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        <title>Brethren of Messiah - Needing Prayer</title>
        <description>If you are in need of prayer this board is for you. No matter where God is in your life at this moment it never hurts to ask others to pray for you when you are at a point of not knowing which way to turn.</description>
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            <title>Re: stuck and feeling let down</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,131,133#msg-133</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Gary<br />
God always hears us. He has very good hearing :)<br />
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Sometimes God will remove us from adversity and sometimes the adversity is a form of purification of a soul and a person. Since we cannot be certain in any given situation which one is which, we pray for guidance, wisdom and the capacity to be long suffering along with the prayers to be removed from adversity. In all things, His Will be done.<br />
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Trust that God will let you know what to do when the time is right and when that day comes, have your sandals ready at the door and be prepared to act without hesitation.<br />
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He always hears us. Sometimes we have a hard time hearing Him, not because He is not speaking but sometimes He may say what we may not want to hear or that we are listening to everything else more than the still, small voice. <br />
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You in my prayers, Gary.<br />
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God bless]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Ibrahim</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:42:17 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,132#msg-132</guid>
            <title>Re: life out of control</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,132#msg-132</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Joe you are in my prayers as well as your family and situation. Remain strong, god never makes us suffer more than what we can handle. Forgive me for being so forth coming but I believe in you and I believe that god will give you the ability to overcome these time of immense pressure and worry. Cast all you worries and anxieties on our father and he will take care of you. Remember that god can scare the crap out of us and remind us of his power but the most amazing truth is that our god is a loving, forgiving and kind one. Before every blessing there is a testing<br />
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may the lord be with you<br />
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amen<br />
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Gary]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Gary Cedeira</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,131,131#msg-131</guid>
            <title>stuck and feeling let down</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,131,131#msg-131</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ i'm 23 years old still living with my working class parents in a very humble home and i'm greatful for my parents generosity. i graduated with a fine art degree as well. however recently i have begun to feel that i'm stuck, i don't earn enough (full time) as a care support worker in a drug and alcohol re hab to even begin to think about moving out. bills,car, rent etc etc when is my life going to begin? i have a beautiful girlfriend who i want to provide for in marrage, yet i can't afford none of this. i'm not a spendaholic i am sensible with money yet all what i earn flitters away. and to make matters worse the clutch has gone on my car only a week after spending over 250 pound on it! i pray to god i read his word i listen for him in church. please pray that i seek guidence to begin my life and have finacial assistance.<br />
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thankyou to all who read, if not maybe god will hear me.<br />
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blessings<br />
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gary]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Gary Cedeira</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:19:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,129#msg-129</guid>
            <title>Re: life out of control</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,129#msg-129</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Joe,<br />
I hope it is okay for me to share a few thoughts on what you have written. If not, please forgive me.<br />
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I think everyone can relate to what you are saying. The world over the past few years has become very stressful espcially due to the global economic downturn. It has hit so many people right where they live. I cannot think of anyone I know that is not struggling because of it. <br />
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Jobs lost, homes lost, families under great stress. In each instance people are hurting in the same way you are hurting right now.<br />
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Please know you and your family are in my prayers that life becomes less stressful for all of you. <br />
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If I may, I would suggest sharing how your feeling with your wife and letting her know the current situation and your concerns. While it may not be easy to do, it would probably be wisest so both of you are prepared for whatever may come.<br />
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From what you have described, Joe. You have a loving family and that they love you as much as you love them. There is great strength in that love. The important thing to remember is they need you as much as you need them, not just as a provider but as husband and father. <br />
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A family may not have much in this world but if they have love, they can weather any storm.<br />
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Pray to God daily and listen for His guidance, Joe. No difficult situation remains. There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Yeshua will see you through all adversity.<br />
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I hope it was okay to share these thoughts, Joe.<br />
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Please be well.<br />
