Posts by emilynghiem

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Need advice on a comeback to my wife: when she is in cult mode she says faith without works is dead.

by goingthruthemotions in

so i have gotten into arguements with my wife in the past about this cult.

now a days after reading steve hassan books...i just try and avoid anything jdub with her.

try to keep her in authentic mode..(not sure she really has one).

emilynghiem

There is no need to argue.

1. agree with her that having faith means you are naturally compelled to do the works God calls you to do in Christ. This is part of saving grace and sharing it with others. It follows NATURALLY, there should be no guilt or fear attached.

if she means "work through your salvation with fear and trembling" that means humility and fear of God as in respect.

2. if there is negativity and conditions going on,

that means FORGIVENESS is needed. it's not just arguing how the Bible is worded or what it means.

This "unforgiveness" and "fear" is coming from something else.

So just focus and pray on what memory or conflict, what fear of what group,

is causing rejection division and "unforgiveness"

pray for Christ Jesus to remove that stumbling block and set

both you and your wife free from it. Ask her to pray with you

in Christ Jesus to remove the fear and unforgiveness so you can agree on God's truth.

keep praying together in Christ. Whenever you find an emotional barrier or conflict,

agree with your wife to stop and pray together for forgiveness and removal.

After it is gone, you can receive God's wisdom what to say and do to be in agreement.

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Hello

by Garrett in

jw
friends

hello forum,.

i'm new here and not sure where to post.

so, i'm 21 years old and currently a baptized witness, however, i'm slowly making my mind up to leave and here's why.. first, there are certain things that make no sense to me in the organization.

emilynghiem

Hi Garrett
I would suggest you focus on your own relationship with God's truth and vision/purpose for your life first, pray on that daily in Christ, and then you can serve in the church body wherever God sends you.

When you see things that are negative, pray for forgiveness and correction so you don't skew your own judgment with fear and negative thinking.

Treat ALL people whether part of one group or another as fellow sheep.

Some are under one shepherd and some another,

and TRUST that Christ Jesus is the one Shepherd or Lord of all other lords.

so if someone chooses a lesser lord or local law to follow, let them do so.

Consider yourself a guest, and only go where you feel God is calling you.

In order to resolve these issues between "how different local shepherds teach their sheep"

there will need to be a meeting of ELDERS of all these tribes, and reach an agreement

how to correct misteachings going on. For example, JW reject "spiritual healing" when

this can be proven by science. So they are like secular gentiles in some ways, and need

to see scientific proof of this as natural and not against God's laws either.

So look into spiritual healing such as books by Francis MacNutt and Agnes Sanford,

and forgive ALL things first so you make the right decision out of FORGIVENESS not out of fear.

It is not up to us to change things that are going to have be done

using Christian rebuke in Matthew 18:15-20 between ELDERS before the sheep will follow.

Please pray for forgiveness, as they "know not what they do."

Keep following God and the direction he has for your life

and do not worry if it meets or fails the expectations of others.

If you really need to be there, pray to God for how to act so it works out while you are supposed to be there.

When you are called to go, God will make it clear also. Just always pray and always give up anything negative you are worried about up to God and the right answers and wisdom what to do and say will come to you.

Take care! Yours truly, Emily If you need help send me a msg anytime. My bf has a brother who is secular gentile, married to a JW and one of the Elders of JW is his best friend. They get along great even though they disagree about God and govt. They do not reject each other. So if you need help let me know maybe I can ask.

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Is my purpose to help, fail and suffer?

by TheLonelyOne in

hi folks im coming from far for many, for some maybe bit near.

life has been thought.

even though i'm only 27 pain and problems has been around since my first days.

emilynghiem

Hey LovelyOne

just thought of new nickname for you do you like it?

If you want to explore your own talents and gifts in general,

not related to spiritual growth, but just educational and career wise,

here's another book "What Color is Your Parachute" by Dr. Richard Bolles

that is a fun way to assess your natural talents and skills you enjoy most

to feel better and get an idea of what you can focus on for your future success.

take care! yours truly, Emily

remember to think of yourself as

"TheLOVElyOne" and focus on positive sides of yourself, okay?

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Is my purpose to help, fail and suffer?

by TheLonelyOne in

hi folks im coming from far for many, for some maybe bit near.

life has been thought.

even though i'm only 27 pain and problems has been around since my first days.

emilynghiem

Hi @cofty sorry to go off topic and maybe we need another thread for this.

restricting healing to only replacing cut off limbs is not natural or wise.

that's like saying I won't believe science till you make a butterfly turn into an elephant using physics.

spiritual healing I'm talking about is natural like gravity or how your blood circulates.

