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Last night I had a dream
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Last night I had a dreamJames Robert Duke says (15 Jan '13)
Last night in a dream I was brought to within seconds of the end of my life. I could feel the impending doom as it came to me as quick as you can think. I felt an overwhelming pressure and searched for my last words to say. The feeling was all encompassing. Quickly I searched my brain for what to say as my last words and felt I had only seconds to come up with what to say. These were the words that found me "Please Forgive me God!" I awoke as I knew I had just yelled those words as I was awoken from my dream. Interpret my dream as you wish! PTL
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Last night in a dream I was brought to within seconds of the end of my life. I could feel the impending doom as it came to me as quick as you can think. I felt an overwhelming pressure and searched for my last words to say. The feeling was all encompassing. Quickly I searched my brain for what to say as my last words and felt I had only seconds to come up with what to say. These were the words that found me "Please Forgive me God!" I awoke as I knew I had just yelled those words as I was awoken from my dream. Interpret my dream as you wish! PTL
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God Please Forgive me for I
God Please Forgive me for I have Sinned! And will Sin Again I know! PTL
Thanks Shirl keep it coming.
Thanks Shirl keep it coming. Love your shugga honey baby
The Examined Life;
The Examined Life;
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One of the benefits of our trials is that they allow us the opportunity to examine our life; and as it is said, the unexamined life is not worth living. If we flow through life without evaluating who we are and what we believe, we have not really lived; we have certainly not lived according to a consistent set of beliefs. This evaluation requires a boldness to explore beneath the surface of our beliefs, into our very soul! Without this boldness we may give the appearance of living, and may even fool ourselves for a number of years, but there will always be an emptiness until we look deep within and deal with what we find.
God knows every detail of our heart; "Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13). But our Heavenly Father desires for us to know our own heart as we are being transformed; "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves" (2 Corinthians 13:5).
As we seek to understand who we are - with all our hidden motives, pride, and selfishness - we find we are somewhat difficult to understand. Without the spiritual help which God freely gives, there will be parts of our life which remain covered and dark. There may also be portions of our heart we would rather not face.
Psalm 139:23-24
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
It is foolish to think we can hide anything from God! It is equally foolish to intentionally close areas of our heart from examination when we know those areas are keeping us separated from God. What do we really believe? And are we living consistent with that belief?
(Steve Troxel - God's Daily Word Ministries)
Absolutely beautiful post,
Absolutely beautiful post, 1BBSHIRLEE!!! Thank you. You said what I feel and practice better than I knew how. Bless you! I am reminded of a favorite hymn:
"Come, thou Fount of every blessing,tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, mount of thy redeeming love.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above."
I personally don't find it
I personally don't find it very hard to eat of His Body and drink of His blood which happens to be the only way to salvation. He did sacrifice His Body and He did shed His most precious Blood to redeem us. Why do people ignore it or not believe it? I'm sure they got out and drink anything else. My god such a simple recommendation and it has turned into a disaster changing and rearanging the face of His Holy Church, creating divide. How foolish is he who does not believe. I have a feeling that it's too late for the others to conform to our beliefs (The Roman Catholic Church), due to......drumroll please....PRIDE. Boy oh boy man just cannot humble himself to believe such a wonderful thought. I feel so very blessed and I do get nourished when I recieve my Lord in Holy Communion. And I hope that He feels the same and that I will be a worthy place for Him to live as well. Amen. I had to laugh while singing in our Resurrection Choir (for furnerals) yeaterday apparently the husband of the woman that was being buried was a Protestant and she was a Catholic. Anyway, they had 2 pastors form the Protestant (which means protest), there at the service. My priest has lunch with them and they discuss the differences which is Holy Communion (he's trying his best to explain something so simple to them for years and years now). Well when it came time for us to recieve our Holy Communion he had to tell the people that are not Cahhloic that they can only recieve a blessing because we must stick with our tradition. So I was watching this FEMALE pastor literally take her glasses off and keep her hands over her eyes pretending to be rubbing her eyes during the Consecration
(which is when the priest actually has the power to turn the host into the Body and the wine into His blood), and her face was turnign beet red. I was amused by her body language. That was the only time in the 1 1/2 hr. that she did that. Now having a women as a pastor is opening up an new can of wor
We have been given God's Word
We have been given God's Word as a guide, "a lamp to my feet" (Psalm 119:105). And as we dig deeper into His Word, we find the same lamp which guides our steps also reveals our heart: "The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being" (Proverbs 20:27). Using God's Word to truly examine our heart can be painful. It seems we strip back one layer only to expose additional layers of sin we didn't even know we had; but this process must continue without fear!
