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hi mahraeel, good to 'see' you :) i saw this entry on another topic so i am quoting it here in case you missed it: [quote author=grace08 link=topic=7779.msg101771#msg101771 date=1239589480] Great sermon about the true meaning of fasting http://ww…
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please also see this thread: Tasbeha.org Community > General Category > Personal Issues > Biggest Sinner ... is there hope? as there is a lot of good stuff there. start with reminding yourself why it might be better to hang out with God tha…
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this is not a direct answer, but something i read in a coptic bookshop about the coptic church's answer to charismatic manifestations like you describe. the book said that as the coptic church never went away from the work of the Holy Spirit and His…
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yeah, what i have seen fits with what jydeacon has said. if you are repenting of your sins every day to God, you only need to confess once every few weeks or less. unless, of course, you have stolen something, been fornicating or have some other hea…
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i agree with user00 the confessions of st augustine are cool, i haven't finished them yet. his life story is here http://www.staugustinecc.com/life_of_st_augustine.htm and on lots of other sites he lived in 300s, he had a Christian mum and a pagan d…
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start going to church too. if u r not ready to take communion etc, just go and don't take it, and if anyone bugs you just tell them 'i have some things on my mind and just need to pray about it and i'll take communion soon'. i have seen lots of peop…
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i learnt a lot from father peter's post, thank you again :) i want to clarify something, though, mainly for the ladies, although it may apply to some of the gents too. i think (and have not found anything so far in scripture to support this nor …
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lent is a good time for anyone who feels far from God to draw near. james 4 verse 8 says 'draw near to God and he will draw near to you' start by reading the Bible, there are readings for the day on this website if you don't know where to start. we…
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hey, i think i know your uncle! ;) sorry, bad joke, but actually there are a lot of people who behave 1 way in public and a different way at home. sometimes i am one of them. about anger; it's important that it doesn't lead us to sin (gossip etc),…
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its permitted in the church for young men and women to 'mingle' (i like that word) and to have friends of both genders. we don't control our desires by never meeting a member of the opposite sex, but by the power of the Holy Spirit within us, togeth…
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the book of ephesians is useful, particularly ch 6. chapters 1-5 tell you a lot about how we should meditate on the grace of God and live a holy life, both of which are vital in the spiritual battle. eg the desert fathers were not overcoming the ene…
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thanks 4 the link, thoak taty goum is my favourite hymn of all time (i sing it in my car when it's not holy week! :o )
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in fact God created adam and eve with a very large gene pool. that's how come so many different-looking people are descended from 2 people. when brothers and sisters ignore God and their own conscience ('yuk' factor) and reproduce these days the kid…
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God could have created robots to say yes to everything He said, but instead He gave us a choice so we can have a two-way relationship. yes, there is much suffering on earth, but there is also much joy. we are all sinners. all He asks is that we keep…
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cool u r doing all the right things keep it up, brother :) rabina ma'akum
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we are praying, brother. try some of these specially invented one-spouse-fasting-only lentern cooking ideas. 1. japanese/chinese food put rice in the pan or rice cooker prepare lovely stir-fried veg and add some plain tinned beans towards the end o…
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we are praying. has he got another friend or family member that you could share the burden with? obviously don't reveal the details of your conversation but you could say something like 'can i talk to you confidentially? x seems a bit down lately, h…
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thank you for your wisdom, father peter, sorry you posted as i was posting otherwise i might not have bothered to post! :)
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i just think we need a balance between sharing with our words and sharing with our correct lives, that is forgiveness, not gossiping, not lusting etc etc. i think some people are put off Christians who spend so much time in church and in fasting th…
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i do share my faith. to the extent that it annoys people ;) but i take your points
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i have seen a lot of division in churches :( my parents moved house a few times when i was young and i have moved house very many times with work, so i have seen what goes on in a lot of churches, some great things and some not-so-great things. so …
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ok, i would like to clarify. there are some things we are told to do during lent like avoiding eating animal products. i am not suggesting we go off and have a burger with our mates. (sorry for talking about it, i get hungry too, looking at that wor…
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i agree with these responses, our main aim is to win others to Christ, not to be great at fasting. i also have to 'compromise' and not fast as much as i'd like because of others, and i am always encouraged by the story of the monk above :)
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yeah! finally i have it in english :) we discussed this in church in arabic but my translator and i got stuck with it. thanks vanessa
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hi aidan, thanks for raising this subject. i think it's easy for us to worry about whether we have repented sincerely if we are not crying like in the films of saints. however, God knows out hearts even better than we do and He does not need a show …
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hi kelly, i recommend you ask a lady (most churches ladies and men sit different sides) if it's ok to sit near her and then she can fill u in on what's happening if you get lost. hopefully the church will have a projector so you can follow what's go…
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hi guys, i have prayed for u too :) these r some of my suggestions when thinking about the future, i don't know if u will find them helpful. i recommend u tell God that whatever He asks you to do is ok with you. i mean for example, even if its His…
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i heard from someone who knows of a 13yr old coptic girl who had full sex willingly and then felt very bad about it. so don't believe that people are 'innocent' at that age. i think it may have started with kissing... seriously all us oldies tell u …
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mabrook! this is arabic for congratulations, congratulations on attending church do u usually go to church? if you find anything strange/ interesting about the service, just ask us :) btw, you may need to take a notebook with you in order to remembe…
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ok, this means i was wrong earlier, and He gave the first holy communion exactly as He intended us to take it. this makes sense to me because God is not restrained by time, but shares Himself fully with us. thank you God for your great salvation tha…