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Merry Christmas

manpassman — Thur, 24 Dec 2009 20:34:41 GMT

Wishing everybody here a merry merry Christmas and a glorious New Year !!!

Forum: Miscellaneous

1030483

angellover29 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:40:33 GMT

This is one of the

Best prayers

I think I have ever read.

PRAY THIS EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT!!

IT WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.

I started not to do this,but as I read it....

I understood God to say,

'You need a miracle tomorrow',

so here goes...Prov. 29:25

You never know

when God is going to bless you!!

Good things happen when

you least expect them to !!!!!!!!

Change the number in the subject box

when you forward it by adding one!!!

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day,

I thank You for my being able to see

and to hear this morning.

I'm blessed because You are

a forgiving God and

an understanding God.

You have done so much for me

and You keep on blessing me.

Forgive me this day for everything

I have done, said or thought

that was not pleasing to you.

I ask now for Your forgiveness.

Please keep me safe

from all danger and harm.

Help me to start this day

with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.

Let me make the best of each and every day

to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Please broaden my mind

that I can accept all things.

Let me not whine and whimper

over things I have no control over.

And give me the best response

when I'm pushed beyond my limits..

I know that when I can't pray,

You listen to my heart.

Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be

a blessing to

others.

Keep me strong that I may help the weak...

Keep me uplifted that I may

have

words of encouragement for others.

I pray for those that are lost

and can't find their way.

I pray for those that are misjudged

and misunderstood.

I pray for those who

don't know You intimately.

I pray for those that will delete this

without sharing it with others

I pray for those that don't believe.

But I thank You that I believe

that You change people and

You change

things.

I pray for all my sisters and brothers.

For each and every family member

in their households.

I pray for peace, love and joy

in their homes; that they are out of debt

and all their needs are met .

I pray that every eye that reads this

knows there is no problem, circumstance,

or situation greater than you, God.

Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight.

I pray that these words be received

into the hearts of every eye that sees it

in Your beloved Sons' name, Jesus. Amen!

If you prayed this prayer,

change the number in the subject box

before forwarding the message

so people can see how many

other people have done so.

May God Bless ! ! ! !

Just repeat this phrase and see how God moves!!

God I love you and I need you,

come into my heart, please..

Pass this message to 10 people except you and me.

Know that you are already blessed

by the person who sent this to you.

Forum: LadyFeeZ Korna!

Church Anniversary and Pastor Appreciation Service

shortytee — Thur, 03 Dec 2009 04:23:45 GMT

Please feel free to join Pastor Mark Petgrave and the saints of Refuge House of Worship Ministries in the celebration of their church anniversary and Pastors Appreciation service December 11-December 13, 2009. Topic: I'm Still Standing... Guest Speaker will be Bishop Roberto Robinson of Restoration Church, Brooklyn, NY...

Forum: Announcements - Church or otherwise!

My best entertainment

manpassman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:08 GMT

I do not go to the movies or clubs or places of that sort, because I don't have the time. And I dont even have time to watch Tv or dvds. Sometimes, I play my cd's for good classical music. However, when I want to break boredom or have some real entertainment I watch Jerry Springer, Mauri or Cheaters. I just love these shows because I really get a good laugh out of these shows. Though the many "fights" may be "arranged", these are real people dealing with real issues, albeit, in a secular manner. They show extraordinary moral laxity and degradation and are very real. Even though we may not like these shows, they demonstrate what's happening behind most relationships. So what's your best form of entertainment ?

Forum: Review or Highlight a Place, a Site, A Person....

Everybody loves a winner

manpassman — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:54:44 GMT

Yes, everybody loves a winner and nobody want s to be associated with a loser. Many of us who call upon the name of the Lord don't want to be associated with the devil. To us, it is unthinkable, unheard of, and yet we dance with the devil all the time and eat his food, which is sin. I'm still learning, and I'm learning to unlearn some things I've been taught in the past. We cannot blame our teachers, because some of them don't know any better. It is regrettable, but a sad reality, that the devil, our adversary, is working with many of us through his messengers. Consider the horrendous crimes committed by people who are considered to be decent and sane, people who appear to be so "gentlemanlike" or "ladylike". Consider sicknesses and diseases that defy treatment and medications. Consider the unthinkable atrocites in this nation and other parts of the world. They're just not normal. Doctors and psychiatrists and scientists would always have an "explanation", but the underlying cause is plain demons having a feast.
The devil comes to steal, to kill and to destroy and that's just what he does through his minions who are everywhere, even in the church !