If we desire to live in His presence and bring Him glory and honor in all we do, we must determine today to know ourselves. We must know what we believe, with all our strengths and weaknesses, and know our level of resolve to follow where He leads. Let's open our heart and allow His Spirit to search and wash us with His Word. Let's follow according to a consistent belief and commit to living the examined life.
Have a Christ Centered Day!
(Steve Troxel)
(God's Daily Word Ministries)
Amen. And don't forget to
Amen. And don't forget to recieve His precious body and Blood worthily. Recieve His Sacrements as often as possible. They serve as a remedy to help cleanse our souls to grow with Him and in Him. As He has spoken; "Unless you eat of my Body and drink of My blood you will not have life everlasting." That's the greatest treasure anyone could ever ask for in this life! Thank you Lord for sending down your Bread of Life from Heaven. We wait in joyful hope when you will unite us all to your One Body in Christ. Amen. P.S. Many of His Saints in The Roman Catholic Church lived on Holy Communion for 4 yrs. at a time with no water. Oh, and only Incorruptible Saints are Roman Catholic. He has said; My Holy ones will never see decay. I think that says alot about my faith. Scientists are baffeled to this day especially when there was no enbalming used on the body. Only The Lord has such power. He is obviously trying to tell the world something......but the world
refuses to want to know......or is just too blind. Go ahead and keep scratching and shaking your heads, it's such a pity.
IProverbs 3:5-6
IProverbs 3:5-6
New International Version (NIV)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
The only Bibles to read are
The only Bibles to read are the ones printed from the 1950's to 1962. all the new ones are influenced and changed around.
True but ten basic facts
True but ten basic facts remain the same,.and the word can never be changed,.Not sure how to spell them or find where its written,.but no Jolt or Tittle can ever change the word of God.
You should google the right
You should google the right stuff as a practicing Catholic. The prayer of forgiveness. Memorize it. A Jesuit once told me that if your last thought was even to start the prayer of the act of confession, that you would pass into that "blessed state" without Last Rites.
It's called the act of
It's called making an act of contrition. It's the prayer that you say at the end of your confession to the priest. I do not need to read a Catholic handbook. I've got the goods and I've been a practicing Catholic all of my life. I was raised in it and I went to 9 yrs. of Catholic school. I was just a sinner and I strayed away by partying and living the high life and being a hypecyrte (can't spell it). I am winding down to not being a sinner at all which is difficult but not impossible to achieve. I have always loved to be challenged in life but this for me the ultimate challenge and somewhat of a personal sacrifice as well. I know my stuff inside and out. I live it each and everyday thank you very much.
Adena, I was not speaking to
Adena, I was not speaking to you. James was the intended recipient. Glad to see you posting again, but, based on the history of your posts, I simply wish you happiness. Period. Outside of those parameters, please ignore me, K?
I totally understand. That
I totally understand. That was back when I was a sinner hanging out with sinners. People do and can change. I appologise if I offended you in anyway. Please note that having to wear bi-focals now really sucks and my eyes aren't really trained to be able to notice who is typing to who. Plus I have never texed messaged anyone in my life. In 10 grade I got 28 words in a five min. timed writing with some mistakes......Then I got taken in the hall by my teacher to tell me the effects that mariguana has and that I may be at trisk to giving birth to a deformed child. Go figure....While my mom was home cooking dinner we were out smoking pinners....Literally true word for word. I'm still trying to get my two brain cells left to get along. Sorry for the misunderstanding. No excuses, I will try to ignore you from now on. Thanks.
Appreciate that apology.
Appreciate that apology. JMHO, as the pendulum swings, I think that you need to come back more to middle ground, and forget that priest who is taking advantage of you. Faith and culture build you, but intelligence and the ability to out think your circumstances (born and bred) is the key to survival and actualizing yourself as a woman and a human being. You are a smart girl, and I do care. Get a Pell Grant, further your education (per you own skills I have seen documented here for a decade or more) and fly Adena.
