A CHRISTIAN THREAD

[tom_no.1]

Welcome to a place where Christ should be exalted and "Self" should be abased!!

Welcome to a place where the BIBLE can be discussed rationally, intelligently, and positively without unnecessary argument!!

Welcome to a place where prayer can be requested and encouraged!!

Welcome to a place where positive and encouraging thoughts from scripture can be shared in a caring and loving way!!

Welcome to a place away from all the arguments, recriminations, and negativity of the outside world!!

Welcome to a place of rest and safety!!

Welcome to a place where Philippians 2:3 is practiced: "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."

Welcome to this Christian thread.



(Please leave all aggression, bitterness, and philosophy outside the door and please wipe your feet before coming inside!!)


  

I live in my own little world. But it's OK... They know me Here!

[spendmama]

I love eagles. The trees are full of them by the local garbage dump.

Isaiah 40:30-31 (New International Version)

30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.


Nikki - this was a baby eagle I took a picture of when I was walking the beach in Port Hardy last summer.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[im_incognito]

OMG....*laffin so hard*....I know, probably not funny but it tickled my funny bone. and I mean NO OFFENCE to anyone but when I was perusing the boards and came across the Christian thread.....the post number was at 666!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

Ok...so I have a whacked sense of humour....at least I amuse myself. Off to get a Timmy's!!!

[midlife*mom]

There IS joy in the Lord! He wants us to be filled and complete with joy in Him!



Proverbs 12:20 "Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy."

Ecclesiastes 2:26 "For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight..."

Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is....joy...."

1 John 1:4 "And these things we write to you that your joy may be full."

Nehemiah 8:10 "Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Psalms 16:11 "You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence..."

Psalms 19:8 "The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart..."

Luke 15:11 "I have told you this so that my joy will be in you, and that your joy may be complete."








--- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old...you grow old because you stop laughing. 🙂

[prior-of-verity*shake-hands-with-your-devil]

Yeah I missed it. Guess I'm just off by one, to being as evil as some think I am.]:)

I'll have to try harder.B-)

[im_incognito]

Awwwwwww.....who says you're evil??? Well....look at it this way...if they are bugging you they are leaving me alone!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😛

[spendmama]

BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Dewey Bertolini)

Do you remember the gripping scene in the animated Disney film Beauty and the Beast when the Beast was about to confess his love to Belle? Cogsworth looked on with euphoric anticipation, for if Belle pledged her love to the Beast, presto! The spell that hung over the castle like a dark, dnk cloud of doom would finally be broken.

As she clasped hands with the Beast, Belle asked permission to gaze into the magical mirror in order to see her father. Viewin her father in obvious distress, she dropped the mirror and gaped at his plight. "I've got to go to him," she sobbed.

"Go to him, then," the Beast responded. Those four words spoke volumes.

Cogsworth later walked into the room with an air of triumphant expectancy as he declared to the Beast, "I must say that things are going swimmingly."

All hope vanished into thin air, however; when the Beast uttered that most significant line in he film. "I let her go," he confessed to his enchanged little clock.

As the reality of those words sunk in, Cogsworth shiook himself and asked, "You did WHAT?"

Can you imagine the impact of the Beast's admission? To let her go was to plunge his kingdom into another season of a cursed existence. To let her go meant that all hope was lost of ever becoming normally human again. To let her go meant that he forfeited his last, best chance of ever being loved. But he let her go. Why?

"I had to," he said. "I love her." The Beast understood that a lover does not hold the object of his love hostage to his possessive grasp.

APPLICATION

Perhaps a similar scene played itself out in heaven when God let go the beautiful angel Lucifer, who rebelled against God, determined to go his own way. "You did what?" Michael or Gabriel or some other angel might have asked realizing that this action would bring untold mmisery and suffering upon God's creation.

What about you and me? Though God could force us to love Him, He lets us go. "I love them too much," He says. God loves us and allows us to go our own way, knowing full well that misery and suffering could be the result. Like Beauty, however, we have the option to come back to change misery and suffering into joy and celebration. Whenever one person comes back to our loving heavenly Father, the angels rejoice.

Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[valve37]

Im........ and Prior.........., it would be respectful and kind of you to retire to the Paganism thread started by Im..... and leave this one to Christains. Thankyou in advance.

[themagicoftime]

Nice post mama
Brought back memories of the moment of my own deliverance.
After a long struggle grappling and trying to understand and believe when I finally gave up and just trusted / believed what He was aying to me. The joy that filled my soul far far exceeded anything of earthly orgin.
Thanks for posting. It was a great pickme up during a hectic morning.

[themagicoftime]

aying = saying

[spendmama]

It's OK, valve. It IS a public forum and I don't think we can tell anyone what or what not to do. We have to leave it to each person's discretion (hah! I got the word right today!!!) This is the "sanctuary" thread and we just have to work harder to create a peaceful environment so all who enter will be blessed with the joy and contentment and a purpose-driven life that we claim.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[im_incognito]

*shakes head*.....Wow....see thats the difference between you and me Valve. If you came to my home I could still respect you and carry out a civil conversation with you. I can make jokes about myself and others of me without defenses rising so high that all i see is blue haze.....or is it red fury...who knows. Ya know....the world will be a much nicer place when we can all bow our heads at the same pew and pray to the God/dess of our understanding without judgements.

Should we also sit at the back of the bus??
do we have our own foundtain as well??

Last I checked this was a public forum. Just because my husband doesn't possess estrogen and he doesn't understand us women...doesn't mean I'd stop him from perusing the womens sites...

Or from adding a comment when the notion struck..

[midlife*mom]

I think we all need to heed the gentle instructions of the originator of this thread in his OP. This thread is his "home", we are the "vcisitors", and respect it we must.








--- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old...you grow old because you stop laughing. 🙂

[midlife*mom]

"visitors"








--- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old...you grow old because you stop laughing. 🙂

[spendmama]

Im. . .I don't expect you to sit at the back of the bus. You're welcome to sit on the front pew and worship & pray with us. You are also welcome to come drink at the fountain of living water. 🙂

I gotta run - my internet time is up - I need to get to work.

MY PRAYER

Lord, make me a nail upon the wall,
Fastened securely in its place.
Then from this thing so common and so small
Hang a bright picture of Thy face.
That travellers may pause to look
Upon the loveliness depicted there
Ana passing on their weary ways,
Each radiant face may bear--
Stamped so that nothing can efface--
The image of Thy glory and Thy grace.
Lord, let not one soul think of me.
Only let me be a nail upon the wall,
Holding Thy picture in its place.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[prior-of-verity*shake-hands-with-your-devil]

Hi valve, …I can deal with the pitchforks but hold off on the fire will you. No more burnings incase you didn’t get the memo…..the Malleus Maleficarum has been cancelled.

[spendmama]

sorry. . .missed. . .the prayer is called "God's Nil" by Mildred Hill

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[midlife*mom]

((((((((((((((VALVE))))))))))))))

Thinking of you today...thanks for the opportunity to get to know you better. :=x








--- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old...you grow old because you stop laughing. 🙂

[midlife*mom]

OOps....that was supposed to be :-x








--- Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old...you grow old because you stop laughing. 🙂

[spendmama]

*sigh* 😞

oh well.. . "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice!!!" - it's one of those Bible verse/choruses I love to sing.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."

[spendmama]

(((MLM))) the *sigh:-(* wasn't pertaining to your posts. *Note to self - Must type faster*

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tip toe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tip toe."