Forum: Bible Discussions

HELLO!!!

hunterswife — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:13:10 GMT

Hello family,

Been a long time but I am YET alive. Things are going well. Mr. H and I celebrated 10 years in September. My oldest just turned 13 this month and the other two will be 8 and 9 (this month as well). I am still gainfully employed (thank you Jesus!!!) and growing in my position. I will be re-enrolling in school this January to FINISH THIS THING OUT!!!!

My life is going on and I am grateful. Though I am not here like I used to be I do think of you all often and am very grateful that I met you all. I knew life for me would be different after ALL that I had been through last year but I just did not know HOW different. But God is a keeper is all I can say...He is a keeper. As I continue to adjust to my new life I still hold you all dear.

Love you all!!!

That wife of Hunter....lol.

Forum: Miscellaneous

An explosive question !!!!!

manpassman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:36:06 GMT

I have a very simple question to ask and even though I know the answer, I like to hear your views on the matter. Our opinions really do not matter when it comes to truth, but I just want to see how you guys feel about the matter: Do Christians have demons ? Can a tongue-rolling, twisting believer have demons ? Can one filled with the Spirit have demons ? I want to know.....

Forum: Bible Discussions

http://www.friendshipblossom.com

FRIENDSHIPBLOSSOM — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:59:33 GMT

Good day I am a new member and would like to introduce everyone to a social networking website for women of color, Pastor Neville Solomon (Siloam World Wide Ministries) told me about this website LADYFEE ......please check out mine at http://www.FRIENDSHIPBLOSSOM.COM

Forum: Biography - Introduce yourself for 2009!

Seven deadly sins

manpassman — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:09 GMT

I did not know that apart from the Ten commandments of the Bible, there're also seven deadly sins.Basically, these all rest on the original commands, but in case you want to know, they've been classified as: lust, gluttony,greed, sloth,anger, envy and pride.
Sin is essentially a part of our nature, but we do not need to make a practice of sinning when we have been redeemed and have become new creatures. I know, it's tough coming out, but it's no price to pay for salvation ! Or would you rather continue to sin that grace may abound ?

Forum: Bible Discussions

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Stefanie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:36:55 GMT

President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Many observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline and has yet to yield concrete achievements in peacemaking.

Some around the world objected to the choice of Obama, who still oversees wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and has launched deadly counter-terror strikes in Pakistan and Somalia.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee countered that it was trying "to promote what he stands for and the positive processes that have started now." It lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to reduce the world stock of nuclear arms, ease American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthen the U.S. role in combating climate change.

The peace prize was created partly to encourage ongoing peace efforts but Obama's efforts are at far earlier stages than past winners'. The Nobel committee acknowledged that they may not bear fruit at all.

"He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond all of us."

The selection to some extent reflects a trans-Atlantic divergence on Obama. In Europe and much of the world he is lionized for bringing the United States closer to mainstream global thinking on issues like climate change and multilateralism. At home, the picture is more complicated. As president, Obama is often criticized as he attempts to carry out his agenda drawing fire over a host of issues from government spending to health care to the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.

U.S. Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele contended that Obama won the prize as a result of his "star power" rather than meaningful accomplishments.

"The real question Americans are asking is, What has President Obama actually accomplished?" Steele said.

Obama's election and foreign policy moves caused a dramatic improvement in the image of the U.S. around the world. A 25-nation poll of 27,000 people released in July by the Pew Global Attitudes Project found double-digit boosts to the percentage of people viewing the U.S. favorably in countries around the world. That indicator had plunged across the world under President George W. Bush.

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Jagland said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has made no secret of his admiration for Obama, called the decision the embodiment of the "return of America into the hearts of the people of the world."

