Recently on CNN I caught a video showcasing the story of a very gifted 12-years-old artist named Akiane Kramarik. There have been several young artists in the past, but I find Akiane rather unique.
What makes Akiane so fascinating is not so much how well she paints, but rather the subject of her work and her inspiration. Akiane claims to have met God when she was just 3. He told her that she needs to paint and help the less fortunate. He also noted that he’d be there to guide her along the way.
It gets more bizarre when you discover that her mother is an Atheist and her father a recovering Catholic. Religion was never discussed in the house and the kids are all home schooled.
Before you write her off as a freak, watch the report below, read this, and take a look at her art.
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Congratulations on the Soreal, Akiane. You’re so real!
July 1, 2011 Wooten, Netherlands
Young perspiring artist Akiane Kramarik has won the 2011 Soreal prize for her work depicting actor-musician Kenny Loggins. The prize is awarded annually to particularly unimaginative airbrush artists and graffiti sprayers. Loggins, known for his sickeningly sacharine renditions of popular music, was not immediately available for comment…
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-copyright 2011 The Independent Media Inc.
dear akiana kramarik, the way i heard about you is quiet amazing to me , you see i never read ever, except the bible every morning since my son was murdered, akiana could you please paint a painting of a mother and son in heaven, you see he always wanted to go on vacation but we never had the money nor did i make an effort through your painting i could see our vacation together will be in heaven
Why would anyone write her off as a freak? What is wrong with people today? She is a beautiful young girl who loves God. Everyone could learn a lot from her if they would just open their hearts. God is real and he loves each one of us. He promises in His word if you look for Him with your whole heart you will find him. But so many people never look because they are so sure they know everything and have no need of Him. One day we will all face him and so many people will be sorry. What a waste of the precious gift of life. To never get to know the God who gave it.
please id like to hear more o your story.Please email me at butterfly_fly232@yahoo.com god bless you and your story is beautiful God gave you such a beautiful gift.
You are not a freak. Only we could ever dream of having the opportunity of seeing heaven the way you do. I LOVE the LORD JESUS but you see him in a way that only a few can ever see. You are an inspiration. If i could afford your portraits i would buy the one of the PRINCE OF PEACE but until then i will continue to pull up your webpage and view him. You continue to do GOD work through your portraits and i will spread the word. :)
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This young lady is very blessed. I love Jesus very much, I long for the day I will see him face to face . I find her rendition of our Lord beautiful. I find her very interesting and her story very inspiring. I am, however, a bit confused regarding the term “recovering Catholic” in referrence to her father. What exactly does that imply or mean in the mind of the author of this article? I too am a Catholic.
Dear Akiana, I heard of you from a book called “Heaven is Real”. I would like very much for you to paint a painting of me, my daughter, & son with my parents. I can only afford $500.00. Please let me know if you have the time or would even consider doing this for me. I really love your work & envey that you had the pleasure of meeting with Jesus!
Sincerely,
i was asleep in my chair and suddenly woke up listening to you on tbn. earlier i had cried to Jesus to let me know who he is. i loved your pictures of Jesus and the paintings of heaven. that helped me so much. i just wish i had the painting of Jesus to put on my wall to remind me that yes indeed he is real to me. GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!
I did not do her mother. I just posed for the paintings.
I came across your name from reading “Heaven is for Real” just now and judging from your art work and music pieces, you walk with God and Jesus. You are an inspiration and God’s gift to us on earth, and certainly not a freak. Whoever named this website a freak, must be one and not a genius such as you!
Young flatulent artist Akiane Kramarik has won the 2011 Soreal prize for her work depicting actor-musician Kenny Loggins. The prize is awarded annually to particularly unimaginative airbrush artists and graffiti sprayers. Loggins, known for his sickeningly sacharine renditions of popular music, was not immediately available for comment…
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-copyright 2011 The Independent Media Inc.
Dear Mary (the lady who asked to have her family portrait painted for $500), I hope this comes true for you. Childlike faith works! But don’t be too disappointed if it doesn’t in this case. The team has sold even her scribbles for $5,000 and even her website is outdated with the $3M upper pricetag. It’s $5M now. You could retire on the value of an original Akiane painting. Good luck to you and be sure to have faith in Jesus whether a little girl painter answers you or not. God Bless you!
