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JesusLives

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mailmandan said:
The very first church that my wife and I attended together after becoming believers was a Baptist church that seemed really nice at first, but after only attending there for 6 months, I turned to my wife during one of the services and said, "saved or not saved, people are still people!"
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We all are sinners.......some forgiven and some in process....as in the Lord is not finished with me yet.....same for everyone around you....some are not forgiven because they haven't asked yet....we need help them realize they need to ask for forgiveness...it's a process.....life long...
 
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Willie-T said:
My wife and I left a CoC, years back, because the Elders told us to quit referring to The Holy Spirit as "He". in the class we were teaching. Sometimes Elders think they are really all that and a bag of chips.
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Prior to my conversion, I had at one time temporarily attended a CoC. I know exactly what you are talking about!
 
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JustAnotherUser said:
Call me the naive one (or a sinful and willingly 'dead in ignorance' type), but last I went to church was at sixteen. This was around the prime time of questioning as to what I believed and followed and thought that the solution was to head to church after insisting myself weeks prior to it that I'd go. Attended Sunday night mass and left. It wasn't the same anymore. It used to be something that helped me to get through the week even if I didn't know everything about it. The people who attended weren't so bothersome, but there wasn't a connection either.

In a way, I'm glad I was raised in the Catholic church I went to for religion classes and whatnot. It wasn't the best and there were definitely flaws now looking back. But with the way many shun you just because you don't do something they say is what drives one out so quickly. I remember a nun told us that if we didn't attend to every Sunday mass, we would be questioned and ultimately sent to hell. -shrugs-

I've looked into other sections somewhat. Some seem a bit crazier than others, but I'll admit that I'm probably going by stereotype more than anything else.
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For many, many years I didn't go to church myself, as I always said going to church won't save you....people disappoint and then you have the examples that have been posted previously about injustices and judgments placed on us by people who are sinners too....

I finally got to the place that when I go to church it is to be with God and spend time with Him and I don't care what goes on around me. If someone said something not so nice to me I'd probably take a look back at the sermon of the day and say....Oh, that's why satan is working so hard to keep me out of church because we are learning about salvation and God's love and the ultimate sacrifice He has made just to save me.... Because really don't we all want to become more like Jesus and have that close connection that He had with the Father? I do and that is why I go to church...

I know tourist and I thought we were going to an SDA church one Saturday and ended up in a Hindu temple but we worshiped God there anyway amongst the idols when we knelt down to pray we prayed to the Creator Living God and He knew it.... got to witness to the kind gentleman that was in the temple and left Christian literature with him that he was looking at as we were leaving....

God lives in our hearts and He has promised to be with us to the end of the world....He goes where we do when we are doing His will....when tourist realized it was a mistake he wanted to leave and I said no...we are on a mission from God and this is where He wants us and we worship here today... and we did....lol
 
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JesusLives said:
For many, many years I didn't go to church myself, as I always said going to church won't save you....people disappoint and then you have the examples that have been posted previously about injustices and judgments placed on us by people who are sinners too....

I finally got to the place that when I go to church it is to be with God and spend time with Him and I don't care what goes on around me. If someone said something not so nice to me I'd probably take a look back at the sermon of the day and say....Oh, that's why satan is working so hard to keep me out of church because we are learning about salvation and God's love and the ultimate sacrifice He has made just to save me.... Because really don't we all want to become more like Jesus and have that close connection that He had with the Father? I do and that is why I go to church...

I know tourist and I thought we were going to an SDA church one Saturday and ended up in a Hindu temple but we worshiped God there anyway amongst the idols when we knelt down to pray we prayed to the Creator Living God and He knew it.... got to witness to the kind gentleman that was in the temple and left Christian literature with him that he was looking at as we were leaving....

God lives in our hearts and He has promised to be with us to the end of the world....He goes where we do when we are doing His will....when tourist realized it was a mistake he wanted to leave and I said no...we are on a mission from God and this is where He wants us and we worship here today... and we did....lol
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Really neat . It sounds just like you.
 
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wow such drama in the church....what a shame...had my fill of it to.
 
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A real peep.....I mean penguin lover has arrived..... I was talking to myself there for a minute....How are you Miss Melita?
 
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Hey JL. I'm doing well :) I'm excited about sleeping in tomorrow lol

How are you?
 
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Bless tourists heart he helped me take down a pair of sheers and a valance to wash and then put them back up on the window....Those tall guys sure to come in handy....but I frustrated him trying to draw a picture of what I wanted the curtains to look like after they went back up...I so short I could not reach and then to try to describe what I wanted....let's just say it was comical......poor guy.....

He said I understand honey you want it to look girly....lol
 
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cmarieh said:
I know I have mentioned in other posts that I was actually taken outside and verbally assaulted by one of the elders and began telling me that I should not honor my dad because he hadn't attended church for a couple months because his job required him to work on Sundays, plus he was taking care of my Grandparents by helping with keeping their grass mowed and other things. To me I am required to honor my parents for my entire life and by him telling me that I shouldn't goes against the bible.
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Ugh, that's terrible :(
 
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I sure do miss our peeps........Reborn out on a date? It is the weekend.....Hope you are doing o.k. Frank.... Miss you Mom and Sky... Violet is around here somewhere.....Miss Roxxy too been a while for her.... Glad you young ones are here with this old Blond....

Other wise I might have to ask myself questions and then answer them in another post....lol
 
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I'm still at small groups. I have no idea what the "grown folk" are talking about lol
 
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Yes, I'm still hanging around here. Happy Weekend! :D

 
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melita916 said:
I'm still at small groups. I have no idea what the "grown folk" are talking about lol
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Jesus right? Tell them they should be talking about Him.....or you could just start singing.....I used to be in a group mostly ladies called Adoration.....let's just say I was the problem child and once in a while would let out a note somewhere up in the rafters. Our fearless leader would say.....show off.....I had so much fun with that group of ladies.... I miss them and singing so much....
 
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