CoreyD said:

Hmm. Humiliate them and make them a laughing stock to their women and the nations that hear of it.
I could see how that would be something the most powerful army would want.


Not following you on this one.
David proved his valiance, and earned the respect as chief of his armies.

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Humiliate. Maybe but I think much more relieved to be still alive. And considering the problems associated with having a foreskin. Such as phimosis a foreskin that be to tight or bacterial or fungus or yeast infections. I think they and their woman might have fully appreciated the aftermath and health advantages of circumcision

Prayed as you requested

Also, when I goggled "frugal" found tons of ideas including the Motley Fool Community. Can weigh pros & cons to decide which ones are for you. Asking the Lord for guidance strength and wisdom.

But I think what might make the damned upset is seeing others who may have lived equally sinful or worse lives being forgiven because they declared their faith in Christ.

"Why was I condemned, and not him?? He did the same things I did!"

I could see that being an eternal bone of contention.

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In defence of my last point above, I defer to John Newton, Anglican priest and writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace".

Some of Newton's pre-Christians sins are listed below, which is why he used the word "wretch" to describe himself in the song.

• Slave Trader:
  Newton spent several years engaged in the brutal Atlantic slave trade, even captaining a slave ship. He participated in the capture, transport, and sale of enslaved Africans, a practice he later condemned as "iniquitous, cruel, and oppressive".
  
  
• Rebellion and Immorality:
  Before his conversion, Newton was known for his rebellious and dissolute behavior. He indulged in vices like drinking, swearing, and pursuing sexual immorality. He was described as defiant, prone to blasphemy, and capable of "anything".
  
  
• Denial of Faith:
  Newton also went through a period where he rejected his Christian faith, declaring himself an infidel.
  
  
• Delayed Repentance:
  Despite his conversion at sea during a storm, Newton continued to participate in the slave trade for several years afterward. He later acknowledged this as a deep source of remorse.

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At one stage I had a brief biography of John Newton, but I seem to have lost it. I still remember though his description of a storm in which one of his ship mates was swept overboard. Newton related the look of terror on his doomed ship mate's face.

I wonder if some or most of his ship mates ended up in Hell? If so, how would they have felt about the fact they were lost and he was saved?

"He did the same things we did, and sometimes worse! Why is he saved and we're lost? What was so special about him?"

I could see that contention echoing down through all eternity.

RileyG said:

Very interesting. I find some of his theology quite unorthodox, not to go off topic.

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While his style is shaped alot by the 160's and 1970's immediate post-Vatican II era, with a very free-flowing spirit and incorporation of insights from depth psychology (similar to Merton), it's not really unorthodox. He teaches contemplation and spirituality, subjects important in mystical theology, so it might sound strange to somebody expecting clarity when talking about God, since so much of the modern Catholic and Protestant traditions have focused on clarity, and not prioritized mystical theology. However, mystical theology has been the norm for much of the rest of the Christian world all along.

You have the wrong audience. You should be speaking to the the Beasts. We little people have no power and are way too divided.

Apple Sky said:

They died out a long time ago but we may still get throw backs from their bloodline which maybe be the blue bloods.

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The Illuminati?

GoldenBoy89 said:

Yeah that’s the claim. Explain how.

Did they tell anyone to use the app to go assault officers?

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No, the gentleman in the CNN clip promoted the exact opposite - he said that it allows one to avoid the area altogether.

The only persons promoting violence were those in the second clip.

probinson said:

I already answered you. It's a well-established fact that heavier vehicles cause more damage than lighter vehicles.

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Yes, and the heaviest vehicles out there are semis, 10 times the weight of pretty much all cars and light trucks. As your own article stated, it is those vehicles that are the heavy vehicles that cause the problem.

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That is completely irrelevant. The salient point is that heavier vehicles cause greater road wear. That is not debatable.

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So why do you keep debating it by claiming it is EVs, when they are only slightly more heavy, not 10 times the weight.

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The fact remains that if you buy an equivalent EV, it will ALWAYS be heavier. For example, the Ford F-150 Lighting is about 35% heavier than its Ford F-150 ICE counterpart, as just one example.

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No, it is currently heavier. We'll see what happens in the next decade, as batteries become more energy dense.

And, no, the Lightning is not 35% heavier than than an F-150 ICE counterpart. At most it is 25%, though even then you are comparing a lower trim level (and much less power) to a higher trim EV. Yes, there is a slightly lighter F-150 but it is a regular cab, 2-wheel drive with a 2.7L engine (325 HP) that does not compare to any version of the Lightning (which are all crew cab, 4-wheel drive, and a minimum of 452 HP. And, as you go up trim levels, the difference is actually smaller between the ICE and the Lightning.

