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I've been a Christian for as long as I can remember. I've prayed for many things (a full-time job, a relationship etc.). I've felt betrayed by God more than once (as I pursued Him more and more it seemed things got worse, far worse - I even lost a lot of good friendships and that shook me up big time). I find God is far more likely to give me an attitude adjustment to my situation/circumstance than tangible things. I've said this before, I don't believe in Jesus Christ because: Pragmatism. I believe in Jesus Christ because He's the Way, the Truth and the Life.
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In the wrong -- doing something intentionally wrong and hoping you don't get caught.
Wrong -- not correct.
You weren't "in the wrong." You simply weren't correct.
(And sorry for telling you after someone already told you. I'm just reading it in order. But I really don't want you to think you're "in the wrong," when you weren't. Alexander is "in the wrong.")
Wrong -- not correct.
You weren't "in the wrong." You simply weren't correct.
(And sorry for telling you after someone already told you. I'm just reading it in order. But I really don't want you to think you're "in the wrong," when you weren't. Alexander is "in the wrong.")
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well, you're wrong.
and i'm pretty sure the problem here is that you think "success" = money. you still think like the world thinks.
i have "success" -- and it has nothing to do with what's written on my paycheck or what's in my bank account. nothing at all.
i'm sorry Alexander, but i know one day you will come to understand. i hope that on that day, you will find joy, instead of regret
and i'm pretty sure the problem here is that you think "success" = money. you still think like the world thinks.
i have "success" -- and it has nothing to do with what's written on my paycheck or what's in my bank account. nothing at all.
i'm sorry Alexander, but i know one day you will come to understand. i hope that on that day, you will find joy, instead of regret
Oh it exists, there is a reason Jesus and God are willing to go to extreme lengths for the salvation of all people. Jesus didn't just die for the good he died for the bad I mean really really bad. No matter how dark a persons heart no matter how blood stained their souls he clearly sees something worth dying for.
Even if there was only a .0001 percent chance that a truly evil person would change and come to God if a bullet was about to hit that person as long as there a chance no matter how small I will take that bullet and there is a reason why.
Even if there was only a .0001 percent chance that a truly evil person would change and come to God if a bullet was about to hit that person as long as there a chance no matter how small I will take that bullet and there is a reason why.
In the wrong -- doing something intentionally wrong and hoping you don't get caught.
Wrong -- not correct.
You weren't "in the wrong." You simply weren't correct.
(And sorry for telling you after someone already told you. I'm just reading it in order. But I really don't want you to think you're "in the wrong," when you weren't. Alexander is "in the wrong.")
Wrong -- not correct.
You weren't "in the wrong." You simply weren't correct.
(And sorry for telling you after someone already told you. I'm just reading it in order. But I really don't want you to think you're "in the wrong," when you weren't. Alexander is "in the wrong.")
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Not what I meant by "If it exists." On the grand scale, I think roughly 10% of all people are very kind, 10% are true creeps and the other 80% are somewhere in the middle. The "if it exists" is trying to find any "best" in the creeps. There might not be.
And that's not to say God can't change that person completely. The apostle Paul was in the 10% creep end. He helped kill Stephen for religious reasons. As creepy as it gets. And yet, look what God did with him. So, yeah God can. It doesn't stop that some people are in the 10% creep end. Sometimes I think you can find something good about the 10% creeps. I can't.
And that's not to say God can't change that person completely. The apostle Paul was in the 10% creep end. He helped kill Stephen for religious reasons. As creepy as it gets. And yet, look what God did with him. So, yeah God can. It doesn't stop that some people are in the 10% creep end. Sometimes I think you can find something good about the 10% creeps. I can't.
Being able to see something good in such people is not something many are born with, i have always seen things people life with the glass half full. I heard from a friend who worked at the hospital I had cancer at, I always had a genuine happiness a genuine warm smile even in such a horrific and painful time and not even having much of a chance to live. all the nurses and doctors would constantly say how my smile and the warmth that radiated from me uplifted them so much. I spoke with my friend the other day and he said how the doctors and nurses still talk about to this day.
It's just the kind of person I am and so it's easier for me to see through such eyes with people that bad, but God also had a big affect on that as well. He took my gift of a warm and happy heart and enhanced it and allowed me to see a bit deeper into that realm. so no worries even if you cannot see that way yet you will
It's just the kind of person I am and so it's easier for me to see through such eyes with people that bad, but God also had a big affect on that as well. He took my gift of a warm and happy heart and enhanced it and allowed me to see a bit deeper into that realm. so no worries even if you cannot see that way yet you will
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I know he does. But this person has mocked the Lord long enough. If he has questions,if he needs to talk,if he needs support thats fine. But mocking the Lord,no,I cannot let him get away with that over and over again. Its enough now.He's taken up peoples time answering him,people have been kind and still he's mocking. Its enough now. This nasty mocking post, its about time to say enough. Grow up.
