DISCUSSION FORUMS
MAIN MENU
Home
Help
Advanced Search
Recent Posts
Site Statistics
Who's Online
Forum Rules
Bible Resources
• Bible Study Aids
• Bible Devotionals
• Audio Sermons
Community
• ChristiansUnite Blogs
• Christian Forums
• Facebook Apps
Web Search
• Christian Family Sites
• Top Christian Sites
• Christian RSS Feeds
Family Life
• Christian Finance
• ChristiansUnite KIDS
Shop
• Christian Magazines
• Christian Book Store
Read
• Christian News
• Christian Columns
• Christian Song Lyrics
• Christian Mailing Lists
Connect
• Christian Singles
• Christian Classifieds
Graphics
• Free Christian Clipart
• Christian Wallpaper
Fun Stuff
• Clean Christian Jokes
• Bible Trivia Quiz
• Online Video Games
• Bible Crosswords
Webmasters
• Christian Guestbooks
• Banner Exchange
• Dynamic Content

Subscribe to our Free Newsletter.
Enter your email address:

ChristiansUnite
Forums
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 05:19:27 PM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
Our Lord Jesus Christ loves you.
286776 Posts in 27568 Topics by 3790 Members
Latest Member: Goodwin
* Home Help Search Login Register
  Show Posts
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5 ... 7
31  Fellowship / You name it!! / Re:? for fellow Christians on: April 17, 2004, 02:34:31 PM
Awesome feedback everyone!  Grin Keep them coming! Grin

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
32  Fellowship / You name it!! / Re:Relationship Question(long) on: April 14, 2004, 01:00:20 PM


Quote
well I can't say that I wish she didn't have them so she could enjoy life to the fullest

If you didn't feel like that, you would defintely not be the right person for her.

Quote
and sometimes its hard to talk because one day she is up and the next just really down.  Please help with some advice anything at all would be good.
Don't rush, and don't commit yourself on the expectation that things will get better.  Imagine supporting her through rough times for the rest of your lives - if that puts you off then walk away because you (literally) aren't good enough for her.  If you can give her the love & support she needs in the way she needs it, it will probably help her to cope with how she is, but it's probably not going to go away. (From someone who is very happily married to someone remarkably similar to what you describe).

Amen, Ebia on your comments!Is this girl a devoted Christian?  Equally important, is a personal question for you…. Are you a Christian?  If the answers to either of these questions is no, or sort of…. Well, we need to talk, and I would strongly recommend you e-mailing me, since you may not feel comfortable talking about the details on a forum.  My e-mail is tonymoore@jesusanswers.com

At the moment, I can not give a recommendation one way or the other.  What Ebia posted does have validity.  The only thing I would add to her comments is a quote by Ben Franklin, and I will paraphrase, “Go into relationships with your eyes wide open and once a commitment is made {that is marriage} close your eyes halfway”.  In other words, he recommended that we be fully aware of what we are getting ourselves into prior to making a commitment!  God has showed me many things about other people, but He has always expected me to have my eyes open.  Possibly, God has showed you something He wants you to be aware of!  He does, however, let us make our own decisions.  

Well, I will pray for your situation.  Dating is not the smoothest road.  Especially, when other people are involved, that is friends or family that has helped to orchestrate things.  The dating and selection of a lifelong partner is serious business.  If you would like the input of a Christian, I would be glad to discuss it privately through e-mails.

Tony  




33  Fellowship / You name it!! / ? for fellow Christians on: April 14, 2004, 10:51:27 AM
Fellow Christians,

I have been working on this evangelism hand out, some people would call it a “track”.  Initially, I started with a mini booklet, but found it to be rather cumbersome to carry with me at all times, time consuming to make, and to some extent costly.  

In designing this ministry hand out I have taken many things into consideration.  I will be handing them out to people, not at random, but with those individuals with whom I have a conversation.  It may be just a simple conversation in the grocery check out isle.  But, everyone that will be given this single sheet of paper, folded into a square, will have spoken with me, and I with them.  