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May God bless you]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Ibrahim</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,128#msg-128</guid>
            <title>life out of control</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,128,128#msg-128</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ My life is out of control. I have a wonderful wife and ten year old son. My wife lost her job about a year and a half ago. Since then its been getting tougher and tougher. We have a home that we have lived in for fifteen years, and my son has lived here his whole life. He is a great kid, but very quiet and has trouble making friends. He is very shy. Myself, my wife and our dog are his best friends. My bills have been backing up and backing up. Now I think my house is going to get foreclosed on soon. I am under sooo much stress. I haven't told my wife how bad it is. I feel like I failed her and my son. I think I am an absolute failure. I see my wife and son and just break down in tears. Why did I screw things up so bad. I love my family. I don't drink,smoke or do drugs. I work and go home to my family. I wish I could get a second chance. I just can't get caught up. Every second I am awake I am stressed. I feel like there nothing left. I blew it. If my wife and son lose our home how will I be able to live with myself. I can't even explain how I feel. I wish I was never born. Then I wouldn't have screwed up my wife and son's lives. They both deserve more. I just don't know anymore.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Joe L</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:04:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,127,127#msg-127</guid>
            <title>daddy i need you! hear my cries!:(</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,127,127#msg-127</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ dear god please save my dad i need him back hes expecting like 12-15 years now in jail and hes addicted to meth and pot and hes living at rock bottom havent seen him in 2 years on christmas , god please take this tress and pain from me this isnt my burden to cary .im 15 and god i know ur working in his heart please god save my family and open eyes to the unseen ! please god hear my cry to you! i need yoyu now please hold me and tell me its ok cause only you can do that now! you have gave me a huge blessing with my great youth group and church to go to god thank you so much for that , i know you will save my family ,just please take this burden from my sholder cause i dont need it ~ im the oldest of 6 kids and i need my daddy back!:(]]></description>
            <dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: God deliver this young boy</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,120,122#msg-122</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ my prayers go out to you and your family,i know this must be a hard time for you and your family, but when it's times like this we need to pray and just leave everything in God hands, never give up your faith no matter how the situation might look, God allows certain things to happen in our lives for a reason, we might not understand them now but everything happens for a purpose, dont drive your self crazy just have faith in the lord because no matter what you might think the outcome might be you will not know until the time comes , only the Lord knows what will happen , just remain faithful and ask for streantgh , and if u can speak with your brother let him know this is the time he needs to get closer to the lord in prayer not only now but always .  please update us with your situation so we can continue praying for you]]></description>
            <dc:creator>j</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:26:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,121,121#msg-121</guid>
            <title>in need of a new job!!!!</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,121,121#msg-121</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ please i ask for your prayers , i have been working for a commercial truck dealership for about 2 years, this business is dirty and so many things go on here i just don't want to do this anymore, i'm just tired of this because, i'm not that type of person, business has been bad do to the economy and the competition, and the manager is greedy trys to take money from the workers commessions, just please i need help in prayer i'm really struggling financly right now, i'm just glad God has helped me so far!!!! but please help me in prayer i really need to get out of here]]></description>
            <dc:creator>jose</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:25:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,120,120#msg-120</guid>
            <title>God deliver this young boy</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,120,120#msg-120</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I am so weak from being overwhelmed. My brother is falsely accused for a crime he did not commit. All I am praying is let GOD DELIVER HIM and  the devil be put to shame.Please brethren pray for this young boy. Thnak you]]></description>
            <dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:31:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,119#msg-119</guid>
            <title>Re: broken heart</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,119#msg-119</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ You all ARE VERY STRONG people...I pray that God blesses me with the amount of strength he has blessed you all with...<br />
I lost my mother 3 yrs ago when I was 17 to cancerr....i'm 20 now...I grew up in an unbalanced household...my father and I bumped heads constantly...I found myself caught in between him and my mothers arguments...he verbally abused me my mother and brother and even other members of the family..I've had an extremely hard time coping with my mothers passing and i've tried to remain and gather up the strength to go on ...but to be honest i've lost myself..and everything seems cloudy and hard to bare...I just really need someone...it seems many times that its just me, by myself and alone....but lately the only one to come to my rescue and to feel my lonely void has been God...I pray for us all...and I love you ALL....please keep me in your prayers for I feel weak and discouraged but seek to have the heart of a lion and the purity of a lamb...with the relationship as a child of God.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Courtney</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:07:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,118,118#msg-118</guid>
