Don't Put God In A Box

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Blain

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God has no box so we must not put each other in a box either. That would be suffocating. What i want is a box of chocolates. 😅
I would say we don't put him in a box he is in the box already as a present to us we need to let him out.
 

Blain

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I’m glad too that you’re still with us… you’re an overcomer!

You love God so much even though you’ve suffered so much and now just simply smile in the midst of pain facing death with no fear… you are absolutely BEAUTIFUL to God!

Sounds like you’re passing through the 7 churches…. you’ve made it through Ephesus (Steadfast unshakable First Love) and Smyrna (Death with joy like Christ endured the cross because of the joy that was set before Him)…

Now you’re entering Pergamos.. you’ll be raised up in Truth, restored in Truth and strengthened in Truth in Pergamos… perhaps the Lord will heal you now…:unsure::love:(y)
I would actually like to learn more of your understanding of these seven churches I have never heard anyone speak of them like that.

And as for my healing I am all for it but the healing of the body comes first that is more important.
 

Tinkerbell725

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I would actually like to learn more of your understanding of these seven churches I have never heard anyone speak of them like that.

And as for my healing I am all for it but the healing of the body comes first that is more important.
Jesus please be with Blain. Let your presence heal his body.
Amen.
 

Blain

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Jesus please be with Blain. Let your presence heal his body.
Amen.
O I should have clarified the body of Christ needs to be healed first but thank you because my body is an issue for me that is why it is hard to come online a lot.

But as odd as it seems my physical suffering only seems to raise my spirit
 

Tinkerbell725

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O I should have clarified the body of Christ needs to be healed first but thank you because my body is an issue for me that is why it is hard to come online a lot.

But as odd as it seems my physical suffering only seems to raise my spirit

Yes God’s power is made perfect in weakness. Glory be to God.
 
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God's power is limitless and His thoughts are beyond ours. I can't wait to experience all the wonders that await those in the body of Christ. I can think of a few possibilities, but they won't compare. How about reliving all of history, and helping God to have more souls turn to Him. How about living in a perfect world where everyone loves everyone. As part of the body of Christ we will receive all the blessings bestowed on Christ by the Father.
 

Blain

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God's power is limitless and His thoughts are beyond ours. I can't wait to experience all the wonders that await those in the body of Christ. I can think of a few possibilities, but they won't compare. How about reliving all of history, and helping God to have more souls turn to Him. How about living in a perfect world where everyone loves everyone. As part of the body of Christ we will receive all the blessings bestowed on Christ by the Father.
a spiritual wind is on the horizon and believe me this isn't mere revival we are talking about
 

Fundaamental

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a spiritual wind is on the horizon and believe me this isn't mere revival we are talking about
it would take more than a spiritual wind for some,

What there looking for his blood

It amazes me how many of these type threads lose interest for the author of op.

It's almost like they where never really interested in the first place.

And just posted it for a bit of entertainment.
 

Blade

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How many times have you heard this? When someone says don't put God in a box, aren't they really saying don't put God in the Bible? In other words, the box is the Bible.
Hey RA.. I can't remember the last time. I can show one might take it personally and lash out or try to defend what ever it was. I agree with "No... what they usually mean is don't limit God by your own understanding and experience. Typically, it is because people don't know the Bible that they "put God in a box".

To day the bible is Gods box. Well think we know its not all of God we know there are countless things that happened OT that never were told then NT they believed if everything Christ did and said was written there would not be enough books. Seems this "Box" is HUGE! haha
 

Blade

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it would take more than a spiritual wind for some,

What there looking for his blood

It amazes me how many of these type threads lose interest for the author of op.

It's almost like they where never really interested in the first place.

And just posted it for a bit of entertainment.
Question.. not sure why but haha your posts always get my attention. But not why you think :) my eyes always go there.

So did you catch anything yet? :D
 

Blain

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it would take more than a spiritual wind for some,

What there looking for his blood

It amazes me how many of these type threads lose interest for the author of op.

It's almost like they where never really interested in the first place.

And just posted it for a bit of entertainment.
he is in need of much prayer from all of us everyone knows why the love and peace serenity of God the flowing waters he is needing we can give it.
 

