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What do you think our prayers should contain?

When do you pray your main or only prayer for the day?

  • When you wake up

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Just before bed time

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Other times?

    Votes: 4 50.0%
  • More than once a day

    Votes: 3 37.5%

From what I've seen many have problems with prayer. I for one have a big problem with repetition. My prayers are always the same and i feel guilty. So I'll start:
Praises to God.
Prayers and blessings for family, friends, neighbors and enemies. Government, country, emergency people, vets.those in need current problems and needs, sigh.......

The Gospel & the Church

The Church and Body of Christ is the most important entity to God, for it is the reason for Him creating all things (even angels - Heb 1:14; 1Pe 1:12), and is the sole being created after Himself!
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The Gospel & the Church


I think it is of greatest importance to hold to the truth committed to the Church, as Paul exhorts Timothy, “Thou hast fully known my doctrine”—the Gospel and the Church.

The Gospel comprises all Christ has done for us; the Church, He has made us for Himself. It you do not know the first, you cannot be in the truth of the second. Even in John you get the Gospel, I may say, from chapter 3 to nearly the end of chapter 10.

From chapter 13 to 17 you are taught His grace in fitting you for Himself during His absence. I do not see that anyone could enter into chapter 13 but a lover of Christ. He is gone away; do you miss Him? Do you desire to have fellowship with Him where He is? Do you seek to be for Him here?

You will derive much help from studying John’s Gospel. I feel that some are painfully dark as to the Church, His Body—what it is to Christ; and also as to the judgment of the sinner (FYI, Scripture never refers to the believer as a sinner; only those who sin intentionally and on purpose are yet to be reborn—NC). You would hardly think that these two apparently different subjects could be so intimately connected.

The Body of Christ is His complement, derived from Himself. We are members of His Body. You do not understand the mystery—the Church which is His Body—if you do not see that “As is the heavenly [Man], such are they that are heavenly” (1Co 15:48).

You must apprehend the Second Man (by always being open to the Spirit’s guidance—NC), but you cannot do so, unless you see that the first man has been totally removed judicially (Ro 8:9—NC)—that is, in the Cross of Christ (“I am crucified with Christ . . . Christ lives in me” - Gal 2:20; He lives His own Life in me while in heaven via the Spirit—NC). The present judgment on every sinner (every unconverted soul) is death (which we need not to contemplate—NC)—there is the weight of death on him, which cannot be removed but by death (spiritual death—NC). So if he dies before he is relieved (ransomed), he is eternally lost.

Now our blessed Lord judicially ended the first Adam in the Cross (1Co 15:22), and He so glorified God under the judgement, that He was raised from the dead (the Father’s promised part of resurrection in the “Covenant of Redemption” which is between Them and not the believer—NC) by the glory of the Father. In Him the first man under judgement (our old man—NC) has been historically ended; and Christ has risen from the dead as the Last Adam (we left the Cross with Him, but the old man is still restrained and alive on it - “is crucified” - Rom 6:6 KJV—NC).

If you do not see the old Adamic man crucified (our old man or sin nature—NC), you cannot be fully relieved of the weight that is on you, and you do not fully enjoy the Gospel (because at times you still feel guilty when you’re not -1Jo 1:9—NC); you have not travelled in faith through the Red Sea to the other side, literally, through your death in Christ into the bright day of the resurrection and ascension.

If you have not come to the position of unspeakable joy (1Pe 1:8—NC), where you are in the favor of the Father (Jhn 16:27—NC), you are not able or ready to accept that you are a member of Christ’s Body—“all of one” (1Pe 3:8). That He has fully cleared you of all that lays upon you (Heb 12:1), and set you in the presence of the Father to His infinite satisfaction, is the Gospel; and that you are a member of the Body of Him who has effected all this for you is the “mystery of the Gospel” (Eph 6:19)—the Church (Col 1:18).


