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My parents have raised me to be a great Christian. I study hard, I play a lot of sports, I try to follow every teaching from God I can as my Mother and Father have taught me. I am nice to everyone and have even managed to convince some of my friends to get more into Christianity when our friend, Ger died.

However... I have a massive problem. I lust after girls. Constantly. I don't know what to do, the other day I say a pornographic magazine at my friends house. I convinced him to get rid of the thing in case his parents found it (I felt that would be more effective than saying it wasn't right by god). Obviously I saw some of the women inside. My problem is, I cannot stop fantasising about those women and their bodies. I'm scared, I find myself looking at teachers at school, girls in my class and random women in the street. I can't help myself.

My problem is, that not only is this distracting, and not only do I feel guilty about it, and fear from judgement, both from my father, but also by Our Father, my studies and teachings never explain WHY this is so wrong. Why must I resist this temptation? Why has Christianity made this such a bad thing?

If I understand why, I'm sure I can find the right way to pray and cure myself, I just need to understand why this sin... is such a sin? I've looked at all the aspects and relevant verses, but I can't understand why.

Someone, please. Help.

- Hooper]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:03:42 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1212 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1238 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:54:20 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1238 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1285 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:57:47 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1285 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1248
I married way too young in spite of all my family's objections. After 7 years of very hectic college, and later graduate school schedules, my husband and I had grown up into very different people and very much apart. We became roommates with vastly different schedules where he would spend his nights in the lab and come home just as I was leaving for work. We had nothing in common anymore. After I finished graduate school I tried to reconnect with him but he was no longer interested. I wanted children and he no longer felt that was what he wanted in life. There was so much animosity and bitterness and every day I just felt like I was dying inside. I had finished graduate school and suddenly had lots of free time but now he was in medical school and became jealous of my free time, and controling. He became very angry if I ever wanted to do anything except going to the grocery store or work. If he couldn't have fun then I couldn't either. The only time I could go to church was if he went with me which wasn't often. My friends disappeared and since we had moved to a different city so he could attend medical school, I had no family to turn to either. I became very lonely and depressed. We couldn't afford cable TV so I spend my evenings alone reading books or listening to music while he was at the lab or hospitol. I got a wonderful, dream job offer after I graduated from school but since he had already started medical school I had to turn it down and settle for something far less desirable. Every day I cried and was miserable, my self esteem was rock bottom and I felt like a complete failure.

And then I got this new boss at work. I would often work late (to avoid going home, mostly just surfing the internet) and noticed he stayed late as well. We began talking, we became friends. I developed a huge crush on him. He was married and much older than me. His kids were my age. Months went by. I suggested counseling to my husband but he said it was stupid so I went to counseling by myself. When I had enough, I told my husband I wanted a divorce and he said I was just being hormonal. About then I discovered my boss also had feelings for me. I had an affair with my boss. A few weeks later I filed for divorce. A few weeks after that my boss left his wife. The relationship never lasted with my boss, and even at the time I knew it wouldn't. I didn't leave my husband for him. It just felt so good to have a friend and to be cared for my someone. We supported each other through the divorce but after that we parted ways on good terms.

As a Christian, I know what I did was wrong but it felt so good. It felt so good to finally get out of my miserable marriage. I confessed this and asked for forgiveness but I have to admit I've never had a godly sorrow about it. I regret the affair, and how I left my ex-husband (is there ever such a thing as a GOOD divorce?) but I don't regret leaving him. I am much better off without him.

I wonder if that's now catching up with me? Several years ago I moved across the country and remarried a wonderful man. We decided we wanted a family, which was one of the reasons I left my ex - since he no longer wanted children. I became pregnant right away and everything was wonderful. But 9 months of healthy pregnancy does not guarantee you'll go home with a baby. Just a few days before my due date, at full term, my baby stopped moving - she had died and was stillborn. After a nightmare induced labor that lasted over 37 hours she was delivered in silence. A full autopsy and many tests later and nothing can explain why my baby died. Her heart literally just stopped. God took my baby. And now we've been trying to conceive another child and it's not happening. And now I wonder if this is all my fault and he's punishing me? My heart is broken over the loss of my child. Will God ever allow me to have children? Or did I blow it?

Thank you for reading my long post.



]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:28:23 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1248 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1263 Hey all! I was just wondering if there is another Christian out there who has ever struggled with eating disorders. I myself am going through a fierce battle at the moment with my eating and would really, really appreciate if someone who has already gone through the same thing, could kind of help me! Thanks so much Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:46:49 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1263 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1256 my husband and i are really struggling. right away when we were first married it became apparent that my husband was going to give his time and energy to his family. that's fine and i can appreciate that. it should be a beautiful thing to witness and be a part of but instead i am resentful and jealous of his relationshipd with his family. it's just that we've never come into our own life together. that being so, i feel very rejected and unimportant. my voice is never really heard and we never had that time to bond. he doesn't want children and God gave me a powerful dream that we would have a girl. God also gave me a dream that we would witness the end of times together also. early in our relationship i found JESUS as my Savior. i was very nervous about this because i had never known Jesus before this and i felt very insecure in sharing what i was experiencing having come to Him so late in life. my husband and i didnt know each other that well before we married we just knew that we were soul mates. i'm 28. i only want to be what God wants me to be but i am distracted by whether or not my husband finds favor in me. when i have hurt him by complaining about our situation he holds a long period of silence but only to me. i wish i never said a thing but then how will he know who i am and what i like? i also have no one else to confide in. early in our relationship while he ignored me i reached out to a friend. a male friend. it was a friend i trusted enough to talk about God. he is a christian and felt comfortable talking to him. it was kind of like practice before i'd say what i needed to my husband. we only talked about God. one night my husband asked me who i was talking to and i lied. i didnt tell him that i was talking to my friend. he has never trusted me since then and i feel doomed. an incredible sense of doom. he laughs and helps others and ignores me. it is so very shameful and embarassing. i have grown to resent other female relationships he has in his family. so much that i can't even be around them in peace and be myself. they speak like they are his wife and i feel left out. how can you truly love otheres if you hate your own wife? i was insecure from the time i was a little girl with my own father who was never there and did abandon us. i just want to be my husband's #1 helper. the more he pushes me away the lower my self esteem is. i'm afraid that i will run to addictions or another man. i know that i am a sinner, that Jesus died for our sins and that He is coming back. that is why i want peace with my husband. i want to love him like the church loves Christ. i know i must trust God and that He will deliver me from this evil. i don't want to lose my marriage in the process. how do i go on and make healthy choices when the man i married hates me or doesn't trust me? he goes for days without speaking to me or looking at me and it hurts me deeply to my soul. i want to be a better person and so i know i have to put God first. i am still very lonely and missing my husband smile and touch very much. it's as if he is posessed when this happens. he says such mean things and threatens to leave. i am living in hell. i wind up crying and blocking the door. it would be perfect if i never said a word and always did what he wanted. is that what God means by respecting your husband? even when you know it's wrong in your heart? i wish God would change my heart because we are really suffering. i need to give my life to something and i don't know what to do since we haven't settled anywhere. i feel the more this happens the more the enemy is consuming me. i know Jesus overcame evil and rose from the grave. my mind and emotions and heart are so hurt that it's seems i must be so bad or evil for the illusion of such hell to be present. Please pray for my marriage and our deliverance and increase in faith. thank you for listening. i know that what i did was wrong. lying is never an option and it hasn't happened since then. i know that nagging him is wrong but we don't talk regularly because he's concerned about another part of his family now. it's always him and his family never us and our new family of 2. what should i do? i am currently seeking counseling for my self esteem, more employment, church on my own, time with God each day, physical exercise and prayer. if your heart is burdened please share. God bless you and thank you for loving one another.]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:17:58 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1256 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=845 Dear Fellowship:

First, I want to ask forgiveness for the delay in getting this posted. I was on vacation for awhile, and since my return have been having difficulties with my computer - again - and the first write up was, like before, lost in cyber-space.

You all need and deserve to know what is happening.

The time came when the doctors, who are required by law during a particular time in ones hospitalization, had to ask Marsha if she would consider consenting to the donor program. Marsha said she would consider it. Since, as Marsha put it, she and Glen "used to put the organ donor dot on our driver's license," she consented. Glen & Marsha were dedicated to be contributors. Marsha would like you all to know how important this gift giving program is to them and to so many people in need.

Glen's blood type is fairly rare so the donor team started searching for any matches. This is when my husband and I went into almost constant prayer, mixed with tears, praise, and happy reflection of Glen. We were being very selfish and in our flesh, no doubt. We prayed that the donor team would take awhile to find any suitable matches, to allow the Lord to perform one of His awesome miracles. We believed that if anyone should be blessed with one of His Miracles, it was Glen. Who better, than a man so dedicated to Him, and whose work for the Lord spreads across the world? We thought that the Lord should pick Glen so that He could show so many people of His awesome power in making miracles happen. Unfortunately, due to the conditions of his organs, Glen was unable to be part of this wonderful program.