Fundaamental

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he is in need of much prayer from all of us everyone knows why the love and peace serenity of God the flowing waters he is needing we can give it.
I can pray 🙂 dear father God. Could you open the box for the author of the op.

Could you heal are brother blain
And kept them both safe from the attempts of spiritual wickedness to bring doubt to there faith amen.
 

Blain

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I know this is going to cause a fuss but I serve God and God alone


Glory to Lord almighty on high lift your voices in thunder mountains bow before your master oceans silence before the Lord dirt speak his name on high and children of the king beloved precious warriors and lambs of the Lord,
Fill wineskine in your temple the joy of the Lord is your new song praise our beloved Lord and king with all your might

For how gllorious how astonishing how bewlldering is what he is doing be prepared for his explosion my brothers and sisters a new song is coming a wondrous and mysterious beauty of his craft for he has laid out his plan he is ready it is time to move soon very soon

For I saw a barren land covered in filth and dirt grime and muck polution and vile black liquide of sin and Jezebel trees nothing but mere brittle pieces no life in anything continous darkness
There is a city in the barren land full of men and women the city was even worse as infection and desease spread even in the air rats and vermen living fully and peacefully in the filth and grime trash and garbage on every place of land building and men and women completely unaware of the filth they lived in.

I heard a small song singing softly from a distance the city heard it as well but barely noticed it.
But the song grew louder and louder annoying the citizen of the city of sin until it burst as a loud trumpet to loud to cover your ears and they all turned to the north where the barren land was and there was a army of the children of God glowing in his golden light as they marched singing in worship to him with joy and prominence

The Lord was with them as they marched forward with every step they took becoming holy ground life spring forth from their feet rivers flow trees and beautiful forests raise form the earth fields of gardens and flowing rivers of honey and milk to good to resist

The people of sin we glistening and brought forward to them as they became one with the Lord I saw a massive field of golden wheat oh how wonder in appearance it was you have never seen such a thing I saw a golden sky and a lion as the sun with a mighty roar the chaf was banished into dust and only the golden wheat remains.

The sword of truth will be their scythe all power and authority as reigning kings and queeens mighty bestowed warriors of God raise your spirits join in the excitement of what he is doing praise him and sing with him in worship until you are so full of joy you can't help but dance for him unable to give him enough praise and honor reaching your hands so much you can't streach them any further if you tried

Please please let this reach the souls of his love let it shatter the shackles let it be so intense to them they are singing to you just from reading it let it fill all who would say yes Lord send me be filled with your mighty power and winds let reality be turned on it's head under your almighty authority let it spit in the face of the powers of hell let the demons shrink and tremble let them be stepped on by the kings and queens of this generation and above all let your name let your kingdom your estate and court be given the bounty of praise from your beloveds let the spirit spread into all like a virus and warm their hearts and still their souls let your flood gates of living water flow soothly into all who would thirst let your manna fall from heaven to the children of the king who is his pride and his boast
 

Fundaamental

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Question.. not sure why but haha your posts always get my attention. But not why you think :) my eyes always go there.

So did you catch anything yet? :D
lol I caught a whopper the other day, it was a good job I had volt my gun ready,

The slippery bugger was rapping it's self around my arm.

Thankfully there's more than one way to stun something tho, 🙂

I tried charming a baby snake once, it never worked,

But the next day when I opened my door it was back on my deck.

I picked it up añd it bit me again.

Only this time it was more like a love bite.

Anyway I gave it home for a few days,

It kept doing the same thing even tho I was feeding it.

So I said to the snake you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you,

But to no Avail it bit me again.
 

