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    do you feel bad when you sin?

    hello all. simple question tonite. when i sin, its only certain sins that i feel bad about, while my habitual sins dont cause me any bad feelings. is this a sign that i dont have the Holy Spirit? do yall feel bad every time you sin?
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    Getting people fired??

    Im confused as to why there is a movement where everytime someone does something that others dont like, people want them fired. Its not like they cant go get another job…. So why do it?? For me personally, i didnt understand the cigna nurse who got fired for supposedly laughing at that student...
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    Need ideas

    Hello all, so one of my biggest habitual, unrepentant sins has been fornication. I watched a guy online talk about practicing sin, and in it, he talked about if you are single, and have decided to never get married, yet cannot be celibate, you have planned out a life of sin. This explained my...
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    can not taking communion lead to...

    church discipline? long story short, im in the process of trying to join a church. one requirement is to take this class, where the preacher talks about what the church stands for. the preacher thinks that i am saved, but i dont. well, first sunday of each month is communion, which i never...
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    does baptism have a expiration date?

    hello all. i have a question pertaining to protestant baptism and time frame. i usually assume that when a person gets baptized at church, that person is already saved. i get that scheduling of baptism dont happen right away at our churches, but is it possible for an unsaved person to get...
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    the unsaved as church members?

    hello all. this upcoming wednesday nite, my local church is going to start a class for people wishing to become members. its 4 weeks, meeting on wednesday nites for an hour. you dont have to become a member if you do take the class, but it seems most do. there is more to the process of joining...
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    Flagellation question.

    Is self flagellation sinful if used to stop from willful sinning?? If it helps an addict from using, is the end result worth it??
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    confused...

    hello all. i am confused about something, lust. so, here is the problem, we are told that God created sex to be what sex is. if you're married, then its ok. but if you arent married, you cant have sex, which God designed for us. so how are we to deal with this?? how are we to hate something like...
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    what christians dont understand about....

    the unsaved. 1. salvation is hard to achieve. 2. just because you believe doesnt mean you have been regenerated. 3. not everyone understands love. 4. not everyone understands belief. 5. some people grew up in dysfunctional families. 6. you dont tell people how to get saved, and then sit back to...
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    losing the will to act

    hello all. anyone ever get so tired of the struggle to do what God says to do?? i am. i have tried and tried the last couple of years, but im not getting anywhere. i wont ever turn away from God, but i am trying to come to terms with what seems to be a fact, that im going to hell. im trying to...
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    salvation progress. sort of..

    hello all. so i have really been struggling for the last couple of years concerning getting saved. earlier last week, i made a post about the steps that lead to salvation. everyone seemed to agree with my list and order, but something was wrong. i know that Gods plan is perfect, so i knew i was...
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    salvation, or lack of

    hello all. so im trying to figure out where MY mistake is. keyword is my. so in order to be saved, we must 1. repent, 2. believe that Jesus will save us. and the way to know if you have been saved is to see if 1. your life changes, or 2. you produce good fruit. so i have repented numerous...
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    any HAMs on here?

    anyone into amateur radio on here? if so, i wonder if we have chatted before over the air and not even realize it. my call is W0QP.
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    good fruit of the Spirit

    hello all. i have a question concerning once a person is saved, and the Holy Spirit moves in to them,and they are to start producing the good fruit. should that person produce all the good fruit right away? or is this where sanctification starts and the good fruit begins to grow into more and...
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    pray for me in the morning please.

    in less than 12 hrs, i will be having surgery to remove a kidney stone and stent. i've had this surgery before, but im always terrified of surgery. but i am excited at the prospect of getting this stent out of me. please pray that it goes well. bless you all.
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    did i mess up??

    hello all. so first off, im not a preacher, just someone who loves to talk about God. so i have recently been trying to find salvation, and i have been telling my family of this. now my mother, father, and sister all thought they were saved. im definitely the black sheep of the family, and have...
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    luke 11:26. does this explain besetting sins?

    hello all. a church i have been going to for a couple of weeks now is studying Luke. this week its Luke 11:14-28. in verse 26, it says, then it goes and takes 7 other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. is this the reason people like myself commit the same sin over...
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    have you ever thought about this?

    hello all. so i am an ongoing survivor of kidney stones, meaning after 13 years, i still keep getting them. so long story short, i had a kidney stone attack, went to the ER for the next 2 days off and on, and last nite went in for surgery. its been about 3 years since i had one, the longest...
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    why is porn so bad?

    hello all. I have a question, for single people, why is porn so bad exactly? why are porn/ masturbation so bad? I don't see how single people can survive without them. I need someone to explain to me why I am supposed to hate it when I think its unfair that married people get to enjoy it, yet us...
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    why some never get saved

    hello all. been doing a lot of soul searching about getting saved, and the question popped into my mind, why is it that some dont get saved? ray comfort and todd friel would say 1. because people love their sin. and 2. because they thought they had done so much bad, 5hat they couldnt be saved...