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Asking for prayers for the nations that Our Father in Heaven would be merciful to the nations and to the earth and that he help all the peacemakers to catch the evil ones. And that he help all the saints in the earth to glorify his name and walk in his ways and that he keep them from the lies of the evil ones. That he deliver the nations from the evil ones. That he would bless GXO Logistics and XPO Logistics as well as Eagle Trident Security and the Indiana Department of Correction, Rural King Supply, and Area Wide Protective as well as Nike Inc that he would deliver them from the evil ones causing them troubles and dragging them into and through pits. That he would bless all of the police across the earth and deliver them from the evil ones and give them victory over the evil ones that he would help them to catch the evil ones.

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Not at all sure if this is the right place to post this topic, but I'm interested in hearing from other Christians (believers/followers of Jesus) who have had unusual spiritual experiences that are not explained by religion?

I have been grappling with it for a while, and a lot to cover, but I'll try to keep the timeline as short as possible for now.

I came from a broken family, between 18months and 4 years old I was given to my Grandmother to raise me who was herself a 'Christian', but was steeped more in traditional religious beliefs (she grew up catholic and 'converted' to Christianity in her early 20s). Anyway, I have snippets of memory going to church with her. The preacher always wore a black suit, white shirt and red bow tie. I remember asking if he was God. Being young, I mostly slept through the services. I returned to my family home (Father, step mother and siblings) very much on the outside looking in growing up, never seemed to fit in anywhere at home or at school. At 10 I returned to live with my Grandmother. Although I was happy there, the religious beliefs I still never understood, although in my heart I believed in God, so the teachings must have made an impact in the early years. My Nan believed Jesus was the son of God who died in the Cross for our sin, but the majority of any discussion was around God the father, which led me to see God as the dictator in the sky, like many do. I never really prayed, my Nan use to go into her room and kneel beside the bed and put her hands toge

Modern day Christians have let homosexuality take over the minds of our youth. The worship of the trend “right is wrong and left is right” - something that has absolutely no meaning has tainted our minds giving power to the homosexual community. This has left us confused of our principles of being God fearing peoples, forcing some to walk in complete circles. We have also strayed enough for proclamations of Bible heroic figures to be overtaken by mere fear of superstition. Works of scripture such as “666” was always supposed to pay homage to the Judaism origins of the Holy Bible - the Old Testament. Because of concepts such as these Judaism and Christianity not been and to flourish and prosper together in peace!

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I'm a beginner to fasting and want to go slow to not stress myself out because i have anxiety and depression.

If i wake up 7am and fast until end time 7pm (night). Can i eat 2 meals before the morning sunrise to repeat the partial fast again for the next day?

You are taking an oath of office: "“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

19 Senators. 154 Congressmen/women. All Republican. All taking an oath to support and defend the Constitution (while conveniently ignoring Article II, Section 1---with not even a pinch, a thread, a teaspoon of evidence on which to base their delusions.)

31.77% of Congress is taking an oath while denying Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. They are the "enemies, foreign and domestic" that Article II is speaking about. They are questioning an election that was fairly won two years ago and has stood up to dozens of baseless investigations.

Georgia is to be commended for reelecting a national hero--Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, who stood up for the truth despite risking his career.

What do we do when 31.77% of our federal representatives are the "domestic enemies" the Constitution warned us against?

Taken from the Sunnyside Pentecostal Holiness Church, 11/19/2022 during our monthly Friday fellowship night.

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In the last 20 years, technology has transformed the search for life in our galaxy.

Astronomers have found over 50 potentially habitable worlds and built a new network of radio telescopes to scan the stars for signals.

Many scientists believe we could be on the brink of detecting the first evidence of extraterrestrial life.

The question is, is there other life in our own galaxy? Its probable in fact its highly likely given how big the Milky-way galaxy is. Earth is located in one of the arms of the Milky-Way, you wouldn't even be able to spot out solar system in the amount of stars there are in our galaxy.

Will we find life anytime soon? I don't think we will but that doesn't mean to say there isn't any out there.

What do you think?

MY MARRIAGE IS HONESTLY...NOT GOOD...
I CAN'T TRULY UNDERSTAND WHY BUT I NEED PRAYER
I AM JUST LOOKING FOR 2 CHRISTIANS TO PRAY OVER US, EVEN HERE ON THIS FORUM
OUR INITIALS ARE OED AND NPD
CAN YOU PLEASE PRAY OUR MARRIAGE IS RESTORED AND CHRIST-CENTRED?
THIS IS MY LAST HOPE.....