I thought this was fascinating, especially in light of the book “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo and Colton Burpo. Beautiful how Jesus chooses to reveal himself, especially to children.
It’s also beautiful how god chooses to kill so many African kids with those weird diseases. And then he fires off those tsunamis at the Japanese and others.
I suppose god is quite the asshole to the poor and vulnerable.
Kathleen, imb sorry but I had to post on your comment. All the diseases and death you see, certainly aren’t from God. Satans mission is to kill steal and destroy. God loves all of mankind and just waits for us to cry out His namein surrender because we arehelpless on our own. At the fall of man, satan showed his ugly face and brought destruction, pain, and death but with the finished work of Christ, we can all be delivered of satans workmanship. I can truly say when your saved, you will never die but live eternally in heaven. everytime a sickness coms, its from hell not God. Its all in the book and it does say about natural disasters in end times and well, a lot of natural phenomenon has been occuring, at least here on the east coast. If you want to chat more about it, I would love to. God bless you sweetheart.
Nope, your book of horrors bible says god made everything, and that means evil and all. You lose. So, again:
It’s also beautiful how god chooses to kill so many African kids with those weird diseases. And then he fires off those tsunamis at the Japanese and others.
God is quite the asshole to the poor and vulnerable. What a jerk. You can keep your sicko god stories.
July 1, 2011 Wooten, Netherlands
Perspiring young artist Akiane Kramarik has won the 2011 Soreal prize for her works depicting actor-musician Kenny Loggins. The prize is awarded annually to particularly unimaginative airbrush artists and graffiti sprayers. Loggins, known for his sickeningly sacharine renditions of popular music, was not immediately available for comment…
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-copyright 2011 The Independent Media Inc.
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What a beautiful vision God has given this little girl. The heathen rage against God, but God still is God. Those who defy God will have eternity to be sorry. Satan has caused all the evil in this world, but God will shut him down in due time. We must repent and obey God, or face forever without Him. God bless.
Yeah, right. God will torture you forever if you so much as doubt his existence, or put a foot wrong in your short mortal life.
No thanks, you can keep your idiotic stories about your asshole of a god to yourself. And shut the fuck up about them already.
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O that men would praise the Lord for his wonderous ways!
Yeah, right. God will torture you forever if you so much as doubt his existence, or put a foot wrong in your short mortal life. That’s not wondrous (nor “wonderous”). That’s the work of a fucking asshole.
No thanks, you can keep your idiotic stories about your asshole of a god to yourself. And shut the fuck up about them already.
To the person who blames God for all the problems in the world please know that God did not create evil. Evil is simply the absence of God just as darkness is the absence of light and cold the absence of heat. Evil dies, love is eternal. God is Love and therefore Eternal.
Charlene one of the many problems with your post is that your god, if it’s the Christian one described in the bible, actually does take credit for everything. Evil included. He also demands in a lot of detail that you sacrifice animals in his name. And then he threatens you with torture forever if you even doubt his existence. That’s no loving god, and in fact, he’d be the nastiest being in history, if he existed.
I am sorry that there are those who donot understand the true nature of God. God is love, but God is a God of laws. God does not condemn anyone, the law of justice-its scientific name is; the law of cause and effect-condemns us. Every action requires an equal reaction-even God cannot change that; this is why the law of justice is equalized through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. God gives us an “out” when we violate eternal laws. As for natural disasters, well, mortality offers those, and for starving, and sick children, that comes from people who donot follow God. We have agency-the Atonement equalizes all things in the end. Akiane, keep up the good work.
Nice set of delusions you’ve got for yourself there Ralph. Since you’re a Christian, let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually does condemn people. He even threatens them with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Riden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
I am saddened to see such bitter feelings and words from a person who is most likely hurting and needing the Lord very much in their life. I will pray for their heart to soften and let the Lord in. Only then will this person experience the peace and joy that only God can give, through his Love and the holy spirit.