—James Butler Stoney (1814-1897)




MJS daily devotional excerpt for June 14

“The one purpose which our Father has in view, in all His ways, is to conform us to the image of His Son (by “working” in us – Phl 2:13—NC). This may explain our perplexities as to the past; it will govern our behavior in the present; it is to be our guidance in the future. The chief concern of our Lord is not to instruct us about a multitude of details, not to explain to us the reason for the trials which we are called to pass through. He is working out everything to serve His supreme purpose in displaying the character of His Son in His redeemed ones.”

The Trillionaire Conspiracy

It was a day like any other, it didn't matter if there was a republican or democrat in the white house; The same patterns emerged, the same behavior followed, and the side not elected made the same accusations.

It was an unexpected event. By the end of the day all of the democrats, all of the republicans, their staff, their families, any body doubles were all dead by assassination: Killed all at the same time.

There was no time to notice, hide, or defend one's self. There was no way to warn anyone since all of them were killed at the same time. A hefty sum must have been responsible, but this was not the end of the story.

Days passed and journalists and news reporters started turning up dead, the common denominator for the crimes was not apparent until one full week after the initial attacks.

On all news channels someone wearing a mask announced that democrats and republicans never existed, and any assertions to the contrary is fake news. All people saying such things will be put to death.

Some rich person got really irritated at the vicious political back and forth, and this happened.

Later on someone estimated what it would cost to pay for all of the assassins, mercenaries, hijacking the media, and bribes. This series of events was then referred to as the trillionaire conspiracy.

Sleepless night again, Tinnitus (sound in head) and pain

I have been here several times and your prayers have comforted me. I am here again because I am not able to sleep because of the tinnitus (sound in my head) invading my life. It is not always intense enough to interrupt my sleep. It's back now. Your prayers have reduced the number of times I have a hard time resting. Tonight is another time I request prayer from my brothers and sisters for this restless night.
As I said before, my body has several issues: pain, knee arthritis, and other issues from a neck injury leading to a fusion and finally from Type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease caused by "agent orange" exposure In Vietnam. My body has a hard time without your prayers.
As the Church I appreciate the love you all have shown in reading and responding to my troubles. I understand when we are in the world we will have these kind of troubles.. I thank my God He has given the ability of prayer to address these issues.
I pray for my brothers and sisters that have the same difficult walk in life.

What do you all think about this paper/article?

What do you all think about this paper/article?


Here is an opening summary about and from the paper/article:

This article proposes a revision of the most likely date of Noah’s Flood from ca. 2900 to 5700 BC. A date around 2900 BC cannot be reconciled with the Genesis text as an eyewitness account of a real flood that devastated the Mesopotamian plain, killing all of its known inhabitants except those on the Ark. On the other hand, a devastating flood at 5700 BC could have had this effect, and is much more consistent with geological evidence for the date of severe flooding episodes in the ancient Middle East. In this article, a Neolithic date for the Flood is examined in the light of ancient literary accounts and geological evidence, and the implications for the construction of the Ark and for the origins of Sumerian religion are briefly examined.

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Is it appropriate for a pastor/priest to give in to the pronoun culture?

Unfortunately, I had to unfollow a pastor on youtube for giving into the pronoun culture. Before preaching he announced his pronouns... which I found to be odd considering his position... What was the pastor trying to tell me when he told me his pronouns in his video? What kind of message was he trying to tell me when I simply clicked on his video to learn more about Jesus?

We are Called to Suffer

Luke 12:49-53 ESV

Jesus speaking:

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Parallel Scripture Passage:

But Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” Matthew 10:34-38 ESV

Jesus Christ came into this world with the primary purpose to be crucified on a cross for our sins. For in his death, he who knew no sin became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God. He died on that cross that we might die with him to sin and live to his righteousness. He died and was raised from the dead in order that we might have life in him via genuine God-given faith in him. And by faith we are then crucified with him in death to sin, and we are raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness.

