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Hearing Problem

A man goes to his doctor and says, "I don't think my wife's hearing is as good as it used to be. What should I do"?

The doctor replies, "Try this test to find out for sure. When your wife is in the kitchen doing dishes, stand fifteen feet behind her and ask her a question. If she doesn't respond, keep moving closer, asking the question, until she hears you."

The man goes home and sees his wife preparing dinner. He stands fifteen feet behind her and says, "What's for dinner, honey"?

He gets no response, so he moves to ten feet behind her and asks again.

Still no response, so he moves to five feet. No answer.

Finally, he stands directly behind her and says, "Honey, what's for supper"?

She replies, "For the fourth time, I said chicken!"

NOPE. My wife comes 4rm a different cultural background & this is our 16th year. Love conquers all
Goodluck

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Thank you Havila, ol' chap, thank you. Couldn't have done a better job.

@dayokenu

There is a time to be silent and a time to explain, lest the machinations of the devil comes to pass
on the lives of weaker brethren. I am not ignorant of the real instigator of this thread. These are
evil times

Many thanks again Havila

Just say an Amen, and it is
accomplished,
>
JUST SAY "AMEN".
>
> Because you will see the invisible,
>
> you will do the impossible,
>
> Because you will touch the intangible
>
> you will achieve the incredible,
>
> Because you will hear the inaudible,
>
> you will have the unimaginable,
>
> Because of you, your family will not know poverty
>
> You will go in and out of your house in peace,
>
> Violence and crying of sorrow shall not be heard in
> your camp,
>
> Because you are God's Idea and God cannot fail,
> you shall not fail ,
>
> Favour shall overwhelm your endeavours
>
> This is your Moment of greatness
>
> You shall not struggle to be recognised
>
> your gift shall announce you.
>
> You are entitled to daily fruitfulness
>
> Every darkness in your life shall give way to the
> light of God
>
> All your lack will give way to abundance
>
> You shall enjoy uncommon bliss
>
> The rejected shall become the selected
>
> People shall hear your testimonies and follow you to
> God
>
> In everything you do, you will succeed,
>
> What you have never done before for good,
>
> you will do this Moment,
>
> By the time this year ends, you will look back with
> joy and ahead with great expectations,
>
>
> You will take charge of your life as you master your
> time,
>
> You will discover how to maximise your time and add
> value to it,
>
> you will become the star of your family,
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> the hope of your generation,
>
> Because you know where you are going,
>
> the whole world will step aside and follow u ,
>
> May you find favour with God and men,
>
> May you grow in wisdom and stature,
>
> May you walk in dominion over every circumstance and
> situation,
>
> May every day in this year be one of success and
> purpose,
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> In this year and coming years never forget to Act as
> if it were impossible to fail,
>
> because for people like you and me , the word
> failure does not exist,
>
>
> Your success is non-negotiable,
>
> The year aheead will be the greatest year of your
> life and the beginning of unprecedented success in
> your life!
>
>
> Those who laughed at you before shall come to laugh
> with you.
>
> However bad it has been with you this year, you
> shall from henceforth enter into the rest and God
> shall take you to the place of your greatness and
> destiny.
>
>
> You shall have visions that are clear, virtues that
> are right and victory that is certain.
>
>
> You are blessed beyond curse, raised above terror
> and established beyond oppression.
>
>
> You shall not lack counsel and ideas.
>
> You shall have eye that sees, ear that hears and
> heart that understands.
>
>
> In place of breakdown you shall have breakthrough In
> confusion, you shall be enlightened, in weakness you
> shall be strengthened.
>
>
> There shall be beauty in place of ashes, the oil of
> gladness in place of spirit of heaviness.
>
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> Every closed door against your goodness, greatness
> and destiny shall open of their own accord.
>
>
> You shall be instructed and illuminated within by
> the Spirit of God.
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> You shall do the right thing at the right time.
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> You shall rise above every obstacle and be carried
> on the wings of eagle.
>
>
> God will remember you for good.
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> You shall fulfil and not frustrate destiny.

>
> Amen.
>
> The LORD is always there for you, therefore don't
> loose HEART.

Wife vs. Mother

It was a terrible night, blowing cold and snow in a most frightful manner. The streets were deserted and the local baker was just about to close up shop when a little, old
man slipped through the door. He carried an umbrella, blown inside out and was bundled in two sweaters and a thick coat. But even so, he still looked wet, freezing and
bedraggled.

As he unwound his scarf, he said to the baker, "May I have two poppy seed bagels to go, please"?

The baker said in astonishment, "Two bagels? Nothing more"?

"That's right," answered the little man. "One for me and one for Sherry."

"And who is Sherry, your wife"? asked the baker.

"What did you think," snapped the little man, "that my mother would send me out on a night like this"?

A Department of Agriculture representative stopped at a farm and talked with the old farmer.

"I'm going to inspect your farm."

The old farmer said, "You better not go in that field."

The Ag representative said in a wise tone, "I have the authority of the U. S. Government with me. See this card? I am allowed to go wherever I wish on agricultural land."

So, the old farmer went about his farm chores. Later, the farmer heard loud screams and saw the Department of Agriculture rep running for the fence and close behind was the farmer's prize bull. The bull was madder than a full nest of hornets and the bull was gaining at every step.

The old farmer called out, "Show him your card!"

Wrong Language

A few years ago, I decided to visit my brother who was stationed in Germany. I assumed that most Germans would speak English, but I found that many people spoke only their native tongue, including the ticket inspector on the train.

He punched my ticket, then chatted cordially for a bit, making gestures like a
windmill. I simply nodded from time to time to show him that I was interested.

When he had gone, an American woman in the compartment leaned forward and asked
if I spoke German.

"No," I confessed.

"Then that explains," she said, "why you didn't bat an eyelid when he told you that you were on the wrong train."

Mistakes on a resume
These are from actual resumes:

"Personal: I'm married with 9 children. I don't require prescription drugs.

"I am extremely loyal to my present firm, so please don't let them know of my immediate availability."

"Qualifications: I am a man filled with passion and integrity, and I can act on short notice. I'm a class act and do not come cheap."

