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I don't yet meet the age requirement.

Couldn't go without air conditioning, no way

The simple truth is that you can't control him. He's an adult.

A phone isn't a need. It's a want, a convenience. The reason I know that is because for thousands of years before the invention of the telephone, people made it. They survived, without being in constant communication with everyone.

Like I said, my son would pay for his own phone or he wouldn't have one.

The only thing more ridiculous than this woman claiming to own the sun is that people actually paid her money to buy a piece of it, to say nothing of the Spanish court systems who are entertaining this nonsense. I'm glad I'm not a Spanish taxpayer!

If he was my son, he'd be paying for his own phone with his own money. He's an adult. His money would be separate from mine. If I needed help from him for things like rent, food, utilities, we'd agree on a certain amount of money for him to contribute. The way I was raised is you grow up, you move out, you take care of yourself. That was the definition of a man.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' The passage doesn't say these people actually did the things they're claiming to have done.

Sharing the Gospel with as many people as I could, spending time with my husband and kids

Shield

I love the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. The first time I read it, it just seemed to reach in and grab ahold of me. Now whenever I start thinking on a wrong that I feel's been done me, I think of this passage of Scripture and am reminded of just how much I've been forgiven. It really puts things in perspective. What an amazingly merciful God we serve!

This encourages me. Hall, thank you.

Stuff like this makes home schooling all the more appealing to me.....

A couple of earlier posts touched on this. What makes it difficult for me to forgive isn't the magnitude of the sin committed against me, but how intimate I was with the person who committed it. In other words, it's easier for me to forgive a stranger doing something really bad to me, than someone very close doing something minor. Also, how often I'm reminded of what hurt me plays a part. The less I'm reminded, the easier it is. When I'm having trouble with forgiveness, I remind myself of the parable of the unforgiving servant. It isn't hard after that.

I think it's also important to remember that not all Scripture is instructive. In other words, just because the Psalmist is here expressing a feeling, that doesn't necessarily mean we're meant to emulate it.

Hmm, something's fishy about this story..........

She needs our prayers......her and her family..

Praying for healing, joy and peace for you and your children!

First thing I'd do is see a doctor to rule out anything physical...

Not so, brother. Look here: Mark 1:9-11 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; 11 and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.” Here we see all three persons of the Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, expressing themselves quite individually.

Hi Hannah! It was nice to meet you in chat! I notice you identify as Catholic. I live in an area where almost everyone is Catholic (South Louisiana). My husband was an alter boy and actually wanted to become a priest before discovering girls as a teenager! LOL Forgive me if this query is unnecessary, but in my area unfortunately much of what's practiced is strictly a cultural thing. You know how it is, kids are brought up a certain way, that's just always the way it's done, etc Before I could feel comfortable chiming in on a romantic relationship, I was just wondering, what's your relationship with Christ like? Do you remember the moment you accepted Him as Savior, stuff like that. So much of what I would say to your question really would hang on how this, our most important relationship, is.

I found this but you scooted out of Chat before I could return and show you....... ...he was to take another, which perhaps belonged to the people, and was the second in birth or age with respect to the former, being seven years old; or, as the Targum is, that had been fatted seven years, and had been so long preparing for the sacrifice of Baal; which was as long as the tyranny of the Midianites over them, and was occasioned by the idolatry of the people of Israel; and such a bullock was ordered to be taken with respect to that, and to show that it would end with the sacrifice of this creature:... http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/judges-6-25.html

Which thread are you referring to? Usually, when a thread is locked, there's an explanation given as to why it happened.

No, I can't say that I've asked Him not to come now or soon. This world has very little appeal to me when compared with being with Him face-to-face.