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oyster67

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Getting cancer,
Getting cancer again, then finding out I have many symptoms for a different type of cancer.
Getting pleurisy or pneumonia or my father trying to choke me, or having to get a job so young, have a couple friends die the way they did
Gosh I could go on lol
It blesses me to see that you are a Christian. I like your username a lot. It shows that you have great wisdom, vision, and perspective. When I meet you, this short little temporary time will probably be past. I look forward to our meeting with great anticipation.
 
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:alien: indeed my brethren my sister
brothers and unto all
as it is written
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Mga Hebreo: 2. 10. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

12. Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

13. And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

15. And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

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godbless us all always
 
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TemporaryCircumstances

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Wow! u guys iz bringing tears to the eyes of the wee elephant..........may God bless and keep each of you who have opened up your hearts here......I can not describe the sorrow I feel for your life experiences, nor have any magical word(s) to make all of them disappear. But, i take comfort in knowing that each of you have found THE GREAT PHYSICIAN! The One who can turn testimonies of such tragic events into the lives of His precious and beloved children into testimonies of HIS GLORY!

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It blesses me to see that you are a Christian. I like your username a lot. It shows that you have great wisdom, vision, and perspective. When I meet you, this short little temporary time will probably be past. I look forward to our meeting with great anticipation.
Thank you so much :)
The only thing that can get you through any trial life gives you is God and I'm so glad that I saw that :)
 
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Humans just love secrets :)

I am so glad to see that you all have registered as Christians. God bless all of you ukoks, and all of us humans too :)
:hrmm: well my brethren brothers
theres a secret here but as :smoke:
told unto all the brethren
be careful not to tell unto those evil things the secret because
they twisted the very words of god
or they used the words of god for profittering

~;> would you believed that we dont take any money or anykind of
things that this world could offer unto anyone becaused that
is one of those secret
freely you have recieved freely you must give
unto anyone who wants to know the truth
but there is always a secret behind the secret
that cannot be taken for granted
as it is written
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Isaias: 56. 9. All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
10. His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

:ty:

godbless us all always
 
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Now, it may just be the "old Soldier" in me, but I do not think he struggles with the English Language as much as he pretends to. I think a lot of his nonsensical comments are intentionally designed to be such. It appears to me to be his M. O. For whatever reason, he has adopted this form of communication. Possibly to distinguish himself from all others of the world, or for some other self aggrandizing reason.

As I said, this may just be the "old Soldier' in me, but.........
How about another Christian with disabilities?

I may not understand the words often, but I sense God's Spirit in him.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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Getting married and divorced.

Going to college ever. Hated school growing up because I was bullied so badly.

Having a supernatural experience.

Becoming a Christian.

Having to care for a parent.

Living past the age of 30.
 

p_rehbein

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How about another Christian with disabilities?

I may not understand the words often, but I sense God's Spirit in him.
It is possible, why I said "It MAY BE the old Soldier in me......." I can only consider what I feel when reading his comments, and how I feel led to discern them. In some comments, his English is quite acceptable, at least High School level, and that is better than a whole bunch of people living here in America who ONLY speak English (well, sort of). Then on other comments, it is the broken, nonsensical level of English that one would expect from someone with a disability.

I am not judging his spiritual state, but I do have concerns about his purpose........and, the style of writing, way he composes his comments, suggests a high level of writing talent which is not often associated with someone who has a Language disability.


Anyway, I "like" a few of his comments, and on at least two of them, he and I agree. Problem is, as I can not make heads or tails out of the nonsensical ones, I have no idea if he and I agree or not.

It isn't any big deal to me, not like I "report" his comments, just expressed my thoughts.
 
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savedforhisglory

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I never thought that after being freed from sin that I would fall back into sin. This allowed me to not take the grace of God for granted
 

p_rehbein

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Finding the love, support, and fellowship of true believers here on the Internet........that isn't as common as some folks might believe............Praise God, and pray for me..........
 
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thepsalmist

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What are some things that have happened to you that you never thought would, and how did that change your perception about things?
Fighting the devil in person, up front, in-ya-face, in the flesh, literally ... for a few years.

How has my perception changed? Hehe ... well ... I will always, always have an un-shakeable conviction that God is real.

I guess that is why the devil rarely does that ... He must have thought I was a shoe-in, in the bag, goose cooked ... otherwise he would have kept it from me. It was all or nothing ...

I thank GOD for saving me! By no means did I deserve it ...
 
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Samantha1234

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Wow. There are a lot of people that have been through a lot of things. It's always good to see that we're not alone in our struggles even when we feel like it, and that no matter how bad we think things are, someone else is going through something worse. That helps me to take my struggles more lightly. In the present moment, things may seem to be completely out of control, but there is always the day that we will look back and see that we made it through. Each thing that we go through causes us to have more sympathy or compassion for others going through the same thing. That is encouraging.
 

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When we got saved, we never thought that pastors would be terrified of us. We thought it was going to be a family setting, everyone working in harmony and unity. We didnt know that a curse come with tithing and the tradition of men would nullify the word for us. We didn't know that much of christianity is steeped pagan ideas and that Christ was actually outside the door knocking but is never welcome because of the lies peddled for profit.
We didn't know that anything God put in our hearts would be rejectd because of envious pastors that are scared witless if somebody else actually has an anointed calling.

Oh but we know now. Slow learners we are but we now get it.
 

p_rehbein

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Wow. There are a lot of people that have been through a lot of things. It's always good to see that we're not alone in our struggles even when we feel like it, and that no matter how bad we think things are, someone else is going through something worse. That helps me to take my struggles more lightly. In the present moment, things may seem to be completely out of control, but there is always the day that we will look back and see that we made it through. Each thing that we go through causes us to have more sympathy or compassion for others going through the same thing. That is encouraging.


GOD IS SURELY GOOD!

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breno785au

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#78
When we got saved, we never thought that pastors would be terrified of us. We thought it was going to be a family setting, everyone working in harmony and unity. We didnt know that a curse come with tithing and the tradition of men would nullify the word for us. We didn't know that much of christianity is steeped pagan ideas and that Christ was actually outside the door knocking but is never welcome because of the lies peddled for profit.
We didn't know that anything God put in our hearts would be rejectd because of envious pastors that are scared witless if somebody else actually has an anointed calling.

Oh but we know now. Slow learners we are but we now get it.
Why do you bring this stuff to every thread you visit?
 
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WarriorForChrist

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It is possible, why I said "It MAY BE the old Soldier in me......." I can only consider what I feel when reading his comments, and how I feel led to discern them. In some comments, his English is quite acceptable, at least High School level, and that is better than a whole bunch of people living here in America who ONLY speak English (well, sort of). Then on other comments, it is the broken, nonsensical level of English that one would expect from someone with a disability.

I am not judging his spiritual state, but I do have concerns about his purpose........and, the style of writing, way he composes his comments, suggests a high level of writing talent which is not often associated with someone who has a Language disability.


Anyway, I "like" a few of his comments, and on at least two of them, he and I agree. Problem is, as I can not make heads or tails out of the nonsensical ones, I have no idea if he and I agree or not.

It isn't any big deal to me, not like I "report" his comments, just expressed my thoughts.
Is he saying he has someone, not God, speaking through him? That is what I am getting from his posts
 

p_rehbein

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Why do you bring this stuff to every thread you visit?
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He can not allow Christians to fellowship in love and with humility. He must disrupt any such activity. It is simply the level of hate that is in his heart. All we can do is pray for him, and hope that God will change his heart from one filled with hate, to one filled with Christian love and humility and a desire to sincerely fellowship with other believers.