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Mental illness is no different from cancer or heart disease or any other illness so I would agree with you and probably go farther. If mental illness is caused by Satan than so is cancer. Now in the larger context ALL disease and physical death itself was and is caused by Adams fall through the temptation of Satan, so in that respect yes the common human maladies on this earth are caused by Satan, including mental illnesses. I agree that all illness is a result of the fall of man. But some people make it out to be that everyone that has a mental illness is demonically possessed or oppressed.

I believe this refers to "praying in the Spirit. see http://www.layhands.com/PrayingInTheSpirit.htm

Dear Suzanne, since praying is a form of worship I beleive praying in the Spirit could be part of what is meant. Here is the website where it tell what I am talking about. http://www.layhands.com/PrayingInTheSpirit.htm In any case it is something to be sought in its own right. Let me know if I can be of any help hweeks2@san.rr.com www.howtoheal.org God bless your search, Hal

That the three sons were all that it mentions does not preclude there were not many more. Rememmber Adam and Eve were of child bearing ago for hundreds of years. It is highly probable there were many brother and sister marriages. We should not draw conclusions from Scripural silence.

CORRECTION: http://home.san.rr.com/healing/miracles.htm

I conducted healing serves and now teach a class on how to minister healing and see almost weekly the healing power of God. I would say we can not generalize about healing services as a whole. I have found it does not need to be at a healing service since I have seen healing even when I prayed for someone over the phone or by email as well as in person See: http://home.san.rr.com/healng/miracles

I do not mean to tick anyone off but making disciples seems to be a much neglected activity. Anyway, the Scriptures say we need to forgive if we want God to forgive us.

Much ado about nothing. We can spend ot time more profitable making disciples.

Evaluation is not judgement since it does not invoke any kind of penalty or punishment.

Also see 1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

I understand this refer to the rapture of the church. 1Cr 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

According to Malachi 3:8-11 we owe the tithe. What we give beyond that is our offering. In 1947 we were encourage to try tithing for one month. We have never stopped. We have never had a financial problem, never bought anything on credit. It is the best investment that a Christian can make.

There is an excellent book called "The Pre-trib Rapture of the Church" By Marvin Rosenthal that makes an excellent case of a mid-trib rapture.

I too believe in a pre-trib rapture and I believe it will not be too much longer. Scripture says only out Heavenly father knows when. Although Jesus said He did not know I see no reason to believe He doesn't know now.

I believe love is an action -- a verb as well as a noun. I believe we can express love by our actions apart from our emotions. But is only possible with those who are receptive. If a murderer came to me with an open mind I would tell him about the love of Jesus