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201 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | inmyheart | 72237 | ||
Jesified, You are not the last one on this forum, there are many here :) I would like to follow up on some of your post however, I'm busy right now and just wanted to confirm that I received your post. "That you faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1Cor.2:5 (KJV) God bless |
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202 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | inmyheart | 72234 | ||
EdB, Greetings EdB, good to hear from you this new year, but not a surprise that you would respond to my post :) Ed, the issue has never been, "a true christian will never get sick," and diffently not the idea that God allows us to be sick! How do you chasten your children, to correct them?Then why do you assume God will chasten His children with sickness, to correction? Phl 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things. I believe what is true, and God is still healing today, and that the men and women of God are anointed to come against satan's scheme's. Ed, you and I have debated this topic, and I don't see how any further discussion would be of any benefit to either of us. God bless you |
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203 | Divine Healing? | Matthew | inmyheart | 72161 | ||
Jesified, Greetings, I also posted on this topic, "thorn in the flesh," and I also agree what the Word of God says concerning this matter. This is what I posted: "Paul's thorn. "...There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me…" (2 Corinthians 12:7). This verse is frequently used by ministers to prove that sickness can be the will of God, and that Paul was sick. First of all, even if Paul was sick, it is no proof that it was the will of God. David committed murder and adultery – was that the will of God? Judas betrayed Jesus – was that a moral act? Just because someone in the Bible did something does not automatically make it right. Even Satan is in the Bible. You have to read the implied principles from the experiences of biblical character as well as the directly stated principles in the Bible. Nevertheless, Paul was really a solid proof of the supernatural healing power of God – even in his experience. Many Christians have been deceived in this area. Notice Paul says he had "a thorn in the flesh." The words "scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes" in Joshua 23:13 are used to describe people; the words "thorns in your sides" in Judges 2:3 are also used the same way. Since when did it become a sickness? Paul was simply using an expression commonly used in those days. When you say, "Tom is a pain in the neck," you are talking about a person that bothers or annoys you, not a sickness. To further confirm that, Paul says the thorn was "a messenger of Satan." This tells us it was a person or demon, and that he was from Satan, not God. What Paul experienced was most likely persecution from people (inspired by Satan). Most of them followed Paul around to preach circumcision to the people right after Paul leaves a city. Some even reacted to Paul's preaching with physical violence. This is why the evil spirit or "messenger" was a "thorn in the flesh," or a "pain in the neck." You need to know the truth about the biblical passages that have been used to preach sickness. Many times those passages are some of the greatest proofs for healing. Some of them prove neither healing or sickness – just the need for wisdom. For example, if the Bible says that someone accidentally fell off a building and died, does that prove sickness, or that it is not God's will to heal and protect? No, it proves the need for wisdom and caution. By the way, this happened and Paul resurrected the dead man by the power of God (Acts 20:9-12). (end of post) I support your post and encourage you to keep posting no matter what feed back you may get. I also was labeled, but Praise God for His Grace! God bless |
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204 | Follow up question - same references | Jer 4:23 | inmyheart | 71684 | ||
The enemies of Jesus Christ will be judged. The King of kings will execute judgment over His enemies (Rev.19:15-16). Jesus Christ will come from His throne in heaven to earth to rid all opposition to His earthly reign. The judgments of God will have fallen over the earth during the seven-year period known as the Great Tribulation. Those judgments upon the earth prepare for the reign of Christ on the earth. Jesus told us in Matthew 24:27-31 that this will be a climatic event. Earth shaking, climatic events will take place with suddenness. This is the same return we read about in Revelation 19. Everyone living on the earth will suddenly see the events taking place in the heavens. I do not know what the "sign of the Son of Man" appearing in the sky will be. But the Bible tells us, "BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen" (Revelation 1:7, caps indicate Old Testament quote in NASB). I do know the whole world will see Jesus Christ returning in glory. It will be the lightning strike that grabs and holds worldwide attention. This is how Jesus described it: For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. If CNN and the media are still around for the occasion this will be the most widely covered event in history. The Battle of Armageddon will take place in the valley of Jezreel in Israel at the end of the Tribulation. Revelation 20:8 should be distinguished from 17:14; 19:19 (Armageddon) because it follows the thousand year reign of Christ. Gog and Magog are symbolic figures that represent the nations of the world who ban together for a final assault against the Kingdom of God at the end of the millennial reign of Christ. When Christ rides out of heaven to take His throne the enemies of Christ who have joined with the Antichrist and his false prophet will meet Christ for battle (Rev.19:17-21). At that time Christ will judge His enemies and they will be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be a time of great slaughter. The armies of the earth will all be destroyed because they have allied with the forces of the Antichrist. Christ will have defeated them all at this time. Not only will the enemies of Christ be judged, but it will also be a time when the remnant that survives the Great Tribulation will recognize Jesus Christ as the true Messiah of God. This information is only in part, if you need more info please let me know, but I pray that this has been helpful. God bless |