And yes it has healed SOME cases of schizophrenia, rheumatoid arthritis (cited in Dr. Macnutt's book on HEALING 1999), cancer, diabetes, and many other physical and mental illness, even criminal addictions have been cured.

so if you wait to believe it to do the research to prove it, it will never get done. what a shame for people to die of depression, suicide, self-cutting, eating and drug addictions, because people like you are waiting for someone else to prove it before they believe, why not study it yourself and be ahead of everyone else still waiting?

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Is my purpose to help, fail and suffer?

by TheLonelyOne in

hi folks im coming from far for many, for some maybe bit near.

life has been thought.

even though i'm only 27 pain and problems has been around since my first days.

emilynghiem

Hi TheLonelyOne

If you are short on time, the two books I would recommend are The Healing Light by Agnes Sanford

because it is short and closest to the natural healing you believe in that is simple to understand.

Since you don't seem to know the CRITICAL difference between healing prayer we can do ourselves,

and the deliverance done with assistance to clean out things beyond our control (these two types

of prayers are completely opposite : one asking from within for healing to come in and the other commanding from an outside party for demonic sickness to come out.), I believe you need the second book HEALING that explains why prayers fail because people stop at the first type of prayer, and don't do the second type FIRST.

The second type REMOVES what is blocking prayers from working.

So if you skip that type, nothing will work. You will go round and round, until someone figures out you need the OTHER type of prayer first. THEN after that, all your prayers and natural healing will work as they should!

Since your cycles seemed to be going round and round, that's why I sense that these are outside forces

blocking you in that need to be removed by special prayers just for that step.

After that your natural homeopathy will work, AFTER the negative blockage trapping you in a cycle is removed.

I am happy to send you both books free, with trust you will pass them to others or donate to a church library when you are done and understand the difference in prayers that remove "outside" blockage from outside sources beyondyour choice or control.

If there is a church library near you where you know the volunteers well, I can mail the books there and you can borrow them and remain anonymous while the library gets a free donation. Let me know.

If more people knew the difference between these types of prayers, everyone would be free of drug addictions, cycles of abuse, and even criminal sickness which has been cured this way when doctors thought it was impossible. There are different types of prayer, so the right one has to be applied or it can fail by skipping steps.

Because you like natural homeopathy healing, you remind me of Tim Minchin's poem STORM

which is an all time favorite classic. I tried to find the link, but they all failed to load. I like the original red-letter version best and didn't like the cartoon movie. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d39_1239329292

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My mother says I should just DA already.

by Julia Orwell in

cut the cord.

sever all ties.

start new.. and she's right.

emilynghiem

Dear Julia

If you have health issues with your mind and your meds

I would focus there first. Say you are taking a medical leave

and work that out first. If you never come back, too bad.

Some doctors' books I would recommend for regaining confidence

in your mind again

* Change your brain change your life by Dr. Daniel Amen

Some people say the scans he shows are exaggerated, and there isn't that much visible proof of the healing he claims, but the concepts are real and they help to exchange negative thoughts and replace with positive

* Healing by Dr. Francis MacNutt edition 1999 or later

If you want to speed up your recovery from cult abuse, I would contact his nonprofit outreach or other free ones and that may bring you faster relief through your grief process

his nonprofit website is http://www.christianhealingmin.org

Dr. Phillip Goldfedder is a former neurosurgeon who uses spiritual healing now which he found more effective: http://www.healingisyours.com

You can find these references and other free help

that I listed all on one webpage so it's faster to find: http://www.spiritual-healing.us

The biggest step is to FORGIVE and AGREE to ask help to FORGIVE when you can't on your own.

Just forgive 77 times 77, and when it's more than you can let go, that's when you call on Christian prayer in Christ Jesus to do that for you, and it is done. The recovery work with your mind and memories,

you still may need to go through and forgive each memory so they don't keep attracting negative emotions.

The key is forgiveness, so on that website I listed the Steps to Forgiveness and Dangers of Unforgiveness

to help let go of these traps along the road to recovery. Keep forgiving and it will pass, one day one step at a time.

