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That's fine but calling a woman 'hot' creates suggestions within a man's mind, that kind of "brotalk" doesn't really fit a Christian forum. Just use "beautiful" or "gorgeous" instead and you avoid arousing any sinful suggestions.

Genesis tells us that it is not good for man to be alone. God is not going to give you a burden that he doesn't think that you can handle. The saints often took their burdens as a chance to prove their loyalty to God, they took each challenge in life as a test, they isolated themselves, they fasted, they endured the elements and cold, they took oaths to poverty and so on -- all with the foreknowledge that these were opportunities to prove their loyalty to God. But God understands that it's not good for man to be alone, i think you may be giving yourself to hyperbole. Though I don't know what tests god intends for you, it may well be true that this test is yours and yours alone -- i don't know. Personally I have a mental conditions that makes real life conversation almost impossible, as a result I don't go out of my way to meet people in real life, it's been a long time since I've had a real discussion, but that's okay as I have a handful of good friends online. This one is my burden but I'm just glad I still have the capacity to have friends in some form or another. But really -- discuss it with God, see if it is yours, I know that God sends such tests to people, and these people are extremely strong, but he gives it to them because he knows they're capable of handling it. Perhaps you will be one of them, or perhaps not! It does require a lot of meditation with God.

It's a symptom of the age we're living in. A -COMPLETE- man must have two qualities, alpha male (protection leadership) and beta male (provider loyalty) qualities. Because the society is no longer emphasizing the masculinity in men, this leaves alpha males without beta male qualities (loyalty is a beta male quality), and beta males without alpha male qualities. In the end result, you get women who are mostly attracted to alpha males who don't have any of the loyalty characteristics of the beta males, and the women can't get with the beta males either because being a provider doesn't make a whole man, he needs to protect and guide women, for Eve is Adam's daughter and God has written that women will pine for their men to rule over them, betas cannot do this. Satan undermined masculinity, so now it's every man for himself, the women will congregate around the top 20% of alpha males, the betas will descend into videogames and pornography, civilization is heading towards a soulless dystopian future. You can observe the fact that civilization no longer prizes masculinity in the movies and cartoons that are out there -- you see them constantly championing feminist and 'girl power' themes, leaving the boys with no clear identity, when that happens, betas don't grow up into alphas, nor do alphas learn to pair their nature with beta qualities. A complete man has push and pull qualities, he pushes women when the time is right (alpha) and he pulls them in when the time is right (beta). This is the result of masculinity no longer being champion; it's every man for himself, and women can't help put pair themselves with the alphas, nor are the Betas learning to grow out of their manchildren phase.

This kind of system might be foreshadowing the mark of the beast: Social network profile to become official ID in China A comment that I seen from one person:

Not to get into some holocaust debate but I take a bit of umbrage with this, I don't get this fake fellowship that modern Christians think they have with so called Modern "Jews". This tells us all that we need to know about modern "Jews" they are not Jews, but counterfeits. They CANNOT access the father directly without Jesus Christ. Either Jesus Christ is lying when he told us John 14:6, or Jews are lying when they say they can access the father directly -- without Jesus Christ. Jesus is the light and the only way to gain a fellowship with God. Modern Jews profess to have a fellowship with God, WITHOUT Jesus Christ. This is a MASSIVE red flag of enormous proportion. Modern Jews are not the same Jews from the old testament, Jesus Christ told us all he needed to say about them in John 14:6, and they murdered and tortured him for it. How soon do we forget the Passion on the cross? My confidence lies with Jesus, not with these "Jews" for Jesus prevails where the ancient Jews failed, that is why God sent Jesus Christ, not as a Jew, but as a redeemer. He is king of the real Jews, but not these ones that profess to access God without Jesus Christ. Christians have a fellowship with Christ, Modern Jews are not friends to Christ, but do deny him. I know who I am going to believe if I am to take sides. My heart lies with Christ, and Christ alone.

Looks fun to me, really wish women would calm down with the eyeliner though, they look better without it imo.

