child_of_iam

Please take this to the Elders of the church with all persons presently involved. The Pastor may be the Pastor of the church but the Pastor is still accountable to the Elders. If the Elders cannot resolve this matter then there is no leadership in that church, you have a Pastor dictatorship. This kind of leadership is unbiblical. Your children are your children, put there safty and well being first!

Congrats sis and may the Lord give you 50 more! May the Lord give you 75 more years

May the Lord bless you two another 31 years! YoooHooo congratulation

Marnie I'm sorry but you are right, there are not a lot of real men out there. The one's that are, well they are like needles in a hay stack. When I was growing up, a man, not my father, said to me all the time, "Your only worth your word" He taught me that a man's life was about sacrifices and the understanding or wisdom of when to make those sacrifices. Life is hard and you will make mistakes but you must learn from those mistakes. Today men make mistakes and try to cover them up or act like it was no big deal, stuff happens...... They refuse to learn by there mistakes and the mistakes other men make. It is like they are blind and just follow the leader into a deep abyss. Most of the men today were raised by their mother's because there father's were to busy making money, drinking or running around and did not provide sound wisdom on life, marriage or manhood. I was taught that if I truly loved my wife I would be willing to sacrifice my goal's or anything else in my life, if they didn't benefit her. I was taught that Jesus comes first and then my wife and then my children and then myself. Most men have this out of order, they put themselves first or they put Jesus first and then themselves then their wife and then there children. Sometimes I have see them put there children before there wife. Men do not learn from there elders anymore, this is the first mistake they make because they think that they have all the answers to life or act like it. I don't think that I'm telling you anything that you don't already know. Men are like the ox tied to a cart, they don't like to be lead and they always kick aginst the goad. Most men don't understand that there wife is the second most presious gift besides salvation that G-d has given them. That there wife is a helpmate and that they need to protect her at all cost. They think that she is suppose to do the dishes, the laundry and clean the house. Oh don't forget she's to bring in the extra bacon too, as well as raise the children. This may upset a lot of men but I am a man and I want to say to the men who read this, "Grow up, be a man, your only worth your word and if you cant keep your word your not worth much" Marnie, my advice to you is "Ask G-d for him to bring you the man he has put here for you" To that man, you will be the answer of his prayers, he will be a man of prayer and a man who seeks first the Kingdom of G-d. He will walk in such a upright manner that you will know his obedience to G-d because he walk's in the word of G-d. I know he's out there right now waiting for G-d to bring him his helpmate. The Lord bless you and keep you always child of I Am

I will not say yes, I will not say no but I will say, "When I gave my life to Jesus, I became the Devils enemy" I will also say "There's not a day that goes by that I regret following my Lord, my Savior, the the Lord Jesus Christ the One and Only" "I am a child of the I AM" child of iam

Go Indiana! Watch and see if the ACLU sue's our state in the days to come!

I suppose everyone's experience might be slightly different as we each have a different temperament. For myself, I speak in tongues only occasionally, in times of private prayer when I am experiencing great distress, or great joy. Paul said: "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all" and "forbid not to speak with tongues." If any denomination teaches against speaking in tongues they are teaching contrary to what Paul said. If any church has no one in their congregations who speak in tongues, one would have to wonder why. However, everything must be done in Scriptural order. I agree

I have the gift of tongues and I use it in prayer privately and not publicly. So many people who clame to have this gift abuse it in the public church for there 5 minutes of glory. It is a gift so one can do battle in the spiritual realm!

I do all the house work for my wife. Will that count for her or does that mean I wont have to worry about brest cancer?

This is scripture alright, but it is nothing to do with a godly view. It is the view of a man "under the sun"! Not the view of God nor Jesus Christ. The flesh surely rests and sleeps, but the PERSON goes to be with God. You are perpetuating the errant doctrine of Soul Sleep, and I thnk it should be cut short here in Worthy. This scripture you quote is the source of that antichristian doctrine. Why should it be cut short here? Because some people don't believe in it? Aren't we free to express our beliefs here? I'm sorry, but we're not free to express our beliefs if they contradict too much of the mainstream common Christian thinking. The thing that is very interesting to me is that the majority are going to be thrown into hell fire. Broad is the road and wide is the gate that leads to destuction. Narrow is the gate that leads to life and few there be that find it. Only a minority of the believers will inherit the kingdom of Heaven. So just because the Majority disagree, doesn't make them right. In my twenty five years of being a christian, I have seen this topic discussed at every level. The problem is that it always ends up with someone having hurt feelings. Whats the point? Here is how we need to look at this subject. 1) Jesus said that He didn't know the hour or the day when it was going to take place and Jesus is the one coming. 2) Jesus said that we needed to be ready; knowing the seasons. 3) Jesus gave us a command to take the gospel to all men. Here's the problem that will exist after the resurrection if your a pre-trib. 1) There won't be any saints left to preach the gospel. 2) There will be a lot of people on earth without hope. Here's the problem that will exist after the resurrection if your a mid-trib. 1) There won't be any saints left to preach the gospel. 2) There will be a lot of people on earth without hope. Here's the problem that will exist after the resurrection if your a post-trib. 1)There wont be anybody left on the earth. This is the question you need to ask yourself. "What if I am wrong in what I believe about the great tribulation and when the saints will be resurrected?" We should be spending our time building one another up not tearing each other apart with arguments. We should be growing everyday in obedience to Christ and building a close and personal relationship with Him. We should be doer's of the word, hiding it in our heart and minds. Meditating on it day and night. Most importantly we should act upon it, live it, with every breath we take. How many people have you shared the gospel with this past year? How many this past week? What about today? Are you taking the time to give hope to those who have no hope? Have you ever sat in a croud of strangers and just looked at the faces of people? "Everyone of us has someone around us that is alone and needs a friend." child_of_IAM

Souls were referred to as people in general. You gave no proof of anything...we are spirits with souls (minds) who live in bodies. I agree with floatingaxe!

Yes to all

Very good post Child_of_IAM, Leadership seems to be misunderstood in our society. Many leaders today will only give-in to what the public wants to hear. Leaders are supposed to LEAD others out of fallacy. Whether it be a false sense of truth, or peace, or comfort; leaders are supposed to better the situation, not conform to it! I love the prophecy about the 144,000 Jewish saints in Revelation. There will be 144,000 apostle Pauls running around preaching the Word of God!! This will bring about the greatest (and much needed) reformation of the Church in human history! What a beautiful sight that will be! Amen What a beautiful day that will be!