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ForthAngel

ForthAngel

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Is there something in the air then? I was much more belligerent when I first came here. (And for anyone who thinks I'm belligerent now, make no mistake, I still am at times, so imagine how bad "much more" looked. :eek:) It's not age changing my ways.

But what is your purpose? What do you give? (You're kind of quiet -- okay maybe only next to me -- so I really don't know.)

And I really can't say for anyone but Ed. And Ed? His purpose seems to be the calming factor, albeit, I don't know if he thinks that's his purpose.
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Maybe something in the air, I dunno :p

When I first came to CC almost 5 years ago I was desperate. I was in a car crash while under the influence that took the life of a friend and I was was spiraling wildly out of control and into chaos. That spilled over into the forums and chat rooms in a pretty embarrassing manner. I also had no real understanding of scripture. I was raised baptist, but never really learned very much til I came here and started doing my own study and research.

I still I have my moments where I make a fool of myself, but I'm grateful and thankful that God has done as much as he has in what I would consider a short amount of time.

As horrified as I am at how foolish I was and still am sometimes, I guess I can be thankful for it in the sense that it serves to snuff out my pride when it starts to build and keeps me level.

As for my purpose? I haven't got a clue. Still dealing with a lot of personal issues that keep me from advancing any more than I have, and that is one reason I don't talk/participate very often. Still got a lot to manage before getting involved in too many discussions without looking like a complete nut job.
 
maxwel

maxwel

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(short version)

... church?

... on here?

... in every day life?

(long version)
Recently, someone got into "I don't see the gospel preached." I get that. That's the heart of an evangelist.

I'm not an evangelist. (I know, because I usually can't get a sentence said to a nonbeliever without being shot down. I wish I could evangelize, but rarely am I able.) I'm also not a teacher.

I am here for purpose though, even when I lose sight of that purpose. And when I went to church I had purpose in that church too. My purpose wasn't 24/7, but I contributed and received, just like we're all supposed to do. At work? When I worked, it was all about helping the customer and the bosses. At home, it is roughly the same thing I do everywhere else.

This is where my heart is in asking today. I really am curious why people come here. And I'm curious because sometimes (often) I forget my purpose, so I'm checking to see if that's true for everyone. Or, more accurately, what percentage of time does it show?

What do you do for CC and for God when you come here? What do you do for your church and God when you go there? And what do you do in real life for God, people, employer/employees, family, and friends?

What is your purpose?
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What is YOUR purpose?

I'm not being facetious; I'd genuinely like to hear what you think your own purpose here is.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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I come here to learn, in a way. I come to learn to try to understand why I held my past views and why the people I was exposed to in my childhood and youth held the views they did. I come to learn so I can understand why they thought the way they did, and why they felt it so important to impart/indoctrinate me to think as they did. I come to learn to try to understand why I don't feel that way anymore and why I feel the way I do now.

In terms of church, I don't go. I've gone in the past, and it just doesn't agree with me. I'm not in the right place in my life to go to church, and as skeptical of people as I am and as anti-social as I am, I currently can't imagine that I'll ever be a church-going person.

In terms of what I do in every day life, I don't think I do anything. I'm just as angry, bitter, morose, negative, nasty, confrontational, and jerk-ish as I've always been but maybe I am just not quite as vocal about it in my daily interactions with people.
 
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ForthAngel said:
Maybe something in the air, I dunno :p

When I first came to CC almost 5 years ago I was desperate. I was in a car crash while under the influence that took the life of a friend and I was was spiraling wildly out of control and into chaos. That spilled over into the forums and chat rooms in a pretty embarrassing manner. I also had no real understanding of scripture. I was raised baptist, but never really learned very much til I came here and started doing my own study and research.

I still I have my moments where I make a fool of myself, but I'm grateful and thankful that God has done as much as he has in what I would consider a short amount of time.

As horrified as I am at how foolish I was and still am sometimes, I guess I can be thankful for it in the sense that it serves to snuff out my pride when it starts to build and keeps me level.

As for my purpose? I haven't got a clue. Still dealing with a lot of personal issues that keep me from advancing any more than I have, and that is one reason I don't talk/participate very often. Still got a lot to manage before getting involved in too many discussions without looking like a complete nut job.
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But? But, but, but your nut job might make my nut job look good. :eek:
 
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maxwel said:
What is YOUR purpose?

I'm not being facetious; I'd genuinely like to hear what you think your own purpose here is.
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Okay, but don't drink anything when you see my answer...

Blowing liquids out your nose from laughing hurts too much.

Encouragement (and there goes the liquid out the nose) and reality checker. (More believable.)

