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What make People afraid of Flying? I wonder why my younger brother finds it chilly while on board. Can someone help with an advise?

eiete:
Who the SON sets free, is free indeed. John 8:36

Yet, Someone paid for it! His name is JESUS!

acidrop:
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

What a wonderful word of wisdom!

I can't really blame the poster, she must have seen something rather out of order. Consider what goes on here, Atheism is not a religion
because its a state of non-belief. It has no faith in any God, hence why allow to bother our "faith" (a synonym for "religion".
Can you imagine? fornication is now to be debated on if a sin or not. In what way is that edifying? I noticed that many serious believers are
now avoiding the religion aspect of nairaland or what is the essence of bothering yourself in a discussion that will damp your spirit.

Greatness is not a state, a title or a position you occupy but it is a process.

Greatness is the way you live your life. Long before David became king in Israel, while he was still a shepherd boy in the bush, he was described as “…a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him”

If I may ask someone; What is true Holiness?
Is it with respect to the appearance of the physical or the state of being of the total-man?
I so much believe that "Holiness" is the state of God. Without any prejudice to any particular Church or a man of God,
I see holiness as the way of God, rather than the ways of man. I see it as the quality of the inner man, whose attributes overflow to the external.
There are many with the inside too dirty compare to their outside.
Scriptures makes us understands that there is no one as holy physically as the Pharisees, but listen to what Jesus said about them;
Matt 23:26-28
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. KJV

I believe Holiness can never be achived from "dos an don'ts" rules. It only tends to hypocrity (i.e. what you do only when poeple are around). That is why the contributions of many in this forum may be far from what they actually practice. Holiness is what you practise even when nobody is watching you. May be you can tell me who guides God in order for Him to be Holy?
I love the prophesy about holiness when Zacharias (the father of John) was filled with the Holy Ghost;

Luke 1:72-75
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. KJV

If you have the Holy Spirit indeed, then you need no one again to instruct you about "what and what not" rules to be holy,
except the Holy Spirit in them is different? Holiness is never in fear nor condemnation!
The truth is that there is a part of God in every man that make it impossible for him to deny the awareness that he errs no matter how much he wants to ignore it.
If the conscience can go as far as doing this, how much more will the Holy Spirit of God in a believer help him/her in living a holy life if indeed he/she is willing?

Contributions are expected from other Christians about their view on this particular subject. Thanking you!

If you ask me why difference in every Church, then I will ask you why difference in every Food.
Either you are from Deeper Life, RCCG (Classical or Model Parish), Winners, LoveWorld, Methodist, Anglican etc.
Just like food, you better eat the one that will not trouble you afterwards.
Many will be surprised on the last day, when you see who goes to hell and who gose to paradise. Man is not justified by Church, he is justified by his faith. Let every man fight for the survival of his own soul.

If I may ask someone; What is even Holiness? Is it with respect to the appearance of the physical body or the state of being of the total-man?
I so much believe that "Holiness" is the state of God. Without any prejudice to any particular Church or a man of God,
I see holiness as the way of God, rather than the ways of man. I see it as the quality of the inner man, that overflows to the external.
There are many with the inside that are too dirty compare to their outside.
Scriptures makes us understands that there is no one as holy physically as the Pharisees, but listen to what Jesus said about them;
Matt 23:26-28
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. KJV

I believe Holiness can never be achived from "dos an don'ts" rule. It only tends to hypocrity (i.e. what you do only when poeple are around). That is why the contributions of many on this thread is far from what they practice. Holiness is what you practise even when nobody is watching you. Maybe you can tell me who guides God in order for Him to be Holy?
I love the prophesy about holiness when Zacharias (the father of John) was filled with the Holy Ghost;

Luke 1:72-75
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. KJV

If you have the Holy Spirit indeed, then you need no one again to instruct you about "what and what not" rules.
except the Holy Spirit in them different? Holiness is never by fear!
The truth is that there is a part of God in every man that make it impossible for him to deny the awareness that he errs no matter how much he wants to ignore it. If the conscience can go as far as doing this, how much more will the Holy Spirit of God in a believer help him/her in living a holy life if indeed he/she is willing?

