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Bible Study 📚 101: 1. Who’s talking 2. Who is it talking too 3. And when & where is it taking place All the Bible is for us but all the Bible is not written specifically to us nor all about us the church the body of Christ
I Was Sexually Abused From 2 Years Old iel 16 Years Old The Churches Responance Was: " Get Over It! " " Quit Being A Baby! " " You Need To Growup! " " You Need To Let It Go! " Quit Acting So Childesh! " " You're The One To Blame For Your Problems Not The One Who Did THis To You! " " You Just Want Pitty! " "You're Just A Coward! " "Quit Blaming Everyone Else For Your Problems! " All This Coming From A Church Which Believes They Are A Rep Of GOD. No Wonder Young People Are Leaving The Church. I Cannot Feel Comfortable In That Church Now. They Have Hurt Me. How Can I Ever Go Back? I Need A Lot Of Help? I Know. I Feel Rejected. Is This The Way GOD Feels About Me? Is This The Way You Feel About Me? I Feel I'm Too Much Trouble? I'm Just In The Way. Is Their Any Hope For Me! I Feel Like A Lost Cause! I Feel Life Is Just Not Worth Living Anymore. The Churches Response Is Always Blame The Victom Never The Abuser. Why Is This? If It Was Their Daughter, Or Granddaughter I Thank Their Message May Be Totally Different To Her, And I Hope That It Would, But What A Disgrace To The Name Of GOD?
I got a dodger in my small group. As he is fine to have a 1 on 1 meeting with me on Friday afternoon, I decided to sit in the Thursday tutorial instead of going to my Friday tutorial to create an opportunity for the meeting.
Amen brother. Okay I know this is probably the devil but I can't help but wonder if this story is true but it is a very good story and I love it God bless you
Doing God's will and seeing the results is a miracle in and of itself. I have great respect for Tim and his dad in what they are doing to help people. Truly good human beings.
Is fasting required for Christians? No. God required the Israelites to fast on Atonement Day, but he eliminated that observance after Jesus permanently atoned for the sins of repentant people. (Hebrews 9:24-26; 1 Peter 3:18) Christians are not under the Mosaic Law, of which Atonement Day was a part. (Romans 10:4; Colossians 2:13, 14) Therefore, each Christian may decide for himself whether to fast.-Romans 14:1-4. Christians recognize that fasting is not the focus of their worship. The Bible never associates fasting with happiness. In contrast, true Christian worship is marked by joy, reflecting the personality of Jehovah, “the happy God.”-1 Timothy 1:11; Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13; Galatians 5:22. Misconceptions about the Bible’s view of fasting Misconception: The apostle Paul recommended fasting to Christian married couples.-1 Corinthians 7:5, King James Version. Fact: The oldest Bible manuscripts do not mention fasting at 1 Corinthians 7:5. b Evidently, Bible copyists added a reference to fasting, not only to this verse but also to Matthew 17:21; Mark 9:29; and Acts 10:30. Most modern Bible translations omit these spurious references to fasting. Misconception: Christians should fast in commemoration of the 40 days that Jesus fasted in the wilderness after his baptism. Fact: Jesus never commanded such a fast, nor are there any Scriptural indications that early Christians observed it. c Misconception: Christians should fast when commemorating Jesus’ death. Fact: Jesus did not command his disciples to fast when commemorating his death. (Luke 22:14-18) While Jesus said that his disciples would fast when he died, he was not issuing a command but merely stating what was going to happen. (Matthew 9:15) The Bible instructed Christians who were hungry to eat at home before observing the Memorial of Jesus’ death.-1 Corinthians 11:33, 34. a God told the Israelites: “You should afflict yourselves,” or “afflict your souls,” on Atonement Day. (Leviticus 16:29, 31; King James Version) This expression is understood to refer to fasting. (Isaiah 58:3) Thus, the Contemporary English Version uses this rendering: “You must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins.” b See A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, by Bruce M. Metzger, Third Edition, page 554. c Regarding the history of the 40-day fast of Lent, the New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “In the first three centuries, the period of fasting in preparation for the paschal [Easter] feast did not exceed a week at the most; one or two days was the usual limit. . . . The first mention of a period of 40 days occurs in the fifth canon of the Council of Nicaea (325), although some scholars dispute whether Lent is meant there.”-Second Edition, Volume 8, page 468.
I have a question, how do you deal with bloodline curses of adopted children, do you pray over them the day you bring them into your home? Does God guide you into which child to adopt?
One of the BEST things we can do to better read the Bible is to read literature? That’s not right at all. I’m all for reading widely but the motivation is not to improve understanding of the Bible but understanding of our times.
