I've noticed this thread has received a lot of hits.Let's get it back on track.How can one be certain of God? Any ideas out there?

What do you think the oil represents?The spirit? I don't know…..What do other's think?Mandy

Nope.But he's in college so he's probably busy or chatting on another board with younger people.

Those years that I traveled in the band (to raise money for a Christian drug re-hab) were some of the best days of my young adult life. Man, we would dig the practices even. The spirit of God seemed to move so mighty and strong during alter calls in those days. I was grateful to be a part of it all. After Tuesday night practices we would…[Read more]

Quote (theodorej @ May 15 2008,11:59)Quote (Not3in1 @ May 15 2008,09:25)Quote (Jodi @ May 15 2008,06:41)Personally I would like to take my pink AK 47 my husband custom built for me and blow those bastards away.We have a semi-automatic 45 that we call, “Sally”.One night when my husband was away on business, I thought someone was trying to get in…[Read more]

Yes, I am told that God will remain faithful even when we are not. I'm grateful for this news!I choose to believe it.Thanks, Irene for all your efforts. They do not go un-noticed! Love to you,Mandy

Sorry Jodi, all I have to offer on this subject is chips and dip! I certainly have thought about it and I prefer to believe there isn't a devil-person. So, I admire your study and what you have found out.Thanks,Mandy

“Live and let live”. Funny you would say this, Colter – I was thinking the very same thing.However I'm intrigued now by other's who have subjects that seem to haunt them if they don't study them out. I used to feel this way about the trinity, conception and preexistence. When you are in the passionate stage of proving your ideas, you bring out…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ May 15 2008,08:04)Mandy my guess is they are hoping to restore (or improve) you to a 'born again' status by sending you those PMs.  Interesting?  C'mon Mandy's PMers.  Contribute!StuartInterestingly enough, the majority of these peeps are sharing their searching stories.  Here's the thing…..they don't want to be “found out”.  I gues…[Read more]

Quote (Jodi @ May 15 2008,06:41)Personally I would like to take my pink AK 47 my husband custom built for me and blow those bastards away.We have a semi-automatic 45 that we call, “Sally”.One night when my husband was away on business, I thought someone was trying to get in through the downstairs window. I grabbed Sally (which takes some doing…[Read more]

Jodi and Bronc,Come on you guys, you're depressing the hell out of me! Didn't I tell you all I just turned 40? Have some mercy, huh? Mandy

There is much more to this article and if anyone else would like to view it, just let me know. Sometimes when you give a website, the specific information you are wanting to bring out gets lost. So, I posted the main thrust of the pages. Hope you all have time to give it a glance.Good stuff!Mandy

PART SIXJesus' Humanity: The Flesh of SinThere are many who are frightened and confused by Paul's words “the likeness of the flesh of sin.” They think they need to make such words mean that Jesus' flesh only appeared like our own flesh of sin such that it was similar to our flesh but not exactly the same. This is untrue for our Lord needed to…[Read more]

PART FIVEGod was with His People, IsraelImmanuel Matthew quotes Isaiah who said the Messiah would be called, “Immanuel,” or “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). This begotten son, the human being Jesus, is Immanuel. At Isaiah 8:8-10, the prophet Isaiah tells us how we are to understand these words. He tells us that Immanuel means “God with us” in plan…[Read more]

PART FOURGod's Creative Word, His Seed, is Planted in MaryThe angel Gabriel came to the Virgin Mary and announced that God had favor upon her. He announced she would conceive a son and she was to name him “Jesus” (Luke 1:30-33). Gabriel explained to her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her, the power of the Most High, and in this way, she…[Read more]

PART THREEGod Created by his spoken WordThe heavens and earth came to exist by the word of God (2 Peter 3:5). The ages were framed by the word of God (Heb 11:3). He called things that do not exist into existence (Rom 4:17). For He spoke and it was; He commanded and it came to stand (Psalm 33:9). By the word of the LORD the heavens were made and…[Read more]

PART TWOChildren of GodJesus was a son of God; He was God's child. What does it mean to be a child of God, a son of God. What does it mean that Jesus was a son of God? To be a son of Adam means that we are his descendents; we are flesh of his flesh. It means we share Adam's human nature. And in the same way, to be a child of God means that we are…[Read more]

Someone PM'd me with this website this morning. I wanted to post some of it here because it deals so wonderfully with who and what Jesus is. Some information obviously spills over into other topics like preexistence/conception and other's, but here is a good collective place to put it. Comments encouraged. Some of this information has actually…[Read more]

Quote (seek and you will find @ May 12 2008,10:08)Jeremiah 33:11The Lord is good, for His mercy, tender kindness and steadfast love endure foreverThe steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.His mercies never come to end.They are new every morning,new every morning.Great is thy faithfulness,O LORD.Great is thy faithfulness.