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zeroturbulence

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I am literally in tears as I write this.. once again I am struggling with my faith in God and in life. I think I may take a break from cc. I love you guys though, each of you who visit this thread... you're the best bunch I've met on the forums. Catch up soon I hope.
Hope u come back soon (if you do leave). I will pray for you. God bless.
 

homwardbound

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Sometimes I can find Gods words anywhere :)

"Nothing Else Matters"


So close no matter how far
- James 4.8 / Jer 23.23-24
Couldn't be much more from the heart
- Matthew 6.21
Forever trusting who we are
- Proverbs 3.5-6 / John 15.4
And nothing else matters
- Romans 12.2 / 1 Peter 5.7

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
- Proverbs 3.5-6
All these words I don't just say
- Psalm 19:14 / Isaiah 55.11
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
- Psalm 40.4
Every day for us something new
- Revelation 21.5
Open mind for a different view
- Isaiah 55.8
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
- John 16.33
But I know
- Romans 12.2
So maybe just bloom wherever you are at for that day? Truth:
T rust
R esting
U nder
T ruth
H eaven

God did do it all for us all, just waiting for us all to beleive it and be settled in it, and we thus just do, outside of trying to do
 
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Donkeyfish07

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^^^ Did that thing just shoot a bunch of paintballs to make that picture?? O_O
If you think that's amazing, get a load of this.

[video=youtube;RgZZHT_GTAY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgZZHT_GTAY[/video]
 

homwardbound

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"The song was controversial for its time, with the lyrics written from the perspective of a a young man determined to deflower a Catholic girl who is a virgin[SUP][1][/SUP]"

Only the Good Die Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And yet to this day, there is only one that is Good, and that is our Father given to us through Son's finished work for us all if only we will come to finalization that by Son we are forgiven
We then get to see this finalization where by Christ's finished work, we are made perfect before Father, why?
So we can get life right here right now in the Spirit of Father and be led by Father, the same as Christ was led
No, that can't be true can it?>???????????????
Col: 1:21-23 I John 2
 

homwardbound

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Interesting note, the girl in the song turned him down and kept her chastity. If they would have listened to the entire song—instead of focusing on part of it without context—it could have actually been spun into an anti-peer pressure message.
Amazing how anything can be spun including the Bible. Now my spin, a completed LOVE story in the resurrected Christ for us all to love no matter what. The power of love, and I am not speaking in the flesh, to be clear
 

homwardbound

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perhaps i'm not pious enough, but i just don't understand how some people flip out over songs. granted, i don't want to pour negative stuff in my head, but art isn't just something that we should expect to always behave.

if you don't like the message, don't look or listen.

it's like the idiots burning books because they don't want anyone to get any ideas.

i've admired beautiful paintings created by nazi artists, read the provocative words of people whom i genuinely fear (for society's sake), and sang along to songs that discussed things i don't approve of.

art isn't about making everyone feel better. it's an expression of thought. it can elevate the spirit like nothing else. it can turn my heart toward God, out of gratitude, fear, love, or even anger.

i have literally dozens of journals. if you read one page, you might think i'm an angry person. another page might make me sound like i'm chemically-enhanced-happy, and yet another page reveals me as a woman who deeply loves God.

art is just a moment, or a "page" in someone's life.

/rant
truth spoken Thank you
 

homwardbound

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perhaps i'm not pious enough, but i just don't understand how some people flip out over songs. granted, i don't want to pour negative stuff in my head, but art isn't just something that we should expect to always behave.

if you don't like the message, don't look or listen.

it's like the idiots burning books because they don't want anyone to get any ideas.

i've admired beautiful paintings created by nazi artists, read the provocative words of people whom i genuinely fear (for society's sake), and sang along to songs that discussed things i don't approve of.

art isn't about making everyone feel better. it's an expression of thought. it can elevate the spirit like nothing else. it can turn my heart toward God, out of gratitude, fear, love, or even anger.

i have literally dozens of journals. if you read one page, you might think i'm an angry person. another page might make me sound like i'm chemically-enhanced-happy, and yet another page reveals me as a woman who deeply loves God.

art is just a moment, or a "page" in someone's life.

/rant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AZQxH_8raCI
[video=youtube;AZQxH_8raCI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AZQxH_8raCI[/video]
 

homwardbound

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Dude, really? ok....Mark - my brother in Christ Mark - I actually saw this the other day and was going to respond but waited and waned like the moon. The wait has reminded me that I love our Pope and I love his position because of its devotion to our God of Israel. The wane has provided patience.

There's a danger, I think, in division of faith. Mockery is a kind of innocuous tool to engage a sense of social entitlement within this union of Christianity, but not so innocent in its effect.
I appreciate for you to be:
Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

I see you have received and now are, just a humble bond servant, I am yelling in thankfulness to Father for this revelation you have received and only from Father can anyone receive.
So continue Brother continue:
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
 

homwardbound

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When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose them all at once -you lose them in pieces over a long time.

