IF I were to go to the place I stayed it is an air band b where I could stay for only about 25 a day but a few days here and there I'd have to stay somewhere else. I did notary and filing at one of the places that split off from my main job but the place where I stayed for full time work from about 2015 until 2021 still was amenable to me returning when I checked about 6 months ago.
I'd have to have help more than once a week in that case which my mom could arrange. The main thing is next week when she has her general physician appt as well as her old chiropractor. If she misses both of these it will be 2 months since she has left the house. She has had some days when her breathing is ok; and I got an exercise gadget which is a pedal for the bottom of her legs she is starting to use. For now the agency would help my dad when they are here for my mom in some capacity although he gets one hour of free care; biggest issue is the basement explaining how to wash clothes.
My biggest concern is my mother being hydrated enough; she has to hold back with meals but she still doesn't drink enough in my opinion. She said warm water helped her to go to the toilet and I ask often if I can get some for her but have to let her make decisions. I can't basically make her go to an institution even though she gave verbal affirmation on the power of attorney which for some odd reason I never signed nor was it read to me years ago. The attorney said I could force a social worker but I should be wary of doing so.
I figure someone in the church I talked to in the last 2 years will find a place for me to live if it exists. Anyway I suppose this is a prayer request since it is public. I am a notary and have one person who uses me exclusively but not often; I am going to try n the next couple weeks to hand more out; and in theory could use anywhere in Pennsylvania. Right now I live in Montgomery County; guess I can be that specific here.
My mom sadly didn't find who she thought that works on hiatal hearnias apparently the receptionist lied to try to get her into some program plan the office had the chiropractor himself asked where she heard that he did that. What a dissapoointment.
My mom is self administering what she can going between being very weak and eating what is a more normal amount such as today and finding it hard to breathe. I had to leave town the other week driving all the way to the state of Indiana over 12 hr drive all night and left a note explaining that they need more help. The process to at least get a home health care aide hopefully will work but the boss of the lady from the agency that came seemed to think my mom's policy didn't cover trips to stores just bathing care. The lady is going to check with the insurance company monday i am hoping this guy is off; the private person my mom met who she liked she tried to call again today with no response she supposedly had an emergency a couple weeks ago and never got back to her. Personally I think they both should be in a care facility at this point which this lady can help with too; my mom still has to file a claim if it works with the agency her insurance would cover enough for 5 hrs a week of help indefinitely.
My issue is my mothers unstable moods; crying and complaining then telling me she is stressed because I am stressed. I still have an escape plan where I would be out of town and come back occasionally to help if needed; if something comes up locally I pray it does with the church; either way not living here will cause my mom to be mad. I told her I wouldn't go with a note next time but living here peaceably under these conditions are at times unbearable. I also have my 45 day notice at my current job which means I may be out of work October.
I asked a friend in Pittsburgh if I could stay there on occasion as I could work at one of my former jobs that way.
Oh God, how wonderful is Your love for us sinners. Have mercy on President Trump and show him your will for his life. Draw him close to You and lead him in Your way. We ask that President Trump will come to abandon himself to You and seek You first and foremost for the remainder of his days on this earth. We ask that the Holy Spirit will do a might work in President Trump to transform his mind, will, and actions to be like Christ Jesus. Like Paul, the change was quickly evident because the work you had for him to do was so pressing, vital, and important. May President Trump's character change be evident quickly as the work You have for him to do is also pressing, vital, important, and also, his age makes the need to be transformed all the more necessary.
We do not know your plans for his remaining days. But we trust that You will inform him of the Your calling for him. If it is to be president once again, then let it be so, and empower him to be the best president for our country at this time in history. If it is not to be president, then give him peace in knowing that his life and times are allowed by Your authority and power. Inspire Donald Trump to desire to walk the life path You lay out for him and use him in mighty ways for the good of the U.S,A.
Father, thank you for leading me to bring this prayer forward. I always want to be sure it is Your will, not mine, to do so. Thank You for the working of the Holy Spirit in my heart to be obedient. May President Trump, U.S.A. and believers across our nation be blessed by You, abounding in mercy and grace, which we all need daily, and give us courage to stand in the gap for our families, communities, and nation, to the glory of God forever and ever, amen.
For the past week I have been praying for President Trump and for the past two days I have felt led to enter a prayer for him on this forum. I don't wish in any way to be political here, but the near miss assassination attempt was a really big deal! We should look at it in sobering terms, I think.
Any who read this prayer and can give their assent to it is good, and I appreciate it if some will do so.
Dear Heavenly Father, our lives are in your hand and care. My Lord and God, Jesus, You are the one we trust in faith. Holy Spirit, you work in ways we cannot detect at times, nor in ways that are deeply changing people. We bring before You, God of all, Donald Trump tonight and we thank You for sparing His life by averting His head to look at the chart at just the exact moment the bullet came by his head. What an amazing miracle that was. Thank You.
