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i used to hate my voice! then i had to record loads of things on a mp3 player so someone could learn english. it was really painful for me to do it, but by the end i didn't hate my voice anymore coz i saw how God could use it. maybe someone importan…
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maybe u have a bad 'father' image, like if yr dad himself was ok, maybe u had a horrid male teacher in school or church for example. i think the more u pray the more u get to know God, so the way u address God will alter naturally with time and is n…
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thanks for sharing zan amrikai, yr right when u say we all have a journey. sometimes we think it should be God walking with us, when actually He wants us to walk with Him. Jesus said 'he who gives his life for me will save it' and we sometimes think…
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we are praying. may God bring mercy and guide us all.
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wow, that's an awesome thought. i am praying for our brothers on the sidings. and i will pray for you all as u continue this very important discussion, i have to get back to my books and study.
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sorry to see yr busy minagir. look forward to hearing more from u when u have time. as for me i have 2 big exams this year, inc one in autumn so am going to go back to study ;) having said that, reading things here is the best way of taking short b…
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father peter, i also found yr explanation above very clear and helpful and will use it in the future :)
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the way i see it, indulgences were the reason the protestant churches came about. it was the priest giving u absolution after confession (we do that too), but in addition requiring something from u so yr confession would be accepted. it is orthodox …
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wow, father peter, i didn't realise u can have Holy Communion in yr hand in the british orthodox church. i only took it once from abba seraphim and assumed my experience was normal. i suppose that is also why there are no cloths to put over yr mouth…
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hi ilovesaintmark, u said: 'I have been to the U.K., plenty of times. People are very friendly, much more than in France.' so i felt a bit sorry for the french! about Holy Communion in the british orthodox church, u get it in yr mouth, like in th…
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i agree with yr ideas about prayer. but God does not ask us to hate anyone.
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on behalf of the french, i want to say they are not all rude! i used to think like u because i had only been to paris and met too many racist people, but actually when i went to normandy and also the south of france, i met many lovely french people …
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we pray for yr friend. u know, the way u care for yr friend and pray for him, is the way God cares for all those who are going wrong in life. so God knows and loves yr tears. He also loves yr friend more than u do. so u are doing the right thing. th…
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she said BEFORE Holy Communion! so, do u confess like several days before communion or is it a few hours? coz if it's several days, u have to go about yr normal life, just think before anything comes out of yr mouth, 'is it useful? is it true? is i…
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thanks so much for sharing with us. i am very glad u r feeling much better now, thanks to God for His guidance to u when u needed it. this is not to u but for anyone else on meds: keep taking yr medication! if u have some kind of miracle and don't …
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i agree. also the mikeforJesus' post is great, these are very important Bible verses, the first is from jeremiah 29 verse 11 (jeremiah 36 verse 11 if yr Bible is from the septugaint translation) and is verse similar to romans 8 verse 28 'all things …
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yes, u can walk sideways if u like, but it's disrespectful to walk forwards with yr back to the altar during the service. after the priest has said the prayer at the end it's ok.
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that's a beautiful prayer. see also our prayers here: http://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Other/Agpeya/VariousPrayers.htm or this has it in more modern english, which i prefer, it's towards the bottom of the page, my favourite is prayer before commu…
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yeah, if u can teach them not to gossip, they'll be so holy the clothes thing will just come naturally!
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great links :) the song is awesome, they are really sweet just like in my church :D and abounasarecool's second link is very useful and much better than my post, so read that one first. one of the ways to get closer to God is by meditation (e.g o…
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we are not offended. thanks to father peter and clay for their insights.
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thanks for yr explanation.
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i would suggest not to make it too difficult, if u are talking about people who are not baptised members of the church. so if everyone in the street is wearing little vest tops, ask them to upgrade to t-shirts with shoulders covered. also ask men to…
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i agree with clay, don't isolate this person, u can still be friends. but keep a chaperone in yr relationship (assuming yr the same gender) eg go out in a group or to a shopping mall or somewhere where there are other people, it's a bit upsetting if…
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to summarise, the fact the u are not possesed doesn't mean that nobody is ever possesed. there are mental health problems and there are spiritual problems. many people have only one of these. may God have mercy on us all and lead us not to judge but…
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i think he is being sarcastic. coz we can get hurt plucking our unibrow. personally i like mine ;)
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that's concise! looks like u have been to a BOC service, have u been in uk?
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God know how much hair they lost! but to get back to the topic, prayer is also about accepting God's will. sometimes loosing at sport will teach us important lessons about life, so God wants us to loose. i personally don't agonise about whether to …