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  1. ByTheSpirit

    Please pray for my family

    A few weeks ago we thought my youngest was dying after collapsing and had to rush them to the hospital. Today my oldest is complaining of chest pain and is feeling light headed and weak. I feel like my family is under a spiritual attack, so please pray for us. Thank you.
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    Do you play an instrument or sing? If so share some advice!

    Do you play in your church's worship group or lead worship? What are your top three tips to give someone who may want to do so but doesn't know where to start? Me: I play in my church's worship band on electric guitar. My tips? Learn the melody of the song and replicate it. Learn triads on...
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    Can Christians live as enemies of the cross?

    ‭Philippians 3:18-19 BSB‬ [18] For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. [19] Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. For some time I...
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    Ring of Fire eclipse this weekend

    Seems particularly interesting considering what's going on in Israel at the moment. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ring-fire-eclipse-what-know-rare-phenomenon-headed-us
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    Feeling guilty and rather overwhelmed by the conflict in Israel

    Not sure where to post this, I chose this forum as this has more specifically to do with a dream I had years ago that I will post here. "Back in 2014, I had a dream in which ISIS invaded the US from the south. Four ISIS fighters, wearing black Islamic militant garb pulled by hand a giant cannon...
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    Worship Team Audition

    I have an audition for my Church's Praise and Worship team on Thursday. Requesting prayer that all goes well and the Lord's will be done
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    Where to church?

    Not sure what forum this goes in. Just curious, I've been attending a church for a while now and play in the worship band. But I've started to realize I have a couple of disagreements on theology with some things that are rather important to me. I found a different fellowship that more...
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    Fellowship What are you studying/reading in scripture currently?

    Trying to take a break from the back and forth debate type threads. What are you currently studying or reading about in scripture? A particular topic or subject? What led you to that particular theme?
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    What was Paul's thorn?

    Some say it was a sickness. Others will say it was an injury. There's a lot of views on what Paul's thorn in the flesh was, usually it's made out to be something that helps fit whatever narrative is being discussed at the time. But what does the text say and how can we use that to strengthen...
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    What was it like for you to speak in tongues

    What was it like for you the first time you spoke in tongues? I remember I had been coached by a Pentecostal elder on how to speak in tongues, and it felt so wrong and so I didn't do it. He told me to repeat a series of words really quickly and it would come. When I refused he kicked me out...
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    Fellowship First time speaking in tongues?

    Fellowship thread disclaimer*** What was it like for you the first time you spoke in tongues? I remember I had been coached by a Pentecostal elder on how to speak in tongues, and it felt so wrong and so I didn't do it. He told me to repeat a series of words really quickly and it would come...
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    Moses went how many days without food and water?

    So the normal answer here is 40, and it's not wrong, but does this passage in Deuteronomy 9 actually suggest that Moses went 80 days without food or water? When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the...
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    Harry Potter

    How dangerous are shows and movies like Harry Potter? I went to a golf event today and when I came home she has a certificate of witchcraft from Hogwarts and a bunch of other stuff. Now I know it's not real, but I'm curious what kind of danger she may be putting herself in. I guess where does...
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    Numbers 11:29 and Acts 2:17-18

    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!” Numbers 11:29 (BSB) ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young...
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    The priesthood of believers made perpetually clean in the elements

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession 1 Peter 2:9 (BSB) A royal priesthood... we, who believe in Christ, have been made priest unto our Father. Now in the OT, under Mosaic Law, the priest had to be cleansed before they were allowed to...
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    Does the Vision of the Figs hold any end time significance?

    Jeremiah 24 (BSB) After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the...
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    Baptism in what name(s)?

    baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Matthew 28:19 (BSB) This formula is almost universally held amongst Christians as the correct method in which a new convert is to be baptized. For good reason, it's the Lord's own word as He was about to ascend...
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    The Hyksos connection to the Israelites in Egypt?

    Some historians (Manetho - an Egyptian, and Josephus - a Jew) see the two groups as one in the same. These actually make the claim the Hyksos, after being expelled from Egypt, went back to Canaan and founded the city of Jerusalem. More modern historians disagree, but there are a ton of...
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    Getting a book published

    So I'm new to this writing a book "business" but I do believe I have a finished product. I guess I'm curious on what steps I should take, can take, to get this book printed. Not that I'm expecting it to be a best seller, but it would be cool to have a book of my own authorship on my book shelf...