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Originally Posted by Blubayou
Thank YOu HO for addressing the struggle with judgeing people by thier outward appearance. I to struggle with this. I spent my formative years as a young apostolic in a very judgemental atmosphere. Therefore it became ingrained in my thought patterns. Several years ago, God began to deal with me about judging others and the damage it could do to me and others. I have prayed about it and really worked hard to overcome it. To some extent, I have had some success, but I still find myself judging someone that professing the apostolic experience and not having all of the standards. It happened today!!! I will continue to battle with it. Thank you for your courage in addressing it.
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It's difficult to talk about because I don't want people to misunderstand me. I don't want to be this way, but I can't help it. In fact, I don't even consider myself saved right now because I'm not 'living right'.
I long to attend a church where I can worship God in complete freedom and liberty. Right now, I can't. People just want to pray me through (not that I don't need it anyway).
The UPC is all I know. To me, going elsewhere isn't going to save me. In my mind I think that anyway. It's difficult to explain unless you come from where I come from, right?
I attended a local church I thought was non-denominational but later found out it's Baptist. Anyway, I had a good time, loved the service, the people were wonderful, warm, and welcomed me and my friend that accompanied me, but I never went back. It's like I feel I'm worshipping the trinitarian god or something...and the women with short hair and pants on....like me...well, it's hard for me to take in a church setting where all my life I was taught those people weren't saved.
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