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#61
A Place to talk about it. / Re: New Favorite
Last post by Rhonda - Feb 12, 2025, 02:27 PM
I put your link in the Video Insert BBC tag (that you see in the posting box when you're replying or starting a new topic).  It's the one with the red "play" button on the front and you just paste the link in the field after you click it and then click "Insert" (after placing your cursor where, in your post, you want to see it). 

I do remember that song!  I wasn't there last Sunday, but surely we've done it before? 
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#62
Things you need to know! / Re: Sunday @ FAS
Last post by Pastor Ken - Feb 12, 2025, 01:19 PM
So what is in store for this Sunday? :blissy: Only God knows. The last couple of Sunday's have been out of the norm, even though it should be the norm. God moving in a service and changing people's lives should be a regular occurrence.
#63
Val's Blogs / Attacks
Last post by Val - Feb 12, 2025, 09:06 AM
   

   Let's look at the first thing that came under attack on this Earth. It was the word of God, wasn't it?

Gen 3:1 ISV
1Now the Shining One*, was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"
2"We may eat from the trees of the garden," the woman answered the Shining One, 3"but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.'"
4"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman. 5"Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."

*3:1 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God's word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14

    It always seemed odd to me that Eve was listening to a plain old snake it turns out the being she was talking to was more angelic in appearance than the normal english translation picture that is painted for us. So this beings countenance would already give him an air of importance which makes the scene easier to understand why she suddenly doubted. This being shows up with an air of authority which causes her to listen and eventually doubt.
    The shining one has never stopped casting doubt upon God's word. That is his continuous attack. He is doing it today. He attacks or challenges the very simple and understandable meaning of God's word.
 
#64
A Place to talk about it. / New Favorite
Last post by Pastor Ken - Feb 12, 2025, 06:17 AM
I think one of the songs we did Sunday is one of my favorites because I have become more focused than ever in recent years to be aware of the Holy Spirit.


I love when it says "Spirit when you move, you make my heart pound".
#65
Rhonda's Blogs / In Spirit and in Truth
Last post by Rhonda - Feb 11, 2025, 07:36 PM
The idea of worshiping the Lord "in spirit and truth" comes from Jesus' conversation with the woman at the well.

John 4

17 Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."

This made her uncomfortable, so she attempted to divert His attention from her personal life to matters of religion:

19 "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."

Jesus refused to be distracted from His lesson on true worship and got to the heart of the matter:

21 "Woman," Jesus replied, "believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."

First, He says, in effect, "Your question about where to worship is soon going to be entirely irrelevant. The hour is coming when geography will no more be an issue. Temples or buildings will not be necessary to worship God. God is going to, and has already provided, that your body is the temple; that is where He wants His worship to go on." By His death and resurrection, Jesus knew that He was going to destroy all the symbols of worship on earth. So temples, buildings and geographical locations are no longer significant. Your own body, your own person is the place where God wants worship.

True worship must be "in spirit," that is, engaging the whole heart. Unless there's a real passion for God, there is no worship in spirit. At the same time, worship must be "in truth," that is, properly informed. Unless we have knowledge of the God we worship, there is no worship in truth. Both are necessary for satisfying and God-honoring worship. Spirit without truth leads to a shallow, overly emotional experience that could be compared to a high. As soon as the emotion is over, when the fervor cools, so does the worship. Truth without spirit can result in a dry, passionless encounter that can easily lead to a form of joyless legalism. The best combination of both aspects of worship results in a joyous appreciation of God informed by Scripture. The more we know about God, the more we appreciate Him. The more we appreciate, the deeper our worship. The deeper our worship, the more God is glorified.
#66
Dreams and Visions / A Dream I Still Think About
Last post by Rhonda - Feb 10, 2025, 03:17 PM
This was several years ago, and it seems as if it was right after Biden became "resident".  (As far as I'm concerned that's all he ever was.)

THE DREAM:

I was walking around a construction area.  There was a temporary fence up, to hide what was behind it (like you sometimes see at amusements parks when a new roller coaster, etc., is coming).  No one seemed concerned that I was walking around.  I was ignored.

I saw a knothole in the wooden fence and leaned down to peer through it.  I was stunned to see Washington, D.C. and to realize that our nation's capitol was actually just a diorama.  It was meant to look real, but it wasn't.  There were thousands of tiny black creatures, like ants scurrying around, enjoying "their" capitol.  As I looked closer, I saw that they were people.

Suddenly, the "people" began looking toward me and pointing and screaming.  I thought they were looking at me, but as a huge shadow passed over me from behind, I looked up and thousands of huge red balloons came silently over me, heading into the capitol.  They came unexpectedly and they could not be stopped. 

The people began shooting at the balloons, but could hit nothing.  The balloons came closer.  The people finally threw down their guns and began frantically running into each other trying to get away.  The balloons descended down on top of them.  There was no escape.

Who knows?  Maybe in 2025, years later, this dream might make sense.  It does, to me.
#67
I agree that people have become very good at manufacturing things, no one can manufacture His true presence and that is what we are seeking.
#68
People Who Have Inspired You / Jesus: What are the Odds
Last post by Val - Feb 09, 2025, 08:04 AM
 A Chuck Missler Slide, What an incredible intellect that had the ability to communicate complicated topics to those of us with simple minds.

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That is 1 chance in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
,in other words impossible that those prophecies where fulfilled
By some random guy.
#69
Jokes and Other Funny Stuff / Why I never got one...
Last post by Rhonda - Feb 08, 2025, 09:38 AM
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#70
Thoughts From Pastor Ken / Re: Does His presence really m...
Last post by Rhonda - Feb 08, 2025, 06:35 AM
Quote from: PastorKen on Feb 07, 2025, 06:58 AM"Churches must be PRESENCE driven, because experience gives knowledge that theory cannot."

@PastorKen I do agree that the presence of God is vital to our coming together.  Even though I have concerns about friends of mine in other fellowships who are relying solely on "signs" that could easily be counterfeited, I believe that rightly dividing the Word and making a place for the Holy Spirit to move as He desires, is something we should desire, as a Body.