Fondly....Jocelyn
Yes fly but in the opposite
Yes fly but in the opposite dirrection. We are from this world but not of it. When you have somewhat renounced the world and have given your self to The Lord nothing else seems to matter but to please Him. He is most fulfilling to the ones who love Him in that very unique and special way. He is molding me not any school which I have been to one
too many thus far. I do believ that i have been given a special gift.
My priest has told me as well. My priest is in no way taking advantage of me, if anything I'm the one taking advantage of him. I do struggle with being so attracted to him and he's only human just like me and you, only he was called by The Lord to serve His people which is me and you. Knowing my priest and many the other ones that I have grown up with, I see how very special each and every one of them are and why The
Good Shepherd has chose each and every one of them. My new priest (the one I have spoken about alot around here) and being that I've only known him for a little over 3 yrs. now is very strange how he has let me become more open to my religion more comfortable due to his wonderful hospitality. I feel as if I have know him my whole life. He secretes such peace that it penetrates right through you when in his presence. He hasn't even had to do anything but he has done alot for me at this most unfortunate andf trying time with my mother. I believe that I wouldn't have made it without him. It's hard to explain. I'm sure that he is even having a hard tiome thinking about it himself. Because we really don't comunicate that much and we see eachother at Mass and a few little times when I am singing in the choir or at our 21+ group. I belive it's a real anf hopefully final temptation from My Lord to test me out once again.....Because I could take a nose dive if ya know what I mean! ha,ha,ha. At least I've learned tha thoughts of love are not a sin but thoughts of lust are. Of course I've confessed these feelings many times.
Personally, I do not know
Personally, I do not know which to be scared of more, the old you, this religious drivel you took the time to type, or the new you. Is your God the only God? Look around the planet. There are millions of peeps doing all sorts of different belief systems. Do you think they (and all before them) are condemned to hell because their God was not your God? Because someone sprayed HOLY water on you, you are saved? If a belief system works for you, great. If it works for your family and your most precious children, great and tithe for the privilege mightily.
But know what you are doing and why you are doing it. The next world is about what you do here for others. Instead of preaching and proselytizing, judging and condemning, yourself as well as others, get a move on and realize that each one of us is just a speck in the Universe. All we get of this is what is now. My opinion is that far too many folks spend time here lost in fantasy. I love Bob...and someday, when our eyes meet in that arena, he will know that I and only I can complete him. Yeah. Right. And the sillier you are, the more money he makes. Because you pay him to do it. Grow up. If your own life ain't working, fix it. Don't worry about Bob, because he ain't worried about you. And he gets to do that on the beach of some of the most exclusive beaches in the world. Look out your window, are you on a beach? Yet a lot of you here could not even name every member of the band. Family? Hmmm. Dysfunctional? Do not get me started.
Okay, I just read two
Okay, I just read two different statements from one person. Are you bi-polar? Do you have a split personality? My God is my God and anyone else is free to make Him their God as well. Please highlight where I said that he is only my God, will ya? Because it is not what I said at all. Now when people tell ask me ,"Does that mean that I'm going to hell?" I never said that either. How people twist things in their minds, perhaps out of some kind of inner guilt or something. I do what workd for me. I will shout it on the roof tops and so far I'm living in a free enough country where I can do so. If you think the wide open road is the way to salvation then go for it. I am not here to stop anyone and I've been trying to save people if not physically, spiritually by being an example. Once again, that's my choice. See what I mean? How irritated some people can get? And why? Just because it so very hard for you to do is no reason to start accusing me of something that I am not doing. This is where I get entertained. Oh,by the way I could care less if I ever see another beach again. I can hop a plane to Italy to where my father has his childhood home and go walking in the Mediteranian Sea ya know. But I am taking care of a sick person and The Lord says to care for the sick. I have made a choice. I could be skiping merrily on the beaches of California too with my best childhood friends who have been waiting for me for over a decade to return. They are ready to even buy my plane ticket. But that's not where I'm at, and please don't condem me for it, okay? I am in no way condmeing anyone nor am I judging anyone, let's get that straight. I am merely sharing somthing that I know is very special and obviously you cannot see or hear it. Then I will stop the madness that you are turning this into. The End. PS. I have loved my Rock and Roll Jesus for a long, long, Lonely Road of Faith of a long time so we're even and you know it from remembering me.