[2 Corinthians 5:15,21; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 6:1-23; Ephesians 4:17-24]

Therefore, when we believe in Jesus with God-given faith in him, and we die with him to sin so we might live to his righteousness, and now our lives are surrendered to him to do his will, our lives are no longer like they were before. We should be changed from inside out. The old “us” should now be dead and buried with Christ, and the “us” that now exists should be the “us” who were raised with Christ to now walk in holiness and righteousness and in obedience to our Lord, and no longer as slaves to sin.

So, what happens in our lives when we make that transition from death to life? And I am not talking here about those who merely gave lip service to the Lord but who never died to their old lives, for they are still living in sin, still doing the evil that they did before they professed faith in Jesus. I am speaking here of those who had a heart transformation of the Spirit of God out of their lives of sin to now walking in obedience to the Lord in living holy and godly lives. How do some people who knew them react to them?

I can tell you from experience that not everyone is going to leap for joy because we surrendered our lives to Christ and because we are now following him with our lives, especially if we are very serious about our walks of faith and living for the Lord and not for self. Not even many who profess faith in Jesus Christ will be excited over the change that has taken place in our hearts and lives. Why? Usually it is because they are not living for the Lord, and many know they should be, and so we are an offense to them.

And that is what Jesus is talking about here. For if our lives are truly committed to Christ, to doing his will, and to sharing the truth of the gospel, and not this altered half-truth gospel which is permeating the church today, we are going to be an offense to the ungodly, which includes those who have made false confessions of faith in Jesus Christ but who are still walking in sin. And many of them will feel uncomfortable being around us, and some of them will make their displeasure known to us in various ways.

And this includes family members, as Jesus indicated here. For they were used to us being one way, and now we are a different way, and that is hard for them to accept. And this isn’t just about a transition from being unsaved to saved, but this includes any transition in our lives where we become less and less like the world and where we become more and more like Jesus in attitude, in character, in speech, and in actions. Many of them will not be comfortable with that change in our lives, and they may reject us.

And some of them may go beyond just rejecting us to fighting against us. And I am not talking here just about our blood relatives, but the family of God, too, i.e. many who profess faith in Jesus Christ. And the more serious we get about the Lord and our walks of faith the less friends we will have and the less support we will have from others. And even pastors of what are called “churches” may mistreat us and misjudge us based on worldly standards and a worldly way of thinking, or even by themselves.

But if you are living a socially acceptable “Christian” life, you are most likely not going to face this, unless it is for another reason. And many professing Christians today, at least here in America, have become so worldly, because the gatherings of what is called “church” have become so worldly, and because the gospel is being altered to be more worldly, and because the character of God/Christ is being altered to make God more like us and to make the Lord and his gospel more acceptable to human flesh.

Therefore, if you really take God and his Word seriously, and if you are walking in faithful obedience to the Lord, and not in sin, expect to be rejected, ostracized, ridiculed, thought crazy, and treated as though you are the enemy, although you are not doing wrong. Expect to have those you love turn against you and mistreat you and sin against you. For this is the life we are promised if we follow Jesus. But we are also promised peace, joy, love, purpose, value, comfort, and healing by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

And then we need to know this here. If we choose to be accepted by other people, either in our families, or in the gatherings of the church, and so we compromise what we know is the truth, and so we do less than we know is required of us, for we don’t want to be hated and rejected, our Lord says that if we love them more, if we prefer them over him, we are not worthy (fitting, acceptable, proper, and suitable to him). And if we do not die daily to sin and obey his commands, we are not worthy of him.

So, we can either meet the approval of God or we can meet the approval of other humans, or in some cases we will have both, for others who are also choosing God over everyone and everything else will approve us and our walks of faith. But they may be few in number. So also be prepared to stand alone in case that is where God has you to where you don’t have the support of others who call themselves followers of Christ. But it is such a blessing when we do have that support and encouragement, isn’t it?