Our prayer for President Trump is that he is dramatically changed by this event. We are glad to hear him say that You alone saved him from death that moment. We pray that he will be truly and irrevocably reborn, trusting in You alone for His life and salvation. We ask that You bring to Him conviction of his sinful depravity and repentance as he takes hold of Jesus by faith you supply. We ask that You speak to His heart in the deepest way, even in a similar way that You spoke to Saul of Tarsus and completely changed him in the deepest way, saving him and redirecting his whole life towards the fulfillment of the call you put on his life so many years ago. May President Trump be equally changed and reoriented to fulfill the call you place upon him. We pray that you will bring to President a humble and contrite spirit, an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards You, and a great desire to read Your Holy Word to find out the truth about You and how this truth applies to him, a sinner and one who is so much below who You truly are (as all of us are).
Many years ago the Holy Spirit stuck John 17:3 deep into me. It speaks of eternal life being knowing God the Father and Jesus the Son. Since that time I have had a burning desire to know as much as I can about Him Scripturally while I live in this life so that I can worship Him in Spirit and in truth. But this verse also speaks of a knowing in the context of intimacy. Knowing God and being Known by God. This is a relational aspect of growing in knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ and both the intellectual and relational knowing are wrought in us by the Holy Spirit. I never tire of learning and growing in this respect in my walk with God,
I don't want to have a "small" view of Him that does not esteem His great worth and glory.
I hope your weekend is going well.
How are your parents doing? I have been praying for you and them and the situation facing them in these last years of their life.
I had the ultrasound today but will not know the results until the radiologist examines the scans next week. I was just praying the whole time that the scan would show normalcy in all of the organs the tech scanned: liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and kidneys. Perhaps it is a good thing after all to have this done, as it gives a baseline moving forward into the rest of my years. Will keep you posted when I hear more.
Don't know why I even bother posting after reading all the detail; complexities and truths in your latest series on transcendence.
Probably a good thing that I abandoned that a to z business on attributes of God. Truth be told I don't really plan for very long at least in written form what is posted here unless there is a rare event where I copy some old study on the subject.
What I usually try to do is try to bring some spiritual concept; particularly what I feel through spiritual discernment has been revealed and try to put verses together to expound on that point. I am focusing on what is going on in the spiritual realm as to my best understanding.
What is lacking obviously in that aspect is the wisdom that those with other giftings have; and of course I am wary of saying anything that can't be clearly backed up scripturally; and not stating something which may be stemming from my emotions.
You probably know me as well or better than anyone on this site. A lot of times the personal struggles I go through are somewhat calmed by the distraction of deep spiritual matters especially related to prophecy which is also the calling I have felt for 40 years. I can say with conviction that it isn't fascination with the subject that I elaborate and dig into the matter; it is the sense of urgency as to the time we're in.
Admittedly I am a very emotional person. I don't enjoy discussing eternal damnation; but understanding the horror of such things like the mark of the beast in all honesty was like insanity; basically leading me at the time to grasp onto the Lord for His mercy. The situation involved a relationship which I had to get away from in college. I never had a vision of hell itself though.
When I feel filled with the Spirit it is usually around others and I can't predict it totally; most of the time I feel so burdened I feel I am barely breathing spritually.
Anyway I thought your post deserved a comment; and just expressing my gratitude.
Also, my stating to others that you don't believe in the inspiration of the KJB is what, I honestly believed you believed. I said nothing about whether you believe the original writings were inspired because we weren't talking about those, besides our postings are public, people have been reading what you have said. Something else, yes 2 Peter 1:21 is printed in modern versions of their books but it is just a copy of the KJB, after all they couldn't write a whole new and different book but they did use manuscripts, other then the KJB which left out 64,000 words from the KJB and 3400 changes in doctrine, etc. in the NIV, again the modern version that started the translation and publishing of more modern versions. The MEBs are not written by God but by uninspired men, the KJB was inspired. That is our discussion from the beginning until now. I thought I had answered all your questions. I apologize for not doing that.
I want to find and read your posts on Matthew but I don't know how to find them, please tell me how. I hope you will read my history of the KJB. which I will post soon. God Bless :)
"I'm sorry if I've caused any confusion but I don't believe the entirety of our conversation was on the inspiration of the KJB. I spent some time going all the way back to the beginning of our discussion and I don't see anything being mentioned about the inspiration of the KJB until two weeks into the discussion.
You mentioned the KJB being Holy Ghost inspired, but it wasn't until two weeks into our discussion
Then a little further down in your post you said this:
"I guess I'm somewhat confused also as I thought the discussion began by discussing whether or not the KJB was the only true English translation God gave us and if all Modern English Bibles ("MEB's" as you called them) were corrupt. That's what I thought we were discussing, at least from the beginning."
Jesse, there is no difference between whether the KJB was the only true English translation God (His Holy Ghost) gave to us which, you say was the start of our discussion, or whether the KJB was inspired by the Holy Ghost, which you say was a new subject two weeks later. It was one discussion on the same thing.
Ec.3:11 "From the beginning till the end" (2 of 2)
"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh. It is the heart where new Jerusalem is created. The selfsame volume gives him insight into the significance of Mahanaim. (Ge.32:1-2)
What made Moses chose the life of suffering? " By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;/Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;/ Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." (He.11:24-26)
This respect is what the imposter churches fail to inculcate in their congregation. Instead their spirits are like frogs, so the beast and the false prophet have same mind. "two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Where are these false prophets lead their flock? "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet./For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth."
"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."
