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Markum1972

Markum1972

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My bad news as aforementioned:

I found out some sad news about someone that I had to distance myself from quite awhile back. Not just me, but some others too. We did all that we could to help.
A friend called me and told me that this person's children were taken away and put in foster care after having been caught with drugs in her possession.
It is a sad thing. She had been delivered of all of this and if you saw pictures of her two years ago in church, you would not be able to imagine that something like this could happen to such a person.
Anyways pray for her, the kids, and my friend. My friend is heartbroken as she grew up with the person since 8 years old and feels as though she has lost her best friend to this horrible addiction.
 
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Powemm

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Lifting all pertaining to you and them up to our Heavenly Father.. Since He is all knowing and all seeing not one thing has gone without His notice .. They are in His hands ..
In Christ
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arwen83

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Hmmm....I think my thread will eventually beat Zao's Awkward Moment thread *feeling accomplished* HA! :p
 
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arwen83

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Always seeking never staying
Always searching never finding

I'm looking for that thing- I don't know what it is but I don't have it and I am searching for it~ maybe it's fulfillment. Maybe it's me. God gave me the feeling and knowledge that it is out there, so it must exist, or I wouldn't have this impulsion to find it. It makes me terribly unstable, running after a possibility- yes, maybe it is here~ I finally found it! It's like a part of my soul that has been taken away from me, and I long for it. I believe that I will only be able to have it back fully completely, when I die and things are restored. I will be whole once again. But for now, I search for traces of it in places. There are breadcrumbs to follow to get closer to it.
 
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arwen83

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The Romans were jerks.
 
CatHerder

CatHerder

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So I stopped a relationship from progressing further with an amazing woman - an old college friend from 15 years back that I bumped into a few months ago. She is not a believer....in fact...she is very pagan. Since our world views are so different, I don't see us having a long term future together....and I didn't want to take the relationship to a level where I may be tempted to hide something from someone else...so I broke things off....time change to a few years ago, while going through the worst of my divorce...I found myself attracted to a very godly married woman...she was going through a rough patch in her marriage....I never acted on these feelings....in fact, I even prayed for their marriage, even though a selfish part of me wanted something else...

I don't think I would choose holiness over happiness again if a situation like this presented itself again...and this scares me.

...I wonder if there is something wrong with me that I seem to be attracted to women who are "off limits." I think I may be a bit angry with God right now.....I hurt.
 
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iTOREtheSKY

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I "liked" the above post for your honesty. Right or Wrong. To admit what you did takes guts. TY for sharing.
(apologies in advance to arwen :p )
 
zeroturbulence

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arwen83 said:
Always seeking never staying
Always searching never finding

I'm looking for that thing- I don't know what it is but I don't have it and I am searching for it~ maybe it's fulfillment. Maybe it's me. God gave me the feeling and knowledge that it is out there, so it must exist, or I wouldn't have this impulsion to find it. It makes me terribly unstable, running after a possibility- yes, maybe it is here~ I finally found it! It's like a part of my soul that has been taken away from me, and I long for it. I believe that I will only be able to have it back fully completely, when I die and things are restored. I will be whole once again. But for now, I search for traces of it in places. There are breadcrumbs to follow to get closer to it.
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I think inner peace is what you might be looking for.

I know I know... no conversations :p
 
iraasuup

iraasuup

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My current random thought is 'Why are my eyes hurting?' followed by the realisation that I've been staring at this computer screen for hours and my glasses are in the other room. *sigh*.
 
hon2294

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i wonder if a person can just be still having NO thoughts? or if you tell yourself :hey! stop thinking! can a person control his mind to not think of something? :confused: just wondering :)
 
Stephen63

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My random thoughts are why are people making such a big to-do about claiming to be a dedicated Christian, when in fact their actions show just the opposite? For instance, someone may have a $5000 video collection of rated R and PG-13 movies and only have a Bible to study from. I get miffed when people say they're doing their best for God and they won't even acquire some free Bible software that's all over the net that has dictionaries, concordances, and commentaries. I actually hate it when people testify and say, "pray that I will be what God would have me to be", when you know they don't have a regular prayer life. Hypocrisy just plain stinks to no end.
 
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iTOREtheSKY

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Turn on. Tune in. Drop out.
Turn onto the things that pertain to Godliness...
Tune into the Holy Spirit & listen for what he is saying...
only then will I be able to Drop out of the circle of confusion that plagues me daily.
Ok Lord...so what gives?
I "feel" less like a believer now than at any other point in my life.
At least feeling the most useless.
Of course I don't mean bouncing my way across the globe to go witness,and I don't mean or even feel the need to evangelize in the way many christians would like to be used.
I'm kinda over being "spiritual".
I'm really curious now about how to just "be"
There is a certain level of calmness in just being in the presence of the Lord.
I wonder if I'll ever find the words?
I suppose there is something in the Phoenician or Aramaic language,ahhhh just rambling on again.
Thinking i need more coffee,less thinky.
 