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897


Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Pray for my dads surgery to go well and for good results

My father has to get a prostate biopsy, he is kinda worried about the after effects and the potential of having prostrate cancer. Please pray that the surgery goes well for him, he recovers quickly and that he is not Ill, amen

My first boyfriend

Backstory I am 30 years old and recently have a my first boyfriend. I am a serious Christian and was saved when I was 12. Over the years I've struggled with being single and feeling extremely lonely and unwanted by guys. Now I finally have a boyfriend and I feel like the Lord might be trying to tell me to break it off. This person is so shy and caring towards me. But the thing is I don't think he's a real Christian. He doesn't go to church nor talks about the Lord. We just started dating so I don't know if it's too soon to break up. What should I say/do? I don't want him to become resentful towards God because I broke up with him

Meditate

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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Joshua 1:8
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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Psalm 119:15
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
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Psalm 104:34
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
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Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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Psalm 119:97
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
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Psalm 1:2
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Psalm 143:5
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
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Psalm 63:6
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
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Psalm 49:3
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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Psalm 77:12
12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
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Psalm 119:148
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
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Isaiah 26:3
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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Psalm 119:11
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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Proverbs 4:20-22
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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Matthew 6:6
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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Psalm 1:1-6
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Psalm 119:97-99
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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Genesis 24:63
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
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Psalm 119:78
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
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Psalm 145:5
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
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Romans 12:2
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Psalm 119:99
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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Psalm 119:48
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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Transgender nudity at White House "Pride" event sparks backlash

This was only up for a few hours before MSN took it down. Fortunately, I still had the window up, so I copied, cut, and pasted it here for your perusal.

Biden has utterly abdicated any remaining moral stability he might have had. Absolutely disgusting. :mad:

‘Nation in decline’: Nudity at White House Pride event sparks hysterical fears
Story by David Covucci

Sixteen Hundred Pennsylvania or Sodom and Gomorrah?

That is the question our nation's leading conservatives are asking themselves after President Joe Biden hosted a Pride event at the White House.

During the event, the White House hung a Pride flag from the columns of its rear portico, which prompted bizarre outrage from some in the far-right who believed it was an act of treason and an insult to the nation's armed forces. Pride events have become a flashpoint in the right-wing's anti-LGTBQ movement, as Republicans have sought to demonize the movement.

"The ideological coup is complete," wrote Ben Shapiro.

However, that concern was soon eclipsed after a video went viral of an attendee flashing went viral.

"Nation in Decline," wrote one prominent right-wing influencer.

The video comes from trans TikToker @rosemontoya, who filmed herself meeting President Joe Biden, and held her hands over her breasts while a voiceover asked "Are we topless at the White House?"

Some people photoshopped Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris into the image.

Others referenced the biblical destruction of the towns in ancient times that has become synonymous with sin and excess.

"Sodom and Gomorrah," they wrote.

"I thought this had to be fake. It was just too [degenerate] even for Biden Whitehouse… but nope… this is where we’re at… disgraceful," wrote one.

In a TikTok, Montoya responded to the backlash, noting that it's legal to go topless in D.C. (while nudity is allowed in D.C. and on federal land, it's unclear if there are regulations unique to the White House) and that they "fully support the free the nipple movement."

Montoya noted there would not be as much outcry if she identified, as she previously did, as a man.

"All you are doing is that you are affirming I'm a woman," she said.

Montoya said that she was inspired by her trans masculine friends showing off their mastectomy scars and wanted to join in their joy.

"I had no intention to be vulgar or profane in any way. I was simply living in joy."

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God said: Remember the Sabbath day (Ex 20:8) - but from which past event?

In Ex 20:8 God said "REMEMBER the Sabbath day to keep it holy"
The "Sabbath Commandment" in Ex 20:8-11 is not the "making" of it - rather it is the call to REMEMBER it.. So it was made BEFORE that.

Jesus says the Sabbath was MADE for "mankind". Mark 2:27 "the Sabbath was MADE for MANKIND"

The Sabbath commandment is part of the TEN Commandments which Deut 5:22 says that God spoke "the Ten Commandments to the people... and He added no more" (Only the TEN were spoken directly to the people)

So this is the only set of commandments spoken directly by God to the people from the mountain , written on stone and kept inside the ark. (not that the TEN are the only commandments in the moral law of God - of course)

But "Remember" the Sabbath - from WHAT past event?

