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02-02-2011, 06:10 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Originally Posted by OldPathsII
This is beautiful and so well stated that I would be interested in hearing you say more on the topic. Well done!
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Good grief, it wasn't THAT good. Do you have a crush on her or what?
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02-02-2011, 06:11 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Good grief, it wasn't THAT good. Do you have a crush on her or what?
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REpulsive. I won't even dignify that with a response.
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02-02-2011, 06:11 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
And He loves us so much he restores our souls. Think about that for a minute.
Restores: to bring back to, or put back into a former or original state.
It's very humbling.
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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.
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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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02-02-2011, 06:11 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Originally Posted by Charnock
You are right, of course.
However, when you have been horribly hurt by the one who has fallen it's very hard not to want vengeance.
I know that is not politically or theologically correct, but it's the truth.
Pray for me.
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That is our human nature, definitely.
One of the hardest parts of being a Christian, though, is turning those feelings over to the Lord and not letting them gain root in your heart.
I've lived this, I know exactly how hard it is.
I *deserved* vengeance. But I didn't need what vengeance, or even the satisfaction of seeing them hurt, would do to me. So I had to let it go.
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02-02-2011, 06:12 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Good grief, it wasn't THAT good. Do you have a crush on her or what?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
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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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02-02-2011, 06:13 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
I had a pastor for many years who would warn us from the pulpit not to look at the failures of others and be condescending about it. He pointed out that all of us are capable of anything without God directing our steps.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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02-02-2011, 06:14 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
That is our human nature, definitely.
One of the hardest parts of being a Christian, though, is turning those feelings over to the Lord and not letting them gain root in your heart.
I've lived this, I know exactly how hard it is.
I *deserved* vengeance. But I didn't need what vengeance, or even the satisfaction of seeing them hurt, would do to me. So I had to let it go.
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Great advice - - I too lived it, but chose to take the high road.
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02-02-2011, 06:18 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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REpulsive. I won't even dignify that with a response.
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Touchy, touchy. Just thought I'd ask. I've mostly been reading lately and haven't posted much. My intention was to stay silent for a few more weeks, but all I've been reading today is how great you think Miss Brat is.
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02-02-2011, 06:20 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Well, for goodness sakes, every time you post something, OldPathsII shows up and acts like you've just written out the theory of relativity. I couldn't help but notice. 
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02-02-2011, 06:22 PM
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Re: Food for Thought
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Good grief, it wasn't THAT good. Do you have a crush on her or what?
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