JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. I DID, GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH MY SON THIS WEEKEND, ALWAYS PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE. I'M NEW TO THIS WHOLE ONLINE CHAT STUFF (I DON'T EVEN OWN A COMPUTER, SO I'M NOT ON BUT A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK), BUT JUST THOUGHT SINCE ALL MY SUPPOSED 'FRIENDS' BAILED ON ME, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. YOU SEE, I'M WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A JESUS FREAK NOW. AND SINCE I QUIT THE SMOKING, DRINKING, PARTYING AND OTHER THINGS THAT USUALLY COME ALONG WITH THAT LIFESTYLE A FEW MONTHS BACK, MOST PEOPLE SAID, SORRY, I GOT ANOTHER CALL.......SO HOPE I GET TO MEET SOME OF YOU, FIGURATIVELY OF COURSE, AND MAYBE I CAN START RELEARNING HOW TO LIVE LIFE LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE, NOT THE SMOKE LIKE A FIRE AND DRINK LIKE A FISH PEOPLE OF OLD........GOD BLESS!!

I'VE SEEN WHAT MAN IS CAPABLE OF DOING TO HIS FELLOW MAN, AND I'VE WITNESSED SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE THE ANSWER ONE MINUTE, THEN A NEW ONE A FEW MINUTES LATER. I PUT VERY LITTLE FAITH IN MAN, AS MAN WILL ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN IN THE END.....DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. I JUST BELIEVE IN A CREATOR, AND THAT I AM A CREATION. I ONLY KNOW WHAT HE WANTS ME TO KNOW. THE TRUTH IS FOR HIM TO KNOW, I'LL JUST BE AMAZED AT THE AWESOME THINGS HE CREATED, AND BE IN AWE OF IT UNTIL I FINALLY GET TO GO BACK HOME, WHEN MAYBE I'LL FINALLY KNOW SOME REAL ANSWERS. BUT UNTIL THEN, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SOME SCIENCE STUFF IS PRETTY FREAKING COOL.....

I AGREE THAT TITHING SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH. BUT FOR ME IT JUST SHOWS GOD THAT I TRUST HE WILL TAKE CARE OF MY FINANCES, AND GIVE MORE THAN ENOUGH BACK TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE TO OTHERS. IT SHOWS I HAVE FAITH THAT HE WILL ALSO GIVE ME ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET WHAT I 'NEED' TO SURVIVE, NOT EVERYTHING I JUST 'WANT'. AND OF COURSE GOD DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY SINCE HE OWNS ALL OF IT. IT'S JUST A SHOW OF LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING, AS HE SHOWED US WHEN HE SENT HIS ONLY SON CHRIST JESUS DOWN TO DIE ON THE CROSS. AND UNLESS YOU ARE OUT ON THE STREET TAKING HIS WORD TO EVERYONE YOU MEET (WHICH MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE), THEN THE MONEY GOES TO HELP THOSE WHO DO. THE TRUE BELIEVER SPREADS JESUS CHRIST'S MESSAGE TO ALL, AND SINCE MOST OF US DON'T, OR I WOULD HAVE HEARD THIS STUFF A LONG TIME AGO, THEN I GIVE SO OTHERS CAN UNTIL I'M READY TO. SO MANY OF US HAVE SO MUCH, BUT SINCE WE CONSTANTLY WANT BIGGER AND BETTER, WE FEEL WE JUST COULDN'T GIVE. MAYBE IF WE ALL GAVE MORE, THEN WHEN IT WAS US NEEDING, IT WOULD COME BACK AROUND. GOD BLESS!

I DO BELIEVE YOU NEED TO GO TO CHURCH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST (EPHS 1:22). SO IF YOU BELIEVE IN JC AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU SHOULD ATTEND CHURCH TO SHOW YOUR DEVOTION FOR HIM. IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFICULT TO GIVE 1 HR OUT OF AN ENTIRE WEEK TO YOUR LORD, AFTER HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU? BUT YES, YOU MUST FIND ONE THAT IS TEACHING THE WORD STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE, AS MAN HAS POLLUTED RELIGION WITH HIS OWN WORDS AND DESIRES. READ EVERYDAY SOME OF THE WORD FROM THE LORD (YOUR BIBLE, OF COURSE), ASK HIM FOR WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS YOU ARE READING, AND ON AT LEAST ONE DAY A WEEK GO TO A CHURCH. I FIND MY PROBLEM NOW IS, MOST OF MY FRIENDS WOULD RATHER HUSH HUSH ABOUT JESUS, BUT WILL BLABBER ON FOR HOURS ABOUT MEANINGLESS SITCOMS AND MOVIES.

