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A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:57pm On Jan 17, 2021
Father in the name of Jesus, by the holy spirit, I declare this thread open in Jesus name. Amen.

this thread is for people who want to know God the more, who want to draw closer to him, whose fire for him have quench or is quenching due to sin and unbelief, for people who feel disconnected to God and the holy spirit and for people that have lost faith in God and are gradually becoming atheists.

My purpose on this earth is to depopulate hell and populate heaven, to push back the kingdom of darkness and liberate the children of God from satanic bondage and ignorance.

first of all, to become a genuine born again/believer you need to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour, then confess your sins to God Almighty. Remember that any sin you have committed, no matter the sin, God is able to forgive you from all unrighteousness, our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary for sins, when he died he took all our sins to the cross of Calvary and nailed them there with him, so no matter your sins, you can always ask God for his mercies and for the forgiveness of your sins. its not too late to come back to him, he is calling you his child to come to him no matter the atrocity you have committed in the past times, he is always ready to forgive you and take you back into his kingdom.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said in Luke 5:32 "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance".

1 John 1:9 says "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"

Colossians 2:14 says "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross".

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:58pm On Jan 17, 2021
the devil has tied many youth of these generation down with the sin of masturbation, fornication amd watching pornography, the bible say in (John 8:34) that a sinner is a slave to that sin, which is why many people can't seem to stop sexual sins because you are already a slave to the sin, but our Lord Jesus Christ can set you free from such sins, purity your mind, sanctify you, nothing is impossible for the Lord, many of us were buried deep into the sin of masturbation, fornication and watching pornography, but our Lord Jesus Christ cleansed us and set us free from the shackles of those sins. He can do the same for you if you are willing to submit yourself to him and obey his words.
The bible says in James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8 "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

What is that sin that is stopping you from drawing near to God? I tell you this, no matter the sins you are currently committing or you think you can't stop, you can stop it if you are determined to stop it, the holy spirit will help you to stop those sins if you submit yourself to God. Many youth are not on fire for God cause they refused to let go of sexual sins, they are currently slaves to these sins and that is keeping them far from God. Don't allow the spirit of lust to overshadow your life, dont let it control you, you should control your flesh not your flesh controlling you, that is error!!! Subdue your flesh today through fasting and prayers.

Roman 8:35 says "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or unclothedness, or peril, or sword?

My prayer is that God Almighty in heaven will softened your heart and neck for you to hear his word, love things of God and liberate you totally from every shackles of sin.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 11:07pm On Jan 17, 2021
How to become a genuine born again/how to revive your fire for God that has already quenched.

1)Accept Jesus Christ genuinely in your heart as your Lord and personal saviour. (only him can save you)

2)Confess your sins to God. Be genuinely sober and confess your sins to him.

3)Study the bible which is the word of God, always make out time to study the word of God. The word of the Lord is quick and powerful(Hebrew 4:12), the word of the Lord is spirit and life (John 6:63).

4)Pray constantly especially when you wake up from sleep and when you are about to go to bed in the night, before you pray, first of all praise God for some minutes.

5)Praise God all the time, Praise is a powerful tool in the hand of a believer.

6)Make friends with fellow believers and people that are hungry for the things of the Lord, do not forsake the assembly of the brethren/going to church. Stay away from carnal minded/worldly friends. The bible says in Roman 8:10 that to be carnal minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7)Pray for the baptism of the holy spirit, ask the holy spirit in prayer to baptise you with his fire so that you can speak in tongues, tell him to incubate your life with his fire, speaking in tongues is a gradually process but the holy spirit will help you. When we speak in tongues, we speak mysteries because we speak it to our father in heaven 1Corinthians 14:2. Any true believer can speak in tongues, don't say I cannot, yes you can.

8 )Engage in corporate prayers, that is pray with other brethren who are burning for Christ because iron sharpenth iron(Proverbs 27:17), you can join online prayer groups, read Christain books.

9)Live a holy and righteous life, I know it is not easy but you can do it and it is not by your power or by your might but the holy spirit will help you, every believer have the holy spirit dwelling inside of them which helps them to overcome the shackles and temptations of sin. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

10) Engage in fasting, fasting weakens your flesh and strengthens your spiritman, when you fast, you subdue your flesh to suffering and strengthens your spiritman, fasting is one of the essential spiritual exercise for spiritual growth. The bible says in Matthew 4:4 "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the lord.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by drmuchin: 11:47pm On Jan 17, 2021
amen

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by jesusjnr2020(m): 1:56am On Jan 18, 2021
Glory!

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by JourneytoEL(f): 7:05am On Jan 18, 2021
Well done sis. Please keep it up

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Fvckyouall: 8:26am On Jan 18, 2021
Nuttella:
How to become a genuine born again/how to revive your fire for God that has already quenched.