            <title>going through a trial need prayer</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,118,118#msg-118</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ im a believer of God his son and holy spirit , grew up in a christian home, but during my younger years i walked during the wrong path for a few years,and God brought me back to him, he changed my ways in a drastic way , i look back and i'm a different person  a better person,than i was before, and i was doing good, but than their was an obstacle that made me trip, an obstacle, that has affected me for many years, i have become weak, felt like giving up but i know God is their with me no matter what and i will never lose faith, but as a human being sometimes the enemy wants to put doubt, fustration, and a lot of weight on top of you making you feel weak andabout to faint, i still havn't given up and still will continue to believe and continue fighting, but God i reallly need you , you know my situation, you know my furture, just please help me get through this!!!!!! i leave everything in your hands this is something not in my control, im scared but in the end it's up to you and i know that]]></description>
            <dc:creator>jose</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,112#msg-112</guid>
            <title>Re: I Need Help</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,112#msg-112</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello Esperanza, <br />
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Let me start by saying congratulation on your graduation from community college, what strength and endurance it must have taken for you to complete all of your courses at the college.  What determination, perseverance and courage to go on.  I am sure there were times when you were in school, you worried about if you would pass a test, be able to get a course you needed and sometimes you even wondered if you would actually make it to graduation, BUT YOU DID!!!<br />
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Understand that just as our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ has plans and purposes for our lives, the enemy of God does to.  The Bible says that Satan goes to and fro in the earth, seeking who he may devour.  When we are excelling and moving towards the goals that God would have us to achieve, that is when the enemy will try to throw a wrench into things.  Not just to confuse us, but to try and stop us, he wants to make us question our very existence.  Are we really worth it?  Can we really achieve?  He whispers things in our ears to make us question anything and everything, and he always make it look very bad and bleak.  <br />
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You stated that, it frightens me to think that one day one can be here and the next they can be gone&quot;  I believe that God is letting us all know that eventually we will need to make a decision about where our eternity will be.  When things are going smoothly we rarely think about our eternal life, and some even question if there actually is one.  What a loving God, who will look into time for us, and realize that this is the exact circumstance that must hapen to allow us us to seek him.  Although the accident may seem bad, and I believe that the enemy wanted it to appear that way, that is the very thing that God allowed to happen to make you think about needing more in your life.  He loved you enough wait until just the right time, because he knew you would seek him.  This brings to mind the scripture that says, &quot;What the enemy meant for bad, The Lord turned it around for good that you might come to an expected end; HIM&quot;.  <br />
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It also brings to mind my daughter, when she was about one and a half, she would alway attempt to touch the stove, I would tell her it was hot, but she would laugh and run away, I would tell her over and over, but she would not listen.  One day while I was baking, I bent down and explained to her that the stove was very hot and she shouldn't touch it, well as soon as I turned my back, what did she do, she touched the side of the oven!  Her next words were, &quot;HOT MOMMY, HOT!  Needless to say, although it was a bad at the time, my waiting allowed her to know for sure that the oven was hot, and she didn't touch it again. &quot;What was meant for bad turned good&quot;<br />
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That is what the enemy is trying to do, but he will not succeed!  He is trying to frighten you with the thoughts of death, dying and fear.  But our Lord says, &quot;I know the thoughts I have towards YOU, thoughts of good and not of evil that you might come to an expected end!&quot;,  What is an expected end?  Glad you asked.... One that is free of fear, on that allows you to call upon the name of the Lord, accept him, reject the enemy and all of his bad thoughts and ideas and live a wonderful, loving, life in Christ.  <br />
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Esperanza, our Father says that you are wonderfully and fearfully made, you have the power to overcome any negative thing in your life and that power is found in him.  Simply believe (is that really all it takes? YES).  The Word of God says you have the power to overcome anything and no deadly thing will harm you.  The thoughts that the enemy would put in your mind of death and dying, are just that thoughts.  My Bible says two very important things (1)that if we confess with our mouths and believe with our hearts that Jesus, died for our sins, confess Him as our Lord and Savior, if we renounce Satan and all of his rule over us, we are saved.  What does that mean?  IT MEANS THAT DEATH CAN'T HURT US... AND WHEN IT IS OUR TIME TO GO, WE WILL HAVE NO FEAR BECAUSE WE WILL SPEND ETERNITY WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!!!!  and (2) Whatsoever things are good, whatsoever things are kind, whatsoever things are of good report, think on these things!  We don't have to be afraid and we don't have to dwell on thoughts that pull us down.  We can think on things like:<br />
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No weapon formed against me shall prosper,    (a weapon is anything that can harm you, weither thought or fear)<br />
I am the righteousness of the Lord      (I am created in His image and likeness)<br />
I am wonderfully and fearfully make     (God made me and He don't make no Junk!)<br />
Death has no control over me, for my Savior paid the price   (I am not afraid of death because my Lord died for me and if I die, I spend it with HIM!)<br />
