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  1. Roughsoul1991

    Dangers of Divorce and Eliminating One of the Biological Parent

    “Divorce transfers the hard work from parent to child. It’s the act of adults trading their own relationship troubles for their child’s long-term physical and emotional health. Divorce is categorized as an adverse childhood experience...
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    The Danger of Hedonism

    The Danger of Hedonism Modesty is the appendage of sobriety, and is to chastity, to temperance, and to humility as the fringes are to a garment. - Jeremy Taylor 👸🏻 Teach our daughters that they being created in the image of God do not need their validation of who they are by the culture...
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    The Danger of Declining Birth Rates

    Jeremiah 18:9-10 ESV And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it. As of 2024, the US fertility rate hit 1.6%...
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    Physical and mental health

    Just struggling a bit. Anxiety is kind of high. Got a doctors appt Friday for a private health issue but woke up this morning to discover a past filled tooth a piece broke off. It's really just been a season of issues starting with a severe eye infection. I suppose to some degree it is the...
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    Veteran's Day

    Armistice Day-November 11 during WW2 WHEN THE GUNS STOP They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Micah 4:3. To most men in service, the time visualized by Micah seems a long way off. Even the day when the present war will end seems to be endlessly...
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    Copy/paste not working

    So I write my posts in Microsoft word as it types smoother but it won't let me paste it on this site. Or if I copy a reference or quote it won't work either. Why is that?
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    Can we experience curses today?

    Can we experience curses today? If we can experience blessings are we equally open to curses as well? What is a curse? Curses- consequences for disobedience to God’s commands or for sinning against Him. There are no other curses that hold any power. Witches, demons, wishes, or objects do...
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    Beauty To Come

    Genesis 2:15 esv The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. At one time God's intention was that man and the Lord would work together to care for His creation. It is a beautiful image of the desired relationship between man and God. But not only that...
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    Being Decisive and Divided Loyalities

    Being decisive is very difficult if one has a division in loyalties. This division can easily disrupt our moral and spiritual guidance. It is impossible to set sail with one foot left on the dock. Torn between the past and the future. Torn between safety or divine providence. Some lines are...
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    Struggles with Anxiety (support group)

    Hey everyone, so we hear a lot nowadays about mental illness and we still are not fully sure why the an extreme rise in mental illness. How much of it is environmental, genetic, or nurtured? Either way, times are hardly any more stressful than the historical past. We just have different...
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    Help: Looking for someone who can compare Thai to English

    Good day everyone, I'm looking for help in translation. I have a brother in Christ that is trying to find ways to help his Thai wife get connected in His church. I recently discovered that Microsoft Word has a translation tab. I have one Christian devotion in English and the same devotion...
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    Are all the spiritual gifts still active today?

    If yes, what is your Biblical and historical evidence? If no, what is your Biblical and historical evidence? Why are some spiritual gift lists longer than others and contain for example (music, singleness, apostle, craftsmanship, or deliverance/exorcisms)?
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    Is Disunity in the Church Good or Bad?

    Is Disunity in the Church Good or Bad? Galatians 5:15 New International Version 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Nothing can destroy a movement of God faster than division and strife. Conflict between the will of the Spirit and the desires...
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    A Season To Give ❤️ And A Season To Receive 🎁

    For the past two and a half weeks, an eye infection left me with extreme light sensitivity that felt like the eye was being stabbed. It was enough to completely destroy the drive for spiritual Kingdom building. With intense pain often comes intense prayer. And the truth after intense prayer...
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    A Dark Grief Is Met With Pure Light

    America grieves again a natural disaster that hits on a whole different level as dozens of children have been killed or are still unaccounted for. The most predominant question is typically why. Why did this occur? Why did God allow it? Jesus was once asked why a tower fell on 18 people...
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    You Are Valuable To God

    With myself as an empath and an overthinker with an introverted personality, it is important to know when to invest and when to stay distant. It is easy to feel the pain and become completely invested in trying to help others. The problem is that once invested, it is so important to remember...
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    When You Feel Discouraged

    When You Feel Discouraged Being discouraged often stems from unmet expectations and can be linked to self-doubt or negative self-perception. Most of us will settle for the mundane routines of life because change often involves exerting a great deal of energy to learn and overcome obstacles...
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    Fight For Your Marriage

    Fight for your marriage. Get the therapy, put in the work, and never accept defeat because your vow never had words of defeat. Your vow which unfortunately by law may not have the teeth it should have but if you marry with God as a witness to your covenant, the law of God surpasses any law of...
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    One Sentence And The All Holy Presence Of God

    One Sentence And The All Holy Presence Of God The presence of God is extreme and loving, but also the immediate desire to both praise and submit in reverence as you would a king. God has rarely had to intervene in these very personal experiences but it was this experience that turned my life...
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    People Of Character

    “The shores of human history are lined with the wreckage of nations who have developed the power to build things and have fallen short in the far more important task of building men.” A quote from my grandfather's book of devotions that he carried while serving in the Army Air Corps (WW2). In...