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    Demonic possession in objects

    I am not exactly sure what you are getting at, and I don't have any Bible verses at the tip of my tongue, but these are some things I have learned via prophecy and walking with God. First off, angels but not demons can appear as humans. Demons can appear as monsters. Second, yes, they can...
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    What is violence? Matt 11:12

    Good observations. What I know is that God has spoken of this verse prophetically in a way that suggested it was God's followers that violently take it by force. Also, God said separately of the current time, that those who fight in the physical will lose; those who fight in the spirit will win...
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    everything is predestined?

    Summarizing the prophetic: 1. Some things have to happen. Consider them written in the plan ahead in permanent ink. Ex. Jesus dying in the cross. 2. Other things are penciled in ahead but can be altered by people's choices. Ex. I know two people who God matched up for marriage, but due to...
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    God and Time

    It looks like you have a lot of sacred cows of doctrines in there. Rather than getting into them all when it's late and probably not worth the resources to get into anyway (What reason do I have to believe you would or even could listen to me?), let me encourage you to test the beliefs you have...
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    SPEAKING TONGUES

    Yes, my older sister's tongue is what saved my younger sister's then boyfriend from becoming an atheist. They are now married and raising their three lovely children to know God.
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    SPEAKING TONGUES

    The above is a misleading answer at best. The fact that God gives this gift today (and I am witness that He does) makes the meaning of the passage evident from God's revealing it in action. There is no real need for human speculation about what it might have meant. Rather than speaking with...
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    Can Christians have a sense of humour?

    Yes, thank you! You make me realize that a lot of the Bible was probably meant to be humorous, but because it is the Bible we tend to think everything is supposed to be read in complete seriousness, as though laughter itself implies a lack of reverence (I'm speaking to myself too here, by the...
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    Do you listen to podcasts?

    Do you have a description or name instead? Sounds interesting but Google podcasts is defunct. Also, I have listened to some thoughtful episodes of the Cold Case Christianity podcast. Otherwise I listen to a lot of political and entertainment- based podcasts. Political: The Rubin Report is...
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    Can Christians have a sense of humour?

    The Bible does have some humor in it. Realize that a lot of it may not translate. Someone beat me to Elijah making fun of the prophets of Baal; it's just as well since they did a better job than I probably would have. There is also the end of John where Jesus has told some of the disciples how...
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    There's no "The One"

    I don't know whether to feel jealous of you or feel that I got the greater blessing. For I said the same prayer and whenever I start getting comfortable with the idea of it just being God and I for the rest of my life, He goes and stirs up desire even though my match doesn't come. 🙄 Really...
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    There's no "The One"

    Thank you Lynx. As one of those that is apparently meant to find a great match late in life (per specific things God has told me), it's soothing to find out that I'm not alone in this, and that it doesn't have to mean I or the guy screwed something up.
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    There's no "The One"

    I would say that it is wrong both to say that there is a 'one,' and to say there isn't because God doesn't do the same thing with everybody. For some people God has a specific person in mind, possibly because he has a specific purpose in mind. For other people it isn't as defined who would be...
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    Is Online Interaction Helpful to Those with Social Anxiety?

    Just wanting to be clear and not sure how to truly 'edit,' I should have said "this sounds like a definition from someone who hasn't experienced CLINICAL anxiety," for I think a lot of confusion comes from people who don't understand that there is a significant difference between the two. For...
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    Is Online Interaction Helpful to Those with Social Anxiety?

    Huh? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but this sounds like a definition from someone who hasn't experienced anxiety, so doesn't understand the exaggerated emotional response to one's thoughts. Yes, faith and keeping one's priorities in life straight help, but clinical anxiety isn't primarily a...
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    Is Online Interaction Helpful to Those with Social Anxiety?

    I am someone who was divinely healed of social anxiety. Therefore, I would say step one is asking God for healing because we often get in a habit of just accepting the status quo and forgetting that there is a God there that loves us and can intervene when the time is right. Also, there might...
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    Sorry, you are ahead of me if you knew that was an iguana. Someone else posted that picture on social media a while back and I couldn't help but see a meme in it.
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    can you guys post something funny please?

    Church's must take note to remember the eleventh commandment: Thou shall not committee. Where do they take people with peek-a-boo injuries? The ICU. What did the grape say when the elephant stepped on it? I don't know; it just made a little wine.
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    Is Starbucks a Good Place to Meet Single Women?

    Thank you. Especially considering what has transpired within the last half-hour (God indicating to my roommate and I that He has a specific match in mind with me but someone/something isn't ready), I definitely think I was right to back out of what didn't feel like God was in it. But as logical...
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    Seeking a Serious Relationship , Any Single Women Interested?

    Please to meet you Clive, But I might have bad news. I appreciate your answering my question and I'm glad to hear that you know something of what it means to die for Christ. Seeing you are a black man that looks to be younger than myself, though, something felt wrong. I started to write here...
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    New from WA State, looking to share and/or find my God match.

    "Isn't it amazing how the Lord designed us? We are privileged to know the One Who established the sciences, provided knowledge about the world, our own design, and how it applies to us." It is indeed. There are two reasons I went into biology. I both wanted to learn the mechanical designs of...