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Many times those who have no standards accuse those who have some standards as being self righteous Pharisees. Typically, those with some standards don’t care how those with no standards live their lives, so long as it doesn’t affect them or their children. This isn’t good enough for those with no standards; they must openly or secretly attack the “Pharisees” for living their lives differently. People who do this are toxic, backbiting cowards. Ironically, when rebuked for gossiping, backbiting, and sowing discord, they refuse to apologize and in turn go full circle into what they accuse the other people of being, self righteous. Only now they are self righteous Sa…
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Anyone need children's Bible stories? They teach character and Christ. Take a look. Ephesians 6 (Parents please read the entire chapter with them.) “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (v. 11) Did you ever see a picture of a soldier with all the stuff he wears? It looks awfully heavy, but he wears it because it helps him to do what he is supposed to do. Some of it is to keep him safe, and some of it is to fight against his enemies, but it is all there because he needs it. The Bible is like that for us, some of it is to protect us, and some of it is for chasing away the enemy, except that the Bible is …
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Margaret Higgins Sanger Slee (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, advocate of eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League [Planned Parenthood]. (Quote From Wikipedia) She's about as wicked as they come. "The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." (Link to article)
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Hi All, My wife and I have been having some marital prOBlems lately. She feels that I am not showing her enough affection and love. My defence was I was always making sure that the cleaning and housework was done before she arrived home from work so that she would not have to worry about it after working a long 10 hour day at work. Then I realized that I was going about it in a way that she didn't recognize that I was showing her love in doing this. So, lately I have been trying to tell her how much I love her and want to work things out because she felt that we weren't getting anywhere in our marriage and was considering leaving. We have been talking about a lot of thi…
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I figured the title of this thread would get some attention. I hope it does. I am calling out all married men here on this post. Not attempting to be rude or mean. Just encouraging. Many a men have taken the leadership role of the home and bent it to their own sinful domination over their wives. We claim that just because we are head of our households, it means that we are to whip our wives into submission. Which is unbiblical and down right sin. I believe with my whole heart that as married men, we are to be the head, the leaders in our home. Which is biblical. Yet many times we forget that we are called to love our wives as Christ loved the Church and gave him…
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Proverbs 14:16 says "A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident." I recently saw the title of a new book out by Max Lucado called "Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear". I have not read this book so I cannot endorse it or criticize it in any way, but the title struck me as something to consider within the context of the home. Imagine your home life without fear. Fathers and husbands, imagine having no fear when it comes to making hard choices and tough decisions for righteousness' sake. Think what it would be like to know of some scriptural command that you must implement in your own personal life and in the life of your f…
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Deuteronomy 6:7 says "And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Wow. It seems like there would be very little time to talk about anything besides the things of God. More specifically, there would be little time to talk of anything other than the commandments of God. When folks sit in the house during the day or in the evening, they should be talking of the commandments of God. When folks are walking, they should take advantage of the time and talk about the commandments of God. When they lie down in the evening be…
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Galatians 6:2 says "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." The other week, I was asked to fill a pulpit on short notice. It was almost immediately that the Lord burdened my heart with the thought of caring for one another within the church. If we read further into Galatians 6, we find that verse 10 says that we should "do good unto all men, especially unto them who are the household of faith." What about those who are in our very households, though? Should we care for them? Should we prefer them? Should we humble ourselves and consider their needs before we consider our own? These are all things we are commanded to do when it comes to the br…
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I don't know if my son is too young to be told not to cry. . . But he will cry/whine (no tears involved) throughout the day. He does this anytime he is frustrated, impatient, or wants something he can't have, or when something is happening that he just doesn't like. Now, I do spank him anytime he does a real temper tantrum (screaming and crying hard). But I'm not quite sure how to handle this more subtle act of displeasure. I usually tell him "No fussing" or "Stop crying" or "Just a minute" but I have no idea if he understands what all of that means. Also, his whining cry is not uncontrollable. He'll stop if I pick him up, or if I give him something to pacify him. But I…
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A co-worker of mine came in this week very distraught and it appears to be getting worse. His 14 yr. old daughter told her family a few Sundays ago that she did not believe in God and that she wouldn't be going to church anymore. The family passed if off as teenage rebellion, but it appears to something more. The family is baptist and the child had previoulsy confirmed her faith in Christ ("saved?"). He said that she hasn't been to church in months and although her overall behavior has not changed, he is very concerned now. This came as a real surprise as my co-workers wife home schools all their kids. As I don't have any kids, I'm not much help to him. What say yo…
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I don't want to get into a raging debate about Prov. 22:6 and whether or not it's a promise, a guarantee, a principle or a pithy saying...I have a scenario that I would like to get some feedback on. Let's say that a child is raised by parents who work to raise him or her for the Lord. And the child is normal - OBedient at times, disOBedient at others. If the child becomes an adult and is rather indifferent to things of the Lord (Bible reading isn't that important, church attendance is spotty, etc), many would say that it is the parents' fault because of the way that child was raised. I myself have come down on the side that believes that the rearing of a child determ…
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010 Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Until recently I have always viewed the "help" and "meet" as two words pushed together to be an adjective of what a wife should be-a helpmeet. As I was reading through Genesis a few weeks ago it "dawned" on me that Eve was created to be a help that was meet (sufficient) for Adam. In studying the Bible for the things necessary for a Biblical home, one cannot overlook the role that a Christian wife must play in the home. We have examples all through the Bible of wives who were less than "meet" for their husband. For exampl…
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JOB 2:9-10 says "Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not JOB sin with his lips." Imagine what little encouragement we would have from this passage if that last sentence could not have been a part of this great story. What if JOB had told his wife to just shut her mouth and go away... or worse? He was so longsuffering in the face of his wife's "foolishness" that God(who knew his very heart) was able to let us know that he did not sin in his response to …
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Recall of 635,000 Cribs Posted just in case someone might have one of these cribs.
