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Prayer> general discussion> Who I am in Christ borad.  I must of hit a wrong button or something, can you help me please. 

thanks,
musicllover

Hi,
     Some of these ideas are perfect. My kids are always asking for money, besides the usual lawn mowing, painting the address on the curb is a great idea. I'm going to pass this on to my daughter. We live in such a small town we don't have curbs but maybe she could use smaller stencils and do the mail boxes instead. Wonder what a good price would be for something like that? Any idea how you go about determining what to charge? With 911 in our area now she could also put and address number on the side of the houses where the owners designated of coarse.
    I looked into several gotcha187es and found hidden costs or out right scams. Most would end up costing me more than I made, sold door to door for a minute, but it didn't pay either, even tried sweeper selling....YEK, thankfully I become sick and couldn't get out of bed for a few weeks. My super got all mad at me and fired me...lol. I was honestly sick too.
For years I babysat, cleaned my church and tried to spend wisely. Seems I didn't spend as wisely as I wanted though because we were and still are deeply in debt. But I pray that will come to an end after I begin bringing in a better pay check this fall. But my heart is in the home, what I would give to stay at home and be wife and mother again. I hate working outside the home, especially when my kids were younger. I eventually began doing quillings. I sell one every once in a while, don't confuse it with quilting, it is with out the "t" q- u- i- l- l- ing. It a wonderful old old paper art, each one is unique, never two alike. I can quill on anything, favorite poem, scripture, pictures, my favorite is quilling on wedding invitations, using the brides wedding colors. I've seen many brides totally awed by the gift too.  My husband thinks I should post one on ebay but I haven't taken the time to figure out how to do that.
       
God is good,
musicllover

I love to read how God has moved in our lives, the words tells us to recall and mention. I have several times I feel the Lord has directed me or gave me a nudging to do something. Something as simple as telling a lady who called my home to do a follow up on some tech support I needed. I felt Thatt I should tell her tha the Lord understands, and he will see you through. I'm not sure what that meant to her but she immediately began to cry and told me that yes she did understand and she needed to hear that. We hung up and I have no idea who she is, or why the Lord gave her that message. But to him be the glory.
Another awesome experience,
Several years ago before going on my first ever mission trip with my church we were encouraged to pray and fast, to learn to listen and build ourselves up in the word. We were going to visit a place that was known for drunkenness, drugs, witchcraft, voodoo, evil of all kinds, and where anything goes except Christianity, Christians were hated. I began keeping a journal of my prayers and experiences before the trip as well as during. As I was instructed to do by my leadership I began several weeks before the trip to build myself up by praying and reading the word. One early morning during my quiet time I had the strong impression I was to pray for Maria. I didn't go to church with anyone by this name, didn't have any friends with that name, I had no idea who she was. I wrote it down in my journal and as the days came closer to our trip I continually bathed this person with prayer. During the trip I witnessed to several people, and I always asked for their names, thinking that one of them was named Maria. I had shared the name with my group and they too would ask people their names. But no Maria. We had some very scary experiences with the local witches and voodoo religions. We stayed out late one evening instead of going back to the host church, which was mistake on our parts,our host Pastor and had told us to not to, but it was our choice. Not long after dark drums begin to beat, kids of all ages begin to gather. I knew the drums I heard where of the void cults because I'd seen the clans pushing then around on two wheeled carts. Someone had built a huge fire feeding it till it was pretty big, the drummer was in a frenzy but the rhythm was perfect, it seemed like the beat went on for hours. I was both fascinated and scared, I love music and I couldn't understand how someone could go on and on with that pace. Eventually Kids begin to act very weird dancing around the fire, running up cement step and back down sweat pouring off their bodies. Some would run throwing themselves into brick walls, or jumping in the fire pit, screaming, totally out of control and demon filled as the drums beat faster and faster. My group and I were in the middle of all this, they didn't touch us but if looks could kill, and the things they screamed at us, was evil. All we could do was stand together and pray, which we did as we waited for a bus to pick us up. We made it back to our host church shaken but thankful that God seen us through and promising ourselves that we wouldn't do that again. The rest of the week we witnessed mostly to the street kids during the day light hours, but all week long I didn't meet a Maria, somehow I had thought my prayers were going to be for someone I met on the trip. I had decided by the last day I would continue to pray for her, but was somewhat disappointed that I hadn't met her. The group I was with were packed and ready to head home when one of them wanted to look in a gift shop, I wondered through out the store looking at the souvenirs. I looked at some dolls similar to a Barbie doll on a stand, with a pretty very colorful dress and a head wrap, looking down there a name was wrote on the base, Maria, voodoo queen 1996. You could have knocked me over with a feather, I immediately asked the clerk to explain, it seems in this particular religion a new queen is chosen every year, and her name as long as she is the queen is Maria. I then realized I wasn't praying for a person as much as I was praying for protection from the influences of the evil in that place. I had met my Maria the night we stayed out when we should have returned to our host Church. By praying for who I though was a person I was praying and hedge of protection as well, I was praying against the evil of voodoo, it was us who actually received the protection.

