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Hi, I have definitely seen and experienced this. I myself am one of those who lost my focus on God and instead started partying hard etc. Personally, I left home to study at a university where the entire town is basically made up of students. Mostly people between the ages of 19 and 23, thousands of them. There are churches and it’s easy to get involved in the church community. But there are a lot of pubs, clubs etc. and making friends with the wrong group of people without being wise about it leads you to be more intrigued by the fleshly “fun” stuff of the world. I was a believer before I went there, I don’t believe I was born again, more like I followed a specific denomination but I didn’t have a relationship with Christ. One of my friends went through the same as I did, she however found a church and was lead back to God and I think she prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed for me. And I found my way back to God. Or should I rather say God plucked me out of the state I was in and placed me In His presence. In my culture, everything about sexual intimacy, alcohol or substance abuse etc is quite after a topic that’s not spoken about. Or when it is, it’s used to scare young people. I think young people have questions and curiousity about these things. I think when we create safe spaces for young people to ask the questions they have and to treat them with love and care, teaching them the Godly way about these things (which are wrong and right and when etc.) we stand a much higher chance that those young people would not go astray.

@LadyKay I believe God speaks to us and tells us when to pray about what. When we pray His Will, we pray truth and miracles happen. So if someone takes a stand in someone’s else place, not because of their own will but because they were prompted by the Holy Spirit, I believe they will be healed.

Hi everyone! Can anyone please explain to me why we should or should not be an organ donor from a biblical perspective? Is it wrong? What does the Bible say about it? Thank you!

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I am really happy to hear that. The Word is the truth.

Here’s another hug. A huge one. Bigger than a panda hug. And I don’t let go until you hug back.

Thanks for all the love everyone! *even more hugs for everyone *

*biggest hug in the world!*

Hi everyone! I don’t know if there is a topic like this and I couldn’t find one. So here it is, if anyone ever needs a hug! Post it here and I’ll send you a virtual one. I know it’s not the same as a normal hug but I think everyone could do with a little love from our sisters or brothers in Christ! I also just really love giving people love. *hugs to everyone*

In all honesty. Sometimes things go wrong and I forget why I do things and it then becomes “to earn God’s favor” I love serving, I love helping people and counseling. I really love praying for people. The other stuff becomes a chore. Thank you for helping me with this. Please pray for me about this.

@Yowm @Your closest friendnt Thank you for those lovely responses. I wonder if I haven’t been “attoning for my sins” by sacrificing and doing “the right thing”. I’ve been a little distracted and life has been busy, I think God is telling me that I shouldn’t be doing good things (ministering etc.) out of a sense of responsibility. I.e I’m sacrificing my time etc to do things I don’t really want to but I feel obligated to because it makes me a good Christian. Mmmmm.... I’ll be praying into this.

Hey everyone, not sure if this is the correct section. I have a question please. “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭9:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ I’ve read this before and I read t again tonight and it just spoke to me. I really want to know what it means? The part about “I desire mercy and not sacrifice”. I found it again in Hosea 6:6. Is there someone that can give me some clarification on this please? Thank you very much.

Haha this is funny. I think one should avoid being alone in company with someone of the opposite gender, when either one of the parties are married. Wether it’s just a meal, or traveling together and most definitely being alone at home.

I’m praying for you, how are you feeling?

Good job at keeping the thread on track. (I mean this in a non condescending way and I admire it)

If nobody has been mean then I apologize for my statement. Sometimes some of the replies seem written in frustration and trying to force someone to understand instead of guiding someone with kindness. This is my own opinion and I don’t want to hijack this thread.

You guys kinda get mean sometimes. Aren’t we supposed to be patient and kind?

I think they never truly committed, they may have learnt and gained knowledge about the Word and the Truth but they never gave their hearts over. It can sometimes be challenging to say no to the sin but it feels good to say no. It feels good to not sin. ““Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Hi Tigger Here is some scripture that might help with how you are feeling: “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1:2-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It is on my heart to tel you that sometimes we need to go through some stuff to be shaped into the person God wants us to be. I always think of it like this: if we where made of wood, and to be shaped into something beautiful we need to be grinded, chipped away at and sanded down before we can be polished. So some days and phases in our life, God is merely using a massive grinder to shape us and sometimes He is using a soft buffer. The joy of this is that when He is done, we will be what He wants us to be! I hope you understand the anology. May peace be with you! You are beautiful!