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Why are you comparing SUVs to sedans? If you compare mid-sized EVs to their mid-sized ICE counterpart, they will weigh more, every time.

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I'm not comparing SUVs to sedans. I'm comparing the cars currently selling the best, which for ICE are things like the F-150 (and other trucks) and large SUVs. As I mentioned, the F-150 Ice is the best selling car in America, with over 300,000 sold per year (and less than 10% of those are Lightning models). When you look at EVs, as people here have previously pointed out, over 50% of the EVs sold in the US each year are the Tesla Model Y and Model 3, which weigh a maximum of about 4,400 lbs and 4,000 lbs -- so less than the F-150 that is the top ICE vehicle.

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Also, heavier ICE vehicles use more fuel. Ergo, they already pay far more in road use taxes. The fact that heavier ICE vehicles are less fuel-efficient means that they will pay more in road use taxes because they use more gallons of fuel.

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Great, and under the current bill (since we're still waiting to hear the final version) EVs would still pay more than almost all ICE vehicles, including ones far heavier than their EV. Again, EVs would be paying the equivalent of a gas car that gets 12 mpg or less -- and for someone that drives under 10,000 miles per year, it is closer to larger trucks (box trucks when fully loaded) that get 5 mpg, which are definitely far heavier than EVs and cause far more damage to the roadways.

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As I already pointed out, the Ford F-150 Lightning is ~35% heavier than its ICE equivalent. People with F-150's are spending FAR more in gas, and therefore are contributing FAR more in road use taxes.

I can't take you seriously when you're trying to compare full-size pickup trucks to passenger cars.

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No, again, more like 25% (and less) depending on configuration. And even small, lighter EVs, like the Chevy Bolt, Nissan Leaf, Mini Cooper, Fiat 500e (all around or under 3,500 lbs) would still pay far more in tax than most F-150s on the road today (most of which still tend to get 20 mpg up to even 25 mpg, with the lowest version only about 18 mpg).

And, again, the most popular ICE vehicles sold in the US tend to be quite large -- like the absolutely best selling car being the F-150. Yet, as pointed out, the best selling EVs are much smaller -- with the best selling EVs being mid-sized cars, the Tesla Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Model Y SUV. I can't take you seriously when you try to compare all EVs to the F-150 Lightning, when it is a rather modest selling EV, but its ICE counterpart is absolutely the best selling "car" in the US.

Let me try it this way for you: the number 1 selling "car" last year was the Ford F-series (not just the F-150, but also the F-250 and F-350), so just the F-150 can weigh up to 5,740 in an ICE variant, though the F-350 starts over 6,000 lbs and goes up over 7,700 lbs. The best selling EV was the Tesla Model Y, which is a max of about 4,400 pounds. My point is the best selling ICE "car" is much heavier than the best selling EV.

If we go to the #2 seller, that is the Chevrolet Silverado vs. the Tesla Model 3; so again, we are looking at a truck between 4400 and 5800 lbs vs an EV that has a maximum weight of 4,000 lbs. As you go through the list of best selling cars vs. best selling EVs, you see this repeat over and over. One of the few that aren't that way is when you get to the Toyota RAV4, which is lighter than the Ford Mach E; you also get the Honda CR-V vs. the Hyundai Ioniq 5 but, surprisingly, those two are fairly close in weight. Your issue then is that the next couple of ICE vehicles are the RAM pickup and the GMC Sierra.

Again, the ICE cars selling the most tend to be very heavy, yet there is zero concern of the damage these large pickups are doing to the roads; for some reason it is only brought up when discussing EVs -- not to mention, again, that even your article said the major issue was semi-trucks and trailers (which are 10x heavier than even these pickup trucks). And, again, some of these trucks will pay roughly half in gasoline tax what the Trump administration is trying to get from all EVs, even the light ones and despite how many miles they are driven.

Hi brother, An Ameeican woman can be an excellent choice should you both have The Christian desire and love. So I wish you well in that. The best way is to trust for guidance and the opportunity to court. Online you might look at Christian dating for free. The other posters are apt to point out that under the current usa regime it can be especially challenging to acquire a visa for America even if married. Even if a visa is given many are being denied reentry should they leave the usa. Not too mention the wait time for a visa is likely a year, plus the citizen you marry must show sufficient income and residence. Of course God and love can oveecome such obstacles but sound advise would be seek God, and see what He haa in store for you. I too assume you are a Christian, but if not I pray you can accept Jesus as the son of God that has taken your sin. God bless you in your quest for a wife.

