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GEt yer tail home, right now!
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What Kind of Husband Do You Want?
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GEt yer tail home, right now!
My guy, believe me: you're wise for that. I consider what people say (not everything), but I only trust God who doesn't have any biases or prejudices. I slap someone for talking too loudly at the grocery store, I know God will set me straight, not the people in the store who start chattering about how wrong I was.
I made out twice with a girl at a church I went to. I already knew it wasn't godly (and she was the pastor's spiritual daughter, so forgive me, Lord, for I definitely grievously sinned-- ahahaha); no one needed to tell me that. But the enemy came hovering behind me, whispering that God was displeased with me for it. Instead of arguing with him that I at least didn't take it farther like she'd wanted to, I asked God how He felt about it. In His response, you might see why I trust God to guide me correctly:
He told me (this was God the Father (I wrote a post about discerning which Member of the Godhead is speaking/relating to me)) that I needed mature believers to fellowship with and that I was aware of it... but that I also needed romance (ie. a wife) but that I was not aware of it (lol; I was too busy doing everything else). He told me that I was consciously aware that I needed fellowship but that I wasn't at all aware that I also needed intimacy. Fellowship (in the general sense) is acceptance and belonging among people of the same sex, and intimacy (in the way God used it) is acceptance and belonging romantically with someone(s) of the opposite sex.
Instead of telling me I was wrong, God is way more mature than that. He knew I knew what I did. But He explained to me that I did it because I needed intimacy; He did not tell me I did it because I was a sinner. He explains things to me beyond what we all already know-- ie. the 'first principles' of salvation-- because "everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are mature that is, those who by reason of [d]use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil" (Hebrews 5:13-14). He didn't excuse what I did; He explained why I did it. Lol. Isn't that something. And that's why I say and do what I will and let God be the judge or governor of whether it's right or wrong because people judge those things without having insight whereas God has full insight, so He knows everything about everything.
I made out twice with a girl at a church I went to. I already knew it wasn't godly (and she was the pastor's spiritual daughter, so forgive me, Lord, for I definitely grievously sinned-- ahahaha); no one needed to tell me that. But the enemy came hovering behind me, whispering that God was displeased with me for it. Instead of arguing with him that I at least didn't take it farther like she'd wanted to, I asked God how He felt about it. In His response, you might see why I trust God to guide me correctly:
He told me (this was God the Father (I wrote a post about discerning which Member of the Godhead is speaking/relating to me)) that I needed mature believers to fellowship with and that I was aware of it... but that I also needed romance (ie. a wife) but that I was not aware of it (lol; I was too busy doing everything else). He told me that I was consciously aware that I needed fellowship but that I wasn't at all aware that I also needed intimacy. Fellowship (in the general sense) is acceptance and belonging among people of the same sex, and intimacy (in the way God used it) is acceptance and belonging romantically with someone(s) of the opposite sex.
Instead of telling me I was wrong, God is way more mature than that. He knew I knew what I did. But He explained to me that I did it because I needed intimacy; He did not tell me I did it because I was a sinner. He explains things to me beyond what we all already know-- ie. the 'first principles' of salvation-- because "everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are mature that is, those who by reason of [d]use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil" (Hebrews 5:13-14). He didn't excuse what I did; He explained why I did it. Lol. Isn't that something. And that's why I say and do what I will and let God be the judge or governor of whether it's right or wrong because people judge those things without having insight whereas God has full insight, so He knows everything about everything.
P.S. I don’t have anyone on ignore. I’m not sure why anyone would put me on ignore. I’m flippin delightful
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For whatever it's worth, I TOTALLY AGREE with what you said here because this is precisely how God deals with me as well. In other words, he doesn't just deal with my "bad fruit" (the act that I committed) if I sin, but he always goes to "the root of the problem" (something that needs to be fixed in my heart) in order to try to fix me from within.
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Out of genuine curiosity, how do you see what he said here as not being from God?
Perhaps you and I are reading/understanding what he said differently, but it seems to me (I could be mistaken) that he was saying that he knew that making out with that girl was wrong, but that there was a root cause as to why he was doing it which God ultimately showed him. In other words, God didn't just deal with the obvious "bad fruit" (the making out part), but with the "root cause" of why he was doing it.
If I'm reading/understanding him correctly, then how is that "not God"?
Again, I'm asking out of genuine curiosity, and not to be contentious.
Thanks.
Perhaps you and I are reading/understanding what he said differently, but it seems to me (I could be mistaken) that he was saying that he knew that making out with that girl was wrong, but that there was a root cause as to why he was doing it which God ultimately showed him. In other words, God didn't just deal with the obvious "bad fruit" (the making out part), but with the "root cause" of why he was doing it.
If I'm reading/understanding him correctly, then how is that "not God"?
Again, I'm asking out of genuine curiosity, and not to be contentious.
Thanks.
Hey...
A few things:
First of all, thanks for your reply. I genuinely appreciate it.