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Who's Afraid of HPV - live webcast
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Sorry, journalists only to hear what your tax dollars are being spent for. (maybe some could use their church bulletin credentials to attend) Shhh! They know journalists will give us the information they think we need to have and of course we're not intelligent enough to understand anyway! New Findings Shed Light on Who's Afraid of HPV January 7, 2010 The "cultural cognition thesis" argues that individuals form risk perceptions based on often-contested personal views about what makes a good society. But what does it reveal about people's views regarding one of the most hotly debated health care proposals in recent years: vaccinating elementary-school girls, ages 11-1…
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**Another post from that clueless mother (me!)** I read one woman's thoughts, on how she trained all of her children to sit contently in her lap before turning 1 year old. She would have her child sit in her lap, facing out, and anytime the baby tried to twist and turn or arch their back, she would put her hand on their stomach and push them back down with a firm, No. She would continue this until the baby would submit and no longer fight against her. She would practice this with her child anytime she needed to sit, like when she would eat, check her email, etc. I have been trying this with my little one, about once or twice a day. He seems to do well for the most pa…
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Almost a year ago my husband called me out to his shop and he had never drank in all our years of marriage which was 37 years. He pulled up a chair for me to sat down in, I suppose he knew what a shock & disbelief I was fixing to hear from him. He reeked of alcohol and he looked horrible like he had been given a death sentence but yet it was myself who felt as though I had just been given a death sentence. After I sat down he said to me these words - - - Pumpkin(his nickname for me from almost day one of our marriage)I have always loved you and I always will and that will never change but I went down today and filed for divorce. I thought I was dying, I could not beli…
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The Associated Press 'Co-sleeping' with baby can be deadly Austin - More than 160 Texas infants die each year while sleeping in bed with family members, state statistics show, and officials are starting a campaign to warn parents of the danger. Taken from Texarkana Gazette, Monday 16, 2009 Sometime back we had a topic on this, when reading this just now in the Texarkana Gazette I could not help but think of it. I don't mean to repeat that topic, but this could be food for thought for those who let their infants sleep in bed with them. 160 per year only in the state of Texas, t me that is an alarming number of infants losing their life due to this.
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Sometimes the going gets rough but I have the promises of God. Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. Jeremiah 8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. Praying and reading.
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My boyfriend turned 29 in March and I turn 20 in September. My co-workers were arguing with me about how my boyfriend is much too old for me. Just out of curiosity...does anyone think that the age differential between me and him is too wide of a gap? Love, Madeline
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I received this in an email from my dad. I thought someone here might get a blessing from it. To My Son I stretch my hand and try to touch, The little boy I loved so much. And though I still discern his face, A grown up man is in his place. I look at you and realize, You?ve grown up solid, sure and wise. I pause, and lovingly reflect, That you are someone I respect. Bless your heart, may it beat strong, Bless your life, may it be long. I gaze at you with so much pride, And still hold dear the boy inside.
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Your Daughter's : Would you allow your daughter to call a boy "just to talk"? Your Son's : Would you allow your son to call a girl "just to chat"? OR Do you teach them that they need to call and ask for her dad's approval to do so? This would include explaining who you are and answering any question's the dad may have concerning you.
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We know the devil hates marriage and attacks this institute of God continually. Lately there seems to be a lot of cases of troubled marriages making the news; not to mention the number of local marriage problems around the country. In many of these cases infidelity is involved. Adultry doesn't "just happen" regardless of how many claim this to be the case. We know Christians are not immune to marriage problems, including adultry. What do you do to make sure you are safe from this? What do you do to help make sure your spouse is safe from this? This is something we should consider specifically from time to time, as well as something to take care of daily. To…
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Ok, here is another question/post from little ol' me. When my son was 7 months old, I began letting him CIO (cry it out) at bed time. It was rough for 2 or 3 nights, but after that, he became a superstar at going to bed whenever I laid him down. Shortly after he turned 1 year old, bed times began to get a bit rough. If my son does not feel like going to bed, he will cry and cry and cry. But here's the prOBlem! . . . If I let him cry, he cries himself sick! Which means I have to give him a bath, clean the crib, clean the floor, and put on new sheets. I would let him CIO, but I can't, because he will throw-up if I do. It's easier to let him stay up later until I see he'…
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When I was yet a young boy one Sudan morning I was dressed and ready to go to church. It had been raining nearly all week. So I told mother, "I'm going out side and I'm already dressed for church." She told me "You can go out, but do not walk in the mud puddles." Well, with nearly a weeks rain soaked in the ground there were a few mud puddles around our yard and I had not been outside to play hardly any in the past week. You know how young boys are, its so hard for them to walk around a mud puddle they think they can jump over. Yes I came upon one mud puddle, yes I told my self, I can jump over it, which I did. But when my feet hit the ground they went out from under …
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