Here we have the reason why God breathed into the nostrils of man and made him a living soul. In Christ the Alpha and Omega the heart is a level playing field. "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth./He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works." The right to know and understand is universal right and it is the blessing the everlasting covenant enshrines 'in our image and after our likeness."(Ge.1:28) So whosoever refused to enter into the day Seven rejected the seed within itself,- the truth. Calvin's doctrine of 'total depravity' is a heresy. God has set the world of the Spirit in their heart and what does it tell us?
The volume of a believer is arrived at because the fulness of Christs fills all. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"(Col.1:20) This is the work of God and it can only make sense to a believer in believing Jesus Christ whom he sent. This faith, or lack of it has been the undoing of imposter churches.
Thus the river of time flows right through heart of man whether he admits or not.
"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. The cities of refuge on the left bank and on the right bank is as clear as the light is separated from darkness.
"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh.
Re.21:24 "Zion, New Jerusalem and cities of refuge."
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."(21:2).
Zion and New Jerusalem are the two great lights recorded in the covenant. "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night."(Ge.1:16) The lesser light is called the light of the Lamb.
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof./And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it." (vv.21-24).
Nations of them which are saved correspond to the cities God had commanded Moses to set apart for the Israelites and the Gentiles alike. "Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge./These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them." (Nu.35:14-15)
This resonates with the Mixed People Ezra in his time had to contend with. When Ezra is informed of this he was incensed."The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites./For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass"(Ez.9:1-2) They were not like Joshua who is a stand in for Jesus Christ. "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The saved on the earth signify the saved nations in Re.21:24.
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One curious but very vital point to remember is that Jacob wanted to ask God was of his personal name. God refused. Instead God blessed him there. " And he blessed him there./And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." This knowledge is our inheritance. It begins while in our vile bodies. "the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."Seeing face to face is not for man formed of the dust from the ground can . Jesus speaks of the cloud of witnesses standing in the Presence of God. "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."(Matt.18:10)
Inheritors of saints in light abide in Christ. Their volume has as the holy city of God reveals:"And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel."(Re.21:12) These names are new as befitting the name of the city is New Jerusalem
Coming back to Jacob calls the place Peniel, a new name. It is thus New Jerusalem, is indicative of new creation.
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
Jesus Christ in the inaugural vision has many things against the church of Pergamos but he commends them that 'thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith',. So the new name is a personal name which holds true for the day of Regeneration,- and it has significance where we are talking about the new heaven and new earth.
God's gifts and calling are irrevocable. What God framed by his word are worlds that shall never change. But the earth which was without form and void shall made new from the standpoint of man who was predestinated "unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,". The reason for it very simple. "Therefore if any manbein Christ,he isa new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."(2 Co.5:17). Therefore is a conjunctive adverb and his newness is firmly associated with death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This new creation has similarly transcended his physical body and its lusts. This is where we acquire a volume so as associates our faith sets into the day of Regeneration and everlasting life. As emblematic of man's ascension to heavenly places, the new name sets the overcomer for glory and as Christ promises the Church of Pergamos, it is a name no other man shall know.
The Holy Spirit has supplied several instances of which God naming Jacob the heel-catcher to Israel is preeminent. "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob./And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel."(Ge.32:27-28)
One curious but very vital point to remember is that he wanted to ask in return the personal name of God. God refused it. Instead blessed of God Jacob calls the place Peniel, a new name. It is thus New Jerusalem, is indicative of new creation.
Hello Momsage, I do agree, I never even heard of Calvinism until about 5 years ago we went to a baptist Church (Grace gospel, i now know why Grace) and went to the Pastors house for Bible study and fellowship after and he came right out and said they were Calvinist. I picked up on that and thought, what is that? So I started digging and have been propelled into study every verse in my KJB giving my own Scriptural references and Noah Webster 1828 definitions of tough words throughout my entire Bible, highlighting every single ALL and IF and WILL... To me the only thing good about the whole draining situation is it has made me.study more... But when I have someone I love constantly wanting to debate and prove to me that Calvinism is correct it further makes me dig in my heals to hold to what I know and see Scripture says.... GOD bless... Amanda...
I wish for someone to send me a prayer of wisdom, faith, happiness help with how to overcome a addiction of substance abuse, and pray that my husband believes that I'm am telling him the truth, about being totally faithful to him.
Thanks Momsage for going through my long reply to you; and bringing up "Jesus being a sacrificial Lamb" may or may not have worked with that missionary, since both lamb & sheep are of the same breed & the tribe may have been none the wiser as a result. But in any case, you are very clear in your belief that "every jot and tittle in the KJB (in English) is written by God", so I suppose there can't be anything written to distract or detract you from it.
Ephesians 1: it is interesting to note, that wherever 'predestination' is referred to here ( Ephesians 1:5, 11) & also in Romans 8:29, the word is used not directly towards salvation as a destiny, but to the believer's adoption into God's family, to being God's Praise & Glory, & to be conformed to Christ's Image. So I can see that 'salvation' is implied in these phrases, for how else can believers achieve God's Purposes for them unless they are first saved? Yet it is believed by some that God has predestined each person to receive salvation or be rejected, however we must consider His Predestining Work (in the verses cited above) as to what He predestines believers for, rather than Him arbitrarily consigning some & not others towards salvation. For this reason, I quoted to you recently from Romans 8:29,30, emphasizing that God predestines His children towards salvation & conformation to His Son according to what He already knows about them (& all people) - or else God isn't as omniscient as first understood. And brother S. Spencer referred to these verses as well.
