For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile. (What does this mean to you? Explain briefly.)?
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Well friend,\nI am a christian.\nAnd this is what that verse means to me.\n\nThe main problem with christians is that they always like to read such verses from a worldy perspective ignoring the spiritual aspect of it.\n\nLook at the begining it mentions of future and hope. Thats what we should be aiming for NOT earthly fortunes or satisfactions.\n\nSeeking the Lord comes with calling upon our Lord as well as praying to Him NOT just sitting around and trying to "argue" out things in your mind. Honesty is important here.\n\nNow consider, the phrase...\n"will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."\n\nSome people like to take the that and say, Hey, God will bless me!!\nIt is true but does it mention necessarily EARTHLY blessings? No. I believe its more spiritual blessings that you will inherit one day in the afterlife. For the spiritual blessings are eternal as opposed to the temporary blessings on earth.\n\nWell, dont seek after earthly things as others do, these are all vanity.\n\nAs for me,\n"Jesus is enough"\nNothing else I want.\n\nRegards
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Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings like eagles. This is important to me cause it shows me that when I trust in the Lord he will be there for me.
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For you-\nPsalm 31:1-5   \nIn You, O Lord, I put my trust;\nLet me never be ashamed;\nDeliver me in Your righteousness.\nBow down Your ear to me,\nDeliver me speedily;\nBe my rock of refuge,\nA fortress of defense to save me.\n\nFor you are my rock and my fortress;\nTherefore, for Your name's sake,\nLead me and guide me.\nPull me out of the net which they\n        have secretly laid for me,\nFor you are my strength.\nInto Your hand I commit my spirit;\nYou have redeemed me, O Lord God\n        of truth.\n\nMay the Lord bless you!
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Jesus is my best friend and he's always there to help me in rough times!! i hope u never lose your faith. GOD BLESS!\nthers a verse in Hebrews that i live by and want to share. \nNever will I leave YOU and Never will i Forsake you. \n\nNever, i mean never forget that verse. it helps me through the hard times
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yeah, that doesn't sound good, I agree.\n\nBut perhaps it means that they will follow God whether it brings bad things on themselves or not.  For example, let us say that you have a business and it is going under.  You could cheat and be dishonest and keep the business up and running, and prosper.  But that would not be to obey the Lord.  But if you say, "I refuse to cheat.  I will obey God, even though it brings bad fortune upon me - even if I lose my business."\n\nThat's one way that I took the verse.  I'd have to read it in context to see if that could work in context.
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Scriptural references are needed to explain:\n\nRomans 8:29-30\n[29] 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.  [30]  And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.  (NIV)\n\nHebrews 10:35-39\n[35]  So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  [36]  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  [37]  For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay.  [38]  But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him."  [39]  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.  (NIV)\n\nThere are those who shrink back… and they will be destroyed.  Nonetheless, your own soul tells you whether you are one of them or not.  Do you desire to shrink back?  Or did God call you?  There are Christians who choose Christ… and there are Christians who are called.\n\nAs in Jesus’ own words:\n\nJohn 6:66-71\n[66]  From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.  [67]  "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.  [68] Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. [69]  We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."  [70] Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"  [71] (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)  (NIV)\n\nThere are numerous passages that I can refer too.  Basically, predestination and the human being’s freewill are tied together and are complicated. It depends whether you delight in wickedness or whether you hold on to the truth.  If a certain practice that you partake in becomes genuinely revealed as wicked… Will you abandon it to hold on to the truth… or will you ignore?  Satan tempts and deceives… but he cannot effect your will.\n\nGalatians 6:7-8\n[7]  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.  [8] The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.  (NIV)\n\nIf a Christian never seeks to please the Spirit, but only pleases his sinful nature, he will not reap eternal life… he will, instead, reap destruction.\n\nSalvation is in three phases:  Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.  \n\nThe Process of Salvation Defined:\n\nJustification – Declared righteous – I am saved.\nSanctification – Ongoing growth – I am being saved.\nGlorification – Future without sin – I will be saved.\n\nTo be justified is to be saved… confessing that Jesus is Lord… believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead.  Some people, sadly, stop there.\n\nBeing sanctified is described in these words:  \n \n1 Corinthians 6:11\nAnd that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.  (NIV)\n\nSanctification is done by the Spirit of God… it is being refined by him.  The Spirit of God is the Counselor… and yet so many deny that God speaks.  To be sanctified, a Christian must have a true growing relationship with God.  And how can one have a relationship without communication/fellowship with the Spirit of Jesus?  A true maturing Disciple is not easily outwitted by Satan’s schemes… because he or she knows about his scheming.\n\n2 Thessalonians 2:11-12\n[11] For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie [12] and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. (NIV)\n\nThe fakes will no
