Bible Discussion Thread

As with Peter, he walked on water, as long as he looked upon the Lord. But he took his eyes off the Lord and failed in himself. If we take our eyes off the Lord, we will also fail. Turn your eyes upon Jesus.

Prayer for Serenity
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
taking, as Jesus did,
this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
trusting that You will make all things right
if I surrender to Your will;
so that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

Reinhold Niebuhr
(I used to read this on my grandparents' wall--it was a plaque--visiting their house as a child, only recalled the 1st part

Ironically, the 1st thing you posted, my original comment helped me just now, because I'm thinking about what may be to come & how I can be "founded upon a Rock," because I don't have His fortitude of scripture needed to be strong enough to lift (accept gracefully/humbly as a Christ did HIS weight/burden/cross) such weights as previous and current Christian (teammates/family members/siblings) have and currently ARE ALREADY lifting/have lifted. I came back to say you can post all of the "message to the screener" if it will profit (I only said "don't" to indicate it was just to the screener to explain my earlier mess(age) (lol). But yeah, I came back because I wanted to post the following:

And children WILL (as in the days of Genesis) CONTINUE to suffer things that I can't even comprehend, and will CONTINUE to suffer in open secret. Things WILL be BAD for some, and UNIMAGINABLE for others. I have had anger toward God because I didn't like that He doesn't appear to will me fight to CHANGE things (to make tHIS WORLD a better place for the children and young people and the most vulnerable populations). I didn't/don't understand God's ways, which is fine, but not accepting His will, is for those who won't BE accepted into HIS HOLY...Heaven(ly) House and HIS kingdom in heaven. Christ helped me tonight, I'd erred a semantically, but His intent was to fix my err in spirit/heart/will

...but tonight, Christ's Father willed for Christ to open up my heart to accept it, and He gave me wisdom through SEEING what He DID...Himself, though I've intellectually known ALL of this since childhood, basically, and it's been the thing God has made KNOWN to me since I was LITERALLY a SMALL child (that I feared God's will of persecution for my personal life). God chose some things for some people that are different than what He chose for the majority around said "some people." Like in Zephaniah 3:12. No matter WHAT a person does, GOD's will is the ONLY will FOR that person! And God doesn't always reveal things, so people WILL "friend of Job" and understandably disobey Matthew 7:1-5

Only one way to get there, and that's God's way or the highway! I wanted the ring and to attend the (Heavenly, eternal) Championship victory celebration in the end, with my teammates, but I wanted to DIRECT GOD in where to put me. I feared the position He'd put past teammates in (the persecution of the prophets that came before us and the affliction of current and FUTURE church that is going on right now, and will until Coach/Referee/Team Owner GOD blows the game-ending whistle. I've "dreamed dreams," whether or no they've come from God, I know not, but I'll pray "nevertheless, THY (not my will) be done," thanks to Christ's surprise teaching of me tonight. KNOWN this scripture but tonight

But Christ DID teach me, and fix/heal my BIG problem with His/our Dad (God aka I AM aka Jehovah): Jesus didn't want to suffer, but He DID want to do God's will, though He COULD have prayed for no less than 12 legions of angels, or so, His BIGGEST PURPOSE in life was to fulfill His FATHER'S DIRECTION for His FATHER'S script as an actor in His FATHER'S play...which was but ONE reason His/our Heavenly Father was/is so well-pleased with HIM! I have had anger/rage/hatred toward God BECAUSE I didn't accept HIS script. But the only way to get into HIS "after party.." eternally, is to follow HIS script. I didn't want to, but Christ didn't either. But Christ is where I want to be now.Only1Way2getther

I will not be finishing my post, I'm tired, lol! I had to stop for vitals, and either way. In my effort to write as little as possible (by just posting scripture, instead of posting scripture, and then explaining what it had to do with the point I was trying to make--thought I'd bring it all together at the end in a couple of sentences, and INITIALLY hoped people would connect the dots by looking up the scripture (for those who did NOT already know the context/meaning), and reading in depth and in context. Usually I just type as I'm thinking. By trying to avoid posting too much text, I posted WAY more than I originally would have AND never finished writing it, but CHRIST DID teach ME

...my MAJORprayer error: though "verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you," and though "Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive," IF when we ask God we do not obediently follow after our Master's (God's Son, Jesus Christ's) prayer model, "nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt;

6)"Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad." 7)"Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." 8)"Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly." Christ just taught me something, I was worried my error was in how I worded something, so I remembered scripture, but THEN Christ used scripture to TEACH ME my MAJORprayer error

3)"He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." 4)"He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." 5)"And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners." 6)"Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and

1)"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." 2)"Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?" 3)"And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possibl

THANK YOU for posting this!!!! Amen!!! It was needed!!! God used your words here, to help me (and others, surely) after I'd repeatedly ignored His repeat attempts to remind me to focus on Him, and His being all powerful, and how His' is the ONLY will that is done. In Heaven He's the play director, on earth, He's the play director, all we say, do and think, like King Nebudchadnezzar, is all God's script. God controls the whole play, we, Satan, the devils/unclean spirits, the heavenly angels, animals, insects, the wind, the sea, gravity, ALL just follow God's script (PERFECTLY and to a T)! Now, we can pray for script changes, and God can, has, and may change them. Jesus INSTRUCTS us to!