Besides caring for children what are they supposed to provide for the man they are with ?

Companionship can only go so far with them since we cannot be vulnerable

So honestly what is the role

Biblical Scripture are appreciated

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Please pray for me and my family. We’ve recently moved to another country and it’s a big adjustment for us. Additionally, pray with me for my husband and daughter that they come to know Jesus as well as that I do my part to reflect Jesus in my words and actions. Thank you.

Christians of all end-time opinions have one common need I believe.
That is the need to PRACTICE being snatched away by Jesus.
This is not invitation to argue about pre-trib, post-trib, middle trib, no-trib, rapture as to time.
The thread's purpose is our need to be -

Taken by Jesus from certain negative things.
Taken by Jesus from distracting things (distracting us away from God).
Taken by Jesus from the fallen self centered living into the Lord's presence.

I do not mean to practice being physically taken up somewhere off the earth.
I mean the continual need to rehearse, practice, have many experiences of being CAUGHT away by the
Lord Jesus within FROM whatever the Holy Spirit convicts us of as unglodly.

Brethren, we who love the Lord need each day to practice allowing the Spirit of Jesus
to rescue us fast, catch us away, take our heart elsewhere INTO His presence FROM other loves.

Did you practice being taken away by Jesus today?
Did I have some experiences of Jesus catching me quickly off from something ungodly?
We all need to practice letting Him catch us away from self, sin, world, and all idols and distractions from the Triune God.

There's the OP brethren.

The Constitution places all responsibility of securing our national borders on the Federal Government. The SC ruled against this by a margin of 5-to-4, saying "that Texas is not permitted to protect itself from illegal border crossers. None of the justices provided any explanation for their vote."

"BUT the way that the Fed. Gov. is choosing to secure the border appears to be a violation of Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution.

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;..."

Please pray for Colton. He’s in a bad way right now. Pray for his repentance and salvation.

Clouds and thunder, days of hunger,
Enemies lurking, liars working,
Not good fellows, armies bellow,
All asunder, bad men blunder.

Time is ticking, truth not clicking,
Faith in God to wise men sticking.
Foolishness is now accepted,
Truth of God is intercepted.

Truth and lies now interchanging,
For the gospel rearranging,
Good is evil, evil good,
For the truth not understood.

Jesus said that we must follow
Him in truth, do not be shallow.
Die to sin, live for Him daily,
Share His truth and suffer gayly.

An Original Work / January 23, 2024

What kinds of trials are intended here, do you think? And this isn’t speaking just of men, but “man” is a general reference to human beings, male and female. But to what specific people? This is speaking to Christians, to those of us who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness (Romans 6:1-23).

So, what kinds of trials? They can be all kinds of trials, from little and minor ones to very big ones. They are anything, big or small, which unsettle us, and which have the potential to undo us and to cause us to be afraid or to lose faith and patience. So if we remain steadfast in our trials then we don’t let them get the best of us, but we conquer them, by the Spirit. We learn to rejoice even in our difficult times, and to keep moving forward.

And a particular trial the Lord is bringing to mind is related to us who are out in the public sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation day after day after day. We are in a place of submission to our Lord, a place of listening and learning at his feet, and a place of hearing from him what he wants us to share each day from our daily times with him. We are firm and steadfast in our walks of faith in the Lord Jesus, by the grace of God, and in his power.

But it appears much that what we are sharing each day from the Scriptures falls on deaf ears, as though not many are listening. And this really has nothing to do with a person’s style of writing, at least not in this scenario, but this has more to do with who is listening to the truth of the gospel versus who is listening to the lies of the enemy and to wolves in sheep’s clothing who are telling people what their itching ears want to hear.

And so the majority of the people out there, including many who profess faith in Jesus Christ, are not in a place of hearing from the Lord and listening to the truth and following the truth of God’s word and his commands because they are preferring the lies which make no requirements of them to submit to Christ as Lord and to die daily to sin and to walk in obedience to the Lord’s commands. And they like it that way.

For so many of them are believing the lies that they can believe in Jesus, have all their sins forgiven, and be on their way to heaven, but while they continue in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord. And so they are not really in a place of hearing from the Lord and what his word teaches. They are rather in a place of following after what their sinful hearts desire. For they are the self-indulgent who go by their feelings and by their flesh who are no-shows when it comes to truly hearing the Lord and obeying him.

But then there are others who make promises and who make commitments to change and to follow the Lord in obedience and to no longer indulge in the sinful desires of the flesh, but they never show up, i.e. they don’t follow through with their promises, but they remain in their sins and in their fleshly indulgences, and so they become defectors, deserters, and traitors to the faith that their lips profess because they don’t do what they promise.

