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Mighty is our God Mighty is our King Mighty is our Lord Ruler of everything Chris Rodriguez

It is claimed that people in comas can still hear, and people who have recovered from them can recount everything said in the room. So the best thing you can do when you are with your mom is to read Scripture to her and pray aloud for her peace and comfort. It is hard to be the strong one when you have relied upon her for so long. It is called role reversal and it is so hard when you are grieving for the mom you have always known. My dad had a devastating stroke when I was 15. It left him with spastic paralysis, which means he had very painful muscle cramps for the rest of his life. It totally changed his personality as well. I grieved because I lost the dad I had known and loved and had to adjust to a dad who was so much different. We didn't have enough money for food so we were affected on many levels. So I understand your shock and grief. The steps of grief include shock, denial, bargaining with God, anger, depression and acceptance. The latter is when you decide that life goes on but it will always be different. God has promised to never leave us or forsake us. It is OK to mourn. The disciples mourned deeply for Stephen when he was stoned. Praying for you.

Though I can't go into detail, I have been experiencing something similar; a definite depression at times, and a type of loneliness and longing that no one can fill. I am being shown by the Lord that I will eventually have to go to Him to heal me of my emotional pain, which is strange to me because I have always turned to other human beings for things like that. He and I have never been that close that I could feel as though He would entirely heal me of emotional sorrows (My relationship with God has always been very close on a mental level, but not that much on an emotional one). But He has promised me that if I go to Him with my pain, I will emerge with the fire of God operating in my life to a far greater extent, so I am going to have to do this, even if it means spending significant time in prayer until I finally know beyond doubt He has become my Truest Companion in every way. Just in case this experience ends up leaving you with a void no one else can fill. He is always there for you, and He is the best friend we can ever have. That much I know. God bless, Hidden

Each of us is a unique creation of God. He made us all different from each other. Our individual walks with God will be different than others' walks. We each need to learn how prayer, bible reading, being with other Christians, and such things need to be in our own lives. For some, a disciplined schedule and routine is fruitful and necessary. For others, a regimented routine is draining and exhausting. We each need to learn to walk with God how He made us to. I have a pastor who has been on the same routine for decades. He gets up, makes coffee, grabs his One-Year Bible, reads the day's reading, and then spends time in prayer and meditation on it. I'm a person who goes through seasons in life where I'll focus on one thing for perhaps 3 to 6 months and then I need to change what I am doing. When I tried to be disciplined with a routine, it drained me and I was left frustrated and tired. As it turns out, I've found that I can put very high levels of energy and focus onto particular things for a length of time, and then I need to move on to the next thing. God just wired me so that I am at my best when I run at unsustainable levels of effort for a limited period of time, and then move to the next thing. What works for me would not work well for most people. What works well for my pastor would not work well for some people. Often, spiritual burnout and frustration can simply be trying to live someone else's life instead of our own. When we learn to walk with God as the individuals He made us as, prayer, Bible reading, ministry, being with other Christians, and other such things start to flow more naturally in our lives. They become things that are a natural outflow of God's work in our lives. They start becoming energizing and refreshing for us and not draining.

Hey all, This is my first post. Sorry for any mistakes. My question is, how do I separate my anxiety's from God's warnings? I experience an anxiety disorder and sometimes its hard for me to tell if i am experiencing anxiety or if i'm experiencing anxiety because of something God is telling me. It's very confusing and depressing as I can't always separate God's voice from my troubled thoughts...how do I know the difference?