1)Accept Jesus Christ genuinely in your heart as your Lord and personal saviour. (only him can save you)

2)Confess your sins to God. Be genuinely sober and confess your sins to him.

3)Study the bible which is the word of God, always make out time to study the word of God. The word of the Lord is quick and powerful(Hebrew 4:12)

4)Pray constantly especially when you wake up from sleep and when you are about to go to bed in the night, before you pray, first of all praise God for some minutes.

5)Praise God all the time, Praise is a powerful tool in the hand of a believer.

6)Make friend with fellow believers and people that are hungry for the things of the Lord, do not forsake the assembly of the brethren/going to church. Stay away from carnal minded/worldly friends. The bible says in Roman 8:10 that to be carnal minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7)Pray for the baptism of the holy spirit, ask the holy spirit in prayer to baptise you with his fire so that you can speak in tongues, tell him to incubate your life with his fire, speaking in tongues is a gradually process but the holy spirit will help you. When we speak in tongues, we speak mysteries because we speak it to our father in heaven 1Corinthians 14:2. Any true believer can speak in tongues, don't say I cannot, yes you can.

8 )Engage in corporate prayers, that is pray with other brethren who are burning for Christ because iron sharpenth iron(Proverbs 27:17), you can join online prayer groups, read Christain books.

9)Live a holy and righteous life, I know it is not easy but you can do it and it is not by your power or by your might but the holy spirit will help you, every believer have the holy spirit dwelling inside of them which helps them to overcome the shackles and temptations of sin. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

10) Engage in fasting, fasting weakens your flesh and strengthens your spiritman, when you fast, you subdue your flesh to suffering and strengthens your spiritman, fasting is one of the essential spiritual exercise for spiritual growth. The bible says in Matthew 4:4 "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the lord.

you forgot 11 and 12

burn the homos and trans cause that is your hubby
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 8:31am On Jan 18, 2021
Last year I dreamt about the rapture and I tell you this with everything within me, the end is near and it will be sad if others are raptured and you are left behind. Give your life to Christ today and he will protect you, bless you and the work of your hand, give you peace and direct your step, the world is evil, the days are evil, we all need God.

Accept Christ today as your Lord and personal saviour, come out from the world and be ye separate(2Corinthians 6:17).

Jesus loves you so much!!!

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 9:55am On Jan 18, 2021
Many youth are waking up from their slumber, many youth are being free from the shackles of sin, from the shackles of immorality, people are building their spiritual life because life is spiritual, many youth are burning for Christ, THE REVIVAL IS HERE, will you enlist to be among God's army or do you want to still remain in the world? The choice is yours to make. To be spiritually minded is life and peace but to be carnally minded is death. Roman 8:35.


THE REVIVAL IS UPON US. It is here. Awake O youth.

Fruit of the holyspirit. Let your life as a believer mirror these fruits of the holy spirit.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:00am On Jan 18, 2021
This is not the time to argue if God exist or not, a lot of signs and wonders are happening these days, a lot of people are being healed by the power of God, demons are being cast out from people, people are being set free from witchcraft manipulation and satanic bondages, a lot of spiritual battles are being won.

God truly exist!!! I have felt his power, there was a time in my life I had doubts if he truly exist but he showed his power to me, our Lord Jesus Christ even had to appear to me and talk to me in the dream, it removed every form of unbelief in me, increased my faith to 100%, because without signs and wonders people will not believe.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:03am On Jan 18, 2021
Some people argue that speaking in tongues is noisemaking and they can do it even as unbelievers, they say speaking in tongues is just blabbing, but I tell you this that speaking in tongues is one of the signs that God actually exist, if you think that speaking in tongues is noise and we make it up. I challenge you to call me on the phone, let us speak in tongues for 1hour, you speak your blabbing and I speak in tongues, if you dont get tired and run out of blabbings in 10mins then call me a liar.

Let's try it. wink

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by FruitCakes(f): 10:40am On Jan 18, 2021
following

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 6:54pm On Jan 18, 2021
Romans 6:13,16
[13]Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

[16]Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 8:59am On Jan 19, 2021
Good morning people of God. Have you prayed this morning? Dont underestimate the importance of praying before you go to bed and when you wake up from sleep.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by jesusjnr2020(m): 9:28am On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
Many youth are waking up from their slumber, many youth are being free from the shackles of sin, from the shackles of immorality, people are building their spiritual life because life is spiritual, many youth are burning for Christ, THE REVIVAL IS HERE, will you enlist to be among God's army or do you want to still remain in the world? The choice is yours to make. To be spiritually minded is life and peace but to be carnally minded is death. Roman 8:35.


THE REVIVAL IS UPON US. It is here. Awake O youth.
True.

It is coming in a way that has not been since the beginning of the church.

These are the last days when God would pour out of His Spirit upon all flesh, but we have to be prepared for it because there cannot be an outpouring without a preparation.