Fundaamental

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I know this is going to cause a fuss but I serve God and God alone


Glory to Lord almighty on high lift your voices in thunder mountains bow before your master oceans silence before the Lord dirt speak his name on high and children of the king beloved precious warriors and lambs of the Lord,
Fill wineskine in your temple the joy of the Lord is your new song praise our beloved Lord and king with all your might

For how gllorious how astonishing how bewlldering is what he is doing be prepared for his explosion my brothers and sisters a new song is coming a wondrous and mysterious beauty of his craft for he has laid out his plan he is ready it is time to move soon very soon

For I saw a barren land covered in filth and dirt grime and muck polution and vile black liquide of sin and Jezebel trees nothing but mere brittle pieces no life in anything continous darkness
There is a city in the barren land full of men and women the city was even worse as infection and desease spread even in the air rats and vermen living fully and peacefully in the filth and grime trash and garbage on every place of land building and men and women completely unaware of the filth they lived in.

I heard a small song singing softly from a distance the city heard it as well but barely noticed it.
But the song grew louder and louder annoying the citizen of the city of sin until it burst as a loud trumpet to loud to cover your ears and they all turned to the north where the barren land was and there was a army of the children of God glowing in his golden light as they marched singing in worship to him with joy and prominence

The Lord was with them as they marched forward with every step they took becoming holy ground life spring forth from their feet rivers flow trees and beautiful forests raise form the earth fields of gardens and flowing rivers of honey and milk to good to resist

The people of sin we glistening and brought forward to them as they became one with the Lord I saw a massive field of golden wheat oh how wonder in appearance it was you have never seen such a thing I saw a golden sky and a lion as the sun with a mighty roar the chaf was banished into dust and only the golden wheat remains.

The sword of truth will be their scythe all power and authority as reigning kings and queeens mighty bestowed warriors of God raise your spirits join in the excitement of what he is doing praise him and sing with him in worship until you are so full of joy you can't help but dance for him unable to give him enough praise and honor reaching your hands so much you can't streach them any further if you tried

Please please let this reach the souls of his love let it shatter the shackles let it be so intense to them they are singing to you just from reading it let it fill all who would say yes Lord send me be filled with your mighty power and winds let reality be turned on it's head under your almighty authority let it spit in the face of the powers of hell let the demons shrink and tremble let them be stepped on by the kings and queens of this generation and above all let your name let your kingdom your estate and court be given the bounty of praise from your beloveds let the spirit spread into all like a virus and warm their hearts and still their souls let your flood gates of living water flow soothly into all who would thirst let your manna fall from heaven to the children of the king who is his pride and his boast
This is what I've come to like about your spirit blain,

Always encouraging praise and worship and overseeing oppression 🙂
 

Blain

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This is what I've come to like about your spirit blain,

Always encouraging praise and worship and overseeing oppression 🙂
Well thank you I know this is out of the blue and I am sure there are some here we go agains but I'm telling you man we have reason to be excited.
I am always exhuasted after doing a thing like this as your body needs rest afterwards but this time he sent me to two other forums with it and one in particular he is using me a lot on but it is more of a mission after mission kind of thing not really a constant using of me.

after I gave it here I knew I was going to need rest after but this mission was three parts first here then the second forum then the third with a little extra given to me to speak on there then I rested for a long time just in bliss.

I woke up sometime around 1 am and went back to work on the second forum first then the thrid where he then began making me busy there.

I had to rest in between and spend time with God as well but the things he revealed t I literally went on that third forum and he was using the gift of prophecy with me but it was like a oneness together like how his words are supposed to be our words not merely speaking or giving prophecy but for that time he and I were one his thoughts I spoke doing all of this unlike I ever have before.

I was revealed first and understood everything in my life exactly how why everything in my life has been nothing but utter despair never realizing how truly blessed I was for it all how all that suffering was really just blessings waiting for me.

And I went into the shower to be with him where I always find sereneity there and reality changed his presence wasn't just there I was in him living in him he was reality

that oneness he and I have wanted together it was there and he showed me a new kind of love from him it was in me for that time it is a kind that spreads all on it's own from deep inside us all it is going to spread like a desease as if it has a will of it's own and it is going to change things.

He called it Legendary love
 

Fundaamental

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Well thank you I know this is out of the blue and I am sure there are some here we go agains but I'm telling you man we have reason to be excited.
I am always exhuasted after doing a thing like this as your body needs rest afterwards but this time he sent me to two other forums with it and one in particular he is using me a lot on but it is more of a mission after mission kind of thing not really a constant using of me.

after I gave it here I knew I was going to need rest after but this mission was three parts first here then the second forum then the third with a little extra given to me to speak on there then I rested for a long time just in bliss.

