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FaithT · Sep 12, 2024

RileyG said:
Her house, her rules

Yep. But I also found her smoking in my house during my daughter’s graduation party after I was clear she couldn’t smoke in the house.

Michie · Sep 12, 2024

It’s election season, and it’s not the most wonderful time of the year!

Tension is high — in marriages, in families, in churches, between friends, between colleagues, and even at Bible Studies and Community Groups. Between both of us — one is a pastor, and the other a professional Christian counselor — we have been inundated talking to people caught in this web of dissension, division, hostility, and emotional overload. Often the discord is within the home — and sadly, quite often within the Church or in church group settings.

The places that we trust to be “safe” — family and church — are often battlegrounds during election season. And this election year is no different.

How, as believers, do we deal with conflict? How do we turn opposition into opportunity? We start by having the mindset of Christ.

Continued below.

How to love your neighbor this election season

It s election season, and it s not the most wonderful time of the year

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RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Michie said:
I’m just waiting for it to be over at this point.

Yup. I’m still scared how the outcome will be, but I’m putting it in God’s hands.

Quasiblogo · Sep 12, 2024

Sanders' statement is in itself an attempt to misdirect Independents and the Undecideds. It is a fake assertion. He knows very well that these voting blocs are needed and that attracting them for their centrism is necessary at all costs. So Sanders must say that, knowing full well that Harris is not dropping her leftist values. And "values" do equal "policies". Harris and Sanders form a duo: (1) maintain the myth of the flip (Harris) and (2) add a temporary credence to that myth (Sanders). Two steps backwards to get three steps forward, American Marxism at its most devious.

tonychanyt · Sep 12, 2024

DennisF said:
Elohim in Hebrew is plural and means gods (including Yahweh) yet theologians have a field day with this word, contorting it into a singular noun.

See Is "elohim" singular or plural? and follow up there

tonychanyt · Sep 12, 2024

Ephesians 4:

26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.

Is it OK to resolve your disagreement tomorrow?

Yes, it is time to press the reset button when the sun goes down. Replace anger with peace and get some restful sleep. There are always issues that cannot be resolved in a single day.

Jesus informed us in Matthew 6:

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

How do we get rid of the anger and worries before the night?

1 Peter 5:

7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Let God deal with them. Trust God to handle them for you.

Is it OK to resolve your disagreement tomorrow?

Yes, John 16:

33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

See also BE ANGRY and do not sin.

ArmyMatt · Sep 12, 2024

mikeforjesus said:
But I do wonder for those who want to be orthodox who can be how does one answer the problem with being assured a person is truly received if perhaps the priest who baptised him is not considered legitimate that does not the church teach there is requirements that should be met before being priest for it to be valid that what if he broke it and they still ordained him or he didn’t believe sincerly.

the worthiness of the priest isn’t relevant to the legitimacy of the sacrament, since the sacrament is God working through the priest.

mikeforjesus said:
I am not going to follow orthodox or catholic church because it does not meet people where they are as christ taught He does to the samaritan woman that does not give assurance if person effort is enough to see a priest for him to be saved. That also if one converts to orthodox and catholic church and is baptised and has communion in a prison does not give assurance for how often person must seek communion when he may no be able to in a prison

you really shouldn’t lead with needless digs at us, especially since those digs are just ignorant statements about what we believe.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

RDKirk said:
Well, the AMEC is not "closed communion" in practice (although the Book of Discipline might be read that way).

But there isn't a common relationship between the AMEC and the UMC.

Ah, I understand.

Thanks for the reply.

durangodawood · Sep 12, 2024

Pretty good drawing and a punchy graphic.

I like it.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Good for him!

I don't like IVF, but I don't want Harris in office.

Therefore, I will vote for Trump.

Mark Dohle · Sep 12, 2024

Crying Out to God

Psalm 51 is a powerful prayer of repentance for this stage of the Path. In this prayer, we beg the Lord to have mercy upon
us and to cleanse us from all our sins. We cry out to God to create a clean heart in us, making it whiter than snow.

The Love Crucified Community. The Simple
Path to Union with God (p. 57). Kindle Edition.

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True repentance is based on a deep truth. As I grow in self-knowledge, I become aware of my need for mercy. The need for repentance also becomes obvious. Humility makes me aware of my freedom, that I am not a victim but responsible for my choices. It is the understanding that ‘sin’ is a reality and not some form of neurotic guilt. To admit that one is a sinner is a form of psychic health. So, Psalm 51 when prayed slowly can bring the one praying to a place of being able to admit one’s need for mercy.

Growth in freedom is a slow process. It is in our choices to be truthful with ourselves that allows freedom to grow. Honesty before God is healing for nothing can be hidden from the gaze of our Eternal Father.
This is freeing, not something to be feared.

Mature faith has to be achieved by facing our false images of God which can lead to servile fear. We are not called to that, to fear. In the 1st letter of John, it is stated “Love Cast out fear”. ‘Trust’ is a choice, so fear has to be faced and stepped over. There is some discomfort in this, but it has to be faced if one wants a deep intimate relationship with Christ.Br.MD

My gaze is upon each of you. I see your struggles; I know your trials; I feel
and suffer your sorrows;I collect your tears; I suffer with each of you.
Have perfect faith in the God that loves you… Believe in the power of your hidden ordinary lives
lived through Me,with Me, and in Me, ONE with Me, no longer two. Believe in My crucified love,
in the power of My crucified gaze to penetrate all darkness. My gaze is upon you;
allow Me to heal your wounds and purify all darkness. My desire for you,
My thirst for each of you, is to make you My living icons.
The Love Crucified Community.
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RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

May God bless him and keep him.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

RDKirk said:
See, they said at first that there was a difference between "gender" and "biological ex." Now they're trying to erase even that difference.

Biological Sex is a social construct

I recently tweeted, as an aside, that biological sex is a social construct, and the backlash and attacks were swift, incredulous and heavily reliant upon very basic biology. There is a common perce…

growinguptransgender.com

Ridiculous. These people will make up anything for attention.

Gender is sex, and sex is gender.

Get over it.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

bèlla said:
When I use the term I'm acknowledging a demonic presence or its influence on something that occurred. It is not an exorcism as @RDKirk explained but it is a form of spiritual warfare. In layman's terms I'd liken it to a warning or knock it off statement. In most instances I know the culprit. The spirit is detected through the gift of discerning of spirits. 'You' isn't always generic.

~bella

Thanks for the input.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Interesting, thanks for posting.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

WarriorAngel said:
I saved this.
Because well, tired of the December arguments.

I never heard of a few of these.

I also added this to my bookmarks.

It's always fun to learn and be informed.

God bless

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

God bless him.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Why would any Catholic vote for Harris? That's the real question. She doesn't like us.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Amen. I love my faith and am never ashamed of it.

Glory to God in all things.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Lord have mercy!

How sad.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

I request prayer and offer it up.

I'm actually a little ill right now, but am starting to feel better.

God bless

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Amen.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

Vambram said:
Praise the Lord that Pastor Stonier was used by the Holy Spirit to help the victims there in NYC.

Amen. May God continue to help the victims to heal.

RileyG · Sep 12, 2024

I can't say I'm surprised. Christ warned us this would happen.

Vambram · Sep 12, 2024

Hazelelponi said:
Thank you for sharing this..

You are welcome, my sister. Disciple is my most favorite band that is still making new music. The powerful lyrics of their songs are always a blessing from the Lord.

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