I am the son (not gender specific) of the Most High King    (For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son (Jesus) for me!<br />
The Lord is my rock and my salvation, of WHOM or What shall I be afraid   ( I an't afraid of nothing cause I have a mighty army behind me)<br />
I am the Head and not the tail     (He made me just a LITTLE lower than the angels and gave me POWER!)<br />
He came that I might have life and life more abundantly     (He came to give me the desires of my heart, as long as I put Him first)<br />
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I can go on for awhile, so I will end here, but know that with the same diligence, power and effort you used to graduate, is the same diligence, power and effort you will defeat these thoughts with, but with a lot more power added to it, and that is the power of the Most High, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, <br />
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Be blessed and watch God move on your behalf, you have people praying for you and there is no greater power than prayer!]]></description>
            <dc:creator>WhenItHurts</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:26:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,110#msg-110</guid>
            <title>Re: I Need Help</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,110#msg-110</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Esperanza,<br />
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I hope you are alright, that you were not seriously injured in the accident? That you are here to share your story indicates God and his angels are watching over you.<br />
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Those feelings you are having are not something to fear or worry about. In fact, I would say, they are a good thing (Even if they do not appear so at the moment).<br />
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You went to community college to learn and in this one incident, you learned something very substantial and that is this life, as much as we worry and fret over it...will end for us all one day. Many sooner rather than later.<br />
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This may seem like something to mourn or lament but it is not.<br />
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We are all on a journey, a path. The path either leads us into the Light or into the darkness, and there is a great divide between these two paths as the Didache tells us.<br />
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Reflecting on the fleeting nature of physical existence, should not be a cause for sorrow but a cause for resolve to determine what does last, what does exist eternally. <br />
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That is the spirit. That is the soul. <br />
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Once a person stops living for a life that will pass away, then they can start focusing on living a life that will never pass away.<br />
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This is only my own opinion, Esperanza, so please only take it for what it is worth.<br />
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But thank God for this special moment to reflect on your mortality and more than this, the chance to examine your life and what is really important for you. Then moving forward from here to where you want to be.<br />
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Don't let the moment end in forgetting and going back to sleep but waking up to who and what you are and where you ultimately want to be one day.<br />
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God is calling, we only need to listen and follow. <br />
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God bless]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Ibrahim</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 20:54:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,109#msg-109</guid>
            <title>I Need Help</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,109,109#msg-109</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I had an accident on May 11, 2010 , an f-150 truck hit my chevy blazer from behind leaving my car messed up and me in a crying mess. That week I had things to look forward to one being my Graduation from Community College, after that accident I was left with a weird feeling that nothing seemed important to me anymore as that of my life and the life of those that I love deeply. These past few days I have been feeling hopeless, sad, I do not understand why...it frightens me to think that one day one can be here and the next they can be gone. I guess that day made me realize that one should really examine their life and make the changes necessary to be happy with themselves and know that God will approve of the things being done by them. I just don't like this feeling that I have I want to be able to continue living my life in a peaceful way,  I can't stop thinking about death and what happens to one after they die I find myself crying everyday and I know it's not good for me or for my children to witness this...they ask me what is wrong and I can not even explain to them why I feel this way. Please give me some help I really want to be ok and can not see myself crying like this for the rest of my life just thinking about the same thing over and over again. Any form of advice will be greatly appreciated and if anyone has gone through this can they please tell me how they found meaning again! Thank you once again.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Esperanza</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 12:32:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,100,100#msg-100</guid>
            <title>Direction to know if I should look for a new job.</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,100,100#msg-100</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Everyone.<br />