ARBITER01 said:

It seems you avoided answering my question, try again.

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Jesus healed because healing is one of the signs to Israel that their Messiah has arrived (Matthew 8:17, Luke 7:19-22).

Whether it was easy for him to receive that gift, that is irrelevant, and even if it is not, your guess is as good as mine, since there is no scripture passage that answers that directly.

tampasteve said:

Well, not "never", of course he was a Catholic Priest before he jumpstarted the Reformation. Also, yes he did believe that the Eucharist was a means of grace for forgiveness of sins. He did not agree with the idea of Transubstantiation or view the Eucharist in exactly the same manner as the Catholic Church, but he did believe in the real body and blood and the Eucharist as a conduit (to use your wording) of Grace and forgiveness.

Of course.

I am not sure what these images are, but I only see these blocks of pink in your recent posts.

Christ's work on the cross atoned for all sins, but we as believers need to seek forgiveness for our sins. It isn't just a one time event for us, our ongoing relationship with Christ requires reconciliation and repentance.Although Christ's sacrifice atones for all sin, individuals must consciously recognize their wrongdoing, genuinely repent, and seek God's forgiveness in order to fully receive the blessings of that grace.

Catholics and Orthodox practice the Sacrament of Reconciliation as a way to acknowledge our sins, receive absolution, and experiencing God's healing grace.

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TampaSteve as I as said and you admit that Martin Luther certainly did not believe in how the Catholics believe in the transubstantian. More so of the power of the priest being the conduit between the bread and the wine and being able to turn the bread and the wine into the literal body and blood of Christ. He only believed that they became so just not by the power of the priest but by God himself. The very reason why I mentioned that God is omniscient he doesn't need the emphasis placed on a priest having that sort of power and control over the communion. The whole emphasis of communion is supposed to be on what the sacrifice of Christ has done for us each and not in the priest having such alleged powers.Seems your religion takes control and authority over communion as well. When it was meant for every believer to participate minus the supposed conduit powers of the priest over the believers communion. You ask about the pink blocks. They are topical break points. Tampasteve you again be referring to my post 236 of which you claimed that the apostles can save, forgive and withold forgiveness just as Christ did. My reply to that was the apostles only ever proclaimed the gospel but they never had the power to save anyone. It was God that done all the saving and not the apostles. This now be a entirely new subject you bring to the discussion. You now say Christs work on the cross did atone for sin . Yes . You than say as believers we need to seek forgiveness for our sin. Yes we do that in our thoughts and prayer now doubt countless times a day. Some maybe more some maybe less. You than say ( it just isn’t a one time event for us, our ongoing relationship with Christ requires reconciliation and repentance.) you then say again. ( Although Christs atones for all sin, individuals must consciously recognise their wrong doing, genuinely repent and seek Gods forgiveness in order to fully recieve the fullness of that grace ) Well that be your experiences with communion. I say Maybe sometimes. But mostly for many of us. We are to busy rejoicing in our communion experience in what Christ has done for us . We be to busy thinking upon Him then to be thinking upon ourselves and the self. Meaning do this in remembrance of me.. we have already passed from death unto eternal life. Steve to whom the Son sets free is free indeed ❤️

Hentenza said:

Your post is such a mess that it is hard to understand who said what. The quote boxes are you not me.

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Yea, guilty as charged. This cut and paste format on my IPad is a bit tiresome at times. I tried to bring a bit of clarity by using “Reply” to note my response. Nevertheless, since you stated I was disingenuous I expected you would be able to demonstrate how, by quoting “your own post.” Like another proponent of ECT, who made an accusation against me but never demonstrated how, you also fail to do so … or apologize for said accusation, which they also did not.

blessings

Holy Sacrifices to God

As those who profess faith in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, our lives are to be surrendered to the Lord, to die to sin, to do his will, and to obey his commands, by the grace of God, and in the power of God, and because of what Jesus did for us on that cross. For in his death he put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we might die with him to sin and now walk in holiness and in obedience to his commands.

We are not born of God, and called God’s children, on a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ with our lips. For, by genuine faith in Jesus, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Sin must no longer be what we practice, for if it is, we will not inherit eternal life with God. We must obey God with our lives.