What I would love to do the
What I would love to do the most is to get back into my artwork. It is a gift that I was born with and has been something that has alays given me an inner satisfaction and contentment. But, but, but I still think that The Lord has another plan for me. I do know something about being able to save peolpe in a strange way. I've been doing it since I was a kid with my friends. It's too long to get into but I will be seeking guidence very soon about it in my religion. I think that it may be somewhat of a calling, I'm not sure. But right now I've got my hands tied trying to save my very own mother and we have come a very long way. And for that I feel blessed and grateful. Not to get a piece of paper with another degree to add on to the thermomiter that I had been building. Learning is great but I want an eternal reward right now. My blood happens to be boiling in my faith and nothing in this world can quench that thirst right now. It's the way The Lord wants it and I'm not going to got over and above His will for my own selfish will, that would be very foolish of me right now. That's all I can say. PS. If and when I decide to fly it's hopefully going to be when He calls me home right inot His arms....Hopefully straight to Heaven! Thanks for listening. I love you all.
Hun, I think you need to
Hun, I think you need to figure out you, what you want, and how you want it. Now. I do not think the good Lord above, all the saints, the angels, Jesus Mary or the Holy Spirit is watching or caring one wit, even if your home abuts the rectory and is the oldest in the parish. I think they peek down every great once and awhile and just shake their heads. We are here as a group of people and we need to figure out how to help each other and ourselves. You can give your life away to the Roman Catholic Church if you want. But then, no art. At all. And you STILL will not know until the last breath you take if your life is worth "saving" because you don't know who you are or what you want, let alone have any time left to attempt to achieve it. You let THEM decide for you. And on the grave marker it says "Beloved Daughter."
My tombstone will say
My tombstone will say "Beloved Daughter who was Beheaded." And that would be just fine with me.
I'm serious, I'm ready for action!
Listen the Good News is that
Listen the Good News is that I don't have to join a convent, even though I threatened my dad last summer that I was joining one out in California. He had a tear in his eye. :Listen you can still be a Saint even if your married okay. Like I say when I say the line that Robert Downy Jr. said in his movie Less Than Zero; "Do I look like I'm ready for homework?" Your deeds go with you to judgement not what you have accomplished. The riches and ambitions of the world are filthy rags to The Lord. Yea you can co-create with Him as long as you are living in Him. The world doesn't recognise us just like they didn't recognise Him when He was here either. Every Mass you go to to worship Him goes with you. All he asks for is to worship Him and give thanks along with other things that He did to teach us while He was here. Boy, you guys are worse than my parents who raised me this way and they think I'm crazy too. Well not as much with my poor posessed mother (she just projectile vomits everytime I throw Holy Water on her, but that's opening up another can of worms) as my so-called strict dad who shakes is head at me all the time. No, up in heaven they are very happy for me, it's down here where all the problems are. I didn;t loose my sense of humor I just have to be alot more clean about it....Even though dirty jokes kinda rule. It's a process and a challenge ya know what I'm say'in? And it's not very nice to tell dirty jokes and to talk dirty all the time. I've got to close my virgin ears tro all of this because it is displeasing to Him. It's called a conversion.....but I'm only human, that's why I go to confession for the grace to try not to relapse back into sin.
Kinda like Jim Morrison wrote
Kinda like Jim Morrison wrote: "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn!" We all need a Higher Power at some Point in our life! Recently we were given help from the Bishop of a "stake" of The Church of Jesus Christ and LDS. I can tell you this...they Saved Us meaning a place to stay, food, transportation and we believe this group to be some of the Greatest Christians we have ever met. Meaning they are "like Christ". They came and helped and said it's not to try to covert us. However, because they helped and invited us to meetings we agreed and have attended their Church the last two Weeks. However, even though they all seem convinced that they are "The" Church of God on Earth we just don't believe in many of the same things they do and made a decision to NOT convert. We made a decision to return to Our Chosen Religion. I stil respect them Think of them as Great and have made friends. Mormon friends. We love em. We are going to get the kids back into Church because it does help to teach a better way of life! Mainly the teachings of Jesus Christ! Love one another! But I respect all religions and the people who believe! Just not the ones who kill in the name of any God of course and that's what we are fighting in the world today. "Hey Young Man....You Gotta Dig Down Deep in Your Soul! Bobby puts a lot of God and Jesus into his work. I think he believes and is mindful of his works and faith. Half the reason he is so successful and happy! As far as too many on here? Not enough Rebel Soldiers! I challange us all to find and bring to Jesus one more Soldier this month. Rock n Roll Jesus needs more to add to the Flock!!!!
