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Wow, glory to God!!!

princessdelia - I agree and and it's very disturbing to see...we need a day of prayer for them too...

Amen, He is worthy of all praise! Glad to hear that the procedure went well, will your grandmother be able to go home soon?

Amen again, Cholette! I'm just going to leave it at that for now... Christa - I received that the way you intended and right back atcha! There are no hard feelings! I think the time has come for us to collectively pray and give Satan a kick in the rump out of the site!

Christa - That was my point...I specifically said that I don't know what your beliefs really are or if you're aware of how those quotes that I copied could be interpreted which is I was pointing them out. Yes, I caught that you were from California (I am too) which is what also made me post my response in the manner that I did...because those statements could easily be miscontrued (it would appear that they were from the other posts) so I felt led to bring that to your attention to give you the opportunity to either clarify your position or stand on it. I appreciate your follow up post because that provides more perspective on where you're coming from, I have to say I definitely did not feel your love of Muslims in your original post..... Now with that additional information, I personally feel better and am ready to shift the focus back to the original desire to write a prayer request. If there is anything else you'd like to discuss with me related to our exchange, please feel free to PM me and we can dialogue offline, ok?

V - what is SMH?

Amen, Cholette, the key point to all of this! Thanks for providing the scriptural references, I didn't have time to do that...

Hmmm.... Let's tread firmly but lightly here... Christa - there's an undertone to your posts that suggests that all Muslims are evil: "This Muslim's know the function of the Day of Atonement and they're going to try and screw up God's plans for us and our country. " "However, I don't want Christians to have to battle certain warfare after the Muslims place their curses on us during their organized Day of Prayer." "Muslims love their own, they don't love Christians. Christians are their mortal enemies, spiritually speaking." While I personally support your original premise which is that Christians should pray on September 25th, I would urge you to tone down your characterizations of Muslims - not sure if this is really your belief and/or intention with your post but it reads as though you're using the extremist depiction of Muslims to describe all Muslims and that's no better than the secular press who use the actions of extreme Christians to describe all Christians. This type of portrayal is not only inaccurate, it does more harm than good. Clearly Jesus tells us that He is the ONLY way to the Father, and there is NO doubt about that. But that doesn't make all Muslims evil Christian haters who want to prevent us from receiving God's blessings. Mark is right - not all Muslims are violent, save for the extremist sect (which is what we hear and read about everyday) they are a peace loving people. To suggest otherwise is not only inaccurate but doing the very thing that you are suggesting Muslims are doing to Christians which is spreading hate. Not only is that approach not helpful nor successful in getting Muslims saved, it is not showing the peace and love of Christ. When I pray on September 25th, it's going to be against any Satanic forces that may be released and that the scabs be removed from their eyes so that they would come to know Christ, it's not simply because Muslims have gathered. There's a subtle but significant difference.

Praise God for his faithfulness to direct your paths!

I'm standing in agreement with you! Let God's perfect will be done in this situation....

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Mia, Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Extending a very special birthday wish for a very special person! Thanks for building this site, for your teachings regarding prophetic dream interpretation, and for your fellowship! May the Lord bless you exceedingly abundantly on this day and always! :cute: :yes: :yes: :coolyoh: :thankyou: :bighug: :bighug:

May your special day be especially blessed! Enjoy!! :cute:

ok Mark, lifting him up right now!

Hi Butterfly - Lifting your grandma up in prayer now. Blessings, Lurdys

Praise God!! He is faithful and worthy to be praised! An encouraging testimony to stand strong in faith! Hallelujah!

