Your story really moved me. I am sorry you was put in this bondage by your own family member. It is very sad. You do though deserve to break free from this bondage Galatians 5:1 and I hope that you can as God is there to release people from bondages as well. We all have our own unique situations though, but I hope life is treating you well today. I have read of people who recovered from Bulimia in their 50's after decades, I wish you well.

The 9/11 devotional is out. It discusses the hard work of the EMTs, first responders and volunteers who saved lives, even if it meant risking their own lives.

Roughly 340+ firefighters lost their lives on 9/11 in an attempt to save as many lives possible (EMS news source):

9/11 Devotional:

Our Lady of China, pray for us.

WarriorAngel said:

The scarier the darkness is, the more you seek the Lord.
Till your absolute faith and love are alllllllllllllll about Him.

Hand it to the Lord, and let Him mold you into His servant.

It's just darkness unless you want only His will.

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Well said.

Vambram said:

I ask my fellow Americans and all of the Christians to never forget what happened on 9/11/2001 and also never forget that "United We Stand, but Divided we shall surely fall."
Let us all remain united together on the ideals that should never divide us.

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Amen

I knew a JW who said they didn’t even believe in God.

Also, we tend to have more Bible readings in mass compared to Protestant services.

phillev said:

Please can you give me some advice.

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Are you going to church?

Along with the continued care of a psychiatrist (not just a psychologist), some churches are better at dealing with mental illnesses than others.

Check out these UK churches,

• Vineyard,
• Assembly of God,
• Foursquare Church

(Links above are locators.)

tonychanyt said:

Divine jealousy was seen as a positive attribute, reflecting God's deep love and commitment for his people against idolatry and unfaithfulness.

Paul wrote about jealousy in a different sense. NLT, 1Co 13:


Human love was sometimes erroneously jealous. It could be a form of envy.

English Standard Version:


God is jealous in a righteous way. Human jealousy is often negative and results from a man's boastfulness and impatience.

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We are created by Him to honour and glorify Him - so naturally we 'belong' to Him; us being unfaithful or disobedient then triggers a jealous reaction from God - similar to what @Ivan Hlavanda described.

NKJV Micah 6:

8b To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

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ESV:

to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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HCSB:

to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

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The Hebrew word is חֵסֵד H2617 hesed. It is used 248 times being applied to men and God. In Micah 6, it is applied to man. Brown-Driver-Briggs offers this range of meanings:

1. kindness of men towards men, in doing favours and benefits
2. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
3. (rarely) affection if Israel to ׳י love to God, piety
4. lovely appearance

According to BDB, both "kindness" and "mercy" were valid meanings. However, "faithfulness" is not mentioned. The emphasis here is not on the faithfulness of man.

The immediate context here is justice to fellow men. Micah is calling the people to love and to show mercy and kindness. Take another step back; the context is appeasing God:

6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?

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Jesus confirmed the comparison of mercy and sacrifice in Matthew 9:

13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'

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I'd say that "mercy" is the best translation for Micah 6:8. It is better than sacrifice.

Chesterton said:

I almost feel like a prophet. I'd recommend you read my early posts here, but you probably won't, so let me try this:

If I can't literally say "I died laughing", can I literally type those words on a keyboard so that they appear on your screen as I literally did in my preceding post?

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Honestly, I'm literally not interested...

petergreenwell said:

Hey there is a compression in the bible called The Rainbow. It's what the Gnostics discovered. Jesus said, "I will reveal things in my parables that have been hidden since the foundations of the world. There were 10 virgins, some were wise and had their own oil....
oil=wisdom
wine=makes you feel good

it's also called true Hebrew--that's what the Gnostics called it. So you can speak 2 languages at the same time. What am I saying here?
Never mix Oil and Wine?

For those who have ears

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petergreenwell said:

Yup, here's another one: Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
By the way, the translation for my phrase above is: Never mix what wisdom with what makes you feel good

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sorry, but I don’t follow what this stuff has to do with this thread. could you clarify?

Here is the video I said I would post.

I believe it can benefit all Christians. I am watching it now.

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So, this is about Israel and Zionism (1890). 12 tribes and Israel are the stars and the women. When she comes out of the wilderness it's 1890. Subtract the 1260 and do the year day principle.
The Jews were sacrificing on the temple mount right up until the Muslim period. It's an exact match.
Merry Christmas

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STAFF EDIT

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The fall of mankind, as related in Genesis, relates to eating a fruit of a tree. It is my understanding that various people, through the years, have instead tried to make this to be about sex. But I see no support of that.

KT

Visibly affected and on the verge of tears, Leyden Rovelo spoke about the suffering of tens of thousands of recently arrived immigrant children in the United States during her talk Sept. 9 at the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador.

Rovelo referenced official reports that indicate that federal agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have failed to account for between 30,000 and 85,000 of these minors.

“They don’t know where our children are,” she said.

The Catholic Church and the migration drama​

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I decided instead I will live only for Jesus to not seem to seem not serious though they ought to take seriously that I will not pursue riches or to work if help is not from christian otherwise to leave business aside if I have to get help from non christian that I will work only for a christian if I need money and only marry a wife if accepting that for christ also supports that not to worry for tommorow. Though a christian may have sinned getting money from help from non christian bible says can accept them and it needed not to happen that I can still get help from christian who did not or get enough money raising it from a job that involves labour where skills are learned in public knowledge even if shared from a non christian but the point is I don't seek favours from them anymore for if they didn't share it a christian would that some knowledge has been discovered by the ancients before christianity and they recorded it but if they didn’t christian would.

Jeremiah 17:5-8
5 Thus says the LORD:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the LORD.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

I think of this as an allegory of God's word. Water being God's Word, and the Wine being the prophecy being fulfilled. ie., 2/3's of the water had turned bitter---wormwood, so no one could drink it. Never look the wine in the glass until it arights itself in the cup, and so on.
It's just another way of looking at it. For those who have ears

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

From the Talmud? Yeshua ben Panthera. It was a Yeshua whose mother was also Miriam but she was unfaithful, hence the name...Ben Stada lived about 70-100 years (in about 100 CE) after Yeshua of Nazarath. Yeshua ben Pandira lived in 80 BCE.

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Thanks!!

The alliance was designed to counter the dollar and level the playing field. They aren't a threat but part of the problem.

In 2001, Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research Division publishes the report, “Build Better Global Economic BRICs,” coining the acronym for the four countries that would reshape the world economy– Brazil, Russia, India and China.

~bella

Welcome Keith!

Materialism develops within man's soul when he constantly fixates upon the splendor of his material possessions. But materialism can only exist in your heart if it has "room to breathe." Otherwise, it suffocates from lack of attention.

Jesus said, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on Earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:16-18).

You see, the more stuff you have, the more time and attention it takes to maintain it. You get to choose who or what is going to fill your soul. If you consider Jesus to be your treasure, your heart will be centered around Him. If, on the other hand, you choose to make material things your treasure, your heart will be primarily focused upon those things.

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hislegacy said:

That explains a lot of the difference we have - Personally, my faith is based solely on the inerrant Word of God. But you know that already.

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I have heard you say it, that is all I know of it.