God is so good,
musicllover

Several years ago I had a dear Christian friend pray with me, she explained, that I needed to know who I was in Christ. She was a survivor of childhood sex abuse and had overcome her demons. I am also a survivor and still struggle with the same hurts and fears that I did back then, I've not over come a whole lot and feel frustrated. I have tried I have grown close and then fallen away for a while. I know God is patient but he surely doesn't like a roler coaster ride either. I do not trust myself, I know God can... I trust him but I don't trust myself, he is working with a pretty ugly vessel with me. I know all have fallen short, so I'm not worse or better than the next person.
I am on the road back. I just completed 4 years of college, my therapist felt I needed the confidence that college would give, and I need to add to the finances of this house. My marriage is not the greatest either. I know the Lord opened the doors which allowed me to keep my grades and graduate with high honors. I also know that book knowledge doesn't fill my heart with what it really needs... and that is a relationship with Jesus Christ. The last four years were suppose to give me self confidence but as much as I am excited to be a teacher, I found the last 4 years was a diversion from what I REALLY need too.

My question is this "What does it mean to know who you are in Christ?" Silly maybe, but I struggle with this, lack of trust, not understand what true love is, my past all plays a part in my road to finding Christ the way he wants me too.  What is does it mean?  How does a person go about finding out who they are in Christ. Sure the scriptures tells us many things but it must go from head knowledge to heart knowledge and although most of you can give me direction to the scripture how does a person go about getting it to the inside, and believing it?   

Blessings,
Musicllover

Hi,
     late in the discussion here I read through most of the responses and first wanted to say, Sabbath on Sat or Sabbath on Sun shouldn't"t divide believers. What ever day you choice to keep holy or worship, the seventh or the first day it is a simple fact that we are directed by the word to keep it. Does it say any where in the scriptures that we aren't to worship on Sunday?

What I have always been taught is early Christians worshiped on Sunday because they wanted to separate from the Jewish believers. It makes perfect horse sense to believe this since a major population of the Jews  DID not believe Jesus was the son of God, and were persecuting Christians. Being followers of Christ kinda branded the early christians but all this was in God plan as well, we scattered and the word spread, God is so smart . The early Christians didn't have a "place" to worship and ended up having home churches such as Paul describes in Rom. 16:5
Greet also the church that meets at their house. speaking about Priscilla and Aquila.

Paul is having troulbe with the Jewish believes in Act 18:5-7. Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6) But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads!" I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles. 7) Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God....
Again in Acts 20:20 Paul says... taught you publicly and house to house.

I guess I don't truly understand what the debate is about? Is worshipping on the Sunday going to send anyone to hell? So anyway that is my two cents worth. 

blessings,
musicllover

I have heard many different things about Darwin. Whatever his reasons were it is very apparent that he rejected God from the start.

I agree totally on the public school systems. It is for this reason that I am such an adamant supporter of putting children in a good Christian school or homeschooling them. It is our responsibility as parents to insure that our children are taught the ways of the Lord and should not be contaminating their minds with the garbage that satan wants them to be exposed to.

