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Thank you for sharing this! The Corporate Assembly . . . so important.

Awesome man doing an unique work among the Muslim world. Thank you for sharing about him.

I think I should try some of that procrastination stuff . . . but . . . maybe tomorrow or next week . . .

Praying for your healing and recovery. Regarding selling your stuff . . . take some time to recover, and then make your decision regarding those things. I have made many a bad decision in the 'moment' of circumstances, and regretted those decisions later . . . Ray . . .

Not sure what your point is, or the point of the quoted verse, but . . . . . it is in my bible . . . [Rom 1:25 KJV] [25] Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Wow, that is an experience for sure . . . not sure how to reply except to ask How are you doing today? On a side note: We can feel anger about being treated unjustly by people, but, we must forgive them and allow God to sort all of that out at the Bema seat of Christ, OR, the Great White Throne Judgement. You can be sure God knows how to deal with all people and not just saved people. I would be praying asking for their salvation and them turning their lives over to Jesus. That will have another side effect of helping you have compassion on them and forgiveness will soon be part of how God changes you too.

Yes . . . elections have consequences . . . . IF we are not registered to vote . . . register . . . and when November comes . . . pray and vote for the best policies closest to Judio/Christian values, and NOT personalities. If we don't register . . . and not pray and vote . . . we are part of the problem and not part of the solution.

50 years ago I lost my wallet out of my pocket when I was plowing my mom's garden with farm equipment. Its buried out there in that garden somewhere . . . I keep driving by the old farm house and checking the garden plot to see it any money bushes are growing up in that garden . . . if there ever is any I will ask if I can pick the money off the bushes since it was my seed . . . .

Our sister is correct regarding urgency. I don't know what her theology is regarding end times, but, putting that aside; It is urgent for the unsaved at whatever stage of life they are in, and/or whatever times we live. It is urgent for the father/mother who might die soon. It is urgent for the drug user who may overdose and die without Christ. It is urgent for the teen who might commit suicide . . . and the list goes on and on . . . you show me a person who is without Christ and I will say it is urgent for them to receive Christ into their lives. We know not when each of us will leave this world and we cannot assume that people have forever to decide for Christ of not. Its like the story about a little boy who saw thousands of starfish washed up on a beach and then began to start picking them up and throwing them back into the sea water. A man passing by said "why are you wasting your time throwing them back into the water, don't you know that there are tens of thousands here, so what difference can you make among so many of them?" The little boy simply replied as he picked up one of the star fish and threw it back into the water " It makes a difference to that one". The point is that complacency fueled by an intellectual concept of theology misses the heart of Jesus who loves the lost we refuse to pray for, witness to, or minister to. My 2 cents on this . . . . Grace and Peace . . . Ray . . .

Again, you are loved and highly valued in God's eyes . . . NEVER forget that!

I love the jokes . . . but . . . the OP must have a point somewhere in it . . . right? Wondering . . . . . okay one more joke . . . what did the chef mathematician declare when he worked on his formula Pi 2? Pizza Pie R Round . . . Corn Bread R square . . . .

Well, the questions you asked about those with dementia are good ones for sure. I have known people who are sweet and loving who after dementia progresses are mean as snakes, so I have also asked these questions. What I believe about that is that when we are saved we are told by scriptures to renew our minds to the truths of God's Word. That renewing means to embrace God's thoughts, and live according to His Word. It does not however erase memories, and the old ways of thought, but we choose to act accordingly to God's Word that we have renewed our minds with. Dementia (as I understand it from my wife who is an therapist) causes the break down of the human mind and removes social filters of how people act and what they say. Since those filters are removed, some people who have memories of bad behaviors, sins, etc. don't have those social filters that override those old man emotions, actions and behavior. Thus many Christians in advanced stages of dementia have the old man actions and thoughts rise back up shocking their family and friends and anybody else around them. Saints cussing like sailors, being mean and vile as their brains break down over time. Looking at myself, I have a terrible past life of sin and every now and then those old ways of acting and talking tries to rise up in me, but I put them down by remembering God's Word concerning those things, and if I have to I speak those verses out loud and simply by faith ask God for His power to overcome them. Does this mean that I am not saved??? OF COURSE NOT, it means that I must take control of my thoughts and take them captive to the authority of God's Word. So what happens if I would ever get dementia, and am unable to mentally control my old thoughts buried in my memory as my brain deteriates and breaks down.??? I hope I never have to go though that.

So true. In USA most believers think that persecution means 'people are being mean-spirited saying hurtful things that make me sad' bohoo bohoo . . . etc. I am impressed by the faithfulness of believers (most in islamic countries, but some actually are in western countries) who stay with Jesus no matter what . . . even unto disowning by their families, friends, being fired from their jobs, and even unto death. May we all be 'wise as serpents and harmless as doves' in the generations we live in today.

Ahhh . . . now I understand 'why' you are saying what you are saying. Listen brother . . . I don't stay on Worthy all day, neither do I log in every day. It has nothing to do with liking posters, or, either choosing how many posts I look at. It has a lot to do with how much time I have each day to view posts, and sometimes . . . day to day responsibilities take precedent over Worthy (there I said it). It does not mean that I discount what OPs are about, it generally means how much time do I have to stay on Worthy as a whole. For me here is what I do on days when I can log in: 1. IF an Subject catches my eye, I don't open it, I hover over the posting and it brings up a window that lets me see it without ever opening it up. Not sure what the analytics report about that. 2. Not every OP do I feel confident about to reply or offer an opinion. End Times is one such subject. Some subjects just don't trip my trigger so to speak. Thats ok (I hope) but that is the absolute truth concerning Ray. 3. I learned long ago that no online format can substitute for heart-to-heart fellowship at my local assembly (church), which frees me to not expect that I am appreciated here at Worthy. 4. I don't have to be 'right' all the time. Proverbs states that as iron sharpens iron so does hearty counsel sharpen me (bad quote but you get the drift I hope). I have been sharpened somewhat by broadening my perspectives by reading some posts on Worthy, and after considering them against scripture, the posts have at times corrected me. That alone makes Worthy valuable to me 'broadening' my view of Christianity to others in parts of the world I will never visit, and I cannot get that at my local church. I am just saying what I do, and how I view Worthy . . . and yes, my responsibilities in life once again are causing me to log off. I will come back tomorrow morning EST. Grace and Peace . . . Ray . . .

Personally . . . I'd prefer you stay around. I can't tell you how many times I remarked after reading your posts/ops: "Ahh Magoo . . . you've done it again!" meaning I like what you have said! Please read many of the previous posts and reconsider. Either way . . . Grace and Peace to you and yours . . .