Christians, do like this quote?
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Thank you sooo much! i love quotes, and i collect them. i have a journal of them. that one is definitely going into my journal. i love that quote. do you know any other good ones?
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I am a member of Christian of Texas. I enjoy reading the daily digest that is sent to me. My 360 link is http://360.yahoo.com/brickcollecter and my favorite scripture is John 3:16 because it explains our entire plan of salvation in one, simple verse. Too many think that it has to be hard to be saved, that you have to prove something. You don't, it's a gift from God, you only have to accept it and declare it! God bless you.
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Interesting how so many people quote a different part of the bible without dealing with the fact that there is a clear contradictino here.\n\nTHis guy posted a verse that says basically, ask and you shall receive. Not "I'll think about it", but you shall receive.  And you all quote verses saying "not so fast".  Well, which is it? Can we move mountains with faith? Only if it's for a good cause? What?
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It is said that our righteousness is like filthy rags in the sight of GOd.\nItis HE that makes things right wiht us.\n\nlook at it his way. indeed many christians are giving lip service, I know so many people that only call themselves christians because they were raised christian, but dont even believe in GOD. It's just a response. \n\nHere's the TRUTH:\nWhen I say....... "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin." I'm whispering "I was lost," Now I'm found and forgiven. \nWhen I say......"I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need CHRIST to be my guide. \nWhen I say........ "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess. \nWhen I say....... "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect, My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it. \nWhen I say...... "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain, I have my share of heartaches So I call upon His name. \nWhen I say........ "I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou, I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow. \n~Maya Angelou \n\n this IS the christian lifestyle. We are not perfect, and media hypes, fakes and others who try to portray us that way are WRONG! that doesn't mean we dont have a stand on some issues,and it doesnt mean we dont have radicals, it just means we are HUMAN SINNERS!!
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Very, very good question. \n\nScripture tells us that we are to give up even our own lives for Christ. There is nothing we should hold before God. But life in this world is plagued with commercialism forever taunting us to "please self" and do away with God and His will. We, as Christians, NEED to get back to that place where NOTHING in this life interests us. That's a hard saying, but I think it's true.
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I'm a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His and I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.\n     My past is redeemed. My present makes sense. My future is secure. I'm done and finished with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap living, and dwarfed goals.\n     I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, or first, or tops, or recognized, or praised, or rewarded. I live by faith, lean on His presence, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by Holy Spirit power.\n     My face is set. My gait is fast. My goal is heaven. My road may be narrow, my way rough, my companions few, but my guide is reliable and my mission is clear.\n     I will not be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed.\n      I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice or hesitate in the presence of the adversary. I will not negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.\n     I won't give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of Christ.\n     I am a disciple of Jesus. I must give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He comes. And when He does come for His own, He'll have no problems recognizing me. My colors will be clear!
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In the Bible it says "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:  and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."  \n\nsorry, I misquoted the first time
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This is one of those standard retorts that drives a stake through the hearts of bleedin' heart christians and their rabid war-mongering associates even.\nIt's a stumper for some, an opportunity for trotting out the prepared church answer for others.\nI am not one of either of these, thank the Dog!
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Yielding rocks! My favourite answer was this one...\n\nQuestion:\n\nIs ************ a sin? If yes, where in the Bible?\n\nYieldings Answer:\n\nThe bible says; \n\nThou shalt not ********** with a *********, for thou art a ************ if thou dost. \nLet all ye who ************ be smote with *********** for the ********** is thy ********* and therefore thy *********** will shrivel up and drop off.\nShould thou ************ with a ************ up your ***********, then the ************* shall be thy ***********, and the *********** will be like to that of the ************ on the Jerry Springer show.\n\nROFL!!!! That's just TOO funny!!!
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Hannibal Lecktor said, "...if you do as God does, enough times, you become as God is."\n\nWell, that is a twisted truth. Hey, it's Lecktor, what do you expect? But basically, God made man and gave him an incredible authority, that of being a "judge". As a judge you are exercising power much like God--that is, as judge and arbiter over men's lives. This was an awesome responisbility. Now look at the Psalm you sited closely and in context...\n\nWhat sets God apart?\nGod stands in the congregation of the mighty;\nHe judges among the gods.\n\nWas God satisfied with their judgments?\nHow long will you judge unjustly,\nAnd show partiality to the wicked? \n\nGod gave them a great responsibility...\nI said, “You are gods,\nAnd all of you are children of the Most High.\n\nBut did they live up to the task? NO!\nBut you shall die like men,\nAnd fall like one of the princes.\n\nThe Pharisees knew the scriptures up and down, inside and out. When He said, "It is written", the Pharisees would pride themselves on knowing the full scripture, its context, and what early sages said about it. When Jesus said, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"' What the Pharisee would immediately recognize is that in judging Jesus of being a blasphemer, they were not fulfilling their role as proper judges and would die as men due to mishandling their office. Jesus would only be a blasphemer if He wasn't GOD, and so He told them to judge by the works He did since they would validate His claim.\n\nIt's a toughy, but you have to put yourself in the place of the Pharisees listening to Him. It was a real jaw dropper for them. Notice they did not say much after that.