If we are to believe that God is indeed truly Omniscient, then He must already know who will come into the World & what their state in life will be & how they will answer His Gospel, should they come under its sound. So I do agree with you, that God does not accept or reject sinners arbitrarily, for then His Love for all people is brought into serious question - indeed the essence of the Gospel is misunderstood & weakened to the 'n(th) degree'.
While there is so much more that can be said concerning the transcendence of God, I would like to end with these ideas:
*We are to avoid the mistake of radical immanence in our perception of God, because:
1. Evil and the demonic cannot be accounted for if God is in everything (panentheism) or that everything is God (pantheism).
2. Ethical evaluation of events is impossible if God is within all that exists.
3. God loses His personal dimension if He is not distinct from creation.
*We are to avoid the problem of radical transcendence in one's view of God.
1. No one can know or relate to God in a personal way if He is wholly other (Deism)
2. God does not have control of the universe if He is not working within it.
3. God appears unapproachable and disinterested if He is not involved with creation.
4. Prayer is meaningless if God has no contact with life He created.
In closing, God's transcendence is not antithetical to His immanence. It is the ground and assurance of it. If God did not transcend space, He could not be present everywhere at once. ( Ps. 139:7) Though we cannot know and relate to God perfectly, God, due to His transcendence knows use completely, even things that we cannot know about ourselves, and He relates to us with unsurpassed intimacy, perfect knowledge, and boundless love.
Those who disparage God's transcendence to stress His nearness only strike at the foundation of divine immanence.
Transcendence and immanence are both always true of God. He us amazingly great and by far the most beautiful Being to behold. One day we will see Him in all of His glory when we meet Jesus face to face, in whom the Whole Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) dwells bodily forever (immanence) and also experience how God fills the universe with His presence simultaneously.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Great in power, great in glory, King of Heaven.
"And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
This is in continuation of the post titled everlasting covenant. The blessedness of the covenant set the gate opened which are twelve and each gate is open for the saints redeemed from the earth to enter. God has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world so we are to have the boldness enter therein. This is the day God sanctified for us to enter. (Ge.2:1-3)
Every man who has heard the call and believes, has also a volume which speaks for our faith in the fulness of Christ. So St Paul speaks how our walk should be,-("For we walk by faith, not by sight,"-2 Co.5:7).We also have a body not made with hands. Iconography of it is evident in this verse: The walls- " had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel" Of this pearl we read thus,"every several gate was of one pearl."(v.22) The Parable of Jesus of the pearl of great price refers to Jesus Christ as the Man component in the covenant. From this we have now what made this a single measurement. The volume of every saint redeemed from the earth has angel representing the world of the Spirit and the day of salvation has kept the gate open for man. The 144,000 is made up where several gate was Christ working with each. Col.3:1-3 sets a saint seek things which are above. "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." So this angel is the glorious spiritual body God has created in his Son for perfect fit. The Names of the twelve tribes of the Children of Israel indicate the new name given by Christ similar to what Christ promised the Church of Pergamos.(Re.2:17) The command number of Three in Re. 21:12-13) establishes the order of Apostles and their thrones shall dictate the names of spiritual Israel as holy and without blame.
God's transcendence refers to His Lordship over the whole world with particular reference to His royal prerogatives of control and authority. So understood, God's transcendence does not imply that he is hidden from people (although He has described Himself that way in Is. 45:15-25). In His transcendence as sovereign authority and ruler of all surpassing any other rule or authority (which we cannot fully know), it is because He is sovereign ruler that He is the most visible being in the universe, as Paul says in Rom. 1:18. So in this aspect, His transcendence is also imminent as He controls all that occurs in history and nature and the heavens declare His work and power.
God's Lordship is His covenant relation to the world He has made, particularly to the persons in it. It is not just a relationship of power, control and authority, but also of presence with His covenant partners. The heart of the covenant is a relationship of intimacy. The chief promise of the covenant is the Lord's words: I will be with you" ( Gen. 21:22; 26:28; 31:35; 39:3-4; Ex. 3:11-12, 15; 7:14; Mt. 1:23)
The fact that God is both transcendent and immanent at the same time is in itself unfathomable for us. Other things that are unfathomable for us is the inner workings of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit within the One Being of God. We do not know how God can be One "what" Divine Being and three "Whos" (distinct persons) and be perfectly unified in His nature. We cannot know how God brought about the everlasting covenant between the persons of the Godhead before anything was created. We do not know the conversations they had between themselves unless He reveals it as it in Ps. 110:1 or in the prayers Jesus spoke to the Father heard by the apostles.
The more God's transcendence is emphasized the less His immanence is understood and vise-versa. But the fullness of God's nature includes both of these in order for all of His attributes to be fully, perfectly, and eternally.
