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Who knew that Gilbert O'Sullivan's Alone Again (Naturally) song was at a mourning time in his life after his mother and father had both passed away...

King David in the Bible went through this as well, and he understood that GOD would take care of him after this time of despair and mourning.

Psalms 27:10

"When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."

King James Version (KJV)

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Hey Fran;

Praise the LORD and His love and peace for all. It would depend what method you are referring to in "making this right" for your family. Much of it depends on forgiveness and how you are willing to give up to praise the LORD. It is not an easy subject or path, but the LORD will give you a way. Keeping reading and praying and especially know that it is GOD'S praise that we are looking for.

GOD bless you and your family. April 1, 2022

(Private prayer request.)

And thank you Gigi for your support . God bless you in Jesus' name.

To Him be all glory forever. Alleluia.

Yes! But at the same time the law of God is supreme in that all laws comes from the Bible anyway. It's just that some of our laws today has been modified or are being redefine.

Well it lets us know that if the husband dies the widow is free to marry again.

This is always a good chapter to return to it warms me up inside !

The Beginning !

Dear Roman

Thats right but... The original text says the "Day of the Lord" which is how Greeks call Sunday ( in greek Kyriaki) even now in modern times. If it was just another day apart from Sunday like a day devoted to God or something else like the second coming of Jesus Christ a different phrase would have been used instead. Instead of " tin Kyriaki hemera" it would have been " tin hemera tou Kyriou" . For Greeks it is very obvious that means Sunday but translated in English becomes a bit confusing to what it means.

God blessings.

this is just to add on to some great passages already noted

1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

Amen! GiGi.

Very well stated.

I never never looked for a gift, I just pray for the Lord to gift me with the ability to please him.

And help me in my many shortcomings.

God bless you.

I need a heart transformation from God. I need to be more compassionate and empathetic with my wife and all people. I have a extremely hard time with communication and opening up. It's difficult to ask others about their feelings. I know it's prideful and I repented but I need to change. I don't know how. Please pray for healing in our marriage and for God to bless our therapist with wisdom and direction.

Study jeremiah need help

Please God let Parker daughter become a testimony for You in helping her overcome this attack of devil. Nothing is impossible for You as the Bible states. Please Holy Spirit guide her to having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ

Bible "cheat sheets" is poorly phrased. The bible is god's word. There is no cheating when it comes to god's word.

ask what ever you need in the my name and it shall be given unto you ,just believe my brother nomatter how hard it is keep ur faith and hope on ,you will win in Jesus name

To have a zeal of serving GOD and to do the work of his service.

please pray for me and Kristie and our families

Dear Mary , as a Christian , the only division I make between people is if they are Christians or not . That's it for me , it makes no difference what colour or culture . Christians are God's people , Christians truly are ' one nation under God ' and we are also spiritual Israel . Much love to you in Christ .

Oooh I didn't know a lot of that , thankyou for the info . I did know that NATO had been warned time and time again that if they kept trying to expand in that area , that Putin would see that as very provocative and he would eventually loose patience . You are right about all the propaganda , we have enormous access to info now with the internet but we don't know anything anymore because there are so many lies being spouted by everyone . There's only one source of info that we can trust and that's God . Everything we need to know is in the Bible and if we are for Him then He is for us and we don't have too much to worry about . It's hard not to be affected by the awful scary things going on but we must stay strong in our faith and trust God implicitly , our God is The God and He is in charge .

Olalekan fowodu,

You have wise words. However, there are other ways to look at this. From my view, I thought God showed much compassion towards Hezekiah, and for good reason. Hezekiah was perhaps the best king of Judah, he followed after the Lord, delighted in the Lord, and the Lord added to his kingdom after it was to be taken away. That is huge. Being told that he would live out his days in peace, lifted Hezekiah's spirit, and what was his crime? Hezekiah showed the visiting Babylonian royals all of Israels sacred treasures, silver and gold. God is not a respecter of men, even so, He sure did Hezekiah right. It makes me feel warm knowing that a good king was rewarded for his works.

Sorry about the Revelation 11:7 typo. It should read like below:

-Look who the 5th seal saints were told to wait for before He judges the earth. Revelation 6:9-11 & Revelation 11:7

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If the Spirit speaks to one to keep Sabbath as a rest day, then to that person they should abide - but to another, the Sabbath was not given to Gentiles & any day can be for rest & also for worship ( Romans 14:5,6 & the whole chapter).

Gentile? If you have no Jewish heritage, then you fall under the Gentile category. If the Gentile has not received the Law, he is a law unto himself ( Romans 2:14,15). Of course, all peoples are under governmental law, unless they're hidden away from society. But for both the Jewish Christian & Gentile Christian, the old Law has no more application or binding, for we are now subject to the Law of the Spirit. I don't believe that anyone with the Holy Spirit within them would ever be led to murder, commit fornication, & other sins. If a believer does sin, then he's going against the Spirit's ministry & appealing to his flesh (& this is why Paul spoke of crucifying the flesh ( Galatians 5:24,25)).

Jew? When I wrote, 'Jewish convert', I meant that such a person still retains his Jewish heritage/bloodline, but has relinquished all that kept him bound to his faith (Judaism), finding forgiveness of sins, new life & liberty through the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ. The Jews today still await the Messiah, but Jesus came, but they refused Him & crucified Him ( John 1:10-14). But the day will come when they will acknowledge Jesus ( Zechariah 12:10,11; Revelation 1:7,8). People have in the past become Jewish proselytes, embracing Judaism, its Laws & Practises ( Exodus 12:48,49; Acts 2:10; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43). I hope that I've covered all your questions; if you have other questions feel free to start a new thread. Blessings.