God bless.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Kobojunkie: 9:34am On Jan 19, 2021
enilove:


If all the witches and wizards of this world decided to fight you , how would you win them ?

I want to know before sending you a pm .

If you are still afraid of witches and wizards, demons and the lot, what that means is that deep down you KNOW you are not truly serving Him. I recall one of the commandments is that you not fear those who can destroy your body but instead fear the one who can destroy both your body and your soul.

Instead of looking all around you in fear for who might attack you and from where, look inside yourself instead and ask "what are you really afraid of if indeed the one who holds all power is the one you truly serve?"

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 11:23am On Jan 19, 2021
enilove:


If all the witches and wizards of this world decided to fight you , how would you win them ?

I want to know before sending you a pm .

why would all the witches and wizards of this world decide to fight you same time when your name is not Jabez? cheesy
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 11:25am On Jan 19, 2021
Kobojunkie:
If you are still afraid of witches and wizards, demons and the lot, what that means is that deep down you KNOW you are not truly serving Him. I recall one of the commandments is that you not fear those who can destroy your body but instead fear the one who can destroy both your body and your soul.
Instead of looking all around you in fear of who will attack you and from where, look inside yourself instead and ask "what are you really afraid of if truly the one who holds all power is the one you truly serve?"
Very true. That is what I tell people, why should a child of God be scared of witches and wizard? it means that you dont know who you are in CHRIST.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 11:26am On Jan 19, 2021
jesusjnr2020:
True.

It is coming in a way that has not been since the beginning of the church.

These are the last days when God would pour out of His Spirit upon all flesh, but we have to be prepared for it because there cannot be an outpouring without a preparation.

God bless.
Joel 2:28. Yes we have to prepare for it, God himself is training a lot of people for what is to come.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by enilove(m): 12:10pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
why would all the witches and wizards of this world decide to fight you same time when your name is not Jabez? cheesy

Was it only Jabez that all the witches and wizards fought against ?

What about Peter ?
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by enilove(m): 12:12pm On Jan 19, 2021
Kobojunkie:
If you are still afraid of witches and wizards, demons and the lot, what that means is that deep down you KNOW you are not truly serving Him. I recall one of the commandments is that you not fear those who can destroy your body but instead fear the one who can destroy both your body and your soul.
Instead of looking all around you in fear of who will attack you and from where, look inside yourself instead and ask "what are you really afraid of if truly the one who holds all power is the one you truly serve?"

Am not afraid , just trying to be funny .
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 12:24pm On Jan 19, 2021
enilove:


Was it only Jabez that all the witches and wizards fought against ?

What about Peter ?

So why do you think all the witches in the world are fighting you?
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by jesusjnr2020(m): 1:02pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
Joel 2:28. Yes we have to prepare for it, God himself is training a lot of people for what is to come.
Most def. Thanks.
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Kobojunkie: 6:15pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
Very true. That is what I tell people, why should a child of God be scared of witches and wizard? it means that you dont know who you are in CHRIST.
Oh, you I know are deathly afraid of witches and wizards since I have read you boast several times mind you, of how you battle them.

The problem is you still do not see that fear is the reason why you believe you have to engage your "enemies" in battle. Jesus Christ commanded His followers to do the opposite...rather than battle, love your enemies...Pray for them, not against them. Until you realize the difference between what Jesus Christ teaches and what you instead pursue, you will have enemies all up the wazoo, and this is not a curse or any sort by a statement of truth.
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 7:45pm On Jan 19, 2021
Kobojunkie:
Oh, you I know are deathly afraid of witches and wizards since I have read you boast several times mind you, of how you battle them.

The problem is you still do not see that fear is the reason why you believe you have to engage your "enemies" in battle. Jesus Christ commanded His followers to do the opposite...rather than battle, love your enemies...Pray for them, not against them. Until you realize the difference between what Jesus Christ teaches and what you instead pursue, you will have enemies all up the wazoo, and this is not a curse or any sort by a statement of truth.
Me? Afraid of witches and wizards, I'm not even afraid of fallen angels talk more of witches, do you even know that witches are the lowest in the demon rank? Even ordinary principalities are higher than them. Chilllax, a lot of people are under their bondage and nothing pleases me more than helping people by telling them how to defeat witches and wizard and free themselves from their bondage. 2Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:12, Exodus 22:18.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Kobojunkie: 7:58pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
Me? Afraid of witches and wizards, I'm not even afraid of fallen angels talk more of witches, do you even know that witches are the lowest in the demon rank? Even ordinary principalities are higher than them. Chilllax, a log of people are under their bondage and nothing pleases me more than helping people by telling them how to defeat witches and wizard and free themselves from their bondage. 2Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:12, Exodus 22:18.
I don't know what witches are lowest in some demon ranking because such information is meaningless to me since witches/wizards, demons and the devil do not serve as threats to me or my existence or even my relationship with Jesus Christ.

People are under bondage because they believe the lies told them by those who mean them more harm them good. If they would simply choose instead to believe the words of Jesus Christ who told them not to fear those who can only harm their body and not their soul, they would immediately be set free.

Jesus Christ was not stupid when He commanded you to love your enemies and pray to them. Jesus Christ said, " If you LOVE ME, you will keep my commandments". Choosing to instead stand against the very commandments of Jesus Christ Himself reveals a picture of you that stands in contradiction of your claim to be of Him...I hope you will see that someday.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 8:53pm On Jan 19, 2021
Kobojunkie:
I don't know what witches are lowest in some demon ranking because such information is meaningless to me since witches/wizards, demons and the devil do not serve as threats to me or my existence or even my relationship with Jesus Christ.

People are under bondage because they believe the lies told them by those who mean them more harm them good. If they would simply choose instead to believe the words of Jesus Christ who told them not to fear those who can only harm their body and not their soul, they would immediately be set free.

Jesus Christ was not stupid when He commanded you to love your enemies and pray to them. Jesus Christ said, " If you LOVE ME, you will keep my commandments". Choosing to instead stand against the very commandments of Jesus Christ Himself reveals a picture of you that stands in contradiction of your claim to be of Him...I hope you will see that someday.
Keep quiet and stop saying things you do not know, there is more to these things than your eyes can see, some people are under witchcraft bondage and they need serious deliverance, they didnt say they are under it cause of what people told them, they experienced it in their life, I have seen many of such cases, so dont say what you dont know. I know what I'm saying. If you dont have any meaningful thing to contribute when it comes to spiritual warfare, kindly keep quiet, you are derailing my thread. angry

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Kobojunkie: 8:58pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
Keep quiet and stop saying things you do not know, there are more to these things than your eyes can see, some people are under witchcraft bondage and they need serious deliverance, they didnt say they are under it cause of what people told them, they experienced it in their life, I have seen many of such cases, so dont say what you dont know. I know what I'm saying. If you dont have any meaningful thing to contribute when it comes to spiritual warfare, kindly keep quiet, you are derailing my thread. angry
lol. Like I said...
Kobojunkie:
I don't know what witches are lowest in some demon ranking because such information is meaningless to me since witches/wizards, demons and the devil do not serve as threats to me or my existence or even my relationship with Jesus Christ.

People are under bondage because they believe the lies told them by those who mean them more harm them good. If they would simply choose instead to believe the words of Jesus Christ who told them not to fear those who can only harm their body and not their soul, they would immediately be set free.

Jesus Christ was not stupid when He commanded you to love your enemies and pray to them. Jesus Christ said, " If you LOVE ME, you will keep my commandments". Choosing to instead stand against the very commandments of Jesus Christ Himself reveals a picture of you that stands in contradiction of your claim to be of Him...I hope you will see that someday.
Change what you believe ... Believe what Jesus Christ said instead and you will see that those enemies you claim to have there are illusions areated by the devil in your own mind to deceive you, and nothing else.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by enilove(m): 9:37pm On Jan 19, 2021
Nuttella:
So why do you think all the witches in the world are fighting you?

All the witches and wizards in the world are fighting me because they are fighting against my Lord Jesus Christ . They hate him and so I have declare war against them like David :

Psalm 139:20-22 KJV
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
[21] Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
[22] I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

They know I am on the Lords side . That is why they are fighting me .
Before I did not know that this world is a battle field . I now know .

Will you help me to fight them ?
Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:55pm On Jan 19, 2021
enilove:


All the witches and wizards in the world are fighting me because they are fighting against my Lord Jesus Christ . They hate him and so I have declare war against them like David :

Psalm 139:20-22 KJV
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
[21] Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
[22] I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

They know I am on the Lords side . That is why they are fighting me .
Before I did not know that this world is a battle field . I now know .

Will you help me to fight them ?








That's what I'm trying to tell kobojunkie, help me tell him that the world now is a battlefield, if person loose guard, they will waste the person life and destiny. He thinks that life is black and white. One needs to hold on to God tight because we wrestle not against flesh and blood.

I'm fighting them from my own corner, fight from your own corner. The ones in my street are trying their luck but it won't work, not to forget marine girls. God will help us.

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Re: A Thread For Those Who Want To Draw Close To God. by Nobody: 10:57pm On Jan 19, 2021
Kobojunkie:
lol. Like I said... Change what you believe ... Believe what Jesus Christ said instead and you will see that those enemies you claim to have there are illusions areated by the devil in your own mind to deceive you, and nothing else.
You need mental deliverance, your eyes are so closed. Tell God to open your spiritual eyes to see the war going on in the spirit realm, I suspect you are a member of Jehovah Witness.

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