Prayers for your father and his medical care team.

heirmiles said:

So, I just started studying with a Book called A Divine Tapestry by Ryan M. McGraw. It is a great book summarizing each chapter of the Bible and providing memory verses for each chapter... but,

His opening summation of Genesis is,

"God covenants with fallen human beings, promising to undo the ruin Satan brought on the human race, dividing mankind into the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent."

So is the "seed of the serpent" a category of humans in existence today? Does this reflect upon a certain number of people? Are their minions out for ....

Okay, I'm laughing at myself for suggesting this,

but then, are the non-saved considered the seed of the serpent? Is the author referring to the human race before the flood? Or is this simply a part of being in the state of not being able to justify ourselves before God (aka, depravity)?

Click to expand...

Jesus said to the Jews that opposed Him "you are of your father the devil" but to those who accepted in "My sheep hear My voice".

They were of the same lineage - differing only by their choice to accept or reject Christ.

May God bless them abundantly!

Judy02 said:

Hi everyone

I have a general question about heaven. A few years ago, I had an argument with a family member I care a lot about, where she was really upset with me, and I think she misunderstood one comment I made and my meaning/intention. We mostly sorted everything out between us, but that was one thing I didn't explain fully.

My question is, do you think any misunderstanding about it, from her side, will be made clear and my true intention will be known, so she no longer has any possible hurt feelings about it, when we are in heaven?

Sorry if I am asking what seems like a simple question, but I am struggling a lot with anxiety over it at the moment, so would just appreciate any help from anyone.
Thank you do much

Click to expand...

Heaven will sort out a lot of things 1 Cor 13 now we see in a glass darkly , but then on that future day all things will made clear to us

It's not pretty, but what's going on in Texas is equally blatant.

Demographics aren't in favor of Republicans' donors interests (note my emphasis, the donors, they are the ones really calling the shots), even with their recent electoral victories they have secured. Once the Baby Boomer generation kicks the bucket, things are going to look very different politically, with old alliances not being so dependable (younger generations social conservativism is more of a mood than a coherent ideology, and not as tied to institutional loyalty). Which is why I suspect Republicans are engaged in a desperate effort to lock down solid federal Congressional seats in places like Texas, where they dominate the state legislature. It's a last desperate effort to hold on a little while longer.

I suspect the next Dem president will fix this.

If we are following Jesus Christ with our lives, as Jesus followed God the Father, and as his New Testament apostles followed God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and if our goal is to live for the Lord, to please him in all that we are and say and do, we may find that living like this can be a lonely existence, at times. And we may find ourselves being opposed and rejected and forsaken because we don’t “fit in” with the majority.

For we are not those who have given lip service to the Lord only, believing we are now forgiven of all sins and that heaven is secured for us when we die. We are those who have died with Christ to sin, who are living for the Lord to serve him with our lives, and who are walking in obedience to his commands, in practice, though not necessarily in absolute perfection. For we are still clay in the hands of the Potter being molded into his likeness.

For God’s love for us, and his grace, are what sent Jesus Christ to the cross to die for our sins. And when Jesus died, our sins died with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in surrender to his will and purpose for our lives. And his grace teaches us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s soon return for his bride.

For the eternal comfort and good hope by grace, given to us by God, are based in the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, taught in their correct biblical context. And they all taught faith in Jesus Christ and salvation from sin and eternal life with God as coming from God, and not from ourselves, and as resulting in us dying to sin, not just once, but daily, and us walking in fellowship with our Lord in walks of obedience to him.

And this is where we find comfort and strength, in faith in Jesus Christ, and in the truth of the gospel, in death to sin, and in living for God to do his will. We find comfort and strength in knowing that we are living for the Lord, according to his will and purpose for our lives, and that we are being led by the Spirit in every good work and word which God has for us to do and to speak for his glory and honor, even when we face much opposition.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; 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 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,
Bringing my requests to You.
May I listen; hear You speaking.
May I follow You in truth.
Gently lead me in Your service.
Guide my steps and strengthen me.
Fill me with Your love and mercy.
May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,
Telling others of Your grace.
May I always share the gospel
With those I meet face to face.
May I show the love of Jesus,
Caring for the needs of men;
Be Your servant witness always
For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,
Living for Him ev’ry day.
May I obey all His teachings
Given me, so I’ll not stray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.
You are the King of my heart;
Follow You where’er You lead me;
Not from You depart!

Login to view embedded media
In Every Good Work and Word
An Original Work / August 8, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Like others said, I'd encourage you to lean on Jesus through praying, perhaps find a good pastor who can pray with you. Your wife may be hurting, and lost trust, which may take time to rebuild, but don't be afraid, it's not your job to change her; it's the Holy Spirit, but she needs to see if you're serious about wanting to save this marriage, and I believe you do. As I've been through a similar situation before, I know it feels like you're alone, but you are not. In Psalm 34:18 "The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.".