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Yes, pray that God's will be done in the situation. How does your son feel about the injury? Sometimes these injuries build confidence (in a weird way) because they see what they're capable of as well as grow accustomed to the fact that injury is a part of the 'program'. I have to agree with both Cholette and Virtuous on this as well. I have two boys who are in Catholic school and are both into sports (especially the older one). God has gifted them in this area along with others but this gifting is what is being emphasized right now. My older son has developed an interest in the piano suddenly (praise God!) so I'm encouraging that...I think the best thing that we can do is to continually expose them to things and then give them to God. As for the Catholic/non-Catholic issue, I think it's something that we as parents have to manage. I began my walk with the Lord in the Catholic church and was baptized in the Catholic church but started attending a non-denominational church a few years later because I didn't feel that I was being spiritually fed. HOWEVER, educationally I love the affiliated school - the curriculum, the teachings about community and each person's responsibility to the well being of that community, the sense of community within both the school and the parish, being a light in the world, the fact that Jesus is freely discussed in all classes, settings, etc. Each student is taught the fact that they are wonderfully and fearfully made and are here for a purpose, that God loves them and that they matter in that setting, they (and their thoughts) are valued. I see a huge difference between my son and his cousins who don't attend a christian school in terms of their attitude, the respect displayed to others, etc. As for the religious studies, one thing I especially like about Catholic schools is the emphasis on religious history from biblical times to the present. That history has served me well even after leaving the church because it's a universal history and it is important when looking at how religious history intertwines with economic/political/cultural history, especially the arts. The doctrinal differences are things that I handle especially with my younger son so that he doesn't get confused as to why we don't do certain things or follow certain practices that they do at school. I don't offer it as a whose right whose wrong model but rather as a we all love Jesus, and we show that love and worship differently. I may start a controversy here (I hope not) but having worshipped in both churches, while there are definite gaps, they aren't as wide/insurmountable as some would have you believe at least as it relates to having your child get a good education. If he wants to go through confirmation, I wouldn't worry too much about it but I would definitely use opportunities to speak to him about your Christian beliefs. I would also suggest that you use this situation as an opportunity to learn more about the Catholic church and its tenets so that you understand what it is that you're going to be drawing distinctions about for a couple of reasons. One, your son having grown up in the church isn't going to receive any wisdom/teachings from you if you approach it as a they're wrong, we're right perspective, you just want to draw out the distinctions and let the Holy Spirit do the rest. Second, you made a statement that actually isn't correct. Catholicism IS Christianity - Catholics DEFINITELY believe in the essential tenets of Christianity. It's the structure of the church, the adoration of the saints, and additional books that comprise the Catholic Bible that are the main distinctions between Catholicism and Protestantism. If you attempt to dialogue on that premise, your points will fall on deaf ears because the basis of them is incorrect. (sorry, that's a sore point of mine...while I don't believe all the tenets of Catholicism which is why I no longer worship in that church, I also know that there's a LOT of misinformation about the church out there as well, i.e., Catholicism is a cult, they're not Christians, they are idolators who only worship Mary and the Saints, etc.) Above all, keep him lifted up in prayer that he grow with a passion for the Lord and a desire to serve Him in all that he does. Release him to God so that God can have His way with him. Also pray for wisdom in how to speak to your son about these things. If you would like to discuss this more, please feel free to PM me, ok?

Happy Birthday! May the Lord bless you exceedingly abundantly in the coming year!

Thanks Connie!

Lifting you up in prayer right now, D! Don't waver in your faith, the Lord hasn't forsaken you yet and He won't, He is faithful...trust in Him.

May your day be filled with extra special blessings!!

Praise Him and rejoice! The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? Hallelujah!

mb, I'm standing in agreement with you too! Meditate on the following: Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing (not even audits nor quick sales), but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. And remember the Lord's promise that He is with you always, even in the midst of this trial: Joshua 1:6-9 6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." There is a huge blessing on the other side of this trial, count on it!

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. To Him be the glory!! 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Hi Jadams - First, please don't ever feel ashamed to post, ok?... I've walked down the road that you're on right now (spousal adultery, child out of wedlock, etc.) so I know some of the pain and distrust that you're feeling. When you state that you don't think you trust men too much, then to me that's a clear sign that you haven't completely healed yet. If God is involved, he's going to heal you of all that baggage first before he links you to someone else, so that you are positioned to be the wife that He needs you to be to the husband He chooses for you. As a mother of two as well I have to agree with Cholette - make your kids your priority right now, they are your ministry for this season. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be friends with this man I've found that sometimes "friendships" can become a distraction between parents and kids and it's usually the kids that get neglected. It may be that God is bringing a Christian man into your midst to show you how one does operate, not necessarily so that you can be paired with him (at least not right now). As for your kids, right now next to God YOU are their rock and their refuge. Especially for your four year old who may still be grieving your and your husband's split. My older son just turned 3 when his father and I split up and while he certainly didn't understand all the dynamics, it was clear that he went through his own grieving process on his terms. That's not to suggest that it is easy, but over the long term it's really for the best. Use this time to heal, get stable and become the woman that God has destined you to be so that you can be joined with the man that God has destined you to be if that's His will for your life. Along with 1 John 4, I would also like to leave you with two scriptures that have blessed me as I went through something similar: Psalm 147:3 - He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 84:11 - For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.