From my own research Darwin was a spoiled rich kid. His father sent him to school to be a doctor, he couldn't stand the sight of blood so he quit. Believing his father's money would sustain him through out his life. But his father then sent him to theology school, he graduated with scriptural knowledge but rejected all that he had learned. He then worked aboard the ship Beagle where he supposedly observed the changes in turtles and the island birds which helped him form his opinions.  He was never educated in biology and it ended up being his life's career. For some reason this bothers me as much as his rejection of the bible. HOW can a man who has absolutely no education in earth science (even as limited as it might have been then) become such an expert on how the world or man was created? 
musicllover

[That's all that's left of the theory of evolution. JESUS will probably come before it's totally exposed as nothing but junk and a hoax. In the meantime, more and more scientists by the day are throwing it in the garbage where it belongs.It really boils down to the devil being given a free shot at GOD and the HOLY BIBLE. The devil used his opportunity with great deception and skill. The whole truth is that many died in their sins because of this evil lie. Darwin was a direct contradiction of GOD, and they can't both be true, so many chose so-called science over GOD. There's a reason why evolution has never been anything more than a theory for all of these years - IT'S JUNK, BUNK, AND LIES! It's never been science, and it's always required much more faith than the HOLY BIBLE to believe. It's all very sad, and the devil used it with great skill to deceive millions.]

HI blackeyedpeas its been a while, good to see you are still with the site.

I have to feel some sorrow of this fact, no prayer, evolution, what a good place for the devil to begin his work, on our children. I was shocked to see evolution is part of nearly every grades curriculum 1-12th grades.  I'm going to be a teacher, work for the state and enforce what the state says is needed in our states curriculum which includes Darwinism. I had already decided that evolution is one subject I would explain as a theory only and maybe have the students do reports of the other possibilities, explaing other theories and wait for one of my students to suggest the bible account. I am safe as long as the students bring it up, we can talk the other views. If I am asked I can tell them I do not believe in evolution but the biblical view. I will be teaching k - 12 special ed. in a very small school in a town where the Christian view is important and I am blessed to have a Christian (Baptist pastors wife) for a classroom aid so this is something we agree on.  Special ed will require me to help in all areas of the students studies, so I may find this a challenge but I want to do what I know Jesus would do. Obey the higher ups but still maintain my faith, and put in a good word for Jesus when I can. 
musicllover

Brothers and Sisters,

It's amazing how scientists and schools refuse to let go of a few shreds of garbage. That's all that's left of the theory of evolution. JESUS will probably come before it's totally exposed as nothing but junk and a hoax. In the meantime, more and more scientists by the day are throwing it in the garbage where it belongs.

It really boils down to the devil being given a free shot at GOD and the HOLY BIBLE. The devil used his opportunity with great deception and skill. The whole truth is that many died in their sins because of this evil lie. Darwin was a direct contradiction of GOD, and they can't both be true, so many chose so-called science over GOD. There's a reason why evolution has never been anything more than a theory for all of these years - IT'S JUNK, BUNK, AND LIES! It's never been science, and it's always required much more faith than the HOLY BIBLE to believe. It's all very sad, and the devil used it with great skill to deceive millions.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Matthew 11:25 NASB  At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Pastor Roger,
           You will find my apology on another board as well, I tried to answer by pm' but found it doesn't work anymore. THANK you for correcting my mistake... I will be looking at the threads you have given me and promise to be more carfeul.

I find the DNA/RNA so interesting if I had enough time in this life I would love to study it further. Thanks so much for the heads up I appreciate you being on top of things.
 
Musicllover

Hi musicllover,

Bronzesnake is no longer with us here on this forum. Perhaps I can help you though. A couple of web sites that I highly recommend for information on Creation vs Evolution are:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/

http://www.icr.org/

Both of these web sites have excellent scientific information and both are based on and compatible with the Bible. I am not familiar with the books that you mentioned so I cannot make comment on either of them. The web sites above does mention a number of books that are of good quality and the one even has a rating on them. Another good book is in the thread "In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood" just below this one.

I think that you did an excellent job of explaining the DNA/RNA problem that evolutionists have.