And this can be a trial to those who love them, and who try to help them, and who encourage them or even counsel them, and then to see them make the same promises over and over but then to go right back to following after the flesh and to indulge in the sinful cravings of the flesh. And this isn’t about a handful of people, but this appears to be describing the majority of people who profess faith in Jesus Christ here in America, if truth be told.

And so those of us who are out in the public each day sharing the truth of the gospel may get disheartened when we see little response to the truth of the gospel and when we see the masses flocking after the charlatans and the wolves in sheep’s clothing who are feeding the people the lies, who are telling them that their sins no longer matter to God and that they don’t have to obey the Lord and that no works are required of them by God.

So we are blessed if we remain steadfast under trial, and if we keep listening to the Lord, and if we keep obeying his commands, and if we keep speaking the truth of the Scriptures, and not the lies, even if we see little response and we see so many being deceived and following after the flesh and not the ways of the Lord. For when we have endured, and we have stood the test, we will receive the crown of life God has promised those who love him.

And please know here that to love God is to obey him. To believe in Jesus is to obey him. It is to leave our lives of sin behind us and to now follow him in obedience to his commands in holy living. For the one who continues in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord, and who does not obey the Lord, in practice, does not know God, is not in fellowship with Christ, is not saved from his sins, and he will not have eternal life with God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 15:1-11; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-24; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-11; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 10:23-31; 1 Co 10:1-22; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Gentle Shepherd

By Gloria Gaither / William J. Gaither

Gentle Shepherd come and lead us
For we need you to help us find our way
Gentle Shepherd come and feed us
For we need your strength from day to day

There's no other we can turn to
Who can help us face another day
Gentle Shepherd come and lead us
For we need to you to help us find our way

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses the epidemic of loneliness in the US, and it's impacts on health.

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This is the first time I've really listened to Vivek Murthy. I am impressed by the holistic vision he brings. We haven't had a surgeon general like him, since perhaps C. Everett Koop. There's alot he's talking about, that also spans usual partisan divides, and touches on values that are common to many different kinds of Americans, regardless of religious or ethnic backgrounds.

It's also interesting that it takes a non-Christian in the US, and a member of a religious minority that is unfamiliar to most, to discuss the real value of religious communities and religious values as a social good, in such a clear way. For too long, religion has been politicized in the US, causing alot of younger people to discount it, despite the benefits to health from religious participation, which are not always straightforwardly obvious.

This is a famous verse where Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground and the ones who accused her of adultery , says that the n LAW of Moses commanded them to , that such should be STONED .

We cannot stone anyone today as we are NOT under the 613 Laws that governed Israel , even when many say that we are the OLD TESTAMENT COVENANT ,''

In verse 7 He said said he that is with sin , cast the first stone .

Then Jesus b stooped down and wrote again

Then , from the eldest to the unto the last and Jesus was left alone ,

Then Jesus asked her , where are your accusers ?

In verse 11 No man , Lord , neither do I condemn thee , go and SIN NO MORE !

Does not say that she was repented , why NOT ??

Some , still believe that we are under the Law and Sabbath and it Saturday , nor work issue . like a SABBATH DAY JOURNEY .

The Greek word GO // POREVO is in the Greek PRESENT TENSE , in the MIDDLE or PRESENT VOICE , in the IMPERATIVE MOOD which means a command to not SIN and is in the SINGULAR .

Sin // HAMATANO is also in the PRESENT TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE means the Christ is helping her out ,

NO MORE // G3371 in STRONG'S G3371 .

Remember that Israel was the word called ATONEMENT that COVERED there sins , and we are blessed , that our SINS have been forgiven for EVER , and that we are part of Christ will GOVERN Christ Universe and his ANGELS .

And we see what can happen to though in 1 Cor 5:1--13 so lets fight the good fight of FAITH

dan p

France’s largest farm union is considering staging nationwide protests in the weeks to come amid anger over a government tax on tractor fuel, competition from cheap imports, and excessive restrictions and red tape.
France’s largest farm union FNSEA is considering nationwide protests in the coming weeks, a spokesperson said on Friday, potentially expanding action by farmers in the southwest who have blocked a highway and dumped manure on public buildings.
Like their German counterparts who held a massive demonstration over the weekend with tractors rumbling towards Berlin from every corner of the country, French farmers are mainly protesting against taxes and regulation.
The FSNEA will decide whether to organize nationwide action next Thursday after meeting local branch representatives and different farm sectors, the spokesperson said.
Hundreds of tractors and farmers from across southwest France have been protesting in the southwestern city of Toulouse this week, causing traffic jams.

