Comments for Strengthened by Grace http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com "It is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace" Sun, 05 May 2013 20:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Plumbing problems: grace for the small things by Paul http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/plumbing-problems-grace-for-the-small-things/#comment-7035 Sun, 05 May 2013 20:25:42 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=16074#comment-7035 It was a good read. Mike is a funny guy.

]]> Comment on Weeping with Bangladesh and China by Maleeka http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/weeping-with-bangladesh-and-china/#comment-6956 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:03:26 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=19790#comment-6956 That is so tragic. I pray for the healing of each country.

]]> Comment on What is contentment? by Mabel Jacome http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/what-is-contentment/#comment-6944 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:01:18 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=4555#comment-6944 Oh I just read the comment before from Sandra, now I also know who to credit, the person and not just the website and of course to God who inspired you, for Him always the Glory! MJ

]]> Comment on What is contentment? by Mabel Jacome http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/what-is-contentment/#comment-6943 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:59:23 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=4555#comment-6943 I love this and I’m so thankful I came across this article and your website. I will share with your permission because this is so true. God Bless! :) MJ

]]> Comment on How to be constantly happy in Christ! by Lisa Burchfield Frye http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/how-to-be-constantly-happy-in-christ/#comment-6790 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:50:23 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/how-to-be-constantly-happy-in-christ/#comment-6790 The Lord gave us a vision of a children’s home, and someone told me I should study the life of George Mueller. Every time I need help from troubles somehow I find something about his life that helps me. What a testimony. Thanks for sharing!!

God Bless

]]> Comment on Proverbs on anger by catherine http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/proverbs-on-anger/#comment-6752 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:36:01 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-6752 Jay, I agree with you. I love seeing proverbs grouped topically. Jerry Dirrman has a great series that goes through proverbs by subject. he encourages you to mark your bible with little letters so that you can see at a glance where the verses are for each topic.
http://www.jerrydirmann.com/teachings/detail/44/wisdom-for-life

Thank you, Strengtheded by Grace for your work on this list. It blesses me.

]]> Comment on Knocked 115 feet down the highway by Follow up: knocked 115 feet down the highway | Strengthened by Grace http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/knocked-115-feet-down-the-highway/#comment-6722 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:11:15 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=19530#comment-6722 [...] This is a follow up to a previous post. [...]

]]> Comment on Getting Numbers (and Leviticus) by Scott Sholar http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/getting-numbers-and-leviticus/#comment-6570 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:37:50 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=19412#comment-6570 Thank you for sharing, and God bless you.

]]> Comment on The fine print about redefining marriage by netwiz123 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/the-fine-print-about-redefining-marriage/#comment-6554 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:38:10 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=19399#comment-6554 Churches need to be working on providing a justification/clarification/distinct process for marriage that is different than what the state provides. America has had an interesting “run” with having our marriage laws match up with Christian principles, but there’s no reason that a secular government is going to reflect Judeo-Christian values. The demographic that appears to be insurmountable when it comes to the Christian definition of marriage is younger voters.

Because of that, I’m considering that it might be best for political activity to be directed at revoking state marriage certificates all together and replacing them with civil unions that are similar to incorporating a business. We should also be comfortable with “giving up” tax deductions related to marriage (e.g. repealing them).

As a voter I’m not going to ever vote to expand marriage beyond the Biblical definition, but I also would be comfortable getting the state out of the “marriage” business and now see a justification to not have tax benefits for state “marriage”. And the churches need to be working to clearly enunciate why being married in a church is different than being married by the state. I believe I’ve heard of this being a distinctive in other countries already (based on some sort of history and/or oppression), and American Christians need to be pursuing something along these lines.

]]> Comment on Are we really losing 90% of our young people by strengthenedbygrace http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/are-we-really-losing-90-of-our-young-people/#comment-6492 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:58:58 +0000 http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/?p=19372#comment-6492 I would agree that many churches are losing significant number. I posted this though simply to point out that the numbers are probably over-inflated. Similar to the assertion that divorce is just as rampant among born again Christians as those who aren’t. The problem with that statistic is the definition of “born again” Christian. The criteria for what constituted a Christian in that survey was very, very loose. Certainly true that divorce is an issue among Christians and we need to be proactive in helping build strong marriages but the situation isn’t as bad as that survey showed. Same with this issue I think.

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