But Obama's work is far from done, on numerous fronts.

He said he would end the Iraq war but has been slow to bring the troops home and the real end of the U.S. military presence there won't come until at least 2012.

He's running a second war in the Muslim world, in Afghanistan and is seriously considering ramping up the number of U.S. troops on the ground and asking for help from others, too.

"I don't think Obama deserves this. I don't know who's making all these decisions. The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity," said Ahmad Shabir, 18-year-old student in Kabul. "Since he is the president, I don't see any change in U.S. strategy in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Obama has said that battling climate change is a priority. But the U.S. seems likely to head into crucial international negotiations set for Copenhagen in December with Obama-backed legislation still stalled in Congress.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the prize in 1983, questioned whether Obama deserved it now.

"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far. He is still at an early stage. He is only beginning to act," Walesa said.

"This is probably an encouragement for him to act. Let's see if he perseveres. Let's give him time to act," Walesa said.

Last year's prize winner, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, saw the award as vindication that Obama "is ready to seriously seek a solution to the question of Israel and Palestine," he told Finnish broadcaster YLE.

"Of course, this puts pressure on Obama. The world expects that he will also achieve something," Ahtisaari said.

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, the peace prize is given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Like the Parliament, the committee has a leftist slant, with three members elected by left-of-center parties. Jagland said the decision to honor Obama was unanimous.

The award appeared to be at least partly a slap at Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for his largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage.

"You have to remember that the world has been in a pretty dangerous phase," Jagland said. "And anybody who can contribute to getting the world out of this situation deserves a Nobel Peace Prize."

Until seconds before the award, speculation had focused on a wide variety of candidates besides Obama: Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator, a Chinese dissident and an Afghan woman's rights activist, among others. The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year's prize, though it was not immediately apparent who nominated Obama.

"The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it's given to someone ... who has the power to contribute to peace," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, who won the prize in 1984, said Obama's award shows great things are expected from him in coming years.

"It's an award coming near the beginning of the first term of office of a relatively young president that anticipates an even greater contribution towards making our world a safer place for all," Tutu said. "It is an award that speaks to the promise of President Obama's message of hope."

Obama is the third sitting U.S. president to win the award: President Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 and President Woodrow Wilson was awarded the prize in 1919.

Wilson received the prize for his role in founding the League of Nations, the hopeful but ultimately failed precursor to the contemporary United Nations.

The Nobel committee chairman said after awarding the 2002 prize to former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, for his mediation in international conflicts, that it should be seen as a "kick in the leg" to the Bush administration's hard line in the buildup to the Iraq war.

Five years later, the committee honored Bush's adversary in the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming.

In July talks in Moscow, Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed that their negotiators would work out a new limit on delivery vehicles for nuclear warheads of between 500 and 1,100. They also agreed that warhead limits would be reduced from the current range of 1,700-2,200 to as low as 1,500. The United States now has about 2,200 such warheads, compared to about 2,800 for the Russians.

But there has been no word on whether either side has started to act on the reductions.

Former Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said Obama has already provided outstanding leadership in the effort to prevent nuclear proliferation.

"In less than a year in office, he has transformed the way we look at ourselves and the world we live in and rekindled hope for a world at peace with itself," ElBaradei said. "He has shown an unshakable commitment to diplomacy, mutual respect and dialogue as the best means of resolving conflicts."

Obama also has attempted to restart stalled talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, but just a day after Obama hosted the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in New York, Israeli officials boasted that they had fended off U.S. pressure to halt settlement construction. Moderate Palestinians said they felt undermined by Obama's failure to back up his demand for a freeze.

Obama was to meet with his top advisers on the Afghan war on Friday to consider a request by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to send as many as 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan as the U.S war there enters its ninth year.

Obama ordered 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan earlier this year and has continued the use of unmanned drones for attacks on militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a strategy devised by the Bush administration. The attacks often kill or injure civilians living in the area.

Nominators for the prize include former laureates; current and former members of the committee and their staff; members of national governments and legislatures; university professors of law, theology, social sciences, history and philosophy; leaders of peace research and foreign affairs institutes; and members of international courts of law.

