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Stones, I really don't think you have anything to worry about in that regard 
I know I have no such worries, for I did not take the bait
I did not know it was Jaime, but I figured someone was pulling our leg LOL
I know I have no such worries, for I did not take the bait
I did not know it was Jaime, but I figured someone was pulling our leg
LOL
You are my hero! Lol And I want to be more discerning.
Hi loveme
I hope you don't mind my interjecting a thought here.
In battle against lying spirits, are you going to be helped by warnings? Or by the Promises?
For one who belongs to the Lord, yet has some kind of temptation tripping that one up, the reason is always the same. That is idolatry in one form or another.
Do we have other desires above the will of God for our life? I would say we all have this kind of trial. Are warnings going to help? Or will it be comfort and edification to being empowered to overcome?
We all read the warnings I'm sure. But if that is all you have to give?
selah
I hope you don't mind my interjecting a thought here.
In battle against lying spirits, are you going to be helped by warnings? Or by the Promises?
For one who belongs to the Lord, yet has some kind of temptation tripping that one up, the reason is always the same. That is idolatry in one form or another.
Do we have other desires above the will of God for our life? I would say we all have this kind of trial. Are warnings going to help? Or will it be comfort and edification to being empowered to overcome?
We all read the warnings I'm sure. But if that is all you have to give?
selah
For you all from other Countries, that have always thought Americans were all a bit on the crazy side; here is a video clip of a TV Show from the 70's and 80's that Laish remind of. It was a very popular show, so it should remove all doubts that we were Crazy.
[video=youtube;o3kBYftE8DA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3kBYftE8DA[/video]
Most of them have already gone to be with the Lord, so when we get there, we can all share in the laughs.
Psalm 126:2-3 (CSBBible)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] Our mouths were filled with laughter then,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
[SUP]3 [/SUP] The LORD had done great things for us;
we were joyful.
[video=youtube;o3kBYftE8DA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3kBYftE8DA[/video]
Most of them have already gone to be with the Lord, so when we get there, we can all share in the laughs.
Psalm 126:2-3 (CSBBible)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] Our mouths were filled with laughter then,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
[SUP]3 [/SUP] The LORD had done great things for us;
we were joyful.
I wonder how many wonderful works the workers for have done today to keep themselves saved.......the answer would be....NOT enough or never enough.....
For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.....
It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save the that believe.
For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.....
It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save the that believe.
[video=youtube;qIkU8fWqzxw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIkU8fWqzxw[/video]
Here's one for VCO........
'In the Garden' Written by: C. Austin Miles
According to some polls “In the Garden” is popular abroad, as well as in the United States. More than a million recordings and printed copies of it have been sold. It is virtually impossible to pick up a standard hymnal and find it omitted.
Charles Austin Miles was an American writer of gospel songs. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1892, he ceased to practice as a pharmacist. His first gospel song was "In the Garden"
Verse 1
I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses.
And the voice I hear Falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Chorus
And He walks with me and He talks with
me
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known.
Verse 2
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody, that He gave to me,
Within my heart is ringing.
Chorus
Verse 3
I’d stay in the garden with Him,
Though the night around me be falling
But He bids me go, through the voice of
woe,
His voice to me is calling.
Chorus
Here's one for VCO........
'In the Garden' Written by: C. Austin Miles
According to some polls “In the Garden” is popular abroad, as well as in the United States. More than a million recordings and printed copies of it have been sold. It is virtually impossible to pick up a standard hymnal and find it omitted.
Charles Austin Miles was an American writer of gospel songs. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1892, he ceased to practice as a pharmacist. His first gospel song was "In the Garden"
Verse 1
I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses.
And the voice I hear Falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Chorus
And He walks with me and He talks with
me
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known.
Verse 2
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody, that He gave to me,
Within my heart is ringing.
Chorus
Verse 3
I’d stay in the garden with Him,
Though the night around me be falling
But He bids me go, through the voice of
woe,
His voice to me is calling.
Chorus
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The only thing that will keep a person saved is their present believing. It is through our believing that we first received the promise, and it is through that same unceasing believing that we are kept to the very end.
The promise is for those who presently believe, not for those who never believed, or those who stop believing and fall away back to the world. Even traditional Calvinism, as misguided as it is, teaches that if you don't believe to the very end as evidenced by a lifestyle of obedience you are not saved.
The promise is for those who presently believe, not for those who never believed, or those who stop believing and fall away back to the world. Even traditional Calvinism, as misguided as it is, teaches that if you don't believe to the very end as evidenced by a lifestyle of obedience you are not saved.
Thank you to all our war veterans..
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