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lacey, you have the were-with-all to go to a christian site to ask for help. that's amazing. i do agree your making some bad decisions though. i pray Lord for lacey's health and safety. i pray for wisdom to make decisions that wont bring a lifetime of regret and pain. i pray you protect her and grow her into a loved daughter. may her tenacious will be used for good. thank you.
Hello LaceyM;
It is a pleasure to meet you and thank you for coming to Christians for support that is wise. Hey, since you had to sneak out to go tonite, I assume you may have had a moment to say this to one of your parents in the past at some point if they are around that is, "But, [Parent] don't you trust me?"
Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" I see God has been whispering in your ear. along with human reasonability which seems to have an upper hand at the moment, is that an accurate statement you think?
Those desires to have a need met is normal, but don't you know God wants to meet that need. In fact He wants to meet it in detail, better than you can. He knows you better than you know yourself. He has known you since you were but a thought. And has purposed for you your outcome, He says in John 10:10 His plans for you is to have life and that even more abundantly.
A young courting couple, [I know right?!! What's with the old-school terms] that is godly realizes they cannot trust themselves alone, especially with a guy God has checked at the door before leaving. Courting is exactly the thought you should have when dating anyone, because each man or boy is a potential mate to God. In other words there is nothing flippant to God about human connections. Or their interactions.
How does Mom and Dad feel about this? Any godly Parent, and I am one of them, [I have a 19 year old so I know where you are coming from, plus I was 16 once too...shhhh my kids don't realize that yet.] will have an opinion, God has always asked me to be honest, so I would say this: "It's true I don't trust you, but neither would I trust myself alone in another mans car, or at a party with "things" going on."
Dear ones, it is our responsibility not to lead our Children into temptation, but rather deliver them from evil. We are limited compared to God, in our knowledge and power but we must remember LaceyM is God's Child, thus we are responsible to give our limited effort our all to seek by God's grace to deliver His Children from temptation to do evil. I need to tell you LaceyM I would not attend that party, and I hope since you have already done what you were going to do, that you can look up to God for all dating suggestions God would give you in the future. I understand loneliness even today better than you realize, and have complete empathy for that plight, but I also know God is currently asking you "Do you trust me?" You need to be able to say yes to that. He will give you the man you will be happiest with, and ask Him for help to get thru this lonely moment, that will pass as well trust me. Trust His timing and He will bless you for it. He will also empower you to accomplish it.
"Lord, I pray for LaceyM that you give her an extra hug today, let her know that regardless of her choices in the past, you love her and want to help her in every detail of her life. Help her Father to take her eyes off of human reasoning in her flesh and help her to surrender her thoughts and decisions to you. Provide reassurance Father to her as she does so, speak to her heart God as the Holy Spirit guides her to the man of her hearts desire, but first to your Lordship, then to her perfect six-pack man. smile.. Lord lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. we pray this in Christ Jesus' name...Amen!" God bless you sister and know we will be praying for you here. We all want you to be at peace with God and joyful unto the Lord. He will give you that. Say, "Yes" to His question. God bless you richly.
It is a pleasure to meet you and thank you for coming to Christians for support that is wise. Hey, since you had to sneak out to go tonite, I assume you may have had a moment to say this to one of your parents in the past at some point if they are around that is, "But, [Parent] don't you trust me?"
Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" I see God has been whispering in your ear. along with human reasonability which seems to have an upper hand at the moment, is that an accurate statement you think?
Those desires to have a need met is normal, but don't you know God wants to meet that need. In fact He wants to meet it in detail, better than you can. He knows you better than you know yourself. He has known you since you were but a thought. And has purposed for you your outcome, He says in John 10:10 His plans for you is to have life and that even more abundantly.
A young courting couple, [I know right?!! What's with the old-school terms] that is godly realizes they cannot trust themselves alone, especially with a guy God has checked at the door before leaving. Courting is exactly the thought you should have when dating anyone, because each man or boy is a potential mate to God. In other words there is nothing flippant to God about human connections. Or their interactions.
How does Mom and Dad feel about this? Any godly Parent, and I am one of them, [I have a 19 year old so I know where you are coming from, plus I was 16 once too...shhhh my kids don't realize that yet.] will have an opinion, God has always asked me to be honest, so I would say this: "It's true I don't trust you, but neither would I trust myself alone in another mans car, or at a party with "things" going on."
Dear ones, it is our responsibility not to lead our Children into temptation, but rather deliver them from evil. We are limited compared to God, in our knowledge and power but we must remember LaceyM is God's Child, thus we are responsible to give our limited effort our all to seek by God's grace to deliver His Children from temptation to do evil. I need to tell you LaceyM I would not attend that party, and I hope since you have already done what you were going to do, that you can look up to God for all dating suggestions God would give you in the future. I understand loneliness even today better than you realize, and have complete empathy for that plight, but I also know God is currently asking you "Do you trust me?" You need to be able to say yes to that. He will give you the man you will be happiest with, and ask Him for help to get thru this lonely moment, that will pass as well trust me. Trust His timing and He will bless you for it. He will also empower you to accomplish it.