If it is FROM - Gen 2:1-3 when both mankind and Sabbath were made - then it is FOR mankind and was established as such in Gen 2 even before sin.

So then:

Is it from the Ex 16 event?
In Ex 16 God said this -
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord: (KJV)
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

OR is it from the Gen 2 event?
In Gen 2:1-3 God said this
Gen 2:
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

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QUESTION: ??So in Ex 20:8 when God said "REMEMBER the Sabbath" - which event is He primarily wanting them to REMEMBER?

Does God tell us which event is the focus to be remembered IN THE ACTUAL Commandment - of those two past events?

Ex 20:8-11
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 For six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your cattle, or your resident who stays with you. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and everything that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; for that reason the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. ("Sanctified" it)

hmm vs 11 of Ex 20 points us not to the Ex 16 past event... but rather to the Gen 2:1-3 past event
as we can see in its quote of Gen 2.

That answers the question "remember the Sabbath -- from what past event?" IN the actual commandment.


The focus in the Sabbath commandment is not on the manna event of Ex 16... it is on the "making of mankind and of the seventh-day as a sanctified holy day" in Gen 2:1-3.

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Question -- does Christ ALSO link the making of the Sabbath with the making of mankind (Gen 2) - and show the relationship that they have two each other?


Mark 2:27 "The Sabbath was MADE for man (mankind) and not man (mankind) MADE for the Sabbath" - as Christ said. Where once again we see the "making" of the Sabbath and the "making" of mankind associated together. -- just as we do in Gen 2. No wonder the Sabbath commandment itself point to that Gen 2 "making" event.

BTW in Matt 4 Jesus points back to the book of Deuteronomy saying "MAN shall not live by bread alone - but by every word that comes from the mouth of God". Once again that same term for MAN - is - MANKIND.

Is 66:23 "from Sabbath to Sabbath shall ALL MANKIND come before Me to worship"

Our Commander in Chief celebrates his hero's


The president called the LGBT community “the bravest and most inspiring" people he's ever met, acclaiming them as an example for the entire world

Then chooses to celebrate them for a month.


Yet on June 6 -our Commander in Chief is completely silent until 8:45pm and they get a tweet for their sacrifice.


President Biden late Monday issued a statement on the 78th anniversary of D-Day, after failing to mention the historic day in any of his earlier remarks. His tweet is timestamped at 8:45 p.m. ET, by which time it was the early morning of June 7 in Normandy, France.​

The MOST important issue we Must discuss as Christian’s , but there is no forum for it!

I have a post I would like to write but I cant find a forum for it.

It is pan denominational.

As we speak, congregations are falling, many rely only on ageing populations .
Some - once mighty- denominations are current attrition rate, destined to disappear In a decade.

Christianity is no longer appealing to the young.
How can we get them back?

They are fed a diet of scientism and the shrinking God of the gaps falasy.

Whilst it is patchy , in Portugal it is far better than U.K., the trend is clear, and it is time we fought back .

I have some thoughts on several points we must address,
Part of the problem is all of Us. What we do against what we should do!
Part of the problem is peer pressure , some kids are ridiculed for confirmation!
Part of the problem is the dishonesty in presentation of what science knows or can know.
We have a media controlled by atheists deternined to misrepresent Us, treating Christian’s as weak in the head,

They create all sorts of false tropes like “religion is responsible for all wars and deaths”. ignoring communist China, Russia and Cambodia!

So call the forum what you will, but it is a cross denominational discussion of


”fighting back for the hearts of the young.”
The problem. Experience. Solutions . Ideas.

I literally cannot find a forum for it but it is surely one of the most important Subjects of all.

if it’s created I’ll write the first post.

All ideas welcome.
Christian only.

