Believers. What has been your experience with Gods Grace. I will share my thoughts also.

Nothing special .

wonderful post, OP! thanks for all of this truly uplifting thoughts and inspiration!

Many times. My daughter being alive is one. So very grateful!





For Gods grace!

Amen, Amen!! Yes, Yes, Yes! Ditto
Im really loving this thread, I feel like we all know it's soon and we are being blessed to be able to share our inner thoughts and realizing how many have the exact same thoughts ya know? its amazing really is...

Yeah God is amazing!

Mysterious at times

Mysterious a lot at times

But clearly amazing

And he holds us always

God bless you too!

In the end aren't we as believers saved by grace and covered by the blood of Christ.

It is human nature to question our salvation, my own mother who was by all accounts to everyone who ever crossed her path was the most kind hearted Christian one could meet. I will also attest to the fact that she was no different in her personal life at home, she born and raised 12 of us kids.

In her last days (just last year) here on earth she even questioned her salvation when faced with death near the end at 95.

The scripture you posted gave me shivers and made me cry. Good cry. Thank you.

Indeed God is awesome!

I’m encouraged that we can uplift each other in our walk with Jesus.

God bless you!

I want to grow hot peppers one day!

I’m going to tell your Garden you said it’s nothing special (haha)

Of course it’s special! :)



Last Edited by Seekingtruthandhonor on 12/01/2022 06:34 PM

I've had a hard time with faith ever since they dated the ink and paper of the original bible. I think of Jesus more like a Budha character than a fraud who based his story on obvious plagiarism.

Hey!

Thank you for your kind words.

Try to stay encouraged even if the world brings you down. This can be difficult, but keep your mind strong. If chaos comes . Breathe. Calm your mind. Give it to God. And he will see you through. Stay at peace.

Also:

Don’t let the world steal your joy or remove your hope

You are a beautiful creation in God and wonderfully made and are so loved!

Have comfort that God is always with you. Always!

(Numbers 31:7-18 NLT)

They attacked Midian just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men. All five of the Midianite kings – Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba – died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder. They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived. After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals, they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the people went to meet them outside the camp. But Moses was furious with all the military commanders who had returned from the battle. “Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded. “These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD’s people. Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.

(Deuteronomy 20:10-14)

As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

I also am very very grateful for Gods Grace.

If it wasn’t for God I would be dead a few different times

Glad you see his Grace and love him for it. And have appreciation for his Grace.

Glad your daughter is alive!

God bless you!



Last Edited by Seekingtruthandhonor on 12/01/2022 06:41 PM

I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your streams will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 35:7-9 NLT)

Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah 13:15-18 NLT)

“Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders. “Defile the Temple!” the LORD commanded. “Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!” So they went throughout the city and did as they were told.” (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)

Sure sounds like a good person.

When the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the city from every side and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys – everything. (Joshua 6:20-21 NLT)

Guys:

Just don’t reply to heart sutra

They think their “superior knowledge” will save them

They just want to cause divide

You who know Jesus know he is God and is always Good

And his ways are higher than ours

God asks us:

Lean not on our own understanding. But in all things trust the Lord. Acknowledge him in all your ways and he will make your paths straight

Heart sutra can’t handle this. Lean not on your own understanding. Too much pride .

(Moses) stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “All of you who are on the LORD’s side, come over here and join me.” And all the Levites came. He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Strap on your swords! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, killing even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.” The Levites obeyed Moses, and about three thousand people died that day. Then Moses told the Levites, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing.” (Exodus 32:26-29 NLT)

He had mercy to deliver me from a hard core pain pill addiction of 13 years...been clean 12. GOD IS GOOD!

Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the entire army and attack Ai, for I have given to you the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the captured goods and the cattle for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.” So Joshua and the army of Israel set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand fighting men and sent them out at night with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the city and be ready for action. When our main army attacks, the men of Ai will come out to fight as they did before, and we will run away from them. We will let them chase us until they have all left the city. For they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ Then you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the city, for the LORD your God will give it to you. Set the city on fire, as the LORD has commanded. You have your orders.” So they left that night and lay in ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.

Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the leaders of Israel. They camped on the north side of Ai, with a valley between them and the city. That night Joshua sent five thousand men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. So they stationed the main army north of the city and the ambush west of the city. Joshua himself spent that night in the valley. When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurriedly went out early the next morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the city. Joshua and the Israelite army fled toward the wilderness as though they were badly beaten, and all the men in the city were called out to chase after them. In this way, they were lured away from the city. There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not chase after the Israelites, and the city was left wide open.

Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Point your spear toward Ai, for I will give you the city.” Joshua did as he was commanded. As soon as Joshua gave the signal, the men in ambush jumped up and poured into the city. They quickly captured it and set it on fire. When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the city was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers. When Joshua and the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the city, they turned and attacked the men of Ai. Then the Israelites who were inside the city came out and started killing the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in a trap, and all of them died. Not a single person survived or escaped. Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua.

When the Israelite army finished killing all the men outside the city, they went back and finished off everyone inside. So the entire population of Ai was wiped out that day – twelve thousand in all. For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed. Only the cattle and the treasures of the city were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua. So Ai became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day. Joshua hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body and threw it in front of the city gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today. (Joshua 8:1-29 NLT)

That’s amazing and wonderful to hear!

I’m so happy you acknowledge Gods goodness in your life.

He turns everything for our good in his eternal blessings to us

Even when it’s dark. He sends his light. And lifts us up.

God bless you!

Keep moving forward. Eyes fixed on Christ. Mind set on love and truth. And the full protection of God.

Thank you for your testimony!

Thank you for sharing. I'll simply say that my life experience is similar.

Dead liberals make good top soil.

Just kidding. Or am I?

You are one hundred percent correct when you say saved by Grace and covered by the blood of Christ.

I’m sorry you lost your mother. Its difficult. No matter what age. Some say oh…95 that’s amazing.

It still hurts to lose your mother. No matter what age they are. My prayers go out to you and your family. Stay strong. Stay encouraged.

When she was questioning salvation. I’m sure Jesus understands her concern. He was human too.

Also:

That’s great to hear your mother practiced what she preached . She Must have been an amazing mom to raise 12 kids!


God bless!

Hey!

Isn’t God amazing?

He has a way of getting our attention doesn’t he !

I have lost my way for sure

I remember the time when I was sure I felt Gods grace and love....it was the time of my life....then my wife decided to be an atheist/liberal/gay rights person and demanded I prove the existence of God and I could not do that....then she took the plan B morning after pill after I begged her not to.

Shortly there after she hemorrhaged internally from her uterus and I had to take her to the ER. Then they put that birth control thing in her arm and shortly after that she started acting like a teenager, had an affair(s), and divorced me.......

after all this happened I lost my way and became very bitter and stopped eating......trying to get better...it's been a long road with so many regrets.....

I'm so upset to think of how much I have disappointed my family by not being a better a person and having grand babies for them....it breaks my heart every day and I can't forgive myself....I'm trying so hard not to hate myself...it's so difficult

thanks for posting

since I was a little child (Mom, grandma, and great-grandma) all told me I believed in God that was strange for such a little child, maybe 3. By the time I was 6, I begged to be baptized and had to get special permission where the preached asked me questions to know if I truly knew what I was doing. By 13 I was filled with the HS.

Then my 20's came along and thought I still believed, I had strayed. By my mid 30's I was back and though there have been very hard times (some that are still ongoing horribly hard), I have managed to stay. 63 now and know that things are never going to be easy and my faith isn't always 100%, but most of the time I do try.



Last Edited by WhiteAngel on 12/01/2022 07:05 PM

YUP. All one need do is look around.