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I agree with trusting. Circumstances are different in each case and so are the couples. The most important thing is to put Christ a the head of your finances from the get go. My hubby and I never fight over money. for 3 mo neither one of us were working. Well it was 3 for me and two for him. He had tendancies to fret, but I had to keep telling him not to worry so much because God will take care of everthing. He did. Just before we were to get all our utilities cut, loose our lot for lack of rent etc we were saved by being called back to working. I do day care in my home and he does piece work. In less than a week we were able to get things caught up enough to keep from loosing all. He no longer questions whether God is in charge......He is not an actual Christian.

Prayer should be the first approach to anything in this area. That acompanied with fasting. We cannot assume anything. I personally believe that most mental illnesses are demonically related in some way or another. Possession is an extreme that the majority don't have to worry about or deal with. It is harassment that is more common. It is very necessary to allow the Holy Spirit work in this area, and permit Him to work His will through you, if you are the one to be used.

Yes, Eagleswings....I was very inspired by that scripture as well. Also, did you not when God said that one person may be taken and one right next to him might be spared.....As if to say that many will be left on Earth in the end times???? I thought that was interesting, because I never really got IT until just then... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actually Matt. 24:36 starts the parables of the one taken and the other left. If you start there at the beginning you will see the ones taken does not refer to those saved from anything. starting in verse 36 it is describing what happened to the wicked in Noah's time. They weren't prepared so they were taken by the flood. It then proceeds to let us know that this is how it will be at the coming of the Lord. Luke explains the same event in chapt. 17 starting at verse 26. The version in luke 17 differs slightly because more info is added. It tells about Sodom and Gomora and Noah. After the parables of the one left and one taken is finished the disciples ask a question. Where Lord? Jesus replies with, Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather." The disciples weren't asking what happened to the ones that were left. They wanted to know about the taken ones. Jesus' answer let them know they were dead. When Jesus comes the wicked will die which is what it is talking about here and those left alive will go with Him. vultures would not be feeding on the righteous living at His return so it would have to be the dead. The only ones where circumstances change is those taken. They are taken from among the living. These parables are best used to explain how one group will be caught unawares and one group will not. The important thing is to remember to be stayed on Christ and know the signs then there will be no confusion as to who goes and who stays.

Sorry to hear you are hurting I have ran into similar situations in fy life time. If we allow them they can be very devastating. Over the years I learned that we cannot change those around us. We can however change us. I always pray for a person that is neg. in my life. I know God can work miracles. But first I pray for me. I realized one day that it isn't God's desire to see us hurting. I prayed that He change me so I could handle even the worst situations possitvely. Little by little God worked that change in me. As I changed I noticed that others started doing better t me. The same ones that treat me like a jerk saw that I wasn't a push over, nor that I ever returned their negativeness with my own toward them. I stayed calm, quiet, patient and kind. I stayed eating alone at a table I had to myself, and read or I would go sit in the car. That has ended now. I no longer sit alone and am no longer the receiver of unkindness.

Rev. 20 says the books were opened. And also the book of life. This is the final judgement scene. God has to show they are not in the book of life, just as he has to show the records of their deeds before their first death. It is like going into the court room for a crime you have committed. All proof has to be shown. In this case the book of life is their proof that they aren't there.

There will be 2 resurrections. We are told that throught the new testament. The righteous will be the first to be resurrected. then the wicked. There will be a thousand years between the resurrection of the righteous and the wicked. Rev. 20:1-3 starts off with a little info on the thousand years. Satan and his angels are bound for a thousand years. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. According to this the righteous will be in heaven sitting in judgement. This can be verified in 1 Cor.62,3....Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivilial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? During this time the wicked will remain in their graves and those alive when Jesus comes for the righteous will die. They will all remain dead till Jesus comes back with the saints. verses 8-10 tells what happens after the saints return to earth with Christ after the thousand years. The resurrected wicked will be deceived for the last time by Satan and his angels. It tells about how this will end for them all. verses 11-15 give us a better view of the resurrection of the wicked and their end.

I have been in your place before. I spent a long time there. It happened after my first husband chose to dump me for another woman. For over 3 years I was like you. I didn't work or anything. I became a burden to my family. It didn't end till I got rid of the problem. Like you my problem was dwelling on things. I just couldn't give up the fact I was hurt. One day I learned about surrendering to God. I did that. It was like an over night cure. My prayer went something like this: FATHER, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS I ASK THAT YOU TAKE THIS PAIN FROM ME AND THE DESIRE TO DWELL ON THE HURT AND PAIN. SHOW ME WHEN I AM ALLOWING THINGS TO CAUSE ME TO FEEL NEGATIVE SO I CAN ASK YOU TO TAKE THEM. IASK YOU TO TAKE THIS THING FROM ME FATHER, BECAUSE I AM NOT CAPABLE OF GIVING IT UP. ........ The truth is we can't give it up. That is why we hang on to sorrow and unhappiness and the like. To hang on to these things is a sin. Christ died for our sins even these ones. Through Him they can be removed just like anyother sin. I believe these things are sins because of why they exist in our lives. They exist because of the selfish nature we were handed down from Adam and Eve. It is that selfish nature that causes us to cling to anything. Not wanting to give up wat we want can make us very destitute, both mentally and emotionally. Once you pray about the problem, don't hesitate to pray everytime the feeling returns, and most important don't quit praying till the feeling subsides.......Once the feeling is releived the devil will come and interupt your life with the same things every chance he gets. When this happens pray that God keep you from stumbling back and then tell Him if these thoughts and feelings have been presented to you are from the work of jSatan and his angles tell God you would like to bind and rebuke the powers of darkness, then ask God to step in after you have done so. This has worked miracles in my life for everything that I have encountered. I am sure it will for you.