This ministry has not, and will not, be an in your face kind of witnessing.  Instead, it will be a brief conversation, about anything, which will then slip into this statement, “Say, I think I have come up with this question, which is probably the most important one that anyone will ever ask you…  I think you will find it interesting… let me know what you think… All yes, my e-mail is at the bottom of the page”.

I feel that this project must be kept to a single page, hence the need to provide a link at the bottom of the page.  Otherwise, the probability of people actually reading it will be limited.  They know it advance what the web site is about and THEY have the choice of whether or not they will visit the site.  So, with that in mind, I am looking for constructive feedback, from fellow Christians, who are doing some type of work for the Lord, after all, “faith without works is dead”.  So, fellow Christians, if you are wondering, I do have thick skin!  I want this hand out to be the absolute best that it can be.  After all, eternities are hanging in the balance.  Even if it is just rephrasing a sentence or paragraph, removing or adding something, for the sake of clarity and effectiveness, PLEASE let me know your ideas!

With Great appreciation,
Your Brother in Christ,

Tony

The hand out

“Five minutes left…”

Pretend, just for a moment, that your life has been fast forwarded.  [Now that you are in the future] You are lying in a hospital bed.  Suspended from the ceiling are monitors which the doctor gazes at as he towers over your bedside.  As he gently takes your wrinkled hand the doctor looks into your eyes, which are dimmed by the passage of time.  In a stern, but caring voice, he tells you that, “You have only minutes left”, and then exits the room.

What will you be thinking about during those last minutes?  (Take just a moment to think about your answer before reading on)
---
What other people have told me.
“With my last breaths I will tell my son how much I love him”.
“I will tell my parents how much they have meant to me”.
“I will be thinking about where I am going after I die”.
“I will think about the things I have done to help others”.

Notice any similarities between all these answers?  None of them have anything to do with the material aspect of life… Too often, in our daily life, we become consumed with the “bottom line” (which is work/money/houses/vehicles/clothes etc.).  However, when we are forced to think about what is REALLY important to us it has nothing to do with money or material possessions.

My answer…“In those last few moments I will certainly speak with those around me, so long as I have the ability to do so.  I want to know that I will be going to Heaven.  I will also be thinking about how the world is a little different from the time I entered it [when I was born] to the time I have left it [when I die].  In other words, how I have fulfilled my purpose.  And, if your wondering, my purpose is to get everyone thinking “now”… so in those last moments there will be no regrets… like “I wish I did...” or “I wish I had not done….”.  My goal is to live life WITHOUT regrets…
 
Why think about this?  By thinking about those “last moments” we can look at our life more clearly.  Realizing the insignificance of cars, boats, retirement accounts, and so on, we are now able to devote our time, energy, and resources to these REALLY significant aspects of life.  Maybe, we haven’t been giving priority to what matters most…  What was your answer to the question, What will you be thinking about during those last minutes?  How much of your resources/energy/time/thoughts are being directed toward this person/relationship, project, etc.…?



You may e-mail me at tonymoore@jesusanswers.com  with any prayer requests, questions, comments, or even just to chat.
Want to learn more about Jesus Christ and how to become a Christian?  
Visit http://followchrist.ag.org/decision.cfm  




34  Entertainment / Poetry/Prose / Re:My Favourite Work on: April 14, 2004, 09:16:22 AM
Broken,

That was an enteresting poem/prayer.  Thank you for posting it...  I enjoyed reading it...  How did you first hear of his work, the poets work that is?

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
35  Fellowship / For Men Only / Re:Man In The Mirror on: April 14, 2004, 08:56:40 AM
your sign seen my sign and bowed

Signs actually see and bow toward one another?  Sounds rather formal?  Are they from the royal court of England?  I didn’t even realize signs could see one another.  I always thought they were designed to be SEEN and not to actually see!....LOL… Cheesy
36  Fellowship / For Men Only / Re:Hey Loners on: April 13, 2004, 01:45:59 PM
Amen!

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
37  Fellowship / For Men Only / Re:Man In The Mirror on: April 13, 2004, 01:45:02 PM
Amen to the article by Morely.  Grin But, wait ONE SECOND!  Did somebody MISS the "For Men Only" sign? Tongue
38  Fellowship / You name it!! / Fascinating Facts on: April 08, 2004, 11:26:58 AM
I read these today in the paper and thought I would share them....