"I intentionally omitted my salary history. I've made money and lost money. I've been rich and I've been poor. I prefer being rich."

"Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping'. I have never quit a job."

"Number of dependents: 40."

"Marital Status: Often. Children: Various."

RESUME BLOOPERS

"Here are my qualifications for you to overlook."

REASONS FOR LEAVING THE LAST JOB:

"Responsibility makes me nervous."

"They insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 every morning. Couldn't work under those conditions."

REASONS FOR LEAVING MY LAST JOB:

"Was met with a string of broken promises and lies, as well as cockroaches."

"I was working for my mom until she decided to move."

"The company made me a scapegoat - just like my three previous employers."

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

"While I am open to the initial nature of an assignment, I am decidedly disposed that it be so oriented as to at least partially incorporate the experience enjoyed heretofore and that it be configured so as to ultimately lead to the application of more rarefied facets of financial management as the major sphere of responsibility."

"I was proud to win the Gregg Typting Award."

SPECIAL REQUESTS & JOB OBJECTIVES:

"Please call me after 5:30 because I am self-employed and my employer does not know I am looking for another job."

"My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I have no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage."

"I procrastinate - especially when the task is unpleasant."

PHYSICAL DISABILITIES:

"Minor allergies to house cats and Mongolian sheep."

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

"Donating blood. 14 gallons so far."

SMALL TYPOS THAT CAN CHANGE THE MEANING:

"Education: College, August 1880-May 1984."

"Work Experience: Dealing with customers' conflicts that arouse."

"Develop and recommend an annual operating expense fudget."

"I'm a rabid typist."

"Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain operation

My dear Joy James
I don't know how long you have been married that you are getting worried about not having kids
except of course it's both your decision to go for kids immediately.
For a long time, calculating your ovulation ( because that's when you can get pregnant when you and your spouse get together)
accurately has been pretty difficult; but now with the Billings method, you don't need 'scientific calculators' to get a very
accurate result - through monitoring of your body signs.

Please go get the book: Love and Life by Dr Leonie McSweeny if you are resident in Nigeria. The book is very cheap
and written in very readable and simple ways which doesn't require your giving yourself headaches b4 you understand the same.
They are available in CSS bookshops nationwide. The billings method is even particularly useful when you want to avoid 'mistakes'
during breastfeeding because menses don't occur at that time for you to predict ovulation using 'present' methods.

Remain blessed and do have a wonderful and great marriage

Corporate Lesson 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her
shower when the doorbell rings.
The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor.
Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $800 to drop that
towel." After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and
stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800
dollars and leaves.
The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When
she
gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Bob
the next door neighbor," she replies. "Great!" the husband says, "Did he
say anything about the $800 he owes me?"

Corporate Lesson Learned: If you share critical information
pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a
position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Corporate Lesson 2

A priest offered a lift to a Nun. She got in and crossed her legs,
forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident.
After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.
The nun said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest removed his hand.
But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun
once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?"
The priest apologized "Sorry sister but the flesh is weak."
Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way. On his arrival at the
church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, "Go forth and seek,
further up, you will find glory."

Corporate Lesson Learned: If you are not well informed in your job,
you might miss a great opportunity.

Corporate Lesson Three

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the
manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They
rub it and a Genie comes out.

The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish."
"Me first! Me first!" says the admin. clerk. "I want to be in the
Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world." Poof!
she's gone.

"Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii,
relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of
Pina Coladas and the love of my life." Poof! He's gone.

"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."

Corporate Lesson Learned: Always let your boss have the first say.

Corporate Lesson 4

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A rabbit asked
him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"

The crow answered: "Sure, why not."
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. A fox
jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Corporate Lesson Learned: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must
be sitting very high up.

Corporate Lesson 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to
the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, but I haven't got the
energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on my droppings?" replied the bull.
"They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it gave him enough
strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second
branch.
Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top
of the tree.
Soon he was spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Corporate Lesson Learned: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it
won't keep you there

@ Orikinla
Point noted. Remain blessed

@ Orikinla
Point noted. Remain blessed

College Fund

"What's the usual tip"? the man growled when the college boy delivered his pizza.

"Well," the student replied, "this is my first delivery, but the other guys said that if I got a quarter out of you, I'd be doing great."

"That so"? grunted the man. "In that case, here's five dollars."

"Thanks!" the student said. "I'll put it in my college fund."

"By the way, what are you studying"?

"Applied psychology."

I came across a thread 'I Do Not Believe In God' by mysummero and noticed that he actually
acknowledges the existence of God, but he's only confused about where a person goes after death.
As is usual in many threads, the varied responses deviated from the topic and was becoming a personalty
clash among the posters. I'm therefore starting this thread in the hope that you good folks will do 'justice'
to it and perchance, mysummero may retrace his steps. Also, I bet there will be revelations and interesting posts. So:
WHERE DOES A PERSON GO AFTER (S)HE DIES?

It appears 2 me & a number of my contemporaries that girls love their Papas more & boys their mamas.
I pray I'm wrong as it applies 2 my kids - but Can't help noticing a special closeness btw my boy & his mama. My girl? Well, well we r close-coincidence?

@bagoma
I'm honored by ur compliment. Words fail me- I do admire ur strength of character. My God will envelope u in His love
@ Bhola
I Luv ur sincerity. The God of glory will gv u a spouse specially made 4 u. Your testimony is sure
Regards

Mallam Olabowale, mallam Olabowale - tut tut   I suppose your ideas on Jesus are from the koran, no?
Do I expect to convince you about the deity of Jesus? Perhaps you would want me to talk about your sources?
Don't think I should - not when Davidylan and Havila have done much in that aspect.

Do have a wonderful day my friend.

Since the lady did not tell him of her 'incompleteness' before themarriage, but only after,
the man is free to leave the woman and remarry. He is not under condemnation in this case.

I expect that he draws the attention of his church elders to this problem, except he wants to be
kind and charitable by keeping her becuse of his love for her and trusts God for a miracle.

This is different from a woman with a womb who also passes through the time of the red roses,
but unable to take in after marriage has been consumated - here, the couple should be patient and seek
medical counsel, etc.