I didn't? Man! I'm still too subtle!
(Of all the things people have called me, subtle has never been one of those words. lol)
(Of all the things people have called me, subtle has never been one of those words. lol)
I'm with Blain on this one. I understand how some hear sarcasm and screw you God, but I hear pain and suffering that has tainted a soul and mind. Haven't we all lashed out at God at some time? He's just doing it here. And while we must watch for trolls, we must not become insensitive.
OP, you've got it backwards about the wealth thing. You don't receive to give, you give just to give, and understand that what you will receive in return will not be here but in 'heaven'. You can store up treasure here, or you can store up treasure there, but where your treasure is that's where your heart will be. And right now your heart is definitely here. Wanna hear what God says about that?
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 12:25
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
2 Corinthians 10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
1 Corinthians 4
[SUP]"9 [/SUP]For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. [SUP]10 [/SUP]We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. [SUP]11 [/SUP]Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place; [SUP]12 [/SUP]And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: [SUP]13 [/SUP]Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off scouring of all things unto this day. [SUP]14 [/SUP]I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you."
You don't want to be too comfy with this world. That 'crap' you think God is dumping on us - that's not from God. That's the world rejecting us because we believe in God. We're like a drop of water in a bottle of oil here - the oil can't outright destroy that drop of water, but it's going to do everything it can to expel it. Think about it - satan is only going to attack the people he sees as a threat. And satan is the ruler of this world. So when the world's fame and fortune seems to be passing you by, when the world's fame and fortune seem to be against you, smile and say you wouldn't have it any other way. Because by them you know satan feels you're a threat to him.
And then, decide if you're going to be swayed, or if you're going to put on your armor and become that threat satan fears you will be?
OP, you've got it backwards about the wealth thing. You don't receive to give, you give just to give, and understand that what you will receive in return will not be here but in 'heaven'. You can store up treasure here, or you can store up treasure there, but where your treasure is that's where your heart will be. And right now your heart is definitely here. Wanna hear what God says about that?
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 12:25
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
2 Corinthians 10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
1 Corinthians 4
[SUP]"9 [/SUP]For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. [SUP]10 [/SUP]We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. [SUP]11 [/SUP]Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place; [SUP]12 [/SUP]And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: [SUP]13 [/SUP]Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off scouring of all things unto this day. [SUP]14 [/SUP]I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you."
You don't want to be too comfy with this world. That 'crap' you think God is dumping on us - that's not from God. That's the world rejecting us because we believe in God. We're like a drop of water in a bottle of oil here - the oil can't outright destroy that drop of water, but it's going to do everything it can to expel it. Think about it - satan is only going to attack the people he sees as a threat. And satan is the ruler of this world. So when the world's fame and fortune seems to be passing you by, when the world's fame and fortune seem to be against you, smile and say you wouldn't have it any other way. Because by them you know satan feels you're a threat to him.
And then, decide if you're going to be swayed, or if you're going to put on your armor and become that threat satan fears you will be?
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buddy, I hope you don't take a lot of the examples on this site as examples of Christ or His word. I hope and pray you don't let all the reminders of things you have done wrong in the past, no matter how many they were condemn you and chase you away from repentance that you have expressed 2 times in this thread. The first coming from an emotional place of frustration and hurt, the second showed that you even recognized the fault in your first apology. All the people condemning you are in error themselves forgetting all God has forgiven them for. Christians are actually taught to forgive freely 77 times in a day if the person says I repent, is the example given by the Lord Jesus. there are some poor examples of Christian behavior in this thread, I'm glad you decided to stay and fellowship. and I hope you don't Judge all Christians on this site by the examples you get on a thread like this. Don't let them chase you away, but find some people who will actually give the forgiveness they required at their very worst. oddly enough, it will benefit you to pray and forgive all of the nonsense they have shown, ask the Lord to forgive them also.
Truthfully it doesn't matter what you did yesterday, I hope you learn from this and don't write from emotion and frustration anymore, and again I would say regarding success " commit your plans to the Lord and they will succeed." delight yourself in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart". success in many areas is freely given when your heart is about seeking Him and knowing Him more as you go along in Life. I believe you have seen the error in your thoughts i hope you can discern the error in all the other peoples words also.
God bless you