Been there, done that. I understand. The devil brings fear [unhealthy fear], shame, doubt, guilt, and anxiety that lead self-loathing and self-absorption. We CAN'T get our minds off of the anxiety. God brings to our minds healthy fear of him, joy, confirmations, conviction, and peace. God's thoughts lead us to view ourselves as his loved children and lead our thoughts to his work and others. Even when God chastens me, that does not put me in an anxiety-ridden state. The Bible says that God chastens those whom he loves. Do I feel bad for sin? Yes. And I repent and then I am at peace. Here is what Paul told the church at Corinth about our thinking: "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled." Paul says our entire battle is in the mind. And he is right. What to do then? Be prepared ahead of time. Read the Bible, take notes, pray, look for others who need love and help. Keep a journal and literally write down in two columns what you struggle with in your mind. One column - anxiety and the devil. The other column - God and his thoughts. When you write them down and look at them objectively, you'll see more clearly what is of God and what is of evil and illness. That way, you'll be able to recognize and distinguish these as they come and you will spend less time worried about them. Why? Because the thoughts won't rule you anymore. More people suffer than you could dream of. It's the devil's plan.

My heart goes out to you. Good advice given to you by all. I do agree with Willa that people in comas can still hear what is going on around them. So as she suggested, do read the Bible to her or maybe even sing to her or play some beautiful music for her. Besides this helping her, it can also be a comfort to you. God bless you and your mom.

Amen. So many do not realize what they're missing by not attending where the Lord would have them go. (There are valid reasons that folks cannot go, such as health issues and the like.) The process of figuring out where the Lord wants you can be difficult. It took me a year and a half to find the church I go to now. It was last on my list in fact. I planned on giving up if it turned out to be another "seeker friendly" place, etc.

It has been a while since I welcomed new members. Since the last time I did, these members have joined: SadRaven becky411 glbny Okoh walla299 Carolprov3:5 NewBeliever Zera ify2 Suzanna That puts us at a current membership of 83 members as of April 4th, 2018. I believe that makes us the most populated club on Worthy. Of course, there is not a membership competition, but I am glad to see that there are more expressing interest in reading the Bible with regularity, than learning new photography tips, for example. Thank you all for your interest and participation!

1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Jehovah Jireh He who provided the ram for abraham has provided our Lamb of God. All praise to Him.

I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27

Hey its so natural to feel the way you do. You feel a lost and it hurts,too. God is right there with you.

What is mystery babylon I can never understand it.

I am looking for some advice. I love my wife of 9 years, but she is very bipolar I believe and gives me the silent treatment for 1 to 3 days if I even ask her two spoiled teenagers to help out around the house. I have become very spiritual since a bad a car accident last year and I have tried so hard to introduce christianity to them, but they all reject it and make fun of me. I even adopted her two teenage girls and they are very spoiled and lazy from my wife pampering them so much. I sometimes have thoughts I need to divorce her and find a Christian wife. The mental abuse of walking on eggshells, lack of respect, and silent treatment is starting to take a toll on me. I don't want to hurt anyone with getting a divorce and we have have a house and business together so it will be mesy. She will not get help no matter what. I'm not sure what to do. I sometimes feel there is someone else out there for me. Thanks. God Bless.

My life has been turned upside down. My best friend who happens to be my mom is in a coma with severe brain damage. She has been making real progress with some of her body systems, praise God! However, she can not talk anymore and it will take a miracle for that to change. I miss our special chats and feel disoriented these past several weeks. I don't mean to feel sorry for myself, but I guess I feel cheated. I know she has the hardest part of this situation. She has always been a fighter and with God on her side, there is still hope. But how do I cope with this shocking change and void? I don't want to cave in to depression, but it's only natural to be sad. Right? Any ideas on how to deal with this? I feel at an impasse,