Pastor Roger,
               Concerning the link,  please, please except my sincere apology, I didn't have any idea, and have been on that site several times, I did notice the mans name and wondered why there was no mention of Jesus Christ only God. I had noticed the link to the other book as well but didn't put two and two together. It has great info but isn't that just like the devil give a million truths to tell one lie.
Thank you for removing the link. I honestly had no idea, forgive me? I will more careful in the future.

I also wondered why we can't do the private messaging anymore?
musicllover

[what we learned in school contradicts the scriptural events]

WOW,
         I read through the whole thread of "In the Beginning," and found it absolutely fascinating. I love the topic, and how Bronzsnake explained everything in laymans terms. I love the way he brought out the many lies and assumptions of evolution, the lack of fossil records, the second law of thermodynamics, the DNA proof. I want my older kids to read the thread.  I still have three in public school and it never fails they HAVE to study Darwins theory of evolution. My kids speak up and say they don't believe in evolution. So far none of the teachers have had a problem with my kids voicing their opinions, I have tried to explain they can disagree with out being disrespectful. Even though I completely disagree with the theory it is important to me that my kids understand BOTH sides of this. Because it seems to be one of those teaching we all just take for granted,  it is taught in schools and so you just believe it. Many Christian adults simple have no idea or have even thought about it,  what we learned in school contradicts the scriptural events. So for that reason I allow my kids to go through the class, I want them to be able to say, YA well we learned that too but..... so I tell me kids listen answer the test with what the book says but you don't have to believe it. My oldest daughter explained on her essay question how the book claims.... and then explained she didn't agree with it.  By understanding the theory they can build their defense against it. I honestly believe the expanding DNA research will eventually blow evolution out of our classroom, that is my prayer.

I had a chance to practice this when I had to take speech class a few years ago. It was for our persuasive talk, I had already given a speech on an important or life changing experience, I talked about Jesus being my savior and about an experience I had with him on a musical tour a few years before. I thought the teacher at least didn't senor us. My persuasive speech was entitled, Should Darwins Theory of Evolution be taught as a scientific truth? I tried to use science to disprove the theory. Many of the points Bronzsnake brought up I also used in my speech. The early DNA evidence is soooo outstanding I can't understand how they can still teach the evolution garbage in the schools. I would like to add some more evidence not mentioned in the thread that I am sure Bronzsnake could explain better. DNA cannot exist with out the protein RNA, one doesn't show up by accident and create the other, I understand they MUST exist together but are two separate sources of protein that coexist at the same time.  John Hogan, a scientist put its this way, "DNA cannot do its work, including forming more DNA, with out the help of catalyticproteins, or enzymes. In short, proteins cannot form without DNA, but neither can DNA from without proteins." Which smashes Darwin's theory of one cell evolving into what we are today. Just another little tidbit,  If a person could write down all the information encoded on our DNA they would have to have a library with 900 volumes of 500 pages each. There are 200,000 gene in the human body any error in the sequence of the nucleotides makes a gene useless.  Its totally out of my capability to imagine how God in is infinite wisdom created the DNA and the RNA each after their own kind.

