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Willa

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Willa last won the day on March 5 2020

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  1. The Spiritual person has God's perspective and understanding, having His help to understand the true nature of things. However the natural man doesn't understand him at all. I once had a pastor who was not born again. He invited me to talk with him so he could "get under my skin". He simply couldn't understand what I was saying, where I was coming from, or why I did things the way I did. His shelves were lined with Freud and a lot of other psych books but no Bible dictionaries or commentaries. I asked him why he became a pastor; he said because that was what his mother wanted.
  2. Jesus Christ and Him crucified are the deepest things of God. 1Co 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1Co 1:19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." 1Co 1:20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 1Co 1:22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 1Co 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 1Co 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1Co 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than me impart 1Co 2:7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 1Co 2:10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1Co 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 1Co 2:13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 1Co 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 1Co 2:15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 1Co 2:16 "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
  3. We are supposed to judge so to evaluate, but we are not to pass judgement upon to condemn. Luk 6:37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; Act 15:19 Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to 1Co 10:15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
  4. Our hearts must be cleansed--our innermost being.
  5. You can give to Israeli Christians and their families through George who owns our forum since many from the church he established in Israel are involved in the war. You can also get accurate up to date news from him. His church is near the Dead Sea and Gaza. He gives an account of how the monies are distributed. Currently he has not been there since covid & hasn't been able to return. I visited our local Salvation Army and was not treated well--was not impressed. However I do know they have done good work elsewhere since I have a friend who was saved through them and delivered from alcohol abuse. Locally we have a chaplaincy that offers grief counseling, ministers in hospitals, works in nursing homes etc. It is interdenominational and does a very good work. It may be under the Lutheran Church. I used to minister in a nursing home through it. Just a couple of ideas. Do go to the organization and check it out. Personally I am eager to support God's work and like you I want to be sure the Gospel is being shared with the assistance.
  6. I am unfamiliar with Nova. Scotia. I am more familiar with British Columbia where Washington State has so much in common with BC both historically and today. Both were founded by the Hudson Bay Company long before explorers arrived. It existed for fur trappers. When vacationing in BC we still find much in common with the area. They raise the same crops and celebrate the same holidays. It was more like being in another state than another country. Where faith is concerned I am not sure. It is probably very individual as is always. God has no grandkids. Only children are born again.
  7. I had mine in October. The doctors and pharmacists are masking here.
  8. This is just one more place that King James really stinks. Probably the use of condescend has changed over the centuries because I don't think we are supposed to be condescending toward anyone. We are told to think of others as better than ourselves or at least to not be aware of any difference from ourselves in station or worth. We are not to be heartless, arrogant or high-handed! associated Co
  9. I have to agree that we express our love for our Father by loving one another. But I test my own heart by my willingness to obey the speed limit, or being in obedience to civil authorities. Do I try to obey exactly? Do I become prideful for my obedience while all those no good speeders whizz past me? Do I drive 5 over the limit or the amount I think I can get away with? My heart can be so deceitful and wicked!
  10. One reason that I love the writings of Corry Ten Boom is that she spoke often using analogies and similes. She spoke as Jesus spoke. It wasn't the intellectual that feeds my spirit but the simple way she expressed truths. She once compared God to a piece os chocolate. It can be analyzed chemically. You can know the recipe for making it. But until you have tasted it..........Taste and see that the Lord is good! Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
  11. Jhn 6:48 I am the bread of life. Jhn 6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. Jhn 6:50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. Jhn 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." Jhn 6:53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Jhn 6:54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Jhn 6:55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Jhn 6:56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. Jhn 6:57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. Jhn 6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." Jhn 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. AMEN!
  12. Love this album--Keaggy is my favorite guitarist.
  13. I don"t believe in "soul sleeping" or being in the grave till the resurrection as the 7th Day Adventists believe. In several places Paul speaks of being immediately present with Jesus after he dies so he will always be with the Lord. The body is reunited with the soul upon the resurrection. I don't worry much about the fate of the wicked except to desire the repentance and salvation of the lost. However, the benefit of salvation to our present life, the joy and peace we now experience, are to me the greatest selling points of the Gospel. God's love was what won me, not threats of punishment. The Gospel is GOOD NEWS, after all.
  14. We in Eastern Washington are experiences your temps. It has been 23 F at night last week but is back up to the low 40s this week with highs close to 60. A brief reprieve. Our highs went from the 80s one week, the 60s the next, and then the 40s! It just dipped down too fast and our bodies couldn't acclimatize. It always amazes me that in the spring we start shedding our jackets when it hits 50 if there is no breeze. In fall we grab our heavy jackets when it hits 50.
  15. I used to walk through my neighborhood playing for residents house by house. But I have a friend with the gift of evangelism who regularly goes door to door and is quite effective. His wife goes with him and prays silently as he speaks. Paul's prayer: Eph 6:19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, Eph 6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
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