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Pastor Ken didn't read the poem to the congregation today, but he said he would next week.

It's beautiful Gia, I know Pator Ken will love it

Skillet-Collide Newsboys-Take me to Your Leader Newsboys-Going Public Pillar-Where do we Go From Here? I'm more into the rock sounds. Hope you like these. I know a lot more, but these are my favorites and most of the stuff I listen to is Secular anyway.

Well, my dad is in rehab. for a month...at least he won't be around for awhile...

Last night my dad got arrested for drinking. He verbally attacked me first on the computer saying, "You f****** little b**** you're telling your little friends what a horrible dad I am aren't you!" And he started accusing me of all this stuff, I WAS telling my friend Nikki that he was drinking and stuff, but I wasn't saying he was a horrible dad or anything! Then my mom told me to get off the computer, and dad started yelling at her and he backed her into a wall and started shaking her. Then my mom started yelling for our roomate to help her, and she wouldn't. She just stood there saying no to my mom and I couldn't help her because I'm only 15 and I was waiting for my dad to hit my mom so I'd have an excuse TO help her, because I can knock my dad out, but not when he's drunk. I told Nikki to call me before I got off the computer and she did, because I couldn't call her, she lives in another state, and Nikki is one of the only two people who really understands how I feel. She called me, and I was crying to her, I was threatning to run away and she told me not to because then I'll be found, and it'll get worse, he might even hurt me. But I was being stubborn, and Paula, my roomate's daughter, came out and told me that dad had pushed Amber into the wall and to call the police, I said no, I told Nikki to call me back in five minutes and handed Paula the phone so she would call, because Paula can keep calm in these kind of situations and I was already breaking down as it was...So Paula called the police and Nikki called me back wehen the police were there. Now the police are going to call CPS and my sister, Paula, Sarah and I can get taken away, and I don't know what to do anymore...

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Tom Felton And of course, everyone from worthy.

I got saved when I was 6. I was camping with my family. We made camp by this other family, who went to a church that was actually, really close to my house. I was riding my bike, and I saw a girl standing outside reading. I walked over to her and introduced myself. Well, she was telling me about her church. Then my dad came over and told me to come back. At the same time her dad came out of the tent to tell her to come in. They introduced themselves and started talking. Then Rachel and I went to ride bikes. We were 6 years old at the time. So Rachel's parents invited us to their church. We didn't have a car at the time so they started giving us rides. After maybe 2 months we stopped going. I really didn't know what it meant. We went for a few months, but started drifting. Sooner or later, we stopped going to church. As the years went by, I started using cuss words and a whole bunch of stuff. And then in 6th grade, I was still not going to church. I went every Sunday with some friends of the family, but I never listened. I would just look like I was paying attention. Then the Harry Potter books came out. I started reading them and stuff and I started getting really "into" Harry Potter. My entire room was decorated with it. And then I started imagining that I was actually in the Harry Potter books. After awhile, I wasn't imagining anymore. I started doing witchcraft and no one knew. I was reading horoscopes, I was supposedly casting spells. And those "spells" actually worked. Well, this went on until 8th grade. My ex-boyfriend was harrassing me and I started going into depression. I wanted to kill myself. I couldn't take it. My sister-in-law brought me to her house and she took care of me. I was really considering "cursing" Garrett and I would've too but something was stopping me. Well, one night, my sister-in-law took me to church. I didn't recognize it, it seemed so diffrent from when I was little. At class that night the Youth Preacher was talking about suicidal people and that actually caught my attention. I got rededicated that night and have been a Christian since. Rachel and I are still friends, but we don't talk much. She never knew that I did witchcraft and I never told her. I'm not at that church anymore, but I'll never forget that night. I stopped the witchcraft and everything and life is good and I really Thank the Lord for that. You wanted to know how God has changed my life since I got saved, and that's how.

Ok I completely disagree with the bolded stuff. First of all, EVERYONE gets jealous. God can forgive you for this. I used to do witchcraft before I was saved. God forgave me from that. My dad used to go to parties and drink and he used to literally murder people, and God forgave him from ALL of that. He AND my mom used to do drugs and a whole bunch of other stuff, and God forgave them from THAT. My dad STILL gets drunk at night and yet God STILL forgives him. Harry Potter and stuff used to be my IDOLS and God forgave me from THAT. I really do believe that God can forgive you from every sin. Before I started on witchcraft and stuff, I was saved, but then my entire family started slipping, I started reading Harry Potter and getting all into it, and I started witchcraft, yet God forgave me and I came back to him. I can't tell you how many times I have rededicated myself.

Ok, I didn't read the topic from the beginning, but how did we come from why women supposedly can't teach in church, to hair? Here's my idea, someone may have posted a reply to this already but: That DOESN'T nessesarily mean that women can only but preach at home if they ask their husbands, BUT to ask their husbands at home if they can teach at church. I believe that women CAN be preachers.

I've been suicidal before never cut though...

Just so you all know I'm not taking any sides!!!!!!!!! I'm 15, I know how his daughter must feel, I can put myself in her place. I'm not putting the blame on anyone. But her seeing her father doing things with another woman, then having a child with her, is not giving her Christian moral values! I know you know this but I'm just trying to put myself in her spot. Having parents go through a divorce is hard on every child in the family. INCLUDING His daughter. Seeing her mother have a diffrent girlfriend every single day is making her feel the homosexuality is right. So is her father doing things with another woman before marriage. That's making her think that sex before marriage is right. I've noticed that you are being VERY self-centered about your daughter. ONCE AGAIN I am not, putting the blame on just one person. You, your future husband, AND her mother, are ALL being bad examples for these children! I've noticed that NOT one person who is giving you advice, is even thinking about the kids! NOT ONE! HELLO! There IS more than one person having this trouble! The kids are ALL thinking that what you three "Parents" are doing is what life is all about! Fighting, sexual immorality, homosexuality, they think all this is right! I don't care if you listen to me or not, but that's MY view and really, I don't think that the kids should be in this kind of environment. I live with a parent who plays favorites, I know what that is like too, this is yet another example of my being able to put myself in the place of all your kids. My adoptive father plays favorites over his kids and not of me and my sister. He only displines them when they do something wrong to HIM. I can put myself in your spot, and all I see is self-centeredness, you are playing favorites with your kid, he is playing favorites with his kid, do you realise that? Look, like I said before, I AM NOT taking sides. This is just MY VIEW.

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I'm starting to eat a little more than I usually do. And he isn't my real dad, he's my adopted dad. So he had no part in creating me.

Hey all, I've been suffering from depression lately. And I know it's depression because being sad is just for maybe 3 days of being sad at the least, but this has been going on for 2 weeks straight and got worse last night. My dad has been treating me like garbage for the past two weeks. I feel rejected and really unloved. I did my daily devotionals this morning. I haven't been doing them since I started going back to church. My dad finally bought me the Bible he promised me for my birthday (two months ago!) after bugging him for it. I finally started my Daily Devos because now, at the back of my bible is an index that really helps a lot. I did my devos in this order (not like it really matters): Rejection, Anorexia, Depression. It was office hours today so we had a couple of hours before school started and I decided that would be a good time. I know all the verses and stuff for Rejection, Anorexia and Depression since I looked it up this morning. I read all the symptoms of Depression, I have 7 of 8 symptoms. I haven't been eating a lot because my dad always calls me fat, I've been worrying my friends and forcing myself to eat. I don't know what to do, the verses aren't really opening my mind very much, this is the second time that I would be suffering with this problem, only once with the "eating disorder".