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God vs. Science

From: bloomedrose
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A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, "Let me explain the problem science has with religion." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.

"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?"

"Yes sir," the student says.

"So you believe in God?"

"Absolutely."

& quot;Is God good?"

"Sure! God's good."

"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"

"Yes."

&qu ot;Are you good or evil?"

"The Bible says I'm evil."

The professor grins knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considers for a moment. "Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"

"Yes sir, I would."

"So you're good...!"

"I wouldn't say that."

"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. "He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"

The student remains silent.

"No, you can't, can you?" the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"

"Er...yes," the student says.

"Is Satan good?"

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. "No."

"Then where does Satan come from?"

The student falters. "From God"

"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"

"Yes, sir."

"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"

"Yes."

&quo t;So who created evil?" The professor continued, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

Again, the student has no answer. "Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"

The student squirms on his feet. "Yes."

"So who created them?"

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. "Who created them?" There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. "Tell me," he continues onto another student. "Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"

The student's voice betrays him and cracks. "Yes, professor, I do."

The old man stops pacing. "Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"

"No sir. I've never seen Him."

"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"

"No, sir, I have not."

"Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?"

"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."

"Yet you still believe in him?"

"Yes."

"Ac cording to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"

"Nothing," the student replies. "I only have my faith."

"Yes, faith," the professor repeats. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. "Professor, is there such thing as heat?"

"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."

"And is there such a thing as cold?"

"Yes, son, there's cold too."

"No sir, there isn't."

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. "You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees."

"Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

"What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?"

"Yes," the professor replies without hesitation. "What is night if it isn't darkness?"

"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word."

"In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. "So what point are you making, young man?"

"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed."

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"

"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains. "You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought."

"It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it."

"Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"

"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do."

"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.

"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean."

The student looks around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class breaks out into laughter.

"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir."

"So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.

Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."

"Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life," the student continues. "Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?"

Now uncertain, the professor responds, "Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil."

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.
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New Pledge of Allegiance

From: BLUE2427
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*WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN* *ARIZONA * >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME) !* >>>> >>>> *Since the Pledge of Allegiance* >>>> >>>> *and* >>>> >>>> *The Lord's Prayer* >>>> >>>> *are not allowed in most* >>>> >>>> *public schools anymore* >>>> >>>> *Because the word "God" is mentioned... * >&g t;>> >>>> *A kid in Arizona wrote the attached * >>>> >>>> *NEW School prayer :* >>>> >>>> *Now I sit me down in school* >>>> >>>> *Where praying is against the rule * >>>> >>>> *For this great nation under God * >>>> >>>> *Finds mention of Him very odd.* >>>> >>>> *If Scripture now the class recites, * >>>> >>>> *It violates the Bill of Rights. * >>>> >>>> *And anytime my head I bow* >>>> >>>> *Becomes a Federal matter now.* >>>> >>>> *Our hair can be purple, orange or green, * >>>> >>>> *That's no offense; it's a freedom scene. * >>>> >>>> *The law is specific, the law is precise. * >>>> >>>> *Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice. * >>>> >>>> *For praying in a public hall* >>>> >>>> *Might offend someone with no faith at all. * >>>> >>>> *In silence alone we must meditate, * >>>> >>>> *God's name is prohibited by the state. * >>>> >>>> *We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks, * >>>> >>>> *And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks. * >>>> >>>> *They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible. * >>>> >>>> *To quote the Good Book makes me liable. * >>>> >>>> *We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen, * >>>> >>>> *And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King. * >>>> >>>> *It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong, * >>>> >>>> *We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong. >>>> * >>>> >>>> *We can get our condoms and birth controls, * >>>> >>>> *Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles. * >>>> >>>> *But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, * >>>> >>>> *No word of God must reach this crowd. * >>>> >>>> *It's scary here I must confess, * >>>> >>>> *When chaos reigns the school's a mess. * >>>> >>>> *So, Lord, this silent plea I make: * >>>> >>>> *Should I be shot; My soul please take! * >>>> >>>> *Amen*
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Save Me.

From: Strummer
Description:
Darkness slowly creeping.
My face is gently weeping.
Pain ever growing.
Love quickly fading!

Darkness is after me,
I'm running out of places to hide-
all these feelings stuffed inside

Evil is persuing me,
the darkness is to thick
I really can't see.

I cant escape
its around every corner.
I knew I never should have been such a loner.

I keep running now,
My head is spinning now.
My heart is aching now,
My feet are moving now,
My eyes are crying now...

Will this evil ever cease to be?
Will I ever be able to cry out with glee?
There is somthing I have not seen,
Theres just gotta be a way to wipe me clean.

Jesus help me,I am falling.
Evil is overcoming me,darkness is winning,
I have rebelled against you and now I'm losing.
I recognize you now,you are the only thing to start me healing.

Jesus save me,scoop me up
in your arms and I'll say I'm sorry.
I wont rebel against you anymore dont you worry.

Then I saw it.
A light getting closer,
in my mind it got brighter,
as darkness got further.

Healing,slowly repaired me.
Arms embraced me,
Fear left me.
Love entered me.

As I felt his love,
the war inside my heart faded,
away into itself....
Darkness into darkness.
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2 years ago
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Like Everyone Around Me

From: chasinghim4ever
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I ask my mom and dad for money they don't really have

to buy me clothes and shoes

to impress everyone around me .

I spend an hour each day

painting my face and smooothing my hair

to look like everyone around me .

My Bible rests on my nightstand-

no time to read or pray,

but I have time to watch the shows

and bop to the music

of everyone around me .

I went to the mailbox today

in the pile was a magazine with pictures of everything I want

and another one from a ministry

with pictures of

childrenb who have no shoes.

They wear tattered clothes

and rejoice for a bowl of rice,

but their smiles glowed with a beauty

unlike everyone around me .

It struck me:

I don't rejoice,

I want.

I am anxious, discontent, jealous, and insecure.

I let the Holy Spirit speak to me,

"Be like me:

Be like me,"

And suddenly I didn't want to be

Like eveyone around me .

I want to be like him.
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How to spot a Christian

From: chasinggzus
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How to spot a Christian

study notes from last night at Fusion

1. Just because we may do something on the outside that a Christian would be considered doing doesn’t really mean that we are.

· If I go to church does that make me a Christian? Nope, just because a mouse gets inside a cookie jar it doesn’t make it a cookie does it?

· Maybe if I carry around a big Bible I’m a Christian? If you tote around something that is meaningless to you what’s the point.

· Maybe if I wear a Christian t-shirt then I’ll be one. Wearing a shirt with Jesus on it or some church doesn’t automatically make you holy.

· The one we hear the most, if I believe in God then I must be a Christian. NO! Just because you believe in “God” makes you no more a Christian then the very demons.

James 2:19 Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God , but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That's just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them ?

3. Teens, as we can see doing none of this outwardly stuff makes us a Christian.

(A). They will recognize you as a Christian by your relationship with Christ.

Mar 14:66 While Peter was still in the courtyard, a servant girl of the high priest came up 67 and saw Peter warming himself by the fire. She stared at him and said, " You were with Jesus from Nazareth !" 68 Peter replied, "That isn't true! I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have any idea what you mean." He went out to the gate, and a rooster crowed.

Guys, there is a huge difference between just believing in God and having a deep faith rooted in God. Teens, during the summer when you spend time outside in the sun people can see it. The sun leaves physical evidence on you that people can see. Guys when you spend time in the presence of the sun of God Jesus Christ you will see, and most definitely people will see it as well.

(B). They will recognize you as a Christian by the people you spend time with.

Mark 14:69 The servant girl saw Peter again and said to the people standing there, " This man is one of them !" 70 "No, I'm not!" Peter replied.

This is a saying I want you guys to always remember, “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your destiny.” The people that you spend most of your time with will help shape and determine your future. Teens you want that light in you to always stay bright as a light house, stay close and connected to Church and fellow believers. You really do have no idea how essential fellowship is.

(C). They will recognize you as a Christian by your speech.

Mark 14:70 A little while later some of the people said to Peter, "You certainly are one of them. You're a Galilean!" 71 This time Peter began to curse and swear, "I don't even know the man you're talking about!"

Any of you guys ever heard you need to talk the talk and walk the walk? Well as important as living a blameless life in front of our unbelieving friends is it’s equally important to talk the talk.
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The Difference.........

From: GenerationMPact

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THE DIFFERENCE.....

I got up early one morning

and rushed right into the day;

I had so much to accomplish

That I didn't have the to pray.

Problems just trumbled about me

and heavier came each task.

"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered

He answered. "You didn't ask."

I wanted to see joy and beauty.

But the day toiled on. Gray and bleak:

I wondered why God didn't show me.

He said, "But you didn't seek."

I tried to come into God's presence:

I used all my keys at the lock.

God gently and lovingly chided.

"My child, you didn't knock."

I woke up early this morning

and paused before entering the day;

I had so much to accompish

that I had to take time to pray.

~Author uknown

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2 years ago
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Baby Girl.

From: Strummer
Description:

Baby Girl.
"Baby Girl"

There was a girl.
She was beautiful so.
She was only eight.
And she loved to dance and play.
In the rain.

She had a mother
And she loved her so.
She would use any moment.
To let it show.

And when she got hurt.
Or cried the most.
Her mother would be there.
To hold her close..

Her mother would say...

::Chorus::

Don't you cry,
It'll be alright.
Don't you worry.
I'm right here.
I won't let go.
I'll hold you close.
Close to my heart.

::V2::

It had been some years.
She was thirteen today.
Her love for her mother.
Had never changed.

Her mother called.
And said she was sick with cancer.
When the young girl asked
how bad it was she didn't answer.

As time went on.
Her mother died.
And her father came.
He wasn't the nicest man...

::Chorus2:

How could he
Hurt her so?
How could she
Survive so long?
What did she do wrong?

::V3::

She was talking to one of her friends.
They were talking about Jesus.
A God who cures and heals
Hurts and pains.
It was then that she met her savior

She was filled with joy.
She couldn't help but laugh.
She felt release
From the sins she had.

She went to tell her father.
Of Jesus Christ her redeemer.
He rejected her words.
And hurt her some more.
He took it to far.
It was then that he killed her...

::PreChorus::

At her funeral,
There was letter.
It was signed.
Mother and Daughter.
To their friends.
Who were teary eyed.

It said.

Jesus came,
he held us close.
He took away our pain
and replaced it with joy.

He said.

::Chorus::

Don't you cry,
It'll be alright.
Don't you worry.
I'm right here.
I won't let go.
I'll hold you close.
Close to my heart.

(I wrote this song for a woman that has had most of her family die from cancer.The truth behind the song is,sometimes things go wrong...But God is good always.)
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teacher v.s. student

From: mjkjr2
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a th grade teacher starts her class studiying marine biology and she says i want to disspel all the myths about marine biology. well when she gets to the whale she it is physicly imposible for a whale to swallow a human. and a little girl in the back starts thinking well thats a problem for me because i'm a christianin the bible it says that jonah was swollod by a whale. so she lets the teacher finish and she says again it is physicly imposible for a whale to swallow a human. and the girl raises her hand and says well the bible says jonah was swollod by a whale and the teacher repeats it is physicly imposible for a whale to swallow a human. and the the girl says but what about jonah. now geting mad the teacher says again it is physicly imposible for a whale to swallow a human. and the girl thinks for a minute and says well when i get to heaven i'm gonna ask him. and the teacher trying to be smart says well what if jonah did not go to heaven. the little girl thinks again and says. WELL THEN YOU CAN ASK HIM. :)

I herd this at recreate new york the pastor of the largest church in the citys said it while he was talking everyone liked the it my pastor told it sunday even though it had nothing to do with his sermon. :)
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1 year ago
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"Stand Proud" Poem :)

From: colorguardgirl17
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I wrote this poem about a year ago, and there are MANY others I'll probably put up later. I like to see what other people think of my art and poetry. I've even submitted a couple of my works to our school literary magazine, called Inkwell...But anyway...What do you think? :)

Stand Proud

(c) Patricia Kelly 2006

Fear is just a word

People use to pull you down

But you can't let them sink you

You can't sit around and frown

You've gotta make something of your life

Show them how it's done

And we'll see who's laughing now

Cause you're stronger than you know

Don't walk staring at the ground

Hold your head high

Your dreams can't be anchored down

Take them to the sky

Dream small, lose it all

Never stop to cry

Don't walk staring at the ground

Keep on aiming high

You'll never be a winner

If you're always set to lose

So live it up and do your best

On every path you choose

And if anybody tells you

That you're nothing, it's a lie!

They're probably just jealous

That you always wear a smile

So, don't walk staring at the ground

Hold your head high

Your dreams can't be anchored down

Take them to the sky

Dream small, lose it all

Never stop to cry

Don't walk staring at the ground

Keep on aiming high

...Whatcha think everybody? :)
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Flowing

From: evenrockscryout
Description:

Guard your heart, for from it flows the springs of life- Proverbs 4:23.

I sat down today to spend some time learning about God and what it means to go deeper in a relationship with God. I had left my house to avoid distractions and found myself next to a small creek. After listening to some worship music for a few minutes, the Lord began to reveal how my walk with Him was similar to a creek. It had two parts:

The first part was that if you dip your finger into cool water, you don't realize the temperature or texture change until a few moments after you place your finger tip in the water. Often times change happens in your life, and you don't realize it until after it's been there for a bit. I've been thinking that I want so badly for this split second miraculous touch from God, only to realize that it's already been made simply by me wanting it, and the change is simply manifesting itself over time.

The second is longer and a bit more involved: All flowing water comes from one place and flows to another. For the sake of the metaphor we are talking about a mountain spring that feeds down from spring, to creek, to brook, to river, to ocean. Here it is:

Every time you look at a creek you see water, and the water all looks the same. Be that as it may, every point along that creek feeds from higher ground. Once you reach the highest point along the water path you reach the source of the water: the spring. Its then that the water no longer comes from up, but from deep within, and as it comes from deeper in the ground, it becomes cooler and cleaner.

The Lord began to dissect this metaphor for me, into many different facets.

When you begin to walk with the Lord, he calls you higher up and a lot of that is surface work on your faith, learning to follow what God asks of you, learning to fall in love with Jesus, but once you hit as high as you can go in your surface walk with the Lord, He no longer calls you up, but He calls you deep. He goes into the wellsprings of your life: your heart. It's no longer something you just believe but something you sing, and just like a mountain spring, he begins to call forth things from you that you never thought you could give. Living water flows out of your heart. Things like love and gentleness, kindness; they all manifest themselves as God continues to reach into the deepest corners of your heart. That water of life that comes out of the deepest places of you then begins to flow. They travel, trickle, descend. It begins shallow; it flows down that mountain of your life and begins to flow from one place to another. Just like a stream each place it reaches is deeper. Much like how you affect others. No friendship begins with a sky dive into their thoughts and trials. It begins on the surface, they learn to trust you. And with each new twist and turn in the relationship that living water reaches deeper into them. At any point they can look behind where you have come from and see only a mountain spring coming from deep within brought forth by the Creator. Eventually… the life you live in front of them, the living water you poor over them hits their ocean (if they let you get that far), and its something totally deeper where your life and theirs meld together and what you speak into their life is so powerful and they have let you run deep enough into them that they trust you completely. Its then that they can really look back, see all that way you've come, just to show them the love of God. The paths traveled have become a road from deep within you to deep within another made possible through Jesus Christ

Jesus had a lot to say about relationships. His whole purpose in life was to mend a broken relationship: The only relationship that matters. He flowed from deep to deep.

One sentence that has been percolating in the back of my mind… all summer has been "Your wells run deep." I was really questioning what that means but I think… I understand it now. God has shown me a new level of His love, it's overwhelmed me. It's almost like He's been filling that wellspring in my heart to overflowing, but the cavern runs deep and its taken a lot of time for it to reach my surface and to begin to bubble into the lives of others. But I think it's more than that. I think it's a promise. Because God... has reached deep in me and I have been drawing from deep within Him, and He has brought forth this … water. So that His love…. Now overflows from my wellsprings... onto others.

[Lord, let our hearts be a wellspring of living water to others. Let Your love penetrate the hardest of hearts, and use us as an instrument of your will. We love you, Lord. Amen]

This song is basically... EXACLTY my heart right now
Come Up Here – Jason Upton
I was dreaming of the holy city
I was wearing my wings
Then I looked up and saw a doorway to heaven
And I heard you calling me
Come up here, come up now

My beloved, my beloved
Come up here, come up now
My beloved, my beloved, come
I want to fly, like an eagle in the sky
I want to fly through that doorway in the sky

And Come
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2 years ago
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A Poem for you

From: Autumn
Description:

Storm of the Soul

Black clouds smother

Away hopes and dreams tonight.

Into the mirror I look

And all I see is my face

In the pale light.

Cut like little threads

Leading downwards to my heart,

The tiny golden frays of breath fade away.

What once was painted white,

Now fades along with rain.

Feelings come and go,

But remnants leave its stain.

Walking through the world

As though time seizes to exist

Unfeeling dead pondering

Through ever ending mist.

When it rains again today,

No mind will follow me,

Only the body, yes, the body,

A carcass, waiting to die.

I try to realize the blessings,

That others only dream.

Still the greedy world of tomorrow

Fades no the sorrow stream of death

by: Autumn Willhite
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Whisper

escaping pain

From: drummer16
Description:

Escaping pain

When this pain comes and kills all happiness in its path

When it comes and drowns you in depression

There is nothing to do

There is no where you can hide

-

This pain over whelms and you feel there is not point

There is no reason to live

So we got to measures some go suicidal

Some of us go to drinking

-

When you are so depressed you wonder if you

Will ever smile again

You wonder if this darkness around you

Will ever be gone will ever leave

-

But escaping pain is a hard thing

Learning how to swim in your depression tiring

But there is only one way this pain will go away

This pain from a broken heart or a loved one lost

-

You MUST trust in god

You must let him take the shattered pieces

Of your heart and piece them back together again

Because he know the hairs on your head

And knew you before you were born

-

We need to trust god

With every thing that he has done and is doing

So don’t escape your pain

Give it to god cause he is the only way
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2 years ago
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PLEASE HELP!!!!

From: Conflict
Description:
Hello family in Christ! I am a Rapper/Youth Evangelist from Sacramento, California. I go by "Conflict". My wife and I travel throughout the country ministering to young people through music, short videos, and our clothing companies. We are tired of seeing so many young people victimized by what this culture is pushing on them, through the lies of the media and internet world. Our heart is to further the Gospel and reach our lost generation.
I am looking everywhere for places to perform and minister. Do you know of any venues in your local area that you could connect me to? Maybe your youth group? Maybe your local high school? If you do, please contact me through the information provided below.

Thanks for your support!
Christ all over ya!!
-Conflict

Conflict Ministries

email: conflictmusic@gmail.com

website: www.ConflictMusic.com

booking: www.BookConflict.com
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DO YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL?

From: upgraded
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Well... i've been running this race for 6 months now, can't believe i've made it this far... i'm surprised in myself, it seems like yesterday when i was busy battling myself on whether i was ready to give the world up for our awesome Creator... here i am again... what can i say?

i'm dragging my feet, almost crawling... Loving Him gets tough sometimes. He's so close yet so far away. Sometimes i can literally feel His love in my heart, the next i'm asking Him where He is or if He can even hear me

Trust me, this is where i wanna be... this is where i need to be. Even when i've fallen there's something in me that won't let Him go.

