spirit of discontentment

[Alive]

1 minute ago, MonicaWife said:

No, I'm sorry, I can't see it as you do. 

I am also sorry. God bless.

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, MonicaWife said:

It is grievous that you can't see that you are participating in the "falling away" by preaching and teaching from the Holy Word, as a woman. Those women who do this, are surely goats and not true sheep 🐑. 

Consider your own conduct, sister. You insist that women cannot preach and teach and yet, here you are doing that very thing before us all. 

If your belief is that women ought to instruct other women, then what prevented you from approaching your sister in a discreet manner? The apostle of Jesus Christ instructs us to correct one another in meekness with love, but the wrath of men and women don't serve the righteousness of God. 

Can you see it now?

[Anne2]

17 minutes ago, MonicaWife said:

No, I'm sorry, I can't see it as you do. 

Monica, what happened to you? You always struck me as such a sweet lady. I had no idea you felt this way. I am sorry if my posts have cause offense to you. But these forums for the most part exist for these very things to occur No? I still do think you are sweety none the less.

[Sower]

On 5/19/2022 at 9:18 AM, MonicaWife said:

Nowadays I'm working in this garden in our old rental house 🏡. For some reasons there were no flower beds here, so now I've made three, where I'm planning to sow both vegetables seeds and flower seeds. 

Don't forget to sow those seeds of hope to all those who come to look at the sprouting vegetable and flower seeds coming to bloom.
There's a huge garden/field out there waiting for the laborers....

Gardening, planting, is good for the soul! (and for the soil)

[ayin jade]

1 hour ago, MonicaWife said:

I'm not trying to be engouring if it was me that you refused to refer to, but am I not allowed to speak truth to other women? 

How can anyone be upset at any male or female who posts scripture? 

Should these women have kept silent?

Luk 2:36  And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 

Act 21:9  Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses. 

Act 18:26  And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

I am not saying women can be preachers, but on this forum, women are permitted to post, and to post scripture and their thoughts on scripture. 

 

 

 

[Marathoner]

50 minutes ago, Anne2 said:

Monica, what happened to you? You always struck me as such a sweet lady. I had no idea you felt this way. I am sorry if my posts have cause offense to you. But these forums for the most part exist for these very things to occur No? I still do think you are sweety none the less.

She is a dear sister who is swift to encourage us all, and that's why all of us are concerned. I pray that whatever this is, it passes on, and we'll all be the better for it. 

[Sower]

On 5/19/2022 at 12:42 PM, Selah7 said:

And you know what else is totally cool?  In Isaiah 43:26-27, God actually tells us to remind Him of His promises!  

Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.

- Isaiah 43:26 (NKJV)

Thank you for this, Selah.
"God actually tells us to remind Him of His promises!"

I've been studying scripture a lot the past few years about the full armor of God that tells us to put on, and with that a significant  understanding of, "God is Light", and there is no darkness in Him, not even a shadow, and His promises are true. All of them. Your post coincides with a new scripture I learned last night in Numbers.
When the father of lies attacks us (in our mind) trying to cause doubts and anxieties, the shield of faith (in the Father's promises) strengthens us to make a stand.
Can we depend upon Our Father?;

"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"

"Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it"    Numbers 23: 19-20

[Sower]

On 5/19/2022 at 1:09 PM, Jayne said:

However, since having lost my parents, I have to say that for myself, the feelings of anxiety and discontent have swelled.  I've been in counseling/therapy since last October.

My doctor says that it's been proven through research that these things can help.

• living everyday with purposeful gratitude
• eat properly
• get quality amount of walking or light exercise everyday
• get normal and helpful socialization [the hardest for me]
• get quality sleep

 

"Work is the best narcotic!"

[Alive]

2 minutes ago, Sower said:

 

"Work is the best narcotic!"

There is a lot of truth in that statement.....IMO

[Sower]

7 minutes ago, Alive said:

There is a lot of truth in that statement.....IMO

I generally have no time to worry or be anxious when I have a job to do that requires me to keep my head in the work. It's when I have leisure time on my hands (?) that I feel the melancholy blues creeping in, by thinking too much, pondering, and give place for the enemies tactics to sorta steer my thoughts. And if I don't do enough physical work to keep this old body working through a few aches and pains,  staying tuned and muscles stretched, I start to physically go down hill, and can feel it.
              I am a believer of use it or lose it.
(and the old saying about an idle mind the devils workshop:)  Do something...

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.
You are serving the Lord Christ"    Colossians 3: 23-24