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Category: General You have viewing the General category! We invite you to join our website or login if you are already a member! Sunday Prayer (1/4/08) Posted by:  armoredbygod   (Posted: 01/04/2009 2:37pm) [i]So I've been dropping the ball and there is no one to blame but me. May the Lord give me the strength and wisdom to overcome my distractions[/i] Glorious Heavenly Father: I come to you Lord as a servant like my brothers and sisters, like we were born to be. I offer you praise and glory, Lord. I strive to keep my thoughts and actions pure so that they honor you with every occurrence. Lord, I pray that with the new year comes new blessings and new opportunities for us to honor and glorify, to carry out your will. May the next year be better than the last, may we find new brothers and sisters that can find themselves and their purpose in your grace and love. My weak nature and resistance to strong temptation has got the better of me more times than I am proud to admit, have mercy on me Lord. Have mercy on my spirit and forgive the sins that I have transgressed. Take away the worries and problems that my selfish sins have inflicted upon me Lord and take away the burdens and sorrows. Lord I yearn to be strong in your glory and joyous... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 2 Jesus 2009 Love Letter to You Posted by:  grandmabruce1955   (Posted: 01/03/2009 9:02am) To my Son and my dear Daughter, [b]I Love You ! ![/b] I shed my own blood for you to make you [b]clean[/b]. You are [b]new[/b], so believe it is true! You are [b]lovely[/b] in my eyes and I created you to be just as you are. Do not criticize yourself or get down for not being perfect in your own eyes. This leads only to frustration. I want you to [b]TRUST ME[/b], one step, one day at a time. Dwell in my power and love. And be free--be yourself! Don't allow other people to run you. [b]I will guide you, if you let me.[/b] Be aware of my presence in everything. I will give you patience, love, joy and peace. Look to me for answers, I am you shepherd, and will lead you . [b]FOLLOW ME ONLY![/b] Do not forget this. Listen, and I will tell you my will. I love you, my son and my dear daughter, I Love You !!! Let my love flow from you --spilling over to all you touch. Be not concerned with yourself--you are my responsibility. I will change you without you hardly knowing it. You are to love yourself and love others... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 9 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by grandmabruce1955)  - Total Views: 94 New Year Posted by:  spiritled1   (Posted: 12/31/2008 1:42pm) here we are again at that time of year when everyone starts promising themselves they are going to become a better person. Of course that would be great if it worked. All too often the resolutions we make are to GIVE UP things - and this is hard. As human beings we don't like to feel deprived. I have found a much better way is to vow to take on something positive. If for example, you want to lose weight, try starting an exercise programme instead of counting calories. God helps us to improve ourselves. He asks us to renew our mind to his word (romans 12;2), and tells us to look forward and not back ( phillipians 3;13). Like Paul, we need to forget the past and concebtrate on what is ahead of us. As we are all new creations in Christ( 2 corinthians 5;17), we have left our old nature behind and we can be who God wants us to be. You can keep those resolutions. God says we can do all things when we are in Christ. ( phillipians 4;13) God bless, Happy New Year... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 1 Comment (by bethy)  - Total Views: 21 My Struggle with Spirituality and Religion Posted by:  armoredbygod   (Posted: 12/30/2008 9:15pm) If someone were to ask me why I chose to become a member of ChristianBlog.com as opposed to posting my spiritual musings on another blog website, I would tell them the most simple and complete answer: unbridled fellowship and the feeling that people belonged just because of their faith in Christ. I have not belonged to a church in a very long time, but I'm more alive in Christ than ever. The last church that I had fellowship in was my favorite. The town that I grew up in had very little to offer in the way of youth outlet of any sort. My mother felt that it was important to get her children involved in a life of Christ but the only church that she knew was one that was close but not a good fit for me at all. My mom had a lot of issues raising me and my sister by herself, but she did with flying colors. The next church that we went to was amazing. I used to have severe social issues and had a hard time adapting to anyone new. My first service at this church blew me away, people that I went to... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 29 Just some thoughts on holidays, world events and life Posted by:  blessings2you   (Posted: 12/26/2008 11:31am) Perhaps one of the least significant days of the year is December 26th. No one wants to work and those who must, are tired or grouchy. Most people in stores are there looking to "steal" a bargain and those involved with other businesses are mainly catching up. I think the unnamed December 25th holiday should carry over to include December 26th. It could be the first and only two day holiday. Gee, they might as well throw in the 24th since everyone takes off no later than noon on that day also. We are now up to a true three day holiday which would give everyone plenty of time to relax and not feel compelled to jump back into life. Some might argue that if we include December 26th, there are only a few days until the next big holiday on January 1st; so why not just call December 24th through January 2nd the official mid-winter's holiday and force everyone to take off work, school and other activities. Everyone would get 10 days vacation. See how simple it is to solve all the world's problems. On a somewhat more serious note, there are some things going on in the world... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 2 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by lilysvalley)  - Total Views: 61 New Years Resolutions, do they work? Posted by:  alight   (Posted: 12/25/2008 3:37am) How often do we come to the end of a year and wish that the next year would be better. Maybe it was the diet we came up short on or the budget or maybe it was spiritually we fell short of where we wanted to be. I have found that making New Years resolutions helps me to improve in many areas from year to year. A lot of people do not make New Years resolutions because they have felled to keep them in the past. I also have felled to keep some resolutions but I have found that not trying at all was not the answer. One of the main reasons we fell at New Years resolutions is because we set too high of a goal. We must be realistic to begin with. Secondly, we do not hold ourselves accountable for our resolutions. Thirdly, when we mess up one time, we quit and give up. I do a lot of praying and thinking before I commit to New Years resolutions. I start by making a list. I pour over it for several days and pray, "Lord, what would you want me to add or subtract from the list" I... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 14 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by lexyb)  - Total Views: 202 General happenings within the past few months Posted by:  manonamission   (Posted: 12/24/2008 11:27am) I came to a great many conclusions already on my own. Of course, if I want to be a leader, I have to discover that much on my own. I decided that for the entire duration of my life, I will not watch the media at all. I decided that I don't need CNN or FOX or MSNBC to provide my life with entertainment or excitement. I have enough with my friends and everyone I would wish to help. I will not listen to mis - information, lies and propaganda for any reason whatsoever. I will of course watch the weather channel. I don't have to worry about that, and hey, everyone asks what the weather is going to be like, why not be a help, eh? :D I discarded almost all of my video games in my house, and will be discarding the rest of them soon. I will not be playing any of them. I need a productive hobby, such as sports (lucky for me, I already have a football, tennis rackets for 4 and tennis balls, next I purchase a soccer ball), and i'll find something else. It's pretty cold out here, sports is not done too... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 2 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by philruby)  - Total Views: 31 Grace In An Upside Down World Posted by:  savedbyegrace   (Posted: 12/22/2008 8:10pm) My husband's birthday/Christmas/need-it gift came today. It's an inversion table we ordered, the least expensive we could find. My husband has had lots of back pain lately and the guys at work swear by these things. We just weren't lucky enough to find a used one for sale cheap. The idea is that you lay on this board suspended in mid-air and then lean your weight so that the table tilts your head backwards until your feet are pointing at the ceiling and your head pointing at the floor. Presumably it relieves the pressure on your spine and disks that just plain old gravity puts on them and gives them a chance to relax and recover and heal. I think our Christian life is like that. Upside down, I mean, from the rest of the world's thinking. ~The world tells us that Christmas is about presents, trees, parties, packages, cards, food, and family. We know that's not it at all. ~The world tells us that success is having more money than you need so you can buy lots of stuff you don't need. We know that success is transforming into Christlikeness, which is usually humility. ~The world tells us that... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 5 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by iraqivetsgtret)  - Total Views: 249 My Hebrew Realization Posted by:  armoredbygod   (Posted: 12/21/2008 9:17am) So if you've read my profile or testimony at all you'll know that I believe that I have Hebrew lineage. A couple factors have lead for me to feel this way: I have a very solid German ancestry and there is little to no information (save for the stories that have been passed down through my family) as to where or when my family came from Germany, so I just don't know. I've also had a lot of spiritual encounters (a story for another time) that has lead me to think that there might be aspects of Judaism that I should know. There are two infallible constants in my faith that have never once let me down: 1) The LORD has given me a book filled with his guidance and direction that is 100% truth. You and I know this book as the bible* 2) The LORD will communicate with me when he wants me to know a great truth. For the longest time I had troubles reconciling my faith as it was my understanding that the LORD himself was Jewish and ministered to his Jewish brothers and the gentiles were for the most part not included. That was a... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 11 Just a bit of life Posted by:  lilysvalley   (Posted: 12/09/2008 11:18am) I can't sleep anymore. I take that back, I can't stay asleep. I wake up anywhere from 3 to 5 hours after I fall asleep. My mind, the moment I am aware, is in full swing. I feel anxious when night comes now. I try to concentrate on God and ponder whatever I am reading in His word. It doesn't last long. The world takes over and I think of kids getting up, the fan my husband thinks he needs by the side of the bed, the puppy in his cage in the living room not allowing me to leave my room because he will want to play, the bills I should have paid, the bills I can pay but haven't, the wash I could start IF I could leave my room, the sun coming up in 2 (or 3 or 4) hours. I went to buy the Christmas present my middle son asked for yesterday. He has always asked for things he can't actually get - things like a motorbike or four wheeler. He still wants them both just gave up asking. All he asked for this Christmas is an mp3 player he saw with blue lights on it,... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by tohimbeglory)  - Total Views: 164 One World Church Posted by:  philruby   (Posted: 12/07/2008 10:52pm) I heard someone talking the other day about a One World Church. Supposedly, the movement to bring all people from all religions together under one big umbrella called a "church" is growing. I remember my dad talking about this years ago. There have always been factions of so-called religious people who thought it would be wonderful to get everyone in the world to agree to disagree and get along in a "one world" religion. You and I know what's wrong with that picture, don't we? There is already one true church in the world. It is not brick and mortar, or any particular place on the map, but in the hearts of those who have the Holy Spirit of God dwelling in them - the redeemed of Jesus Christ. Those who want to bring everyone together and call it a "world church" have good intentions, I am sure, but not the right message. There are those who want to be open minded about others who serve another god, or another set of morals, or another way to face eternity. They claim that it is all good as long as you believe [i]something[/i]. Oh yes! What a wonderful world it would... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 9 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by philruby)  - Total Views: 173 The Beauty of Falling Down Posted by:  ilovehimso   (Posted: 12/07/2008 5:24pm) Falling down was her specialty. And although she always managed to get back up again, the falling down seemed to come more naturally for her. Isn't there a song about that? Anyway ... fall down once, get up twice, fall down again ... the story of her life. Her success were many, but they each seemed a distant memory now more than a reality. Why must everything worth having be so difficult? Mum would say because that's the only way anybody can truly appreciate the good stuff in life. And of course she was right. And then there was the strength-factor. An easy life, (something she wouldn't know anything about), does nothing for the spine. Everyone knows the harder the knocks, the stronger the backbone. Would she really want to breeze through her world without ever having known what it means to be tough? Maybe, yes. In truth, there is no way for her to know this ... but she suspected she'd love to have "easy" just one time if for no other purpose than for having something against which to compare her hard, cold reality. She tried to imagine how excellent life would be if there were no falling... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 7 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by ilovehimso)  - Total Views: 73 A FEW OF TODAY'S HEADLINES... Posted by:  globug   (Posted: 12/05/2008 11:10am) [img]http://xa4.xanga.com/f62c83f641c30222700518/t174827047.jpg[/img] These are just a few of the headlines from across the country this week. Savage and horrific the abuse and cruelty we people of this "Christian" country do to children and one another. Mostly, we just look the other way. Even when a child is beaten to death, we refuse to get involved, to notice or to take any action. Then, after nothing at all can be done to save the child, we stand up and voice our outrage. As a Christian, this proves to me that surely we are in the last days. Jesus can't be long in coming to judge the righteous and the unrighteous. God has to be enraged at the shedding of innocent blood, the torture and the savagery we humans inflict on one another. Those of us who chose to take no action or to look the other way as these horrific acts are committed are as guilty as the offenders. The acts themselves were terrible, but what really shocked me were the "adults" who looked on and did nothing or worse, blamed the child. How have we, as a people and country, lost so much of our humanity? This use to be something... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 4 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by globug)  - Total Views: 79 Ok, So it's on to Where I Belong Posted by:  ilovehimso   (Posted: 12/04/2008 5:40pm) Ok, so the job I had my heart set on was not the job for me, evidently. But I was so sure that was where God was leading me. It is a Christian environment; I am qualified, (though not as uniquely as the young woman who actually got the job, I may presume); and the Pastor had seemed so very warm and enthusiastic about putting me in the position when I met her at that excellent evening service (about 2 weeks ago) where I was visiting with my friend Joe, his mother, and grandmother (all members of her congregation). And we talked several times following, once in person. So then why in the interview, (with the entire church board in attendance, mind you), did she behave as though she had never seen me before? Or perhaps she remembered ... vaguely ... once upon a dream ... oh wait, she guessed I did look familiar. (Is it just me, or did someone forget to turn the heat on in this room, today? It seems a little chilly in here.) Did I mention that I was completely forthright in the interview about my felony of a little over a year ago just... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 5 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by ilovehimso)  - Total Views: 125 God had mercy on me Posted by:  sabs22   (Posted: 12/04/2008 4:03am) This is a follow-up to my whinning in an earlier blog(God have mercy on me). It is a testimony of God's goodness. Nothing dramatic happened, yet I had a powerful experience. First let me thank everyone who prayed and encouraged me. I really needed it. Thank you all for being true brothers and sisters in Christ. [bible]Ephesians 2:8[/bible] This verse is foundation, content and conclussion of God's restorative work in my life. In Jeremiah the word of the Lord pulls down, destroy, up-root and over-throw. The Word is a destroying hammer, it is a refiners fire. So my journey starts with the Lord openning my eyes to see that it was Him at work to expose areas that need to be surrender to Him. I want to encourage anyone that may be going thruogh a though time to endure and keep on trusting in God. All the discomfort was actually God at work in my life. Because of this discomfort one begins to rely on his strength and past experience. All of these fail, then condamnation come. Because of condamnation then one tries harder to be good, this of cause leads to more failure. It is a vicious circle. In... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 29 Finally figured out whats wrong with me Posted by:  lilysvalley   (Posted: 12/01/2008 6:59am) I am studying the life of Moses this year in Bible Study Fellowship (I invite anyone looking for a study to check out bsfinternational.org). The study notes that cover the 10 commandments used the word "normal" for the 7th commandment. That stopped my reading! I was completely stuck on that word. I decided to get out my husbands dictionary (his dictionary is HUGE, I have to carry it with both hands and when my arms are straight the book reaches to the top of my wrists!), it has every possible meaning for every word. So the 1st meaning of the word normal means - conforming with or constituting an accepted standard, model, or pattern. Normal can be applied to every word in the Bible!! WOW! I am so not normal according to God's acceptable standard :(, I am not good at following Christ's model or pattern :cry:. Funny how a definition of such a common word can cause an awaking in how I see God's commandments. I had always considered myself a normal person, I strive to blend into the crowd and never be the center of attention. But, according to God's word, I am very much abnormal. I can't... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 6 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by iraqivetsgtret)  - Total Views: 237 im new to here please say hello Posted by:  smurfette   (Posted: 12/01/2008 5:49am) hello im new i just wanted to say hello and that im looken forwared to getten to know all my brothers and sisters in christ i will tell u abit about my self im 31 years old married femle who likes worshippen in church and also maken new christian pals and also likes written to her friends i collect teddies especailly winnie the pooh i became a christian on the 11th november 07 with my husband we got baptised 13th september 08 we go to the elim near where we live we love the muisc and also the way that we kan worship i got married on the 9th of june 08 to my wonderful husband gary i belive that god answered my prayers i was going thro a rough time mentel and phscaily and i asked god to send me some one who was honest caren and would love me for me and he sent me my hubby smurfette... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 4 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by alight)  - Total Views: 204 Recollections of a Teenager in World War II Posted by:  wesley   (Posted: 11/30/2008 10:34am) RECOLLECTIONS OF A TEENAGER IN WORLD WAR II On an uncharacteristicly warm December 7th morning in 1943, I was 13 years old. It was a Sunday, Mother and Grandma were preparing a typical Dinner, Plate beef and vegetables. I was ouside with my Neighbor that was the same age as me and we had decided to have a wrestling match. The auto body shop that was nearby had a large back lot and promoted professional wrestling matches on the weekends. They had people like Gorgeous George and Mr. Moto and the like. We used to sneak in and watch and then we would try to emulate them. As we grappled on the grass which was still pretty green for that time of the year here in the Midwest, all of a sudden we heard a loud droning sound, as we looked up we saw hundreds of airplanes bearing the wing insignia of the United States Air Force flying in formation overhead. This was hard to understand, as usually all we saw in the skies was the occasional mail plane or someone in a low flying private plane. Soon Mother called me to dinner and when I went in, they had... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 1 Comment (by kreynolds)  - Total Views: 45 Living Life -General Musings Posted by:  klang   (Posted: 11/23/2008 6:33pm) As my introduction mentions, I work as a manager for a small bank. We just had our annual financial reviews. I've been working hours upon hours to gather data, refine presentations, and to help keep the bank running smoothly at the same time. Thank God for my assistant managers -I'd be up the proverbial creek without them. I find that now that the storm has passed, and now that the frenzied rush of adrenaline has also passed, it has left a very weary guy in it's place. It's the week of Thanksgiving, and I thank God for providing this place of employment, where I get to help people in such a direct way. I thank God for the favor that he gave me with my direct managers. And I thank God for the direct support that He provided through all of this. We're good to go for another year! Friends, I do wonder whether our (my) propensity for worrying doesn't choke true gratitude out. Or maybe blind us so that we don't realize that we aren't being truly grateful. Afterall, can we really be grateful for something that has just happened, if we're constantly worried about something that might happen... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 25 What God is doing in my life... Posted by:  papasdaughter   (Posted: 11/22/2008 12:35pm) This is my first official blog. I've been mostly reading and getting to know some of you while I'm also learning about blogging. The last two years has been the most difficult season of my life; but I would do it all again because it has forced me into deeper intimacy with my Papa. When He says He is near the broken hearted - boy is He ever! He has been with me every step of the way. He has proven Himself faithful and shown me that He IS the God of all comfort and He that He truly is all I will ever need. I've been learning about the Eagle. I heard a pastor say, "We wonder why we can't run and not be weary and walk and not faint; it's because we have not waited!" Isaiah 40:31 The Eagle soars, I wait... That's my part and He renews my strength. He is doing that by molting me... The dictionary defines molt: "to shed or cast off an outer layer, such as skin, feathers, fur, or horns, as part of a periodic process of renewal." That says it so well... The Lord has been removing my old dead "flesh"... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 6 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by papasdaughter)  - Total Views: 154 Wish I could see like a squirrel Posted by:  lilysvalley   (Posted: 11/20/2008 6:04am) I watched some squirrels crossing the road. Have you ever really paid attention to a squirrel crossing the road? Squirrels stop before the road, jump over the white line and when they reach the yellow line(s) they jump over and stop again at the white line and jump over. Even at top speed they jump over the line. I honestly believe the lines scare them as much as the cars. Can you imagine going so fast and being afraid of touching the line so you turn back towards a big thing going really fast? Do you think if we cover the roads with different colored lines the squirrels would avoid them all together? Hmmm. Maybe the squirrel is nearsighted and only sees what's right in front of him. So wish I could see sin as clearly as the squirrels see those lines. I must remember to stay focused on God so I know the clearest and safest path.... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 6 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by ilovehimso)  - Total Views: 148 Always ever hopeful Posted by:  everhopeful   (Posted: 11/18/2008 12:26am) Hi Christian Bloggers! I am so-o-o-o-o relieved to have found a Christian forum to share, and having scrolled through some of the entries under "Married only", I already feel better realising that I am not alone in what I am experiencing. Yes, my marriage has problems - many of them - which I hope maybe some of you will be able to help me address in weeks/months to come. I am "ever hopeful" because I know that our God is great, ever faithful, ever loving, and full of grace to come to our aid whenever we need Him. That knowledge is sometimes all that keeps me going. I am "ever hopeful" that at last I have found a place where I might make some honest Christian friends to combat my loneliness. And I am "ever hopeful" that one day in the not-too-distant future, I will be able to provide positive testimony to God's awesome working in my marriage! See you soon... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 20 How To Be Born Again. Posted by:  bimonics   (Posted: 11/10/2008 11:36am) Instructing my soul in evangelism. You received this because the Lord Jesus Christ wants you to know the truth and be free. In the Bible (Ro.10:9-10) it says: "If you confess with your lips the lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Take the time now to confess that Jesus is Lord. If not now - when? Don't put off for one moment that for which the ultimate reason for existence persists! Believe that God raised Him from the dead and be saved. Say to Him: Lord Jesus, i am a sinner and i repent of my sins. I believe that You are Lord and that God raised You from the dead. I ask You, Lord Jesus, to come into my heart, take charge of my life, and give me eternal salvation so that i may live with You forever. Amen. If you said this prayer and meant it, then you are Born Again and will live with the Lord Jesus Christ forever in heaven when you leave this earth. Now that you are a new creation in Christ, you must read your Bible every day and allow it... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 103 Respond To The Gospel. Posted by:  bimonics   (Posted: 11/06/2008 2:07pm) Mnemonically centering. Are you in need of doing your "first works" again, my soul...? Perhaps you even need to obey the "first steps" of the gospel of Christ and follow them again, like finding your own steps in the snow and following and re-stepping them... Mk.16:16; Ac.2:38; Ac.22:16. Things to do and remember are not just for new Christians, but for you; for any Christian. Things to do that may be helpful for someone recently converted but also for you. You who have left your "first love" - Re.2:4. Do not be exhaustive, but just collect a few things to do, that may be helpful for someone recently converted and also for you. Certainly you can find some things to remember? Consider some of the things that follow: Help save others...for when you are diligent in saving others you are more likely to save yourself - 1Co.9:19-27. Lose your enthusiasm for saving souls, and you may lose yourself! The Lord wants His disciples to make more disciples, and that my son, means you. - Mt.28:19-20. Be diligent in assembling...for wonderful blessings come through prayer - Php.4:6-7. You are not to forsake your assembling together - He.10:24-25. Be devoted to prayer,... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 2 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by bimonics)  - Total Views: 138 God have mercy on me!! Posted by:  sabs22   (Posted: 11/05/2008 3:13pm) Eversince I met Jesus I never felt helples like I do now. I had my share of troubles and challeges, but I met with great confidence knowing God is with me. Now I see God grace in a completely new light. I am without strength, yet I now He is with me. It is a funny feeling, depending complete on God(the situation demand it). Maybe I was in control of my life. Maybe God has invaded areas of my life that I didnt surendor yet. My life became completely upside down prograssively this year. It requires some major changes from me, including relocation. I have never been this place before. I guees it is an uncomfortable place for me. As much as I feel out of control, I dont feel like my file is going down the drain. Hence God's grace is fresh and new to me. Aag! dont minder me Im having christain blues. May his Spirit help me to learn and move in step with him. Love you Jesus. Where would I be without You? My Lord, My Savoir, My God, My Father, My Freind. You are the center of my life. This too will pass, but your... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by sabs22)  - Total Views: 182 I wish i didn't have to complain. Posted by:  pray2him2011   (Posted: 11/04/2008 6:59pm) I hate to complain, but i need your prayers. More walls have come into my life...and not just brick walls. These are 12 foot thick cement walls. My dad has to go in to surgery for an ambilical hernia on the 10th and he'll be out of work for a month or more. So we'll be losing quite a bit of money from that. My brother had to move back in with us, but thank God he was able to get his old job back, and they gave him a raise. My sister is never home, and i have reason to belive that her and her boyfriend are sexually active. My mother is pretty much working two jobs that she does the same thing at. The Presidential election is driving me insane. One of my friends has recently become mentally insane(literally). Another one of my friends can't eat...she says it make her sick...so she's lost 11 pounds, and she won't get help for it. My grades are dropping slowly but surely. Out pastor at church resigned and there's no one to take his place, and the power company has been estimating the church electric bill and making us pay way... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 2 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by tohimbeglory)  - Total Views: 157 Soon it will be over.... Posted by:  littlepinkangelwings   (Posted: 11/04/2008 11:40am) I will be so glad with the election is over. I have kept my TV off from the news because I'm so tired of hearing about it. I made up my mind very early on in the election, and for the first time ever I am voting based on my faith, and not economy - which has been the focus of my voting habits in the past. God will provide. I must vote my conscience, and from there I wash my hands of it. I'm ready to look at other things, think of other things. I plan to go vote once Hubby is home from work, and I think he will be stopping by the polls on the way home. Once that's done, it's done...the sooner the better. I have no intention of staying up to watch the results. Whatever happens, my lamp is lit for God no matter who gets in office. Our family will soldier on.... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 3 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by kraftykatz)  - Total Views: 277 weird dreams Posted by:  leastinthekingdom   (Posted: 11/03/2008 7:25pm) New here, have some questions, hope I don't offend anyone, God bless all in Christ I've had weird dreams all of my life, looking back, some were probably warnings, like the one I had when I was 5; I was playing with matches (fire), and set the whole lawn on fire (out of control) and grabbed the hose to put it out, and when the hose flew out of my hands, I saw that it was a fire-breathing snake, setting the rest on fire. Anyways, I had this dream where I was in an indoor exhibit or something, and I was going around the place from table to table, completing tasks or looking at things, it's been awhile so some of the smaller details aren't as clear. I walked around a corner where there were about 10 people, about six were sitting on a bench, about three were standing up, and one was off by herself, down aways. These people were sitting on the bench with bored expressions on their face, like they were just waiting for a bus. I'm not making this up, all of the sudden, as if the building wasn't there, there was a giant cross in... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 0 Comments  - Total Views: 29 Just a few first-time questions? Please take a look :) Posted by:  tdye1102   (Posted: 11/03/2008 11:32am) As I have stated before, Im new at this. Still reading to find my answers, and my blogs are less than over educated. And I have a few questions, that I have gathered through hear-say, and would like to know others' views? 1. Someone told me, that Church of Christ is the only "right" Church? And I was raised and remained Baptist, never really explored other churches. I have attempted to look it up and haven't really found anything directly on that matter? I know this can be considered a silly question, but it was something that grazed upon my mind, just thought I would share.. 2. Communion - I have heard so many different things. I have read in the bible, that you take it when need be, because the wine/juice is his blood and the bread/crackers is his body.. however, although I looked up on that too, I still have a difficulty understanding it? I know these are things, many would say I need to find myself, and that's exactly what I am trying to do. Just looking for answers.... Read Full Entry  - Category: General  - 6 Comments (view first comment - view last comment by tdye1102)  - Total Views: 165 Satan's 1st Lie Posted by:  truthlover   (Posted: 11/02/2008 8:56pm) I recently took the opportunity to attend the King Tutankhamun exhibit while it is here in Dallas. As a Christian, wha