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SAMMISPARROW

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Hi, I'm new to the forum, and am certainly being enlightened by all the wonderful pieces of advice and wisdom. May we all be flooded with the love and will of Christ the Lord.

Hi and welcome to you I hope you make lots of friends here and lots of comments too :thumbsup:

Love is warm.
 
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unityinhim

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Hello, I am very new here, I am not even sure I will be ble to navigate back to this place to post again. I am from Minnesota, have four children and a gorgeous wife. I have a passion to Know God and to learn to love him with all of my heart, all of my soul, all of my mind and all of my strength, and although I can barely understand what that means, I know that the desire will reap the benefit as his spirit brings me forth. Seek him with diligence all....he is a God of intense personal relationship.
 
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First lesson from the bible is do not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but do eat from the tree of life. As this is explained later, live by every word that proceeds (present tense! daily bread!) from the mouth of God. That is the tree of life. Do not "search the scriptures, thinking that in them you will find eternal life" unless you use them to lead you to a personal experience and word from the Lord Himself. Find commandments and wisdom, but ask God to tell you, today, what to do with them. "His sheep know His voice" as well, or better than, they know the scriptures!
 
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Welcome Matt82. I've only been a part of this web site for about 10 days but I've come across some interesting discussion. If you guys start a new thread / discussion about something you want to talk about you will usually find people you have something in common with. It's kind of neat because you can pick a fun topic or a serious one; it's been pretty open for choice of whatever you need / want to talk about. It's good to support one another in our christian walks. :pink:
 
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Hi, 1blesdwife. Glad you joined in. I am new to this discussion as well. So far people have been popping in saying hi and introducing themselves. It's been nice to meet people and have a place to go to to break the ice. Take care. :pink:

p.s. It's high time I went to bed talk to you later.
 
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It's nice to just chat and meet everyone. I've had a few rather stressful days but survived smiling and feeling peace in my heart so I'm very thankful for that. I deal with illness quite a bit. Nothing deadly thank goodness but chronic. Lots of fatigue and pain so when I have stuff on my plate it can feel a bit heavy. I like finding things to smile and laugh about so it keeps me grounded. Of course dwelling on the Bible and pouring my heart out helps as well. Thank goodness we can go to God as is. Right now all I have to do is relax so I'm glad about that. We all have our days. :p
 
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1blesdwife

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It's nice to just chat and meet everyone. I've had a few rather stressful days but survived smiling and feeling peace in my heart so I'm very thankful for that. I deal with illness quite a bit. Nothing deadly thank goodness but chronic. Lots of fatigue and pain so when I have stuff on my plate it can feel a bit heavy. I like finding things to smile and laugh about so it keeps me grounded. Of course dwelling on the Bible and pouring my heart out helps as well. Thank goodness we can go to God as is. Right now all I have to do is relax so I'm glad about that. We all have our days. :p

amen to that Colleen :clap:
 
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1blesdwife

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Thanks for the reply. It's really kind and beautiful. Some times the simplest words are the most profound. I'm glad you've joined us. I am one of those people who don't mind listening and chatting. Good christian fellowship is such a big part of the church.

Totally agree. its a great way to connect. Even if you may not have something in common with another person, you can empathize and offer a listening ear, and suggest and provide prayer. That has always been my take on things.

I see so many threads and posts about divorce, affairs, addictions in the marriage, strife, struggles, issues and I can't really relate to much of that because i have not gone through it. I can only sympathize because I know of plenty people around me going through the same things and I 'see' what it does to them.

I love to fellowship but a big part of that also is learning how to extend your heart to be able to have compassion. Because anyone can give advice and assume its what that person needs, but it takes a humble and patient person to show love toward someone who's really struggling and just needs a sincere friend to help them from day to day. I'm still learning to do this.
 
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Totally agree. its a great way to connect. Even if you may not have something in common with another person, you can empathize and offer a listening ear, and suggest and provide prayer. That has always been my take on things.

I see so many threads and posts about divorce, affairs, addictions in the marriage, strife, struggles, issues and I can't really relate to much of that because i have not gone through it. I can only sympathize because I know of plenty people around me going through the same things and I 'see' what it does to them.

I love to fellowship but a big part of that also is learning how to extend your heart to be able to have compassion. Because anyone can give advice and assume its what that person needs, but it takes a humble and patient person to show love toward someone who's really struggling and just needs a sincere friend to help them from day to day. I'm still learning to do this.

Thank you for your post. It was encouraging. I know sometimes advice, etc. especially when someone doesn't understand or it's ill advice it can feel completely invalidating like your invisible and they don't really care to see you or your pain. You are so right. Thanks. :pink:
 
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