These will help your attitudes and also help you understand the attitudes of others;

"The greatest generational discovery in life is that human beings can alter his life by altering his attitudes"

"Attitudes are internal feelings or assumptions that express themselves in our outward responses and behaviours"

"Your outward responses often communicate what you are thinking inside"

"Your attitude towards something makes all the difference in how you see it and respond to it"

Are you a chronic procrastinator and always finding it difficult to initiate an action? Please listen to these;

"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome"

"He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spent his entire life on one leg"

"These are procrastinators at their best; they did nothing in particular and did it very well"

I have these to say about Contentment;

" The secret to contentment does not lie in adding to a man's possessions, but rather in taking away from his desires"

" Contentment makes poor men rich, discontentment makes rich men poor"

" Money is a universal passport to everywhere except heaven and to everything except joy"

That's a word from dammy4u!

anonimi:
BTW, you seem to have conveniently ignored Paul's unequivocal, clear and unambiguous assertion that Christ is NOT of the Levite order as it is very inferior to His in Hebrews 7 verses:
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
My only sincere hope is that your ignoring the above text, addressed to Jews like Paul who fully understood the historical priestlhood context was not deliberate.
Shalom.

@anonimi
My dear friend, thank God for your Bible passage, as clearly seen from your quoted scripture my conclusion remains that either the Levite according to the old testament or Melchisedec according to the new order of Priesthood, both of them collected tithes.
Heb 7:1-2
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
KJV
Thanks so much for your sincerity!

@Kunleoshob
Why do you babble so much? I can see your mind mixed with confusion due to carnal interpretation of scriptures, hence you called Levites (such represented by Aaron and Melchisedec) as cleaners and altar boys.
If indeed tithe then were meant to be food items, what about offerings? Were they not mostly inform of food materials also? Were they not bullocks, oxen and birds whose fats are used for peace and burnt offerings?

Ex 20:24
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.[/i]KJV
[b]Lev 22:17-24
[i]The LORD said to Moses, 18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: `If any of you--either an Israelite or an alien living in Israel--presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, 19 you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf. 20 Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. 22 Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as an offering made to the LORD by fire. 23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. NIV[/b]

You may tell us perhap your own Pastor (if you have any) still collect your free-offering in form of bullocks and fat of ram today in order to run their church. (what an emergency of new testament "babalawos"!)
But why did you think this free-will offering can be money, and tithe should not be? You lost the understanding that tithe is the ten percent of your increase which in our present time is mostly in money form. This one thing you need to know that the reason for not giving your so much emphasized freewill offering as fat of rams today, is also what make us to be paying our own tithes in cash today.
God now increase and bless us in cash and not in rams, doves, wheat or whatever.
Nevertheless, it seems you are enjoying this your born contradiction, sorry! not at the contribution of my time again!

@Pastor AIO
Pinpoint!

KunleOshob:
they claim that pastors represents levites today, so they can collect tithes. nothing can be further from the truth because levites were the descendants of Levi whom God had a covenant with and only his descendants could be levites. But today some people give you faulty technical thology that says pastors are levites so they can collect tithes.

Without any contradiction, tithes are never meant for the Pastor's pocket, God commanded it for His storehouse, meaning it is meant to be used in running the Church affairs (including the Pastor's salary) under a well organised management team. Notwithstanding, I find your conclusion faulty and fallible in the sense that if Pastors does not represent Levites, then it means Jesus only died for the Jews.

Rom 2:27-29
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God
KJV

Let all those in a haste beyond God's timing know that;

It will be a regret of withering for the bud that want to blossom before its time!

Uhhh! Some people's minds are made up . . . just like Pharaoh!
Has not paying tithes ever make them richer?

Come to think of it, why should tithe payment cause a migraine headache if truely they are a free-will offering givers?
If KunleOshob and his cohort believe in free-will givings while not freely allowed those who are willing to pay their tithes as their own free-will?
But they are only looking for more innocent souls to join their selfish and miserly crusade
He who can't give that which is commanded, can never give rightly that which is self-ruled.
Man is naturally born to be selfish with the thoughts of I & I alone!
Do'nt be decieved, these are poor minds' toast!