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(One believes in something that cannot be seen or produced - the other is working at something that is tangible - they cannot be mixed together). The Apostle Paul also wrote of this in Romans 11:6 (speaking of the "election of grace"): "if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." God's Grace if freely given as a Gift, as is Faith to believe ( Ephesians 2:8,9). If works are added then it's no longer Grace (& Faith), but all of works. So James is saying that true Faith produces good works - NOT Faith plus Good Works produces true Faith.

You write of obeying the commandments. This is another long subject, but I'll be brief. If a believer is relying of Christ's Sacrifice & obedience to the Law to attain salvation, then again, the Sacrifice is made of no effect. Galatians 5:3,4, "For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

Here we have those who were "entangling themselves with the yoke of bondage" by wanting the liberty that Christ obtained for them & also placing themselves under the Law (which brought bondage & death). It's one thing to consider the Law (the 10 Commandments) in noting God's Rules to Israel for their relationship to God & to others, but if we determine that we must obey them, to be saved or acceptable to God, then we've "fallen from grace". So Sabbath for example, which is a Day of Rest to Israel, not a worship day per se, becomes critical to some Christians to observe, if not, then we would need to take a long look at this matter of Law & Grace. But God has given us His Spirit, whereby we obey all Christ's Commandments from the heart & not by the letter; see Romans 8:1-4. (cont'd)

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Thanks for your questions, Curious-L. You quoted James 2:17,24,26 about Faith & Works. This chapter has been at the core of disputes between some Churches, where one (particularly the RC Church) maintains that James says that Faith plus Works is necessary for salvation, & the other, that only Faith is necessary. I realize that it may not appear clear in the reading of James but if we take it from James 2:14, "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?", we can learn what James is saying.

He is writing about what real Faith is. He gives an example in vv 15-17 of a Christian, with this Faith, yet only gives a destitute brother or sister only some nice words of comfort, instead of doing something to relieve their poverty. James is saying that this is not genuine faith - it's an academic faith (i.e. in the head, theoretical), & not evident in practise. Can this be the Faith of the Bible? James goes on to write in verse 16, that he would 'shew (or, prove) his faith by his works'. So, we see James saying that when real Faith is being exercised, it shows itself in practical ways - if Faith fails to do that, then it's a false faith.

Back to the Churches which hold to 'Salvation is by Faith & Works'. Here, it is believed that Salvation is given when both Faith in Christ's Work at the Cross & the performance of good works, will guarantee salvation. If this were the case, then it means that Jesus' Sacrifice was insufficient to give the sinner salvation, but our good works (i.e. our efforts) are also needed to ensure our salvation. So here is a situation of: is Christ's Sacrifice really sufficient? Do we need to assist in His salvation with our contributions? Should we even speak of having Faith if Works are added, since the essential meanings of Faith & Works oppose each other? (cont'd)

I am in need of prayers for a major improvement in my health and financial situations. I have been chronically ill with financial problems I never seem to be able to resolve completely.

Hezekiah was a prayerful king. He had a good relationship with his maker. However, Hezekiah did not do the right thing in this chapter 39. He felt he wouldn't be affected, so judgement could come upon the next generations. Who knows, if he interceded, the judgement could have been

averted. He was unconcerned because he was not under threat by any king neither was he sick, so he said, "Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days''.

As a believer, we must always pray for others, even if we are not directly affected or concern by the issue. Jesus Christ prayed for believers, and He is still interceding for the church and the world in general.

GiGi, it was all very airy fairy and I did not keep it, not like I do with the messages I get from you people which are real worth keeping for re-reading as and when I feel like it. It is easier to describe the contents by waht is did not say and it was that that left me sad and disconcerted. There was no mention at all of the kind of thought that you and I have shared. No mention of a possibility of in some way being able to again communicate with the people how have gone before us and who we loved and still love. It gave the impression that whatever the relationship between us and GOD after death was very much a one on one situation with no interface other than, as I interpreted it, my soul, spirit or whatever simply being absorbed into an all encompassing enormous shroud like entity that did not need to recognise individuality but did provide a serene form of eternal existence.

Not all relatable to my own view.

You ever heard of anything like that.

Roy

Outstanding! Your words were a real blessing in a time of need.

Please continue to pray for my daughter to overcome her drug addiction and depression. Please pray for her loneliness emptiness and fears. Please pray for her physical mental and emotional pain. Please pray for her safety health finances happiness and salvation. Please pray she will allow the Holy Spirit to guide her in life and stop her reckless behavior. Please pray God will restore her life her relationship with her son and her beautiful smile. Please pray God will send her a godly minded husband and friends that lift her up out of depression and loneliness. Please pray she will distance herself from all that are using or selling drugs. Please pray God will give us courage strength and wisdom to end her drug addiction. Please pray she will soften her heart forgiving and asking for forgiveness. Please pray she will seek God's love mercy and grace. Thank you and God bless you.

Hi, Joe,

Also, see James 4:14

Also look at

Job 8:9

Job 14:2

Ps. 39:5, 11

Ps. 102:11