Markum1972

Markum1972

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I knew the other day that there was more to the bad news I received. In previous times that this particular woman delivered a message of some sort to me, it was in preparation for things to come.

There has been a pressing in my spirit. I said I would pray about it, but instead I received "Just wait upon me. I will show you when the time is come" said the Lord.

It is of no coincidence that I had a vision about a week and a half ago about this situation. What I saw in that vision was something that I did not want to do. It was something that I just did not want to be involved in. I see God's providence in the timing that the vision came as it was the perfect amount of time for me to absorb what I had seen and be prepared.

So today, that person that I mentioned in a previous post came to me. I did what I saw in the vision (despite my flesh). I commanded the evil spirits to leave her and asked God to place a hedge of protection about her and an assembly of angels to guard over her.

She is in part being placed within my care to watch over her; not something that I wanted, but nevertheless, not my will but God's will be done. I am joining her again soon to accompany her to a rehabilitation center and also to visit her children.

It is my hope to also involve her in some of the nearby ministries (mainly home churches) where God's servants may minister to her. However, I will seek the Lord in His instruction so that I do not resort to my own means of a solution.

About a year and a half ago, she had come to me with a dream that troubled her. I did not understand the dream then, but the interpretation is now clear. Even though she had been delivered and been clean for quite some time, she had a dream that she had been overtaken by the addiction again. In the dream, she came to me and was once again restored through the authority of Jesus Christ and power of the Holy Spirit. She doesn't remember the dream, but it seems to me that God planted a seed within her for a time and a season. Why I was chosen to be the servant remains a mystery to me. However, I will continue to do as God leads me to do... to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the broken hearted, preach deliverance to the captives,and restoration of sight to the blind, set those that are bruised free, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Seeking the Lord fervently on what is next.
 
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Jullianna

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Have to have oral surgery in a couple of hours. :( This is not going to be fun. Typing on CC while heavily medicated might be a fun twist though. We'll see.
 
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Powemm

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Markum1972 said:
I knew the other day that there was more to the bad news I received. In previous times that this particular woman delivered a message of some sort to me, it was in preparation for things to come.

There has been a pressing in my spirit. I said I would pray about it, but instead I received "Just wait upon me. I will show you when the time is come" said the Lord

It is of no coincidence that I had a vision about a week and a half ago about this situation. What I saw in that vision was something that I did not want to do. It was something that I just did not want to be involved in. I see God's providence in the timing that the vision came as it was the perfect amount of time for me to absorb what I had seen and be prepared.

So today, that person that I mentioned in a previous post came to me. I did what I saw in the vision (despite my flesh). I commanded the evil spirits to leave her and asked God to place a hedge of protection about her and an assembly of angels to guard over her.

She is in part being placed within my care to watch over her; not something that I wanted, but nevertheless, not my will but God's will be done. I am joining her again soon to accompany her to a rehabilitation center and also to visit her children.

It is my hope to also involve her in some of the nearby ministries (mainly home churches) where God's servants may minister to her. However, I will seek the Lord in His instruction so that I do not resort to my own means of a solution.

About a year and a half ago, she had come to me with a dream that troubled her. I did not understand the dream then, but the interpretation is now clear. Even though she had been delivered and been clean for quite some time, she had a dream that she had been overtaken by the addiction again. In the dream, she came to me and was once again restored through the authority of Jesus Christ and power of the Holy Spirit. She doesn't remember the dream, but it seems to me that God planted a seed within her for a time and a season. Why I was chosen to be the servant remains a mystery to me. However, I will continue to do as God leads me to do... to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the broken hearted, preach deliverance to the captives,and restoration of sight to the blind, set those that are bruised free, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Seeking the Lord fervently on what is next.
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. pray you a blessed journey through this ....
 
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Inspiration is a must for me.
 
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arwen83

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Packing up. I move Monday, but I am getting organized and deciding what I should take with me, what I should throw out and give to goodwill. Isn't that like life? When changes happen in our lives, deciding what we should take with us, what we need to get rid of. And much like life, it appears that I have picked up a lot of junk over time that I will no longer have room for, or care to keep.
 
Markum1972

Markum1972

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Ironic that my profile picture was taken in her kitchen almost 2 years ago. I just realized that.
 
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arwen83

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I found the paper
He wrote on the back of my readings for school
Advice
His secret to life

"Change your perspective
Change your attitiude
Change the world"

I told him to sign it, so that when he finally makes it big, I could sell it for a few bucks. I joked.

He signed it.

Yes, this is something that I will bring along with me when I move.
 
lil_christian

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So happy I got rid of my green beard :D (I had put some green mud mask on a part of my face and it looked like I had a green beard lol)
 
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