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Recent content by climbinout

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    Again.

    Hello Faithful follower, Thank you for your kind words. I will count on your prayer. :)
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    Again.

    I am suffering from unquenchable homosexual lust. It is loud and difficult to ignore. I know i am weak. I also know i will never confide in anyone i know. I am at a loss at how to deal with this stuff
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    Begging for prayers

    Hello Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am in desperate need of prayers for my brother who is in the pit of despair and depression over the very real possibility of going to jail. He is divorced with grown children, moved out, and a professional practice about to close. He is in huge debt...
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    Prayer request

    Hello, I'm not sure if this is where i should be posting this, (if not please direct me to a more suitable place) but i am in desperate need of prayer intercession. My brother is going through some extreme despair over the probability of going to the county jail for deliquent debts and money...
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    Husbands: Gift from Male Co-Worker Inappropriate?

    To put it another way: I have never given a gift to an attractive woman that i secretly (or openly) did not wish to get one in return...yes, sad but true.
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    Tuffguy and purplecloth, You don't know the mrs. If i leave and say I'll be back, she will not budge in her emotional stance and demands. She may even lock me out. I do leave and I am the one who resigns and is ready to move on...she never is. She will hold out till she gets the prized...
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    Thank you. I will check out the book. God bless you!
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    HB, Thank you for the encouraging and compassionate words... I am and will be continually giving this to Him. I can't do it. You are right, He can do it. I need to work on dealing with my emotional starvation, which is do-able, thank God. Thank you!!!
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    I am seeking some counceling and affirmative emotional therapy stuff. I think my definciencies in the emotion area makes small things feel very very big. Thank you.
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    Everything you said has helped. I do need to stay with the feeling and give it to God. i have been running away from the anger and hatred and supressing it. Thank you for your words.
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    Husbands: Gift from Male Co-Worker Inappropriate?

    Hi, I my male opinion: yes i believe it's not a good idea. I know there are some sincere good men out there but even so it is a bit inappropriate to give a random gift to a married woman. There is usually if not always something behind the gift.
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    I feel betrayed and afraid

    Hello, I have been somewhat depressed over many things in my life these last few monthes and my wife has been incredibly uncaring. She has started huge painful fights over tiny tiny things and although this is not new it has brought me to a place where i cant hide my frustration/disdain for...
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    Finding a Spiritual Director

    Hello, I am Catholic but thinking of converting to Orthodoxy. I need a director as i am too self-willed to go it alone. How can one find a Spiritual Father? Is an online relationship alright if nothing else is available? I have been praying for a Spiritual Father for a long time and think...
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    How do you deal with ....

    I tend to run over the neighbors cat or or go and switch license plates on neighborhood cars at night. It lets off a lot of steam and i feel like the whole day wasn't in vain... No. Seriously, I get a movie i'm sure will be funny and have a small glass of wine and enjoy it with my wife who is...
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    Isaac the Syrian

    Hello OOs, I am wondering how Isaac of Syria is thought of in the Oriental Orthodox Church. Is he Nestorian? Is he a saint? Personally I find him refreshing and wise. Thank you.