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Wow I'm so sorry, forgive me. I haven't checked formspring in about half a year. Please understand that while the intention may seem good, it actually is the number one way that both people fall further from God, if they have not come to know Him already. The reason why is because relationships make things much more complicated and entangle the two in ways that can hurt both of them. Dating opens up emotional ties between the both of you, that even if you were to introduce them to Christ, the counterpart would likely base much of their acceptance of Him on you as a person. Which means that the acceptance ties you in as responsible for their salvation. But ARE YOU their Savior? No. Only Jesus is. Which means that you cannot equate yourself as the saving grace for the person. Let me elaborate. Do you have intentions of committing to the person for life? Even if you do, you do not know whether you will end up marrying the person or not because you cannot guarantee that is where the two paths will end up. If you care about someone and their salvation, you can be their friend and still introduce them to Christ by the way you live your life, not because you enter a romantic relationship with them. If you are a Christian considering dating a person who is not Christian, I strongly advise you not to. But why? Isn't love just love? Not if the person does not know God, it isn't. They will want to do things differently, and that makes the relationship very complicated until it ends in conflict. If you truly care for someone's salvation and your own spiritual growth, you will not enter a romantic relationship with them because it takes two to dance, and in this case, you guys are on a very different beat. If i can make this clearer, I would. But I pray that God gives you the wisdom to see that love is worth the wait. If you already ARE in a romantic relationship with someone who is not a believer, then my advice still is the same. Y
ou must first know love to share love with them. Two thirsty people cannot draw water from each other. But if they know where the fountain of living water is, they can go there together and draw from it. But if one is not willing to go to the fountain, you cannot force them to go there. You must first go to the fountain to drink of the living Water, so that others may see Your thirst has been satisfied (and will continue to be satisfied) and want the same Living Water. If this is not clear, you can call me at any time to talk and pray. 973 722 3086 -
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hi! thanks im certain that you are more awesome, much to be awed of
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lollll im sure some people like it too. it wasn't meant to be christianity 101 but things happen nao mean
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Hey! I'm so sorry for the late reply, didn't see this until now. If you're asking this question, you first need to know that, as with everything about Jesus and you, this a personal choice-- which means you are not following a religion or set of rules that "qualifies" you to be baptized. Wanting to be baptized stems from you wanting to know God more, to embrace His love personally and intimately. It does not matter where you get baptized, but I would recommend finding a pastor or church you are familiar with and requesting to be baptized. This way you are allowing others to join in praying for you and to let you know of the soonest baptism date. If you are not familiar with a church, I would definitely recommend you attend for at least a year. It's not that it's a requirement of any sort, but it's in your best interest for a number of reasons: one, when you want to be actively seeking God, the best way to start is to have been going to church regularly for spiritual growth. At the same time, you will be finding that being baptized--the actual being-dipped-in-water part, is not the turning point of your life, it is your relationship with God. That is a process that you choose. Secondly, when you want to get baptized, you will want to be familiar with a church you are at home with. The brothers and sisters of the church are your family-- they will help and encourage you in many ways. So timing has to do with your inner desire for God and the realization that He wants to give you a new life! Location is important, I believe in another sense, of the church. There are also baptisms in rivers or other outside water sources, which I think is a cool experience too, but not necessary. Just remember that if you are asking this question inside, it means you are seeking after God, which is great!
"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved..." ~ Mark 16:16
"...and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ..." ~ 1 Peter 3:21
"...for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ." ~ Galatians 3:27
"...Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." ~ Acts 2:38
"Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." ~ Romans 6:3-4 -
im in love with a Man whos a Stranger whos a Lamb whos a Lion whos my Savior whom I have yet to know. (:
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Hi sister in Christ! <3
idk which sister you are... lol but it's ok
It was truly MY privilege and blessing to talk to you. Honestly, it's you that inspires me. You are family!
Love you, and talk to me soon, ok?
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Hey, family member in Christ. Good question. When in doubt, always come back to the foundation of your faith, which--I hope very much-- is based on God's Word. Without the Bible, we do not know anything about what He wants. We would not know about God Himself. When there are times when something cuts to the core of you, it is time to turn to the Bible. It's not easy to turn to something that seems like an inanimate object, like a book, when we are going through harsh times. It will even feel like a huge effort to even pick up the Bible. However, the Bible is NOT just a book. It happened and still happens in life. It's LIFE. It's living, and will bring you life. And you are not alone in that kind of feeling. But don't rely on your feeings, nor even your thoughts to determine how your life should be lived out. For our mindsets and perspectives are far too limited to understand what God has planned for us. Let me be a little more specific. When I had depression, I had voices in my head all the time. They told me to do bad things. They told me to hurt myself. They told me that I was not worth anything. They told me to do things that were meaningless for the fun of it. Obviously, these voices were from myself and Satan, which can both be detrimental to self.