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Is my purpose to help, fail and suffer?

by TheLonelyOne in

hi folks im coming from far for many, for some maybe bit near.

life has been thought.

even though i'm only 27 pain and problems has been around since my first days.

emilynghiem

Dear TheLonelyOne

the fact you still know the difference between right and wrong,

between what is unhealthy and where you KNOW you need to be,

you are still rightminded and on the right track. People who are really lost would not post what you did so honestly.

There is more hope for you than 1000 people who show no problems because they hide and lie to themselves.

You are honest and humble, so you will receive.

I recommend spiritual healing from any free source you can find that knows how to invoke Jesus authority to break through addictions, abuse cycle, and "generational" sickness from the past.

The free help I recommend most because these people are nonprofit volunteers who help for free

and do not try to add any conditions on the help they give to anyone as their calling from God

* Dr. Francis MacNutt, read his book on HEALING edition 1999 or later

or anyone can post a free prayer request on his nonprofit website http://www.christianhealingmin.org

His book explains the process, why prayers can fail and what it takes to find the cause and pray for forgiveness for it, etc. Also "The Healing Light" by Agnes Sanford is another good explanation of natural healing and recovery

* Dr. Phillip Goldfedder http://www.healingisyours.com

he is more scriptural and authoritative in approach, coming from a Jewish background and discovering spiritual healing as a doctor. Since then, spiritual healing has replaced his medical practice in neurosurgery because he has cured more people at the root cause than surgery has been able to help which is burdensome and costly.

* Olivia Reiner also has a free help line for prayer of any kind, especially deliverance prayer

and help with recovery from addiction and abuse that are very hard to break

I'm not sure if I can post her number her, but she gives permission to share it to help more people

it is posted at http://www.spiritual-healing.us

If there are other sources of spiritual healing that are free and don't require you to join any group,

those are the ones I recommend. They focus on forgiveness and casting out demons by Jesus authority.

NOTE: the JW do not believe that spiritual healing is consistent with scripture and God's will.

they mistake it for spiritism, occult and demonic witchcraft which is negative and outside or against Christ.

True spiritual healing that is natural uses Christ authority and works WITH science and medicine

as part of natural law and science as gifts from God. So Dr. MacNutt explains the difference, but JW

aren't taught this. It is important to learn about spiritual healing because God designed the mind and body

to heal themselves by the spirit. So by removing BLOCKAGES caused by unforgiveness, then sickness that could not be healed before are able to be cured in Christ Jesus. His spirit restores natural healing process of God by removing curses, unforgiven feelings and memories causing ill will and division, etc. that make us sick.

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The god of the bible doesn't care and here's some proof.

by Crazyguy in

around 600 ad a man named muhammed created a book called the quran.

a few hundred years later the followers of this new religion called islam went on a holy crusade out of arabia to spread their religion.

in one key battle they were met by the ruling government army and were out numbered at least by 3 to 1. they could of easily lost and if god would of made sure of this most likely thier religion would of stayed an insagnificant religion of just arabia.

emilynghiem

Mohammad also taught there is no compulsion in religion and to respect

God's natural laws on fair government and democratic principles, similar

to how Christians are taught to respect civil authority and respect for gentiles under natural laws.

Here is a website for Muslims who believe in practicing their faith alongside

Christians and Constitutionalists and not the way Jihadists do who worship Jihad instead of God:

http://www.muslims4liberty.org/

Mohammad taught to receive and respect all sent by God,

to love all people of the Book, Jews Christians and Muslims under God's laws.

So following Christian scripture correctly would make Jews and Muslims

another denomination of Christianity similar to Messianic Jews who receive Christ.

I agree with the poster above who points out the PROBLEM is how Jesus is taught or not taught,

similar to Jews who report they were never taught the full meaning and message of Jesus in the Bible.

As for God not caring, if we care for our neighbors with God's love,

then this love is received and shared.

It is when WE don't care for our neighbors but judge and reject them and cut them off,

then other people do this to us because that's all they see around them. Material love and rewards.

We are called to LOVE and forgive one another

as Jesus Christ loves us, so that is all inclusive and unconditional as God's love.

In time, this love will transform our neighbors who are exposed to it when we embrace each other and sharing the loving grace and healing transformation in Christ Jesus.

God's love grace and salvation is ALWAYS present, but it is up to US to forgive and remove barriers by asking help in Christ, in order to receive and share this love in fellowship with neighbors.

So everyone can see the Kingdom of God among us.