*M.E.= My Essence Opens Me: Heart, Mind, Soul & Strength To Do My Best In Everything Me Do & Say To Glorify You; Starting Here & Now With John 8:32: Exodus 3:13-15 & Magnify Your Prophesied Son's Name In Isaiah 7:13-15 & Fulfilled In Matthew 1:22:23; and Even Always Acknowledge Your HOLY-GHOST'S Name IN John 14:26, TOO.!!!&!!!*
Have met someone, but I need grace in yielding the relationship to Jesus. I want to be a friend to them and show them respect. The timing of this is also a challenge: I've taken work with less pay than before, and last year was difficult emotionally. I need His help to have discernment and self-denial. I want to be her friend. Would you pray for both of us? Thank you.
Thanks for the update. It will help me keep you in prayer.
IF I were to go to the place I stayed it is an air band b where I could stay for only about 25 a day but a few days here and there I'd have to stay somewhere else. I did notary and filing at one of the places that split off from my main job but the place where I stayed for full time work from about 2015 until 2021 still was amenable to me returning when I checked about 6 months ago.
I'd have to have help more than once a week in that case which my mom could arrange. The main thing is next week when she has her general physician appt as well as her old chiropractor. If she misses both of these it will be 2 months since she has left the house. She has had some days when her breathing is ok; and I got an exercise gadget which is a pedal for the bottom of her legs she is starting to use. For now the agency would help my dad when they are here for my mom in some capacity although he gets one hour of free care; biggest issue is the basement explaining how to wash clothes.
My biggest concern is my mother being hydrated enough; she has to hold back with meals but she still doesn't drink enough in my opinion. She said warm water helped her to go to the toilet and I ask often if I can get some for her but have to let her make decisions. I can't basically make her go to an institution even though she gave verbal affirmation on the power of attorney which for some odd reason I never signed nor was it read to me years ago. The attorney said I could force a social worker but I should be wary of doing so.
I figure someone in the church I talked to in the last 2 years will find a place for me to live if it exists. Anyway I suppose this is a prayer request since it is public. I am a notary and have one person who uses me exclusively but not often; I am going to try n the next couple weeks to hand more out; and in theory could use anywhere in Pennsylvania. Right now I live in Montgomery County; guess I can be that specific here.
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My mom sadly didn't find who she thought that works on hiatal hearnias apparently the receptionist lied to try to get her into some program plan the office had the chiropractor himself asked where she heard that he did that. What a dissapoointment.
My mom is self administering what she can going between being very weak and eating what is a more normal amount such as today and finding it hard to breathe. I had to leave town the other week driving all the way to the state of Indiana over 12 hr drive all night and left a note explaining that they need more help. The process to at least get a home health care aide hopefully will work but the boss of the lady from the agency that came seemed to think my mom's policy didn't cover trips to stores just bathing care. The lady is going to check with the insurance company monday i am hoping this guy is off; the private person my mom met who she liked she tried to call again today with no response she supposedly had an emergency a couple weeks ago and never got back to her. Personally I think they both should be in a care facility at this point which this lady can help with too; my mom still has to file a claim if it works with the agency her insurance would cover enough for 5 hrs a week of help indefinitely.
My issue is my mothers unstable moods; crying and complaining then telling me she is stressed because I am stressed. I still have an escape plan where I would be out of town and come back occasionally to help if needed; if something comes up locally I pray it does with the church; either way not living here will cause my mom to be mad. I told her I wouldn't go with a note next time but living here peaceably under these conditions are at times unbearable. I also have my 45 day notice at my current job which means I may be out of work October.
I asked a friend in Pittsburgh if I could stay there on occasion as I could work at one of my former jobs that way.
I am in complete agreement with you in prayer. A very solid AMEN!!!
PT.2
Oh God, how wonderful is Your love for us sinners. Have mercy on President Trump and show him your will for his life. Draw him close to You and lead him in Your way. We ask that President Trump will come to abandon himself to You and seek You first and foremost for the remainder of his days on this earth. We ask that the Holy Spirit will do a might work in President Trump to transform his mind, will, and actions to be like Christ Jesus. Like Paul, the change was quickly evident because the work you had for him to do was so pressing, vital, and important. May President Trump's character change be evident quickly as the work You have for him to do is also pressing, vital, important, and also, his age makes the need to be transformed all the more necessary.
We do not know your plans for his remaining days. But we trust that You will inform him of the Your calling for him. If it is to be president once again, then let it be so, and empower him to be the best president for our country at this time in history. If it is not to be president, then give him peace in knowing that his life and times are allowed by Your authority and power. Inspire Donald Trump to desire to walk the life path You lay out for him and use him in mighty ways for the good of the U.S,A.
Father, thank you for leading me to bring this prayer forward. I always want to be sure it is Your will, not mine, to do so. Thank You for the working of the Holy Spirit in my heart to be obedient. May President Trump, U.S.A. and believers across our nation be blessed by You, abounding in mercy and grace, which we all need daily, and give us courage to stand in the gap for our families, communities, and nation, to the glory of God forever and ever, amen.
For the past week I have been praying for President Trump and for the past two days I have felt led to enter a prayer for him on this forum. I don't wish in any way to be political here, but the near miss assassination attempt was a really big deal! We should look at it in sobering terms, I think.
Any who read this prayer and can give their assent to it is good, and I appreciate it if some will do so.