So if we present our bodies a living and holy sacrifice to God, acceptable to God, what should that look like in all practicality in our daily lives? Our lives should be, in truth, surrendered to the Lord, to doing his will. Sin must no longer be our practice, but now holy living in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands should be our practice. We should go where the Lord sends us, and do what he says to do, and say what he commands, all for his glory.

So, this isn’t just about ceasing to live a sinful lifestyle, and to live holy lives, pleasing to God, living morally pure, upright, honest and faithful lives to God. This is about us giving up ownership of our own lives and letting God have full ownership, and us following him in whatever he has for us to do in this life, as his servants, messengers, followers, and witnesses. It is following his calling upon our lives in doing what he has planned for us.

And this is our spiritual service of worship of God. Although singing songs of worship of God is part of worship, if our hearts are right with God, singing songs of worship is not worship of God if we are still the ones directing our own lives, and if we are doing whatever it is we want to do without regard for what God wants us to do, and if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands. Worship requires obedience.

Not Conformed to The World

And we are no longer to be conformed to the pattern of this sinful world. We are not to be doing and speaking and viewing and listening to all the same garbage that the world has to offer us. We should not be feeding our minds with the lusts of the flesh and of the eyes, and with the pride of life. And our output shouldn’t look the same as what is coming from the world, but we should be sharing the truth of the gospel and living what we preach, too.

So, we need to be discerning people. Many things should be very obvious to us that we should not go down that path. Some things we may not know about, but as soon as we see something going in the wrong direction, we should back away from it, or close out of it, or whatever. For not everything is obvious from a first glance. But from experience we should learn not to keep repeating the same false steps, and should avoid some things entirely.

And if you are on the internet, I hope you understand what I am saying. For a video might appear that looks interesting, and so you may click on it. It may even start well, but then it changes. Things you should not be viewing or listening to suddenly appear. And so you must immediately close out of those videos. But there are people who keep going into the same types of videos, and they know better. And curiosity leads them to destruction.

So, we must be very guarded about what we watch, what we listen to, and what we feed our minds with. But just because we may listen to a particular side of a political or a spiritual issue is not an indicator that we are agreeing with what we are listening to. We learn by hearing what other people are thinking and saying and believing about what is happening in this world we live in, so we know how to pray, and what issues need to be addressed.

So, we need to seek God’s counsel and wisdom in this, not just with regard to what all is okay to do or to say or to view, but as to how he wants us to spend our free time when we don’t have other obligations to fulfill, when we are just relaxing and taking it easy. For he wants our lives to be under His control, not under the control of our own flesh and just what we want. He wants our lives surrendered to him to now live for him and to do his will.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Surrendering All to Jesus
An Original Work / July 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

BCP1928 said:

It does not go unnoticed that despite Christians preaching about souls going to heaven, they all insist on a belief in the "resurrection of the body."
It's almost as if, deep down, the really believed that the "soul" was an emergent property of the brain.

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I sometimes wonder if not believing that brain is what creates out personality and ability to think and feel is a way of avoiding facing the fear of death.

Russian Bear said:

Your arguments are unconvincing to me. I don't see the point in answering you further. If NATO is a defensive alliance, then Russia also has the right to join NATO.

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NATO has an 'open door policy' for European enlargement, but there's no inherent right to join any organisation when it comes to international politics.

Here are the minimum requirements for NATO membership.

1. Be a functioning democracy, including tolerating diversity/fair treatment of minority groups
2. Be committed to a market-based economy,
3. Military forces must be under firm civilian control, including maintaining democratic civil-military relations and institutional structures.
4. Be good neighbours and respect sovereignty outside their borders.
5. Working toward compatibility with NATO forces.

By my reckoning, Russia fails to meet 4 of the 5, and only partially meets the remaining one.

NATO enlargement also has to occur by unanimous agreement. The prospective member must also meet all 10 of the Articles of the Washington treaty, be willing and able to make military contributions to NATO operations and meet a range of other technical, economic and political requirements (like anti-corruption measures).

Russian Bear said:

If NATO does not allow Russia to join NATO, then Russia was a target for NATO from the very beginning.

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The Soviet Union was the target for NATO, and then later the Warsaw Pact. It was prompted by the rapid deterioration of East-West relations in the immediate post WWII period. From the Western point of view, the threat of the Soviet Union was heightened by a series of worrying trends

Establishing systems of internal repression within new 'socialist' states in 1946-1947
Direct annexation of large portions of Poland, the Baltic nations, Czechoslovakia and Romania
Direct Soviet interference in the internal politics of a number of nearby states, including supporting the partizans in the Greek civil war, ousting the Czech government in a violent coup in 1948 and manufacturing crises in Iran and Turkey

That got the initial treaty signed. What really kicked a fire under NATO though was the 1949 Soviet atomic test, the 1950 US national security assessment [although you can very easily argue that particular document was the product of hyperbolic paranoia] and the start of the Korean War.