We never gave up on this hope and prayer. I had to have it written in black and white, or stated to the exact words, before I was able to actually believe this to be real. It still does not seem real to me. However, yes, Glen has gone to be with Our Father in Heaven. He is already deeply missed.

Matthew 25:21 (NIV) "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'"

Hebrews 3:2 (NIV) He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house.

In reflection, Kevin says that Glen used to run around the parking lot of the church, wearing a tall purple (of course) and white hat ("cat in the hat" type) and rainbow colored shoe laces, greeting every car that drove in, giving each person one of his sweet hugs. Glen was a hugger. Nobody could get by him, without receiving one of his wonderful hugs first! His hugs were genuinely warm and heart-felt. When we attended Bible Studies at Glen and Marsha's home, before even able to open the car door, there was Glen, wearing his big glowing grin, ready to give hugs.

Kevin says that Glen is probably in heaven, running around in all his glory, hugging all the Saints from the Bible. Lovingly, my husband also says that Jesus is probably running FROM Glen because he is giving so many hugs!! In other words, we know that Glen is happy where he is at, and that he is probably like a little kid in a candy store, being in heaven with all of those he so dearly admires and loved to teach the rest of us about.

Like Paul in
Acts 28:31 (NIV) Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

While Glen ministered at the local church, before Finding Way2Hope/EFH/Web-church, Kevin was fortunate enough to be around during the time Glen was pondering the idea of an online church. Glen and friends did a lot of praying about it, before deciding to take the chance. We are all so fortunate that he chose this route. How blessed are we, the people of over 160 countries that his ministry reaches?! Glen is a True Christian Leader with much wisdom and loads of love to offer every one and anyone willing to receive.

Luke 4:43 (NIV)
But he said, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."

Deuteronomy 32:2 (NIV)
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

Please know that Glen's legacy will continue through his sites. As of right now, they are pretty well self-maintained by all of you faithful members. The only exception, at this time, is that there will not be any new articles. And, please know that Marsha and several others of us are determined to keep Glen's legacy alive. If I may ask, please have a little patience with us, as we learn how to better operate the systems. We will be praying for guidance in how to accomplish what needs to be done.

Please continue to pray for Marsha. We feel an enormous loss, just imagine how she is feeling. She is a beautiful woman who walks with the Lord with much grace and dignity. Please pray for strength and peace for Glen's beautiful wife. I am incredibly blessed and honored to have been a part of Glen's life, and also to be a part of this fellowship. God is AWESOME!

'LOVE & HUGS'

In God's Hands,
Deb & Kevin]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:06:42 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=845 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1184 i have been struggling with drug addiction for years ive gone to aa but i feel like im missing something any advie would be great. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:33:55 -0400 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1184 http://www.web-church.com/christian-forums/index.php?showtopic=1239


The Jews killed Jesus. That fact will never change. They have never repented, and they try to bully into silence anyone who states that fact.

They try to deflect this awful sin by saying, “Jesus was a Jew.” Yes – he was. And the Jews killed him.
Paul the Apostle – also a Jew -- said, the Jews did not attain to righteousness because they “sought it not by faith,” and instead established their own righteousness and did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God, Romans 8:31-32 & 9:1-4.


Only the ELECT JEWS will obtain righteousness, Romans 11:7. The APOSTATE REPROBATE JEWS have a vail on their heart when they read the Law of Moses, 2 Corinthians 3:13-15. And they forbad the apostles to speak to the Gentiles about salvation, “to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost,” 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16.

Jesus’ ministry of three-and-a-half years was to the lost house of Israel. But they would not obey, and they crucified him. When they did so, they screamed, “His blood be on us, and on our children,” Matthew 27:25. God hates Israel and her destruction is coming from God. You rebellious sinful Jews will NOT get a pass because Jesus was a Jew. The Jews killed Jesus!


FROM OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST MOUTH

Jesus said wrath and tribulation are going to come upon the Jews in the Last Days for their persecution of the people of God. Since Jesus was a Jew – YOU HAD BETTER LISTEN TO HIS WORDS. Like these: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” Matthew 23:37-39; Luke 13:34-35.


Jesus traveled from Galilee to Jerusalem – because he knew it was nearing the time for the Jews to condemn him to death. Upon approach, he beheld the city and wept over it, because of the destruction that was coming in the “time of their visitation,” Luke 19:41-44.

When Jesus prophesied about the Last Days, he said, “[W]hen ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh; then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains …; [f]or these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled,” Luke 21:20-22.

When the good women lamented his death on the way to his death, Jesus told them not to weep for him, but for themselves and their children, because of the wrath that would come upon Israel. For “then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us,” Luke 23:26-31.

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