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Very well put.  Thank you.\n\nHumbly do I implore You, keep me in Your divine grace, and deprive me not of peace. Save me from sudden misfortunes; deliver me and sustain me. May I never displease You, my Lord.\n\n-From the prayer book "Al-Hizbul-A'zam"\n\nAttentiveness is the path to true life;\nIndifference is the path to death.\nThe attentive do not die;\nThe indifferent are as if they are dead already.\n\n-Dhammapada\n\n As long as the soul is within me, I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, my God and God of my fathers.\n\n- Talmud: Berakot 60b \n\nNot everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. \n-Matthew 7:21
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Something Specially\n        For  You                       \n\nI said a prayer for you today \n    And know God must have heard-\nI felt the answer in my heart\n    Although He spoke no word!\nI didn't ask for wealth or fame\n   (I knew you wouldn't mind)-\nI asked Him to send you treasures\n   Of a far more lasting kind!\nI asked that He'd be near you\n     At the start of each new day\nTo grant you health and blessings\n    And my friendship to share your way\nI asked for happiness for you\n    In all things great and small-\nBut it was for His loving care\n    I prayed the most of all.\n\n               By:     Kenny P. aka-Cobra
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they mean the power of God.  Rely on the strength of God to get you through hard times.
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It is a Biblical reference to children... Read the psalm below, the specific reference is in verses 3 to 5.\n\nPsalms 127\n1 EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.\n\n2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved asleep.\n\n3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.\n\n4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.\n\n5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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It means that we "must" forgive our brothers and sisters or GOD will not forgive us. Plain and simple. It also shows up in the Lords Prayer where Jesus teaches us to pray daily. This was a key point of Jesus commandments for us. The Bible also teaches that we have the rite to forgive sins done to us and that GOD will also forgive them because we did. This is a very powerful rite. When Jesus was on the Cross he said "GOD forgive them for they know not what they do." According to Jesus commandments they were forgiven. This is mind blowing to think about.\n\nMay GOD richly bless you.
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Everything that is , has been or will be , is in his perfect will. We can not understand God's perfect will as long as our knwoledge is veiled. For God works even that which is evil for good to those that diligently seek him and abide by his precepts. If your search is to find flaw and imperfection you will arrive soon, if your search is for is glory, both you and I have a long way to get there and we will certainly not accomplish it until that which is perfect returns.
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God knows future means he know in what all ways thing can happen. He has also provided limited free will to choose among the various paths he has allowed. Prayer to God help in God allowing more favorable ways to happen for us. Also prayer is not limited to worldly matters alone, we also pray for forgiving of our sins, acceptance of good deeds and for  salvation in hereafter.
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Dear: Love    GOD is LOVE.They are afraid of the TRUTH.Mans Heart is far away from GOD.Jesus said if you follow me you will also be persecuted,your reward will be in HEAVEN.Be of good cheer for GOD never sleeps,and sees our works.      GOD BLESS
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meh. ask your god. he will supply u with what u want if u pray to him and have faith? thats what it says in your bible.
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When Jesus was asked this question, He replied \n"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."\nMatthew 22:37-40
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that is not the meaning. I am a christian. Asking God into our life means that we have to do as God instructs us to do, no killing, no lies, respects each other, blablabla.. If we only received the existence of God in our life and we disobey what He says to us, then we are closer to heaven. \nBuddhists, Taoists or free thinkers or other religion must have the chance going to heaven if they always do the good things in life.