Dear Heavenly Father, our lives are in your hand and care. My Lord and God, Jesus, You are the one we trust in faith. Holy Spirit, you work in ways we cannot detect at times, nor in ways that are deeply changing people. We bring before You, God of all, Donald Trump tonight and we thank You for sparing His life by averting His head to look at the chart at just the exact moment the bullet came by his head. What an amazing miracle that was. Thank You.
Our prayer for President Trump is that he is dramatically changed by this event. We are glad to hear him say that You alone saved him from death that moment. We pray that he will be truly and irrevocably reborn, trusting in You alone for His life and salvation. We ask that You bring to Him conviction of his sinful depravity and repentance as he takes hold of Jesus by faith you supply. We ask that You speak to His heart in the deepest way, even in a similar way that You spoke to Saul of Tarsus and completely changed him in the deepest way, saving him and redirecting his whole life towards the fulfillment of the call you put on his life so many years ago. May President Trump be equally changed and reoriented to fulfill the call you place upon him. We pray that you will bring to President a humble and contrite spirit, an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards You, and a great desire to read Your Holy Word to find out the truth about You and how this truth applies to him, a sinner and one who is so much below who You truly are (as all of us are).
cont. to Pt. 2
Many years ago the Holy Spirit stuck John 17:3 deep into me. It speaks of eternal life being knowing God the Father and Jesus the Son. Since that time I have had a burning desire to know as much as I can about Him Scripturally while I live in this life so that I can worship Him in Spirit and in truth. But this verse also speaks of a knowing in the context of intimacy. Knowing God and being Known by God. This is a relational aspect of growing in knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ and both the intellectual and relational knowing are wrought in us by the Holy Spirit. I never tire of learning and growing in this respect in my walk with God,
I don't want to have a "small" view of Him that does not esteem His great worth and glory.
I hope your weekend is going well.
How are your parents doing? I have been praying for you and them and the situation facing them in these last years of their life.
I had the ultrasound today but will not know the results until the radiologist examines the scans next week. I was just praying the whole time that the scan would show normalcy in all of the organs the tech scanned: liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and kidneys. Perhaps it is a good thing after all to have this done, as it gives a baseline moving forward into the rest of my years. Will keep you posted when I hear more.
Probably a good thing that I abandoned that a to z business on attributes of God. Truth be told I don't really plan for very long at least in written form what is posted here unless there is a rare event where I copy some old study on the subject.
What I usually try to do is try to bring some spiritual concept; particularly what I feel through spiritual discernment has been revealed and try to put verses together to expound on that point. I am focusing on what is going on in the spiritual realm as to my best understanding.
What is lacking obviously in that aspect is the wisdom that those with other giftings have; and of course I am wary of saying anything that can't be clearly backed up scripturally; and not stating something which may be stemming from my emotions.
You probably know me as well or better than anyone on this site. A lot of times the personal struggles I go through are somewhat calmed by the distraction of deep spiritual matters especially related to prophecy which is also the calling I have felt for 40 years. I can say with conviction that it isn't fascination with the subject that I elaborate and dig into the matter; it is the sense of urgency as to the time we're in.
Admittedly I am a very emotional person. I don't enjoy discussing eternal damnation; but understanding the horror of such things like the mark of the beast in all honesty was like insanity; basically leading me at the time to grasp onto the Lord for His mercy. The situation involved a relationship which I had to get away from in college. I never had a vision of hell itself though.
When I feel filled with the Spirit it is usually around others and I can't predict it totally; most of the time I feel so burdened I feel I am barely breathing spritually.
Anyway I thought your post deserved a comment; and just expressing my gratitude.
Also, my stating to others that you don't believe in the inspiration of the KJB is what, I honestly believed you believed. I said nothing about whether you believe the original writings were inspired because we weren't talking about those, besides our postings are public, people have been reading what you have said. Something else, yes 2 Peter 1:21 is printed in modern versions of their books but it is just a copy of the KJB, after all they couldn't write a whole new and different book but they did use manuscripts, other then the KJB which left out 64,000 words from the KJB and 3400 changes in doctrine, etc. in the NIV, again the modern version that started the translation and publishing of more modern versions. The MEBs are not written by God but by uninspired men, the KJB was inspired. That is our discussion from the beginning until now. I thought I had answered all your questions. I apologize for not doing that.
I want to find and read your posts on Matthew but I don't know how to find them, please tell me how. I hope you will read my history of the KJB. which I will post soon. God Bless :)
Hi Jesse:
This the first paragraph you sent me in part 1:
"I'm sorry if I've caused any confusion but I don't believe the entirety of our conversation was on the inspiration of the KJB. I spent some time going all the way back to the beginning of our discussion and I don't see anything being mentioned about the inspiration of the KJB until two weeks into the discussion.
You mentioned the KJB being Holy Ghost inspired, but it wasn't until two weeks into our discussion
Then a little further down in your post you said this:
"I guess I'm somewhat confused also as I thought the discussion began by discussing whether or not the KJB was the only true English translation God gave us and if all Modern English Bibles ("MEB's" as you called them) were corrupt. That's what I thought we were discussing, at least from the beginning."