It does say that you can't
It does say that you can't get to heaven just by being good.
So true and life by me and
So true and life by me and others has been mistaken as a game,..its not game,..its a war,..a war of priceapalitys and Jesus was sent through his father,.for they are 1 to show and repersent how we should live our life,..Each day we are in a battle,..and Duke about that sin that you wrote you'll do again,..dont let that MF'er win,....wwjd,..day by day,...
At 48 I can relate. To dinner
At 48 I can relate. To dinner I was always late. Smokin pinners runnin with sinners never to worryin about reachin heavons gate. But as of late in this life of hate I have found the love that I need. It's within you and within me and now I plainly see. Thank You.
Not sure who put a bee in
Not sure who put a bee in your bonnet. Thank You for the lesson. I had forgoten what it was called. I do find it troubling that a devout Catholic states that they don't need to read a "Catholic Handbook" the Catechism of the Catholic Church is not a "Handbook" and it's not intended to be "read". Ask a Priest once your able to contact one. You will find one available for questions just outside the door of the Church right after Mass every day of the week, twice on Sunday. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a complitation of beliefs that have evolved over the last 2000 plus years. It is the "living word" of the Faith! It is a reference book when Catholics have questions on specific beliefs and no one "has the goods". We are all sinners, Priest Sin, Popes Sin you sin and we all will be sinners for as long as we live. For example when I wanted to know exactly where the "Church" stood on gambling I went to the Catechism. (I looked up how to spell it just for you as I have been away for a long time) The catechism makes clear the answers on how to live a good life. The life that Jesus Christ wants for us. Maybe it's time to stop practicing. There is no such thing as winding down to not being a sinner. We are all sinners! Born into a world of sin and remember No one is perfect in this world, not you, not me for sure as I'm sure I'm messing up now responding to your post, and not even Kid Rock! We all are sinners and we are all trying to get better always. Just remember the words that Jesus spoke "love one another as I have loved you". In the end, we are all just people full of sin, trying to make it through this journey we all call Life! You are doing Great! You are Great and I mean that most sincere. I admire that you speak up for your beliefs as that shows you have Faith and together with Works you will find what your looking for which for me is .....Peace of Mind! Love ya Peace Out!!!
James, you can shovel it. No
James, you can shovel it. No lie. You should be a senior account exec in charge of marketing and sales. Selling ice to Eskimos....
nah Vacumes to people with
nah Vacumes to people with dirt floors.
My baptism cleansed me from
My baptism cleansed me from Original Sin right off the bat. And it is possible to not sin anymore and to strive to become a Saint. Who are you to judge me for what I know I am doing? STOP PRACTICING????? That's what getting me closer and closer to achieveing my goal ya nutball. I hate to get angry but I am offended! WE? Maybe YOU should START TO PRACTICE! Didn't you ever hear of the term practi makes perfact? This is the test right here and you have no control of how I wish to pass it. You have no right to condecend what I am doing with myself. You don't know me! Many are called but FEW are CHOSEN! I do have the peace that The Lord has spoken of after everything I have had to edure in this life. It's a peace that the world cannot give. It frustrates most people as well to see that I can get through rough storms joyfully as I have grown and learned to do by my faith. When He lives in your heart you are set on fire with love! He can dispose of me as He wishes and I will still rejoice and praise His Holy name! It is difficult but not impossible to become a Saint. I have worn many hats in this life and He has blessed me with many artistic talents in this life. But they have never amounted to anything, I think He (The Lord) planned it that way for a reason. My friends who know me even agree that there's nothing left for me to do but to become a Saint. I tell my priest that I want to become the Saint of the rock stars! Why not? Now that would be shooting for the stars for me! I am just being molded like all of the others right now. Ive been tried like gold in a firery furnace. I consider my misfortunes blessings in disguise. I seek also to become one of His victum Saints as well. I think I can take the pain now, I think. We'll see. God Bless. Peace.
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