In one of his many stops at the Capitol over his young tenure, Baker took another turn on the hotseat Thursday — this time in a House subcommittee. While there are plenty of heated debates in collegiate sports to keep the new boss busy, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) did manage to slip in questions about an issue that most families think is more pressing: the transgender takeover of their daughters’ locker rooms, scholarships, and teams.
To the disappointment of millions of athletes, Baker — who many thought would be an improvement over weak-kneed Mark Emmert — hasn’t distinguished himself at all from his successor. If anything, he’s been even more indifferent to the war raging over boys in girls’ spaces — choosing silence over engagement.
Twelve-time All-American Riley Gaines had hoped (wrongly, it turns out) that Baker would make combatting the erasure of women a priority in his administration. Instead, her requests for meetings and letters representing hundreds of girls have gone unanswered, an apathy Lesko refuses to tolerate. Reading portions of Gaines’s letter into the record, Lesko said, “Without single-sex competition, there can be no equal athletic opportunity,” she paused. “The NCAA knows this, yet it continues to propagate a policy that allows male athletes on women’s teams. We renew our demands to the governing body to repeal all policies and rules that allow male athletes to take roster spots on women’s teams and compete in women’s events,” she quoted from Gaines.

“My question to you, sir,” Lesko turned to Baker, “will you commit to meeting with the women athletes as requested in this letter?”
“Sure,” Baker replied nonchalantly.
“My next question is,” the congresswoman continued, “will the NCAA make the changes requested in this letter?”

Bristling, Baker fired back, “Just for your own information, every single NCAA championship, the host community and the host institution and the host organization under our current rules, is required to provide safe and secure accommodations to all athletes. And if the athletes are looking for specific solutions to deal with concerns that they have, they’re going to get them.”

As usual, that didn’t answer Lesko’s question or provide any reassurance that the former governor took their complaints seriously. Instead, he said vaguely, “We should never be in a position where we’re putting someone in a position where they feel they’re not safe, period. I can’t speak to what happened before I got here, but those are the rules as they stand right now.”
Bringing the conversation back to Gaines, Lesko pointed out that the former University of Kentucky swimmer hasn’t gotten a response to her inquiries — most recently at the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Convention in Phoenix, where Gaines and other activists protested the sports’ body’s inaction. There, the swimmer hand-delivered another letter, explaining, “We feel as if our voices are not being heard. That is the objective, that is why we are here — that is why we are chanting. We want to be let into the conversation. So at any opportunity, at any chance to meet, we are happy and more than willing to work with you all on looking at what this looks like, how to uphold fairness and protect our rights to privacy and our rights to safety and our sports.”

“Nothing’s really changed,” Lesko pointed out. “Well,” Baker replied, “my first year, my primary objective was to do something nobody had ever done before in my job, which was to meet with all 97 conferences,” he said. “To get a sense about what the key issues and opportunities associated with college sports were. And I spent dozens of hours with student-athletes. … If folks want to have an open conversation about issues associated with college sports and with sports generally, we’ll figure out how to make that happen,” he said.

“I hope it happens soon,” Lesko admonished.
So do hundreds of female athletes — young women like Macy Petty, who’ve had to face-off with stronger, more powerful male opponents in the NCAA. While Macy wasn’t injured in her volleyball match, others haven’t been so lucky.

As I walked through the snowy streets of Washington D.C. this morning, each step brought me closer to where thousands gathered for the 51st annual March for Life. And the closer I got, the louder the songs, cheers, and laughter became. This march wasn’t just a gathering, but a beacon of light shining in a desperate and dark world.
From east to west, America was well represented. Despite the constant flurries, pro-lifers came passionately to the nation’s capital to proclaim that this fight is not over until the “laws reflect the basic truth that all life has value,” insisted Jeanne Mancini, president for the March for Life Education and Defense Fund.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was one of the first to take the stand and speak. “[This] event is a beautiful picture of America,” he said looking out over the crowd. He explained how our Founding Fathers knew from the beginning that our rights come from God, not the government. As such, “Every person has inestimable dignity and value,” he declared. The Declaration of Independence, as Johnson emphasized, is a document that proclaims all men are created equal. “Not born equal,” he insisted. “Created equal.”
Johnson shared how he was an unplanned pregnancy, and it was just before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973 that his parents chose life. His story echoed the same truth that many others shared. Two women spoke about their unplanned pregnancies and credited the passionate men and women of local pregnancy centers for choosing life too. As Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said, “Pregnancy centers are an oasis of love.” He expressed that respect, love, and care is what persuades a woman to choose life, and that is at the heart of the pro-life movement.
The message couldn’t be any clearer: Pro-life work matters. As the speakers pointed out, our work is just beginning. There are people out there who need hope. And it’s the pro-life movement that offers it to them. Many in attendance testified to the way this hope has grown over the years — especially since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Zach Sprouse, a former intern at Family Research Council, attended his third March for Life this year. According to Sprouse, the march has changed significantly since the overturning of Roe. Before, the march was “very determined [and] Roe-focused,” he shared with The Washington Stand. But the following year, after the Dobbs victory, the event was “a celebration and worship with” an emphasis that there’s still much to do.