RileyG said:

It’s not prejudice.

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What would you call it if someone claims, without evidence, that transwomen are a danger to other women?

Love365 said:

People could donate land and apartments to the Catholic Church.

On one condition.

The Catholic Church starts making women priests, bishops, and cardinals.

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People who are Roman Catholics might want to donate land and buildings to The Roman Catholic Church. I am not sure that people in general would want to. I am not a Roman Catholic, and I cannot imagine myself donating land or buildings to the Roman Catholic Church. As far as I know, many Roman Catholics don't believe in women priests, bishops, and cardinals, so they wouldn't make their donations with your "one condition."

fhansen said:

All right, but I'm not sure what salvation even means apart from eternal life. You are right, the concept was vague in the Old testament, and blessings for living according to God's will had more to do with peace and prosperity in the present life.

But as I see it, one of the most important messages of our faith is that, in order to know who God truly is and how trustworthy He truly is and how worthy of our love He truly is, the problem of death must be addressed and it was, in very definitive terms by Jesus and His sacrificial death and resurrection. In fact, everything He said and did was a revelation of who God is, of His heart, of His will, for man.

Jesus laid down his life in order that He might raise it back up, dramatically resolving the prospect of non-existence that looms over our lives and threatens to render them meaningless.

And salvation does mean a lot more than going to heaven BTW, especially considering the fact that we hardly know what that means anyway. In any case, salvation means to fulill our very created purpose as we draw near to God and nearer and nearer to His own likeness, as we become perfected in love of Him and neighbor to put it another way. This is our purpose, our telos, our wholeness, our integrity and happiness, our raison d'etre.

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When it come to what salvation means apart from eternal life in the afterlife, consider all the testimonies of deliverence from those who came to Christ. What their life was like and what kind of person they before. The Greek for 'eternal life', aionios zoe, can be translated as 'the good life'. A high quality life experienced on a spiritual level that transcends the flesh. A higher plane of existence. It's said that the reason why people get drunk and take drugs is because they're trying to fill the "God shaped void" in their life.

Cardinal Raymond Burke said he has asked Pope Leo XIV to remove measures restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in dioceses.

Burke spoke at a London conference organized by The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, telling attendees that he hopes the new pontiff will “put an end to the persecution” of Catholic faithful who want to celebrate Mass using the “more ancient usage” — “usus antiquior” — of the Roman liturgy.

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zeland2236 said:

Will there be religion in heaven? This question came up during a discussion I was having with another Christian. It was an interesting question and discussion, so I thought I would post it here.

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It depends what you mean by "religion". In the bible, Christianity is not called a religion. Religion is mentioned in our English translations. For example:

“If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” (Jas 1:26 NKJV)

The Greek word it translates apparently refers to the external aspects of one's belief. We will be worshipping our great God in heaven, and although true worship, Jesus said, is spiritual, it does have external aspects. In that sense, there will be religion in heaven.

I would be interested to know what you meant by "religion" in the OP.

RileyG said:

In Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, yes!

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Women can celebrate communion in an Anglican church. yes.
I doubt that they are taught, or believe, that they are "representing the Holy Spirit."

Lady Bug said:

I am suffering severely from a very, very lazy mindset this week and I'm getting concerned about it. It's been nearly a month since that day and two weeks since the funeral, and I need to get going with some important things and I literally don't know what to do next. I'm scared to ask anyone (real life) for help because I'm apprehensive of not being able to follow whatever advice they may give. I can't do this by myself anymore.

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Hi LadyBug

I have a resource I'd like to share with you, for if/when you find yourself looking for some local, in-person grief support:

GriefShare

GriefShare groups meet once a week, and usually in a meeting room at a local church.
In my area, they often meet in a Catholic church.

GriefShare offers general Christian support, while not proselytizing at all.
The workbook they use is Christian-based, and is apparently approved by the Catholic Church.
(Protestant churches use the same workbook.)

A weekly session consists of watching a short video based on some aspect of the grieving process, and then discussing the video afterwards.

Participants are not required to participate in the group discussions if they don't want to.
Participants can just attend and listen to the video and discussion.
The environment is very 'no' pressure.