Stand your ground, set the law. Women do not like pushovers, do not let her manipulate you. Don't be complacent in your marriage, demonstrate to her traits that show that she is very lucky to have you. Show but don't tell, start working out, lift weights, and lastly -- this is the hard part -- DO NOT have any bedroom activities with her until she changes. Shut down any and all of her advances, do not "feed" into her drama, when she pushes you, do NOT respond, remain as stoic and as cool as possible. You will be surprised to see how much this can flip a switch inside of her brain. Remember in the Adam-Eve relationship, Eve is Adam's daughter, so when a wife is throwing a tantrum, you basically have to act like her parent. Remain as cool as possible, do NOT get angry. Hold your frame. Do not go towards the opposite either and appease her, stay as cool as possible -- patience here is key. Men are like rocks on the shore, and she's basically like a wave that is trying to break you in order to test you. Women often unconsciously test their men to see if they are firm, this is what she is doing and most women will end up doing that in one form or another. Become a rock, as that is what Adam failed to do at the very beginning, muddy marriages ultimately have their roots traced to this.

Trump has given a lot to charity, but it's impossible to say what's really in his heart, none of us are God. It would not be wise to make yourself as God to see what's in his heart. Trump has also given up much of his life and privacy to serve others and endure nonstop attacks by the mainstream media, entertainment industry, the republican establishment and the deep state. He's enduring nonstop barbs from these people and has had his family attacked for his service as president. He's given up A LOT of peace to endure what he's been through and what he will continue to go through. But who truly knows what's in his heart? Only God knows that, but what I know is that he's given a lot to help to this world, despite the world spitting back at his face, and for that reason I believe that God is with him. The world hates him, but I know who the world hated first.

Huh? It's well known that Republican and Christian-leaning states give more to charity than progressive ones http://abcnews.go.com/Business/generous-states-charities-lean-republican/story?id=17030246 There's also lots of studies that say Christians are the most generous group in the U.S. Just google "Most charitable states", and you'll get both endless graphs and studies all saying the same thing.

The Mark of the Beast is likely going to come through a massive false flag, and the government is going to demand we give up our rights for "protection" in order to install the mark of the beast. What do you have to hide, after all? You're not a terrorist...are you? But before all of this happens the satanic cabal still needs to wrestle more control of this world, in order to do this, borders will have to come down and the world will need a much stronger central authority. I think we're currently at the "borders must be torn down" part, which works perfectly well with Muslims as they bring their extremism with them, giving the government the excuse they needs to rob us of our rights. Anywhose I just hope it doesn't happen in my lifetime, it's going to be one crazy gauntlet for the Christians of that age, but perhaps their luck will be that they get to see the Christ on his white horse.

Just one tiny suggestion is all that it takes to utterly ruin yourself. Anyone whose had to confront and defeat wicked sinful habits can say that much. Just pulling on one thread of the sweater can unravel the entire thing. Temptation in the form of a tiny seed can utterly ruin a man, and I'd say it may well actually be more dangerous than the entire tree itself, as it is subversive and goes underneath one's obvious defenses.

I never called women botched men or simple creatures, or said that they are inferior, God made them for a different purpose apart from men, men must lead civilizations but women must lead children up to the point that the child is taken by their father, becomes a man, and then helps to lead civilization. Women shine as mothers, and God equipped them for this function. The more women try to take on men's roles, the more the body cannibalizes itself and women become unhappy, because they are not men and God has not and will never make them as he made men. Women are more emotional than men, and prone to subjective truths because women do not have muscles and are easily overpowered, therefor the woman specializes in what the society deems acceptable, because her strength is her social standing and how well her reputation holds up, this is an example of subjective truth. What the group believes is true = what she believes, because that is what holds social power -- which is why women excell at language and communication, this however makes it difficult for them to find the truth, as throughout human history it could well kill them to go against social norms. Whereas a male exciled from the tribe has a chance to survive, women do not owing to their fragile bodies. "Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation, 28which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. 29" -- Ecclesiastes 7:28 The teacher in Ecclesiastes had a lot of trouble finding righteous women, that doesn't mean they don't exist, they're just rarer than men owing to the hierarchy of love and the proximity men have to God. This doesn't mean that God does not love you as he loves men, but that you serve a different function in the hierarchy of love. "For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, 34 women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says." -- Corinthians 14:34 The bible acknowledges women's troubles with subjective truth, it's not their fault; God made them this way as her subjective truth must become the husbands objective truth (which is why God places them as priests), and the husbands objective truth must become God's ABSOLUTE truth. This is how God intended the hierarchy of love to work. Sorry I did not see the post (i depend too much on alerts), We are one in Christ -- in Love. God loves us all equally but we do not serve equally, we are equal in love, but NOT in hierarchy. Heaven is a family after all, and a family, by definition, must have hierarchy. God loves women just as he loves the men. God loves the toe as much as he loves the foot, but they all obey a hierarchy and different functions owing to that hierarchy. No matter what the foot may think, it can never become a hand. Which is essentially my point, men are closer to the head (God), In the body of Christ, which is why they need to serve as spiritual leaders of the civilization. Again, this is the fulfillment of the Hierarchy of love, which will exist in heaven just as it does on earth. God Man Woman Child

