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  1. ChristnMe

    Don't Sweat The Small Stuff !

    Declare once and for all that the law is dead! There are laws and then there are commandments. The former being temporal and latter being eternal. There are considerations for both, especially as it related to the jews, which we are not. God's intent is not for us to go back to the old ways...
  2. Ccm500

    A Road that Only Gets Tougher

    Hey everyone! My name is Chris. I have a link to a GoFundMe here, so the immediate info is there. I just wanted to go into more detail so that it's easier to understand how we got to this point. I was adopted to a non-spiritual and anti-religious family, I have always been spiritual and...
  3. Aimz

    Heavenly Rewards Hope

    My faith is steady and I am working hard on my love because it is my weakest but my hope has been lacking lately too so I decided to go through the beatitudes and the letters to the churches in Revelation and make a list of Heavenly rewards to keep me hopeful and motivated. If I have missed some...
  4. megan_26

    When It Feels Like No One Is Listening...

    Does it ever feel like you're just talking to your ceiling? Even though I know God is always there, sometimes it's as if he isn't listening to me. Or he's just looking down on me, unresponsive. Sometimes his silence is infuriating; why does he leave me when I'm in so much pain? It's a hard...
  5. S

    Help?

    I became a born-again Christian when I was 18, I'm 24 now. My family is not Christian and I have a super broken family. My dad left when I was 14, this really affected my mom because she depended a lot on him. She has epilepsy and suffers with depression and also does not speak much English. She...
  6. ChristnMe

    The Practical Christian Series. - Strife.

    In God’s world, strife is an abomination and so it should be for the Christian. This is not the same as having Righteous indignation for something that is appalling. Whenever strife exists, then so will every device of satan including confusion, usurping and distrust. All these retard or put to...
  7. J

    Improving...

    Hey everyone, I've thought I'd let everyone know how I've been improving recently, as a way to make for all my complaining on this sub-forum. I've discovered that FishEaters (https://www.fisheaters.com) is a great treasure trove of Traditional Catholic resources. In fact, if wasn't for this...
  8. Kyle William

    Seeking Christian Wife but Doesn't Exist?

    Hi all, I'm new to this forum and need advice, suggestions, just anything at this point. I'm not OK at all. The hole in my heart has become catastrophic and prayer does nothing. I've been darkening in my mind like most existentialists and my soul has become sick. I do not feel love, only...
  9. PoetStorm

    Pocket Full Of Poetry

    Hello again! So I was not planning to turn this blog into a poetry blog, and I don't think I will necessarily, though it may pop up now and again. ;) I posted tonight in the Praise section about how I suddenly find myself able to write poetry again after many years of nothing, and I believe it...
  10. insurchoftruth

    What to Do When You Are Sinking in Despair

    Psalm 71:5, 6, 14, 20, 21, Psalm 73:23, 26, 28 This is all of us who believe, have to do, when we sink in the various trials and difficulties of life. Like king David did, rely on his God, all the time, even in the worst situations, when he had oppression and enemies from all directions. His...
  11. AMM

    (Blog) Spiritual Darkness

    I've been thinking about this lately, more than I have in the past. I think it's incredibly easy for us in the West to lose perspective of things - both when we think our political situation is horrible and when we think that everything is fine in the Church. The fact is, Satan is continuously...
  12. agapebondservant

    How to be an Overcomer

    "Blessed and holy is the one who has part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years." Rev. 20: 4,6. I found this study helpful in discovering simple truths that if allowed to...
  13. L

    Battling 13 years of Acne - Last ounce of hope

    My acne started around 13 years ago. I began praying to God, asking him to clear my skin, around high school. I presume God's answer was one of two below: 1) "No." 2) "Wait." Here I am 13 years later, battling acne still. I really don't know how I survived spiritually or mentally with this...
  14. ChristnMe

    My Lord, My God, My Cross.

    My Lord, My God, my Cross. There is nothing that is more transformational than coming to the realization that your life was more important than that of Jesus. And that no greater love exist than to give yours for another as stated, “No greater love” - Jn. 15:13. For when God saw the future of...
  15. ChristnMe

    Letter To The Faithful - Rest !

    For God who by Christ wrought for us the freedom from the labor of Salvation has made us by Grace to sit in Heavenly places and to be the light that shines His Glory of Hope, Faith, and love. So rest assured, God has already by His Word, established all things for us before needed, giving us the...
  16. Mark Corbett

    Our Lives are Like a Field Half in Shadows

    On my morning walk, the Lord was speaking to my heart through His creation, as He often does. The sun was rising as Sadie and I were on the way home. Part of one of the fields we pass through was lighted brightly by the morning sun while the other part was still in deep shadows cast by the...
  17. J

    Our Lady of Hope

    I feel really blessed, that this arrived on the Feast of the Visitation, the day of my Consecration! Hope is virtue, that I really need! I thought I'd share her with you all here, on the OBOB Chapel. Feel free to offer up your intentions to this statue, of the Living Temple of the Lord! You...
  18. J

    Act of Hope

    In the name of, the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen. O my God, relying on your almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of your grace, and life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer. Amen. In...
  19. insurchoftruth

    Psalm 77 When You Are in Distress

    Psalm 77 When You Are in Great Distress! Verse 2: When our soul is so distressed, that we naturally refuse to be comforted, because we have lost all hope! Verse 4: That is a great distress! So much trouble and distress that you become numb in your emotions, unable to speak! The solution...
  20. J

    Need Peace & Comfort, To Feel Safe

    I would really like to feel God's peace and joy. I have suffered from a panic disorder and acute anxiety for over 6 months and I've recently started to feel a ton better after getting help from doctors, a therapist, psychiatrist, returning to church and connecting with family a lot more. I...