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Recent content by lakic

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    Does OCD make faith of no effect?

    NOOOOO! What a terrible thing to say. OCD has been paralyzing my christian "growth" ever since. How can this be from God? It's only negative. This is insanity. Never would I say that this is from God or has a purpose. It has no purpose it destroys faith. How is anyone supposed to be helped by...
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    Does OCD make faith of no effect?

    This is all nice and good but doesnt help me. I have been sick for years with many different diseases. My health only gets worse. I have so many problems and sorrows. It's too much to cope with. I'm also terribly depressed and hopeless. How does all this help me? Shall I imagine that it's...
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    The problem is that people who already struggle with fear and doubts this whole stuff only makes it worse. For example when I am sick and then feel like if I mess it up and doubt then God wont heal me then this creates so much pressure. I wonder can nobody here understand this? I feel like the...
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    Does OCD make faith of no effect?

    Hello, I dont know how a chaplain could help me. I have talked to so many about ocd over the years. There simply are no solutions. I mean the bible requires faith and doubting is not allowed. There's no way around that. I don't even know what faith feels like. I cant even tell when I have faith...
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    Does OCD make faith of no effect?

    The bible says without faith one cannot please God and also that one must not doubt and stuff like that. But then how can a christian who has ocd meet those conditions? To me it doesn't seem fair at all that christians with ocd are punished for having ocd cause they can't just believe like...
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    I wonder, with all the you gotta reign in life stuff which Prince and Osteen preach does this mean that any poor or sick christian is simply doing something wrong? Didn't Paul also say that he experienced lack? Does this mean Paul also did something wrong? Or when Joseph was in prison for all...
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    Do christians have to repent and turns from their sins?

    Many preachers say when you get saved or in order to get saved you have to repent and stop sinning. Is this what the bible means? Does this mean once you are a christian you mustn't sin anymore or at least you have to be in control over your sins and then improve all the time until you hardly...
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    Thanks for the info, Bob. But to be honest I'm not really buying what Osteen says. It could just as well be that he realized that he got too much flak from the christian community for not being clear and that now he thought he has to be more bold. It could just as well be all about calculation...
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    The more I think about how Joseph Prince advocates Osteen in some of his sermons the more sceptical I become of Prince, too. Prince even said he has been to Osteen's house. He seems to be really into him. That's not good. I always thought Prince is okay but how can he advocate someone who...
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    Here's rant from Benny Hinn about Osteen. I must say I agree 100% with Hinn on this one. youtube. com /watch?v=azqoBksweZA
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    Is Joel Osteen WOF? Does Osteen believe Jesus is the only way?

    I don't know Osteen very well. But Joseph Prince seems to like him. He talks about him in some of his sermons. What concerns me however is that I remember seeing Osteen on Larry King saying that Jesus is not the only way. How can this be acceptable? I mean he really dances around the question...
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    How do you know if God wants to heal you?

    Thanks for your replies. I will be blunt and try to keep it short. I know what the NT says about healing. I studied all verses in the NT which refer to healing. But for me it never clicked. I have always been uncertain and was easily confused and started to doubt whenever I was confronted with...
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    Requirements for experiencing God and getting healed?

    I don't see how being told that "doing miracles" is not important. When you're sick then all of a sudden healing and such things become very important. And with obeying I mean stuff like not sinning. But being sick makes you depressed and hopeless and when you have no hope then sinning is so...
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    How do you know if God wants to heal you?

    Well, the thing is that this pastor also said that he has experienced healing when he prayed for people. This creates more questions. How can some of his prayers be effective when he has the stance that God sometimes heals and sometimes not? From what I heard preachers say who teach healing...
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    Requirements for experiencing God and getting healed?

    Hello, I am undecided on how important obeying is. I mean I don't think that not obeying is good. My point is: Are we christians in the new testament treated according to our works? I mean what about Jesus? If one thinks that receiving from God or experiencing God depends on obeying God then...