If someone is 1 of 10 on the look scale, and is horrible ugly with no chance to improve his looks, is it not possible then that people
will be ashamed to be viewed with this person? This person would drag down their social status. Its hard
being friend with someone who everytime they look at you they are almost puking because of how unattractive you are.

Many have told me that im so ugly that nobody is gonna want to have me as a friend IRL. Im so ugly people dont even view
me as a human, they view me as some alien species from Star Trek or something.

Im talking about IRl friends now, not internet friends.

I know, nobody is ugly in Gods eyes, and that is what is most important. Im talking about human beings now only. We are living in a shallow modern society.

And I'm not talking about people who have morning coffee with Jesus every day and hear him crystal clear.

I'm talking about people like myself who are in the dark. In a dark place physically and mentally and have prayed and can't hear God.

How does one continue to love God?

I just have nothing left bc I feel I shouldn't have to twist God's arm to get him to care about My situation.

I also don't see God's love or compassion of he's able to help but refuses to do so.

Not sure what to think of God now honestly

I'm tired.

Since the protestant revolts of the sixteenth century Blessed Mary has been a person whose role is disputed.

Some contend that Mary was a sinner like any other human being.
Some contend that Mary had other children after the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Some contend that Mary must have been saved by grace because she sinned.

But what does Blessed Mary say of herself?
In the Magnificat, also called the Song of Mary we read:
Luke 1:46-56

Set to music and with poetic license the song of Mary is sung thus in many a Catholic mass:
At least one contention may be put to rest on the basis of Blessed Mary's words.
Blessed Mary did indeed have a saviour.
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A growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has sickened more than a dozen unvaccinated children and hospitalized nine of them, and local public health officials are seeking assistance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of Friday morning, Columbus Public Health officials updated their investigation to include 19 confirmed cases, and more suspected, at 10 daycare centers and two schools.

“All cases are in unvaccinated children, and all but one are less than 4 years old. One child is 6 years old,” Newman said.

About 90% of unvaccinated people who are exposed to measles will become infected, according to Columbus Public Health, and about 1 in 5 people in the US who get measles will be hospitalized.

Must have been one of those fiery, but peaceful protest

President Biden’s granddaughter Naomi said her “I do’s” Saturday at the first White House wedding in nearly two decades.

The bride, 28, marched down the aisle on the South Lawn in a long-sleeve white gown with a high-necked lace collar. A cathedral-length veil billowed behind her in the chilly breeze.

About 120 guests shivered in 39-degree temperatures as the president’s eldest granddaughter — the daughter of scandal-scarred first son Hunter — wed fellow attorney Peter Neal, 25.

QV please:

It may come as a surprise to many students of the Bible that in the original Hebrew text the body of water the Israelites crossed when leaving Egypt is called yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” not Red Sea (Ex 15:4, 22; Dt 11:4; Jos 2:10; 4:23; 24:6; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:7, 9, 33; 136:13, 15). Unfortunately, yam suph has been rendered “Red Sea” in nearly all of our translations, the Jerusalem Bible and the New Jewish Publication Society Hebrew Bible being notable exceptions.

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Do you believe this? have YOU been taught this in a classroom, church, or synagogue?

In addition, why does it say, "unfortunately"?

Unfortunate for whom?

My input:

• The old forum displayed a simple list of thread titles on the new threads page. Now it's in a Facebook-like format, which I find unappealing, clunky and way too large for effective forum reading. I don't want to read part of the OP, I only want to see thread titles and basic information about the thread. There is such a thing as too much, and I think the new version is trying to be something it's not—a social media app. The appeal of forums (forum websites in general), at least for me, has always been the way information is displayed efficiently and intuitively, so as to maximize the reading experience and minimize clutter; minimalism is best. When you get away from the classic forum format, you cause needless confusion and tediousness to the reader. I don't consider this progress, I consider it a step backward.
• The new round avatar display cuts off parts of your avatar that are meaningful, like text. It used to be square and not round. It's just an added inconvenience to have to recreate your avatar to fit.
• The alerts don't seem to want to clear like they should. It seems to work intermittently. The old forum would sometimes get stuck in a mode where the alerts wouldn't clear whatsoever, and kept popping up the same old alerts. The new forum seems to have an issue deciding whether to clear alerts or not.
• Overall, I find the new larger interface elements clunky and tedious to peruse. It's way too busy, and there are no thread lists anymore that get out of your way and let you view the threads at a glance.