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205 | What about the "millennial reign"? | Jer 4:23 | inmyheart | 71671 | ||
Christ's Millennial Reign The thousand-year literal reign of Jesus on earth will be ushered in by the Revelation of Christ—the coming of Jesus back to earth with ten thousands of His saints at the close of the Great Tribulation. At this time, He will judge the nations that dwell upon the face of the earth and Satan will be bound. It will be a reign of peace and blessing. The curse, which fell when Adam and Eve transgressed the command of God, will be lifted from all creation and the world will enjoy Christ's righteous government. The saints of God who will return with Jesus from Heaven after the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will rule and reign with Him on earth. The Millennial Reign will close with the final Judgment from the Great White Throne. Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:6-9; 65:25; Hosea 2:18; Zechariah 14:9-20; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Jude 14,15; Revelation 3:21; 20:2,3. God bless |
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206 | What is Brokeness before God? | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71469 | ||
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Psalms 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. How Broken: It is certainly the work of the Spirit of the Living God. Submit yourself to him. SEEK HIM HARD. Seek the humbleness and brokeness which is in the man to whom the Lord looks. Conform to the image of Jesus Christ his son. God will Humble you - he will be glorified in his OWN people. Seek him, humble yourself before him, be that man to whom the Lord will look and can use. The man who is NOT PROUD, not even secretly proud. The man who knowing the worm that he is ascribes all glory to God who saved him and bought him. Glorify God therefore in your body and in your spirit which are God's. Psalms 138:6 ¶ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 1 Peter 5:5 ¶ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Proverbs 18:12 ¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Proverbs 29:23 ¶ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. THE CHASTENING HAND OF GOD WILL HUMBLE HIS CHILDREN and bring them to brokeness of heart. Psalms 94:12 ¶ Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; Proverbs 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: Proverbs 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Jeremiah 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Hebrews 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. God bless |
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207 | Will The USA go to war? | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71359 | ||
justme, You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Matthew 24:6-8 Is there any Biblical answer? http://prophecyupdate.injesus.com God bless |
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208 | John9:1-12 and Job1-2 | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71356 | ||
We want life to be simple, and we want to have easy answers that give meaning to life. We want life to be black and white where the good guys are escaping suffering, and the bad guys are getting their due reward of judgment. If life was only like the movies, but it is not, and often the real life story has the bad guys getting by with murder, and the good guys being the ones getting murdered. So it was with Able, John the Baptist, Stephen, and on and on. Simple answers are not always false, but they are so often foolish and cruel when applied to specific situations. Do people go blind because they mix up a pile of gun powder and then light it? Of course they do. Do they go blind because they stare at the Sun too long? Yes they do. People go blind for all kinds of foolish things they do. They cause their blindness by the choices they make. But to take what we know to be true and make it the truth, and apply it to every blind person, is to be cruel. If we see a blind child and say, I wonder what stupid thing this kid did to become blind, then we are the ones being foolish. There are hundreds of reasons for why people are blind. Those who assume that there is only one reason, and that is that they did something evil or stupid, are a part of the problem in the suffering of the world. The fact is, the godly often suffer even more than the ungodly. The poet put it; The rain falls on the just and unjust fella, And sometimes more on the just, for the unjust Steals the just's umbrella. There is no promise that life will be fair, but only that God will. Jesus says in Luke 21:16-17, "You will be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives and friends and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me." That is not much of a promise of a fair life. But then in the next verse Jesus says, "But not a hair of your head will parish." This is His way of saying that its an unfair world, and unjust suffering is inevitable, but in God's ultimate plan no child of His will lose one minute thing because of the power of evil. Jesus says in John 16:2, "A time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God." Jesus did not hold back any punches. He told His disciples there were no guarantees that they would escape anything by following Him. He ends the chapter by saying in verse 33, "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Jesus was so realistic about life, and that is why He promised trouble. But He was also reassuring, for He promised final victory and present peace in Him. God Bless |
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209 | Is suicide a sin, will you go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71276 | ||
Do a quick search. It appears that you have answered this question. But............... We are saved by the grace of God, not by works (Ephesians 2:8-9) and nothing can separate a Christian from the love of God (Romans 8:37-39). Other verses that clearly teach assurance of salvation for the believer are: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. -John 5:24 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." -John 10:27-29 "And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God." -1 John 5:11-13 However, suicide is not what God wants for anyone. We have a God who loves us and cares for us and promises to meet all of our needs if we place our trust in Him (Proverbs 3:5-6). |
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210 | When or should we avoid unbelievers? | NT general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71201 | ||
dat, It is good to mix with unbelievers to love and convert them. If you can convert them, then you can happily yoke together. We should sometimes revisit people even if they don't believe at first, as conversion can take time. Back in the time of Christ the tax collectors or publicans were considered evil and part of the world. Jesus indicated they were sick and needed converting. The disciples who were tax collectors gave their professions away to do God's work. Matthew 9: 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. It must have been widely known that it was wrong to work for a corrupt system in Jesus' time. The Pharisees must have thought that it was so bad to be a tax collector that they had no hope of salvation, and that Jesus should stay away from them as if they had no hope of being saved. Tax collectors were still needed as God said to pay taxes but it seemed that it was not for Christians to become tax collectors. Jesus did the right thing by loving and mixing with sinners and tax collectors for the purpose of converting them. But he did not yoke, work and stay with the same people if they did not believe. Jesus and the Apostles moved on if people did not believe, and met other people, trying to convert them. However, the false church of today is wrongfully encouraging people to live or work with the same unbelievers and work with and for a corrupt system, which is now far worse than it was in the time of the Pharisees. Many of the so-called Christians today could be seen by Jesus as being much sicker than the tax collectors. |
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211 | Is suicide a sin, will you go to hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | inmyheart | 71197 | ||
Angelface, Suicide is not a new idea. The Bible records seven suicides. But what does the Bible say about taking your own life? 1. God has a great plan for your life. God has created us in His image (Genesis 1:26-27). He created us for a purpose. God has a specific plan in mind for everyone. "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11) 2. God's plan is for life, not death. The Bible teaches that both physical and spiritual death are the result of our sin and disobedience to God, but eternal life is a gift to those who receive it. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) 3. Jesus taught that death and destruction are the work of "the thief" (Satan). He said, "The thief comes only to steal and destroy;" (John 10:10). John 8:44 says that Satan is a "murderer" and the "father of lies". The feelings of despair that lead to suicide are caused by some of his lies. 4. Jesus wants us to have life. He said: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10) 5. Life belongs to God. It is never our place to take our own life or someone else's life. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) IF SUICIDE ISN'T THE ANSWER, WHAT IS? 1. The solution to despair and hopelessness is not suicide, but faith in God. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalms 33:20-22) 2. Christ promises that He will give us rest from our problems. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28) 3. Tell someone. Tell your parents, your brother or sister, your teacher or school counselor, your pastor or youth minister that you are thinking about suicide. If a friend tells you that he or she is serious about suicide, then you need to tell someone who is responsible and can help. 4. Accept Christ's free gift of eternal life and salvation, if you haven't already. Romans 10:13 says: "For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." John 1:12 says: "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." 5. When we accept Christ, God gives us a brand-new life and sees us as completely holy and righteous. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17) "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21) 6. Because of God's salvation through the death of Jesus on the cross, we can have assurance of eternal life with God. "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. (John 5:24) |
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212 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71192 | ||
EdB, Nice little thought! Have a blessed New Year! God Bless |
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213 | Genesis 1: light ? | Genesis | inmyheart | 71149 | ||
maydayjohn, The holy scripture designing by revealed religion to maintain and improve natural religion, to repair the decays of it and supply the defects of it, since the fall, for the reviving of the precepts of the law of nature, lays down, at first, this principle of the unclouded light of nature, That this world was, in the beginning of time, created by a Being of infinite wisdom and power, who was himself before all time and all worlds. The entrance into God's word gives this LIGHT. God's Word is the Light on the first day! |
