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1 John 4:11-12 ESV “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.” Not Love, but Hate There are many people in this world who claim to love others, but whose “love” is really...

Psalms 25:8-10 ESV “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.”...

Hello all! I finally got around to making a testimony video. I am putting it here in case anyone wants to watch! THANK YOU JESUS FOR GIVING MY SOUL REST! Trigger warning: I talk about alcohol, depression and suicidal thoughts.

What we read here in Lamentations 3 is a picture of someone who is suffering extreme misery due to the sins of others, and due to no fault of his own. It was their sins which was causing him such misery. Because of their sins all this calamity was coming upon him. And even though he was not...

I have a huge dilemma about how to live a normal life. My father used to be dependent on alcohol and for the longest time we've thought that was the only problem. He is mentally abusive and a tyrant in my family. My mom used to fight back in the beginning, but in the last 15 years she mostly...

With my Whole Heart Psalms 119:145-146 ESV “With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes. I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.” My heart is my inner self, my mind, my will, my soul, and the core or the essence of who I am as a person...

Hi everyone, I’m hoping for some honest feedback. I have been married just shy of 3 months. It seems that since getting married my husband has been twisting scripture to permit abuse. Lately when we have encountered arguments he will get in my face basically touching my nose and start screaming...

I think Moses says it is allowable but Jesus later sort of said that it was not supposed to be. So it seems that even with an abusive spouse you have to stick it out? Now I'm just going to ramble but please focus on the above question! I personally consider my wife abusive (and I admit it...

Psalms 57:1-3 ESV “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. He will send from heaven and...

TRIGGER WARNING (tw drugs an abuse) I don't know where to turn. I have been praying to God but I feel so stuck and hopeless. I am stuck living with my abusive mom, with my sister. She has put us both through so much trauma and I can't handle living with her anymore. There are hardly any...

Proverbs 31:10-12 ESV “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” One + One doesn’t always equal One Just because two...

Psalms 34:1-7 ESV “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! “I sought the Lord, and he answered me and...

Hello everyone, I was sitting on the couch at my fiancee's parent's one day and I playfully punched him on the arm and I started to notice that his parents were looking at me weird and my fiance asked what I was doing. And then I ended up doing it again he said to stop hitting him. And I said...

I have had some recent disagreements with my brother that has put a rift in our relationship. We've never been extremely close and we get along okay...he probably knows more about my life than I do his but that has never bothered me a ton. But he's said some hurtful things and I don't know...

Tiktok is infamous for it's tempting of teens and young adults to do stupid stuff. (Kind of vine and old youtube.) However this one is point blank illegal and morally wrong. The challenge involves throwing your kid or younger sibling. Then dancing to a hit rap song...

Psalm 119:161-163 “Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.” *Before I get into today’s lesson, I need to state this first. My husband and I...

2 Peter 3:2-3 ESV “You should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.” Scoffers and Sinful Desires...

Philippians 1:12-14 ESV “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident...

2 Timothy 3:1-5, 8-9 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control...

There are many good lines in this post by Scot McKnight, but the one I highlighted above jumps out at me. I get so tired of complementarians claiming they believe men and women are equal. That line perfectly frames the reality of what they are saying. Has anyone read Giles' book yet...