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1 How do you handle a toxic relationship? How do you move on from your father not loving and wanting you? When is too long to wait for someone to get things together in their own life even though it is hindering your own?...where s the fine line between shouting for God and shouting to please the bishop/pastor? what does it mean to be not conformed to this world but... Is it wrong to give your 20 something adult children a gentle nudge out the door...? Some of your questions to be answered... Sometimes when I tell my children the stories in the Bible, they sound like fairytales. I even struggle to believe them. Help my unbelief. What's the best way to make a hard decision?... My husband had an affair which also resulted in a child and now no longer is in the home....what should I do? ~ Signed Broken-hearted This statement has baffled me: He may not come when you want him, but He is right on time. Help me!

2 Q. How do you handle a toxic relationship? 1. Don t allow them to make you toxic by acting like them. 1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 2. Sometimes You Need To Walk Away Proverbs 22:24& Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 - or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. 3. Sincerely pray for them.

3 Q. How do you move on from your father not loving and wanting you? 1. Owning Your Story. You write the script of your life. 2. Using Positive Memories of those who love you. COPFM. Therapist F. Diane Barth suggests: You think about the people who love you a grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling, or close friend and think about what they like about you. 3. Realize that him not giving you what you need has nothing to do with you, your value, or your worth.

4 Q. When is it too long to wait for someone to get things together in their life even though it is hindering your own? A. If they are part of your assignment then you encourage and be an example of Christ. If they are not part of your assignment then you re wasting your time and God will judge the results of your life. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

5 Q. I understand the purpose of praise, but in light of today s churches stomping and shouting just because the bishop/pastor says to clap, stomp and shout, where is the fine line between shouting for God and shouting to please the bishop/pastor? Colossians 3: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Psalms 134:2 2 - Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

6 Q. What does it mean to be not conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing of your mind? To be ye holy as I (God) am holy? A. See Daniel, chapter 3. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and Daniel all change the culture and King Nebuchadnezzar by following God and not the crowd.

7 Q. Is it wrong to give your 20- something adult children a gentle nudge out the door of your home if you feel they're not quite ready to be on their own? Where is the line between leadership and enablement? A. It is not wrong to escort them into independence. Also know, we parents rarely ever feel they re ready. It is ok if they skin their knees. That s necessary to learn to walk. Proverbs 22:6 6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

8 Sometimes when I tell my children the stories in the Bible, they sound like fairytales. I even struggle to believe them. Help my unbelief. Immanuel (Hebrew: ע מ נ וא ל meaning, "God with us"; also romanized Emmanuel, Imanu'el) is a Hebrew name which appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David. John 14:16& And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 - Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

9 Facts the Bible revealed before the discoveries of science: Creation is made of particles, too small for the human eyes to see. (Hebrews 11:3) Not until the 19th century was it discovered that all visible matter consists of invisible elements. Visit: All About Atoms (Jefferson Lab)

10 Our bodies are made from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7; 3:19). Scientists have discovered that the human body is comprised of some 28 base and trace elements all of which are found in the earth. Visit: The elements of the periodic table sorted by their presence in human body. (Lenntech) The Bible is a Textbook of Science (ICR)

11 The sun goes in a circuit (Psalm 19:6). Some scientists scoffed at this verse thinking that it taught geocentricity the theory that the sun revolves around the earth. They insisted the sun was stationary. However, we now know that the sun is traveling through space at approximately 600,000 miles per hour. It is literally moving through space in a huge circuit just as the Bible stated 3,000 years ago!

12 Chicken or egg dilemma solved (Genesis 1:20-22). Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has plagued philosophers for centuries. The Bible states that God created birds with the ability to reproduce after their kind. Therefore the chicken was created first with the ability to make eggs! Yet, evolution has no solution for this dilemma.

13 The universe is expanding (Job 9:8; Isaiah 42:5; Jeremiah 51:15; Zechariah 12:1). Repeatedly God declares that He stretches out the heavens. During the early 20th century, most scientists (including Einstein) believed the universe was static. Others believed it should have collapsed due to gravity. Then in 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that distant galaxies were receding from the earth, and the further away they were, the faster they were moving. This discovery revolutionized the field of astronomy. Einstein admitted his mistake, and today most astronomers agree with what the Creator told us millennia ago the universe is expanding.

14 Q. What's the best way to make a hard decision? Also how do you deal with the success of your "friends" when they were given more and better opportunities than you and your success is no where to be found because you aren't given the same opportunities as your "friend"? A. Philippians 4:6&7 6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 - And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. A2. Stop comparing yourself. Love what you are doing so much that you don t have time to review your life.

15 My question is about marriage/family. I'm undecided as to what I should do about my marriage. My husband had an affair which also resulted in a child, and now no longer is in the home. And I'm ready to move forward with filing for a divorce. We own a business together and he wants me to continue to do business as usual, which I'm doing, but it's becoming more difficult. I'm heartbroken. There are days that I can conquer the world and then there are days that I'm in pain (heartbroken). I try not to stay in that place but I need help. What should I do? Signed Broken-hearted

16 A. This is going to hurt but it s time to live your life and not in the shadow of who is holding your time, energy and heart captive because they won t walk in integrity. You deserve a life too. Proverbs 6: He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. Matthew 5: But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

17 This statement has baffled me: He may not come when you want him, but He is right on time. Help me with this please. I know that you have explained this before; Just give it to me this time, so that I will be able to explain it. A. It baffles me too because it s not in the Bible. In fact the Bible says... Jeremiah 1: Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

18 Q. How important is tithing in and to the new covenant? Can tithing improperly cause you to be cut off from the covenant? A. Luke 11:42 English Standard Version (ESV) 42 - But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. A. I Corinthians 16:1-3 The Collection for the Saints 1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

19 My question is what does it really mean to be unequally yoked? And what does the Bible say about divorce? I have been married for 7yrs. and have 2 kids, but my marriage isn't healthy. We've been separated for the past 3 yrs because of constant arguing and verbal abuse. Am I supposed to stay in this marriage? I strive to better my relationship with God and he doesn't.

2 Corinthians 6:14 14 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with u n b e l i e v e r s : f o r w h a t f e l l o w s h i p h a t h righteousness with unrighteousness?

20 2 Corinthians 6: Be ye not unequally yoked together with u n b e l i e v e r s : f o r w h a t f e l l o w s h i p h a t h righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? I Corinthians 7: For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

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