When a couple decides to marry, both must open up and be frank about themselves. Any deception about a
physical/biological shortcoming is unfair.

Right on EmemJU, couldn't have said it better.

Heard this story before, @ juwon - it is not original. Are you asking for advise in the form of
financial assistance?

There is something wrong here as before; the whole 'story' doesn't make sense e.g why
should your uncle bar you from his house? Because of the girl? Because you gave her 3 to 5
thousand Naira? Same uncle that borrowed money from you? Also, I thought NIIT is based in Gbagada phase 11
and don't have a Festac centre, Even the topic: My family or my girlfriend has no bearing to the post itself.

There are too many loose ends in this guy's post. Even 419s can't be this dumb. Nairalanders, shine your eyes well well.

A word is enough.

Suck It In

I noticed my husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach.

Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver, I commented.

"I don't think that is going to help, honey."

"Sure it does," he said. "It's the only way I can see the numbers!"

A Shopping Day

I was shopping at Wal-Mart and noticed a little old lady following me around.

I stopped, she stopped. Furthermore, she kept staring at me.

She finally overtook me at the checkout and she turned to me and said, "I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease. It's just that you look so much like my late son."

I answered, "That's okay."

"I know it's silly, but if you'd call out 'Goodbye, Mom' as I leave the store, it would make me feel so happy."

She then went through the checkout and as she was on her way out of the store, I called out, "Goodbye, Mom."

The little old lady waved and smiled back at me. Pleased that I had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, I went to pay for my groceries.

"That comes to $121.85," said the clerk.

"How is it so much?! I only bought five items."

The clerk replied, "Yeah, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things too."

@imoh81

Many thanks for sharing. I downloaded the same and I'm 'over the moon'. Do love it.

What else would you folks expose this ignorant and 'colonial' man to? Technology. Sure
want to make life easy. Only thing is I can't 'mark' it. But it is really cool.

My dear dblock, are you still there? As you meet Jesus in the Bible, you find that he welcomes all kinds of people. It doesn't matter who you are—man or woman, grandparent or child, fisherman or farmer, priest or prostitute, soldier or rebel, cop or criminal, ruler or slave, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, healthy or disabled, religious or rotten, sensible or demon-possessed—Jesus warmly welcomes anyone who wants to meet him and get to know him better. He never tells anyone that he's too important or too busy or too good for them.
As you're hanging around with Jesus, you see several young mothers with little kids and babies, wanting Jesus to touch their children and pray for them. Some of the people around Jesus tell the women to go away. They say that Jesus can't be bothered with babies and housewives. But when Jesus sees women and children treated as though they don't count, it makes him mad. "Let the little children come to me," he says. "Don't hinder them. God's kingdom is for kids like these."

Later you're walking down the road behind Jesus, along with a crowd of others. Suddenly you hear a couple of loudmouth guys making a racket: "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us." Two blind beggars, who are beside that road every day looking for handouts, have heard Jesus is going past. When they start yelling, the crowd scolds them and tells them to shut up. After all, Jesus is on the move. He’s got big plans! Why should a couple of no-account freeloaders make a scene and interfere with his schedule? But the blind men won't give up. They yell all the louder, and Jesus doesn't mind at all. In fact, he seems pleased. He stops and asks them what they want. They tell him they want to see. Jesus' face is full of pity. He touches their eyes. Suddenly they can see, and they join his other followers.
As you hang around with Jesus, you find out that he not only makes time for women and children and disabled people but also for people who are downright bad. He sits down for supper with crooks and prostitutes and riffraff of every kind. He accepts invitations from almost anybody, and he even invites himself to their place if they feel unworthy to invite him. Sometimes it hurts his reputation among the more upstanding, religious members of society. They think he's got no standards. But Jesus calmly tells them that the reason he came is to help sinners—and it seems to be working. Eating with crooks doesn't make Jesus go crooked; it helps crooks go straight. Welcoming prostitutes doesn't make Jesus sexually immoral; it helps prostitutes become sexually pure and transforms them into wise women who stop selling their bodies and start serving God.
At times it almost seems Jesus prefers lowly people to important people and rotten sinners to decent citizens. He warns some of the more upstanding folks that they are in danger of hell and that lowlifes are entering heaven's kingdom ahead of them. At one point he even says it would be easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to be saved. But Jesus adds, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." And sure enough, even though many big shots oppose Jesus, he welcomes any who want to meet him.
He even meets them on their terms. A rich, religious man named Nicodemus wants to see Jesus but doesn't want the public to see them together. He wants Jesus to have a secret meeting with him at night. Does Jesus refuse? No, he's friendly even with a man who is ashamed to be seen with him. But when he sits down with Nicodemus, Jesus informs him that he must be born again and believe in Jesus in order to be saved, and he says that a saved person won't hide in the dark but will live in God's light.