Jesse, there is no difference between whether the KJB was the only true English translation God (His Holy Ghost) gave to us which, you say was the start of our discussion, or whether the KJB was inspired by the Holy Ghost, which you say was a new subject two weeks later. It was one discussion on the same thing.
All praise to the Father ,
Son and
Holy Spirit.
To all of you on this site and those whose lives you touch day by day.
The Lord is blessing me right now.
He woke me up this morning.
This is another days journey and I'm glad about it. I a so glad to be here.
I will pay my bows. I will call upon the name of the Lord. Psalms 116:12
May you be blessed. Please pray for me as I pray for you. Amen!
"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh. It is the heart where new Jerusalem is created. The selfsame volume gives him insight into the significance of Mahanaim. (Ge.32:1-2)
What made Moses chose the life of suffering? " By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;/Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;/ Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." (He.11:24-26)
This respect is what the imposter churches fail to inculcate in their congregation. Instead their spirits are like frogs, so the beast and the false prophet have same mind. "two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Where are these false prophets lead their flock? "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet./For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth."
"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."
Here we have the reason why God breathed into the nostrils of man and made him a living soul. In Christ the Alpha and Omega the heart is a level playing field. "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth./He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works." The right to know and understand is universal right and it is the blessing the everlasting covenant enshrines 'in our image and after our likeness."(Ge.1:28) So whosoever refused to enter into the day Seven rejected the seed within itself,- the truth. Calvin's doctrine of 'total depravity' is a heresy. God has set the world of the Spirit in their heart and what does it tell us?
The volume of a believer is arrived at because the fulness of Christs fills all. "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"(Col.1:20) This is the work of God and it can only make sense to a believer in believing Jesus Christ whom he sent. This faith, or lack of it has been the undoing of imposter churches.
Thus the river of time flows right through heart of man whether he admits or not.
"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. The cities of refuge on the left bank and on the right bank is as clear as the light is separated from darkness.
"for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Jacob before and after Peniel could testify. The fulness of Christ makes his heart know the difference. Peniel speaks for his spiritual regeneration. However he has no more confidence in his flesh.
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."(21:2).
Zion and New Jerusalem are the two great lights recorded in the covenant. "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night."(Ge.1:16) The lesser light is called the light of the Lamb.
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it./And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof./And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it." (vv.21-24).
Nations of them which are saved correspond to the cities God had commanded Moses to set apart for the Israelites and the Gentiles alike. "Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge./These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them." (Nu.35:14-15)
This resonates with the Mixed People Ezra in his time had to contend with. When Ezra is informed of this he was incensed."The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites./For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass"(Ez.9:1-2) They were not like Joshua who is a stand in for Jesus Christ. "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." The saved on the earth signify the saved nations in Re.21:24.
(Ge.32:27-28)
One curious but very vital point to remember is that Jacob wanted to ask God was of his personal name. God refused. Instead God blessed him there. " And he blessed him there./And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." This knowledge is our inheritance. It begins while in our vile bodies. "the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."Seeing face to face is not for man formed of the dust from the ground can . Jesus speaks of the cloud of witnesses standing in the Presence of God. "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."(Matt.18:10)
Inheritors of saints in light abide in Christ. Their volume has as the holy city of God reveals:"And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel."(Re.21:12) These names are new as befitting the name of the city is New Jerusalem
Coming back to Jacob calls the place Peniel, a new name. It is thus New Jerusalem, is indicative of new creation.
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
Jesus Christ in the inaugural vision has many things against the church of Pergamos but he commends them that 'thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith',. So the new name is a personal name which holds true for the day of Regeneration,- and it has significance where we are talking about the new heaven and new earth.
God's gifts and calling are irrevocable. What God framed by his word are worlds that shall never change. But the earth which was without form and void shall made new from the standpoint of man who was predestinated "unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,". The reason for it very simple. "Therefore if any manbein Christ,he isa new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."(2 Co.5:17). Therefore is a conjunctive adverb and his newness is firmly associated with death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This new creation has similarly transcended his physical body and its lusts. This is where we acquire a volume so as associates our faith sets into the day of Regeneration and everlasting life. As emblematic of man's ascension to heavenly places, the new name sets the overcomer for glory and as Christ promises the Church of Pergamos, it is a name no other man shall know.
The Holy Spirit has supplied several instances of which God naming Jacob the heel-catcher to Israel is preeminent. "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob./And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel."(Ge.32:27-28)
One curious but very vital point to remember is that he wanted to ask in return the personal name of God. God refused it. Instead blessed of God Jacob calls the place Peniel, a new name. It is thus New Jerusalem, is indicative of new creation.
please pray for my future,my life,my financial situations to be settled,to succeed in my preparation for govt jobs & to achieve good post in it.
pray for my family,friends...
i should be the bowl of manna and feed the one who is in hunger for god.
pray about me to grow more spiritual in god and have to preach his word to people and turn them towards lord almighty...
