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I am going to try to take things up a notch again. I feel like since I started pushing myself that there have been a lot of set backs, but even with that the 'plugging along' has paid off. It's so hard to see that any ground is being gained when you are moving at such a slow pace. I think I...

Thanks everyone for your prayers! The Lord has blessed us. Ari's heart has had no changes so far, even though she has grown quite a bit. I am praying that God will simply heal her if it is His will for her life. I was actually waiting today for the doctor to say that her valve was in perfect...

No, Jason, it's the name of the book. :D Rikki Tikki Tavi is a story in, 'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling.

I would like everyone to lift up my daughter in prayer. We are going on the 14th of this month for some tests for her heart, she has the same condition that caused her dad's death. Just pray that the Lord will help her trust in Him, give her faith and comfort, and ultimately that He would heal...

I take people at their word. If they confess Christ, then I treat them as a brother or sister. I will say that once I get to know them their words and actions testify of what's in their heart. If they are divisive, distorters of truth, or if they do not have love for the brotherhood, or for...

To GodsPromisesRyes and to all reading, I don't think this description of the hearts of believers on this board is accurate. I think we are all relying on God to lead us and keep us according to His will. I think most are not even expecting God to preserve their life, but are willing to lay...

RND, and Brother Lionel, I think the Scriptures are clear, and things have been summed up. Wisdom tells me that not only has the discussion run it's course, but that no one is listening...only baiting. This is has all the ear marks of a vain dispute at this point...probably a few posts ago...

Well, those passages I gave you are expounding on Genesis 26 wouldn't you agree? Here again we see God telling Isaac to your 'offspring', singular, which is Jesus. Isaac is trusting in the covenant God made with Abraham concerning the land, even though there is a famine. Is Isaac obeying God...

Again, your answer is in the Scripture. It is an old commandment, but then it is a new commandment, why? Because in order for it to be true in us, we must abide in Christ, and the Spirit bears witness to us that we do. This really tells me that you are not reading my posts. The 'spirit' of...

"By faith Abraham"...through the Law of faith in the Spirit. Hebrews 11 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.â€Â...

Yeah, it's not good. When I was a young wife, I had a wise friend who wanted us to be accountable to each other in this area. When we spoke about our husbands, or problems, we couldn't take part in 'course jesting' or in blaming our husbands. Tearing down was just not allowed, and it helped...

Romans 13 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,†and any other commandment, are summed up in this word...

Actually, Drew, that makes the passage even clearer to me.

Nightmare, and others, please consider Romans 5 Death in Adam, Life in Christ 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is...

Brother Lionel, I am saying that sin is condemned, and that believers are set free from the law of sin and death. We can not please God in the flesh, but in the Spirit our minds are set upon pleasing God...it is the only way that we can be at peace with God. Jesus did what the Law could not...

I agree. As usual, you are aticulated yourself well, especially your second assertion, and what you are saying is Biblical I think.

Bonnie, you are very welcome. I am always so amazed that God has blessed me, and it's usually the simpler things that cause me to feel so overwhelmed by His gifts. Pretty neat.

Okay, now this just made me spit tea all over the keyboard...wasn't expecting it as I was reading through. Too funny. :rolling

Drew, I think we agree about this. The Law was given so that the transgression of the law would reveal the sin that lurked in the hearts of fallen men. Sin has been washed away by the blood of Christ for the believer, and so there is no longer a need for the Law. The Law was also given as a...

Brother Lionel, I think that many of us have already said that the Ten Commandments are encapsulated in the law written on the hearts of believers, and that Jesus takes them further. Lust, or committing adultery in the heart, is addressed rather than just the the act of committing adultery...