**2010 Random Christian Thoughts Thread**

[luthiengirlie]

Interesting, because African and MIddle-eastern (most) orthodox don't touch pig either. They haven't changed much from Judaism, except Jesus as the Messiah. Anyhoo, there's a law passed in Israel about conversion and who they determine can automatically be granted citizenship based upon having a Jewish parent, grandparent or just being halachically Jewish, having all sayso in who converts fully under..a big fight between Reform, Conservative etc.. All these other non-orthodo folks are having a sissy fit over it. It's orthodoxy. Remove it, it's not Judaism. Just like christianity. What's this without Jesus as divine?

There was also this thing at the Western Wall of the ancient Temple, the Kotel, that some American group of women donned men's tallit (prayer shawls) and were carrying around the Torah scroll. Ok, at the Western Wall, it's a holy site, orthodoxy reigns, don't try and change and provoke, right? Yup, that's what they did. LIke it or leave it, it ain't the woman's place...and they broke law...and got arrested. NOw they are crying foul. Just trying to change orthodox religion to suit themselves. I can't stand it.:nono: What's next, agnostic Muslims? "Allah u , maybe Allahu Akhbar?" :lachen:

[B] I think it should TELL us something when you have THREE abrahamic Faiths telling you to LEAVE THE PIG ALONE!!! Even secULAR DOCTORS are telling their paitents this :lachen: maybe that is what Adonai is calling us back to. Orthodoxy... Not LEGALISM...Orthodoxy. We are called to be sanctified...... Set apart. Ruach. You know. We have a Ruach ha Kodesh within us. Shouldn't we be Ruaching somehow?? (I know its the wrong tense but I'm praying you get my point) I've always felt like I didn't fit in this world. I was an outsider. Don't get me wrong I have friends who love me and I love but I don't really have a niche you know. Hmm thinks to think about.

[luthiengirlie]

Okay. Either something is wrong with me and I'm too easily annoyed or I'm right to be annoyed.

But something IRKS me about Christians who run around saying "the God in me". It SOUNDS WRONG. It don't hit that NERVE right.

If I'm being judgemental Please forgive me and I will repent.

But it sounds like you're saying there's a god in you.

I know that it people are trying to imply the Holy Spirit or Yeshua.

But something about it RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY!

[LovingLady]

Luthiengirlie, I have never heard anyone say that.

[luthiengirlie]

Well, I've been seeing people say it all the time now

[Sharpened]

Okay. Either something is wrong with me and I'm too easily annoyed or I'm right to be annoyed.

But something IRKS me about Christians who run around saying "the God in me". It SOUNDS WRONG. It don't hit that NERVE right.

If I'm being judgemental Please forgive me and I will repent.

But it sounds like you're saying there's a god in you.

I know that it people are trying to imply the Holy Spirit or Yeshua.

But something about it RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY!You are not alone. Whenever I hear it, I wonder, "Which god? The one running the music industry?"

[Nice & Wavy]

By Pastor Tony Evans!

Modeling for God

I love New York City. New York City is my favorite place to visit in all of America. New York City is teeming with vitality and life. Every year my wife, Lois, and I make an effort to spend some time together in the Big Apple. One of my wife’s favorite places to visit in New York City is Fifth Avenue.

One time when we were walking up Fifth Avenue, we paused by a store window to see why everyone else was standing there staring as well. Inside the window was a mannequin, or what we thought was a mannequin. After she blinked, we knew that she was a live model merely posing as a mannequin.

Some people were trying to get this live model to mess up because they were making faces at her through the window. But she held her ground, standing motionless the entire time. She did this because her goal of pleasing her employer who was paying her was higher than her goal of responding to the crowd.

As Christians, we ought to be so consumed with pleasing our Father in Heaven that we make His goal, His agenda and His purpose for us more important than what others are telling us we should be doing. We need to listen to His instructions more than we listen to what the media, our friends or what the world is trying to tell us.

God has a perfect plan for each of us … to model for the rest of the world what a follower of Christ looks like. We need to keep our minds focused on Him rather than on others whom Satan is using to try and get us to mess up.


SCRIPTURE READINGS
2 Corinthians 3:18

[Guitarhero]

By Pastor Tony Evans!

Modeling for God

I love New York City. New York City is my favorite place to visit in all of America. New York City is teeming with vitality and life. Every year my wife, Lois, and I make an effort to spend some time together in the Big Apple. One of my wife’s favorite places to visit in New York City is Fifth Avenue.

One time when we were walking up Fifth Avenue, we paused by a store window to see why everyone else was standing there staring as well. Inside the window was a mannequin, or what we thought was a mannequin. After she blinked, we knew that she was a live model merely posing as a mannequin.

Some people were trying to get this live model to mess up because they were making faces at her through the window. But she held her ground, standing motionless the entire time. She did this because her goal of pleasing her employer who was paying her was higher than her goal of responding to the crowd.

As Christians, we ought to be so consumed with pleasing our Father in Heaven that we make His goal, His agenda and His purpose for us more important than what others are telling us we should be doing. We need to listen to His instructions more than we listen to what the media, our friends or what the world is trying to tell us.

God has a perfect plan for each of us … to model for the rest of the world what a follower of Christ looks like. We need to keep our minds focused on Him rather than on others whom Satan is using to try and get us to mess up.


