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Looking For A True Church To Call Home
6/21/11 | Me

Posted on 06/21/2011 3:51:29 PM PDT by NoGrayZone

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To: NoGrayZone

The devil will do ANYTHING to keep us from PRAYER!


161 posted on 06/21/2011 7:56:54 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: RegulatorCountry
My own mother subscribes to The Watchtower but has never set foot in a Kingdom Hall to my knowledge.

Has she ever just looked thru the windows?

162 posted on 06/21/2011 7:57:53 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: diamond6; NoGrayZone

does the Holy Spirit lead someone differently in the 21st century, than He did in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, etc. etc centuries??

i think not, God is not the author of confusion.


163 posted on 06/21/2011 7:59:15 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: Elsie

I’ve never looked too closely myself, but the ones I’ve seen don’t appear to have windows, not on the front at least.


164 posted on 06/21/2011 7:59:44 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Elsie

what is wrong with jehovah witnesses?

http://www.exposingsatanism.org/jehovah_witness.htm


165 posted on 06/21/2011 8:02:14 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: Elsie
Thanks for all relevant the Bible verses. :-) *hugs*
166 posted on 06/21/2011 8:02:28 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Elsie
"But until that time; I think I am going to rely on FORGIVENESS for sin."

Yes, but until that time, can't we try NOT to sin. I have tried and it seems impossible, heck it is impossible. There has got to be a way.

I know what He states will be the end all of the system of things, but there HAS to be a way to lesson the burden.

167 posted on 06/21/2011 8:03:23 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
does the Holy Spirit lead someone differently in the 21st century, than He did in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, etc. etc centuries??

Yes indeed He can and does lead as He wills...same as He lead Abraham, Isaacc and Jacob differently....not to mention Noah and others of the household of faith. Even as we come to the place of trusting Christ...the way is different for each.

168 posted on 06/21/2011 8:07:18 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

not according to Paul in Ephesians, there is “one faith” ( i should say not according to the Holy Spirit using Paul’s letter to the Ephesians saying there is “one faith” )


169 posted on 06/21/2011 8:11:00 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: ansel12

Saddleback Valley Community Church. Not your average Southern Baptist church!


170 posted on 06/21/2011 8:12:31 PM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: RegulatorCountry; Elsie
"I’ve never looked too closely myself, but the ones I’ve seen don’t appear to have windows, not on the front at least.

I have been in them. They are very basic, no pictures, cross, no nothing, Just an organ upfront to sing hymns.

It seemed very basic to me. Mostly it was reading the Bible and singing hymns from the Bible.

The Bible was all you needed.

171 posted on 06/21/2011 8:13:32 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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To: NoGrayZone

“the Bible is all you need”

The Holy Spirit is working on you already, find out where we got the Bible from, who set the canon and you will find the Church you seek.


172 posted on 06/21/2011 8:20:47 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: Former Fetus

The link that I sent you was about First Baptist Church, Union, Mo.


173 posted on 06/21/2011 8:27:20 PM PDT by ansel12 (America has close to India population of 1950s, India has 1,200,000,000 people now. Quality of Life?)
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To: NoGrayZone
We know what we want and we’ll know when we find it.

You are half-way there with that statement. I have traveled much and always trying to find a church where I am at. A good idea is to let people know you are looking for a church...as you have here on FR. Many will share their own and tell you about. You know enough of those who present a counterfeit Christianity to stay away from those. Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, and Scientology are definatly the wrong direction.

When invited by others I watch for God to confirm to me THIS is or not the place to be once I atend ..He has never disappointed me and in fact led very well.

Sometimes I opt to go to a churches Wed. evening bible classes for a first visit. They will recognize immediately a new face.... Less formal... and you usually will find people there who are serious about their faith. You can get a good feel about where they are at by listening to how they interact and respond to the questions and comments made while they do their study.

Then I might go to a Sunday service...and am very observant of how the Pastor preaches...."so goes the Pastor so goes the church". If he's not preaching using God's word, and you're not getting anything from the message given..you might try another church.

Sometimes it might take going to two or three different ones ...but you'll know...you really will.

I rather like Evangelical Free Churches...and Baptists Churches...also Christian Missionary Alliance's. All which have seemed spot on with the gospel and the Pastors preach God's word....

I would say the difference for me has been some Pastors are well equipped to "teach/preach" and they are always my favorite churches to attend. I want to learn so as has been said..."When the student is ready God provides the teacher".

I wish for you the very best and prayerfully you will soon find your "home" church. I am certain God will not disappoint you.

One more thing...in the past few years it has become increasingly more difficult to find a good church for the reasons you have mentioned. So asking the Pastor where the church stands on that issue would be a heads up for me...if any allow the homosexual community a place among them...it is not a place I would go.

174 posted on 06/21/2011 8:37:35 PM PDT by caww
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To: Salvation

That’s an indirect scare tactic Salvation. Shame....


175 posted on 06/21/2011 8:39:59 PM PDT by caww
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To: Salvation
If you are Catholic, you know that your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and it is still the same Church.
LOL!
176 posted on 06/21/2011 8:40:13 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: Elsie

Yes indeed Elsie...I attended a Wesyleyan church at a very tough time in my life...the Pastor was great and the congregation equally so. It was in a rural community as well.

One particular Sunday he preached a very powerful sermon. The whole congregation was affected. You knew the Lord was in that place without question. No, there was no handclapping or waving, there was just a stillness and alertness by us all. Amazing really....God moved the hearts and minds of His that day...and everyone knew it.

And it’s remarkable you mentioned the church right down the street. The very best church I went to ended up in my own back yard, so to speak...just two blocks away. Another more small community church. Awesome Pastor! Learned more in one year there than a lifetime to that date!

The pastor wanted a smalll church though he could have easily accepted a mega church Pastors position. He believed he needed to know the condition ‘of the flock’ and could not do so with a mega church. Remarkable teaching...Pastor’s drove 2 hours to hear him even..He was a Pastor’s Pastor as well.


177 posted on 06/21/2011 8:54:15 PM PDT by caww
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism

Of course there’s one “faith” which is belief in Christ. But the way to Him is orchestrated by God and that varies from individual to individual...in the end it all is about accepting Christ and His forgiveness He brought us. But we do not all travel the same path to Him...he meets us on the road just as He did Paul...or he calls us as He did the Fisherman...or come down out of the tree for He’s coming to our house that day. He meets us where we are...and that varies to the individual and where he is at.


178 posted on 06/21/2011 9:03:30 PM PDT by caww
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To: NoGrayZone

Google won’t help you; suggest you start with prayer, if you an’t figure it out for yourself, and ask God for help guiding you to another flock for worship fellowship.

JC


179 posted on 06/21/2011 9:04:33 PM PDT by cracker45
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
find out where we got the Bible from, who set the canon and you will find the Church you seek.

Oh that's baloney!..... Jesus never set those conditions on anyone who came to Him. He said follow ME!.. and I will make you fishers of men" Which means He will lead....and that's a promise. Jesus is faithful to lead those who seek a church to the destination He would have them....and it requires no understanding of any churches cannon, doctrine or lists of to-dos to sit among them.

180 posted on 06/21/2011 9:10:30 PM PDT by caww
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