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I noticed your daily is down at this time. I have written a daily that I would be honored for you to use. You can access it at www.holy-spirit-creations.com and the download code for "The Daily smidgen" is smidgendownload. Thank you for your ministry!
I have sown generously into the Kingdom in 2011.As of yet I havent seen any return. I have studied your TP on thithing and tried to follow the teaching. My children are married but I am believing for blessings for them as well as myself and my grandchildren. I like to go on mission trips and give to missions. I am a believer in tithing. For some reason I dont see any return.
Iam sure you may have heard about the pastor in Gainesville FL in has made the statement of burning it. This city basically is in my backyard. It really concerns me world wide and here. That the muslims have comment that if this happens, Americans will be killed where ever they maybe. How does one cope with this.
Debate is raging about 1 Timothy 2: v14. Comments please?
There is an error message coming up in the chat room and may be with this area that there is a problem with the web site.
when i was 8 i saw jesus at the end of my bed he asked me if i wanted a friend and i said yes then he disapired.now i am lot older i have been seeking the truth so i been going to church and they say i have given my life to jesus but there something i can't undstand i have not said the pray of forgivence are they right saying that i am a christian or not cos i don't feel or act like one
is it right to continue to live in a compound that is fetish? i have no money to rent another house now
Why shouldn't a Biblical counsellor counsel an unsaved person?
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Hi Phyllis, What results are you expecting? Our expectation needs to arise out of God's promises and our actions then need to conform to that rightly formed expectation.
The guiding promise related to tithing and our expectation is Malachi 3:10 - 12. Central there is verse 11 and I believe that that is where the foundation of our expectation should lie.
We read, "He will rebuke the devourer..." Reflect on that verse and see how we need to be investing (sowing) in whatever formed we are enabled and gifted, and He will see to it there's a good yield that He will prevent the devourer from ravaging.
Hi Bobbie, Prayer for them is the answer. We prayed this evening at our mid week church fellowship that the Lord would speak to their hearts and bring about a turning away from this act.
Hi Frank,
After "And Adam was not deceived" I would put in brackets/parenthesis - (no, he just blatantly disobeyed!).
Hi Carolyn,
The prayer you need to pray in order to receive God's salvation in Jesus Christ is available on The Virtual Church (this web site) in the Bible Study section - Stage One, Class One Part 9. The prayer given there is a model prayer of salvation. It is a prayer of salvation you need in order to receive redemption in Christ Jesus, which is by implication the forgiveness of sins.
The prayer of salvation is based on Romans 10:9 - 10. Forgiveness for sins past is granted because we confess our need for a Saviour. The Saviour Jesus Christ gave Himself for that forgiveness by giving Himself as the sacrificial Lamb of God. After that, prayer for forgiveness is what we pray during our Christian lives upon the occasion of sin in our lives and this is based on 1 John 1:7 and 9.
Hi Warrie,
Actually, a house cannot be satanic (your word was 'fetish'). The people in it though can be "the children of disobedience" as the Bible calls them and, as a result, in them can be working the spirit that the Bible refers to as the "the prince of the power of the air." The result of this is that they "walked according to the course of this world."See Eph.2:1-4
Can this effect you and your family when your home is in close proximity to it? The short answer, no. No, in the same way as it was no when the death angel came across the land of Egypt and passed over the houses of the children of Israel where the inhabitants had smeared the blood of the lamb on the door posts and lintels.
The important thing is to know the power of the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and to know what He has accomplished for you by the shedding of His blood when He gave Himself as the Lamb of God.
Live in a daily close relationship with your Heavenly Father through His Son, Jesus. Look to the Holy Spirit and God's Word in the Bible to guide you in that relationship.
Hi Janice,
Sadly, Western countries have written a body of statutory regulation around the words "counsellor" and "counselling" so that in this present world you risk falling foul of the law if you use those words in contexts that do not conform to the framework statutory regulation around them. Astonishing? Yes, certainly. Government protects its back against repercussions of things going wrong by bringing in ever greater and more onerous regulation of public affairs.
I suggest you can give advice from the Bible to the unsaved in the following way, "I know my way around the Bible and have discovered where there is in it a lot of practical counsel for life today. If you like, I can share with you the Bible's counsel written in it in a way that suggests it fits situations that might be like yours." I'm no expert in this field but it seems to me that approaching it in that way ought to cover you in regard to statutory regulation.
Hi Mary,
The answer to this problem is giving thanks to God and praising Him. This gets your eyes off yourself with your shortcomings and onto God with His more-than-enough possibilities and resources. The prayer you seek is found in Psalm 103:1 - 5. Pray those words with a whole heart daily.
Hi Ronnie,
The key is to counsel in such a way that the new Christian is able to recognise that as they grow in the Lord they can get answers for themselves to life's challenging questions from God's Word and the Holy Spirit.
This is done by not sounding like you, as the counselor have all the answers, but by presenting your counsel as counsel you have yourself received and found based of the words of the prophets and apostles in the Bible.
For example, you might say, "The apostle Paul refers to the feelings and emotions you tell be you are experiencing in his letter to the Romans. Let's look at it together and see how what he says might help you at this time." Another example, might be to say, "I've experienced that exact same problem you are having. I got on top of it by copying what David declared that he said and did when faced with a similar problem. Let me show you it Psalms."
I don't know of any material teaching this type of counseling but I'm sure there must be a book in existence that provides it.
Hi Temelso,
If I understand your posting correctly the responsibility for your present troubles lies with someone who betrayed you, your wife who betrayed you, your enemies and satanic curses that have been put on you by enemies.
Do you not feel there is any responsibility for your current woes that you should be accepting yourself?