GriefShare groups run for 13 weeks, but a person can generally join a group at any time within the 13 weeks.
Participants can also leave the group at anytime (just stop going), or join another GriefShare group at another time.
(Again, the whole thing is very 'no' pressure. I've been in several groups, and was never pressured to share anything.)

GriefShare has been very helpful to me in the past. GriefShare isn't like a big counseling session, nor will one get financial advice there. But what I did find was the friendship of others who were also grieving. I met persons who understood what I was going through; persons who were there to support each other during the healing process. It was a friendly, understanding, no-pressure experience that I'm comfortable recommending.

Website:

Need Help Dealing with Grief? - GriefShare

GriefShare is a grief recovery support group where you can find help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one.

www.griefshare.org

RoyThatCatholic said:

This post has been reuploaded from a thread on a completely Christian forum by me. The original post was also by me, so if you happen to have seen this on another forum, this is a reupload.

For context, I'm 19 years old and male. A lot of my peers (including me) play video games, but where our similarities end is in the nature of what exactly we play. At one point in my younger teenage years (maybe 13-15?) I played a video game called Grand Theft Auto but stopped abruptly after. Never once have thoughts of homosexuality or sexual conduct in general really notably crossed my mind. I'm a teenager, of course I know about and understand sex, but the idea of actually partaking in it has never truly been something I've been too invested in, and I'm proud of that milestone against lust considering I've been abstaining since three years ago. And I would consider myself strictly heterosexual/straight. Until these recurring dreams started.

These dreams are usually almost entirely the same. One of the main protagonists from the game I mentioned earlier and I usually have some form of intercourse. I won't go into too many details for the sake of both my self respect and your mental wellbeing, but they're far from standard and don't seem very 'loving' at all, usually revolving around some form of disrespect being passed to me during the act. I doubt this could be a sign that I need to find a partner or work on my life - this feels more lustful than anything else. Don't exactly know why this particular character considering last time I touched the game chances are I couldn't even drive, but dreams are very strange sometimes so I'll excuse that particular bit. I looked up his name (I believe it's Trevor) and didn't find any direct ties to Satan or even the Bible as a whole.

This dream is certainly lustful, and I can't find any way to make it stop before I get tempted and potentially do something rash or before it successfully pushes its agenda onto me. If anyone could interpret what exactly (most likely) Satan or some other being is trying to tell me and what this spells for my future, because I'm beginning to grow accustomed to and even comforted by these dreams which is not good at all lol. I don't trust my judgement enough to go with my interpretation (something from my past/childhood is trying to turn me away from God).

TL;DR: Having a questionable/lustful dream that I believe Satan has some part in???

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Sorry you are being tormented in your dreams. While it could be considered normal it seems veey spiritual to me as it obviously impacts you enough to post and continue to seek help. My suggestion is to learn more about your authority in the name of Jesus. That yes, you have the power through Christ to ward off evil dreams. Many prayers and deluverance confessions can be found online, including Catholic ones. Those can help but you should also look to shore up your defenses with scriptures and teaching about the authority Jesus gives every believer. It wilhelp improve your armor of God in both general and specific ways that will be oractical and important for you and also your help to others. God bless

RileyG said:

Per the forum rules, I don’t think that can be discussed,

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bling said:

You start out with Eph. 3:10 suggesting this is “God’s purpose”. Reading the context we find:

Eph. 3: 7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. 8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, 9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. 13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

First off: The fallen angels are not the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm.

Why would God need to go through all this to “help” hell bound angels?

There would be powerful good beings in heaven wondering why Gentiles were treated so differently from Jews prior to the cross and so replacing the Jewish nation with the Church we have the unity desired, the mystery is made known.

The “intent of the Church”, does not equal God’s overall purpose.

You might want to read my post 23.

We are not being “Tested” but are here to obtain and use a purely charitable undeserved gift, which must be humbly accepted of our own free will as charity.

We have the privilege and honor of being part of God’s work (allowing the Spirit to work through us) to bring others to Christ, so they can make an informed choice. We are in the presence with God when He is glorified and share in His glory that way.

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I never said God helps hellbound angels. He does demonstrate His wisdom to them in what I assume to be a sort of in their face judgement. I dont say it is God's only purpose but the whole plan, the mystery in context was so grand, and i am sure jaw-dropping to the fallen angels. Just as the magnificent plan God had to bring Jesus as a man to restore mankind to our elevated status as children if God. You are correct it is an amazing gift.