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  • TammyC - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Michael Homan, yes, what you described reminded me of the Bereans in Acts 17:11, they seached in God's Word to see if what they heard was truth. God Bless
  • DDD - In Reply - 1 year ago
    My heart goes out to you, reading your request several times gives images of drowning and finding swimming difficult, in a web and being set free so tiring. We all felt similar things in life. In some degree.

    The scriptures answer as well as give a way out of the difficulty and strength to be set free. A lot in your remarks was said, yet our answer takes less to be answered. Please know this the answer is in no way a short cut to these troubles. But it's meant to point to where all of us need to look and be.

    Lots of meaningful answers give advise and scriptures. Both have there place together or apart, again due to complexity.

    Everything listed in the request, the Word has addressed many times. Paul says run the race. JESUS says come unto me All who are weary and (have) heaviness. Jesus took the wrath of God for us. What Great love. The scriptures are full of how God the Father, Jesus the Son loves you and the strength to move forward that's God's Holy Spirit.

    Ok now, you have read this and still have these concerns or issues, how ever they are called. The 1st step is up to you, "want" God, "want" His Son Jesus. He promised the Spirit of God to you. That same Spirit that raised Jesus on that 3rd day.

    What needs to be noticed is that as you read the gospels it's seen as its read, people with needs went to him. Jesus even asked " What do you want me to do for you"? They "wanted healing. They went to Jesus. Start wanting, and begin with prayer to God because of Jesus, telling God what's on your heart. Reading the scriptures and two things start. A growing relationship and answers to those concerns or issues present.

    BUT, yes But. Please understand and accept, that the results are His. If it takes time or not, or feeling change or don't change it's normal. A broken relationship we all had before accepting God's Gift. Please, please attempt daily some prayer and slow reading so to grasp its meaning. Also find a group that does the same, prayer and reading.

    D
  • Jimbob - 1 year ago
    The resurrection the last day? ( John 6:39-40,44) And this is the Fathers will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should (raise it up again at the last day). v.40 Tells us that everyone that sees Jesus and believes on Him, He will (raise him up at the last day) When is the last day? ( John 11:24-26) Martha saith unto him, I know that (he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day). (25) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.: (26) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? ((So the resurrection IS the last day)). The word (resurrection) is #386; it means a standing up again, a resurrection from death, raised to life again, rise from the dead. ( John 5:28-29) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall ((hear his voice)), (29) And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (All that are in the graves shall ((hear His voice)) and come forth, this happens at the resurrection the last day) ( 1 Cor 15:42-44) So also is the resurrection of the dead, It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: (43) Tells us it is raised in ((glory)) and also raised in ((power)) Jesus comes back in the clouds in ( Mt 24:29-31) with power and great glory to gather together His ELECT, that would be the last day. ( Col 3:4) When He appears we appear with Him in ((glory)) Then we look at ( 1Cor 15:51-55) We are all changed at the last trump, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. The word (last) is #2078; it means farthest, final, (of place or time) ends of, latter end. (That does not sound like its (before) the tribulation does it?) ( 1Thessalonians 4:15-17) The Lord descends with a shout, and the dead in Christ rise first, this is the last day, the resurrection.
  • Hammer63 - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thanks Mel8 for your reply to Tammy. It is very encouraging when someone is willingly taught by the word. Mat. 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. We think of the Bereans being more noble because they searched the word daily, but maybe just as important "they received the word with all readiness of mind". Acts 17:11 God Bless our understandings.
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    AS always, Donna, thank you for your intercession.
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Dear Kimberly, I will be praying for you this evening and tomorrow. Lord, be merciful to Kimberly and hear our prayers today for Kimberly. Amen.
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thank you Donna, I have been thinking of him and praying for hi throughout the day. His wife told my husband over the weekend that Jeff is on strong pain meds, morphine and Fentynal, and still in a lot of pain. Most likely he is pretty out of it. I hope he doesn't have long to suffer. I do believe Jeff was brought up in church somewhat and I think his younger brother is a believer, so I pray that the Holy Spirit will finish what He started in him from his childhood.
  • Anna.. - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Alleluia. Amen.
  • Anika. - 1 year ago
    Hello prayer team! My name is Anika, and I am thoroughly grateful for any thoughtful prayer concerning my friend who has walked away from the Lord in a couple of regards.This friend, this dear, dear friend of minealso happens to be my very ownhusband. He has had a tumultuous year, and we are currently physically separated because of our colleges. He has had massive temptations with affairs because of the distance and has led many women on left and right deliberately. He is seeking God to restore our marriage but God doesn't seem to be "making a way in the wilderness" or "rivers in the desert" according to Isaiah 43:19. Please pray that the Lord will move in a great way that will do the unthinkable for us- to God be the glory alone. Thank you.
  • Anna - 1 year ago
    Mark 10:32-34 kjv.

