To: Elsie
"I consider myself saved by grace; as you do." Good. Something we have in common.
"I also consider myself kept by the same grace. I do NOT beat myself up over any 'rules' my chosen denomination has set before me that I've failed to follow to the letter. "
I'm not beating myself up. I just admit when I've fallen short, which is frequently. I'm not a very good faster; and Christ said there are demons that can't be expelled except by prayer and fasting.
Could be why there's still a Planned Parenthood office in my very neighborhood, and Obama's still in the White House.
And I kid you not.
513 posted on
08/28/2013 3:29:01 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." - Matthew 17:21)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Could be why there's still a Planned Parenthood office in my very neighborhood, and Obama's still in the White House. And I kid you not. And I could not agree more.
Fasting is a lost practice.
598 posted on
08/28/2013 6:05:32 PM PDT by
metmom
( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I just admit when I've fallen shortOf HUMAN LAW?
635 posted on
08/28/2013 7:26:13 PM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Could be why there's still a Planned Parenthood office in my very neighborhood, and Obama's still in the White House. But Obama's not killing anyone.
638 posted on
08/28/2013 7:27:40 PM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Sometimes more intense efforts have to be made to be spiritually effective in a given situation. Fasting can be one of the means. It doesn’t mean that’s the right thing in every single situation. Also, it’s perhaps an ill noted spiritual truth that demons are driven away with light. By exalting God in their faces. It does not work to try to curse a demon to hell. It’s already damned. It’s superfluous at best, and gives the demon a foothold over you at the worst.
642 posted on
08/28/2013 7:32:48 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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