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Comment by RAJESWAR YARLAGADDA on February 22, 2012 at 11:15am

[[[ BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL STAND FOR EVER ...
BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER ]]]

Comment by Liz on February 22, 2012 at 9:52am

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day, I thank You for my being able to see and to hear. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.

 Help me this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak...

Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.And give me the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits.I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees it in Jesus'  name.  Amen!

God I love you and I need you, come into my heart, please.

Comment by a servant (Chris) on February 21, 2012 at 7:25pm

I know you have seen this in different places, felt it should be here also.

This is to those who: feel like giving up you cannot see Hope anymore, hold on. Remember why you gave your heart to begin with, hold on. Life is full of questions, all to often we spend more time focusing on them, instead of Him. Go back to that moment in time when, you realized your sins. But, in a blink of your eye you were shown His Love; His Forgiveness; just like that you saw Jesus. And, when you did the weight of your sins were lifted, you could not wait to give your heart to Jesus. Hold on dear one, hold on to that Joy, stretch out your Faith. And, hold on to why you came to Jesus, to begin with.
This is to those who: know how to Pray. We have Family who need our help, let us stand in the gap for them. We know what it is like to want to quite. We also know the unspeakable Joy we receive when, we continue with God and not quite. Let us stand between those who are weary, and Father God. We will lift them up to the Lord, we will be obedient to the Spirit, and follow through whatever we are being lead to do for them. There by the Grace of God..., we will not forget them, we will not turn our backs. We are Prayer Warriors and this is a call to action.
Gal 6:9 So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.
2Chro 15:7 But you must remain strong and not become discouraged. Your actions will be rewarded."
Joshua 1:9 This is my command--be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
We may let one another down for this reason or that, but He will not! No matter what the enemy tells you. Hold on because, you are Loved. There was a reason you turned to Jesus, that reason has not changed. I ask in Jesus Holy and Powerful Name, do Not give up, Hold On. I also ask in the Most Holy and Powerful Name of Jesus, Pray and lift up those who are having a hard time seeing, Hope. We are Family bound by the Blood of Jesus, we Need one another. As Jesus goes to get that on 1, we the 99 will lift up that 1. So many of us have been that 1 before. To those who are that 1, Jesus is there with you, He wants to bring you back, Hold on. Please and Thank you.

Comment by ALCEDES JONES on February 21, 2012 at 9:15am

this is great food for thought

Stay in Sync TODAY’S SCRIPTURE “In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NIV) TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria Have you ever tried something and got the results you wanted and then tried the same thing again and got different results? This happened to Moses in the Bible. They needed water and God told Moses to strike the rock. He struck the rock and water flowed out freely. Another time they needed water again, and God told Moses, “Speak to the rock.” Do you know what Moses did? He went over and struck the rock. He thought, “Hey, it worked last time. It’ll work this time.” But it didn’t. God had a different plan. The point is that we have to stay open and make adjustments to stay in tune with God’s plan. You can do the same thing the same way you did last time and get different results. It may not be something major, but like Moses, maybe it’s just something small. Sometimes a small tweak, a small adjustment can make a major difference in the outcome. Today, make sure you aren’t doing things just because it’s the way you always did it before. Instead, listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit of God inside. Follow His leading and stay in sync with the wonderful plan He has for you! A PRAYER FOR TODAY Heavenly Father, I submit my mind, will and heart to You. Help me to see clearly what Your plan is for me. Help me to stay close to You always, not living in the past, but pressing forward to the new things You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Comment by RAJESWAR YARLAGADDA on February 20, 2012 at 11:19am

' THE LORD IS THY KEEPER: THE LORD IS THY SHADE UPON THY RIGHT HAND.
THE SUN SHALL NOT SMITE THEE BY DAY,NOR THE MOON BY NIGHT.
THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THEE FROM ALL EVIL: HE SHALL PRESERVE THY SOUL.
THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN FROM THIS TIME FORTH,AND EVEN FOR EVERMORE ''.....Psalms121 : 5-8

Comment by sandra v villamero on February 20, 2012 at 12:51am

In Your Hands

Heavenly Father, my life is in Your hands.
Yesterday, today, and forever, I am safe and secure in You.
Lord, please help me to know that You are in control.
Help me to believe You are at work in my life right now,
even when I don't see it.
Help me to trust in what I do not see,
when what I see is so painful.
Please help me to know You are taking care of my needs.