"Lord, I pray for LaceyM that you give her an extra hug today, let her know that regardless of her choices in the past, you love her and want to help her in every detail of her life. Help her Father to take her eyes off of human reasoning in her flesh and help her to surrender her thoughts and decisions to you. Provide reassurance Father to her as she does so, speak to her heart God as the Holy Spirit guides her to the man of her hearts desire, but first to your Lordship, then to her perfect six-pack man. smile.. Lord lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. we pray this in Christ Jesus' name...Amen!" God bless you sister and know we will be praying for you here. We all want you to be at peace with God and joyful unto the Lord. He will give you that. Say, "Yes" to His question. God bless you richly.
May we all see Redemption win! And may He not stop there. May He fill our cups to over-flowing! Oh, Our God is worthy of our praise! And worthy of our life. I thank God everyday that my clay chunk of goo is worthy in His eyes to pick up and make beautiful. I will never lose my voice of thanksgiving for that.I trust Him with my life and my death. Every decision in life , no matter how trivial it appears to us is the reason His glory is seen. While we tarry from one big event to the next for God's sake, God hangs out in the trenches of everyday life just waiting to show us the big stuff in the ordinary things of life. Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.When one understands that one will be their happiest. Sorry God gave me a moment there. 
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we are to judge within the church, do i need to post the verses, maybe a night of good bible study would be a far better option, if it were my daughter scheming to do such things, i would hope that someone would alert me so that i could intervene. the trouble is you have presented yourself as a christian, whereas if you had presented yourself as an athiest then people would not be judging you as you would already be under the wrathe of god, people would be trying to lead you too faith. But as far as being a christian and ambassador for the faith, well you explain that 1 to god. as with the prodigal son, the father waits patiently for you to take your eyes from the pleasures of the world and to set them on the offer of forgiveness and eternal life that only comes from the father.
But we need to love always love in anything we are right in doing. The prodigal story is a good example of that We see the Father run to the returning Son, yes the Son had to commit but The Father was so happy to see Him [ex-sinner and all], that he wouldn't even let him finish his confession before he put a robe on him and asked his faithful ones to serve the returning with a feast. Something the others didn't get day to day. So to me I see we need to always where the robe after our own inclusion into the family. Because it is in knowing where we came from that makes wearing the robe so precious And powerful.
I care not about her sin. I care about her robe. I want her to have one. I want her to understand the power behind the robe, and the victory found in wearing it. I care greatly about her needs and desires regardless of whether they yet line-up exactly to Gods will. For in time God's love found in us will nurture her there.. You are right in your doctrine but I look to an even higher ground.., if she is a sinner who are we to judge her Master? Have we discerned her walk with God accurately? Have we come as a clean slate before her to truly hear what she needs from God? Or are we coming from things God has ordained in us to do, as the primary objective? We are only to reconcile her with love and real love at that! God is calling her to grace not rules. Rules will exist in God's timing. Are we assessing God's timing here? Just a question. then we can stay accountable unto His will In real-time., Love is the greatest thing we can share. God and His Word will give her the right and wrong of things. If we offer that we are in Gods delight, even if it penetrates her to the marrow of her bone. But we need to love her, or that message is compromised in us. I mean no disrespect Prodigal, but when I read "scheming" I sense condemnation. Even in our correction, grace always is set forth in it. And her needs are to be our first thoughts not our defense of the answers for procuring them. All in God's timing is all. That's just my opinion. THX.
I care not about her sin. I care about her robe. I want her to have one. I want her to understand the power behind the robe, and the victory found in wearing it. I care greatly about her needs and desires regardless of whether they yet line-up exactly to Gods will. For in time God's love found in us will nurture her there.. You are right in your doctrine but I look to an even higher ground.., if she is a sinner who are we to judge her Master? Have we discerned her walk with God accurately? Have we come as a clean slate before her to truly hear what she needs from God? Or are we coming from things God has ordained in us to do, as the primary objective? We are only to reconcile her with love and real love at that! God is calling her to grace not rules. Rules will exist in God's timing. Are we assessing God's timing here? Just a question. then we can stay accountable unto His will In real-time., Love is the greatest thing we can share. God and His Word will give her the right and wrong of things. If we offer that we are in Gods delight, even if it penetrates her to the marrow of her bone. But we need to love her, or that message is compromised in us. I mean no disrespect Prodigal, but when I read "scheming" I sense condemnation. Even in our correction, grace always is set forth in it. And her needs are to be our first thoughts not our defense of the answers for procuring them. All in God's timing is all. That's just my opinion. THX.