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214 | Which commandments are written on our he | Exodus | inmyheart | 71147 | ||
rferg, The Spirit of God is known as Gods Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost that exists and lives forever. Holy means to put on also known as sanctified or anointed. It is the right Spirit doing good. It is what it is. It is the ruling feeling of God, the Personality of God, or way of God. The word of God was first written by God in the ten commandments which God wrote with his own finger. It listed ten things that we must do in order to go to heaven, and these ten commandments are comprised into two, the way we act towards God and the way we act towards one another. Jesus is known as the word of God that was made human to show us the way of God, and the way to God. Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life. He said if you saw him, they saw God. He was not talking about his outwardly appearance or looks, he was identifying God's Spirit and God's Way (Spirit, Characteristics, Personality). God promised that he would write his laws into our hearts. These laws are also known as Gods way. This is done by having the Spirit of God, being in one accord with God. The way to God is Jesus, who is the first human manifestation (made known) of God. Jesus is also known as the Son of God because he was conceived in Mary of Gods Holy Spirit. Jesus said he would send the Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit), and he said God has given him all authority in heaven and earth. When you are baptized and receive the Holy Spirit of God, you receive Jesus into your heart, who is the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, the characteristics of God, the personality of God, the Ruling Feeling. This is how God is with you, and how God fulfilled his promise to write his laws and commandments into our heart, and how God would be our God and we his children. This is also known as Emmanuel, meaning God with us, or anointed and sanctified. God bless |
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215 | In Acts 12:10, who opened the gate? | Acts | inmyheart | 71144 | ||
Dublin, He was led safely by the angel out of danger, Acts 12: v. 10. Guards were kept at one pass and at another, which they were to make their way through when they were out of the prison, and they did so without any opposition; nay, for aught that appears, without any discovery: either their eyes were closed; or their hands were tied, or their hearts failed them; so it was that the angel and Peter safely passed the first and second ward. Those watchmen represented the watchmen of the Jewish church, on whom God had poured out a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, Rom. xi. 8. His watchmen are blind, sleeping, lying down, and loving to slumber. But still there is an iron gate, after all, that will stop them, and, if the guards can but recover themselves, there they may recover their prisoner, as Pharaoh hoped to retake Israel at the Red Sea. However, up to that gate they march, and, like the Red Sea before Israel, it opened to them. They did not so much as put a hand to it, but it opened of its own accord, by an invisible power; and thus was fulfilled in the letter what was figuratively promised to Cyrus (Isa. xlv. 1, 2): I will open before him the two-leaved gates, will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. And probably the iron gate shut again of itself, that none of the guards might pursue Peter. Note, When God will work salvation for his people, no difficulties in their way are insuperable; but even gates of iron are made to open of their own accord. This iron gate led him into the city out of the castle or tower; whether within the gates of the city or without is not certain, so that, when they were through this, they were got into the street. From: Matthew Henry Bible Commentary |
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216 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71141 | ||
Romans That was the thought through out the thread. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed New Year! God Bless |
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217 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71135 | ||
EdB, That is true. Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. Do the women at your church practice having long hair? If not, why not? God bless |
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218 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71104 | ||
EdB, We can read the Bible, notice the surface list — the LITTLE things — and actually make some progress. OR . . . we can ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us the deep, abiding principles of heaven. And then we REALLY fall on our knees and confess our need of a Savior. God bless |
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219 | I repent for what I had committed. | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71046 | ||
Mohelas, Yes, God will forgive you. We are accountable for our actions. satan can't force you into temptation where you have to fall to it, you have a choice. God wants you to make the right choice, this is why He gives you His Word. You can stand on God's promises. Begin thinking on the right things, read Philippians 4:8, and then 1Corinthians 10:13. Get into a accountablity group or mentior. God loves you |
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220 | God's promise to protect our heat | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71044 | ||
Sandy, This is not exactly as you stated, but this is what you maybe looking for. 1Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]. God bless |
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