Lord, thank You for listening to my cries for help.
Thank You for loving me so much.
Help me to believe You and the promises You have made.
Forgive me when I doubt You and Your love.
I believe, Lord. Forgive me for my unbelief.

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8

Comment by a servant (Chris) on February 19, 2012 at 12:50pm

Chip my Brother I need a little clarification on what you have shared here. “.we aren't still sinners, and we aren't sinners saved by grace..” Here are but two of many verses, Eph 2:8 God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 2Tim 1:9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning of time--to show us His grace through Christ Jesus. I was a sinner and Holy Spirit showed me, I needed Jesus. So the Spirit lead me to give my heart to Jesus. I received the Gift of Salvation. I “accepted” Him as Lord and Master over my life. 1John 3:9 Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God. The difference is forethought before we sin, as opposed to just sinning and not caring. As those of the world do. In Luke 18:17 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." This means how we receive the Lord. That childlike faith, before they start asking,”why?” Anyone who has raised or been around children, know that time period before they start to question. They just believe everything told them is true.
2Cor 1:22 and He has identified us as His own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything He has promised us.
Chip I do not understand much of what you are sharing here. I get the “feeling” you are talking down to us. I have known you for awhile now, please clear this up for me. And, please add scripture with some of these points. I am not sure you understand what we have been talking about. The difference between religion and spiritual living. Please clear some of this up for me. I sense a attitude here from you, that I have not before. As I said please, show me how we are not saved by Grace. And, that we are not sinners. I simply do not understand much of what you have shared this time. You are a Brother in the Lord, and I love you Chip. I just need to understand what you are sharing here. Thank you Chip

Comment by a servant (Chris) on February 18, 2012 at 7:48pm

Hamm

As we have shared before, as we both desire Spiritual over religion.  Spiritual dictates something beyond us.  For us God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  I will always see the Word as, Spirit not letter,  Yes, men wrote the words, however, through the Guidance of God.  Spiritual is in a completely different understanding, then any rules man will or is able to control.  Salvation is a Gift, we cannot earn it, only receive the Gift.  Through Grace we are able to change, and be better people.  To serve Him and others.  Again, not the letter of the law, but the Spirit which transcends anything in the physical.  My Brother because of your training and education, you see things in a different light then most.  Your desire for the Spiritual ignites  when you see it behavior.  Prayer, Faith, Hope and True Love, all part of Spiritual.  Yes, we are able to show some of these traits through the physical.  Like looking into muddy water at best.  Much confusion is created when we combine, Spiritual and physical.  This is where we see contradictions.   Hamm accept the Gift as a gift.  Let go of trying to fit God into the rules of physical.  Receive Jesus as Savior.  Seek out to be  Baptized in Holy Ghost, from those who understand.  And, take one step at a time.  When you ask for forgiveness, also forgive yourself.  Let go of the past.  You have a good heart, that is evidence of love.  Until we reach Heaven, we will not know  just how much, He has done for us.  Until, then we Trust.  

What if I am wrong.  And there is no god.  I lived a life, as a kind person.  I loved others.  I helped when and where I could. etc.  Oh, and we can not serve God because we fear hell.  I serve God because of Grace, and I have no fear of hell, because of the Gift I received.  You are getting there Brother, keep up the search.  Many things are about to be put in motion for you.  I truly love you Hamm.  I am able to say that with confidence because of Jesus, and Holy Spirit.  More later

Comment by a servant (Chris) on February 18, 2012 at 6:13pm

My very Dear Brother Hamm

I have not been far, and have been reading all the post but, thanks for the welcome back, nonetheless.  As always I love your candor.  I will share more after I have Prayed.  I want to share with you, some of what I have seen, just need a little time.  Quick thought though, do we have megalomania if we think God is accountable to us?  {just kidding} You know I love you, so I knew I could ask you that.  I really do want to share a few things I saw, in what you shared.  Be back soon.