I guess the thing is this relationship needs my devotion and commitment. At times i feel like going down on my knees and saying, "God, I can't. I'm in over my head with You. You're too great for me and i feel like i'm not worth it so why should i even try? I keep making the same mistakes over and over, i feel like i'm at the same place You found me. I have nothing to offer. I'm so close to giving up. I'm so close to letting go"

I've come too far to turn back now. I've given Him my heart and i don't want it back, i want Him to fix and repair it; i don't want Him to do alot with it, just touching it is enough for me.

I know He's here... somewhere, He's here.

Do you know how I feel?
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ATF Myspace

From: VictoriaAshley
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Someone needs to figure out how to put a different background on here.

Every girl picks the pink argyle (however you spell it)

and every guy picks the brick or black

its just like kindergarten
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2 years ago
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Soar with You

From: warrior4Christ4ever
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So many promises made,

And yet so many fade,

Lord, how can I let my yes, be yes?

And nothing less,

How can I let my no, be no?

For in You do I want to grow.

To be living evidence

In Your love, so intense

Walking by Your strength

With such a length

Of extravagant brotherly love

And when one displays a bitter shove

To turn the other cheek

While having a heart that’s meek

This do I pray

In Your everlasting ray

Teach me oh Lord, forevermore

For with You will I soar
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2 years ago
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Do you know Him?

From: upgraded
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My King is the King of Jews
He's the King of Israel, He's the King of righteousness
He's the King of ages, He's the King of Heaven
He's the King of glory, He's the King of Kings
He's the Lord of Lords

My King is a Sovereign King

No means of measure can define His limitless love
He's enduringly strong, He's entirely sincere
He's eternally steadfast, He's immortally graceful
He's imperially powerful, He's impartially merciful

He's the greatest phenomenon that has ever crossed the horizons of this world
He's God's Son, He's a sinner's Savior
He's the centerpiece of civilization, He's the loftiest idea in literature
He's the highest personality in philosophy, He's the fundamental doctrine of true theology

He's the only one qualified to be an all-sufficient Savior, He supplies strength for the weak
He's available for the tempted and the tried, He sympathizes and He saves
He strengthens and sustains, He guards and He guides

He heals the sick, He cleansed the lepers
He forgives sinners, He discharged debtors
He delivers the captives, He defends the feeble
He blesses the young, He serves the unfortunate

He regards the aged, He rewards the diligent
He beautifies the meager

He's the key to knowledge, He's the wellspring of wisdom
He's the doorway of deliverance, He's the pathway of peace
He's the roadway of righteousness, He's the highway of Holiness
He's the gateway of glory

His life is matchless
His goodness is limitless
His mercy is everlasting
His love never changes
His word is enough
His grace is sufficient
His reign is righteous
His yoke is easy
His burden is light

He's indescribable, He's incomprehensible
He's invincible, He's irresistible
You can't get Him out of Your mind, You can't get Him off of your hand
You can't outlive Him, You can't live without Him
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Stand in Awe

From: Heatheroo
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I have not been a Christian my whole life. I am 19. Seven of those years have been as a Christian. Only 2-3 years have been spent as a true disciple of Christ. In these seven years of truly being alive, I have had many ups and downs. I have been happy and sad, angry and ecstatic. I have literally felt Jesus' arms wrapped gently and protectively around me, and I have felt as though I was suffocating.

I have engaged in spiritual warfare, and I have allowed Satan to walk all over me. I have declared God's goodness, and I have literally screamed at God, wondering where he is now. I have been through spring, summer, fall, but mostly winter in my walk with Christ. As they say in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, it has seemed at times to be "always winter, never Christmas." Now, however, the snow is melting. Grass is beginning to grow in this once barren desert wasteland, and I can truly say I feel more alive now than I have in a very, very long time.

Why? Why do I feel this way? Why did I nearly burst out in spontaneous laughter last night, as the thought of God entered my mind? Why is it that now I can bow down before God at His throne and know with every fiber of being that he is smiling at me? Why is it that I, as insignificant as I am, have been given the honor of dancing- yes, dancing- with Jesus Himself?