About 50 Bibles are sold every minute!  Let's hope they read them!

About 1.2 Billion people are underfed, which is the same number of people that are overwheight to the point of obesity!

80% of millionaires drive second-hand cars!  How do you think they got to be millionaires!

In 1741 the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was delivered at Enfield, MA. By Jonathon Edwards!  Now that was a revival!

The life expectancy for a male in the United States in 1900 was 46 years of age!

The Federal minimum hourly wage rate in 1950 was 75 cents!  BE THANKFUL!

In 2003 the world population was estimated at 6.3 billion people!  And at rush hour you think they're all in one place!

Smile,  ;DGod DOES love you!
39  Fellowship / What are you doing? / Re:Elena-Chernobyl on: April 08, 2004, 11:10:05 AM
In some ways their loss is comparable to that of Job.  They lost wealth, family, and even their health!   Even if we are “penny poor” we can still look around and count our blessings… we need not look any further than the clothing we are wearing!!!!  On many occasions God will show me someone who is worse off than I am.  I recently saw a man holding a sign “HOMELESS, PLEASE HELP”.  I have a place to stay, and food to eat…how blessed I am!!! Smiley Grin
40  Fellowship / What are you doing? / Re:Elena-Chernobyl on: April 08, 2004, 08:55:41 AM


Hm.  Just noticed today, she changed her intro photograph.  

Yeah!  She gave more of a biker intro... but now we don't get to see the bike!  All well, I still think it's a neat site! Grin  I have heard of chernobyl and had a rough idea of what took place there, although, I never had the experience that Elena's web-site gave.  I thought about sending her an e-mail to thank her for the site, yet she give a mailing address instead.  Well, I don't feel like taking out a loan to pay for postage in order to send a thank you note to Russia... al well.... LOL Cheesy
41  Prayer / Answered Prayer / Re:Nothing is too small for God!!! on: April 07, 2004, 08:39:11 AM
"Wippers"Huh?  Is that right over there next to the dilly-wompers?   Huh  Grin  Lips Sealed
You can buy them from the Mugawumps...

YEP Grin
42  Welcome / About You! / Re:29 year old mommy of 3 on: April 07, 2004, 08:32:37 AM
It sounds as though you have your hands full with three little ones and a husband.  Hopefully, all is going smoothly, or should I say as smoothly as possible. Grin

Tony
My hands are quite full-but not as full as they were when they were in diapers or potty training!  I would not say marriage is smooth for us-I would say it has its ups and downs.  Right now he is debating about taking a leave for 18 months to go to Iraq to help.  This is when I am learning alot about faith and how to really trust God.  I did not expect to have to deal with certain issues at 29, but I have had to mature quickly!  The decision will be made soon.

Leaf,

God has this unique way of giving us guidance, of which I am very thankful.... I will be praying that He gives it to you and your husband in this situation!

In Prayer,
Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
43  Fellowship / What are you doing? / Re:Elena-Chernobyl on: April 06, 2004, 12:41:37 PM
What an awesome site...thank you for sharing it!

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
44  Welcome / About You! / Re:Hello on: April 06, 2004, 09:59:08 AM
I read in this thread that you have five children Shocked  I can think of only one word at the moment..."WOW"!  God must lend a helping hand daily, especially if they are all under the age of five.  I had a Collie for 16 yrs.  He looked like Lassie.  Daily he would need tended to, that is walked, fed, and watered.  So, on a certain level, I can relate to the demands...  Where we are insufficient... God is sufficient!!

Well, I look forward to reading your posts, and, all yes, welcome!

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
45  Welcome / About You! / Re:Hello. on: April 06, 2004, 09:53:34 AM
Welcome! Grin

Your Brother in Christ,

Tony
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5 ... 7



More From ChristiansUnite...    About Us | Privacy Policy | | ChristiansUnite.com Site Map | Statement of Beliefs



Copyright © 1999-2019 ChristiansUnite.com. All rights reserved.
Please send your questions, comments, or bug reports to the

Powered by SMF 1.1 RC2 | SMF © 2001-2005, Lewis Media