BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
The scripture has proved you wrong.
I can give you a ton more but I think you're like @Integrity , think unicorns and rainbows really really believe , and you're well on your way. Sweet dreams.
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The scripture has proved you wrong.
I can give you a ton more but I think you're like @Integrity , think unicorns and rainbows really really believe , and you're well on your way. Sweet dreams.
Integrity
Binge Poster
Question:
When you say red letter man, are you referring to the "Red-Letter" movement?
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
Should I answer..let me see..how should I answer this without sounding like I've taken a solid position...I know....yes and no....no wait.. Jesus loves you..Peace
Integrity
Binge Poster
I thought that since you made the red letter man statement you would be the one to go to find out what you were referring to by the statement.
If you choose not to answer for what ever reason, I'll respect your right to do so.
I hope you have love in your heart for me in spite of you not agreeing with my beliefs or in the manner that I answer or not on this discussion thread. I definitely don't mean to upset you in any way by either.
I certainly have love in my heart for you. You are entitled to believe anything you want for any reasons you want, I judge no man.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Old man jingles stated he only believes the words of Jesus in the NT which into true because he is pro homosexual, gay marriage, and divorce for any cause
Integrity
Binge Poster
Thank you.
Integrity
Binge Poster
I want to share an anecdote from events that happened to and in me yesterday morning. This happened while I was simply washing my breakfast dishes. While washing I was simply pondering the God of the Universe and His love for the world and His love for me, it was then it happened. I believe I heard from God in my spirit.
I share this here because I am in awe of the closeness to Him that I have felt at times over the years of my faith/spiritual journey and I do believe God works in my life in and of Himself and my relationship with Him. I hope that my account sheds a little light or maybe answers any questions posed in this discussion thread as to what I mean when I share about God the Holy Spirit, living in me and speaking to me in my spirit, heart(not the organ), and soul.
I admit I have never heard God’s audible voice. I do believe I sometimes hear God’s spiritual voice through the audible and written words of others.
Yesterday morning after my daily morning spiritual activities which consist of talking to God (prayer) and meditation followed by reading a daily reading from the book 24 Hours a Day, a portion of the book 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, a portion of the book Alcoholics Anonymous and a portion of the book the Holy Bible (currently using the NIV translation), I proceeded with my normal pre work activities; walking the dog, breakfast and clean up. As I previously stated it was during the cleanup, the dishes that the following transpired:
As I stated I was thinking of God’s love for the world and His love for me and then the following thoughts came to my mind, they seemed to come from nowhere.
I started to think how sometimes I get tense, frustrated, and impatient when interrupted while doing something. I am particularly prone to feeling this way when my wife , my child, or my mother are the one’s interrupting or trying to engage me in anyway when I am involved a task of some sort. I will, all too frequently, tense up when this happens and my response will too often be “I’m busy” or “I’m in the middle of something”, followed by an offer to engage with them when I’m done with what I have to do. I believe on the surface this seems like a reasonable, healthy, mature response. I do have to get things done after all.
So what’s the problem?
The problem is in thinking about this, I also thought how it is clear in my mind, spirit, and soul that my habitual response is usually given in a tone that subtly, and probably more often than not, not so subtly expresses my tense, frustrated, and impatient attitude and feelings toward them. This led to other thoughts, thoughts of how I have been feeling dissonance and conflict in my spirit and in my conscience for many years when I respond in this way to those I hold most dear. I love my wife, my boy and my mother.
To be honest I have tried, not recently but in the past, to resolve this habitual behavior and response in myself but have been unsuccessful. I have tried to resolve this through behavior modification/self-help, I have read the Bible and sought God’s help through the good counsel, instruction, teaching and correction that can be found in it, I have sought spiritual contact with God that I believe can happen simply by reading Scripture or other spiritual literature, I have talked with God(prayed), and have meditated in efforts to be close to God and to be near and aided by the nearness of His love for me and the power that can be found in Him and His love. Up to now none of this has worked, I have still been prone to responding in an unloving way, but that has now changed.
Yesterday as I was washing the dishes, I firmly believe I heard from God on this matter, not audibly but in my spirit. As I was pondering His love, the thought of this problem seemingly coming from nowhere was, I believe, God’s Holy Spirit prompting from within me, my thoughts, through my spirit and my conscience to this problem.
I believe He further brought my thoughts to the unloving nature of my response to my loved ones in these interruptions and he finally brought me to the reality of my failure to resolve this issue up until now and then I heard from Him, not audibly but I believe clearly from Him, so clear that it might as well have been audible, but it was not.
“There is nothing that you are doing that is important enough not to give those you love your time when they need you. I wouldn’t do it to you and you shouldn’t do it to them.”
It was a simple statement, a statement that I probably heard before but this time it was different. This statement, these words, struck me at my very center, so simple yet so profound they pierced my spirit and I believe I am forever changed by them.
My tasks, my jobs, my chores, my works while great and important , they have no hold over me now or forevermore to cause me deny the love of God to someone in need of His great love, especially those individuals most important to me.
Peace be with you!
I share this here because I am in awe of the closeness to Him that I have felt at times over the years of my faith/spiritual journey and I do believe God works in my life in and of Himself and my relationship with Him. I hope that my account sheds a little light or maybe answers any questions posed in this discussion thread as to what I mean when I share about God the Holy Spirit, living in me and speaking to me in my spirit, heart(not the organ), and soul.
I admit I have never heard God’s audible voice. I do believe I sometimes hear God’s spiritual voice through the audible and written words of others.