Hello beautiful lady! Thank you for opening up and sharing, it’s a big step already. I am praying for you to Be filled with the peace and joy that you need. I think it’s beautiful that you find joy in serving. I would like to encourage you to keep on living in purity, friends who only stick around because of impurity are not the kind of people that you need to support you! “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:20‬ I will keep on praying for you

Hey everyone Iv'e had a couple of questions about homosexuality for a while now. Some history in my life: I had a male flatmate for quite a while and he cam out as gay just before we moved in together, I was kind of OK with it, but my relationship with God grew immensely and eventually I decided to move into my own place. I could not tolerate having his boyfriend stay over. However, I have been friends with this person for more than 10 years and I felt like I couldn't abandon him. It has now been a couple of years since then and they are talking about getting married, and although they know that I do not condone their behavior, I love them because I believe we should love the sinner and not the sin. I believe we should exert grace as much as possible, because if God did not work in our hearts with grace, we would all have been in trouble (well most people i know anyway). I am now in a situation where I serve young adult woman, I pray for them and console them. It can be tough sometimes and it breaks my heart when I work with some of these very very broken woman, however, it delights me when I see how God changes their lives and they start healing! Recently, one of the woman I started counseling told me that she is a lesbian, she has been a lesbian since she can remember and she lives with her partner, they are planning on getting married, they have been together for more than 5 years. This lady and her partner are both Christians, they serve well and are very active in the church, a few people at church know that they are a couple, the rest of the community believe that they are just friends because they keep their relationship secret. I am aware that we need to keep each other accountable, James 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. But I have no idea if or how i should tel her that their lifestyle is a sin, and the first thought that pops up in that case is "who am I to tell them they are wrong, I need to focus on my own sins and just keep my head down". Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. My questions therefore are: 1. Should we be going about and telling homosexual people that their lifestyle is a sin? (I don't want to offend people, even typing this makes me uncomfortable) 2. Are people born homosexual? As in, it is encoded in their DNA to be homosexual? (I don't believe it is, I believe your situations shape you and dictates sexuality) Please keep in mind, I truly believe that God has told me that I need to love people unconditionally and with more grace than I believe is possible. Thank you

Thank You very much! YES!! Someday we will!

Carm, I feel like some of the other posts cover the topic of an outer body experience pretty well and I am in agreement that it's not a good idea. However, I wanted to tell you that: I am praying for you for clarity and a release on any addictions - alcohol or otherwise. God loves you. His grace is infinite.

A big part of my journey with Christ has given me an answer to this. A couple of months ago, even within my loving relationship with God, I would tense up and get nervous about the idea of death. It scared me and I had to go to my happy place in my head to calm myself down. I was in church when this changed for me, the combination of the Word that was given on that day and what God showed me (I'll post about this in a testimony at some stage) helped me understand that i can have peace about life and about our physical death. Simply put, for me, my "wants" was what made me not want to move on from here. I felt like I'm still young and not married, I don't have kids etc. and I want all of these things in my life still. It was showed to me that there are people who are being persecuted and tortured everyday, and these people pray for it to come to an end. Who am I to prolong their suffering because I feel like I haven't achieved my dreams yet? I am now happy with my life, without being married or having kids and I have complete peace, I experience so much Joy in the Lord.

These words resound in me. Like a plea and it feels like my insides are jumping with joy. The last couple of months it’s been my sole mission to love EVERYBODY unconditionally. It’s been challenging to say the least. But with the constant reminder of how God loves us and how He works in our hearts with tenderness and an infinite amount of grace. Since I’ve been doing this, I’m so happy all the time. I experience joy everywhere I go. Even when things are hard, I can’t wipe the smile, Jesus gives me, away.