Ephesians 1: it is interesting to note, that wherever 'predestination' is referred to here ( Ephesians 1:5, 11) & also in Romans 8:29, the word is used not directly towards salvation as a destiny, but to the believer's adoption into God's family, to being God's Praise & Glory, & to be conformed to Christ's Image. So I can see that 'salvation' is implied in these phrases, for how else can believers achieve God's Purposes for them unless they are first saved? Yet it is believed by some that God has predestined each person to receive salvation or be rejected, however we must consider His Predestining Work (in the verses cited above) as to what He predestines believers for, rather than Him arbitrarily consigning some & not others towards salvation. For this reason, I quoted to you recently from Romans 8:29,30, emphasizing that God predestines His children towards salvation & conformation to His Son according to what He already knows about them (& all people) - or else God isn't as omniscient as first understood. And brother S. Spencer referred to these verses as well.
If we are to believe that God is indeed truly Omniscient, then He must already know who will come into the World & what their state in life will be & how they will answer His Gospel, should they come under its sound. So I do agree with you, that God does not accept or reject sinners arbitrarily, for then His Love for all people is brought into serious question - indeed the essence of the Gospel is misunderstood & weakened to the 'n(th) degree'.
PT. 5
While there is so much more that can be said concerning the transcendence of God, I would like to end with these ideas:
*We are to avoid the mistake of radical immanence in our perception of God, because:
1. Evil and the demonic cannot be accounted for if God is in everything (panentheism) or that everything is God (pantheism).
2. Ethical evaluation of events is impossible if God is within all that exists.
3. God loses His personal dimension if He is not distinct from creation.
*We are to avoid the problem of radical transcendence in one's view of God.
1. No one can know or relate to God in a personal way if He is wholly other (Deism)
2. God does not have control of the universe if He is not working within it.
3. God appears unapproachable and disinterested if He is not involved with creation.
4. Prayer is meaningless if God has no contact with life He created.
In closing, God's transcendence is not antithetical to His immanence. It is the ground and assurance of it. If God did not transcend space, He could not be present everywhere at once. ( Ps. 139:7) Though we cannot know and relate to God perfectly, God, due to His transcendence knows use completely, even things that we cannot know about ourselves, and He relates to us with unsurpassed intimacy, perfect knowledge, and boundless love.
Those who disparage God's transcendence to stress His nearness only strike at the foundation of divine immanence.
Transcendence and immanence are both always true of God. He us amazingly great and by far the most beautiful Being to behold. One day we will see Him in all of His glory when we meet Jesus face to face, in whom the Whole Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) dwells bodily forever (immanence) and also experience how God fills the universe with His presence simultaneously.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, Great in power, great in glory, King of Heaven.
"And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
This is in continuation of the post titled everlasting covenant. The blessedness of the covenant set the gate opened which are twelve and each gate is open for the saints redeemed from the earth to enter. God has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world so we are to have the boldness enter therein. This is the day God sanctified for us to enter. (Ge.2:1-3)
Every man who has heard the call and believes, has also a volume which speaks for our faith in the fulness of Christ. So St Paul speaks how our walk should be,-("For we walk by faith, not by sight,"-2 Co.5:7).We also have a body not made with hands. Iconography of it is evident in this verse: The walls- " had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel" Of this pearl we read thus,"every several gate was of one pearl."(v.22) The Parable of Jesus of the pearl of great price refers to Jesus Christ as the Man component in the covenant. From this we have now what made this a single measurement. The volume of every saint redeemed from the earth has angel representing the world of the Spirit and the day of salvation has kept the gate open for man. The 144,000 is made up where several gate was Christ working with each. Col.3:1-3 sets a saint seek things which are above. "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." So this angel is the glorious spiritual body God has created in his Son for perfect fit. The Names of the twelve tribes of the Children of Israel indicate the new name given by Christ similar to what Christ promised the Church of Pergamos.(Re.2:17) The command number of Three in Re. 21:12-13) establishes the order of Apostles and their thrones shall dictate the names of spiritual Israel as holy and without blame.
Pt. 4
God's transcendence refers to His Lordship over the whole world with particular reference to His royal prerogatives of control and authority. So understood, God's transcendence does not imply that he is hidden from people (although He has described Himself that way in Is. 45:15-25). In His transcendence as sovereign authority and ruler of all surpassing any other rule or authority (which we cannot fully know), it is because He is sovereign ruler that He is the most visible being in the universe, as Paul says in Rom. 1:18. So in this aspect, His transcendence is also imminent as He controls all that occurs in history and nature and the heavens declare His work and power.
God's Lordship is His covenant relation to the world He has made, particularly to the persons in it. It is not just a relationship of power, control and authority, but also of presence with His covenant partners. The heart of the covenant is a relationship of intimacy. The chief promise of the covenant is the Lord's words: I will be with you" ( Gen. 21:22; 26:28; 31:35; 39:3-4; Ex. 3:11-12, 15; 7:14; Mt. 1:23)
The fact that God is both transcendent and immanent at the same time is in itself unfathomable for us. Other things that are unfathomable for us is the inner workings of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit within the One Being of God. We do not know how God can be One "what" Divine Being and three "Whos" (distinct persons) and be perfectly unified in His nature. We cannot know how God brought about the everlasting covenant between the persons of the Godhead before anything was created. We do not know the conversations they had between themselves unless He reveals it as it in Ps. 110:1 or in the prayers Jesus spoke to the Father heard by the apostles.
The more God's transcendence is emphasized the less His immanence is understood and vise-versa. But the fullness of God's nature includes both of these in order for all of His attributes to be fully, perfectly, and eternally.