I don't understand God's love for me. I don't understand why, and the older I get, the less I understand. A momentary time of insanity may envelop me, and I think I have it all sussed, then my eyes are opened, sanity prevails, and I realise my recognition and acceptance of my mortality and ignorance is in fact an expression of clarity. Sure, I know He created me, and therefore He loves me. However, to be honest, I am a long way from the image of God I am intended to be. I thank God however that I have come a long way from where I was...a warped, selfish, perverted, hopeless, helpless, rebellious, evilly inclined moral virus. And yet God loved me even then! I don't understand that. If I come to a point in my life wherein is perplexity and uncertainty, I tend to think about what God's will would be for me in that situation, and then pray that such and such should happen, please, and the sooner the better. After having suggested to God the best way He ought to be handling this particular difficulty, and pointing out to HIm that His best laid plans don't seem to be working out, I wonder how it was that the devil got the better of HIm. Yet despite such stupid reasoning on my part, He still loves me. I don't understand that. Why does God love me? I have no idea. Calvary proves He does, but doesn't tell me why. It certainly isn't because I've earned it. The Bible informs me that my own heart can at times deceive me into believing that when I pray for something, I can expect to receive it because I deserve it. I because I have some inherent right to expect favours. But no, I have no rights. What I do have are promises. But not rights. And the most outrageous promise is the one God is most determined to keep. That promise is to recreate me in His own image! After 6000 years of hereditary failure, slandering of His reputation, desecrating all that He has called holy, abusing all the people He loans us to cherish and love, poisoning myself and others through my addictions, lusts, and pride, corrupting the very place He has given me for a home, and He still wants to recreate me in His image? Why not throw me away and start again? What manner of love is this? I don't understand it. What am I that God is mindful of me? What is this man that God would ever give any consideration to? I do not have any more light on that than did David when He wrote it 3000 odd years ago. So why? Honestly, I don't think it matters. All He asks of us is that we believe it. Maybe it will always be a mystery, just to make eternity all the more interesting. So, where do I go from here? I have discovered that God loves me regardless of circumstance, regardless of my behaviour, regardless of motives, habitat, purpose, past, present, or future. God's love is constant, infinite, complete, self-sacrificial, all-encompassing, immovable. In the words of Paul, love bears all things,believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. God does not decide or choose to love. Love is who He is. He can't help Himself. He IS love. Everything He does is motivated ny love. Even the destruction of the wicked is for their own good! So when I read that all things work together for good for those that love Him and are called according to His purpose, I believe it. When I read that He so loved me that He gave His only begotten Son to die for me, I believe it. When I read that along with Jesus, He will freely give me all things, I believe it. Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. The whys...I will leave that for later. Much later. It is enough that He does. Thank you Lord.

Think we could all use some of this. Lets go through the alphabet, and continue again if we get to z. All praise to Adonai.

The mark is never mentioned apart from the image. The two are inseparable. The mark is actually a part of the image; its how compliance is enforced. The bigger question is "what is the image." Rather than go into it here, here's a link to a short video I did on the subject for those who are interested.

Welcome. This is a great question and if the TV evangelists would consider this more often then we would get less so-called prophesy I think. In the scripture, the Lord is not put off by people asking for confirmation as He has warned us that the devil can masquerade as an angel of light sometimes. Abraham, Gideon, David and others all sought confirmations just to make sure it was the Lord speaking to them. So He will guide you to find a way as well. Your way will probably be different to mine, so I suggest you firstly pray about this and calm your inner fears somewhat. I would also suggest that if there is a scripturally correct event you have come across that does not increase your anxiety level, then consider it something to think about seriously. Anxiety is a peculiar thing that everyone to a greater or lesser extent suffers from. So take heart that the Lord Yeshua is quite acquainted with this as I am sure He remembers Gethsemane.

Quietly, wait for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26

In light of the below verse,what makes you think Christ was talking only to Jew's? Mark 13:37 "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Also this chapter of Mark has all the seals from Revelations,so my next question is,who was that book written?

Psalm 150 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy.

Blue Lulu, I have literal anxiety. I know what it's like to hear something said or say something yourself and then agonize over it for days and weeks or longer and play it over and over it your mind trying to make different. I have things that I've said and that other people have said that have bounced around in my head for years. Here's what I do, in part, to battle it. I remember that the person who said it, has long since moved on and 99% of the time had no malice in their hearts or no idea that the words may have been harsh. I have to remember that most people who heard the words that I have said that I wished I could take back - have more than likely forgotten them, moved on, or else forgiven me. Anxiety turns all words said to you and that you say to others into daggers of the heart and mind that pierce over and over. It's a horrible feeling. You second guess, third guess, and quadruple guess every single thing and word. The devil doesn't care what we are anxious over. He just wants us to BE anxiety ridden. It distracts us from our trust in God. Your husband and boss did not mean anything by cruel by what they said. Please think about treating these negative thoughts as instrusive thoughts and accepting the words of others as non-threatening.