In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."

The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided not to inform Obama before the announcement because it didn't want to wake him up, committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said.

"Waking up a president in the middle of the night, this isn't really something you do," Jagland said.

Forum: In The News...

Criticism

manpassman — Thur, 08 Oct 2009 19:53:47 GMT

Criticism is hard to hear; dealing with it is even more difficult. Most times, it comes from our enemies who dont see any good in us but I've learnt to pick the best out of criticism and do even better. When it comes out of bitterness I just ignore it. Sometimes our very dear ones who really love us may be critical of us and this is where we really need to look into the mirror to see our own reflection. How do you deal with it ?

Forum: Miscellaneous

welcome

manpassman — Thur, 08 Oct 2009 19:08:42 GMT

Welcome on board, Mizwendy ! It's better to be late than never !

Forum: Biography - Introduce yourself for 2009!

prayers please

nancyfromnh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:50:43 GMT

i wish for many prayers for my health.i have just found out i have stage 1 liver cirohsis .thank you,i thought the doc said fibrosis,but today she said cirohsis.i am so depressed .
god bless
nancy
ps

Forum: Prayer Requests

Little Soldier Girl "Didn't Want To Let Go"...aww!!

Stefanie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:13:39 GMT

Little Soldier Girl "Didn't Want to Let Go"

Four-year old Paige didn't want to say goodbye to her daddy before he was shipped off to Iraq

By VINCE LATTANZIO

Updated 12:34 PM EDT, Wed, Oct 7, 2009

Abby Bennethum

A family photo that shows a little girl beside her father and his fellow soldiers in uniform as they prepare to go to war has resonated well beyond the tight knit Bennethum clan.

Four-year-old Paige Bennethum really, really didn't want her daddy to go to Iraq.

So much so, that when Army Reservist Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum lined up in formation at his deployment this July, she couldn't let go.

No one had the heart to pull her away.

Little Soldier Girl Talks About Dad's Deployment

WATCH

The commanding officer allowed Paige to say goodbye as her dad prepared to ship off from Fort Dix.

Paige's mom Abby captured the moment with her camera and her aunt passed the image along to a Berks County, Pa. newspaper.

"I've had strangers looking me up online, sending me messages that they are touched by it ... offering a lot of support," Abby Bennethum told NBCPhiladelphia.

The picture took on a life of its own online this week. Abby says that suddenly, people were knocking on her door. "Literally overnight, there's all these people that just want to do anything they can," she says. Though she says her husband hasn't seen any stories about his family yet, he expects to.

For her part, Paige still remembers how she felt that day in July. Looking at the picture of herself - her dad now overseas - Paige remembers, "I didn't want to let go of him."

She calls the work he does transporting supplies across the Iraqi border, "just nice."

But that doesn't change her feelings.

"I just miss my dad right now," she says.

Sgt. Bennethum, 30, is expected home next July. Until then, Paige plans to help her mom take care of her little sister and a new baby that's on the way.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Little-Soldier-Girl-Didnt-Want-to-Let-Go-63629627.html?yhp=1

Forum: In The News...

Poor lil Bella

momanddestiny — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:52:40 GMT

Just found out today that they are changing her school. So now she has to start from day one. She is going to have such a hard time with this. But I truly hope she doesn't take this too bad. She always has such a hard time with changing things.
Please pray.

Forum: Christian Parenting

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Merry Christmas

1030483

Church Anniversary and Pastor Appreciation Service

My best entertainment

Everybody loves a winner

HELLO!!!

An explosive question !!!!!

http://www.friendshipblossom.com

Seven deadly sins

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Criticism

welcome

prayers please

Little Soldier Girl "Didn't Want To Let Go"...**aww!!**

Little Soldier Girl "Didn't Want to Let Go"

Four-year old Paige didn't want to say goodbye to her daddy before he was shipped off to Iraq

By VINCE LATTANZIO

Updated 12:34 PM EDT, Wed, Oct 7, 2009

Poor lil Bella

Little Soldier Girl "Didn't Want To Let Go"...aww!!