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Originally Posted by Theophilus (Post 200918)

Get some Holy Ghost filled Brothers and Sisters...not a few, and pray and wait at the home for his return.

When he arrives let him in, and then everyone start praying for him at once and shower him with Love.

He will either be healed, or think twice before returning. ;)

Or he will smile and then make her pay dearly after everyone leaves...

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Originally Posted by Newman (Post 200911)

In my area of the country and likely many others, the mother could lose her kids to the state for "failure to protect" her kids if she doesn't get the order. Very scary possibility that many mothers don't realize. :cool:

Now thats an angle I had not thought about.Thanks Sister good advice.

WEll I happen to think that that may not be a bad idea, having some type of law that almost "forces" a woman to leave the abusive situation as the poor children are not at fault and may even be hurt!

I KNOW of several situations in which I have always thought that the woman was plain STUPID and whatever for NOT taking care of her children FIRST., I get mad at them when I see what their weakness wrought upon the children.
In fairness a woman abused does go through so many emotions..some just cannot see past their nose., for fear.
YET a motherly instinct should "kick-in" to protect the children at all costs., having already all but lost the husband, the children are innocent victims and losing them as well, would probably be something that would throw the woman into sheer panic, distress, depression, which could only lead to even worse things! :uhoh
JMHO

If nothing else, all this ought to serve as ample reminder that we should train our sons to control their anger, and train our daughters how to wisely choose a husband.

This is totally unrelated, but the thought has popped into my head:

Do we expect the persecuted, jailed, starved, mistreated, and even tortured Christians of China, East Timor, and the Sudan to denounce their faith, or renege on portions of their Christianity, to placate or escape their tormentors, or to rely upon Christ in their time of suffering?

I daresay this verse must be of immense help to the faithful as they endure systematic persecution, and will be all that we can cling to if we go through the tribulation:

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Hebrews 11, on faith
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

God, please bless and strengthen our brothers and sisters in their hour of tribulation, when no man comes to their aid, give them the peace and joy that Stephen knew, give them the opportunity to convert their jailers in Jesus' name.

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Originally Posted by Trouvere (Post 199807)

I have a dear friend who is married to a man that has returned to drug abuse.She had to go out and put a restraining order against him.She has
been made to feel guilty defending herself in court against him.He terrorizes her and the children and breaks into the house and steals things and sells them.What does your church teach concerning such things.I would tell her to get the order.

Get the order... the church still hangs on to too many of the RCC's teachings.

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Originally Posted by Revelationist (Post 201610)

Get the order... the church still hangs on to too many of the RCC's teachings.

How so Revelationist?