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  1. GaveMeJoy

    If you have sinful thoughts from mental illness...

    We suffer from a mental illness, which means our brains are broken. It’s not our fault and we are not responsible. The difference between brain illness and heart illness is brain illnesses can affect our thoughts and actions and make us think that means we sinned. No act that is forced on us by...
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    God as much of a woman as a man

    Disclaimer to male readers: I am a straight and manly 6 foot 200 pound man, who is red blooded and I am not a progressive or “feminist” or liberal. It’s ok to keep reading and not just dismiss it because you think I’m a woman. God is a spirit being. God had no gender or physical representation...
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    Dating unbeliever

    So many horrible things have happened to me in my life. The Lord delivered me from being abandoned by my Christian turned atheist wife who stole my children and I don’t know how I would have survived without him nor how I continue to. But the pain and loneliness is and has been constant and...
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    Why?

    Hey friends, So I found a Christian girl who loves Jesus and we were both virgins on our wedding night and we had a beautiful Christian life together for 8 years and two amazing kiddos and then she cheated on me, became an atheist and left. God let that happen and I feel like I grew alot from...
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    Messing up

    Pray for me! Making bad decisions, the little ones that don’t seem too bad but snowball. I know what’s right and don’t want to do it.
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    Casual dating probably bad right?

    Hey, Got divorced last year and am fully and totally broken in my heart from it still. My wife walked away from God and divorced me. God delivered me through it and I found joy in him and his word which was a really great season. However I was suppressing all of the pain so so so much. I lost...
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    Need to make better decisions

    Hey fam! Please pray for me, went through very painful divorce. Thought I was doing well and strong in my walk but I have been hanging out with unbelievers and sort of realizing I have way more emotional damage and pain than I thought and have been telling myself. not fair to my new friends...
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    You are loved

    Hello! I don’t know if I’m allowed to post here as non Catholic I can’t find forum rule thread anywhere. anyway I just wanted to say that I love you all as brothers and sisters in Christ. -At least one American Evangelical Protestant (I apologize for the attitudes and words of many of my friends).
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    Holy Spirit illuminates scriptures

    So one of the functions of the Holy Spirit in a believe is to illuminate the scriptures to them. Does that mean that If a person doesn’t receiving any benefit or view the Bible as powerful/important in their life and doesn’t like to read it, that person can’t have the Holy Spirit?
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    Does Character and Morality matter?

    Hello, My dad and most of the elders of my church are big Trump fans and it’s a big letdown and very discouraging. For some of the most Godly and wise men I have ever known, these guys really throw it all out the window when it comes to politics. The purpose for this thread is for me to get...
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    Regarding Roman Catholic view on "bad popes"

    Hello, I came across a wikipedia article about a book entitled "The Bad Popes" by someone named Chamberlain. I'm sure it's a huge derogatory slamfest on Catholics, which I don't support and I would never read. However, the following information is presented in the wikipedia article regarding...
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    JOY BOMB

    Suuuuuuup!!! “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary...
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    Should I continue to visit Christian forums?

    Hello fellow believers, I don’t know if you have a similar experience, but over the past month or two I’ve been seeing these ads on Christian Forums from this “revolve” company with horrific sexual images of women wearing very filthy thongs, mostly bare breasts and very inappropriate clothing...
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    Church discipline for morbidly obese

    Hello, I’m sure to get flamed hard for this post but I don’t care because it’s important to me and my family. for the purposes of clarity in this thread I am asking regarding morbidly obese people. This is loosely defined by medical community as someone approximately 100 pounds over their ideal...
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    God IS in control

    Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. if the Lord is in control of the death of a sparrow, how much more is he in control of what happens to his children? Romans 8:31–32 “What then shall we say to these...
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    Prayer for wisdom and courage

    Hello Jesus lovers, I am divorced (wife walked away from Christ completely, met a guy and divorced me against my will) semi recently. I am still processing the grief though I wouldn’t consider myself lonely. I have precious joy from the savior every step and every day! However it’s been a...
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    Friends of opposite sex

    Hello, I have been divorced for a few months after 10 years. Wife abandoned the faith, Cheated and left me for another man. we were separated 2 years ago... I now am focused on my children and walk with the Lord and CF has been a great support and community! In high school I didn’t talk to...
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    Staying up late, self distraction

    Hello friends, My wife left Christ, and then me for another guy, and now I only get to see my kids on the weekends. I have a testimony of joy through my suffering, and Jesus is giving me strength each day so I’m very grateful. Also I found this forum during the divorce and it’s been a source of...
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    Was there a “before” time, and if so, how can we possibly comprehend it

    The question “how long did God exist before he created the universe?” is self defeating, because “how long” is a measurement humans use to understand time, and sequencing, two concepts that were established by God, at creation. There was no “before” before LOL. I Know it sounds ridiculous to our...
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    Praying in the Spirit

    Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit What is the reformed position on "praying in the spirit?" What are the characteristics of praying in the spirit? Can one pray out of the spirit? Can prayers out of the spirit be...