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10-17-2010, 09:30 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Halloween and Easter are my two least favorite holidays for one reason: All that candy. We've placed serious limits on the amount our kids can collect and keep--otherwise, I couldn't keep my sanity!  |
Keep?
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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10-17-2010, 10:02 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Watch it, Grandma!!!! 
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"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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10-17-2010, 10:07 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
We have several hundred come to the door. Give out candy along with a fun Christian message. I think one time they gave "Jesus is the Light" flash lights out, and other times a note encouraging kids to go to Sun School.
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"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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10-17-2010, 10:17 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
We have several hundred come to the door. Give out candy along with a fun Christian message. I think one time they gave "Jesus is the Light" flash lights out, and other times a note encouraging kids to go to Sun School.
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We live out in the country, so kids don't come to our door. And here the downtown merchants give out treats. Much safer I think. And a lot of the churches have activities for the kids also.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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10-17-2010, 10:23 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
I live in a small town. It's safe to say most who come to our door "know" us. Sometimes we have heard them say things like "this is the Jesus house, mom!".
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"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
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10-17-2010, 10:55 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
I live in a small town. It's safe to say most who come to our door "know" us. Sometimes we have heard them say things like "this is the Jesus house, mom!".
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What an awesome way to be known.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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10-18-2010, 06:06 AM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Flutecrafter
Do you really hate halloween?
or do you hate the things you've been told that it is?
there is a serious difference.
Are there more workings of magik this time of year? Yes.
Are they confined to Oct 31? No.
Do they have anything to do with the commercialized holiday of halloween? Not really.
Admittedly there are some seriously nasty costumes and decorations out there
these days, as well as some fools that want to use the excuse to engage
in very poor judgement and behaviour, that has nothing to do with the
day itself either.
My son said it fairly well in his 'this is the day' thread.
It is a day that God has made, same as the other 364 days of the year.
The followers of Jesus can either get off of their soap boxes and
engage the folks that are coming to their door, or they can cower in the
back rooms of their houses and pretend that no one is coming by at all.
Tracts and prayer and even conversation with them and their parents if
they are with them and have the time.
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When I was young, I participated in Halloween all the time. We grew up in church and thought nothing of it. When I was older and married, we started researching it and realized that everything about the day is based on the "dark" stuff of evil. It seems like on Halloween, Christians accept things that God calls abominations - just because we say it's in fun. Well I just can't imagine God laughing at that.
The movies that come out around this time of year are HORRIBLE, and they are directed at people's fascination with the evil things of the season. The ones this year called "Devil" and the one about the Last Exorcism - they are so evil that the previews made me literally sick. Also, the Halloween store that comes to our town every year is called "Spirit". Wonder why?
I'm not condemning others - like I said, I took part in it for years. But it's not something that I can conscientiously do anymore.
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10-18-2010, 01:04 PM
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Jesus' Name Pentecostal
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Cindy
What an awesome way to be known.
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amen
sounds like he and his family are being salt and light
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10-18-2010, 06:58 PM
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Sherri
When I was young, I participated in Halloween all the time. We grew up in church and thought nothing of it. When I was older and married, we started researching it and realized that everything about the day is based on the "dark" stuff of evil. It seems like on Halloween, Christians accept things that God calls abominations - just because we say it's in fun. Well I just can't imagine God laughing at that.
The movies that come out around this time of year are HORRIBLE, and they are directed at people's fascination with the evil things of the season. The ones this year called "Devil" and the one about the Last Exorcism - they are so evil that the previews made me literally sick. Also, the Halloween store that comes to our town every year is called "Spirit". Wonder why?
I'm not condemning others - like I said, I took part in it for years. But it's not something that I can conscientiously do anymore.
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Okay, I'm not going to fight with ya, but I bolded the statement that most
concerns me.
You see, there is a lot of 'research' out there about the topic that is
basically urban myth.
If you don't want to participate in it for conscience sake, thats okay.
I merely ask that my brothers and sisters stop ceding the day away,
especially due to false perceptions of it.
Mark
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10-18-2010, 08:17 PM
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Christmas 2009
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Re: Happy Halloween?
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Originally Posted by Flutecrafter
Okay, I'm not going to fight with ya, but I bolded the statement that most
concerns me.
You see, there is a lot of 'research' out there about the topic that is
basically urban myth.
If you don't want to participate in it for conscience sake, thats okay.
I merely ask that my brothers and sisters stop ceding the day away,
especially due to false perceptions of it.
Mark
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I think (for us), it's partly based on the fact that my husband grew up in Africa, and he knows the power of witchcraft and spiritism. Plus we've traveled there many times and faced powers that are so strong. To us, it's not "cute" or funny when people dress up as witches or ghosts. It's just too real.
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