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Ria....... I am so pleased that you are still praying for Cecilia Zhang.  

Did you see her Mother and Father on "America's Most Wanted"?

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Peoples Church will host a prayer vigil for Cecilia.     I believe people from the community will gather to pray for her, as well as the members of the church.  Maybe at that time, we Christians on CP could pray as well.

Thank you,

God Bless.



Ruthie

Chris............

My brother.  I understand you clearly.  I was not interpreting, merely quoting the Word as it is written.  If I were to interpret, I'd have to be adding to His Word, and that I won't do.  Honest Chris, I haven't come into ths forum to bring anything but my love for my fellow man and to share the Word of God.  Our Lord tells us (Not asks us) to be discerning and to read His Word.  God's holy Bible (As I know you believe) is for us to read, study, learn, and to share.  I love to go to 2 Timothy 3:16 where our Lord tells us that "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for dictrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."  After having shared (Giving and receiving from the folks here) the Word of God, I feel free enough as a Christian to quote God's Word (Not mine) in love.  Our Lord always spoke in truth so every one of us would know what He has, is, and will do, regarding mankind on ths earth.  His Words of "Profitable for doctrine, "reproof", "correction", and "instruction in righteousness" are meaningful, and important so that the Word of God will not be taught wrongly.  If I were to preach wrong doctrine and were to add to His Word, I would be a "False Teacher".  I ask you my brother, should we flinch, look the other way, and be silent when God's Word has been misquoted?  Etta Sue is a lovely lady who saw something beautiful on the web and shared it.  It was in fact beautiful, but it was incorect.  Men and women of the Church are responsible for correctness.  If a visitor, or even a member who might be a Baby Christian, were to read, and digest anything that is incorrect, and those who are grounded in the Word did not make a correction, they might assume it as gospel because of so many very fine and knowledgable Christian folks in CP.  We agree that it would be very distructive for [all] if folks were to argue.  Pat says it well, and I do agree, that we should agree to disagree.  But Scripture must be presented as given with actual Chapter and verse.  Then if people disagree on an issue, that is what it is.  A Christians belief in the placement of the Rapture and the Second Coming will not affect his/her salvation.

I sure hope this post hasn't caused any friction betwen us.  

Hello everyone ...
just popping in to say hello.
things are going much better now with my daughter and my new grandson.....he is such a good baby....am very thankful for that fact alone.  Allie is doin much better now and is starting to settle in with life with baby and learning how to be a loving mom.....
God bless you all and have a great evening.
In His Grace...paulette

Hi everyone.

Just stopping by to say hello.  I quickly scanned all the posts right after dinner, but now have to head out for the evening so likely won't be back.  

Have a great night everyone!

A wonderful fall day in Indiana.  I opened all the windows and shut them early in the evening, really due to the sod farmer cutting sod and the wind blowing towards the house.  Don't want dust in here so he can cut sod inside the house next spring!!!    I made the Party Mix and the Zucchini Bread.  Washed the dishes and did some laundry and worked over 2 hours on PSP lessons.  Done with week 3.  Now to print and do 10 more lessons.  Whew!  Time to get my feet up!!!  

I don't consider myself as a Baby Christian, maybe I am in Kindergarten now.  I am a young Christian and still soaking His word up like a sponge.  I am just so glad that God created me and then chose me to be His child.  Then I had the choice of accepting His son as my Lord and Savior who died for my sins.  I am thankful every day for the gift God gives us in Christ, the forgiveness of sins, the promise of everlasting life, the promise He will be with us each day, the assurance that we are His children and He is our Father.  

IM BACK

HI EVERYONE
I came back to say goodnight-I hope all of you have had a wonderful day/evening...
Im still busy getting the house organized--I will be ready to crash a little later.
Hugs and Goodnight!
Rachelle

Our Lord Himself is always our best example.  One area in which He is our prime Example is in the area of Scripture interpretation.  He did a great deal of interpretation of the Law, for instance, in the Sermon on the Mount.  
I believe we can and should follow His example in this.  But when we do so, there is a rule to follow which He Himself followed very well, and that is the rule of comparing Scripture with Scripture - of interpreting one Scripture by the use of another.
All this having been said, though, I am also persuaded that some subjects are better left uninterpreted.  The subjects of the book of Revelation and of eschatology in general are two of them.  They have been disagreed about for a very long time, and those disagreements are not about to be solved now.  So I beg (implore, beseech, ...) Lee and others to basically leave those two subject alone.
I do appreciate, however, Chris' use of the book to which he made a link.  I appreciate it because it presents all 3 (or actually 4) major views in a fair and unbiased way.
However - may I suggest just one additional thing?  Please keep discussions of such subjects to the Manna folder, as it was designed for them.
And one other thing - none of this is intended to avoid confrontational disagreement with those who set forth obviously heretical views, i.e., that Christ is not Divine, that the Bible is not the inerrant Word of God, etc.  All of us here believe those things, and we must not shy away from saying so to those who set forth such hurtful views.

Hello. I am home, been on the phone and found out that my new computer is here in Mckinleyville, I tracked it on the internet. Soooo maybe tomorrow. I hope so.

TTYL

Thank you Al Moak..

As Administrator of these forums, I request that we don't use our New Every Morning area for discussing subjects that can be divisive.  The heading of this area says,

This is the place to start! Introduce yourself! Help us welcome new members or just chat over a cup of tea or coffee. If all this talk about God's love is new to you, join with us and discover the love of God for yourself.[/color] [/list]
 
In other words, New Every Morning is the place for light conversation but definitely nothing about eschatology where arguments can and do take place and would certainly not attract new members to our forums!

