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Please pray for my mom. She has a long lasting drinking habit. She's disabled and doesn't have anything to do most of the day except drink. She doesn't get too intoxicated (at least not too often), but almost everyday before 10:00 in the morning I hear her cracking open these tall cans of beer...

Hey peeps, I had a successful surgery last July which I'm grateful for. It was chest surgery. However, in the last week I've been having a lot of unusual aches and pains. And for the last couple of days my neck and shoulders have been very stiff and achy. I don't know if that has to do with my...

It became apparent to me lately that I seem to have no ability to change my stagnant life. For a bit of background, I have a congenital condition that makes it hard to work. Not working for most of my life has alienated me big time. For the past couple of years I've been looking into different...

Yeah, it does sound manipulative to me. That statement is totally contradictory, btw. You can't be born again and spiritually dead. If they are putting pressure on you and you don't want to join a small group, just say no. I can't imagine them marking you as a heretic for not joining a small...

Hi Kostilaks. I don't know what you mean by "Generic God", but regardless, the enemy commonly fills our minds with thoughts that aren't our own to try and throw us off and keep us from living lives for God. But you have nothing to fear. Jesus is the Lord of your life, not these thoughts that...

Thank you all for your prayers! My headaches began leaving me the day I posted this thread. The Lord has been very good to me. Thank you :)

Hey peeps, I just got home this week from a big surgery on my chest. It went well and the Lord has blessed me through all of it. But since my procedure I've been waking up with very powerful headaches. My head will be pounding very badly and it'll take a while for my pain killers to kick in...

Yeah, I agree. I was having a moment of weakness when I wrote this. I never want to be angry at God. I don't know if I was angry at God or just my situation but I asked Him to forgive me. Yeah. I agree.

I can keep my composure in public just fine. These feelings are something I keep to myself. And I don't always feel this way anyway. Most days I'm perfectly fine and don't feel any of that resentment. I'm not always like this. But when I do I keep it bottled up and I don't know what to do. To...

Yeah. I think that's good advice. I mean, as far as passions go, I want to be a disciple-maker. And the only other things that I have an interest in is contra dancing and making a career in e-commerce in the near future (hopefully). That's pretty much what I have going.

Over being on my own. I've brought this up to the forums before but I need to vent. I'm 29 and I've never been in any relationship. Never heard a "yes" when I asked a girl on a date. Of all the girls I liked, they were either taken or didn't have any interest in me. Never held hands, shared a...

Ephesians 2:8-9 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Titus 3:5 5he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing...

People have different answers but based on what I've studied in the NT, I do not believe that a true born-again Christian is in danger of losing their salvation. Paul describes how new believers are like infants and are not spiritually mature, and that God will teach them and discipline them...

Hey, Kostilaks. I used to suffer from OCD symptoms and not that long ago I would encounter things like repeating numbers all the time for example. So I have an idea of what you might be dealing with. These synchronicites you mention may be anything. I believe you should be cautious about...

Bcs90, We are all saved by grace once we believe. If you believe that Jesus is God's Son, that he died on the cross for you, and you accept him as your Lord and Savior, the work is done. It's that simple. If you have accepted him, then you have the Holy Spirit living inside you. And the fact...

There is Covenant Eyes. Its a service you install on your devices and it keeps track of your activities. It can also block inappropriate sites. It detects when you're trying to go to one of those sites and it'll contact an accountability partner you've picked to help you (from real life, like a...

Hi Shawb, Don't listen to your OCD. Listen to God's word. Many of us have different conditions we have to deal with. I dealt with OCD in the past. I know its not fun. I believe the core of things like OCD is fear and lies from Satan, who can put thoughts in our minds and make us believe...

I feel isolated at times. Not at church, just in general as I've always been single.

I can definitely sympathize with you. I'm 29 and I've never been in a relationship. I would like a companion but nothing's ever happened. Between several years not caring about relationships, and years in social isolation, a relationship wouldn't have happened. Things are a little different now...

Hey, Sarah. Welcome. I hope you will feel at home here. God bless.