Have you considered just finding the right guy and becoming a stay at home mom? Really, I don't like how society thinks that all women should become career women, stay-at-home mom's are infinitely more valuable to a civilization than career women, as the family is the foundation to a civilization. Not many women get the epiphany "I just want to be a mother" in their 20's, but those that do are very lucky imo. Just some consideration... I know life is full of anxiety when you don't know which way to go on the fork and have a bit of a burden on your back. Just take each day at a time, tomorrow will take care of itself. Don't look too far into the future. Take it easy, one day at a time. Life is not a race, some people find out who they are early, others they find out late in their life...You are the only one capable of achieving what God meant for you -- nobody else is capable of doing what he wants for you, but you yourself, that is why he saw it fit to give you the life he gave you and not to someone else... besides, our trophies in this world ultimately don't matter, none of us will be "winning" our way into heaven.

My older brothers (i have 3) are all ultra progressive atheists. The two oldest frequently bullied me, the one above me was okay but he's an ultra liberal atheist and I have nothing in common with him. I tend to avoid interacting with them. Sometimes I think things would have been better for me if I was an only child, as the bullying habits of my 2 oldest were detrimental to my self esteem growing up. Considering how progressive New England is and how progressive my family is, I'm like a soldier waaay deep behind enemy lines, no chance for reinforcements, only thing that keeps me sane is the occasional radio contact with the main army on the internet, but i have to keep a low-profile and hope the enemy doesn't spot me.

We ALL have to deal with temptation, you're not different than anyone else. We're deferring the pleasure of this world, of the flesh, to be content with Christ in the spirit. Our bodies are going to die, never yield to it, never give it precedence over who you are and who God meant you to be. Pick up your cross and deny yourself. we ALL have to do it, there is no shortcut or easy way into heaven.... It's going to be a brutal process but it will be worth it in the end. You'll come out battle-hardened against sin, and others will see that you have a light that God placed within you and be drawn to you and in turn, to him... Seek like-minded accountability partners and groups to help each other resist wicked impulses, as it is best to face it with other Christians. An image that might help you:

Genesis 2:22: "The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man." God = Absolute truth Man = Objective truth Woman = Subjective truth Each time you divide a thing you get further and further away from the original form, so it becomes increasingly harder to preserve the truth.

What are they doing wrong exactly? I don't think it's any worry as long as you don't see them doing outright sinful things with a loving embrace. I mean plenty of us here don't go to church every Sunday either, though prayer is very important. Also, telling them you're scared that they won't get into heaven is actually a sign of affection than anything else. Frankly even the most chivalrous, most charitable, and honesty person among us is not good enough to enter heaven on their own account so I don't think you or any of us can see the state they're in with regards to salvation, even if you see that they produce works, whose to say that they really embraced Christ? And if their lips say that they do? Only God knows and see's their heart, but I still think you have it better than most considering they have an active church and prayer life. I would say you have no reason to worry, in the state that this world is in you have it better than most. Lastly, I don't think you should always try to make them "feel better" for the sake of that feeling, you should really consider momentary discomfort of a harsh truth if it would help them get into heaven. Don't become a 'yes-man' and tell people what they want to hear, churches would be filled to the brim with hedonists if the churches only preached what made the crowd feel good.