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I need prayer over my current job.  My supervisor came to me today to ask my opinion on a matter at work.  I expressed my opinion and stated my reasons for the opinion.  She didn't agree and then stated her opinion.  She then proceeded to get upset that I didn't agree with her.  I explained that we will probably never be in agreement, but if she wants it done a certain way, then I will do it that way.  I feel like that's not good enough for her.  I also believe that her motives for things are not always good.  She's constantly telling me and my coworker that if we encounter problems to bring them to her, but when that problem involves a close friend of hers in a different department, she quickly jumps on their 'side' of the situation and then spins the conversation to try and convince me and my coworker why it should be that way.  We are not fools, so the discussion ends up being more of our supervisor talking 'at' us instead of to us.  I feel like I am trapped.  I can't ignore her or refuse to provide opinions when asked, but I really don't want to be involved anymore.  I desperately want out of this company and to a company that appreciates hard work and openness.  Please pray for direction for me from the Lord as well as wisdom.  As I'm typing this, I'm being reminded by God that to answer a fool is folly!  Well...there you go. I guess I have my answer.  Thanks for your website.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 17:17:38 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,99#msg-99</guid>
            <title>Re: broken heart</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,99#msg-99</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Your Prayers would greatly be appreciated. I often wander why I am here. Why? My father had commit suicide when he was 27 years old and i was 5. My mother died of a heart attack when she was 41 and I was 24. My stepfather attempted to sexually assualt me when I was 15. i married a man that was sober and praying in 1994. But a year after we were married I soon found out he had an uncontrollable anger and lust for alcohol and drugs. Two children later and 10 years later he had told me to get a backbone and kick him out. I did, but a month after not giving him my regular paycheque he threatened to end my life and shoot me. My cousin at the time and her common law would not give him the shot gun that he had asked of them on March 9, 2005. A month later April 5, 2009 my cousin was shot to death by the very gun that my ex husband had tried to get from them.<br />
I will spare you more details. Only to add a few more paragraphs. In 2005 February I had met a very kind man, 22 years older than I, and he did not drink, he sitll doesn't. He had promised to take me away and live with me forever. I was mixed up and in August had decided to not see him as soon as I had discovered that he had a girlfriend. In fact, I had met her when he had invited me to travel across the country to visit him in his community. After we broke up I had found out a month later that I was pregnant. So now I have three kids. My eldest son was diagnosed with having a leaky heart valves in 2006. Shortly after my youngest child was born we had ended up following my son around from hospital to hospital. He is ok now.<br />
But, five years later I am still alone, so very much alone. Throughout the years a Peter, Carlos, and another man had promoised to come and fly out to meet me. Peter had met someone and had politely phoned me to tell me that he would not come fly out to bring me out for supper. That's fine, i am glad that he had manners and was honest.  Carlos has promised to give me the world and in fact he had tried to move to this country and to buy his own house, but he could not obtain a visa to enter into the country. <br />
The other man I had met last July, but he was too quick tempered, and very abusive. He has completely stopped contacting me.<br />
I do not want to remain alone for the rest of my life. I am exercising, I go out for a jog every day. I abstain from all worldy ways, as best I can. I have paid my mortgage off, I am slowly rebuilding our lives. I was a former elected tribal leader and went through hell during my two consecutive terms. And news is surfacing about a potentially corrupt electoral system during our last election. Apparantly three votes were deliberatly withheld.<br />
There are a couple of individuals that did not like the fact that I had taken an open honest approach to fairly representing all the families and saying no to a couple of individuals. God had blessed our work, we had accomplished more than what has been accomplished in a long time. Within a short time we had negotiated agreements, built up infrastructure, developed improved fair and enhanced administration policies, almost put forward a zero tolerance for violance. And now, I feel so Alone, Without purpose. I had thought that if God would not send me a good man to love than at least i would love the people and my children.<br />
So, i am determined to become successful and travel. I just need to get through the day, and find some joy, and believe in a miracle, and believe that change is coming.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:39:51 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,98#msg-98</guid>
            <title>Re: broken heart</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,98#msg-98</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Shalom 'broken hearted'<br />
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I am an internet evangelist and i am in agreement with James.  Yeshua ( as we call Him in Israel ) or Jesus in English ( Isa to the Muslimim ) says this in His Word:<br />
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (Psalms 147:3)<br />
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Man shows imitations or denials of The Love of God.  The Man Christ Jesus, Yeshua The Messiah did not deny God and never imitated God because He Personified Him and is The Son of God.  In the Festival of Booths in Israel we know this to typifify intimacy with Yeshua, Intimacy with Jesus.  The Peace of mind you seek is found in Christ and only Him.  Look at the Bible Jesus used ( He only had the 'Old Testament' <br />
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A person whose desire rests on you you preserve in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.<br />
 Trust in ADONAI forever, because in Yah ADONAI, is a Rock of Ages.&quot;<br />
 (Isaiah 26:3-4)<br />
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I will translate and pray this with you from my Hebrew Bible and put it into easy English:<br />
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'Lord God, You will keep in shalom shalom Perfect Peace the ones who keep focussed on You.  I will trust in You Lord Yeshua, Yahuah Yeshua, Lord Jesus!  I will trust in You and You will keep me forever.  Even though I may fail, You never fail.  You are The Rock Eternal and The Unchanging One.  By Your Blood and Your Grace You keep me for Yourself.   God, I will trust in You and keep focussed on You and believe You have healed me and given me the Peace of mind that comes when a sinner trusts in You.  I confess I have failed.  Yet I confess You have not and I confess Your Victory as mine, a new child of Yeshua, a child of God.  HalleluYah!   Glory to Your Name! bShem Yeshua, in Jesus' Wonderful Name, Amen<br />