To the proud in heart

There are no great men, we only have great challenges that ordinary men are forced to meet.

Let all those who think they are facing the worst time of their life know that;

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the truth of something more important and more real than fear.

@cescky
Nevertheless, without changing the subject of this thread, I believe your desire for victory over this challenge is the reason why you drop your question.
I believe there is a wholesome power in God’s ability through Christ Jesus to help us in becoming more like Him while we drop those weights and sins that easily besets us. (Heb 12:1).
From experience, another easy way to put away alcoholism is to flee all appearances of evil. This includes bad companies! Please mind the companies you keep!
More than often, alcoholism is either encouraged or discouraged by the kind of friends around you.

Prov 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. KJV

Moreover, just like what liftedone said, you need to desire to be full of the spirit. Whenever the urge comes, switch over to something spirit-lifting.

Eph 5:18
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
KJV
[b]Rom 8:11[/b]11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. KJV

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might and you will soon find out that there is nothing impossible in Christ! You can do it because you are more than a conqueror! Expecting your testimony!

@liftedone
That is a shot from heaven!
I personally discovered this lately that whatever you are in doubt of whether good or bad (most expecially as spirit filled Christian), are often not right. You feel bad because something inside of you is rejecting it! And that is God! That is why we sound like someone that needs help. It is God’s nudging!
Whatever is taken solely and purposely to affect the normal behavior of the body is said to defile. That is what the Bible describe as destroying His temple

1 Cor 3:16-17
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. KJV
1 Cor 6:19-20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. KJV

@cescky
Something about alcohol is that it affects your mind and later on, your life! You can’t manage it, it will rather manage you. Your consumption power increases and graduates with time.

Prov 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. KJV
And that is why it’s likely untrue that you can control how much you take. Did you measure your water before you drink it? How will you know that which is enough except when you eyes start seeing double!
Alcohol is a mocker! Listen to this;

Prov 23:31-32
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Another thing I will want you to understand is that it often serves as aid to do some ungodly acts. With alcohol, your feelings and emotions are out of control. Alcohol gives you confidence and increases your desires for lust. Women and drinks often go together. Check out bars and club house around you. Moreover, many sicknesses are traceable to it consumption!

Prov 23:33-24:1
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.KJV

That someone drank it before in the scriptures is not the issue, it’s knowing the present truth and understanding its consequences on your life. If I may ask, is there any where written in the Bible that “thou shall not smoke!”? Even an atheist knows the consequences.
How will you differentiate yourself from the unbelievers if found in the same company of alcoholism with them. (Ps.1:1-3; 2 Cor. 6:14)
I do take communion, but with ordinary non-alcoholic strawberry fruit juice. The reason being the fact that the alcohol inside other wines will not make it holier!
I rather walk by faith!

Happy Labour Day Nairalanders!
Please always remember;

Making it to the end of the assignment is more important than the assignment, because we are professional beginners!

@Ebonyi
We believe God for your undeniable triumphs.
Always remember; You are born to win!

2 Cor 2:14-15
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
KJV

1 Peter 2:9-10
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
KJV

Peace!

Let me share this about your assignment;

"What we suppose to be is dictated by what we suppose to do"

If you slap the prime minister, it is called an assault, but if you slap an ambassador, it is called an international incidence, because you have slapped a country. And that is what we are - "ambassadors for Christ" (2 Cor. 5:20)

Goodday Nairaland Christians!

Let me repeat this;

WARNING: Exposure to the Son strongly prevent severe burning.

Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it

@cgift

Let me give youa support;

"M.P. Jack (1905 “-”  2008). The summary of life is in an exam of dash. Watch how you fill in the gap of your life"

cgift:
~ Why claim there is no God if you have not searched for Him?

I believe those guys are hearing?

Let me contribute this also:

"Feeling bad because people hurt us, leaves us being hurts and not the people"