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Ecclesiaties tells us to cast our bread upon the waters and it will come back to us. Jesus told us not to worry about what we eat or wear for our Father knows that we need these things. Would it not be better to give to the hungry, children starving to death by the thousands, the homeless on our doorsteps, today than to worry about hoarding away food for ourselves for a tomorrow that may never come for us?

Hi Deevums. May I suggest that your overwhelming guilt is the result of your not having forgiven yourself. I suffer with depression also. Not manic but severe. We've been working on getting my meds right too. It's a journey. I know from experience that feelings of guilt and worthlessness can be exacerbated by personal unforgiveness. There are times when I still don't like myself very much, but God has been teaching me that yesterday is past and tomorrow hasn't come and has enough worries unto itself. What I have is today and I must make my decision to love myself today. Because God loves me and died for me and He has done the same for you. God Bless

I am applying this to us. We need to think about good things. We need not to focus on Joel Osteen but on our own walks with God. We can listen to Mr. Osteen and test what he says against the Word, but I think we need to think on and focus on good things. That's all I was saying, there was a lot of negative stuff said. That's all

Hey Peace. an attack on my home came through my little girl. She was 4 at the time and her dad had taken her to watch Toy Story. When she came home she was acting out and feeling ill. I put it down to tiredness and excitement. But it didn't get better, the next day it was worse and I was afraid for her and had a very uneasy feeling in my spirit. I prayed and asked God that if this was a spiritual attack that my daughter would slap me in the face. I wanted to make sure of what I was dealing with. Not more than 5 minutes later, my little one, who had never hit me before, slapped me in the face. So I prayed Psalm 91 over her, over my home and my family. There have been other minor things that Satan has tried to use to kill my kids and harm myself and my loved ones, but God is faithful and he has always put the enemy under His feet.

?? Not sure who you are talking to in this one?

YOu know what? I've been a Christian a good many years and never even heard of a satanic hand signal. I think people need to be more concerned with themselves and less concerned with others. Again, what kind of fruit is this minister bearing? Is he/she preaching the Word and Christ crucified and risen? Salvation? Really? If you test the teaching and it is sound perhaps you should write the teacher a letter and let them know that you are concerned with the way they wave or greet people or gesture while preaching. Maybe they haven't heard of these "signals" either.

Argh. I don't know. Many times we have faced spiritual attacks in our home, and I have invited prayer warriors to come and pray with me. The Spirit of God was more than happy to show us anywhere that the enemy attacks were coming from. Now biblically Jesus asked the name of the Spirit in the man in the Gadarenes and was told it's name was Legion. Having said that we have to look at Acts 19 Acts 19:13-16Amplified Bible (AMP) 13 Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches! 14 Seven sons of a certain Jewish chief priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But [one] evil spirit retorted, Jesus I know, and Paul I know [a]about, but who are you? 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering [b]two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house [in fear], stripped naked and wounded. Nowhere in the bible are "mediums and clairvoyants" used and personally I think these things are a form of witchcraft. Now had the pastor introduced this woman as having a gift of knowledge, or a discernment of spirits then I wouldn't feel so uneasy. I wonder if you should leave. I wonder if you should go to others in the church and make your concerns known and pray for the revelation of the Holy Spirit? And if necessary for the removal of this woman who may be a wolf dressed up in sheeps clothing?

Okay. I don't really understand all the things that you guys are kind of arguing about but I would like to share how God revealed this Scripture to me. As a young Christian I would pray every evening for my pastor. As I began to pray for him one evening, I started to say my pastors name and it came out of my belly as a groan, repeatedly. I was a little shocked but I was praying so I continued. The groaning of my pastors name soon turned simply to weeping and groaning. When my prayer time was over I was exhausted and somewhat confused. I prayed and asked what had just happened and the Lord led me directly to Romans 8:26. That's my experience with this scripture and I figure if God wants me to groan in prayer who am I to say no?. Blessings

Reading Genesis Chapter 3 verse 21 we see the recording of the first death that resulted from sin. God killed animals and took their skins to make cloaks to cover the man and woman. The wages of sin is death. When man sins something must die, blood must be shed because the life is in the blood. He later caused animal sacrifice to be used and an animal to carry the burden of sin away from men with the letting of it's blood. Jesus blood poured out, he became both the high priest that offered the sacrifice and the sacrifice itself taking all the sin of the world from that time to His return into Himself. Romans 6:23New International Version (NIV) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord. .

Okay, we will measure what is taught against the word of God. Now Philippians 4:8New International Version (NIV) 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Talk about these things, thank God for these things.

Louis, I would reply to this statement with a reply from Matthew Chapter 7 verses 7&8, Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find' keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened. The Amplified bible You cannot sit and wait for God to drop on your head. Look for Him and you will find Him. Maybe not in the way you want, but He will reveal Himself to you.

Okay, I looked for this original post and couldn't find it. Isaiah 3:12 is pulled right out of context to be used in this argument. According to the whole chapter these women were in power over the men before God's judgement against them and I haven't met ANY Christian woman acting the way these women are described. So that whole scripture reference is a moot point

This is really interesting and it just caught my attention. 1 Corinthians 14:34 states "...just as the Law also states". Has Paul then put women under the Law? I was led to believe that in the spirit there is neither slave nor free, Jew nor Gentile, male nor female. If a church, being the body of Christ, and the offices and leadership of that church are not being rendered in the spirit then it must be run by the ? state of birth of the believer being either male or female in the flesh? I understand perfectly in my home and the running of the that home, and the "law" that Paul speaks of which is not the ten commandments, that my husband takes the ownership and the lead role. And I do love and honour him beyond measure. However, in the church, in things of the spirit, my husband will often ask me for clarification and bless me to minister. I wonder what women in ministry and/or leadership in the church have to say about this? Have you asked your lead pastor who is, as you have stated, a woman? Or have you spoken with the other pastors of the church who are obviously under her authority? If you are part of an organized religion such as Baptist, Pentecostal etc, then your pastors are under a headship that is under a headship that is probably under another headship that is under Christ who is the head of the church.

God cannot overlook or turn a blind eye to sin. That's why He sent Jesus and why Jesus bled and died on the cross. When God looks at a new believer or a young believer or indeed any believer, He sees the blood of Christ, not the sin of the person. The reason Jesus then sent the Holy Spirit into the world after He left was to convict us of sin and to help us repent and turn away from it. Now, being saved, if we know something to be sinful, having been convicted by the Holy Spirit, and yet we persist in participating in that sin, then there is no hope for us and we have made the sacrifice of Christ into a mockery. We will most definitely grieve the Holy Spirit. Having said that, the Holy Spirit is gentle and does not wham us over the head with each thing that needs to be changed all at once, yet the bible tells us that if we see a brother or sister participating in a sin we should, in love, that is gently and kindly with prayer and leading of the Holy Spirit, show them the truth according to the Word. Unfortunately too often men rush in where angels fear to tread

When you are quoting Isaiah 62 what translation are you using?