I would rather not see this being discussed at all on our forums due to the divisive nature of the subject.   We've taken pride in being known as a peaceful site on the internet where all are welcome.  This subject has been a divisive subject ever since the days of Mr. Darby and Mr. Scofield BUT if some persist in bringing it up after being asked to refrain from doing so, then the only place for this type of discussion to take place is in the Manna for the Soul area where the heading says,

If you have an edifying thought to share with us please post it here. [/list]

Any discussion that does take place in Manna will still be monitored by me and will take place only on a trial basis.  

Thank you

Pat
<<<Keeper of the jar of wet noodles!>>>

Another day is drawing to a close - and I have nothing to say.    

We haven't had the drenching rain yesterday and today that Guelph has been getting, but it has been dark and "sprinkley" off and on, adding to Saturday's heavy rain.   Most of the trees are bare now and Gene's customers' lawns need to be cleared of leaves but  with everythng so wet he can't do anything about it.  Last year before he could get the last couple done we got our early snow cover that lasted all winter so he's hoping that won't happen again.

Now wasn't that exciting news?  

Marilyn, what terrific news about your computer!  I'm so happy for you.  Do you have cable connection or are you on dial-up?

I can hardly wait till I start seeing photos from you again!  Is the computer coming loaded with programs?

LOL  Exciting, Jeanne!  I still have daffodils to plant! Can Gene come and help me with that?

Hey, Sarah!  I see you online.  I've been praying for your situation at your church.  Keep hanging in there, kiddo!  Thought you were going to send me photos of the baby!  Haven't got them yet.

Want to click on my name and use that email address?  Looking forward to seeing them.

hey ya'll
pat i sent those photos hope they go through my computer is acting really weird lately. our college professor told us that we need to have a "professional" email address! i don't like "professional" adresses mine are short and simple. (i've had the same one since 2000) so why get a new one. i'll still use my regular email for everything but school work. so many adresses floating around. well i hope ya'll are doing good i'm fine for now.
ttyl
Sarah

Pat, I definitely will not let Gene plant your daffodils while ours are still sitting in the shed!  

Hey, nobody noticed - I'm over 1,000 posts!  Don't I at least get  

Jane, so glad your Grandson Tim will be coming home soon.  I was in the Korean war in 1950-51, and I certainly know the feeling of coming home.

Janet, thanks for your note of my humor.  I have often been misunderstood because of my humor, but I always say why did God give us the ability to laugh if we were not to use it.

When you mentioned the tearing up of your bathroom in order to install the tile, I immediately thought of (my first bathroom) the outhouse I grew up with.  I am sure some of the older people in here also recall the outhouse.

Many of us that grew up in the great depression of the 1930's had very little.  When I mentioned going to Church in clean overalls and clean white shirt in a post the other day I was talking of experience.

I am reminded of a saying; "I've done so much, with so little, for so long, that I can do almost anything, with nothing, in no time flat."

Larry, since YAWL live in Georgia I bet we pretty well speak the same language.

Ria, I enjoy reading your post, and admire your ability to speak English.  I hope I can say this correctly.  "tot ziens"

Have a good evening
Boots

Thanks, Pat.  Now I feel better.  

Well tonight I went to Peoples Church for a prayer vigil for Cecilia Zhang.

It was televised, so on the news tonight at 11:00 p.m. it will show us praying.   I was filled with emotional because all the speakers were Chinese and some had a translater.  They were all praying fervently and crying out to God.

A Chinese Pastor prayed and asked God to perform a miracle and keep Cecilia safe and bring her home to her distraught family.  He also asked God to show the kidnappers the wickedness of their ways.

Much scripture was quoted such as "Is anything too hard for God"  and in Isaiah it says "I have called you by name, and I will not forget you"  and  "There will be persecution, but I have overcome the world"

We are praying that when this is all over, the family will come to faith in Jesus Christ.

Thank you for praying from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. and please continue.

God bless everyone.


Ruthie

Jeanne,  congratulations on going over 1000 posts..  That is soooo cool..

I think it will take me three years to get that many.

If I could only type with both hands.  

Well, folks, another Monday has come and gone.  I am very tired, and I have a busy day tomorrow, so I think I am going to head to bed.

ya'll behave yourselves and I will "see" you tomorrow!!!

Boots, I also grew up with 4 rooms and a "path."  So I know whereof you speak!

Ruthie and Pat--I finally found the right channel for America's Most Wanted the other night, but had already missed the part about Cecelia.  It is wonderful that you had a prayer vigil for her---I do pray she is returned unharmed to her family.  Kidnapping is one of the cruelest crimes there is, I think.

I just came in to catch up on the posts tonight so I won't be so far behind in the morning.  I hope all of you get blessed sleep tonight!

What a nice surprise to find a beautiful Lamp unto my feet picture on my e-mail - Thanks Chris.

Carol

Congrats. Jeanne - 1000 posts!!  I will never have that much to say.....

Janet, I wish it were possible to hire you and Darrel to make the changes to my future home.  Never thought it would be so hard to find people to put in a kitchen and other stuff....

Yes Larry, I will have my own little private space.  Thanks for asking.

Amen to Pat & Pastor Al.  I will leave the travel plans up to God.

Would love to be a fly on the wall when your new computer arrives Marilyn.  Don't blame you for being excited.  I felt the same way about mine.....

Hi Ria.  We had a sunny day here on the island.  Made my canary happy enought to sing again.

It is only 8PM here but I am weary from my adventures with the fine art of arranging for a move.  I had planned to start that Bible Study at the church tomorrow morning, but think it had best wait until after the New Year.  Will be getting the book from the library and try studying on my own as time permits.  Is there a study going on here Pat?  You had mentioned starting something....

Pleasant dreams and God Bless.

I'm sorry if some of you lose your post tonight but I'm closing up a wee bit early as I travel to London tomorrow morning early.

Talk to you later

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