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But warm weather is nice too!
I could not live where summers are really short.
We have to get used to bugs, soon we will need to eat them.. I have been told cricket flour is pretty tasty.
I could not live where summers are really short.
We have to get used to bugs, soon we will need to eat them.. I have been told cricket flour is pretty tasty.
i could eat crickets. john the baptist also ate crickets. but i prefer beef and chicken.
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i want everyone to confess if they are older than me and are typing here with smart phones or ipad or macbook. do your cities also have smart-cart shopping carts and digital prices instead of paper writing like normal. do you use these services? the smart-cart has a thing i see on youtube that you can put from your smart phone a shopping list to the smart-cart and as you walk through the store it shows you where you are in the store and where the item you are looking for is. so its like gps.
i will never use it. ever never. even out of principle i will always write down on a physical paper my grocery list and i find them in the store by myself then remember where they are for next time. thats it. no need for stupid machine telling me where to go
i will never use it. ever never. even out of principle i will always write down on a physical paper my grocery list and i find them in the store by myself then remember where they are for next time. thats it. no need for stupid machine telling me where to go
Joshua 24
14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of [d]the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [e]the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” 16 So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.” 19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord!” 22 So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses!” 23 “Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.” 24 And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”
14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of [d]the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [e]the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” 16 So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.” 19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord!” 22 So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses!” 23 “Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.” 24 And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”
You don't understand the word. Apostasy means to fall away from the faith (hint: you had to have it to then lose it)
Here, maybe read up a bit -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy
If you disagree, then you are free to update the Wikipedia page.
Here, maybe read up a bit -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy
If you disagree, then you are free to update the Wikipedia page.
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APOSTASY
Galatians 5
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
So here are the questions to those who deny the apostasy is a real risk to be aware of (for true believers).
1) Those mentioned above were in liberty (v1) - Are these Christians?
2) These same people are warned not to be entangled again. (v1) - Can they be found in slavery once again?
3) The consequence is estrangement from Christ (v4) - How do you become estranged if you were not in union?
4) The fall from Grace (v4) - To those who claim Grace cannot be lost, how then does the bible say that it is lost here?
Galatians 5
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
So here are the questions to those who deny the apostasy is a real risk to be aware of (for true believers).
1) Those mentioned above were in liberty (v1) - Are these Christians?
2) These same people are warned not to be entangled again. (v1) - Can they be found in slavery once again?
3) The consequence is estrangement from Christ (v4) - How do you become estranged if you were not in union?
4) The fall from Grace (v4) - To those who claim Grace cannot be lost, how then does the bible say that it is lost here?
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Hi everyone.
Not been well over Christmas nor my wife.
Wasn't going into work today as still struggling.
But I had to go in.
One of my employees died last night. It was sudden.
I had to go in and break this news to the rest of the employees.
My company is not big but I have tried to install realational aspect.
I was sat in my car for an hour waiting for clients to leave so I could go in and break this news.
As I was sat in my car I asked God how do I break this news.
Funeral like or not.
Anyway I did break the news.
Matter of fact. And it was hard.
This lady has left a husband and a 4 year old son.
Heartbreak to know that the husband had to tell his son that mum is not coming home.
The only prayers I could offer up was "God in this situation can you please break in"
Can you all on here pray the same.
Maybe just step back from a post here and post a prayer to our Father.
For those left behind and that somehow God will work in this.
Not been well over Christmas nor my wife.
Wasn't going into work today as still struggling.
But I had to go in.
One of my employees died last night. It was sudden.
I had to go in and break this news to the rest of the employees.
My company is not big but I have tried to install realational aspect.
I was sat in my car for an hour waiting for clients to leave so I could go in and break this news.
As I was sat in my car I asked God how do I break this news.
Funeral like or not.
Anyway I did break the news.
Matter of fact. And it was hard.
This lady has left a husband and a 4 year old son.
Heartbreak to know that the husband had to tell his son that mum is not coming home.
The only prayers I could offer up was "God in this situation can you please break in"
Can you all on here pray the same.
Maybe just step back from a post here and post a prayer to our Father.
For those left behind and that somehow God will work in this.
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