SCRIPTURE READINGS
2 Corinthians 3:18


Is he a Black preacher who talks with a lisp and has like 15 doctorates or something? I love his sermons...laugh and learn all the way through!! Anyhoo, I shall remember this in the morning, God-willing, and will carry this all the day long. Hope it'll work better than "the first shall be last and the last first..." which I wrote on my index finger after a nasty ordeal lol. Ain't quite forgiven that person in the full...working on it. Good words to remember.

[Sharpened]

I am running into people, children and adults, who see visions, mostly of the end-times variety, and a few have come true. I wish I could give them confirmation they from the Lord or not. *sigh*

[luthiengirlie]

Okay Adonai, why do I keep dreaming about a tall man with a 6 pack and some arm muscles who is in love with you and is in love with and crazy about me...
are you trynna tell me summin?

[luthiengirlie]

Adonai, why are old relationships so comfortable esp when Yove told me You have better? I aint understanding myself

[Laela]

Our God is an Awesome God,
He Reigns from Heaven above,
With Wisdom, Power and Love,
Our God is an Awesome God! :clap:

[LifeafterLHCF]

God your just wonderful..I can't even say word bc I'm still awe with all you do for someone like me..makes me want to push harder..

[Guitarhero]

Thanks for bumping all those Prayer of Jabez threads. For some devlish reason, I couldn't find one...wonder why ....hmmmm! Now it's overflowing. LELELELELELE! I will superfocus this week. And I know that somebody gave me that book. I know it's somewhere in this house...but where??????????? Goodness gracious me!

[HeChangedMyName]

Thanks for bumping all those Prayer of Jabez threads. For some devlish reason, I couldn't find one...wonder why ....hmmmm! Now it's overflowing. LELELELELELE! I will superfocus this week. And I know that somebody gave me that book. I know it's somewhere in this house...but where??????????? Goodness gracious me!
I got mine at the dollar tree so if you have that store you may be able to get one there. $1

[luthiengirlie]

Show me Your ways, so that I may walk, with YOU, show me your ways, So that I put my trust in YOU. The cry of my heart is to love YOU more to live with the touch of your hand, stronger each day, Adonai, show me Your ways!!!


I feel I need to be Jabezing for some reason. Strange!

[LovingLady]

He saw the best in me, when everyone else around me could only see the worst in me.

[Lex_Artis]

Today, I woke up in a surly mood and made the decision to stay that way. All. day.

He decided otherwise.

He kept putting the nicest, kindest folks in my path until I finally had to laugh at how foolish I was being. :spinning:

[Sharpened]

To Stand Alone (http://www.remnantradio.org/Archives/articles/tostandalone.htm)

It is human to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone.
It is man-like to follow the people, to drift with the tide.
It is God-like to follow a principle, to stem the tide.

It is natural to compromise conscience and follow the social and religious fashion for the sake of gain or pleasure.
It is divine to sacrifice both on the altar of truth and duty.

"No man stood with me, but all men forsook me" wrote the battle scarred apostle in describing his first appearance before Nero to answer for his life for believing and teaching contrary to the Roman society and government.

Truth has been out of fashion since man has changed his robe of fadeless light for a garment of faded leaves.

Noah and family built and voyaged alone. All throughout the land they laughed at his strangeness and perished in style.

Abraham wandered and worshiped alone. Sodomites smiled at the simple shepherd, followed the fashion, and fed the flames.

Daniel dined and prayed alone
Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone.
Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone.
Jesus loved and died alone.

Of the lonely way HIS disciples should walk, He said: "Narrow is the gate, and difficult the path that leads to life, and few there be that find it."

Of their treatment by the many who walk in the broad way, He said: "If you were of the world, the world would love it's own; but because you are not of the world, therefore the world hates you."

The Hebrews in the wilderness praised Abraham, and persecuted Moses.
The Hebrews of the kings praised Moses and persecuted the prophets.
The Jews of Caiphas praised the prophets, and persecuted Jesus and the apostles.
The religion of the popes praised the savior, and persecuted the saints.

Christianity today praises the savior and persecutes the remnant, all the time applauding the courage of the patriarchs and the prophets, the apostles and the martyrs, but condemn as stubbornness or foolishness such faithfulness today.


WANTED TODAY

Men and women, young and old, who will obey their convictions of truth and duty, at the cost of fortune and friends, and life itself.

[Laela]

^^wow... powerful!

[luthiengirlie]

Adonai,

I think I'm falling in love with you Harder than I ever have..
I'm in love with You
yep Can I say it one more time? I'm IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!

We've had an interesting relationship You and I!!

I know you've had plenty of facepalm moments with me and Yet you still love and cherish and discipline me through it all.

I ain't shamed to say it.

You sent Yeshua to die for me. Thank you.
I"m in love with You and I know you have already said it back to me in a THOUSAND DIFFRENT WAYS.
I don't say this often enough but... I"m in love with you.
I"m straight up sprung okay I"m PAST sprung.
I am can't sleep, can't eat, cant think without even SAYING somethign to You.
I HAVE to talk to you several times a day
I care what you t hink
You matter to me
You hear my soul cries.
When I had a Hannah moment today
just screaming out to You without moving my lips. such freedom I felt.

I'm in love with you and it's like I want the whole world to know and I gotta let it show. JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE YOU !