Gradually, you accumulate the parts of them that are gone. Just when the day comes, when there’s a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that they’re gone, maybe forever - there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.
Thank you for that tid bit Sister, much appreciated, facing reality can be difficult from time to time
 

homwardbound

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M&M's is the dictatorship of candy.
It gives you the appearance of choice by offering lots of different colors to choose from, but in reality, you're only given ONE letter choice. Why do they demand that M be the only option?
Well, if you add "T", then we might see
MT MT MT,
Especially for me when I point at my head and say MT,MT,MT
 

homwardbound

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Skittles! Life can be a rainbow!
there are many views, some to peace and others to stress when I see this view, Christ relieves stress to rest, being aware of those that try to impute stress never seeing rest, triers not doers.
And I also see God is not done with those that are imputed with stress that have not yet come to rest, but I trust God taht they will, God is that good in all God does
 

homwardbound

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Some people are so irritating.
I've battled depression for 24 years. And i just had some 29 year old (notice that makes the person not much older than the amount of time i've battled depression) start telling me what i need to do to get past it. They had no psychology background, no evidence, no proof or basis for any of the things they told me. They just gave their opinion and pushed their opinion on me. And to make it worse she starts giving me generic Christianese on top of it. All they did was put me in a bad mood because of their ignorance and condescending, know it all attitude. I felt better Before i talked with them. But, as always, no matter what you say, what proof you have, their opinion is more right.
Sorry to hear this Ugly, yet it is a reality. I did once see it this way as you just described and from your view, righteously. Then I got to see from their side of the room, seeing their motive i was able to say thanks for the care you all are exerting, yet it is not helping me, love you, and move on Brother. Depression is debilitating, and am just trusting for you to see through,
I personally am not a guru, just learning as you
 

homwardbound

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[rant]If there's another fight in my house about me going to THIS church I'm gonna lose my mind [/rant]
Sister, sorry for this, have you looked behind the curtain in this situation
I do see this; it is and has caused you to want to go where you are going all the more has it not? Has stubbornness set in?
remembering your post of faith
Forwarding all issues to Heaven, and loving every bit of it to this day, so have you done this or are you stubbornly fighting, creating stubbornness in those as well as has been created now in you? Flesh fighting flesh, might be your first observation to see. And you might be able to step out to the sidelines, and see clearly, and learn how to walk in God's Spirit while in the midst of this. I personally, think you already know truth in this and do not need to fight back or justify why you have decided to go to whatever Church you decide to go to.
Just think on this wise, be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. Seek to learn from all situations to be able to avoid any damage from any snakes hiding in the grass.
This might be what you are being warned about, so seek their point of view from their view in order to be aware and avoid having to learn the hardway
Love you and am trusting God Father to protect you from ever having to learn the hard way as many of us have already, and out of love try to tell others where they might be headed unaware, of the tragedy ahead. Many times when others try to do this they come across condemning, commanding, which stops us from looking behind the curtain, and out of rebellion a fall comes out of it, with "I should have listened"
Just listen Father is speaking to you in your gut and your flesh is trying to over ride this gut feeling, trying to get you excited
 

homwardbound

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Maybe this following scenario might help?

I was invited to a gathering late on Sunday at 4:00 PM. I showed up unaware and unprepared, in my tennis shorts with my racket ready to play. To my surprise, as I got into the play, I discovered it was not a tennis game it was a football game, and guess what playing tackle football with just tennis shorts and a racket did or does?
See this allegory, praying so. The whole world is like a fishing arena, every morning, everyone brings out their line and pole putting bait on it to catch the unaware people not wearing their armor, that comes from God
Sister be aware please
 

homwardbound

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It's been awhile since I've ventured into the family forum; it's so depressing. The enemy is always trying to break up families in so many little ways. I pray for the families on here, that the Lord would strengthen each one.
Agreed, so let us all start the trust that God will, we do not know when or how, but God will, for God is love, just not all see this yet, Love in response is what steals, kills and destroyed evil by Christ at the cross, Praying for God to reveal this to me and all daily, deeper and deeper. evil can't stand joy, peace and righteousness, and is why it went to the extreme to kill Christ and ended in a total annihilation of evil, where when Christ rose he took the keys away from the devil to Heaven and hell, victory and the devil defeated, all that is left to be defeated by free choice is to come to truth and trust, beleive and stop the listening to evil thought that keep us captivate4d into anger, and much more. Walk by Faith in the finished work of Father through Son the way the truth and the new life we get in the Spirit by Faith in the resurrected Christ. We are taught to work for it and at the same time we have it by Christ;
Well which is the truth, for either we have it as a gift or we don't and thus we end up working for it just as we all are taught this from birth on to work for it?
So today might be the day to make the final decision, Christ did do it all or he did not? We are 100% forgiven, whether we sin or not, is that true or not?

If that is not true please you that do not believe, find anywhere in the word after the death of our Savior. that we are asked to ask fro anymore forgiveness, whether we sin or not
Not even 1 John 1:9 state this receiving being forgiven is an ongoing issue. once I, you or anyone agrees that Christ did come in the flesh, went to the cross to take away all sin, then just maybe we might be able to finalize the cross and the new life in the resurrected Christ, in the Spirit of Father

Here are some scriptures, please if desire read them in context:
Romans 4:7 saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Ephesians 1:7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 4:32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
1 John 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.


So what is finished? The levitical Priesthood?

[h=3]Hebrews 7:11[/h]Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

[SUP]11 [/SUP]If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:12
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
 

homwardbound

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Our God is an awesome God. :eek:
especially in tribulations you think, maybe? waht does joy in the Spirit of God do while in a tragedy? If no joy of thankfulness while in it, praying to get out of it do? One overcomes, the other keeps one trapped, even if they act as if all things are well, because why?
Afraid of what others might think, maybe?