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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE? --IT'S DEPTH, BREADTH, DIMENSIONS-- Have prayed since Jr High to be able to love like Jesus. That's a pretty hazardous prayer. The training for answers to that prayer is a lot like the training for wisdom, humility and patience. Lots of long dark nights of the soul; refiner's fires; being ground to powder, blown to the 4 winds--recollected--dipped in vinegar and ran through the manure spreader backwards . . . can all be SOP--common events. Here are some questions to get us started prayerfully considering these principles and truths: 1. What is...

One Another Thread, 21 APR 2007 Verse for the Day Rom. 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. ONE ANOTHER DEVOTIONAL CHRISTIAN CAUCUS: Knitting a Conundrum: We are coming together in love, and to share the love of Christ, and therefore, even if we disagree, we need to remember to avoid things that are not said kindly and in love. Each of us holds our beliefs because we do it for the love of Christ, and even if you don’t accept the conclusion of...

ONE ANOTHER DEVOTIONAL CHRISTIAN CAUCUS: Knitting a Conundrum: We are coming together in love, and to share the love of Christ, and therefore, even if we disagree, we need to remember to avoid things that are not said kindly and in love. Each of us holds our beliefs because we do it for the love of Christ, and even if you don’t accept the conclusion of a person, honor it by not saying harsh or hurtful things because it’s done to honor Christ. Kind and respectful discourse. Avoid words that you know will cause a kneejerk reaction. If a...

16th of June DEFEATING DEPRESSION PART 1 “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad” Proverbs 12:25 Depression- from Webster’s New Unabridged Dictionary Low spirits, gloominess, dejection, sadness, a decrease in force, or activity, or amount, a decrease in functional activity. An emotional condition either normal or pathological characterized by discouragement, a feeling of inadequacy, the act of humbling abasement as a depression of pride. Abasement, reduction, sinking, fall, humiliation, dejection, melancholy. Major Depression Facts Major depression is the No.1 psychological disorder in the western world.(1) It is growing in all age groups,...

There are three great articles at the URL. I think the last one is fittingly put first for this forum. Stop Chewing Lanna Perry 4th April 2005 Sydney Australia Chosenwarriorprincess@yahoo.com.au My precious children, My precious possessions, My precious branches, heed the word I am to speak for My heart is grieved. My heart is grieved My children, because as each of you are connected to me the One and Only true Vine, yet many of you are doing things that I am not pleased with. My precious branches, you know what I see? I see some of you chewing at...

God Is Up To Something Mary Lindow So? God Is Up To Something Fresh In This Season! ALL OF US ARE INDIVIDUALLY SOMEHOW BEING LED BY THE FATHER! ALONE...INTO QUESTS OF THE HEART. He is testing us sorely to see if we long for any power from the pull of glory, revelation, or any spiritual insights. I TRULY SEE HIM TESTING US ALL IN DEEPER REGIONS OF OUR SOULS THAN WE EVER DREAMED EXISTED. THIS THING HE IS DOING! IT IS A PRECISION OPERATION THAT "LASERS" AWAY EVERYTHING FRAUDULENT, EMPTY, AND EMBELLISHED! HE IS DRIVING US LOVINGLY TO SIMPLICITY, LOYALTY,...

HILLARY AWARENESS DAY - Friday Jan 14th 2005 - HR is pleased to announce that a formal on line web-conference will be held on the above date. There will be many topics presented, hand out material and formal discussions. Registration for the event is free and those wishing to attend must be pre-registered to post and participate. Information on the link.

Good afternoon, Freepers! I have two kittens, approximately 7 months old that we adopted approximately 5 months ago. They were hand raised from approximately 2 weeks of age (their mother was killed on the roadside), and they're about the friendliest cats I've ever run into. However, they've gotten to be more than my daughter is willing to handle. As it stands, I'm taking care of my daughter, the house, the original cat and the dog, and myself - so I've got my hands full. If there is anyone in the Oak Ridge/Knoxville area who would like to have two loving,...

Hey Kids! Want Good Sex? Try Abstinence.Warren ThrockmortonAs a mental health counselor, I am really troubled by the numbers of adolescents that I have counseled who cried for days and hurt for years because they engaged in "safer sex" within dead end, unfulfilling relationships. Sadly, they learned that “safer sex” can be hazardous to their emotional health. I think the current political debate concerning abstinence vs. contraceptive based sexual education has failed to include an important variable in the discussion of what to teach in school: sexual well being. In many contemporary sexual education curricula, young boys and girls who...

NEVER FORGET ...A most Loving Mother to us all in the U.S. 7th Cavalry, Mrs. JULIE MOORE, passed on today after recently and very suddenly being diagnosed with Cancer. She was portrayed in "WE WERE SOLDIERS" by Actress MADELEINE STOWE opposite Actor MEL GIBSON who portrayed her husband Commanding at the 1st Major Battle of the Vietnam War. ...Mrs. JULIE MOORE will be buried along with her husband Lt. General (Ret.) HAL G. MOORE's Hero Soldiers of the Battle of IA DRANG-1965 now buried at Ft. Benning, Georgia. ...The General requests that no flowers be sent but that donations be...

Contentment Ironic isn’t it? We live in the country that is the most prosperous in human history yet at the same time our country is filled with people struggling to find contentment. No doubt the media has a vested interest in stirring our need to have more and improved “things.” Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous thrived in the TV ratings race for years by tempting us with images of people who have amassed wealth and fame. And in doing so they taught us that contentment comes through acquisitions and accomplishments. We bought it. Unfortunately, if the truth were known,...