I woke up sometime around 1 am and went back to work on the second forum first then the thrid where he then began making me busy there.

I had to rest in between and spend time with God as well but the things he revealed t I literally went on that third forum and he was using the gift of prophecy with me but it was like a oneness together like how his words are supposed to be our words not merely speaking or giving prophecy but for that time he and I were one his thoughts I spoke doing all of this unlike I ever have before.

I was revealed first and understood everything in my life exactly how why everything in my life has been nothing but utter despair never realizing how truly blessed I was for it all how all that suffering was really just blessings waiting for me.

And I went into the shower to be with him where I always find sereneity there and reality changed his presence wasn't just there I was in him living in him he was reality

that oneness he and I have wanted together it was there and he showed me a new kind of love from him it was in me for that time it is a kind that spreads all on it's own from deep inside us all it is going to spread like a desease as if it has a will of it's own and it is going to change things.

He called it Legendary love
I can fully relate to this 😊
The despair you talk of is something I come to realise comes in many forms

1 we feel such an overwhelming presence,

2 when the presence isn't as strong a kind of despair of longing for the same can be good but can be lonely.

3 we can suffer severe attack for being a true witness

4 it saddens are heart when people lose confidence or when we lose it for our self.

5 a person of the lord will be subject to every trick of Satan to become saddened or losing cinfidence.

It's common we see many people being pulled down as false teacher or being seen as more holy than those etc

But the reality is there no different to anyone else, the whole Bible has any person asking questions, and most people lean on there own understanding to simplify things.
 

ResidentAlien

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For how gllorious how astonishing how bewlldering is what he is doing be prepared for his explosion my brothers and sisters a new song is coming a wondrous and mysterious beauty of his craft for he has laid out his plan he is ready it is time to move soon very soon

For I saw a barren land covered in filth and dirt grime and muck polution and vile black liquide of sin and Jezebel trees nothing but mere brittle pieces no life in anything continous darkness
There is a city in the barren land full of men and women the city was even worse as infection and desease spread even in the air rats and vermen living fully and peacefully in the filth and grime trash and garbage on every place of land building and men and women completely unaware of the filth they lived in.

I heard a small song singing softly from a distance the city heard it as well but barely noticed it.
But the song grew louder and louder annoying the citizen of the city of sin until it burst as a loud trumpet to loud to cover your ears and they all turned to the north where the barren land was and there was a army of the children of God glowing in his golden light as they marched singing in worship to him with joy and prominence

The Lord was with them as they marched forward with every step they took becoming holy ground life spring forth from their feet rivers flow trees and beautiful forests raise form the earth fields of gardens and flowing rivers of honey and milk to good to resist

The people of sin we glistening and brought forward to them as they became one with the Lord I saw a massive field of golden wheat oh how wonder in appearance it was you have never seen such a thing I saw a golden sky and a lion as the sun with a mighty roar the chaf was banished into dust and only the golden wheat remains.

The sword of truth will be their scythe all power and authority as reigning kings and queeens mighty bestowed warriors of God raise your spirits join in the excitement of what he is doing praise him and sing with him in worship until you are so full of joy you can't help but dance for him unable to give him enough praise and honor reaching your hands so much you can't streach them any further if you tried
I'm not "against" you; but I'm curious. Where is this found in scripture? Just show me the chapter and verse and that will be the end of it.
 

Fundaamental

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I'm not "against" you; but I'm curious. Where is this found in scripture? Just show me the chapter and verse and that will be the end of it.
leaning on one owns understanding is not the end of it.
He you I could be proven wrong in anything,
 

notmyown

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No... what they usually mean is don't limit God by your own understanding and experience. Typically, it is because people don't know the Bible that they "put God in a box".
hey, Dino? this is a great answer, but in my 'experience' (ha!) when folks say this, what they mean is don't limit God by their understanding and experience.

it's a silly expression, anyway. put Almighty God in a box, indeed. :cautious: