whoa Petra. Old Skool Christian Rock.

Enter In was my fav.

yeap old skool rock song very powerful song, i love
Take Me In and The Battle belong to the Lord

BOTH LOVE AND HATRED BEING THE EXPRESSION OF OURSELVES

Perhaps we have had an experience similar to the following. After reading from the Bible about loving others, it so happens that someone we like is right beside us, so we begin to display our love for that one. Apparently we really love him, and many people may even publicize the fact that we love others. However, this love is one hundred percent out of ourselves. When it is we who love others, the Holy Spirit will give us a feeling that this love is out of our natural man and is actually ourselves. Just as our hatred is the expression of ourselves, so our love is also the expression of ourselves.

Whether I am wearing a Western suit or a Chinese long gown, I am still myself. Even if I put on the best garment in the whole world, I am still myself and have not changed a bit. In the same way, I may wear a "garment" of love or a "garment" of hatred. Although outwardly there is a difference, I am still the same. I am the one who hates, and I am also the one who loves-I am the one doing both.

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CROSS TERMINATING OURSELVES

The experience of the cross is not merely a suffering but a termination. Whether we love or hate people, we need to be terminated. Unless we are put to an end, Christ will not be able to come out of us; He will have no way out of us. If we love others by ourselves, people will be able to touch our love and ourselves, but they will not be able to touch Christ. This is because the cross has not worked in us. In other words, the cross has not yet put an end to our love; the cross has not yet put us to death.

DENYING THE SELF, TAKING UP THE CROSS, AND FOLLOWING THE LORD

The Lord Jesus said that if anyone wants to follow Him, he must take up his cross (Matt. 16:24). Prior to this word, the Lord mentioned that man must deny himself. We need to see that the cross is an adversary of the self and that what the cross deals with is the self. The Lord spoke such a word with a certain background. That day the Lord had solemnly spoken to the disciples that He would go to Jerusalem to suffer death. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God be merciful to You, Lord! This shall by no means happen to You!” But the Lord turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men” (vv. 21-23). What Peter expressed was not hatred but sympathy, love, and concern. Yet this love was of the self, and Satan is hidden in the self. May God open our eyes one day to show us that Satan is hidden in and mingled with our self. Not only is our hatred Satan, but even our love for others has Satan hidden in it.

Sadly, hardly anyone today knows this. Even Peter did not realize this. Do you think he hated the Lord or loved the Lord? Of course, he loved the Lord. No one would ever say that Peter hated the Lord, yet the Lord called him “Satan.” Many times our thoughts of loving the Lord, of doing good, and of pleasing God all come out of Satan. Why is this? As the Lord said, “You are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.” Whenever we are in ourselves, setting our mind on the things of men, we are Satan.

If someone were to tell us that we were full of Satan, we surely would be upset. However, this is a portrait of man, not a statement to be used for scolding people. If we really knew our self, we would see that what is in you and me, the descendants of Adam, is Satan. The bad element is Satan, and the good element also is Satan. In the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there is good as well as evil. Everything that comes out of us is unclean because it has been mingled with Satan.

The Lord Jesus said, “If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me” (v. 24). If a person is willing to give up himself and deny himself, Satan will have no ground in him. Satan is mingled with man’s intention, but the cross, which is on God’s side, does away with man. Everything that is of man comes out of Satan. If we hate God by our self, we definitely cannot please God. However, even if we love God by our self, we still cannot please God because Satan is in our self. Hence, in a way God does not pay attention to what is being expressed. Rather, God pays attentions to whose expression it is—Christ’s or ours. If it is ours, then we need not only repentance but also the cross. The cross requires those of us who follow the Lord to forsake ourself and deny ourself. If we want to follow Christ, we need to deny ourself, take up the cross, and follow Him.

This is not specifically Christian song, but this one good for long-married couples. Nowadays people find it a fantasy to grow old together, start to end.

Plus, very manly tears ;_;

This is about a guy married to a girl with Asperger's Syndrome. It's difficult for normal couples to stay together, whatmore someone with developmental issues. I think can apply to normal couples also...



This post has been edited by Sophiera: Jul 3 2014, 05:20 PM

Isn't that from a game?

This is actually a very interesting read. I saw this book at MHP and I was curious what other christians would say. So I google and saw some interesting article. http://www.discerningtheworld.com/2012/01/...s-story-is-not/

You wanted to buy it?

Yes I did. But thank god I didn't. I went home and did a google search as I was always curious about people having vision of heaven or hell. So I search for this book and found how misleading it is. If I had bought it I would burn it now.
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think in the bible it warns about that there will be false prophet, right?

This post has been edited by annoymous1234: Jul 4 2014, 01:43 PM

False prophet? I think not that extreme, perhaps misguided.

In context, false prophet [other than the one with Antichrist], in spirit, refers to those who do not confess that Jesus came in the flesh or denied the divine conception and deity of Christ.

We cannot judge the little boy as he might genuinely have an experience of something ... only with his background [growing up with Bible stories etc. and age] might have associated things he saw with un-scriptural things / Christian traditions [e.g. angel have wings] :/ For all we know, he could be at Paradise section of Hades.

More like an interactive story for' To The Moon'. The only 'game' part is walking around and investigating objects and solving some simple puzzles. Then, we watch the results unfold. If no money skull and crossbones also nevermind. Can always buy from Freebird Games later.

I digress about the game talk. Everything's Alright is one of those really good songs that makes your appreciate the loved ones around you. Can never have too many of those.

"God's reaction to the fall is not reformation, but transformation."

Loved it.

does anyone know where i can download Pr. Louie Giglio sermon at Passion conference?

Hmm why move to serious kopitiam

Trouble with the Atheist thread vanishing from normal k. The outrage prompted mods to make a decision to move all the philosophy stuff to serious kopitiam

oic
tq

Dear All, Shalommmm

I am looking for church which either like

1. Joel osteen teaching
2. Jospeh prince teaching.
3 Or other church which focus more on prosperity teaching.

I am in malaysia selangor / KL area, english speaking.

Mohon bantuan jeee... tqvm n God Bless. :-)

This post has been edited by de1929: Jul 8 2014, 05:32 PM

Hi guys,

Not sure if this is the right place if not do forgive me. Will edit it. I have an apartment here in jalan puchong/old klang road. I plan to rent it out to Christian serving full time for The Lord at below market rate. If you know of anyone pls pm. The place should be vacant by end of the year. Thanks.

Forget to mentioned. 1200sqf 3+1room partially furnished.

This post has been edited by bengang13: Jul 8 2014, 12:02 PM

I think God just helped me put an effective ending in my novel in a dream 2 days ago O_O