I always loved that Bible verse,what can we do on our own? Absolutely nothing !

Thank you so much for sharing!

Wow ! that’s a new group I've never heard of. Imagine being new to the community and walking in unawares.

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever , with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations .

I always attended worship services all of my life but the past several years had to leave some churches...one church's last pastor led them to become a More Light (gay) church! The next church I thankfully found kept getting rid of good pastors and finally got an extremely liberal one....he even said a Bible verse was wrong in a sermon and said even worse to me when I asked him about saying that! So there are sometimes reasons why people are currently not attending a church building's services. Health reasons and also if you live in a country where you could be killed for becoming a Christian.

Hi Gleason 92:...I'm replying to your post. Here are my thoughts: I don't believe it will be a physical mark. In Ephesians 1:13, it says we are sealed by the Holy Spirit after we believed. In Deut 6 4-8 it says: Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as [a]frontals [b]on your forehead. In Rev 13:17....And that no man may buy or sell save he that had the mark, OR the name of the beast, OR the number of his name. Also in Rev 14 11-12....."who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receiveth the mark of his name".....and here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus" So it has to do with worship. I can't see a chip being implanted in the forehead or in the hand as being anything. Can you imagine the time it would take to implant everyone....especially in places like India or China, going around to all the villages. Time will tell. Guess we won't know till the antichrist makes his debut. I found an interesting line in Daniel 11:43...."but he shall have power over the treasures of silver and gold"

God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Psalms 46:1

I always realize that when stuff like this knocks me for a loop I immediately examine what it is that has done this... most of the time it was something out of wack in me and hindering me a closeness to The Lord I desire... when everything in us is given to >God for we trust Him and Love Him< how is it when He takes it we feel loss? Do I really think it was better for them to remain here with me I always find peace for God has promised us no more separation forever shall I wine about the years now or look to the eternity ahead? Prayed for ya TT, Love, Steven

God bless you in your time of grief, Carm! Lean on God, not the occult, for strength! You will only serve to drive a wedge between you and Him by dabbling with the darkness like that. Are you attending a strong local church where you can lean on the strength of fellow believers?

From memory I think it was Ahab, and Jezebel had him killed so Ahab could get it?

This was plainly devastating for you and I cannot imagine what it was like. Ultimately though, heavy drinking and trying occult practices are not going to remove the pain and bring any resolution or healing. In the long run, they are going to add more problems to both your life and your kids. My grandmother lost two husbands (the first in a gruesome farm accident in front of much of the family) and an adult son (military plane crash) during her life. That was long before I was born. My memories of her are that she was one of the most peaceful and contented people I ever knew. It wasn't until later as an adult that I started to understand the depth of the tragedies she had experienced in her life. I don't know how it was that she made it through these things and emerged as she did. I just know from her that it is possible to do so. I also know those things affected my dad was well. About every decade or so, my mom and dad drive out to see the farm field where his brother's plane crashed. You also never know when something will trigger it all over again (such as when my dad saw the plane crash in the movie Top Gun). I think it would be good for you to talk to an experienced pastor or a good Christian counselor who is experienced at helping people with grief. Such losses are something that will never go away. Many people need help and support to be able to handle this type of burden and pain. While many will not understand what you are feeling and going through, there are many people out there who have gone through something similar and could be a support to you. Some churches have ministries focused on those dealing with grief. Most pastors should know of people who are experienced grief counselors. While your pain and loss are unique, there are others who've been through similar things who might be able to give you some support so you do not need to do this alone.

Wow... No, Carm. I cannot recommend "attempting" any out of body experiences. This is an occult practice when you attempt to manufacture it. Occasionally the saints of God experience what might be referred to as OBEs (2 Corinthians 12:3), but for servants of the Lord Jesus Christ this only happens as God allows it to, not as an attempt to "try it out." Please don't dabble in the occult, Carm. Any association with demons will only lead from bad to worse. They want your eternal soul, and will stop at nothing to deceive you. Just give the pain in your heart and the images you saw to the Lord, and ask Him to cleanse it from your mind. He will heal you from the pain and help you move on in life if you ask Him to. Eventually you'll begin to see how dangerous this proposal was that you were considering. God bless, Hidden

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?...

