Posts by Sad emo

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Marian prayers/devotions.

by BurnTheShips in

does anyone here enjoy them?.

bts.

Sad emo

I used to when I was RC.

I loved singing the Latin stuff - Regina Coeli and Alma Redemptoris especially, besides the various Ave Marias.

I don't feel the need to actively seek intercession from the saints now. I know they're praying/interceding for the whole church anyway - Revelation 8: 3-4, Hebrews 12: 1-3. But I no longer knock those who still do (when I first quit the RC church, I was very anti praying to the saints - I've moved on since then). I don't see much difference between asking you to pray for me and asking a saint to pray for me (waiting for an atheist to chime in with 'neither will get you an answer anyway'!).

Even the Rosary is mostly meditation on events in Christ's life. "Mary treasured these things in her heart", can we not ponder and treasure them with her if it draws us closer to her son?

Whilst I type this post, I'm looking across at an icon of 'Our Lady of Perpetual Succour' which rests on the shelf above my fireplace - a painting which holds very deep symbolism, such that it draws me closer to Christ in prayer whilst recognising Mary's important role in our salvation too (no I don't mean she has a direct part in salvation Chalam, LOL!)

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Driving Music

by [email protected] in

post some.. .

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reqg9acrghq / message edit note

Sad emo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZNSyP9v9M

LOL!

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Do you still buy album CDs anymore?

by Leolaia in

or do you mainly download?

i have been revamping my '80s music collection this week and resorted to downloading a bunch of music from amazon to upgrade to higher quality mp3s.

i have a ton of cds that i have ripped my music from as well, but i had to fill those holes with stuff i could only get from online stores.

Sad emo

I didn't know you get different kinds of MP3's I was going to start experimenting with downloads but now I daren't in case I get the wrong thing!

I'd best stick with ripping my cd's for now (and i only just started doing that LOL!)

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Warning to laptop users

by Leolaia in

jw
friends

last week i got an unsightly first-degree burn on my right arm.

when i first noticed it, i had no idea where it came from.

it first looked like a big red welt on my arm, swollen and red, but with unusually sharp edges -- i didn't even realize that it was actually a burn although a few days later it started to look more like one.

Sad emo

Ouch, poor Leo, I hope your burn heals up quickly.

I've been marked but not burnt by my laptop too - mine gets very hot underneath the mousepad so it rarely contacts bare skin lol! I doubt I'd have ever thought about the bit under the DVD drive getting that hot although logically, I suppose it is running at a very high speed.

To the manufacturer's credit, my laptop does have a sticker on the underneath warning about prolonged skin contact and the possibility of burns.

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Is it wrong..

by lostjdub93 in

to love god and not like organized religion?.

Sad emo

Nope!

Jesus wasn't too keen on organised religion either...

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It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, SOME TO BE EVANGELISTS!

by Chalam in

jw
friends

40 million saved in africa by this ministry alone i seem to remember.. there are 1 million at this meeting :).

lagos,reinhard bonnke.

stephen.

Sad emo

Perry:

Almost immediately I came under strong conviction from the Holy Spirit. I detested sin after that.

So would you say that this was the point of regeneration then? You got that change of attitude to sin - and then you repented. Do you see the point I'm trying to make now, that salvation (I mean a heartfelt, full grasp of it) is impossible without that initial conviction/regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

Stephen

Neither, one is born again at the point of salvation. One is spiritually dead in ones sins pre salvation and comes spiritually alive when we receive the "guarantee" of our salvation, the Holy Spirit at the time we are saved.

I understand your viewpoint. I don't think we'll ever get the precise order of salvation - but hey, we're saved! I differ in that as I just replied to Perry, I believe we are regenerated/born again before becoming saved through repentance (maybe only a split second between them though lol!). I suppose I would say the Holy Spirit's calling is the beginning of our salvation.

I need sleep now so if this discussion continues I haven't 'done a runner'! I'll check back tomorrow... erm tonight!

Blessings and peace to y'all

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It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, SOME TO BE EVANGELISTS!

by Chalam in

jw
friends

40 million saved in africa by this ministry alone i seem to remember.. there are 1 million at this meeting :).

lagos,reinhard bonnke.

stephen.

Sad emo

Romans 8: 29-30

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Note the order - calling then justification.

Back on topic anyways (!) Its amazing what is happening in Afica, even through so much political trouble. I'm happy for those folks and pray that they hold fast to their faith.

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It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, SOME TO BE EVANGELISTS!

by Chalam in

jw
friends

40 million saved in africa by this ministry alone i seem to remember.. there are 1 million at this meeting :).

lagos,reinhard bonnke.

stephen.

Sad emo

John 3: 5-8:

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

Born again - before salvation or after?

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