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    Breaking point

    No need to apologize. Come as you are at the feet of the Lord, ask for forgiveness and wisdom what to do next... God does forgive, right? Seek His Kingdom and righteousness by Getting back to His word daily, and find good fellowship w/ other believers, even here on CC. In prayers.
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    Hebrew words game

    Yes, it would be mostly transliterations after all. Here are some: Yochanan - John, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Havah - Eve, meaning "life/life-bearer" (Genesis 3.20)
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    Hebrew words game

    No strict game rules.. just a place to share some of those precious words and what we're learning from these. We can give homework to the others tho=)). Btw, sorry abt cohanan, which should be cohanim. I meant to check actual word sp. before posting, but realized i havent after i've logged out...
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    Hebrew words game

    Thank you for clarifying things, jaume! And here's what transliteration is:=) Transliteration is the process of transferring a word from the alphabet of one language to another. Transliteration helps people pronounce words and names in foreign languages. Unlike a translation, which tells you...
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    Hebrew words game

    Since using a Complete Jewish Bible (CJB), I've been learning more Hebrew words here and there. First, God's name, ADONAI, is used this way. Then people's original names like Matthew, I've now learned, is Mattityahu, Peter is Kefa... and the Pharisees and Sadducees are really P'rushim and...
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    Dictionary game

    col·ly·wob·bles /ˈkälēˌwäb(ə)lz/ noun INFORMAL•HUMOROUS stomach pain or queasiness. "an attack of collywobbles" intense anxiety or nervousness, especially with stomach queasiness. "such organizations give him the collywobbles" Was i surprised i was having collywobbles, the past week went...
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    Hello, magenta, That's fine, as it is always the Word that matter most. Incidentally, i was at a local science fair recently, and there was a film showing on the Philippine eagle. Growing up to a meter tall, our national bird reported to be monogamous and very loyal, it has no known close...
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    Love the eagle in flight, thanks!
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    Psalm 109 (CJB) 23 Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust. Psalm 114 (CJB) When Isra’el came out of Egypt, the house of Ya‘akov from a people of foreign speech, 2 Y’hudah became [God’s] sanctuary, Isra’el his domain. 3 The sea saw this and fled; the...
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    Fun things to do

    If you saw this somewhere online, u can imagine what fun the child had.. altho the consequence of the drawing wasnt so fun. Drawing anything... Many claim they cannot draw, wc makes it more fun!
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    What was Sunday/Saturday sermon about?

    Visiting another church, we were able to hear on the Fruit of the Spirit based on Gal. 5.22-25.
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    Dictionary game

    Post tenebras lux- Latin for "Light after darkness" New word: mitzvah The word mitzvah is well-known outside of the Jewish world, but its meaning is often misunderstood and misused.
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    Dictionary game

    Mabuhay is often used as an interjection, as in Welcome!... However, it is not as all-encompassing as Shalom is: This ancient Hebrew concept of peace means wholeness, completeness, soundness, health, safety, prosperity...
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    Dictionary game

    par·a·digm /ˈperəˌdīm/ noun: paradigm; plural noun: paradigms - a typical example or pattern of something; a model. synonyms: model, pattern, example, standard, prototype, archetype My turn, a Filipino word: Mabuhay=) (verb) [Rules didn't say we cannot use foreign words!)
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    Dictionary game

    shunt /SHənt/ verb 1. push or pull (a train or part of a train) from the main line to a siding or from one track to another. "their train had been shunted into a siding" 2. provide (an electrical current) with a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of the...
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    Psalm 92. 7 (6) Stupid people can’t know, fools don’t understand, 8 (7) that when the wicked sprout like grass, and all who do evil prosper, it is so that they can be eternally destroyed, 9 (8) while you, Adonai, are exalted forever. 10 (9) For your enemies, Adonai, your enemies will perish...
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    Dictionary game

    ex·pi·a·tion /ˌekspēˈāSH(ə)n/ noun the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement. "an act of public expiation" synonyms:atonement, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, requital, purgation, penance; amends new word: ephemera
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    Joel 1. (CJB) 3 Tell your children about it, and have them tell it to theirs, and have them tell the next generation. 4 What the cutter-worms left, the locusts ate; what the locusts left, the grasshoppers ate; what the grasshoppers left, the shearer-worms ate. 5 Wake up, drunkards, and weep...
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    Scripture on life, with references to flora and fauna

    I love this passage, where we learned a song in church when i was small. John 12. 24 (CJB) Yes, indeed! I tell you that unless a grain of wheat that falls to the ground dies, it stays just a grain; but if it dies, it produces a big harvest. http://www.godsongs.net/2013/01/into-your-hands.html