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yes they are but only worse :x: even so come LORD JESUS

i just want you to know that i just prayed for you and your family and i hope that he will return to you safe and sound hon........ :hug: my husband was in the Gulf War in iraq i know all about what you are going through..... :hug:

i think most of us here are christians ....but sometimes it makes me wonder what the non christian would think about christians not getting along with all christians ?....i can understand what God meant................. without LOVE we are NOTHING!!!...and that is biblical!

great reminder

mtmom .....be encouraged ,,,,i think alot of Christians struggle with depression at one time or another in life......... it is common .....keep praying that God will bring the right person or drug into your life that you can cope a bit better .,....... i also struggled with post partum depression and had to take pills for a while ....... i was weepy , emotional etc........ but i realized that i didnt really need them after a while cause they made me jittery....... anyways im here to chat or pm if you like.......... :hug:

guess that explains why bad things happen to good people...........

im here if you need to talk........

:oww: interesting

AMEN i will be reading this prayer a few more times i reckon

i also suffered from post partum depression........ just wondering how old you are if you dont mind? are you married ?kids? sometimes its circumstansal reasons for feeling the way we feel........... :hug: [praying for you right now..........

we, as christians will get persecuted ....always has.....always will until Jesus returns...................unfortuantely and it isnt getting better folks ...............it will only get worse until Jesus returns.... but........................................................................ we are to keep the faith ....... Be strong in the Lord !!

just bringing this forward for someone ............... :hug:

Looking at God's Example.................. And be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32 John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was talking with General James Oglethorpe when the general remarked, "I never forgive," Wesley replied,"Then i hope, sir, that you never sin." In other words, if you cant forgive others, why should you expect God to forgive you? Look at Paul's instruction to forgive others"just as God in Christ Jesus also has forgiven you." This raises an interesting question: What did God in Christ Jesus do to forgive you? To answer this question I would like to take you to a pivotal moment in human history: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as described in Luke 23. It's a story that is rich in significance. After Christ was betrayed, tried and unfairly convicted, after He was humiliated and scorged and jeered and spit upon, He finally suffered the cruelest indignity. The only perfect man who ever lived was hung on a cross with two criminals. Below Him, soldiers mocked Him and stripped Him of His clothing. People sneered, "He saved others: let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God. His Chosen One." Yet Christ's responce was incredible. Even at that moment , while suffering the most terrible abuse, He said," Father, forgive them: for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). This passage holds three lessons: Forgiveness embraces the offenders. Christ offered forgiveness to the very people who hurt Him the most. And that's not all--He offered it to them while they were still hurting Him. Forgiveness initiates. God desired your fellowship so much He took the initiative in forgiving you. He did not wait for you to earn it. Forgiveness gives up all rights to punish. God cancelled your debt against Him. You deserve to die as the penalty for your sins. But God, knowing it was absolutely imposible for you to pay that debt, had Christ pay the penalty as a substitution for you. If you ever have trouble forgiving , just remember what Christ did for you. And you didn't deserve it. I know this is difficult for the natural self .....that is why we should stay in the "spirit".....Its amazing how devotions apply to ourselves......hope this helps someone like me........

just thought i would put my devotion in today ................ i love how God works in my devotions ........... hope this helps you like it helped me :hug: June 14+15 The Seventy-times-seven Club................. Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and i forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven." Matthew 18:21, 22 With these words, Jesus Christ formed one of the most exclusive clubs in the world--the "Seventy-Times-Seven Club." He wants you to forgive each other an infinite number of times, not just when you feel like it. By an act of your will, you must put away resentment and the desire to punish the person who has wronged you. Families can't function without forgiveness. Living together in close quarters means we inevitably have our toes stepped on. But forgiveness is hard for some people, partly because of several misconceptions about what it involves. Here are some things forgiveness isn't: Forgiveness isn't excusing or condoning sin. It doesn's involve changing your attitude about right and wrong. Forgiveness doesn't require forgetting a person's sin. God has that power, but we do not. Forgiveness means that even though you remember the hurt, you give up the need to punish the other person. Forgiveness doesn't require denying your pain, hurt or anger. It may take times for your feelings to catch up and begin to fall in line with your decision to forgive. Similarly, forgiveness doesnt mean stuffing your grief. There is genuine pain due to hurt. It may take time for the wound to heal, even though you forgive the person who offended you. Forgiveness doesn't always mean instant and full reconciliation. Even when you forgive, it can take time and effort by both parties to rebuild trust. Now that I've discusses what forgiveness is not, Ill look next at what it is.

i am really working on this........... :down: its not easy though