EDIT:

• You can set list view, which is not so cluttered.
• Alerts do clear on page reload.

I want to share some thoughts I got when viewing the discussion about the annulment of "Roe vs. Wade", and what I could hear in German media about the midterm elections battle. The general impression is: The debate about abortion ("pro life" / "pro choice") is much more heated in the US than in Europe.

The main reason is the fact that "Roe vs. Wade" allows abortion on a rather extreme scale. Compare it to Germany:

• Before reunification, in East Germany (GDR) abortion was legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In West Germany (FRG) there was on top of the 12-week-rule the requirement of an "indication" (mother in need, pregnancy after rape etc.).
• After reunification, and some debate, the law now says that an abortion is only legal, if the mother has visited a certified counselor (about alternatives to abortion, and support services for the mother), and if the abortion is done in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.
• In the description above, I omitted the rule about abortion of a disabled child, which is legal up to the 20th week of pregnancy.

I am not content with this (I'm rather pro-life), but this would be off-topic here (not US Politics).

But I feel the debate in the US would be less heated if the options are not just a "Roe vs. Wade"-like ruling and no abortion at all.

Imagine someone promoting a "middle" ruling like one in other countries (e.g. Germany): Which political camp do you expect to present such a proposal? Do you think such a proposal would be good for your country?

Sometimes I use the chat room feature here and have a 27 inch computer monitor.

The new Chat box is kind of short and towards the top of my screen. Doesn't fill the bottom half of my screen. If that makes any sense. Kind of a minor cosmetic issue, possibly could be tweaked and improved.

I could post a screenshot to better illustrate ?

So recently I told my parents that I was (finally!) getting a job. I thought they would be happy to learn this, as my dad has been pressuring me to get a job for ages.

Instead, I got this weird reveal that my parents want me to get a job because they are "worried about what will happen when my dad dies." This does not make any sense, as I am currently not receiving financial support from my parents anymore. Also, my dad wants me to push for more money with my qualifications.

That's not why I'm getting the job. The reason I'm getting the job is because I want boating experience. Like most millennials, I'm looking for personal satisfaction and fulfillment from my job, not any sense of security. I'm not ambitious. I'm just being a deck hand on a ferry, and if the job pays enough to fund the gas for my car each week and pay for my food and health insurance, I'm going to be okay. I still have enough savings for the odd discretionary purchase or emergency.

If the job pays more than those basic expenses, that money will be saved. Has any of you had to navigate this sort of generational conflict around employment? How who you advise me to best deal with this? In the past, my dad has had the bad habit of sending me job offers he wants me to take that I don't want. How should I deal with this situation? I don't want to take a job I don't want out of my parents' fear, and dealing with the pressure of it has given me a lot of stress in the past. What boundaries should I set? Etc.

The title basically says it all. Recently I was reading a post by a single rapscallion that said he wanted "daily prayer" as part of his requirements for his lady friend. Unfortunately, I have never had a consistent daily prayer life, and perpetually struggle with gratitude towards my Creator. I am now looking to solve this problem, not to satisfy this person who believes in measuring women with yardsticks, but because it's probably something that I should be doing anyway.

What should I be praying for, or about, on a daily basis?

I prefer not seeing anything secular... so maybe a secular filter that covers all the categories including the "hot" New threads etc?

I have a terrible habit of rewatching TV shows that I've seen before a gazillion times whether they are good or bad because it's comforting noise that I don't have to pay much attention to. Recently I've been re-watching How I Met Your Mother (which is a terrible show, but such is my vice).

The other day I came across an episode where they watched the Star Wars trilogy every 5 years and would reflect on where they were at with life and daydream about what life would be like in 5 years when they watched it again. The futures were way off and ridiculous in many ways, but it got me thinking- if you were to allow yourself to fancifully daydream about where you'd want your life to be in 5 years (it does not have to be something you are working towards or think you will achieve), what would your 5 years from now life look like?

Hi all! So blessed to be here and hopefully expand my family of brothers and sisters in Christ. I’ve been walking with The Lord for 13 yrs now and everyday I learn more- about myself and about true Love.
I’m a mom of 3 young men, what a journey it’s been so far and it’s so exciting to watch them mature.
Really looking forward to some healthy discussions with you all.