AND ONLY GIVE MONEY YOU CAN.....AND IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING, DON'T GIVE. THE LORD WOULD RATHER YOU BE THERE, THAN YOUR MONEY BE THERE. HE HAS ENOUGH, TITHING IS JUST TO SHOW YOUR TRUST THAT HE WILL PROVIDE YOUR NEEDS AND THEN SOME.....BUT IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE, THE LORD WILL FIND A WAY FOR YOU TO TITHE. JUST LIKE CHARITIES, I KNOW SOME WILL MISUSE YOUR MONEY. BUT WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT. MANY CHURCHES DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND JUST REMEMBER THAT SOMETIME YOU MAY NEED THEIR HELP, AND JUST LIKE YOU CAN HELP OTHERS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. PRAY, TRULY PRAY, AND THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU TO A CHURCH THAT WILL FIT YOUR NEEDS......GOD BLESS.

IT'S SAD THAT SO MANY OF US CARE SO LITTLE ABOUT GOD ANYMORE, AND THE HIGH PRICE HE PAID FOR US TO BE SAVED. WE SHOW NO GRATITUDE FOR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. WE ARE TRULY JUST AMERICANS NOW, NOT CHRISTIANS. GODS WORD APPLIES FOREVER, IT NEVER BECOMES OUTDATED. NOW, IF YOU BELIEVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, AND PAID FOR THIS WITH HIS BLOOD, THEN IT IS OK TO GET TATTOOS. YOUR SINS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR, YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE HE DIED FOR US, AND TRY TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF JC. BUT IF YOU BELIEVE HIS BLOOD DIDN'T PAY FOR THIS, THEN THE OT STILL APPLIES, AND YOU WOULD BE GOING AGAINST GODS WORD. THE BLOOD IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT GOD MADE WITH MAN, BE IT OT ANIMAL SACRIFICE OR NT CHRIST JESUS'S SACRIFICE.
AND NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE HAVE I READ THE LORD SAY "DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR BODIES," THAT IS JUST SATAN TALKING. HE HAS GIVEN US GREED, SELFISHNESS AND A BASIC LACK OF CARE FOR ANYONE BUT OURSELVES. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE FOR ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES, WHICH IS WHY THE WORLD IS BECOMING A LIVING HELL. I DON'T FIND HUMOR IN THE MURDERS, RAPINGS, MOLESTINGS, DEATHS FROM STARVATION AND DISEASE, AND JUST THE BASIC LAWLESSNESS ON THIS WORLD. AND HELL WON'T BE A FUNNY, LAUGHING PLACE. THIS IS NO JOKE, AND GOD SURELY IS NOT LAUGHING ABOUT IT. OF COURSE I AM NO SAINT EITHER, TRYING, BUT NOT THERE. I HAVE A TATTOO, AND I'M STILL CONFLICTED ABOUT IT. BUT I KEEP IN THE WORD, AND GOD WILL ALLOW ME THE WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH. LET GOD ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE QUIET ENOUGH, AND SHUT OUT THE NOISE FROM ALL THE CHATTER, YOU WILL HEAR HIM.
THE WAY I SEE IT, IF I'M WRONG (WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE AT ALL), AND GOD DOES NOT EXIST, AND WE ARE JUST A GIANT GLOB OF GOO SLAMMED TOGETHER, AND EVOLVED FROM APES, THEN LIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT, YOU'LL DIE AND NOTHING. BUT IF I'M RIGHT, THEN YOU'LL BE SPENDING ETERNITY SEPERATED FROM GOD (AND YOU THINK THIS LIFE IS LONG), WHICH IS HELL, AND IT WILL HAVE BEEN FOR WHAT? YOUR OWN HAPPINESS?!? SERIOUSLY, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, ARE YOU TRULY HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU SEE AND HAVE DONE? LOOK DEEPLY INSIDE YOURSELF, NOT JUST THE HARD EXTERIOR LIFE HAS CAUSED SO MANY OF US TO PUT UP ON THE OUTSIDE.......MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THOSE WHO BELIEVE.