I don't know. All I can say is that in those times when I felt most desperate, I have learned the value God places on little me. I am God's daughter. I am literally- not wishfully, not figuratively, but literally- a princess in God's kingdom. I am God's beloved. God loves me more than all of creation now and forever, combined.

Oh, I can feel what I am trying to say, but it won't come out!! How do you describe a feeling that you just don't understand? I feel pure joy and wonder and awe. It is sweet, like honey or really, really good chocolate that just melts in your mouth the moment you bite into it. It is mysterious, like the universe, or the ocean. It is wonderful, like the first day of sunlight after a long and dreary winter.

These feelings can only come from God. A couple of nights ago, God asked me to share an experience I had at the last ATF in Phoenix. Maybe that will help explain. I hope so, because I feel sooo bad for rambling like this.

It was the last night, I believe. We were all worshiping. I was desperate. I felt cut off from God, as though someone was literally cutting me away from Him, or physically holding me back from running to Him. I was worshiping with a desperate heart. I was begging God to look at me and to see me, to really truly see me.

After a while, I don't know what happened. It was almost like God just cut away whatever was holding me back. In my desperation it seemed as though I was spiritually flung through a suddenly opened door. Light surrounded me. I was blinded, and yet I could see so clearly. I didn't see much through the light. What I did see literally dropped me to my knees. I was standing- well, kneeling- before God's throne. The light cloaked a man, and I knew with every fiber I was looking at God. His glory and majesty was blinding and even scary. At the time I was afraid. I saw myself, and all I could think at the time was how unworthy I was. I could only think how dirty I was compared to God. I didn't want God to look at me.

Now, I know that God looked at me because He loves me. He no longer sees the darkness that I saw. He sees me. He sees who I am and who I will be. He sees what I will do, who I will help and what I will accomplish. He sees every little mistake I will make and he takes pride in my every little accomplishment.

God looks at YOU in this same way. He loves you for who you are now, right this moment. He also loves you for who you will be. We can't see the end of our lives. We can't really even see tomorrow. God, however, does. God loves you no matter where you are in your journey. Even if you are in the very throes of winter, and see no hope for a coming spring.

God loves you. He wants you to know that. His love is too great for me to describe in a single sitting, and already I have written too much. I fear that too few will read this. If you do, I pray that God will show you something that will help you in your walk.

Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you. Press on with perseverence to win the prize that God has for you in Christ Jesus. Do not give up hope, but bring everything through prayer before God's throne. Even when you feel like you are hitting your head against a brick wall, God hears you and is even now sending help to you. Press on. Dig in. Hold on. If someone like me can do it, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you can too. Jesus has over come the world so that you can be truly free, and truly alive.
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1 year ago
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Knew Me? New Me.

From: valiantone
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Hmm, so my title is a play on words, and I'm up late and I SHOULD probably go to bed. I still am lacking sleep from this last weekend's AtF because at my youth group's lock-in that Friday night we stayed up until... LATE... playing sardines in the dark.

I'm changing into someone new. Jesus is... doing something! I call it my new identity. I'm not the crammed up, scared girl I was. I don't want to be afraid of people anymore - afraid of showing who I really am, because really, I'm crazy and hyper, but no one knows that because at school I'm so reserved. How can I love on people if I'm bottled up inside myself? I don't think I would be able to to my truest extent, so I'm newly determined. It is my choice. I'm letting God break off this old shell and tear it to pieces. Underneath there's baby skin! I'm being reformed again, and this reformation is sure to go on until I die or 'till Beloved comes back.

I don't know if anyone will read this, but since I'm like, twenty minutes a member here, I wanna meet some peeps and really forms some connections. We're in this together. We are one, big, thriving Bride and we ought to go for it together. Prayer connections? Just friends? Drop me a message. I should go to sleep now.

Goodnight sons and daughters of God!

Much love!

Love,

Sam (aka Valiant One)
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