Jesus doesn't push anyone away but he also doesn't pull any punches, either. He's willing to meet people on their terms, but they can stay with him and follow him only on his terms. He won't exclude anyone because of their past, but he won't include anyone who refuses to leave their past and entrust their future to him. Nobody is so bad they can't have him, but nobody is so good they don't need him. He's willing to meet you where you are, but then you must be willing to follow wherever he leads.
In meeting Jesus, you meet a combination of humility and authority you won't meet anywhere else, an astonishing union of tenderness and toughness. One moment he's cuddling babies; the next moment he confronting rulers. One moment he lying exhausted and asleep in a boat that's being rocked by a storm; the next moment he's ordering the storm around. One moment he's weeping at the grave of his dead friend Lazarus; the next he's ordering death itself to release his friend. One moment he's on his knees like a slave, washing other people's dirty feet; the next he says he's their Lord and Master. Jesus feels the weakness, pain and poverty of humanity, and at the same time he unleashes the power, healing, and abundance of God. He doesn't have even a small hut for a home, yet he strides through God's temple as though he owns the place. He doesn't have a penny to his name, yet he talks like the whole world is his. Could even the least human be humbler and more vulnerable? Could even almighty God be greater and more powerful? What else can you think except that Jesus must be completely human and at the some time fully divine?
One thing is for sure: Jesus isn't boring. There's never a dull moment when you're around him. When he speaks, you might feel confused, you might even get upset and angry at some of the things he says, but one thing you won't do is yawn. So much of what he says has an unexpected twist. He tells a story about a lousy crook and a respectable teacher. The punch line is that God accepts the crook and rejects the teacher. Jesus tells another story about a rotten kid who runs away from home, blows all his money, wrecks his life, damages his family's reputation, and, when he hits bottom, stumbles back home. His dad welcomes him back with hugs and a big party—but meanwhile there's a well-behaved older brother who seems to have done everything right and yet ends up feeling left out.
Jesus says some things that seem like splendid common sense, but he also says things that sound perplexing and outrageous. It's not always easy to figure out what Jesus means. Still, his voice rings with such authority that even if you can't understand him, you also can't ignore him.
Expert scholars try to stump Jesus or trick him into saying something foolish, but Jesus always has the perfect answer. The smartest people can’t outwit him, yet the simplest people can benefit from his teaching. Jesus’ simple brilliance makes people wonder, “How did this man get such learning without having studied?” (John 7:15)
People are amazed not only at Jesus’ brilliance but at the sheer authority of his speaking. He’s not like other teachers who debate the fine points of religion and pile up quotes from other experts. Jesus often challenges expert opinion and declares the truth on based on divine authority.
Jesus’ enemies send armed guards to arrest him, but those tough, no-nonsense officers find themselves arrested by Jesus’ words. They drink in his words and then go away without seizing him. Asked why they didn’t arrest Jesus, they reply, “No one ever spoke the way this man does.” That’s because no one but Jesus ever spoke as God with us.

Perhaps Jesus' most striking use of authority is the way he gives orders to demons. Evil spirits who have been controlling people can't stand up to him. The demons do whatever Jesus tells them to do. Whenever he orders them to leave a person, they leave.
Demons are not wimps. They are rebel angels who have lost all goodness but still have terrible strength. When evil spirits take possession of someone, it’s not easy to drive them out. No mere human can do it. People aren’t strong enough to defeat demons.
It’s astounding, then, when someone comes along who makes demons tremble and run. Evil spirits that nobody could drive away are suddenly in full retreat when Jesus shows up. When a demon-possessed man makes an awful scene in a worship service, Jesus merely speaks, and the demon flees.
Another man is possessed by a whole army of demons and lives in a graveyard. One moment you see this man naked, uncontrollable, screaming in a demonic voice, foaming at the mouth, a danger to himself and others. He is naked, uncontrollable, foaming at the mouth, screaming in a demonic voice, a danger to himself and others. Then Jesus gives an order. The next moment the man is well-dressed, in his right mind, talking with Jesus, beaming with joy (see Mark 5:1-20).
What sort of person can order demons around? Some of Jesus’ enemies think that the reason demons listen to Jesus is that Jesus himself is possessed by the chief demon of them all. But Jesus does so much damage to the cause of the demons that many people can't believe he can't possibly be a tool of the chief demon. If Jesus’ power isn’t demonic or merely human, there’s one possibility left: his power is divine. He must be God come to save his people. What about you? Where do you think Jesus gets his power over demons?

Wherever his power comes from, Jesus has plenty of it. He kicks out demons. He gives orders to the wind. He makes paralyzed people walk. He makes blind people see. He makes deaf people hear. He touches lepers and outcasts with contagious diseases, and instead of Jesus getting sick from them, they get well from him. Huge crowds start flocking to him, bringing their sick and disabled friends with them, and Jesus heals them all. He feeds thousands of hungry people with five loaves of bread and two fish. He even raises the dead. A funeral procession breaks up when Jesus brings the boy in the coffin to life, to the delight of his widowed mother. A girl lying dead on her bed suddenly sits up in good health, thanks to a word from Jesus. It is the greatest outburst of miracles anyone has ever seen.
The miracles show awesome power, and they also show love and compassion. Jesus doesn't just heal; he also touches and talks with those he heals, restoring their spirits as well as their bodies. Sometimes he declares their sins to be forgiven. Jesus doesn't just cure problems; he cares about people.
And besides his power and compassion, there's also his personal purity. When you meet Jesus, you find that he practices what he preaches. He can't be flattered or bribed or seduced. Even his enemies can't come up with any scandal to discredit him. He treats women with utmost respect, without a hint of lust. He lives one day at a time, trusting his heavenly Father, without using his fame to pile up money. There's nothing greedy about him. He is patient with people and never scolds anyone unless it's for their own good. He always uses his power for the good of others, never for his own convenience. When Jesus asks, “Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?” nobody can charge him with doing wrong. Never has anyone been so perfectly in line with God's standards.
Still, his perfect goodness isn't a grumpy, sour strictness. Jesus often speaks of God's reign in terms of a huge party, and almost everywhere he goes, people are throwing parties for him. In fact, he's involved in so many parties and is the focus of so much fun that some folks criticize him for not being stern and strict enough. He's got the wrong kind of friends, and they are enjoying themselves far too much, to suit the guardians of dour decency. But despite those complaints, Jesus keeps making new friends who keep throwing parties for him
Jesus himself is the life of the party. The sinners he befriends can’t help celebrating (Mark 2:19). "I have come," explains Jesus, "that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10). That’s why there are parties wherever he goes. Jesus tells his friends that he embodies God's love to them. He does all this, he says, “so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete" (John 15:11). Life to the full, complete joy—that's why there are parties wherever Jesus goes. People have never been so happy as when they are with Jesus, and they keep inviting others to come and see.