Secondly, and I could be totally mistaken in what I'm about to say, but I didn't read his comments the same way that you did, but, again, you may be reading him correctly, and I may be mistaken. I read his comments more along the lines of "Yeah, everybody could see the obvious bad fruit, but only God could see and deal with the real root of the problem". IF that is what he was saying, THEN I agree with him because there have been many times in my own life where I wasn't seeing victory while attempting to eradicate certain sinful behaviors from my own life until the time came that God showed me what the real root causes of those sins were. When I dealt with the root causes, then the bad fruit disappeared as a direct result of the same.
Lastly, I definitely agree with you that Jesus tells us to "Go, and sin no more".
Thanks, again, for your clarification.
A few things:
First of all, thanks for your reply. I genuinely appreciate it.
Secondly, and I could be totally mistaken in what I'm about to say, but I didn't read his comments the same way that you did, but, again, you may be reading him correctly, and I may be mistaken. I read his comments more along the lines of "Yeah, everybody could see the obvious bad fruit, but only God could see and deal with the real root of the problem". IF that is what he was saying, THEN I agree with him because there have been many times in my own life where I wasn't seeing victory while attempting to eradicate certain sinful behaviors from my own life until the time came that God showed me what the real root causes of those sins were. When I dealt with the root causes, then the bad fruit disappeared as a direct result of the same.
Lastly, I definitely agree with you that Jesus tells us to "Go, and sin no more".
Thanks, again, for your clarification.
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I'm not interested. When you ignore crazy people, they come after you with more zeal. You're apparently responding to one of four females who addressed me in a hostile way and who I then told "goodbye" and put on ignore. Apparently, you aren't told when someone ignores you, so all they knew was that they were nipping at my ankles like chihuahuas and I wasn't responding. They then proceeded to get males to come after me one of who tried to corner and force me to answer one of their responses (or something like that, LOL). I put him on ignore immediately. I don't tolerate Jezebels (crazy women) or Ahabs (the weak men who tolerate them). Keep your eyes open and use your discernment. There's a court term that the Bible uses but that we don't really use today: "contention".
A few of these females also tried to turn another woman on here against me, but the woman refused to take the bait and reported it to me. If my detractors are so convinced that I'm in the wrong, then why are they following my threads (plural: threads)? This is the action of someone who is obsessed with someone else, and obssession-- whether for a positive or negative reason-- is always bad.
You'll notice that whoever(s) you're talking or responding to isn't sincere about their 'concerns' or 'questions' but actually has a personal and vindictive contention with me. I put people on ignore because I don't have time to 'contend' with those who want to 'contend' with me. When that satanic spear goes into their side, they never give up trying to attack, slander, and destroy you. That is what happened between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp (mark my words; she will never stop pursuing him) and is what happened with the religious leaders and Jesus. So, be mindful of how you spend your time and if you're responding to someone(s) with a sincere concern or question or someone(s) who can't be consoled and simply has a personal bone to pick. I ignore and it's done. I'm not 'unignoring' to read poisonous and hateful words. People are so used to living in a world where no one holds anyone accountable-- where everything that isn't readily apparent is therefore irrelevant-- that they forget how much of their character actually issues out on their words or writing. The Bible says several times that when we speak, our spirit (character, motives, intentions, thoughts, attitudes) issue out on our words. But we've forgotten because we're so used to deceiving people with words who can't sense our spirit in them.
A few of these females also tried to turn another woman on here against me, but the woman refused to take the bait and reported it to me. If my detractors are so convinced that I'm in the wrong, then why are they following my threads (plural: threads)? This is the action of someone who is obsessed with someone else, and obssession-- whether for a positive or negative reason-- is always bad.
You'll notice that whoever(s) you're talking or responding to isn't sincere about their 'concerns' or 'questions' but actually has a personal and vindictive contention with me. I put people on ignore because I don't have time to 'contend' with those who want to 'contend' with me. When that satanic spear goes into their side, they never give up trying to attack, slander, and destroy you. That is what happened between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp (mark my words; she will never stop pursuing him) and is what happened with the religious leaders and Jesus. So, be mindful of how you spend your time and if you're responding to someone(s) with a sincere concern or question or someone(s) who can't be consoled and simply has a personal bone to pick. I ignore and it's done. I'm not 'unignoring' to read poisonous and hateful words. People are so used to living in a world where no one holds anyone accountable-- where everything that isn't readily apparent is therefore irrelevant-- that they forget how much of their character actually issues out on their words or writing. The Bible says several times that when we speak, our spirit (character, motives, intentions, thoughts, attitudes) issue out on our words. But we've forgotten because we're so used to deceiving people with words who can't sense our spirit in them.
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lol.
You're preaching to the choir.
I've got a few people on "ignore" myself.
In fact, I just added two more within the last 24 hours.
Life is simply too short to waste even a second of it on those whose only motivator is PRIDE.
You spoke of "contention", and the same only comes as a direct result of PRIDE:
"Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. " (Proverbs 13:10)
You're preaching to the choir.
I've got a few people on "ignore" myself.
In fact, I just added two more within the last 24 hours.
Life is simply too short to waste even a second of it on those whose only motivator is PRIDE.
You spoke of "contention", and the same only comes as a direct result of PRIDE:
"Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. " (Proverbs 13:10)
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