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Mephi2K
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| Posted 11/7/2001 3:59 PM (GMT -6) |   | America 2001. Yeah, thing's have changed...whatever...
http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_hate.jsp?id=319
Look at ALL the pictures. What bothers me most is not the people dressing, but the BYSTANDERS posing with them. And people wonder why I have a dim view of human nature?
Comments anyone?
A TICKED off Christian Black man,
PS: My honest to God Prayer right now...
God, forgive them. (Screw those punk @$$ busters!) God, let your Love shine upon them and in their hearts (I hope they eat crap and die, friggin bastards) Please bring divine healing and goodness from this travesty at Auburn (Burn the friggin fraternity houses DOWN!) God, help me to see them like you see them. (God PLEASE, PLEASE help me see them like You see them. I hate feeling like this.)
Can you relate?
"So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me." ---Romans 7:21
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One Love
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| Posted 6/26/2007 9:19 AM (GMT -6) | | Wow. I had forgot all about this.
I remember this now. I'm looking at "my" words...
I remember the hatred I felt in my heart when I prayed this.
I remember the deep struggle I had in my own mind, WANTING to love them, but not having the strength to do it like I know Christ would have.
Damn.
If God can change a sinful, violent, homicidal/suicidal person like the person I once was, there is hope for anyone. I have truly been the chief of sinners.
Man...
Bless God...all day, everyday. 
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be One, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be One as we are One— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete UNIty. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to SONship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. | | Back to Top | | |
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Similitude
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| Posted 6/26/2007 10:48 AM (GMT -6) | | | Yeah, we tend to overlook our own vices while seeing those of others clearly. So until we are walking in unity with God, not only do we miss the consequentialist value of loving our enemies, we underestimate the extent to which we cause God displeasure, ourselves.
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selah
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Total Posts : 1210
| Posted 6/28/2007 3:14 AM (GMT -6) | | You know what though, D? YOu are an example for me. You are an inspiration! The one thing you have always been is authentic. Even in the mess you were authentically messed up :) Now, you are experiencing the transforming power of Christ...and you know what? You are authentically sharing it - the good, bad and ugly!!! I love that about you. You don't have to look back at posts like the one above...but you do it. I believe it's all a part of authentic transformation. Worm to butterfly...all that. I look up to you! Really, D. It is a PRIVILEGE to be let in on what's happening in your life. Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I, for one, am convicted (in a good way) and growing alongside you...
MUCH LOVE,
selah
PS. I read the other thread, but I don't want to bud in on you and TGB's relationally beautiful arguments ;). You guys are iron sharpening iron over there! Overall, I think TGB is still my hero - theologically. That guys is centered. His theology is tight. Always has been...hopefully, always will be ;) LOVE YA TOO, TGB! You "rock" you!
"When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love." ~ Soren Kierkegaard | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 6/28/2007 8:41 AM (GMT -6) | | Thanks, lady. Thanks especially for your deep prayer for me over the years.
God's victory in my life is built upon the prayers of the saints like you.
When anyone gets healed, we ALL benefit!
Bless ya!
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be One, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be One as we are One— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete UNIty. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to SONship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. | | Back to Top | | |
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Starkman
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| Posted 6/28/2007 10:36 AM (GMT -6) | | I can't think of a more appropriate place, D., to see the demonstration of the true reigning power of the kingdom of God on this earth then when we can truly say, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." I mean, that says it all, doesn't it? It sums up the true power and authority that a Christian lives in as one seated with Christ. We demonstrate the true power of God when we love in such an extent that nothing can withstand such love, that hearts can be broken and repentive, when it is darkness that flees to the mountains and cries out to the rocks, "Fall of us, for the wrath of the Lamb has come," and when the fragrance of life spreads to those who are breaking down and becoming subject to the King.
Your heart, my good man, testifies to the world that the kingdom of God is here. It does so, because you are here, walking in its truth!
Starkman
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One Love
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| Posted 6/28/2007 11:19 AM (GMT -6) | | Bless you, Starkman. I can't tell you how many times your heart has encouraged mine in some dark places. Iron-sharpening-iron, just like Selah said. Thanks, bro.
And about Tom...
What can I say? He's my brother and I love him very much. An absolutely brilliant man after God with holy fervor. We've honed each other so much, man. I can't thank you enough.
Thanks for being my friend, Tom.
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be One, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be One as we are One— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete UNIty. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to SONship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 6/28/2007 11:36 AM (GMT -6) | | The "One Anothers." Random search...
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves."
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law."
"Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
"Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart."
"For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another."
and...for the finale...
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us. If we say we love God yet hate a brother or sister, we are liars. For if we do not love a fellow believer, whom we have seen, we cannot love God, whom we have not seen. And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love one another.
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be One, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be One as we are One— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete UNIty. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to SONship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. | | Back to Top | | |
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