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The LORD really is your peace of mind.  Keep focussed on Him and trust Him and not in yourself.  Get in The Booth of Intimacy with Him and make Him your Best Friend.  God wants relationship with you.  People blog on Facebook and Twitter yet God wants you to share with Him, warts and all ( He actually knows everything about you so you may aswell just open up before Him - Adam and Eve hid from God, He knew where they were and asked where they were because He longed to restore the relationship they had broken.  And the punishment?  Jesus took it all at The Cross.  Today, by Grace, we can call on Yeshua.  We may not be able to tomorrow, so do it now whilst it is still the now of today )<br />
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One of the biggest schemes of the Evil One is to get you focussed on yourself.  Look at Adam and Eve!  And even worse than that, look at Judas Iscariot.  Judas lived with The Lord, betrayed Him and instead of confessing the sin, he took his own life.  If you are feeling down, fear not because Yeshua is saying, 'I have overcome, so come to Me.'<br />
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Run to Him brokenheart and let Him heal you!  Taste Him and see that He is good!  If you have a Bible mediatate of Psalm 34:<br />
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Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. (Psalm 34:8)<br />
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in The Perfect Peace of Mind's Name<br />
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amen]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Shalom from Israel</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:15:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: broken heart</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,63,97#msg-97</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ James, I came across this site looking for peace of mind.  You said that God has given us free will...all I can say is that of late my free will has done nothing but get me into trouble.  I have found myself in a place where I should not be. I have prayed and ask God to forgive me. I feel like I had been given a lesson and once again I failed....I say once again because I have been here before.  The truth is I have been in this place a few times....falling in love with the lesson instead of recognising what the lesson was and what it was not. I compromised myself again and I feel like I have failed God again.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Healing</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:08:27 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: i dont no were im going or how 2 get to god</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,94,96#msg-96</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Shalom Wayne Clarke<br />
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Messiah is knocking on the door of your heart and He wants you to let Him into your life.  Christ Loves you.  In fact He loves you so much that He shed His Blood for you at the Cross.  He is alive and in Resurrection Power He is wanting to come into your life.  <br />
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Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and will open the door, I will enter unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Rev 3:20)<br />
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  For nothing be anxious; but in all time, with prayer and with supplication, let your requests be made known before God:<br />
 And the peace of God, which is greater than all knowledge, shall keep your hearts and your minds, through Jesus Christ (Yeshua Meshikha).<br />
 (Phi 4:6-7 )<br />
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James<br />
praising Christ for His Blood cleanses from all sins]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:29:04 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,94,95#msg-95</guid>
            <title>Re: i dont no were im going or how 2 get to god</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,94,95#msg-95</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Wayne,<br />
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Please know you are in my prayers, friend.<br />
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None of us are good except God, Wayne. The rest of us are all trying to better than were were yesterday and then trying to be better tomorrow that we were today. It's a process..a step by step process and we all have to walk this walk away from the fallen world to the Divine Light provided by the Son of Man.<br />
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When you said &quot;I am scared that God will hurt me when I die&quot; My friend, please do not think such things. The one place you know there is love is with God. I am not saying that there is not justice for wrongs taken in life, but if we are honest with God, if we confess our sins to God and ask for His forgiveness..did you know in that very moment we ask God to forgive us, it is done..right in that moment!! (Halleluyah!)  Seek God through Christ and unload your baggage at the foot of the cross, Wayne. Not just the things you have told yourself you have unloaded but all of it (even all those dark and fearful things you fear anyone to know about..God has seen them all. He has was present when you thought them, when you felt them and when you did them) He will forgive if you seek Him out. It is when people try to cover over their sins and hide them..that's when we distance ourselves from God. Just be brutally honest..God will forgive you and then you have no need to fear of God trying to hurt you, ever.<br />
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This is just my opinion, so please only give it some thought if it helps you, but as a friend who also seeks the well lit path to God, I strongly suggest you speak to your Priest or Pastor at your church. Tell them how you feel. Reach out to the members of your local congregation and I am sure there are many online church related support groups, many with individuals who are struggling with very similar concerns as you.<br />
