• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

    If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.

    If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.

    Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist

  • Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

ZiSunka

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Originally posted by ruby cross
is death a good or bad thing?

Yes, it's either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on who died and how they are related to you.

If someone you loves dies, and was saved during life, they are now in heaven, enjoying a pain-free and happy existence.  This is a good thing.  But their family is here on earth, mourning that they have to live the rest of their lives without that person.  This is a bad thing.  But a good thing can come out of it: Those who mourn are blessed by God.  They will grow in their reliance on God because of this loss.

If someone you love dies and was unsaved during life, they are not in heaven.  This is a bad thing.  But a good thing can come of it.  The mourners at the funeral might hear and respond to the gospel message given by the pastor, and be saved.  This is a good thing.

 
 
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A Sheep

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Originally posted by ruby cross
is death a good or bad thing?

Death is a horrible thing that wouldn't be here if no one ever sinned;  Adam and Eve (w/ Satan's help) brought death into this world when they first sinned.  After God came down and was the sacrificial lamb and died for us, death was/is still bad but not quite as bad.  It's bad when an unsaved person dies and is eternally seperated from God, but it is good when a Christian dies because they get to be with God in heaven, away from all the pain and tears of this fleshy existence.
 
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KeepTheFaith15

Thats Me whats can i say?
i know im ready to die, hey that sounds weird but i am because whats better then knowing you can worship god for eternity, i know where im going, to heaven amen to that but it is unfortunate that some cant experience what i do when i worship the good lord, and sad that some have never felt his presence, and sad that some are not gonna end up in heaven but i know i am and i will be thankful for that and not worry about whats gonna happen after i die.
 
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