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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:38 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:14 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:22 pm
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Wow, good for you on cutting him loose, sweetheart. I just don't understand humanly why people get so angry and judgmental over people who believe in deities. They call us stupid; we know they are. Yet, we can't do much but pray. If he comes back and talks at all in any tone, whether it is calm or angry, keep your cool. Ask why he feels this way. If he tells you there is no proof of God, tell him, "So what?" You believe what you believe. You are not falling into a financial or emotional trap by believing in a potential false hope, are you? This isn't something that can be found out later in life and crush your spirits; you won't know for absolute certain with proof until you die. Keep believing and ask why it is so wrong.
Now, if he tells you that God has been disproved... I am sure you can just ask for evidence and say that it's impossible to disprove God. This situation is not too big for God to handle, so don't give up. He won't give up on your friend.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:28 pm
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It is impossible to believe in God, if God doesn't give you the faith to do it, it really is. So my advice to you is this... INTERCESSORY PRAYER. Remember the Words of Jesus
Matthew 17:20-21 20And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. 21["But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."]
So the mountains are huge problems(like unsaved people) and they don't go away but by prayer and fasting. Now the following I got from this sermon from a pastor I like to listen to because of his vast biblical knowkedge and it's a great sermon I suggest you listen to it or read it smile . "More than half a century ago, George Mueller prince of intercessors began to pray for a group of five friends...five friends. After five years, one of them came to Jesus Christ. After ten years two more of them came to Christ. He prayed for twenty-five years and the fourth man was saved. And for the fifth he prayed until the time of his death and that fifth friend came to Christ a few months after George Mueller died. For that fifth friend he prayed fifty-two years, perseverance.
Have you bailed out already? If you do, you miss the power of God." ( http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/2325_The-Power-of-Faith )
I also suggest you read all of 1 John 5 where it talks about asking according to God's will and knowing it will be given to you because it's his will and the salvation of someone I can assure you is in his will.
and now this is just a verse I thought I'd throw in there
2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Take a stand for God and never give up, there will be many hardships on the way but remember
Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."
I'll be for both of you mrgreen
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:29 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:50 pm
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