What about you dblock? Now that you've met Jesus and had a few minutes to get acquainted, what do you think? Can you see what the excitement is about? Can you see why so many people are convinced that he's the Son of God? Would you like to know Jesus better? Then don't stop here. Spend more time with him. Open your Bible to the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Pray for the Holy Spirit to connect you with Jesus. Then read more and more of the inspired gospel words, and experience the shock and wonder of being with Jesus.
If you watch Jesus in action, you'll see that no one ever did what Jesus does. If you listen to Jesus speak, you'll hear that no one ever spoke the way Jesus speaks. If you sense Jesus’ character, you'll feel that no one ever lived the way he lives and that no one ever loved the way he loves. Ultimately, you will see Jesus hanging on a cross, dying to pay for your sins, and you will discover him as the risen Lord who has defeated death to give you eternal life.
Sometimes just hearing someone else talk about Jesus is enough to convince you that he's astonishing. That can be the first step in trusting him and having a relationship with him, but there's nothing better than getting to know Jesus for yourself.
A woman goes through several failed marriages before she meets Jesus. Somehow Jesus already knows all about her bad past, but he befriends her and says she can have eternal life in him. The woman is overjoyed. She rushes off to tell others in her village to come and see Jesus. Her testimony is so striking that many of the townspeople believe that Jesus must be the Messiah. But do they stop with what the woman has told them? No, they want to meet Jesus for themselves and get to know him better, so they ask Jesus to stay with them awhile. Many who weren't convinced before soon become believers, and those who already believe what the woman said about Jesus have their faith made more personal and powerful when they meet him firsthand. They tell the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world" (John 4:42).
I hope you have that same experience and believe not just because of what I've said but because you've met Jesus for yourself and have a personal relationship with him and know beyond a doubt that Jesus really is the Savior of the world. When Jesus says to you, "Follow me," do it. Only Jesus can give you a life worth living. Only Jesus can give you joy that lasts forever.

Brother dblock, I can see you want to leave my hand and hold the hand of Jesus. I don't blame you. I want to hold His hand too because I need Him now more than ever before. These are trying times and I cannot cope all by myself - not with all the acts and endorsements of deceptions, wickedness, murders, iniquities, abominations, etc by the world's 'intelligentia'. The silence and covert approvals by people who should know better in christendom, all because they want to keep/improve church attendance makes me very vulnerable and afraid to let go Jesus' hand.

( Thank you Bro feddes for your wonderful Radio message of Sunday 26th Nov 2006 and titled 'Getting to know Jesus' - from which this post is taken and shared).

Bro dblock, as you endeavour to hold on to Jesus and follow him, I trust that one glorious day, we shall meet at the feet of Jesus. God bless you good.

@dblock - I just came across your thread. Please do not be sad and don't let anyone lead you astray. Do please hold my hand
and let's go meet Jesus.

But then, would you like to meet Jesus?—hear him speaking, see him in action, know his personality? Don't just depend on a religious system or on what other people say. Come and see for yourself. Go to a house where Jesus is having dinner. Get into a boat with Jesus and his friends. Sit on a grassy hillside and listen to Jesus tell stories. Walk with Jesus down dusty roads and see how he relates to people. Notice who likes Jesus, and why. Notice who hates Jesus, and why. Come and see!

How can you do that? Do you need a magic machine to bring you to another time and place? No, you just need the New Testament gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Those inspired books have miraculous power to carry you across time and space and into contact with Jesus as he walked this earth long ago. And as you go to meet Jesus in that time and place, Jesus comes to meet you in this time and place. You enter his life, and he enters your life. Come and see!

As the biblical gospels carry you into contact with Jesus, one of the first things you notice is that Jesus is glad to see you and pleased that you want to meet him. Just hang around with him for a while, and find out what happens.
As you watch Jesus in action, you see that he has a remarkable effect on people. Just a few hours with him—sometimes just a few minutes—is enough to make people realize that Jesus is like nobody they’ve ever met before. Some conclude that he is the key to everything they have been looking for.
For example, two men are told by Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist, that Jesus is somebody special. Jesus isn't yet well known and hasn't done anything spectacular, but the two men decide to tag along behind him. Jesus turns and notices them following. He asks, "What do you want?" Perhaps they’re not sure what to say, so they stammer, "Where are you staying?"
"Come," he replies, "and you will see."

So they go and see where Jesus is staying and spend the rest of the day with him. It’s already late in the afternoon, about four o'clock. But that short time between four o'clock and bedtime is enough to amaze them and convince them to stick with Jesus and invite others to meet him.
One of the two men is named Andrew. The first thing Andrew does is to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah," the Savior God's people have been longing for. And Andrew brings Simon to Jesus.

Jesus takes one look at Simon and, without asking his name, says, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Peter," which means "rock." What sort of person knows your name without asking? What sort of person renames you "solid rock" when you're just a flighty fisherman? Simon Peter may be puzzled by all this, but like his brother Andrew, he is amazed and captivated by Jesus and decides to hang around with him.
The next day Jesus walks up to a man named Philip, who comes from the same town as Andrew and Peter. "Follow me," Jesus tells Philip. Now, if somebody comes to you and expects you to drop everything and go with him, what should you do? If someone ordinary tells you to follow him, you might refuse. But Jesus' personality is so powerful and persuasive that when Jesus says, "Follow me," Philip leaps at the chance.
In fact, meeting Jesus is so exciting that Philip wants someone else to meet him. Philip finds his friend Nathaniel and tells him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
Nathaniel, however, is not impressed, especially when he hears that Jesus comes from Nazareth. Nazareth is a town with a bad reputation, a place for losers, and Nathaniel says so. There was nothing sneaky or subtle about Nathaniel. He doesn’t hide his feelings. He honestly says what is on his mind. "Nazareth!" snorts Nathaniel. "Can anything good come from there?"
Philip doesn’t try to argue with Nathaniel. Philip simply answers, "Come and see." He is positive that meeting Jesus personally, even for a few minutes, will amaze Nathaniel and win him over despite his low opinion of Jesus' hometown. Nathaniel agrees to go. He has his prejudices and doubts, but he is still honestly willing to check Jesus out for himself.