I pray that more and more pregnant women every year understand that there is a precious, innocent life within their womb.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) accused the House Freedom Caucus of preventing the Republican majority from governing.

Speaking to Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo Monday morning, McCarthy the ousted former Speaker who resigned from Congress at the end of December, said questions about why Republicans opted to “kick the can down the road” and avert a government shutdown should be directed at the hard-line conservative group.

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DESSERT MADE WITH SNOW.
Reese Witherspoon caused controversy with her making a dessert with it.????1

Carjackings at the nearby gas station.

Will Bidenomics be given credit or blame? Will other politicians try to grab credit for themselves? Stay tuned...

'And I think two things can be true at the same time. You can be very supportive of immigration, but we also need to have a secure border,' he said.
In recent weeks, Fetterman has broken from the far-left of his party by showing strong support for Israel since the October 7 Hamas terror attack.
He also stated that the U.S. should toughen up its southern border policy, a stance some on the left think is inhumane.
It is inhumane to let the Biden border disaster continue.

Hi all ! It's great to be here. i am so glad to find a place to talk about all things God and Jesus. Where I live I am surrounded by non-Christians, so I have really been looking for a community of true believers where I can be spiritually reinforced. I have labelled myself Messianic on my registration because I am trying to learn more about Messianism and come closer to God. Because I am a bit isolated where I am, away from other Christians, I have found myself moving furher away from the Lord instead of closer to him. I am moving in the wrong direction ! So here I am to help me move closer to the Lord.

For several years I was addicted to slot machine gambling. I spent all my extra money on slot machines, and would work hard all week, only to spend my entire paycheck at the casino also. Now I am repulsed by the idea of it, but at the time I couldn't get enough of it.

I would go through anxiety about losing the money while I was in the casino, and depression when I ran out of money, but I could never pull myself away from the machines. I was enchanted by the lights and action.

Then for several years, I stopped going to the casino, but the addiction never went away. I believe I needed God to make it completely go away. I stopped physically going to the casino. Then I got married to a god-fearing man, and forgot about the casino for several years.

Out of the clear blue, one day I resumed online slot machines. This time I didn't play for money, I played with "fun money" just for the experience of spinning the wheel. That is how addicted I truly was. It was only a matter of time before this behavior would turn into playing for real money again if God hadn't have intervened.

I prayed about it. Then one night, I had a vivid dream, clear as day, that was God telling me I wouldn't spend another penny on casinos for the rest of my life. When I woke up in the morning, I signed myself out of all online casinos. At first, the temptation was still there to go back, but over time the urge completely went away. It was gone, and I could feel it. The Lord had taken it from me.

Now I am completely free of any urges or addiction. I don't ever think about gambling, or miss it. I am free.

I'm a 33 year old man from Sweden who became christian a few years back but my christian journey has been longer than that.

Was consider myself an agnostic with christian values for a long time but then along the way I had experiences while praying stacking up that I couldn't rationalize away, which made me believe eventually.

Looking forward to see what comes out of my time on CF!

Please pray for me. I am fasting two meals today because I have to face so many challenges tomorrow and my heart is heavy.
Thank you in advance

So I'm a christian who struggles alot with intrusive thoughts and overthinking which after a lot of research has led me to believe I might have scrupulosity but the main point of this post is I've been struggling with a combination of unwanted groinal responses when I'm thinking about people of the opposite gender and also with thoughts of Jesus which really scares me, am I committing a unforgivable sin, does God understand I don't view Him in a sexual way and don't want these groinal responses?

The obvious similarities between Trump and well-known 20th century fascists has been noted repeatedly. The question is, what do you do about that? Trying to convince people that Trump is like Hitler just plain hasn't worked, despite the extremely direct rhetorical parallels in their speech.
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This author suggests we ignore it.
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Instead, point out that Trump is a loser who has lost repeatedly and whose narrative depends on perpetual victimhood. Point out that he is swamped in legal cases where he is already found guilty (NY civil fraud case), plainly guilty by his own public admissions (documents case), and again guilty by his own admission (J6 conspiracy to commit fraud/ false electors).