Thanks ladypeartree, for sharing your unique and personal perspective. I am sorry for your loss of your son. Tonight I've been thinking upon your illustration about talking to the baby in the womb... Thanks wayne222 for your compassion in your understanding words. Thanks wingnut for your helpful and practical advice.

Can anyone equal the Lord? He is Lord of Lords.

Sorry that is not true according to the Bible and the verses I gave you. All the verses I gave you above were God and Christ speaking exclusively, Here is another: notice Christ's prophesy after His death clearly warning His future believers to pray this: And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be Luke 2:28 The Sabbath was also still in place after the death of Christ But since you like to quote Paul I will submit this fact: Paul often read from the scriptures on the sabbath (which is kept by the apostles 84 times in the book of Acts). And the only scriptures at that time were only the old testament. (Acts 17:2) As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures. I say this with all humility and just seek the truth, I just don’t understand everyone’s fixation with Paul when we have the words of Christ and God. This verse always gave me caution and pause: 2 Peter 3:15-17, "And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability." There is no where in the bible that God or Christ states the fourth commandment is nullified.

I did, and do not see the significance of the first day in light of those scriptures compared to these: The first mention of the Sabbath was in Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Notice that God made a distinct action in “blessing” and “sanctifying" the Sabbath Day. God sanctified this day as the supreme lawgiver and as the Creator. The Sabbath command was one of the only two commands given in the Garden of Eden and was an element of obedience. In Exodus 16:23,30 we see the Sabbath also was in place before the Law of Moses "Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD...So the people rested on the seventh day". Exodus 16:23,30 Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. Exodus 31:16 9 Jesus also honored the seventh day said that He was Lord of the Sabbath "So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath". Luke 2:28 Note that God says the Sabbath will be kept in the Millennium according to Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD. So in the beginning, the middle and the end of the bible teaches the 7th day Sabbath. To be clear, I am not part of any denomination, just trying to understand the truth in the bible and I never understood why Sunday was picked for the worship day especially when I found these quotes years ago: “Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles...From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first.” Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1900. “Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923. “It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.” Priest Brady, in an address reported in The News, Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 18, 1903. “Protestants...accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change...But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that...In observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope.” Our Sunday Visitor, February 15, 1950.

Behold He comes! Riding on the clouds! Shining like the sun! At the trumpet call Lift your voice! It's the year of Jubilee! And out of Zion's hill salvation comes!

How can someone reject all religious and moral principles and hold to Christianity? Of course the two aren't compatible, nihilism would reject the ten commandments, it rejects morality of any sort. Nihilism is a free for all, just another name for anarchy.

Thanks Wingnut...I am praying and hoping God will make the way clear to both of us.

Loss is a difficult thing to accept when it comes, so is change. What you need to start thinking about, is a new normal, for the near future, and beyond. Whatever happens from this point, things will not be exactly as they were before. Your first love though, is the Lord, so keep your mind on that. We are all praying for you and your mother. God bless

Start by praising God that she is still " in with a fighting chance " as when you were first told the doctors wanted to turn off her life support and you stopped that happening so give yourself a HUGE HUG When my children were grieving for my son ( he died when he was 22 in a freak accident ) I reminded them that without change there is no progress ... when a baby is in the womb it is safe and happy and wants for nothing . A child is born in amongst pain and protesting its expulsion from its " world " into the next but when it gets over the shock everyone rejoices its arrival here . Same can be said of the other end of life.... no one wants to let go of this life to get to the next but just think of the rejoicing there will be when they arrive . Think of your mum as a baby in the womb .. we talk to them even if they cant answer us and we can and do have a relationship with our unborn children and when it is time for the next change REJOICE we know who is waiting for us

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