Men are in nearer proxity to God in the hierarchy of Love. Adam was taken out of God but Eve was taken out of Adam. Meaning that we have a clearer understanding of his voice, the voice can come to women, and often does, but it's more often received in men than women. For men it is objective reality, for women it is subjective reality, ergo women are more ruled by their emotions (and are more easily led astray for it which is why the snake came to Eve first), and emotions make a terrible master. As God cares for man, and become our eyes and ears, so must man become the eyes of ears of women. Meaning we serve better as priests to the society than women; women are like priests to their own children and immediate families, thereby a hierarchy is established. God leads man, man leads woman, women lead children, this is the heavenly hiearchy.

That story is disheartening and quite frankly not surprising considering the age we're living in. I live in New England and if I bothered with the churches, I'd expect much of the same, the nearest church to me was a pro-LGBT church, which recently got converted into a daycare. Christianity is getting so unpopular that we're turning a lot of our churches into condos. I figure that Rural churches are much better than the ones in the cities, as cities tend to be very liberal throughout the west, but I don't have easy access to those.

Stars are beautiful because of the night, why would God not create the darkness? It makes the righteous stand out more, and gives him a clear method to separate the wheat from the chaff. Nice little analogy that God placed there by the way, there is much more darkness in this universe than light, but that makes the light all the more precious, this I think reflects upon earthly life. We are each as shining stars surrounded by an endless deep darkness, and it may seem very lonely as the stars are few when compared to the darkness, but do they ever pierce the veil despite being utterly surrounded. Satan has numbers but he doesn't have holy conviction. But perhaps a better analogy is that we are as moons that reflect the light of God (the sun). Also...while we revolve around the earth, our true movement is bound to the sun, so while we are bound to this earth, when earth is no more, we default to the sun. God is very clever as he places a lot of these hidden analogies throughout the universe and nature, it's like an Easter egg hunt.

I suffered from Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder for most of my life. Meaning my sleeping schedule constantly rotated. Recently someone recommended keto to me, and with this diet I've been managing to go to sleep at around 10pm -- 1am and wake up at 8am-10am with no problems. Keto is incredible because I don't need much sleep anymore, I could function all day on like 5-7 hours of sleep so if I go to sleep later I can still wake up in the morning. Whereas before a small amount of sleep would take me to about 6 hours before hitting a crash and taking a nap, thereby messing up my sleeping schedule as I wouldn't be able to sleep that night if I take a nap. I started Keto in the middle of last month, and this is the most consistent i've ever had a normal sleeping schedule since around 12. I love it as there is now more consistent routine to my life and schedule.

Christmas is the only holiday i still care about as the very pessimistic, disillusioned, and depressed Opossum that I am. Bring out the Christmas folk songs and the cozy lights!

I've said it before but parable of the sower always terrifies me, when I struggle to bring forth fruit, my mind immediately thinks that I landed in the thorny places, and as someone who has a history of major depression, that passage is an icy shock and brings to mind all that is at stake. The war against sin is a scary, body-ridden, bloody battlefield and sometimes guys escape it by crawling to safety with half their limbs blown off. Sorry for the crazy description but that is what it feels like to me.

Pardon if this is the wrong forum section but I figured since people who post here might be struggling with sin, I'd thought I put this here (mods feel free to find a more appropriate forum if you find it necessary). This image has helped me recognize and fix a few bad habits. You could apply these things to so many bad habits, recognize what stage you are in when you decide that you have a problem, and do whatever you can not to fall into the next stage, as it will only get more difficult to resist the impulse towards sin. May it serve you folks well! Get it printed on your wall if you have to. Sin must not be allowed to flourish and claim you.

Here is a nice write-up from G.K. Chesterton which I think pertains to God's perspective here. In short, God is coming to do some spring cleaning for this Garbage dump. Beneath all the filth there's not such a bad world, it was we who made it into such a dump, like children who really made a bad mess of our room and anticipating the parent's discipline which we lament, but if we give in to that discipline we're much better off for it, as we show how much we really don't want to hurt our parents. God will clean up our mess and sternly tell us, "Don't do that again".