I have to tell you though, my teacher was VERY upset with me. I ended the speech my explaining that "I would preferr they not teach this theory in school, but since they do then they needed to explain it is ONLY a theory, it lacks proof for it to be considered a fact such as the law of relativity, or thermodynamics which have been proven over and over again. We learned in biology class that a theory is an educated guess, and through a series of experiments and research a theory could be disproven, then a better theory would take its place until it was disproven. A theory is only proven as a fact after years and many many different experiments using different variables and constants. Evolution after all these years has never been proven, but has been disproven but they still teach it as a fact. At the very least our schools  should offer other theories." I thought I was done, but then it came to me, God just gave me the words, I said if you claim to be a Christian and you believe in evolution you were making God into a monkey, cause as Christian we believe we are created in his image.
We were to open up the floor for questions, and instead of the students asking me questions. My teacher came at me with both barrels loaded. He tried to blast me with, "What would you say if I told you I know of Christians who believe in Darwin's theory of evolution?" God was with me and I explained they were mistaken, and the bible explains a literal six day creation not six million or billion years. He continued to blast me about micro and macro evolution, again I explained an ape produces an ape, and man produces a man, but NEVER could they mix or you get mutations of the DNA that would destroy the DNA at the very least you would have some kind of proof of this through fossil records and there is none. I didn't have a problem with the micro evolution that the environment, lack of food could cause over a period of time, but I didn't believe we came from apes. God gave me the answers to each of his attacks.  My time ran out and none of the students got to ask any questions. He had me stay after class, he explained to me that I should NEVER use something in a speech that I hadn't put on my outline (the outline was made before we gave our speech and he used it for grading, my comment about making a monkey out of God wasn't on the outline). He went on to say he was disappointed in me, and my speech, it wasn't well thought out, lacked research blah blah. About that time a friend of mine came back into the classroom, tears were rolling and she walked up to me gave me a big hug and said she had been taught evolution in Russia, he father was a Dr. with a PhD who worked for the government and he had taught her evolution as the only truth. She had since become a Christian but her Dad with his PhD had taught her as a child to believe in evolution. She was upset she didn't want to make God into a monkey and her tears proved this, she didn't know how to combind what she had learned as a child and what she understood from the bible. She insisted she still believed in evolution, and she didn't like my speech, but my speech had given her much to think about.
God used me that day, maybe just for her, or maybe the whole class, at least she came face to face with the truth that day. My teacher quickly dismissed me because he was due for a another class   , although I was standing in his only classroom. I thought well there goes my grade for this class....but a few weeks later I found out he gave me an A, God had to have caused that by bringing my friend coming back into the classroom, my teacher had already told me he didn't like my speech.  God is so good, prefect timing and what a sense of humor,  making a monkey out of God lol.

For those who are interested a HUGE site , two books, Signature of God by Grant Jeferries and Battle For the Beginning by John Macarthey were some of my sources. 
Rich blessings,
musicllover

WOW,
       I can't remember the last time I posted, I think its been a few years. I've been busy getting my teaching degree. As of May 20 I am a college graduate, and at my age ta boot. God made a way for me, even when I thought for sure it wasn't going to happen. I have went the last four years sayng ok if I don't pass this test then its God telling me I made a wrong decision by going to college at 43. But everytime I said that I would pass that next test, entrance exam, exit exams, class finals, then the c-base and now the state Praxis test, where I need at least a 163 our of 200. I left there knowing I didn't pass, but I got a 173..YES!!!  He guided my hand and here I am a full fledged teacher. I can teach K - 12 special ed,  or Pre K - sixth general education, I also have a reading endorsement. I am so thankful, God is true to his word. He is never changing and when I walked in the direction he gave me even scared and not sure at times, he blessed it. I'm still scared, still wonder how am I going to pull it off being the teacher instead of the classroom aid, but I know God will see me through. I want to jump back in here and get to know everyone again. My family life continues to be a struggle, but it has gotten a little better. My being able to help financially will help relieve some of the stress my marriage has suffered. I have struggled to maintain a relationship with Jesus through the last 4 years, and I want to come back to him, I have no home church ( I attended but that is another story) I am a loner so I have no  Christian friends to bounce ideas off or ask questions and then I remembered how wonderful it was coming here, studying and discussing, iron sharpening iron. HI to all everyone and I will be around more since I don't have to worry about keeping a GPA.
In Christ, 
Musicllover

   I everyone, I haven't been around much but wanted to jump in real quick and say HI to everyone. ONE more year of college down and my last year lays ahead. I am doubling up on classes so I can graduate by next may with a BA as a Special Ed, teacher and Reading Specialist. SO got lots I needs to do. Pray tht I can keep the pace I need too, That God would still be number one for me.I don't put him first the way I should cause I'm so busy tryng to get through school. Situation in my home life is still not good,  and I just want my old brain to learn to absorb all that it needs too so I can do my job right, please pray for that giftof teaching, I need a God given  insight to work with my students.

