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But Jesus came back from death, and although he did eat after he came back, he also passed through walls? Didn't he? Isn't it thought in the Jewish faith, I think, that the soul stays with the dead for 3 days after death? I really think it's how you receive the "ghost" If it brings peace over you, think it's not evil? Because God gave us those feelings, but if it scares you, then it's a demon, because God didn't give us fear. I don't know. I'm open to new things, and if anyone has the right to spring something new on us, it'd be God. Love you all Ashley

Thanks so much, Wordsower. Update on my problem alsoo. Some paperwork came up 'missing' in my boyfriend's file at the college in Florida. He'll have to miss the testing date to get in, so he's decided to take come courses -HERE- this semester. His dad cancelled the plane ticket, and he's here with me for a while. :biggrin: Love you all! Ashley

My boyfriend will be going back to his home in Florida next Monday, the 29th.

I used to have a BIG problem with receiving spam mail when I used AOL. But when I changed over to hotmail, it stopped. One of my friends told me it was because I had signed up for alot of e-mailing lists. Like monthly reports on bands I like, etc? Changing your e-mail address and only giving it to friends, people who you -want- to recieve e-mail from, should stop it. I think, anyway! :blush: Ashley

Before I try answering this, I'd like to add in another little side question.. How do you KNOW when God's telling you to do something. I feel like sometimes I make conviction up in my head.. Example: When people are going to the altar during the Sunday service.. I feel convicted to go because everyne else is.. I get it in my head that God's telling me to.. How do I know that He is truly telling me, or when I'm just making it up in my own mind.. Or maybe I should just goto the altar, no matter what the circumstances?

Question: I haven't been brought to my knees like ANY of you.

I don't think you can tell a difference. I mean, if you lined 50 students from my school up in a straight line.. You couldn't possibly pick the Christians out from the lost. And some people that are atheist are just as nice.. I'm not sure. I know it SHOULD show. And to an extent, I'm sure it DOES. I mean, I talk about the Bible with other Christians, and I'm sure that others hear it.. But I feel like if I walk up to -them- and start talking about it they'll think I'm trying to "force" my religion on them. Ashley

Selah, that's fine. It's always a good idea to mention miraculous things. You never know what they could be! Ashley

Ah, Wisdom. There you go again! I don't check the message boards for a few days and you already have new discussions that I can't wait to take part in. So far.. I don't really know what I'm talented at. I mean, the few things I -am- talented at, I can't seem to make them work with my Christian beliefs. The only thing I'm really good at is school. So.. what can I do with that?? lol Take my report card to church with me?? lol Ashley

I fear that Ronna is only Christian when she's in need of the Lord's hand. She's stayed away from Elf for a while, but she still goes and visits him maybe 3 times a month. She says a part of her is still in love with him, but she knows she can't be with him. She's also in with drugs. Although she says she's only smoking pot nowadays. (Which, is very bad in my eyes, but it's SO MUCH better than what she was going a year ago that I can't help but feel happy that atleast she's doing something that comes from the ground, instead of from a meth lab..*sighs*) I would appreciate ANYONE praying for her. Just pray to keep her safe and ask the Lord to find his way into her heart. Also, she mentioned my mother the other night that whil eshe was driving home from work she asked God if smoking pot was bad.. She asked him to give her a sign. She said she wasn't expecting anything to happen when all of a sudden a bright pink light came up behind her car. It scared her to death. lol She came straight to out house beating on the windows yelling for us to let her in. At first my mother thought she was on something, but then she realized that Ronna was sober, and scared to death. Does the Bible say anything about this? Any idea?? Ashley

My older sister is 18. (She'll be 19 on May 2nd!) After she graduated from high school she moved in with her boyfriend. They'd been dating for about 6 months. His name was Eric, but his nick name is Elf. Elf lived about 45 minutes away, so when Ronna left, it was like she'd disappeared to me. My parents went to see her about once a week, but I never really got to go. My mother never liked Elf because he had alot of peircings (I believe the count at one point was 56 in his face alone?). She always said that he had to be being mean to Ronna. I never believed it because Ronna loved him so much. Ronna always had a tendency to find lovable guys that I always looked at like brothers or best friends. So I was alwaysnice to Elf, and always gave him my faith. I never thought in a million years he was actually being mean to her. Never did the thought cross my mind until they were staying with us one weekend.. They'd stayed with us before.. I guess I'd just never noticed it.. Or I guess maybe I didn't want to. One day they were laying on the couch taking a nap together and all of a sudden she fell in the floor. I thought they'd just tried to adjust to get comfortable and she'd missed the edge. But she jumped up and gave me this look like.. This scared little baby looks when it's heard a loud noise. A deer in headlights.. I'll never forget that look. I feel so bad for not doing anything that day. I just stared at her.. Like I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know. But in alot of ways I think I did know. He was being mean to her. Later Ronna told me that he had shoved her off the couch. Almost a year since they'd started dating, Ronna came home. I didn't expect it. One day everything was fine. Mom hated Elf, Dad hated Eld, Ronna loved Elf, I just didn't care. And the next day.. Ronna was curled up on the washer crying out to my mother and I.. "Why does he do that? I don't understand what I do to make him like that.." She was like a little kid who'd just gotten a spanking. My mother looked frantically for a place to get Ronna help. Our insurance is good, but alot of places it didn't cover. Finally she found ONE hospital that our insurance covered FULLY. It was ONE BLOCK away from Elf and Ronna's apartment! Ronna signed herself into the mental section on the hospital for a 7 day treatment. She couldn't sign herself out any minute before the 7 days was over. That was the contract she signed. She was diagnosed with codependency.. Meaning she couldn't function unless she was making Elf happy. It didn't matter what kind of torment she was going through, as long as he was happy. I guess you guys are thinking.. "What does this have to do with demons while you're asleep?" Well.. Elf set Ronna's hair on fire, stuck hot fire pokers to her stomach, cut the clothes off of her when she tried to leave, called her a fat [bad words inserted here] (Ronna is 5'4 and only 100 lbs normally..], and she would sit on top of her, holding her face tightly, screaming at her... She said once that the only way to get him off of her was to start calling out of God. I think Ronna was saved a million times while she lived in Cleveland with Elf. I thank God everyday that my sister wasn't killed. She was so fragile for so long after she left him. It was like my big sister had shrunken back into her childhood. Now she's back to normal, and I thank God everyday I have her back.. But what I can't understand is why Elf would only back off when she was calling out, "Jesus, oh Jesus, save me. Don't let him kill me. Oh, God, please!" Anyone else believe in demon possession? I hate to give the Devil credit.. But he's the only source of hate that I can think of. And Elf is definately hate. Ashley

Putting yourself in a situation that you truly do not want to be in would be laying your life down for your friends. Tempting your faith for your friends would DEFINATELY be putting your life down for them.. There's just so many ways people never really realize. Ashley

Can people be demonic spirits?

Wait! Will we even be laying our heads? Will we ever sleep? Or will we be eternally awake? lol So many questions!! The Bible is NOT big enough! lol I need more answers! lol Ashley

Thanks, I was trying to find where that was! lol I've heard many Christian songs, which I love, about that. And I'm sure it's going to be a sight to see.. But I'm kinda praying that the place I lay my head will be on the country side Ashley