Reality check is something like you do, in that when someone is saying something they think is Biblical, but it's not, or if someone is making claims that aren't verified (aren't true, or questionable), or if someone says something vague enough not to understand or mean anything, I bring it back to reality. Sometimes I do that with God as focus.

Unfortunately, me being me, sometimes I do that out of "not even."
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious said:
I come here to learn, in a way. I come to learn to try to understand why I held my past views and why the people I was exposed to in my childhood and youth held the views they did. I come to learn so I can understand why they thought the way they did, and why they felt it so important to impart/indoctrinate me to think as they did. I come to learn to try to understand why I don't feel that way anymore and why I feel the way I do now.

In terms of church, I don't go. I've gone in the past, and it just doesn't agree with me. I'm not in the right place in my life to go to church, and as skeptical of people as I am and as anti-social as I am, I currently can't imagine that I'll ever be a church-going person.

In terms of what I do in every day life, I don't think I do anything. I'm just as angry, bitter, morose, negative, nasty, confrontational, and jerk-ish as I've always been but maybe I am just not quite as vocal about it in my daily interactions with people.
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Considering what you do for your dad, I'm hard pressed to believe that last paragraph. I can see the morose (as in sullen), and even the negative, but the rest doesn't fit.
 
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JaimeMartinez26

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#29
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(short version)

... church?

... on here?

... in every day life?

(long version)
Recently, someone got into "I don't see the gospel preached." I get that. That's the heart of an evangelist.

I'm not an evangelist. (I know, because I usually can't get a sentence said to a nonbeliever without being shot down. I wish I could evangelize, but rarely am I able.) I'm also not a teacher.

I am here for purpose though, even when I lose sight of that purpose. And when I went to church I had purpose in that church too. My purpose wasn't 24/7, but I contributed and received, just like we're all supposed to do. At work? When I worked, it was all about helping the customer and the bosses. At home, it is roughly the same thing I do everywhere else.

This is where my heart is in asking today. I really am curious why people come here. And I'm curious because sometimes (often) I forget my purpose, so I'm checking to see if that's true for everyone. Or, more accurately, what percentage of time does it show?

What do you do for CC and for God when you come here? What do you do for your church and God when you go there? And what do you do in real life for God, people, employer/employees, family, and friends?

What is your purpose?
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great question

church is just a gathering of believers doesnt need to be indoors

i dont attend modern churches yet... but considering looking for a good one led by a true man of God to be baptised

in here im new and still trying to test peoples spirits but not be offended or offensive and maybe share some what ive been shown while keeping my eyes and ears open


in real life i work 12 hours a day sometimes 5 sometimes 6 days and every so often ill work a half shift on 7th

i try to glorify God when possible and even had a few decent conversations.... but im more often than not met with scoffing or double mindedness and people who only remember who i was

im blessed because im allowed to listen to audio scriputre and street preaching while i work

but outside work when i get home i eat i shower i sleep and i try to keep God with me so sin isnt

i think my purpose (if it can be anything other than to spread the truth of Jesus) will come as i grow in the Word
 
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pottersclay

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My purpose, well I was bought at a price I am not my own. Each day I remind myself of this. All things that are seen are temporal.
So my day starts out with seeking the kingdom and God's righteousness then all will be added to me. Now it took quite a time to to come to understand this and to discipline my mind to do this.
My purpose is what God has purposed me for that day. Some days good. Some days not so good.
Learning to walk as a kings kid is a lifetime experience. The main thing that gets in your way is life.
Life happens to us all ,but we have to always remember we are born again unto Christ.
We are to preach and teach , pray and exhort, to do what we are commanded to do in his name.
 
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oldethennew

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psalm6819 said:
Used to come here for encouragement but now....
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we're sorry to hear you say this Psalm, as you have been an inspiration to the both of us
from the start of our being led here, at CC...Look deeper Sister, you are blessed -
real jewels are hard to find, but it is up to us to seek and discover them in this fallen-world -
there are so many ways that Jesus makes available to us,, if we Trust, Hope, Love and Serve Him.
He will always make a new-way-for-us-to-live, righteously, if our hearts are true,
one of His ways of sharing His peace with us...

denying 'self' is the crux of the whole-matter'...it doesn't take a 'rocket-scientist' to SEE,
(that it ALL boils-down to, (choosing-the-world, or our choosing to return the Love that
we feel in our gratefulness for the most Loving Sacrifice any one could ever imagine/come-up with,
our Saviour's?!?1?) our Saviour's most unselfish act of Love that any of us human-animals could ever
conceive-of...
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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Considering what you do for your dad, I'm hard pressed to believe that last paragraph. I can see the morose (as in sullen), and even the negative, but the rest doesn't fit.
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It does fit, it's just that I keep myself reigned in pretty well around here most of the time. Even in the real world, I keep a tight grip on myself and don't say the things that are in my mind to say, but the thoughts are still there.