Going back to school at my age is hard, and sometimes I think it was a mistake to continue on, but God has opened to many doors to get me to where I am. .
God is great, God is GOOD!
musicllover

Hi,
    A quick up date to a prayer request from a few months ago. I was unsure about continueing on in school. Everything fell together like a well played puzzle. I am continueing on, and feel very good about it. God is so good, I can be certified for reading specialist, AND with only 3 more classes I can be certified in Special Education. On top of that Iowa is one of the few states that just recieved the ok to offer masters in Special Education (not sure what or how, I had just assumed you could get a master in Sp. Ed anywhere). I can do that with only 3 more class ON LINE.....
Thank you Jesus, and for all your prayers.
God is so good
musicllover

Natey,
          This is going to sound kinda weird, (well maybe) but I feel guitly for HAVING children. I wanted a baby, I wanted a family, I wanted to be married and have a bus load of children. So I got married and within 10 year of marriage I had 5 children. Not a bus load but anway...
      I was so busy wanting and making everything happen they way I had planned I kinda left God out of the picture. I am not saying my children arent precious, or aren't gifts from God, but I am wondering if I was in God's perfect will? God will let us do what we want. In the end we pay the consiquences for those action... and we know there are good consquences or bad. I live a life of fear for my kids. When I was so busy wanting a baby, and having them I never one time thought of what the adolescent years would bring, or how to handle the financial burden of such a large family. We went to church every Sunday, we tried to walk out our faith, failed sometimes, did good other times, that was suppose to be enough. I honestly never thought about how to raise my kids except I wanted them raised better than I was, I just kept having them. My oldest boy is in jail for probation violation, and could be facing prison time, the other som is as far from God as he can humanly get. They both laugh at me or tell me to shut my mouth if I try to tell them they weren't raised to live this way etc etc etc...My oldest daughter is sexually active and only 19, she lives on her own and is "of age" ya what ever. I didn't raise them like this.  I have 2 left at home, and I wonder LORD HOW. I should have been asking that before the first one. All I can do is stand steadfast on the scriptures that promises us, to raise a child up in the way of the Lord,.... and he return to it.. (my paraphrase). If you don't want to have children right now, or ever. That is honestly between you and God, and your husband. If you don't want to have children, then don't let anyone pressure you into. Look at me I WANTED children and still its very very hard. I applaud you for knowing what you want. May God grant you wisdom on deciding when or if.
Blessings,
musicllover  

I pray that this reaches some today on this Easter Morning. It seems my life has went from bad to worse in a matter of days. Like it could but it has. I left my husband Feb 11, to live with my Mom. I have the two younger daughter with me. Our older boy has sinced moved in with his father, with his girl friend and 4 young children. He has a record and a warrant for his arrest but they won't pick him up on a simple misinmeanor charge. ( he hit a kid in the mouth breaking his jaw there was no proof that his jaw was acctually broke, but my son took a plea bargain) He also has old pot possession charges that he must see a probation officer for he is refussing to do so after he and his wife divorced. SO no He'll have to get a traffic ticket before they'll find him. Our second boy the ex marine, and decided to kill my cats, but was stopped before he killed them all,  he did manage to kill a young kitten. He was drinking but that doesn't excuse his actions. Some might say well they were just cats, but he did it and enjoyed it, even laughed about it. Says he'll do it again as well. The war has messed him up so much. He called this morning at 4:00 am in jail, with a DUI.
   I believe with all my heart this is a spiritual battle, military, booze,drugs,  lack of direction growing up....what ever, its still a spiritual war going on around me. My husband and I can't work on US, with all this going on. At the same time life really hasn't changed for him except our oldest boy has moved back home with a girl friend and her children living in what was once my home. I contacted our Pastor by email a month ago, asking for his help but for some reason he ignored my request. I don't know why. My husband is suppose to talk to him, but has failed to do so. Now I sit here wondering what to do, how to do it, and get angry because nothing is changing for the better, but only getting worse. And my husband seems to let it keep on going on and on. Maybe its not fair of me to get angry at him, but I have no church to go to, and really never felt like I could ask my pastor to be a  Spiritual warrior anyway, it to much of a denominational church for that.  
   I want a miracle, is it wrong to want a miracle NOW. Can my son walk out of that jail this afternoon, like Christ raised from the dead.....a new man, the one who conquered death? Only my son feels he has, he walked through bulletes, seen death in his friend and Iraqie, he killed so he fears nothing, not even GOd.....
    PRAY PRAY
 LORD PLEASE have your way with my sons.
musicllover