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I like the one that says: "Blessed are the poor in spirit for they shall see God."  It means to me that if I am hungry and needy and not pretending that I "have it all."  That God will reveal Himself to me in the quiet place in the secret place of my heart.\n\nMany are not even seeking God's way today. But you can be assured that He "knows who are His".
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It could be this one:\n\n"For only the truth which edifies is truth for you."
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Ephisians 4:29\nLet a rotten saying not proceed out of YOUR mouth, but whatever saying is good for building up as the need may be, that it may impart what is favorable to the hearers.
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Actually that should read "God helps those who help themselves to everything they can," got it yet. Not a bible quote or a very deep philosophical point. It is more Machiavellian than Christian.
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A sermon i gave this last Yom Kippur:::\n\nI learned the hard way that Ecclesiastes is Right!\nLet me explain.\n\nMost people wrongly believe that the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes is a downer, a cynical, depressing book, and i have never never felt that way! I always thought that the book was one of the most uplifting books of the Bible, and i guess i need to explain that, as well, first.\n\nThe Book of Ecclesiastes is known for verses like, \n\n'to everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heavens, a time to be born and a time to die...' and:\n\n'there is nothing new under the sun.'  and:\n\n'vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' (horrible translation!)  and:\n\n'the sun also rises.'\n\nThe basic idea to Ecclesiastes is quite simply put, 'a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference.' And most people stop trying to understand the book after this. But they miss the point when they stop! The best way to say this is, 'a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference, AND SO WHAT??' \n\nIn other words, yes, its true, a hundred years from now, no one will know the difference, and so the successes you have now in your life, you must do for your sake, because they are meaningful to You, because they give your life meaning, and not because they will make any difference down the road. \n\nMy wife died 4 and half years ago. She was bright and funny, and clever, and raised two young daughters as best she could from the depth of all her illnesses. And a hundred years from now, no one will know it, but so what? She did it because it gave her pleasure and pride to see her daughters, my children, OUR kids, grow up, full of life and love and self-assured. It gave her life, no matter how short, meaning, and that is the only person it had to be meaningful to, not those who will live in 100 years. \n\nMy brother died almost two years ago. He started the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, yes, that M.I.T. at the age of 15! He was brilliant and he had a deep-seated passion for Justice, and he worked for Justice until he got sick. A hundred years from now, no one will know or care that he was brilliant and passionate, and so what? He did what he did because HE felt it to be important, because that is what gave his life meaning, and that is all, in the scheme of things, that mattered!\n\nMy mom now has lost her memories. She at one time, ran 5 businesses, got Broadway shows to come through Springfield Missouri, raised three sons, appeared on stage with actors now gone, too, and if a hundred years from now no one will know the difference, then so what? She did what was meaningful to her, and that is what is important. \n\nSo long as we remain within the boundaries of right, and what is just, and fair, in accordance with what Gd wants from us, we are free to make our lives as meaningful as we can. That is why i love the book of Ecclesiastes, because it frees us to make our own lives as meaningful as we can, in whatever ways we want, so long as we stay within the boudaries that Gd has set up for us. And that can be scary, because it means it is up to us, and us alone, even as we are free to do whatever we want as we live out our very short life on this earth! Life has no meaning whatsoever outside of whatever meaning WE put into it. It is therefore up to us, and only up to us, alone, to make our lives meaningful to ourselves, and there is, in the final analysis, no one else to blame but ourselves, if we dont put 60 seconds of life into each minute we live!\n\nThat is what i knew a long time ago, when i first read Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Scriptures, but that is what i Realized with so many recent losses in my life. \n\nLife is what we make of it, and if 100 years from now, no one else knows the difference, SO WHAT, WE know the difference, so does Gd, and in the end, that is all who need to know.\n\n                Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 7 Go thy way, eat
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Paraphrased, it says:\n\nI've taken some historical figures, and I've distorted and manipulated them into a fictional tale...I have no problem with the way I misrepresented Jesus Christ and His devoted followers, because I simply hope to make a lot of money.
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I am a free thinker, and I do not find Biblical quotes inspiring.  However I have a good friend who is a philosopher and his quotes are very inspirational.\n"I'm not getting paid much for staying alive but it's good experience."© Ashleigh Brilliant\n"I think I’ll just sit here and wait till life gets easier."© Ashleigh Brilliant