When Jesus sees Nathaniel approaching, he says, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false." How does Nathaniel react? He may like the compliment, but what's a compliment really worth if it comes from someone who has never even met you before? How would this stranger know there’s nothing phony about Nathaniel? What if he’s just trying to flatter him? So instead of thanking Jesus for the compliment, Nathaniel says, "How do you know me?"
Jesus answers, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you."
At that Nathaniel's doubts disappear. This man whom he has never met before knows exactly where he has been and what he was doing earlier that day, and he also knows his character. Somehow Jesus already knows him inside and out. Suddenly it dawns on Nathaniel who Jesus must be. "Rabbi," he says, "you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." (see John 1:35-51)
One after another, people who meet Jesus are amazed and gripped by his personality—and this is before Jesus has even begun to do the things that will soon make him famous. Before long Jesus will do mighty miracles and preach to enormous crowds who hang on his every word. Some folks will get caught up in the mood of excitement surrounding Jesus, the way star-struck fans go into a frenzy over a celebrity superstar. But Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathaniel are meeting Jesus at the beginning of his ministry, before he’s famous, before huge crowds are gathering around him. It’s not publicity or a general mood of excitement that makes Andrew, Peter, Phillip, and Nathaniel marvel at Jesus; it is Jesus himself. Jesus is so magnetic, so magnificent, that they sense he must be the Messiah, the one promised by the prophets, the Son of God, their King. They still have a lot to learn, but one thing they know: in meeting Jesus, they have met more than just another man. In meeting Jesus, they are getting to know God in a fresh, wonderful way and having their deepest longings satisfied. When they want to share their discovery with family and friends and others they meet, they don’t give a long speech. They just say, "Come and see. Check him out for yourself."
That's my invitation to you right now: come and see. Take a few minutes with me to meet Jesus and get to know him. Don't just go by hearsay or by what you happen to think of religion in general. Come and see Jesus and meet him for yourself.

@ Analytical - beautiful post there. God bless you. @ y'all, we continue:

Better Possibilities

We've looked at the dangers of dating, not to spread gloom and doom, but simply to face that fact that the world's approach to romance is not working. It's not working! Movies and TV shows may keep pushing it, but you don't have to fall for it. People around you may keep playing around with recreational romance, but you don't have to do it. It may be the pattern of this world, but it's not God's pattern, and it's not working.
So instead of flirting with disaster, offer your body to the Lord. Don't follow the pattern of this world. Instead, be transformed by a renewed mind, a different way of seeing things. Be willing to consider better possibilities. Explore whether, instead of pursuing dating as temporary romance for present enjoyment, there might be a better pattern for romance, a pattern which honors God, protects against many dangers, and is best suited to get you ready for a lifelong romance in marriage with the special person God has in mind for you.

We expand on analytical's post:

Courtship is an approach in which two people start seeing each other only if both of them are seriously looking for a life partner. Both must be of marriageable age, both should have the blessing of their parents, and both must enter the relationship with one goal: to explore whether they want to get married. Kids who believe in courtship don't date when they're too young to marry. They avoid romantic relationships in junior high and high school. Why play games with people's emotions and bodies? Why put yourself in danger and do damage to others? It can actually be a relief not to seek any romance at all until you're thinking about marriage. You don't base your value on how many dates you can get. You don't go through the turmoil of falling in love and breaking up over and over. Who needs a bunch of dead-end romances when you can simply wait until you're ready to get serious?

What's the point?

Young people who believe in courtship also value the family. When they court each other, they don't just sneak off to some dark place to be alone. They get to know each other's family. They want their parents to approve of the person they are courting, and they seek their parents' blessing on their marriage. Why? Because they honor their parents and know that a marriage flourishes best when the wider family is supportive.
Some people who reject the dating game go even beyond courtship. They believe in betrothal. In betrothal, even before a young man lets a young lady know he's interested in her, he asks his parents if they believe this young lady is the one he should marry. If they say yes, he goes to the young lady's parents and asks their permission to seek her hand in marriage. If they agree, he asks the young lady if she is willing to be betrothed, which means they are engaged to be married. Only they both promised to each other do they begin to cultivate a romance and seek a strong emotional bond. Once the marriage has been agreed upon, the time of betrothal is a period to develop a relationship and cultivate romance. During this time, they do not engage in physical intimacy. That is reserved for marriage. Now, betrothal may sound strange to you, but it was practiced in Bible times and in many societies through history, and it has a far better track record in producing happy marriages and strong families than the present dating system.
With all the dangers of dating, more and more parents are looking for alternatives to help their kids avoid the parents' mistakes, and more and more young people are opting out of the dating scene. A young guy named Joshua Harris wrote a book titled I Kissed Dating Goodbye, and the book has been selling like crazy. It may sound weird to give up dating and wait for the person God wants you to marry. But if such wonderful weirdness catches on--if we stop trying to fit in with the dating patterns of this world and are transformed by God's way of thinking--we'll taste the joy of pleasing God and discover the thrill of romance the way God intends it to be.

@ chidebe, I do hope the above treatise (from David Feddes' Is Dating Dangerous?) clears your worries. Remain blessed.

A very interesting thread and quite enlightening. But then why is 'christian' dating difficult? I should
like to share with you another angle to this dating stuff - which I share. I recognise however that I
may be regarded as an out of date person. I agree. But then I encourage you to think on it and then go back to
the original question.

Roman 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
"Everyone dates. Or at least everyone is supposed to date. Or, if they don't date, then something is wrong, or someone is ugly, right?" In our society, writes author Douglas Wilson, "recreational dating is taken to be a positive good, like food, air and sunshine, a necessary, inescapable activity. It is considered to be a normal and natural part of growing up."
But, says Wilson, "in reality dating is a custom which began in this century." And it has led to enormous problems. "Relationships between boys and girls, men and women, husbands and wives are a stretcher case," declares Wilson. "The starting point for most of our relationships, the modern dating system, can safely be considered as bankrupt."
That's an awfully strong statement, isn't it? Sure, there may be problems here and there, but how can anyone say that the entire modern dating system is bankrupt? Isn't dating one of the best parts of growing up? Aren't there people who date and get married and live happily ever after? How can anyone challenge the very concept of dating and attack our society's whole approach to romance? That may sound too radical. But before you go on taking for granted the common acceptance of dating, please at least ask the question: Is dating dangerous?
That's a question many young people don't bother asking, and it's one many parents would rather not think about especially just before Valentine's Day. We'd like to think junior high romance is a fun, harmless game. We'd like to think proms and dances and dates are good for high school kids and aren't a threat to anyone. We'd like to think college students are mature and their dating life is responsible and healthy. But much as we want a "don't worry, be happy" view of dating, let's ask the question anyway: Is dating dangerous?