Comment by Hamm on February 18, 2012 at 4:12pm

Hi Chris, glad you are back.

With response to your comments. I would like to share mine and I would like to start by saying that I know they might come across negative, but it is what I am experiencing. I love the comments form everyone on here, I love the faith people have on christianity and God. The one thing for definite is that these have increased my faith in the good side of humanity.

In my search for spirituality, I think christianity or my understanding of it doesn't really fit with what my perceptions  of christianity and true love or should I say unconditional love is with regards to what it says God is offerring or what I have to offer God . I find at the moment there is to much contradiction, no matter what others have said. I can't comprehend that people don't see it. This is maybe where I am at with my spiritual journey, but I can't find my self being a slave to something that pretends to love me but hurts so quickly. A god that can give to some and not to others and then condems those (for eternity)that doesn't give to. Then asks us to pleed for forgiveness and then decides wether to give this or not. With a promise that when we are dead we might or might not go to heaven. But then on the other hand the bible says that Jesus died for our sins, we are born sinful so we can sin and ask for forgiveness and it is given, but then its says we shall not sin????? The bible to me so far has loads of positive wording and excellent positve thinking methods, but then has masses of contradictions. It reads as though it is written by humans who want power over others, so they can use fear to control us. We only have to read many comments and snippets of scripts on these blogs that demonstrate this and with contradictions, well to me, they do. I am honstly lost with getting my head and understanding around this.

I love the fact that people care and pray for each other, to me that is humanity, but if I asked or if a human came out and asked what is asked from us in the bible. I or we would be classed as a psychopath a meglamainics.

My expereince in all my life has been struggle struggle after struggle, I know when I have been good or bad, I know when I should have and shouldn't have, but when I have asked for help the lord has not answered, when I have asked the Lord why he has not answered, when I have tried to ignore that there isn't a God (yes I have tried this) things have got worse, when I have left my life to God it has got even worse, but it hurts more because I have fallen to false promise that all I have to do is ask and its given, faith a small as mustard seed will move my mountains, that God loves all his children and doesn't gives us anything we can't handle or to hurt us???well it has so God has said no and not answered why, so where is Gods love for many others others as well as me???? When a human makes another human suffer we call them evil a psychopath. But we pray and give thanks to something that so far does this alot to humans. Somtimes it is said it is the devil, then its said to be Gods will and god has the ulitmate power etc, etc. Humans are given masses of sufferring and then are expected to ask forgiveness and pleed for help, but then on the other hand we don't have to because Jesus suffered for us.???I have asked God to let me into the plan, help me just be in The Lords destiny, there has been no answer, which would indicate that I am carnal beyond christianity beyond the chosen. But how come I can't let go of wanting to be spiritual, how come I love people and helping people, how come I pray for people, how come I enjoy and get loads of inspiration from reading some of the blogs on here and some of the scriptures.

I would love to have the faith my friends on this group have, but in all honesty I don't and at the moment my experience is saying stop trying, I can't understand how making people suffer is a good thing.

We have lived since Adam and Eve and yet we are still in a world of have and have nots, given and not given, chosen or not, gifted, or not, loved or not. The very fact that I am questioning like I am indicates I am not ready to be a true christian yet, I know my soul is wanting to leave my body and earth, but my logic is saying there is a long time left here, but I am sick of the hurting, both in me and that of others.

I love reading peoples comments on here and I love the scriptures, and there do help me question myself and my negative ness around christianity, but its the contradictions, one day its Gods will, one day its the devil, one day its me being human, one day all I have to do is ask and its given, the next its only given when god wants to, it confuses me. one day it its all  Gods plan and I can't do anything about it??

As you can tell I really need help with my christian faith.

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