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10-26-2010, 01:34 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
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I was at a large home missions conference in Mississippi and had just returned from six months in South America. I was trying not to disrupt things, but was praying quietly to myself in English, but since at that point Spanish was easier for me, due to it being my first service back in the states, I started praying in Spanish.
Some little short lady came and hit me in the head, giving me a headache and almost knocking me over (and I am NOT a small guy). I stopped, grabbed her hand, and told her to leave me alone (in English).
After the service, she came up to me and was trying to explain "I'm a good person blah blah" but I just said "whatever" and walked away.
It wasn't so much that she did it to ME that upset me, but what if it had been someone who didn't know what was going on, and she ran them off forever?
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Hit you in the head???? Was she trying to slay you in the spirit? What on earth.
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10-26-2010, 01:41 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
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Hit you in the head???? Was she trying to slay you in the spirit? What on earth.
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Yes, on the forehead, trying to pray. I was like 20 rows back from the altar, too, not even in the middle of it.
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10-26-2010, 01:43 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
I probably would have been less tact "What's your problem lady? How would you like it if I hit you back?"
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10-26-2010, 01:46 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
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I probably would have been less tact "What's your problem lady? How would you like it if I hit you back?"
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Yeah, I may have reacted a little more strongly these days, back then I was still trying to be nice 
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10-26-2010, 02:02 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
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Yeah, I may have reacted a little more strongly these days, back then I was still trying to be nice |
lol....
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- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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10-30-2010, 07:20 AM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
I realized the other day, I won't be happy in any church unless I have a walk with God.
I know many of you are thinking: "isn't church where you are supposed to get a walk with God"? It might be for most people but it isn't for me. I left church before I left my walk with God and as such I definetely can't return to church until I have returned to my walk with God (and even then I might not be able too). Also, I'm not sure I want to try to have a walk with God again because I'm not even sure I could if I wanted too.
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10-30-2010, 09:34 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
I know many of you are thinking: "isn't church where you are supposed to get a walk with God"?
NO
I left church before I left my walk with God and as such I definetely can't return to church until I have returned to my walk with God (and even then I might not be able too).
YOU'RE ALIVE, YOU CAN RETURN.
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10-30-2010, 09:53 PM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
Well, ya might try giving us a play by play on yer PDA for something different. Number all the runners and announce the laps etc.
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10-31-2010, 04:48 AM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
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Originally Posted by seguidordejesus
I was at a large home missions conference in Mississippi and had just returned from six months in South America. I was trying not to disrupt things, but was praying quietly to myself in English, but since at that point Spanish was easier for me, due to it being my first service back in the states, I started praying in Spanish.
Some little short lady came and hit me in the head, giving me a headache and almost knocking me over (and I am NOT a small guy). I stopped, grabbed her hand, and told her to leave me alone (in English).
After the service, she came up to me and was trying to explain "I'm a good person blah blah" but I just said "whatever" and walked away.
It wasn't so much that she did it to ME that upset me, but what if it had been someone who didn't know what was going on, and she ran them off forever?
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It wasn't me I promise.  Besides, I have never been to Mississipi........as an adult. And I am not short, I am vertically challenged. 
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10-31-2010, 06:00 AM
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Re: How to enjoy church?
17. Decide beforehand that you are going to keep a tally of how many "Praise the Lord"'s- every 13th time it is said, respond loudly "AMEN"
16. Ask at least five different people if they have any openings in the children's ministry and if they do background checks
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