Can we continue?

Suppose you were thinking of moving into a new area, and you found out that over half the men in the area were convicted rapists who had been paroled from prison. Would you think of that as a dangerous neighborhood? If you were a girl, would you want your family to move there? If you were a father or mother, would you want your daughters out on the streets at night in such a neighborhood? Who in their right mind would want to be in an area where over half the men are willing to rape someone?
Well, the fact is that huge numbers of people keep moving into an area where up to two thirds of the males think they have the right to rape someone: the area of dating! A survey asked kids in their early teens if a boy has a right to force a girl to have sex if he has spent money on her. 25 percent of the boys said yes. Worse yet, when the survey asked if a boy has a right to force a girl to have sex if they had been dating for six months, 65 percent--almost two thirds--of the boys said yes.
Is dating dangerous? It's hard to imagine anything more dangerous. Most boys and men wouldn't consider grabbing a woman they don't know and raping her. But if a guy can get a girl to date him for awhile, it's another story. If a girl lets a guy pay for a date, or if she or goes out with him for a few months, she may be in greater danger of being raped than a girl walking at midnight in the nastiest neighborhood of the worst city.
Maybe you have a hard time believing that. The survey was conducted by reputable researchers, but could it really be true that almost two thirds of teenage boys think they have the right to force a girl to have sex just because they've been dating for six months? After all, even if boys talk this way in a survey, the percentage of girls who go steady and have actually been raped by boyfriends is much lower. According to a major study involving thousands of young women on college campuses, 25 percent have been victims of rape or attempted rape, mostly by acquaintances or dates. It's horrible if one in four women has been attacked, but 25 percent is still a lot less than 65 percent. Why would "only" 25 percent of young women have suffered rape or attempted rape if 65 percent of boys believe they have a right to force a girl to go all the way after they've been dating six months?
Perhaps the main reason is that a great many girls agree with the boys! When asked if a boy has a right to force a girl to have sex if they've been dating six months, 47 percent of the teenage girls surveyed said yes. Obviously, girls who think that way won't need to be forced into anything by steady boyfriends. They'll do it willingly. They figure that if you're a girl who wants to go steady, you owe the guy your body.
Many girls may be as eager for sex as the guys are, and in their opinion, any girl who doesn't want sex has no right to go on date after date with the same guy. For millions of teens and single adults, that's a basic ground rule of the dating game. If you don't want to play by that rule, you are dating at your own risk. Dating is an area where you shouldn't say no, not for more than a few dates anyway, and surely not after several months of dating. If you keep saying no to sex, your date doesn't have to take no for an answer. At least that's how a great many participants in the dating game see it.
Date rape is devastating for many girls, and there's also serious danger for girls and guys who have sex willingly. About half of high school kids have had sexual intercourse. And by the time they are nineteen, 81 percent of the girls and 88 percent of the boys have been sexually active, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Almost everybody who gets involved in serious dating ends up having sex before they are out of their teens. This results in the spread of many nasty diseases, including AIDS. It produces unwanted pregnancies and countless babies who are either killed through abortion or grow up without a father around. When you move into the area of modern dating, you're moving into a nasty neighborhood indeed, an area where rape, disease, baby-killing, and fatherless families are dreadfully common.

What's the Point?
There are other dangers, too--very serious dangers--but before we get into those, we let's ask ourselves: If dating is so dangerous, why would anybody in their right mind want to start dating? Why do so many kids and adult singles get involved in one relationship after another? What's the point?
Well, let's first be clear about what dating is. One author defines dating as "a temporary romantic relationship focused on current enjoyment." Dating is temporary, not permanent. It's a romantic relationship, not just a friendship. It focuses on current enjoyment, on what feels good now, not on what is best for the long-term future or on what God says.
What's the point of dating? The point is to enjoy the excitement, attraction, intimacy, and pleasure of male-female relationships without the long-term commitments and responsibilities of marriage. Kids in their teens date for the thrill of it or to feel good about themselves or to impress their friends. They don't date with a view toward marriage. Some, as they get a bit older, may hope a dating relationship will eventually lead to marriage, but even among adult singles, most dating relationships begin with a desire for short-term enjoyment without the goal of marriage in mind.
Sad to say, this pursuit of enjoyment usually ends in pain. I'm not talking now about the dangers of rape, disease, or pregnancy, although those are very real. I'm talking about an even more common problem, the pain of broken relationships.
Here's how dating generally goes. A girl gets interested in a guy and starts flirting with him, or a guy is a attracted to a girl and asks her out on a date. If the date is lousy and they don't hit it off, the romance ends almost before it started--a waste of time and a disappointment. On the other hand, if the date goes well, if they enjoy being together and want to keep dating, then what? Well, if they go together for awhile, the emotions get stronger, and the desire for greater physical intimacy heats up further with every date. The excitement and pleasure can be enormous. Eventually, though, one of them decides the relationship has to end, often while the other is still in love. Breaking up can be terribly painful, especially if you're the one getting dumped by the other person.
However, if you have a number of relationships and break up enough times, it gets easier. In fact, that's one of the worst things about dating. As Douglas Wilson says, "The modern dating system does not train young people to form a relationship. It trains them to form a series of relationships, and further trains them to harden themselves to the break-up of all but the current one. At the very least, this system is as much a preparation for divorce as it is for marriage."
Some people have the idea that dating is a training ground for marriage, a way for young people to learn how to relate to the opposite sex. You enjoy a variety of relationships, and if you eventually find one that really clicks, you can settle down and get married. That sometimes happens, of course, but by then you've had a lot of practice in dumping someone any time the excitement wears off or the relationship gets rocky or someone more attractive comes along. No wonder so many people who specialize in temporary dating have so many temporary marriages. No wonder our society, which has so much practice in breaking up dating relationships, also has the highest divorce rate in the history of the world.
Not only is the divorce rate high, but more and more people aren't bothering to get married at all. Many young men who can get sex without marriage figure, "Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?" Why get tied down in a permanent commitment if you can have the fun without the responsibilities? Also, many young women who have been through one relationship after another figure that marriage is only a distant dream and that the most commitment they can reasonably expect is "going steady" or "moving in." As a result, the number of households made up of unmarried singles has doubled in the past 25 years, and the number of children living with single parents has quadrupled.
How should we respond to all this? One so-called expert responds by saying that with marriage in decline, the answer is to provide child care and try other measures to support single parenting. "We've only had a generation to figure out how to make the modern family work," he says. "It's going to take some time." Well, single parents may need help, but instead of just calling this "the modern family," let's call it what it really is: the muddled family. Instead of focusing only on how to make the best of disaster, let's find out what's causing the disaster. Let's face the possibility that the current approach to dating is a factor in the widespread collapse of the family unit, and let's see if there's a better way.
Divinely Different
God knows all about romance. He's the one who invented it! He's the one who created us male and female. God designed love and sexuality to flourish in the setting of a life-long marriage commitment between a man and a woman. Romance isn't bad; it's beautiful--too beautiful to squander on a bunch of short-term relationships. Sex isn't wicked; it's wonderful--too wonderful to waste on someone who isn't committed to you for life.
God designed marriage as a setting for love to last a lifetime. But fewer and fewer of us are willing to wait for love that lasts. We'll take romance in whatever form we can get it, even if we don't expect it to last. We may quote the saying, "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." The average person goes through at least five fairly intense dating relationships (not counting casual dates or one-night stands). Do we really believe it's better to have loved and lost, and loved and lost, and loved and lost, and loved and lost, and loved and lost? That's what happens in the current dating scene. Instead of saying it's better to have loved and lost, God's message is that it's better to love and win! Why look for love in temporary romances that flare up and then burn out one after the other? God wants to spare us guilt and grief and give us a flame of love that keeps blazing. The place for that kind of love is marriage.
The Bible never advises temporary romantic relationships focused on current enjoyment. The Bible never mentions recreational dating. Is that because the Bible is out of touch with reality? Or is it because the common approach to dating is out of touch with reality? Reality is that romantic feelings are so strong, and sexual urges are so powerful, that you can't play games without somebody getting hurt. Reality is that children need to grow up in stable families, stable families need to be based on strong marriages, and strong marriages depend on pure, permanent commitment. Reality is that God designed marriage to reflect the loving relationship between Christ and his church. Recreational dating and disposable relationships are a battle against reality, a losing battle.
God is the ultimate reality, and God's way is divinely different from the world's way. The Bible speaks of pleasing God as an unattached single who abstains from sex and romantic relationships, and the Bible also speaks of pleasing God as a committed spouse who is one in flesh and spirit with the person you marry, but the Bible never recommends temporary romance just for the fun of it. As for sex between singles, God calls it immorality or fornication and warns that it characterizes people who are outside his kingdom and headed for hell (1 Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 5:19-21). This doesn't mean sex before marriage is unforgivable, but it does mean you won't be forgiven if you won't repent and change.
If you know what God says in the Bible and believe what he says, you know sex before marriage is dead wrong. Scripture is absolutely clear on this point. That's why Christian pastors and parents urge kids to remain virgins until marriage.
For some reason, though, few pastors or parents question the dating system itself. They assume dating relationships are harmless, even healthy, as long as the kids don't go all the way. It's fine to enjoy temporary romance and to indulge in kissing and other physical intimacy with a variety of people as long as there's no intercourse.
When kids are told that dating is fine as long as they don't go all the way, they are being set up for failure. Kids who start pairing up in their teens, years before they can realistically consider marriage, are almost sure to start having sex eventually--even if those kids are Christians and try to remain virgins. What sense does it make for kids to look for romance long before they are ready for a lifelong commitment? What sense does it make to get involved with deep emotions and kissing and caressing and yet insist that sex is a no-no?
Kids as young as fourteen or fifteen leave the house on a date, and the only message parents have--even Christian parents--is, "Glad you kids like each other! Now don't touch anything for at least eight more years!" Yeah, right. Douglas Wilson points out the folly of a father sending his daughter "off into the dark with some testosterone bundle" and hoping it won't lead to sex. "The modern dating system expects a certain amount of physical involvement," says Wilson. "True, the Christian version of this system allows only enough pre-intimacy to get everybody concerned all messed up. We think a godly Christian is one who can pre-heat the oven without cooking the roast."
You can't buy into the world's pattern of dating and expect to end up with God's kind of purity. God calls us to trust his love and mercy in Christ to forgive our sins, and then he calls those who trust Christ to be divinely different. "In view of God's mercy, offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God," says the Bible. "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:1-2).

Will be back, I suppose you need a breather.

Quote from Orikinla: I have a Moslem babe and I love to see her in her hijab and abaya.
And her popsie is an Imam and the old man likes me a lot. Moreover I even sell hijab and abaya online and offline http://www.2hijab.com/default.asp?PARTNER=111777

Dear Orikinla, I don't understand your post as quoted above - Do you mean you have a girlfriend/lover? Do forgive this old time religion christian,
but I was wondering whether you mean't what you posted. No, I'm not interested in the religious profession of the lady but that A CHRISTIAN DOES NOT INDULGE IN BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND/LOVER STUFF.

Perhaps it is a modern slang (ie 'babe') that means a friend, but not a lover. Oldies like me sure find it difficult at times to interpret you young uns
'grammar' - but sure would be grateful to know your real meaning.

Where's the guy who started this thread in the first place? Vanished. Just like that.

Has he gone to commit the unadvised? Was he just trying to 'pick brains'? WHERE IS HE?

However, if it can be said, it can be done. We are in strange times indeed.

My opinion? For all it's worth - DON'T DO IT! Very tempting and flattering it is no doubt. BUT DON'T DO IT.
IT IS WICKEDNESS.

@English1 & mrmayor
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Don't know the one I belonged to, but sure is grateful to you for your enlightenment.

But then, would I like a vasectomy? Nope. Prefer to remain the way I am  

@BlackMamba
Strong words, hard words. Must be very upset indeed - only thing is don't see why you should.

Be cool, it's a great world y'all

Homework Time

One night a father was helping his son with his homework.

The father asked, "What is the Gross National Product"?

The little boy pondered for a minute and replied, "Garri"