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Biden celebrates "Bravest, most inspiring people I've ever known"


The president called the LGBT community “the bravest and most inspiring" people he's ever met, acclaiming them as an example for the entire world​

Then chooses to celebrate them for a month.


Yet on June 6 -our Commander in Chief is completely silent until 8:45pm and they get a tweet for their sacrifice.


President Biden late Monday issued a statement on the 78th anniversary of D-Day, after failing to mention the historic day in any of his earlier remarks. His tweet is timestamped at 8:45 p.m. ET, by which time it was the early morning of June 7 in Normandy, France.​

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What is one thing Yeshua can do that no one else can?

What is one thing Yeshua can do that no one else can?

Miracles?
John 14:12
12“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Walk on water?
Matthew 14:29
29So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.

Raise the dead?
Acts 20:9-10
9And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. 10But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, “Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.”

Sit on the throne?
Revelation 3:21
21To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Judge?
1 Corinthians 6:2
2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Forgive sins?
John 20:23
23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Be an heir of God?
Romans 8:17
17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

I am a leader in how to be a good person and bettering oneself, Hello!

Hello, I can't share my name due to some interesting reasons but I am a christian and was LDS a year ago. No longer lds but I am not in any denomination at this point. I am a republican and I believe in many things that other christians don't but I am not a supporter of evil and bad things.

I do want to share something about me that is kind of basic before I get into a good post about life. I am a woman I am 30 and I am a good person. I don't go around thinking "I am christian to be better than others." or even "I do things the way I do to one up someone else!" This thinking is not what I do to become a better person or good or go to church or whatever else. I don't do that. I am spiritually minded, I think of God all the time and I am goal and dream oriented. I love being able to accomplish dreams and goals and be a big thinker. I am hoping one day to be a pastor of sorts.

I am also hoping to make new ideas, new businesses, new books, and new inventions of some sort. I love creating ideas in general but making money off of them sounds fine too. I do like the idea of creating movements with people like movements to create a better society and people doing good. I know that I am nobody at this point but I am very sure I can do anything. I do not have a business at this point due to disability and this disability will be healed soon.

I am going to share some likes and dislikes and I'll try to engage in this post too so that people feel like I talked to them.

I am an INFJ. I love being INFJ and no I'm not mistyped. I'm not INFP for sure I have way too much introverted intuition to have INFP as my result. I am rare I guess but I wonder sometimes because so many claim to be INFJ at this point. I love MBTI and learning psychology. I love learning in general. I love spiritual natured topics all day long and I do care about sports too a lot. I am an artist and also a smart person in life. I love playing tennis and have a goal to get to at least a college level skill. I won't play in college but 5.0 and 5.5 are college level usually.

I am very interested in Christainity because I have seen God. If you hate that idea somehow please let me know if I can't share that I met God on this forum. I have such different opinions because of it that people sometimes can't handle ideas for some reason or another. But opinions are just that, opinions.

Anyway, most people would claim I am quiet, sensitive, and kind. But I am also considered strong by many.

Other people comment about me being "Super helpful with service" and "Super cute about being a good person." and some people claim even "you're spiritual actually interesting." And then other comments are good too but one negative one is "you're too quiet." and this is true.

I am a leader in teaching people how to be better as a person. I am good and I teach others how to be good too. I am just starting my mission in life and this is it. However, I can't explain exactly what I do.

I do around and help people all day long sometimes, but I have the time to do it because I have no work right now due to disability. So I am coming here to help give good advice and good ideas to people. I am here to support and to help. I also want to give value to people so that it sounds like I tried to help them truly.

I don't know how to create a business at this point or I would have had one by now and made a few million off of it. I am still disabled too much however to remember enough that I can't do it at this point.

I have earned very few awards but I do know I'll be in Heaven because God told me.

I have this award which is an accomplishment in itself. I was in a music video with a singer that is popular and they sung the song "a million dreams" and I am singing with a choir in the background and they used our voices for the song. It was incredible and millions of people watched it. I am proud to say that I followed the spirit on when to take choir class and this happened because of it.