Speaking of caregiving, I don't feel as though it's something I should be praised for. It's something I do, but not with any sense of gratitude. I do what is asked of me and is required of me, but I resent all I do. To an outside observer, my caring for my Dad might seem like an act of compassion and kindness, but with the bitterness and resentment I hold on to for having to set my entire life aside in order to care for another person, I shouldn't be praised for my actions.
 
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Ariel82

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I do nothing productive, but GOD through me does the following..

church? Lead a small women's Christcare weekly group, watch kids for moms connect, teach k-1st grade Sunday school, might become a Stephen minister next fall, attend Wednesday Christ care group, Tuesday prayer intercessory group, morning Bible study. Monday yoga at church...vacations bible school...and Some other stuff, can't remember, basically whatever God tells me to do.

... on here? Pray, post in threads, fellowship via pm

... in every day life? Lol too much to list. I like camping and spending time in nature
 
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tourist

tourist

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I come here to spend time with the people that I care about. I try to set a good spiritual example when I'm on CC but feel that I often fail miserably at times.
 
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Ariel82

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tourist said:
I come here to spend time with the people that I care about. I try to set a good spiritual example when I'm on CC but feel that I often fail miserably at times.
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I find you very loving Tourist.
 
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JaimeMartinez26 said:
great question

church is just a gathering of believers doesnt need to be indoors

i dont attend modern churches yet... but considering looking for a good one led by a true man of God to be baptised

in here im new and still trying to test peoples spirits but not be offended or offensive and maybe share some what ive been shown while keeping my eyes and ears open


in real life i work 12 hours a day sometimes 5 sometimes 6 days and every so often ill work a half shift on 7th

i try to glorify God when possible and even had a few decent conversations.... but im more often than not met with scoffing or double mindedness and people who only remember who i was

im blessed because im allowed to listen to audio scriputre and street preaching while i work

but outside work when i get home i eat i shower i sleep and i try to keep God with me so sin isnt

i think my purpose (if it can be anything other than to spread the truth of Jesus) will come as i grow in the Word
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If you don't attend a modern church, do you attend an old church? lol

If your working that much your purposed for someone. Who do you work for -- your boss, the customer, or both?
 
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pottersclay said:
My purpose, well I was bought at a price I am not my own. Each day I remind myself of this. All things that are seen are temporal.
So my day starts out with seeking the kingdom and God's righteousness then all will be added to me. Now it took quite a time to to come to understand this and to discipline my mind to do this.
My purpose is what God has purposed me for that day. Some days good. Some days not so good.
Learning to walk as a kings kid is a lifetime experience. The main thing that gets in your way is life.
Life happens to us all ,but we have to always remember we are born again unto Christ.
We are to preach and teach , pray and exhort, to do what we are commanded to do in his name.
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Isn't life purposeful too? I have the ministry of the clean dishes and laundry. I should have the ministry of folded laundry more often, but... :eek: Hubby has the ministry of vets. If he sees one who likes to ask the guy where and when. Thanking for their service seems to please them more when the person thanking them, knows what that service is.

This is regular life. Even that is purposed.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious said:
It does fit, it's just that I keep myself reigned in pretty well around here most of the time. Even in the real world, I keep a tight grip on myself and don't say the things that are in my mind to say, but the thoughts are still there.

Speaking of caregiving, I don't feel as though it's something I should be praised for. It's something I do, but not with any sense of gratitude. I do what is asked of me and is required of me, but I resent all I do. To an outside observer, my caring for my Dad might seem like an act of compassion and kindness, but with the bitterness and resentment I hold on to for having to set my entire life aside in order to care for another person, I shouldn't be praised for my actions.
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You do it even though you don't want to. There is honor in that that not too many people have. And of course grouchy goes with that, but do you take it out on him or a nearby inanimate object? (We have containers hung up for onions, garlic and sweet potatoes. On one of my foul moods, that thing when flying -- 3-4 times. I still did what I had to do, but the negative did show up.)
 
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tourist said:
I come here to spend time with the people that I care about. I try to set a good spiritual example when I'm on CC but feel that I often fail miserably at times.
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I must have missed that. Do you sell tickets?
 
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Ariel82

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Welcome to the forums JaimeMartinez26.

I totally agree with this statement:

i think my purpose (if it can be anything other than to spread the truth of Jesus) will come as i grow in the Word
 
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