My mom medicated me I asked for church she led the janitor from the elementary school bring me n a couple other kids from same area to a dilapidated building I don’t remember anything
I was called to foreign missions at an early age, 10 years old. I went to college to study foreign missions at a Bible college. I met my husband there and while we were still friends I told him about my calling, and he expressed his calling to ministry and his willingness to go anywhere. We dated knowing that if marriage was in the future, foreign missions were in the future. It was a deep desire, focus, intent, determination, longing, burning, hungry focus, coupled with loads of prayer and mentoring. We both went to seminary, he finished but I needed a full time job to pay for it, so I didn't finish. We head to mission field overseas with pure excitement. Loved what we were doing and honestly had the greatest spiritual growth and fellowship with other believers than any other time in our lives. Now, the problem was, we had to raise all of our support. We're supposed to live on 100% support. Basically to be on 100% meant that you had to have people, churches and organizations as pumped about your ministry as you were. We didn't. No one was. Friends and family were angry at us and embarrassed that we were constantly asking for support (it just came in the form of a newsletter which stated at the very end, "if you want to support us send money to..."). No begging. The best we got was crickets, the worst angry, hateful statements all from believers. Year 2, I had to get a job because we only got about 20% of what we were supposed to receive. Part of my job was at a refugee ministry that got an influx of Iraq refugees days before the US entered Iraq. The support came less, because people said that they couldn't give in good conscience to something so dangerous. The refugee camp was 5000 miles away from Iraq. I didn't fly them in, just helped them when they got there. Needless to say, after 5 years, we were fired as missionaries because of our lack of support. We tried to return 5 years later and got even less commitment than what we left with in the first place, so we were asked not to come 1 week before we were supposed to move. For 20 years, we have longed, cried, gone to counseling, prayed and prayed. We even self funded 2 mission trips we took with our kids (just 2 weeks a piece), because of no support raised. We have been involved and worked in ministry for decades (me 36 years in ministry, my husband 33). Both our jobs now are ministry (missions at home as described in video), but it is not our calling. We do it a) we want to be in ministry, and b) we have bills to pay. Every time I have sought counseling, it's always the same response. The Bible in Greek doesn't say "go and make disciples", it says "as you are going, make disciples". Nothing coincides with our hearts and souls. Please advise
I would expect someone from Lifeway to have this attitude. Small churches sometimes can’t afford VBS resources, from Lifeway and other sources. Also, many kids today, especially kids still young enough to go to VBS, are so entertainment-driven from video games, etc. that they’re bored by most of the VBS activities. We’re a small country church, right in the middle of our VBS week & struggling to engage the kids coming.
Many local churches didn't do much than just expanding church buildings which shifted our priorities to give to many other mission organisations who works hard in projects for spreading the gospel
I am not amazed at all that so many people had to look up that Verse. Most people still believe the misunderstanding that the Mother of Jesus Mary was a Virgin Mother. At that time 2000 years ago in the east the first birth of all mothers was known as 'a Virgin Birth'. This has over the years been badly translated. Jesus had siblings, which is another fact lost to history as it did not fit the message the Christian Church wanted to give out. This is a great story regardless.
Middle aged childless single here. I have a lot of friends at church. It's only 100 members. I'm fine without a special ministry or group. "God won't send you a spouse because you love marriage more than Jesus and make it an idol." "God will only send you a spouse if you feel contented or become spiritually mature." Translation: If you grow old unwed that's because God is angry and very disappointed in you. Either He's withholding because you aren't as worthy as the marrieds or He's punishing you for sin in your life. Your whole life is a failure and God looks upon you with loathing and disgust because you are single. While He loves your friends who married in their early twenties and is pleased with everything they do--because they are married. Not encouraging or helpful.
Oh my goodness this is toooo funny! Im sweating bullets as a new pastor doing funerals trying to hone in bettering my process for the grieving. . . This made me chuckle, thank you!
If you read the First Commandment, you know how God warns against serving false gods or idols. Anything that you prioritize over the Lord(via time, mind, etc.) is an idol. If you spend an excessive amount of time, mind and your life on screen time, it might be an idol. That is why it is necessary to keep in check your priorities, for if you value that thing over the Lord, then you must make a change.
Online groups are too vulnerable. If there are issues with the power grid internet groups are useless. We must be prepared to meet in undisclosed private venues in person to worship and preach the gospel. We have 5 months…tic toc.
Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” And that is the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17. 16 For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Jesus Christ from the grave you will be saved.” God bless everybody that is reading this prayers for you all and your family in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏😊
This is not the story of a prostitute or the patriarchy. This is the story of how God saved a woman and her family just as He saved Lot and his family out of a wicked city. Our hearts are all unclean things. Man looks on the outside, but God…He looks on the hearts, and He found Rahab, a believing woman and rescued her.
I go to a chruch of about 65 to 70 people. There is no single ministry there nore is the church addressing my singleness. Get over ourselves people need God . Let him use you. i live in a major metro plexe so i could go to a bigger church that has more singles, but i dont want to. i play on the worsp team, and im heading up volunteers' security misitry. I dont sit on my ________ and do nothing and leave a church because it has nothing for me. I could have gone to a bigger church, but i did not want to be guitar player 10 and bass player 7 on top of that wait 6 months. Now i get single parents are streached . But if you have no kids, dont sit on your butt in church
I liked going until i started being treated badly. Being an educated single female over 27 is an anomaly. I had rich people make conments that all educated people are greedy. I had men say i shouldn't be in college or give me side eye for going.... And no one wanted to be my friend.
I wish people would stop seeing missionaries as business professionals trying to get paid. We're going into the world to teach the gospel and when we present our ministry to churches or individuals it's our hope that they will pray and see how God will lead them so go with us. There's millions of ways to support missionaries and financially is only one way. The best way to support them is thru prayer. Saying"no, we can't support you financially," before they tell you what their doing and where is limiting how God can use you.
