truth! What is...
  7. MatthewG

    Mystery Revealed In The Pauline Epistles! e431

    My grandpa.
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    I tried to rush the Rapture, and I felt sick (can you do anything apart from God?)

    Hi there, So I guess I am nothing, if not honest to a fault: I really and truly thought I could 'rush' the Rapture! It was just a matter of working out what the fool would believe, how he would see killing the faithful as a favor to God and imagining that the Devil would justify him. But God...
  9. Natha

    I am not new here, but new from today

    Long time back i am joined here unfortunately lost login stuff and failed join again This week I am able to rejoin here And i have added my few details and faith too I am 64 y old servant of God in our mission works, in India Leading a ministry to make the disciples for Christ
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    When we are first conceived, God examines us; then when we believe, God examines us more closely (see a pattern?)

    Hi there, So this is a simple truth which was discovered by someone, which helps keep our walk in the faith in perspective. The truth is, that when we are conceived, God examines us. We don't immediately have a full grown heart, but God examines what will become our heart. This is something...
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    The Silent Drift: How Lies Pull People from the Truth

    Many people today think they are safe because they once prayed a prayer, attended church, or claimed to believe in Jesus. Yet the Bible warns that some will “depart from the faith” (1 Timothy 4:1). The Greek word used for “depart” is the root of our word “apostatize.” It describes someone who...
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    Without Love, God is darkness (lost?)

    Hi there! So a simple thought: without Love, God is darkness. In other words, when people sin, they say "the darkness made me do it". What they mean is "I refused to let God be God to me, and did what I liked". The darkness then, protects God, since He cannot sin as God, but is absolved of His...
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    Stoicism - This is what I believe, no matter the truth...

    This one is from the Barna Group: “The problem facing the Christian church is not that people lack a complete set of beliefs. The problem is that they have a full slate of beliefs in mind which they think are consistent with biblical teachings, and they are neither open to being proven wrong...
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    We Will Not Be Silenced

    We live in a time where speaking the truth of Jesus Christ is no longer tolerated by many. People are told to keep their faith private, to stay silent about sin, and to avoid sharing anything that might offend someone’s personal beliefs. But when the World Says Be Quiet, we must Speak Louder...
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    True repentance, leads to godly sorrow (selah)

    Hi there! So I wanted to discuss the Cross for a moment. You know that Jesus said "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death" (Matthew 26:38)? Think for a moment with me, why did Jesus say that? It is because our Cross is a burden. In other words, if you are taking up your Cross, you will...
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    What Is Truth? – The Trial Before Pilate

    Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had...
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    I stopped striving with people in the world, now I am spiritually starving (to get what God wants for me - prayer?)

    Hi there, So for a long time I have been striving with the people of the world, wanting favour, wanting fame. Ostensibly, I wanted the attention for the truth, but that was really a cover for my own ego. Realistically I was going to grab all the attention, whatever the truth was. I don't think...
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    "My strength is made perfect in weakness" but there are different kinds of weakness? (strong?)

    Hi there, So I am writing this for my own sake, if nothing else - I need to understand the Lord's strength. My understanding is that the Lord is strong, and there is no other. But He said "My Strength is made perfect in weakness", so there is a relationship to weakness that needs to be...
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    Reading the parable of the Sower, as a parable about the Holy Spirit (open?)

    Hi there, So this might open up your thinking about the Holy Spirit: the parable of the Sower, can be interpreted as being about the Holy Spirit. We typically think that the Word of God can be about anything, that there are some who receive it and some who don't. But strictly speaking, the...
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    Don't replace a plank, with a greater plank! (plank?)

    Hi there, So I just had this really simple thought and for my own sake if no-one else's, I thought would just meditate on it for a moment. The thought is this: Jesus said "don't try to take the speck out of your brother's eye, when look! A plank is in your own eye" (Gospels, from memory); now...