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I was reading in Mark 4:10-12 But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. And He said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, so that 'Seeing they may see...

Thanks for your answers guys. I have been diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective. It's treatable with Lithium and a few other add on meds. There are a couple of things I struggle with since I do have that brain chemistry. The first is that although I have been a professing Christian for...

This is really sad to know nobody wants to comment on something of this nature. It shows the church's stigma and lack of interest in the weakest of the weak.

I read a lot of the Bible, so my head is full of information, but my heart is afraid. I feel like my heart can't grasp what my head knows. The joy of the Lord isn't in me. This is really common among people with certain mental illness like mine. We don't feel much empathy or compassion or...

So what do you guys think of the severely mentally ill in your community, church, or family? 1. Do you believe they are evil manipulators, or that they need love and grace and kindness showed to them? Do you believe they a. are demonic, b. possessed by demons, or c. oppressed by demons? Why...

Read the whole bible and understand the context. Read with your heart.

The "cloud" we are gathered to from being "seized" by the rapture has its meaning related to the cloud or mist that God's presence had in regard to the children of Israel in the desert. It means we will be in His Shekinah glory, worshiping, most likely. This will continue for 7 years during the...

If we don't ask forgiveness then our fellowship with our heavenly Father is broken and will remain broken until we give and confess and repent. That does not mean we don't have justification through Christ for our sin in general which will save us eternally. Now keep in mind that individual...

God isn't willing that any man would perish, but would come to the knowledge of the saving truth.

I love sex as much as the next guy - and the norm is that sex should be a part of the marriage. But I think if push came to shove and sex was no longer an option, due to sickness or whatever, the true oneness flows from the hearts of the married couple. Sex isn't mandatory to hold a good...

When two brothers disagree, or have a dispute, the best thing to do is to be reconciled to that brother in a humble way.

OK. I have schizoaffective symptoms. I take meds to regulate it. It works. Pure evil is the devil, and the devil wages war with everyone, mentally ill or not. Everyone has the choice to demonstrate faith in something better, that being the blood of Christ to secure our salvation and give...

Thanks for your good advice.

How about the power of God's Spirit moving in us? I mean I'm not trying to sound all pious or anything. But Jesus said "Don't try to think now of what you'd say then, for it won't be you, but the Holy Spirit speaking through you." to paraphrase. Stephen was a man just like us, with weaknesses...

Yep. When I'm in that thinking mode I am doubting that God will hold to His Word. Sometimes my view of God gets skewed and I fall prey to a false concept of what God's character really is about. In that thinking, yes I would think that God would break His covenant with me. But the Holy...

Thanks guys. I appreciate your help. I am fighting awful warfare over a really simple faith. It is just that - war.

I have trouble implementing the truth into this dense mind of mine. I have confessed the same sins over and over, have told God I need a Savior, and I believe Jesus is that Savior, and I'm scared and need him to love me and be my friend. I don't know if I'm not yet a Christian or whether I'm a...

I am a Christian with a inappropriate content addiction. In my younger days, before the addiction, I seemed to equate any sex as a bad thing, although I was a hypocrite to myself because I masturbated about every night. I felt guilty for it too. When I was 18, I had drifted from home and was seduced by a lady...

Hi, I am not new here to the forum. I joined at least 5 years ago or so. And although I called myself a Christian, I doubted in some major important ways. I have battled in a spiritual battle for about 24 years starting out at the age of 20, when I sought out to find the Lord. Along the way...

I don't know if this counts as being a valid thread inside "Survivors of the Sex Industry." I was never employed by the sex industry. But I'm a guy who has frequented strip bars, have problems with inappropriate contentography, and have done more things I am ashamed of. So the sex industry has had a profound...