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Many people stew in their own private hells. Ones of their own making. Sometimes it is good just to be able to talk in person with people and then your realize many of the fears and concerns we have, are not exclusive to us, that others share similar issues and it can help to have friends to walk this path.<br />
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Also be brave enough to love others regardless of how they feel about you. Remember what Yeshua said in the Gospel of Matthew:<br />
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&quot;You have heard that it has been said that ‘You shall love your neighbour, * and hate your enemy. * ’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those that curse you, and do that which is pleasing to those who hate you and pray for those that take you by force and persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven – He that raises His sun upon the good and upon the evil, and causes His rain to descend upon the just and upon the unjust. 46 For if you love only those that love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the publicans do this? 47 If you only greet your brothers in peace, what more are you doing? Do not even the publicans do this? 48 Therefore you should become perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.&quot;- Matt. 5:43-47 Holy Peshitta<br />
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Have love for others even if they show no love in return. Love and you will be loved. First things first: start with yourself, Wayne. Learn to have love for yourself, Not in a vain way, but love yourself by having compassion for yourself (give yourself a break, don't be so hard on yourself).<br />
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This is a time of year where believers remember Yeshua's sacrifice for humanity and His Resurrection. Remember, that after 3 days He rose and the world was made new! Think of this time as your long dark night of the soul. You are not alone..He is always with you, Wayne.<br />
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I hope my words were helpful, if not, please forget them.<br />
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God Bless]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Ibrahim</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:55:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,94,94#msg-94</guid>
            <title>i dont no were im going or how 2 get to god</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,94,94#msg-94</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ im in need of pray.im not a good person and i am scared that god will hurt me when i die.I have tried so hard to be good but cant seem to get there no matter how much i try as a child my parents did not show love my mother drunk alot and died at 49 becuse of it.i dont get on with my father eneymore or brother and sister i feel so alone cant make friends becuse im to shy..i go to church for a while then give up becuse im not good enough to be there.sometime i drink alot to forget it but when i do other sin like anger hate lust knocks on my door i hate it but still keep doing.and feel bad.i am 41 now and i cant get out of this hell.have tried 2 end it or wont to end it but scared what god will do 2 me.please help i need god/jesus i wont love in my life i have had many people in church pray for me in the passed but i still feel no love for eney1 not even me]]></description>
            <dc:creator>wayne clarke</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:47:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,69,93#msg-93</guid>
            <title>Re: saving a marriage</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,69,93#msg-93</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi, Richard<br />
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I KNOW EXACLY HOW YOU ARE FEELING.....STAND FIRM IN HIS WORD AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.... I will be praying for you...<br />
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In His Love....<br />
Alicia]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Alicia</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:30:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,83,86#msg-86</guid>
            <title>Re: uncertain love</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,83,86#msg-86</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello 'me'<br />
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asking God to cleanse you from all sin and bad judgments so that you can see what He did for you at The Cross and by trusting Him and what He did by His Blood will realise that the Crown of Thorns were for all evil thoughts and wrong decisions so that you can now receive the 'Mind of Christ' a mind that is teachable by Holy Spirit and learn the ways of God and get into His Word.  May your eyes then be opened to decisions you should make around you and on the path you follow so that you can see God's Will for you and be able to do it<br />
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James<br />
His Blood cleanses from all sin]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:01:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,85#msg-85</guid>
            <title>Re: I am pressed not crushed.according to your word Lord.</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,85#msg-85</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Mark<br />
<br />
Praying that God will open the door for you to be heard.  I also ask God to take you beyond the point I achieved and that the music you do will help people realise that God is right there ready to embrace those who call upon Him.  Some know Him as Jesus.  Some know Him as Isa.  His Hebew Name is Yeshua.  Yet always pleading 'The Precious Blood of Messiah' ( 1 Peter 1:19 ) and the Fact, Eternally, 'The Blood of Jesus, His Son, Purifies from all sin.' ( 1 John 1:7 ).  I love pleading with The Blood because the Devil cannot ever be cleansed from his evil and cannot stay around for long.  The Blood of Jesus is what we are bought by and our Victory over evil.  I pray you will be inspired to sing more about the Victory we have in Resurrecteed Messiah and that as always in all things it is He that Guides by Holy Spirit.<br />
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I will have a listen to some of your music Mark, God Bless!<br />
<br />
James<br />
His Blood cleanses us from all sin]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:02 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,83,83#msg-83</guid>