Yesterday morning after my daily morning spiritual activities which consist of talking to God (prayer) and meditation followed by reading a daily reading from the book 24 Hours a Day, a portion of the book 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, a portion of the book Alcoholics Anonymous and a portion of the book the Holy Bible (currently using the NIV translation), I proceeded with my normal pre work activities; walking the dog, breakfast and clean up. As I previously stated it was during the cleanup, the dishes that the following transpired:
As I stated I was thinking of God’s love for the world and His love for me and then the following thoughts came to my mind, they seemed to come from nowhere.
I started to think how sometimes I get tense, frustrated, and impatient when interrupted while doing something. I am particularly prone to feeling this way when my wife , my child, or my mother are the one’s interrupting or trying to engage me in anyway when I am involved a task of some sort. I will, all too frequently, tense up when this happens and my response will too often be “I’m busy” or “I’m in the middle of something”, followed by an offer to engage with them when I’m done with what I have to do. I believe on the surface this seems like a reasonable, healthy, mature response. I do have to get things done after all.
So what’s the problem?
The problem is in thinking about this, I also thought how it is clear in my mind, spirit, and soul that my habitual response is usually given in a tone that subtly, and probably more often than not, not so subtly expresses my tense, frustrated, and impatient attitude and feelings toward them. This led to other thoughts, thoughts of how I have been feeling dissonance and conflict in my spirit and in my conscience for many years when I respond in this way to those I hold most dear. I love my wife, my boy and my mother.
To be honest I have tried, not recently but in the past, to resolve this habitual behavior and response in myself but have been unsuccessful. I have tried to resolve this through behavior modification/self-help, I have read the Bible and sought God’s help through the good counsel, instruction, teaching and correction that can be found in it, I have sought spiritual contact with God that I believe can happen simply by reading Scripture or other spiritual literature, I have talked with God(prayed), and have meditated in efforts to be close to God and to be near and aided by the nearness of His love for me and the power that can be found in Him and His love. Up to now none of this has worked, I have still been prone to responding in an unloving way, but that has now changed.
Yesterday as I was washing the dishes, I firmly believe I heard from God on this matter, not audibly but in my spirit. As I was pondering His love, the thought of this problem seemingly coming from nowhere was, I believe, God’s Holy Spirit prompting from within me, my thoughts, through my spirit and my conscience to this problem.
I believe He further brought my thoughts to the unloving nature of my response to my loved ones in these interruptions and he finally brought me to the reality of my failure to resolve this issue up until now and then I heard from Him, not audibly but I believe clearly from Him, so clear that it might as well have been audible, but it was not.
“There is nothing that you are doing that is important enough not to give those you love your time when they need you. I wouldn’t do it to you and you shouldn’t do it to them.”
It was a simple statement, a statement that I probably heard before but this time it was different. This statement, these words, struck me at my very center, so simple yet so profound they pierced my spirit and I believe I am forever changed by them.
My tasks, my jobs, my chores, my works while great and important , they have no hold over me now or forevermore to cause me deny the love of God to someone in need of His great love, especially those individuals most important to me.
Peace be with you!
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
“ But what does the scripture say?” - Gal. 4:30
Integrity
Binge Poster
@Old Man Jingles,
@BrownFlush referred to you as a red-letter man.
I was curious if this is just a personal belief and perspective regarding the Bible or did your perspective arise from the Red-Letter movement.
I didn’t even know that there was a Red-Letter movement.
I love the complete Bible and find it useful and profitable for the faith and spiritual instruction but I hold the writings that are written as direct words and teachings from Jesus Himself in higher regard than written teachings and words of others.
I don’t discount or look down on non Red Letter words but I believe Jesus’ words and teachings must supersede all others. As the Spirit of God leads me.
Peace.
@BrownFlush referred to you as a red-letter man.
I was curious if this is just a personal belief and perspective regarding the Bible or did your perspective arise from the Red-Letter movement.
I didn’t even know that there was a Red-Letter movement.
I love the complete Bible and find it useful and profitable for the faith and spiritual instruction but I hold the writings that are written as direct words and teachings from Jesus Himself in higher regard than written teachings and words of others.
I don’t discount or look down on non Red Letter words but I believe Jesus’ words and teachings must supersede all others. As the Spirit of God leads me.
Peace.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
Believe what you want. Think what you want.
The words of the New Testament whether said by the Lord or written by an Apostle are equal in authoritative power and use. The entire New Testament is Jesus' last will and testament.
The only way the Spirit of God leads you is through his written word. If you choose to believe some of the NT and apply it but choose not to believe other passages and pick and choose what you like, you're not being led by the Spirit. He wrote it all down.
Not thoughts and feelings but thoughts and feelings that have been of the mind of God that have been put into words.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
Sounds like our religious beliefs are very similar!!!
Are you sure you're just not telling me what I want to hear? LOL
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Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
Spiritual experience for sure ... I have these as well, usually during meditation.
Let the spirit guide you in your actions.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
No doubt.Sounds like our religious beliefs are very similar!!!
Are you sure you're just not telling me what I want to hear? LOL
Believe what you want. Feel what you want. Confirm it as personal and religious experience because its and .... Walla! ... It’s the objective truth. Lol ... live it up.
Integrity
Binge Poster
Definitely sounds like it.Sounds like our religious beliefs are very similar!!!
Are you sure you're just not telling me what I want to hear? LOL
Thanks for you contributions to the discussion!!!
Integrity
Binge Poster
I know it was a long story. Thanks for reading it.
I do rely on His personal contact through the Holy Spirit. I so need and appreciate His guidance, His counsel, and His Love.
I will continue to try and follow His leading as God enables.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
I recommend attending a Recovery meeting at your Church or another church.
I think you might appreciate the experience.
Integrity
Binge Poster
Thank you for affirming my freedom to believe and think what I want.
I affirm the same for you.
Thank you for sharing what you believe.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
How and when does God contact you “personally” through the HS?
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
Are those the meetings you attended where you affirmed a Redwood tree can be your higher power?
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