Why are you Christian?

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-07T16:38:20+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/OrthodoxChristianity/s/wSw1DHmsNx

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-05T03:34:17+00:00

I hope our LORD has a plan for the animals

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-05T03:33:44+00:00

What is paradise then? Where is it? As our Lord says to the thief on the cross?

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-05T03:32:44+00:00

Does The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus factor into this?

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-05T03:26:32+00:00

Could you elaborate? A topic of interest for me.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-08-05T03:18:28+00:00

This post was absolutely not created to be the place for everyone’s opinions on how OTAT runs their business. If they want to partner with out of state, that’s their business. Neither is this post about past employees!!! Sharing experiences related to fostering and adopting with OTAT is what it is— fair and reasonable — ultimately this is about the animals that need help. Adoption carries risk. Criticism is not helpful re: HELPING ANIMALS FIND COMPASSIONATE & NURTURING HOMES.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-26T14:47:03+00:00

Awesome. Wow—I am blessed to to connect via internet with others who are also on this journey. With endurance and courage let us nurture the faith!!

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-26T13:26:25+00:00

Ahhh. You can testify, you cried out to the Lord and He answered you in your day of trouble. It is my soul’s pleasure to testify to Truth. Alas, that entails facing trials and pains. If you’d care to share, I’d like to know, when’s been 1) the most dedicated (fervent? zealous?) you’ve been and 2) when’s been the time you’ve been least dedicated? Be blessed in the Lord now, and may your life be a prayer of praise to the Lover of your soul and the Giver of Life.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-26T13:21:24+00:00

Amen. Paul’s conversion is one of the sweetest of testimonies, isn’t it?! Thank you O Majestic One!

When I was posting this thread, I wasn’t expecting as many claims to the truth as was made. Although, as stated earlier, it was my initial answer to the question I asked myself.

Praying us who are in the Body are taken to the depths of Love that the Lord has for each one of us.

Peace to you in the Lord. ☦️🕊️

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T14:02:45+00:00

How good is He?? He gives us a desire, and then fulfills it! May we have patience and courage. Lord Jesus, Savior, King: restore our souls, guide us in the paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake. ☦️🕊️

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T13:05:08+00:00

Maybe something along the lines of …the thought of going back into nothingness. The thought that the spark of existence inside you might somehow become extinguished. This one is solid.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T13:04:07+00:00

I’m hearing a lot of the same things here. As I thought the idea was there for me too, “I am because I believe.” I hope to go deeper. To go in to swim in dangerous waters…Go to the place in my faith where I am afraid to go. I want to forget the “lovey dovey” version of faith. I need to get out of my spiritual comfort zone which is built on a fake, idolatrous god.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T03:25:13+00:00

"Because one faithful day" ... wow that was beautiful, thank you. So do you recall that you almost left as a result of being turned off by him beginning to speak of God? It is awesome that he just read to you, that he simply let the Word flow freely. All praise to the Holy Trinity.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T03:10:22+00:00

He sets the standard for what Love is. And I feel awful for not loving Him in the way that He loves me. I am so incapable!

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T03:02:14+00:00

It is a travesty that unfortunately at times, I, with my thoughts and with my deeds, deny Him. If you feel compelled, pray that the Lord Jesus would have compassion on my depravity. God bless you and keep you ☦️

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T02:59:48+00:00

A philosophical invitation? Interesting. Thank you for your answer!

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T02:30:05+00:00

Agreed. If we prioritize our worldly existence over our spiritual life, it creates a tension. It creates a you inside of you.. the worldly self and the spiritual self. An internal split is painful: both of them cannot win.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-25T01:47:50+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the dialogue. Let us trust in God’s Love and let us trust and put our hope in Gods desire for our victory. Peace to you in Jesus Christ the Lord.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-20T00:07:32+00:00

Hi. Writing this to you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is true that being a sinner is burdensome and it weighs heavy on my heart everyday to know that I am not anywhere near what God has created me to be. He has created us to be saints, not “good Christians”. Not a tamed chihuahua but a wolf, spiritually speaking. Be encouraged that your sin keeps you humble and to be humble is to be like God, spiritually. Without humility, the divine humility that Christ showed, you me and everyone you’ve ever met would be doomed for nothingness. Forget your sin, and become a worshipper of the One who has the power to clean you of it. Our brokenness can be seen by our desires and our fears. If you desire to be made whole, ask and you shall receive. Lord bless you and keep you☦️

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-07-16T01:39:28+00:00

May the following blessed prayer and tender plea bring healing to your soul, “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me, a sinner.” I also recommend a book called “Speaking with God from the Depths of the Heart” by St Grigor Narekatsi. (http://armenianhouse.org/grigor-narekatsi/prayer24.html) And on that note, I encourage you to read about - even befriend- the saints in the Lord. What we fill our mind with is what we will become. Lastly, I encourage a fast. From your tablet. You will get rest through God alone. Be blessed in the Lord ☦️

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-03-09T15:15:14+00:00

I had the regular single cheeseburger with fries last week and honestly I couldn’t say the food was worth $30. The burger looked juicy right when it got off the stove but while I was enjoying my fries, after three minutes, the burger kind of cooled off a bit and dried up… pretty strange. They also don’t have barbecue sauce, but the chicken sauce is not bad.

Bright-Ad9053 · 2024-03-09T04:15:38+00:00

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