            <title>uncertain love</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,83,83#msg-83</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ hey all about a yr ago i had my heart break, and forgave him, but after that i decided i dont want to date again until i think i've found 'mr.right' . the relationship mainly didnt work becuz it was a distant one. now im going to thailand as an exchange student for 11months in august. so my goal is to not 'fall in love' and stay single until i got back then continue looking again. but of course recently i have fallin for someone even tho i didnt want to i cant help it. i dont want to try get closer but deep inside i know i want to. after the last time im scared of being in a distant relationship idk if i cud go through it again like last time. but my heart isnt listening to my thoughts.........its jus frusterating especaily since i dont think he likes me that way and he may be relocating to a new job and then id never see him. i guess i hate feeling a lost love before it even got the chance. i need guidence in wat to do next or wat to do and i fi shud jus leave him even tho i dont want to .....help please]]></description>
            <dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:59:37 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,81#msg-81</guid>
            <title>Re: I am pressed not crushed.according to your word Lord.</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,81#msg-81</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I am a singer songwriter/musician and producer,If you would like to hear some samples, I would be happy to send them to you. I am working with a studio to complete 15 songs right now. My testimony is a wonderful example of how God works and Jesus saves. My influences vocally not lyrically are  Paul Rodgers, Sam Cooke, Lou Gram, Mariah Carrey, Steve Perry, Rock, R&amp;B Motown Gospel Country and Heavier Rock I feel that much of todays Christain music is good but not at a level that it could be In my oppinion a lot of it is  sounding watered down and genericly produced. <br />
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God is calling for wariors to represent His greatness &quot;The Psalmist&quot; through the talents we have been given. On fire for Christ. Priorities are what we think what we say and what is in our hearts.Willingness!! A new level And we are seeing more of this. The world needs to hear quality Christain music. I hope to be a part of a huge music ministry. This is where God has called me. Thank you for your prayers. All my love <br />
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Mark]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:56 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,72,79#msg-79</guid>
            <title>Re: Hurt and humiliated!</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,72,79#msg-79</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Ana<br />
<br />
Praying that Messiah's Peace overcomes the hurt and pain you are going through and that He sends peace and shalom from Heaven to help you sleep.  Even sleep that if the enemy should attack, He turns the firey darts into lotus petals that can never harm you or hurt you.  May the Fragrence of His Divine Love be upon you, bless you and keep you and never leave you<br />
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Peace and Grace and Love in His Divine Name<br />
James]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:34:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,71,78#msg-78</guid>
            <title>Re: Whats happened to me? God i need you more than...!!</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,71,78#msg-78</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Nely<br />
<br />
There are times when i have felt as though God was a million miles away.  I went off sulking and was dwelling on my self pity.  I even found myself locked away in my own place, my own home, my own room, my own cave.  Then I saw thunders and lightnings and terrible disasters and whirlwinds and extreme conditions.  None of these noisey booms were God's Voice,  I find Him in a whisper.  So warm and so Loving and Pure and Innocent and Divine.  He then told me that He had never ever left me.  He told me that when He first found me He had stayed to His Promises that He would never leave me or depart from me.  It is just that I had let my own perceptions and deceiving misconceptions drowned out His Loving whisper.  It was me that had put my hands over my ears to His whisper of Love and searched for the out-of-tune-kerrang-and-noise-of-the-world over His so Pure and simple, well, 'LOVE.'<br />
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I then got on my knees and bowed towards Him and said sorry.  He got up and hugged me me with tears of joy in His Loving Eyes. and He put His Arms around me so that we could start over again, even as though we had never, excuse me, even as though i had never departed from Him.  Newness New all over again.  And do you know what?  His Love is new every day......even now.<br />
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Peace and Grace and Love in His Merciful Name<br />
James]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:31:03 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,77#msg-77</guid>
            <title>Re: I am pressed not crushed.according to your word Lord.</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,3,77#msg-77</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Mark<br />
<br />
I am praying for you.<br />
<br />
A question.  Can you please talk more about your music?<br />
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Peace and Love and Grace and much mercy in Messiah's Name<br />
James]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:20:48 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,69,76#msg-76</guid>
            <title>Re: saving a marriage</title>
            <link>http://brethrenofmessiah.com/forum/read.php?3,69,76#msg-76</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello Richard<br />
<br />
Asking Messiah to save you rmarriage, just like He did mine<br />
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:-)<br />
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Peace and Grace in Messiah's Loving Name<br />
(Relationship with Messiah is like an unfair marriage, and it is man that is the unfair partner)<br />
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James]]></description>
            <dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
            <category>Needing Prayer</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:17:29 -0600</pubDate>
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