    John 14:6 kjv
  • Anna - 1 year ago
    Hebrews 13:8 kjv.
  • Jesse - In Reply on Matthew 24 - 1 year ago
    LESKA,

    I think the answer can be found in Revelation 21:1.
  • Free - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thru.

    Love u in Christ Luke 11 chapter
  • Jesse - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hi Giannis,

    Thanks for the advice, but I don't believe I was making that mistake here. When it comes to God's word, I am always looking for deeper understanding. But I always have to keep in mind that the Lord is only going to give me what He knows I'm ready to handle. I do not approach the scripture looking for "hidden treasure," but I do look for greater understanding.

    Blessings to you also. Good to see you back!
  • Anna - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Alleluia. Amen.
  • Ronald Whittemore - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hey Giannis,

    Thanks, I was saying how it is read, many read it, that the thief would be in paradise that day, not that the comma should be moved. Whether one believes in a immortal soul influences the understanding. I am not a Jehovah Witness.

    God bless,

    RLW
  • Donna Grace - 1 year ago
    Lord God please hear and answer GiGi's prayers on behalf of Jeff. Lord be merciful and save Jeff on his deathbed. Somehow. All things are possible with God. In Jesus name. Amen.
  • Kolloh Nimley on Jeremiah 17 - 1 year ago
    This confirms in John 8:32, we must walk in the truth as it revealed to us by the Holy Spirit of God the Father. Praise God for His Grace.
  • TammyC - In Reply on Matthew 2 - 1 year ago
    Mel8, thank you so much for your kind words, that has blessed my heart. God Bless!
  • TammyC - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hammer63, thanks for your reply, that makes sense. And, thank you for the info. This happens to me quite a bit, but for some reason, this really shocked me. God's Word is amazing! God Bless.
  • Giannis - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello Jesse

    My understanding...

    That thief asked Jesus to remember him when He comes into His Kingdom, an event which will take place far away in the future. Jesus answers him that today, not another day, not in a far away future he will be with Him in Paradise. Jesus tries to encourage that thief to withstand the torture of crucifixion and keep his faith in Him by putting faith and hope in his heart that it will not take long before all that ends, and the end for him and his faith in Him will be salvation. I don't think Jesus meant the literal garden of Eden or He tried to reveal something about paradise's position in Heaven or anything about where He was going to those 3 days but He just wanted to tell the poor guy that soon he will be in God's presence where everything is a complete happiness, a Paradise, as you said.

    And something else. Often I think we christians make a mistake. Instead of taking God's Word simple, like a kid would do, we try to dig deep, deeper than we should do, even digging underneath the Hebrew or the grk as if there is always a hidden treasure underneath them. Sometimes that helps but most of the times the meanings are straightforward and simple. My advice is to not make a complicated thing out of simple things and sometimes end up in a confusion.

    Ronald, all the Bibles I have read, including the grk ones, agree with KJB for the position of the comma. Anyway why would Jesus say that He says the truth today? Yesterday wasn't He saying the truth? Only in Jehovah's witnesses' Bible I've seen the comma at another position, and I think its wrong.

    ("Simeron" (mod. grk simera) means today. Pronounced in grk see-meh-rohn, stressed in "see". If one wants to pronounce words the grk way he must get accustomed to read in a continuous consonant-vowel rythem)

    GBU
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello Lilsister,

    I will be happy to pray for John and Gwen today.

    Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You today in the name of Jesus and seek healing from You for John and Gwen. Repair the damage in his brain from this stroke and reduce the debilitating effects of this brain bleed. We ask that you comfort Gwen in the loss of her daughters. Strengthen her and her grandchildren in this time of grief and reassure them of Your love and care for them. Amen.
  • Kimberly Stacknick - 1 year ago
    Please pray for me. I need my husband to love me again and to change his behavior and be devoted to me and faithful and attractive to me. I need my life to turn around so that everything will go well for me and I need to be protected and have good luck around me and to be beautiful and healthy. I need to have positive self esteem and feel great about myself. I need new friends and people who love me and will spend time with me and help me because they care about me.
  • Bryan - 1 year ago
    Please pray for my nephew Jayden Lathan to begin thinking positively, make better decisions, and improve both academically and behaviorally in school. And new and constructive involvement of his mother in his life.
  • Donna Grace - 1 year ago
    Dear Heavenly Father, I pray please move in the situation with Jeff. Please don't let him die lost. Save him somehow Father, make a way! Help our sister GiGi (Steve) who carries this burden. In Jesus name.

    Haven't been here much lately but I haven't forgotten you. You're in my prayers today.
  • Ronald Whittemore - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hey Jesse,

    Thanks for your reply. You have a better knowledge of Greek than I do, what I see is today, the Greek word , smeron, meaning today, this day, this very day. I think the word today is correct it is how we read the sentence and how it fits with what the thief said and when will he be in paradise, and if paradise is part of Hades or the new earth when it is all fulfilled.

    Heb. 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: What do we understand the meaning to die/death? Platonism says it is a separation of the soul from the body and the souls go to Hades. If the soul is immortal what is appointed to die?

    Luke 16:19-31. Was this a real story or is this a parable He told to people mainly the Pharisees? If we take it as reality, they were judged at death because Lazarus went to Abraham's bosom, and the rich man went to a fiery place of torture. Does scripture support that? Dan. 12:2 Matt. 25:31-34 John 5:28-29 Rev. 20:11-15.

    The rich man was aware of where he was and talking and seems they have a body, asking for Lazarus to wet his finger and cool his tongue. Does scripture say we are awake in death? Job 14:10-12 Ecc. 9:5-6. The context of this chapter is the love of money, and stewardship, Jesus was addressing this to the Pharisees, "No servant can serve two masters".

    Eph. 4 I know some understand this to mean that when Jesus ascended into heaven, he led a host of captives who ascended into heaven with him. But in Acts 2:29-34 David is still in his grave and has not ascended, would David be left? John 3:13. Does this show Jesus ascended alone?

    I will leave it there, I guess it comes down to if we believe our soul is immortal which influences how we understand the scripture. Just some other thoughts, like you said there are probably more understandings. Thanks again.

    God bless,

    RLW
  • Donna Grace - 1 year ago
    (Sister) Thanks for sharing 2 Corinthians 5:17 .

    Read Ephesians 4:32. When we truly are saved, we become a new creation in Christ. The old is passed away. We are forgiven. As Christians we are to be doers of the word. Jesus said in John 14:15, if you love me, keep my commandments.

    1John 2:4

    1John 4:20-21

    The Lord is my Shepherd.

    I am lifting you all up in prayer today. Jesus Christ is coming soon. We are living in the last of the last days, and hell is a real place of torment. Eternal. I don't want to go there and I don't want you to go there.

    Matthew 10:28

    Matthew 13:50

    2Thessalonians 1:9

    Psalms 145:20

    Hebrews 10:26-31

    So let Jesus work in your heart and life. No one can put Him there. You must see your need for Him and repent (stop sinning,stop hating,forgive,stop rejecting Christ) REPENT of YOUR own evil deeds, ask Jesus Christ for forgiveness.

    Matthew 6:14-15

    He paid for our sin with His life's blood when He was crucified on the cross.His gift of forgiveness is free. Please accept it. Repent and be baptized in water and the Holy Spirit.

    HE IS COMING BACK SOON. If YOU are not ready, the Bible says you will be eternally lost. I would not wish Hell on my worst enemy. No, on the contrary. I want to spend eternity loving and worshiping Jesus Christ together with them.

    ( Matthew 5:44)

    May the Lord richly bless you today in Christ Jesus!

    Helpful tip; touch the verse addresses in red and they will open up. You won't have to look them up separately.
  • LESKA on Matthew 24 - 1 year ago
    in matthew chapter 24 it says heaven and earth shall pass away? what does this mean.
  • Free - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thx a lot. Then we have a good explenation to every question. I dont know if i can find everything what u say. Maybe one day.

    Thx again, stay strong in the word of God, love u in Christ.
  • GiGi - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Lena, thanks for getting back to me. I will be praying for Meriam today.


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