But God has a distinctly different voice. I learned to listen to His voice through His Word and through brothers and sisters in Christ.
You will be able to discern when you look to the image of His Son.
Jesus faced temptation and voices from Satan, too. About false glory and pleasure. But He conquered by remembering the Word, and He WAS the word.
Luke Chapter 4.
Think about the question you are asking. When is it Satan? When the whispers in your ear, the voice in your head, TELLS YOU THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD TELLS YOU.
Satan says "You aren't worth anything."
He says "God could never love you now after all you have done."
He says "Do this because it's fun and there's no harm. Who cares. If your God is so FORGIVING, he'll just forgive you anyway. SO DO IT FOR YOU."
Satan. What an unbearably annoying liar; listen to what GOD has to say: The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness" (Jeremiah 31:3).
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).
And knowing this, sin is no longer attractive. Those things that we wanna do that rebel against parents, friends, God, or the things that even our "friends" want us to do on a Friday night when no one's watching, are no longer attractive. Why? They're harmless, right? Just a little fun. But that's not our life. It doesn't mean anything. Sin is to be without God, so we want to follow Ephesians Chapter 5, that encourages us to live in his light and love-- and you won't ever be empty with Christ.
Does what your doing make you only temporarily happy? Does it mean anything for Christ? Does it glorify God? Is what you're doing something God would smile at?
These questions are not to guilt trip you in life. They are to guide you on the path of hearing God's voice, and will PROTECT AND CARRY YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING. Our generation always looks for the easy answers, and once finding them, they follow them without the faithful instruction of the timeless Word. Please don't settle for those "easy out"s. They don't lead to anything in the end. But enough of what I'm saying. Come to Him! (= Hear His voice in His Word. The Bible is SO relatable, when you are open to it. Do not be afraid to come to Him, for He is your friend. Come with the faith that He will give you wisdom to know what is His voice. Feel free to email me if you ever want to talk about anything, ok?
sarahmeiluo@gmail.com
Ephesians 6:10-17"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." -
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You answered your own question, man.
it's not a bad thing, but there are many things that other people will not be able to answer for you.
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a very beautiful panda.
sorry, that question is not open to her name.
She is just very important to me and a lot of people.
It was kind of cowardly for me to post on tumblr instead of talking to her, but I didn't want to bother her in case she wanted to be left alone. But that's stupid of me... -
Hey girl <3
I feel immediate fondness of you, because I know who you are, even though I don't know who you are. if that makes any sense.
You may not feel like we're close (anymore), but to me, I will always see you as a sister. I hope you find the time to talk to me in person-- or over the phone.
Thank you for trusting in me with such sincerity--it is very encouraging to me that people can still approach others with such questions.
On the deep realm of faith.... I can honestly say that it is not owed to my own ability, strength, or intelligence of its consistency. Faith is given to you by Christ.. but it is up to us to have a relationship with Him. I want to avoid making a broad and cliche "list" of what that means, because it isn't anything "played up"... but essentially who we are in Him grows only through constant communication with Him (not formal, strategic prayer like "religions" set up, but YOUR personal, intimate prayer), studying and reflecting on His Word in our lives, and most of all, putting our old selves down.
None of it is easy, sister. You have heard it before, but there are so many distractions, pains, and burdens that weigh us down and prevent us from the desire to be the other half in our relationship with Him. We think there's something wrong with God, but really it's this world that gets us down.
And so He waits for us... waits while we keep living without really living. But He's always there, ready to accept us with His open arms.
You know... faith cannot be defined, explained, or justified. Especially not by this little human girl's words. I'm not faithful, you see. There is no noble faith on my part. It is only because HE is so faithful to me and you.
So why do I have faith? Because He is faithful--never changing, always loving.
Why faith in Him?
I will repeat something that begs repeating:
Why did such a beautiful, perfect God bleed to death on a cross for me?
Let us find our faith back at the foot of the beginning of love.
And I am still praying for you. Please call me one of these days: 973 706 8353 -- but remember that when my lines aren't open...
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Hahaha. I'm not sure what you are implying about smart people.
But on solemn terms, intelligence has little to do with faith.
Smart people trust evolution because they CHOOSE to. They like to say that they use their brains, and that for one to believe in a god or God is due to a lack of brain activity. I would like to respond simply..
Science does not defy God.
God Himself made science.
Let us minimize to something simple. Something elementary. You know the structure of an atom? How can matter form matter on its own? Must there not be a higher power?
People who believe in/support evolution have not considered the impossibility of amoebas randomly transforming into fish and then apes and then humans. Where did the amoebas come from?
(p.s. i have reiterated this simple idea so many times on formspring, you could go take a look at previous posts... and you can also read "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" Norman L. Geiser and "The Case for a Creator" by Lee Strobel. anyways, that is not the point)
On a personal note...
at one point in my life, before Christ changed my life, I gave up. There is no need to go into detail right here, but I will say this.
People often ask me to define faith or to explain my own.
But I can honestly and only say that it makes much more sense to me that there is God.
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lol. hi peter he.
it's totally you
iono, im not really sure.
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lolll... not a lot
they just range from ling ling, linginator, jing mei, Sala, Loohoo, Terri...
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NO. Not at all. You know what I hate? When people twist my words to fit their own sardonic, mocking questions.
I just told you, I do not want to force people to listen to what I'm saying about God if they don't WANT to listen. Of course you want people to know the beauty of God. Because what heaven really is, is being with Him. Hell is ourselves, hell is not being with God for eternity. You don't even understand how much I want my friends to know that joy and love, and how hard it is to explain to people. All you can do for unbelieving people is pray to God that they will be open to who He is and turn away from themselves. It hurts to not be able to do much when you want to, but it's also comforting to know that God can do anything with faith. -
One word: sin. Firstly, I don't want any part of what I say to offend you. If it does, please remember that you asked for my thoughts-- and I will give them to you honestly because the whole point of saying any of the following is in my hope of sharing what I believe is truth. I do not, of course, chase down my gay friends and try to force them to see my views. But sorry, homosexuality-- along with all other sin-- is not a "compromising" area. In other words, I don't believe there is a gray area, an "exception" to embracing homosexuality. Back to the word "sin". Most people don't like this word, but it is very much alive in each of our lives. Sin is defined as going against what God designed life and humans for. I am not against homosexuality specifically, rather I believe that it, like all othe sin, leads to downfall. Why? Because Satan is the ringleader of sin.
You see, as people we like to create our own justifications for life. We think that we KNOW what's best for ourselves, and so we strive to please ourselves in the way that we can. Often, though, it's really not right. You have to ask this one question first: did God not make woman for man? He created the other half of man as a different gender, to complete him. Now if you would like to argue on the theory of evolution, that is a tired topic that I do not care to discuss again-- I don't want to express to you the impossibility and ridiculous idea of apes magically transforming from some species of fish that came out of the seawater by some arbitrary chance of the universe, which also appeared by some AMAZING BIG SHINY BANG in outer space, which was also just there. And somehow the human brain is developed in the way that it is, with a beating body and heart-- heart that knows what feelings are, by CHANCE. by evolution. My point is, if mankind was not by some happening of nothing, and it was indeed made by God, then why defy what He created man and woman for? When I talk to my homosexual friends, I do respect their views. I won't try to tell them to "stop being gay" because in some ways homosexuality might "make sense". But obviously, I don't agree with their perspective. From what I've seen, I think that MOST cases of homosexuality comes with identity-- when people have a negligent family background and feel attracted to the gender that makes them feel more loved. That is strictly one of my opinions of how someone "becomes gay", but I do feel that to some extent it is true for many. This is where I want to address something. You can try to justify homosexuality in any way you would like, but try to think about it this way. So God made man and woman--He knew that marriage between the two individuals would be made beautiful-- not perfect, but two halves of a whole. Think about the beauty of having a child. The life that's given is between a man and a woman, because that's how God made humans-- to have two parts that completed each other.
On the Bible, I believe that every word is God-inspired by His people. That does NOT mean I agree with the countless interpretations out there that often twist the ORIGINAL meaning of the Bible. Which, when you really understand each constituent, has only one message: love for US.
I could find some passages for you, but I think that you may be feeling annoyed by now of many things I have said.
I just want to make it clear that the only reason I'm writing any of this, is to let you know NOT of my opinion on homosexuality, but about sin, how it seperates us from God. You know how you may have met crazy aggressive "religious" people who seem to say similar things to what I'm saying? I do not agree with many, if any, of their approaches to "saving" people. Rather, I do understand their urgency to tell people about sin. It's out of compassion and concern, and legitimate reasoning at that. If indeed there is a god, and I believe there is one God, who is all loving, then what I am saying is not about homosexuality in essence.
You see, I am NOT trying to promote anti-homosexuality or any political view in this. You can lump me in with the others if you want, but when it comes down to it all, it's simply this. There is sin, and WE ARE SINNERS. But God, who sacrificed Himself in the form of His son to atone for our sin, is the One who saves us, if we realize that we need to repent from sin, to be with Him for ever. -
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Hey guys :) don't be afraid to be open and honest here about anything, it's all good. Just please don't post disrespectful stuff about God, cause it just means you haven't even tried to understand His love for you.
