Amen! It is a desire to share His grace and love. Discerning the time and way depends upon the leading of the Holy Spirit and the anointing. It can be shared through prayer, in thought, word or deed. Even a smile or encouraging word can be used by the Lord.

Daily Bible reading is a very good suggestion and I also like to add a Proverb corresponding to the day. I read in a book once that if we would get as serious about God as we are about food then we would start maturing. Just as we need proper nutrition to grow when we are children, to grow as Christians we need to feed off the manna from heaven and eventually start partaking of the meat. The book encourages us to read the Word of God before eating any food in the morning and to not eat until you have done your reading. I for the most part try to apply that to my life and have missed some meals...lol

Ephesians 2:8-10 (New International Version)

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

That to really love is to give and expect nothing in return.

Christian because we are not to be unequally yoked.

Seeing it more and more on a lot of things.

That is a mouthful !

Hi Allen

A note of encouragement:

You said something a while back that I will never forget in the Gen. Rel. Forums. You said that more things unite us as humans than separate us. That is a huge statement! I have meditated on that many times since you wrote that and it has helped me in my ‘love walk’. That helped me, I wonder how many others? Thank you.

Good write Jimmy

Thanks for sharing this.

I go over there every once in a while to agree with someone or occasionally post. I mostly see the same arguments over and over again. I do not engage in much dialogue but I do like to pray for them. God is a BIG God and does not want any to perish. I believe seeds are being planted…good and bad and I trust that the Word that has been spoken there will not return void but accomplish everything that it was sent out to do. One plants, one waters, but it is God that will make it grow and we may never see it. I’ve heard too many testimonies of people who get saved and they ‘knew’ someone was praying for them or a Word was spoken and they knew it was from the Lord and they quit fighting. I’ve also seen people post in there that have been reading the Rel. Forums for a while and are on the fence.
A scripture that has spoken to me regarding this since being here is in Titus 3.

Titus 3

Doing What is Good

1Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.

3At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 8This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

9But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless. 10Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. 11You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

No, if I want restaurant food I will order it to go.

I got smooched by CurcuitRider

Well don’t worry about your past. I'd say the majority of people in the church have a past and ALL have been saved by grace (unmerited favor) and not by works. Don't go there for the sole purpose of finding a date either but rather to get your life back on track (if it is off) and to be around other Christians. Some only go to meet someone and then completely change once in the relationship or married and don't go back again. I think the church is the best place to look but take your time and get to know the other people there. Once you feel comfortable start opening up and if you are in the right place you will feel love and acceptance. If you meet the right lady she won’t judge you on your past either. Once we come to Jesus our past is forgiven. If someone wants to judge you they are showing their maturity (we are all at different levels and hopefully growing more mature all the time by reading, meditating and applying the Word in our lives). However, I would be cautious of someone I just met that was new at church until I got to know them and/or served with them some. Hope that helps.

Hi and welcome to Mingle2!

Everyone seemed to laugh and think it was funny and cute. I was disappointed and thought is was uncool also.

Thank you for serving. May God bless you and keep you safe.

Hello and welcome.

Awesome Poem!!!

Thank God for His grace and deliverance!

I took a Bible study class in 2002 where we researched the names in the OT. It was one of the most interesting classes that I had ever taken and have thought about it several times over the years. Every name has meaning behind it (even the town names) and points to something in the Word whether it is an event, a person, or the Messiah. It was the meat of the Word and a lot to chew on(I had only been born again 2 years)…makes me want to find those old notes! Thanks for posting this.





Spider, I am interested in what you think about the possibility of the Bible Code. I have heard that a lot of the world events are inscripted in the Bible from every President to the Twin Towers and beyond. Also, that the first codes in each of the 5 books of the Torah point to Jehovah God.

Genesis – Torah
Exodus – Torah
Leviticus – Jehovah God
Numbers – harot
Deuteronomy – harot

What are any of your thoughts on this?