I do not have much to say about my finances at this point but I am poor however, one day when I get money which will be sooner rather than later, I will help many people have food, clothing and water. I will help people with their hunger and housing and food. I will make a charity even just to help people in Africa truly get everything they need. I cannot stand that we still have starvation in this world despite all of the money everyone has. I have a friend and I earned up with my part time job 500 dollars for him to have a house in south africa. He bought the house and he now lives rent free and I help him with money that I earn from cleaning at home. I have to help him. He will die if I do not. So I am helping this person. My friend goes so long without food usually that he is suicidal and cannot handle it anylonger. I told him stop thinking about it because forever from now on you will have food. I have been helping this person for a while now. But we are working on getting him here in America eventually to work and be able to provide for his family and friends and he even wants to help his neighborhood with his money. I said "perfect, I want to help you and your neighborhood too." This is so important to me that I would do much to help him.

I also am service oriented one area that many might not agree with was something called baptisms for the dead. I don't believe in it anylonger and not because of the bible but because there is no power in priesthood at this point. Move a mountain I dare you. I don't think you can. God has power but people do not. Anyway, I went to save people from Hell everyday. Most people in the LDS church never go to the temple because of laziness and lack of passion for being good in certain areas, but most people also don't care. I said to myself "I wonder how to help people more" and this idea popped into my head from God and I said "ok I'll do it." So I went to the temple everyday for years and years and years. Most who go in general are once a week to once a month but I went everyday alone and said "I will help MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GET OUT OF HELL." This is what baptisms do in our church. It's not evil sounding right? Anyway, I was able to baptize thousands upon thousands of people and I got it done in a few years. I was ready to do it for the rest of my life until I died. I am very very valiant about this area. Even though it was not really helping, God said to do it so that I would love service in the end. I want to serve daily and so I will share things on here as much as I can, in the end I might have to stop because I am busy but i am helping others in other areas.

I will say this, I am not great at certain things like making money, having a job, having friends, and having family that loves me. This is not my fault however, because I am a good person and these people who do not like me are not my fault. I go around lonely and alone a lot but I learned to be happy by myself all day long even when it's been 10 years since I had friends. I even take myself out to dinner by myself all the time sometimes. I don't even care at this point and it's nice to get out. I do talk to people, I converse, I say "hello nice to meet you" and I do say things ok? But my problem lies in the fact the devil hates me and cursed me. But that's another story. Most people are more successful than me because of the Devil cursing my life. It's truly a curse when you say "hello, how are you?" "good you?" and then they never ask you more. This is my life. I am not ugly or hideous and people avoid me for some reason because of it. I am just normal but I do have curses about people. However, they are leaving because God is blessing me and I did nothing different.

Those are my qualities that are bad right now. However, it's easy to get them if I don't have a curse.

I learn by the spirit, I learn from experts what to do to be smart with life, even finances I know about but that area is not due to curses it's due to disability. I cannot remember anything in general with making a business even when I try very hard to remember. I can't even remember how to use a cash register and I cannot push carts at this point because my body will break down too fast and I'll have ligament and muscle tears after a while. Even 3 hours of it. So it's impossible at this point to do any work. So my work will be helping everyone here and in other areas of my life.


I am a leader however despite all of the sad and bad things I have in life. They will go away soon, don't worry about it. You can be a leader even if you have problems in life. I am a leader. I can help you improve your life if you need and help you truly be good as a person too. I am helpful in this way.

Thank you for reading.

I will end this now.

What happened when this Protestant minister tried to preach on the 6th Chapter of John...

As a Presbyterian minister, Dean Waldt was committed to teaching the Scriptures. But when leading an adult Sunday school class on John 6, Dean came to a crossroads; it seemed clear that what Jesus was saying about Himself lined up much more with Catholic teaching on Holy Communion than it did with his Presbyterian understanding of the Lord’s Supper.

Video below. A little over 6 minutes.

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