How many peace agreements is that for Trump?

I was very surprised at the "ambivalent" claim. But perhaps when this was happening, Jesus was still working on them, fixing their false beliefs.

I used to believe that it was wrong for women to preach and teach the Bible because I thought that was what the Bible said. I had to have a very dramatic and confusing experience involving a false teacher to be corrected of my beliefs.

It's been a very long time since I used email to write to friends.

I don't think there's any kind of special trick to email and digitally write to friends...at least I don't think so. Maybe there's something I haven't thought of.

Montana bar shooting suspect taken into custody week after killing 4: Sheriff​

No real details, but he's been apprehended.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned on Tuesday that Israel is losing support within the Republican Party and America in general, and blamed this trend on poor messaging from officials within Netanyahu’s government.

“The Democratic Party hasn’t been with us for some time,” he said. “We’re also losing the Republican Party, whose support for Israel could once be counted on.”

“Even those who have been our friends are having a hard time defending the State of Israel,” Bennett wrote, adding that many Americans are increasingly seeing Israel “as a liability and burden.”

Continued below.

As a veteran international religious freedom advocate who is no stranger to the halls of Capitol Hill, Chelsea Sobolik says she didn't know as much as she thinks she should have about Armenia's historic Christian roots before attending a fact-finding trip to the Caucasus country earlier this month.

Sobolik, the director of government relations with the Evangelical humanitarian organization World Relief, who previously worked for the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, joined a delegation of Christian leaders and scholars from the United States who met with some of the over 120,000 Armenians forcibly displaced from their ancestral homeland of Artsakh (known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh) nearly two years ago.

Continued below.

Praying to God that he heals you from your trauma and make a full recovery.

My prayers go out this young male.

I think this is good also. I don't think anyone should be able to change their sex at all, but since we live in a world where we are allowed to do anything.. i think it should be until their an adult.

Supposedly there's a lot of this is the gay community but i havent seen it for myself. I don't know how true that is, but hopefully these men heal from this.

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

Yes there is a ton of evidence. Hamas themselves have said as much. There is a viral video of Hamas militants in tunnels eating stolen food.

Click to expand...

The types of food seen in that video are not what's being brought into Gaza. Nonperishable items like flour, rice, sugar, oil, and some ready-to-eat meals are what's on the aid trucks. The food in that video wasn't stolen from trucks entering Gaza.


The IDF Arabic spokesperson unveiled dramatic video evidence Wednesday documenting Hamas terrorists' comfortable underground life, showing fighters enjoying fresh bananas, dates, and meat in tunnel complexes while their organization publicly accuses Israel of creating starvation conditions for Gaza residents.

Col. Avichay Adraee emphasized that "while the organization's senior officials accuse Israel of fabricating 'starvation' claims, these videos reveal their terrorists proudly displaying their tunnel meals. It must be noted that the food shown in these videos did not arrive through humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip."

ralliann said:

Because they are in a war zone... because Hamas wont give up. If they Choose to stay, they are choosing whatever may happen. I don't understand this??? There are still hostages they are imprisoning, and starving.

Click to expand...

I cannot speak for them. My best suggestion is to look up what Father Gabriel Romanelli has stated about the subject as well as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. I’m sorry I could not be of more help but I think it’s best to go to the sources that can speak for the Holy Family Parish.

God bless him

essentialsaltes said:

Because they are Cabinet members, they don't need to bribe anybody to influence government policy in their favor.

Click to expand...

I was thinking more of them as competitors in the "bribe receiving game".

Akita Suggagaki said:

Soon the will be fired or resign and then write a book about her dismal experience.

Click to expand...

That's the way these things normally play out.

"It the cover-up that always get you." - Richard Nixon

Please pray that God will let me feel better mind and body. Please pray for healing today if it is God's will. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

FireDragon76 said:

Just a heads up... but I quietly started attending Episcopal churches in the area. The heat around opposition to LGBT issues is dying down in the diocese, as the memory of the early 2000's General Convention fades and organizations like the ACNA and GAFCON lose salience. They still aren't onboard with ordaining gay priests, but there are more people now attending who are openly gay. I suspect the marginal attitude has shifted towards a quiet acceptance. Not to say there are no holdouts with firmer opposition, but it sees to be mostly in the hands of a few. And that's good enough for me.

My experience in the UCC has been that people are sincere, but that's not good enough in today's environment. The Puritan ethos that made that kind of Protestantism work is increasingly broken in a media-saturated, hyper-capitalist society.

I'm still attending coffee hour to get a sense of fellowship, and I volunteer at the food pantry and thrift store, but I am increasingly feeling like the worship isn't good for the fragile state I realize I am in. I don't need a church that reflects a certain kind of discourse rooted primarily in saturating Christianity with quasi-political slogans or poorly written but "acceptable" language. I need more grounded faith than that.

Click to expand...

Hi there! I hope you are doing well!

Peace