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  1. Christsfreeservant

    They Persecute with Evil Purpose

    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...
  2. A

    A new marriage struggling

    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...
  3. J

    Does the Bible ever really allow divorce?

    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...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    God's Steadfast Love for Me

    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...
  5. M

    I don't know where to turn. I am falling apart. Please pray for me.

    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...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    She Does Him Good

    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...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Deliverance from All Fears

    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...
  8. Heartofsilver

    Physical Abuse?

    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...
  9. A

    How do I handle my brother?

    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...
  10. Lavaduder

    Tik Tok's Insane and Dangerous Trends: Baby Tossing

    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...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    Love and Respect

    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...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Suffering for The Truth

    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...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    What Has Happened to Me

    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...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Abusive and Heartless

    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...
  15. Gregorikos

    Kevin Giles: The Headship of Men and the Abuse of Women

    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...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    Sexual Idolatry

    Jeremiah 17:1-3 ESV “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars, while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills, on the...
  17. AllDayFaith

    Having a hard time with people

    This is what I'm going through: Proverbs 17:9 He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends. The people around me are refusing to forgive me for an offense, and all day every day they remind me of what happened to me...
  18. Christsfreeservant

    Prayer of the Righteous

    Proverbs 15 ESV (Select verses) A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. I am going to enter this subject here with fear and trembling, so please hear me out. First off, I am...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    When I Was Twenty-One

    The poem that follows is one that I wrote at the age of twenty-one. Now, I am seventy, so a lot has changed in my life since that time. And, a lot has changed in the world, too. For, we didn’t have computers or the internet or cell phones or any way of communicating with others other than face...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    Confession of an Addict

    Disclaimer: This is not an actual letter to you by anyone in particular. But, it serves as a model of a letter of confession by an addict who is attempting to be honest and to come clean regarding his true motives and intentions, and regarding his true heart attitudes and behaviors. For this...
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