Nice set of delusions you’ve got for yourself there JulAnn. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist. Since you’re a Christian, let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually does condemn people. He even threatens them with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Riden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
Umm.. billy bob dude..You do know that you are writing the same post over and over again don’t you!
P.S. Stop blaming God for all your problems.
Thanks,
God- bLESS
Wow…first to Chris who responded to Kathleen….You are giving Satan way to much power…God is a God of love, peace, forgivness, and so on and so on, but with that you have to accept the other part of God the wrath and just God. He is a God of freewill He will not force himself upon us as individuals nor nations. If we as inviduals or as nations decide to not live Godly ways well there are prices to be paid for that. Why do you think the USA is going in the direction it is, we have turned away from God and are more and more each day, God will not continue to bless those who turn from him. He will hand us over to our sins. It is our own choices that lead us to where we end up.
I won’t argue with those of you that are on here trying to dispute God, I will leave it at this…You can say you do or do not believe in God. It doesn’t make Him any less real because you may say you do not believe in Him. It simply is what it is…One day EVERY tongue will confess and EVERY knee will bow…the sad thing is that if you wait til that point you have already condemned yourself by your own choice, not by Gods. Every person is given an opportunity to make the right choice, I pray for those who do not make the right one that God will soften your hardend heart because obviously something has happened to make yourself that angry. I do not believe in the Muslim religion at all, but I don’t feel so much anomosity to go on cussing and swearing at Muslim’s just because I may not agree with them.
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
Sound bites vs sound science
How to be aware of the games that detractors play.
http://creation.com/sound-bites-sound-science
I could almost write a ‘how-to’ manual for the anticreationist lobby, including:
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• Make sure you get the words ‘flat earth’ in there somewhere. Who cares that the whole idea that early Christians believed in a flat earth is a myth—most people don’t know that, and you’ll have made an impact with that little sound bite alone.
• Then there’s that old standby; just get in a phrase like, The fact of evolution. It’ll hit home, and the creationist will need many sentences to refute those four words.
• Oh, and don’t forget to sprinkle in punchy ‘links’ between the science and technology people enjoy today, and evolution. So their lifestyle will seem under threat. You know, make sure you get words like the benefits of modern science into the same sentence as “evolution”.
• And if you don’t get a chance to say anything else, ensure you say something like: Do we really want these people dragging us back to the dark ages? That one works a treat … Many of these sorts of anticreationist ‘sound bites’ are in fact being recycled in the media flurry about ID.
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Hey Korgan, I see you are still up to your old shenanigans.
Love you still!
@ Lindsay, please consider the following:
Satan is quite powerful and dangerous.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8
1There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:1-5
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Job’s friends told him that he did evil which is why he suffered so much. Was Job a man that did wickedly?
ALL of us are sinners, we fall SHORT of God’s glory. God saves us while we are still sinners Rom 5:8. People use their freedom of choice to NOT resist the devil and that gives him opportunities to destroy them.
N.B. I am not saying that God did not and will not mete out judgments but Christians ought to be careful about viewing others’ sins as God can still cause sinners to repent.
Ally, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and a far more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, very quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, silently, please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager” and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, and quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com
Lindsay, as to the threats from your nasty sky fairy, go google “Pascal’s Wager”, read up, and don’t come back until you understand it. Your Lord rather obviously doesn’t exist and your argument for it is an old, broken one.
Since you’re a Christian (and an even more stupid one than usual, at that), let’s look at that a little. According to the Christian book of nasty, the bible, god actually threatens people with eternal torture for so much as minor transgressions of a short mortal life. Any thinking person would consider such a cruel being to be an asshole, and any modern western court would consider such punishment barbaric.
And now, let’s look at your perverted Christian take on science, a subject that the bible doesn’t even agree with itself on. How’s your flat-round earth doing, and how are your mustard seeds taking hold? Ridden in any fossil fuel -powered vehicles lately? And how do diseases propagate again?
You can keep your Christian god-asshole to yourself, quietly please.
Ask some questions. Break the chains. Be free of religion and other superstitions in 2012.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com
To Bob:
^ You do know that your writing the same comeback over and over again, don’t you?!?!
-Wow you honestly care alot about The Lord Jesus Christ to write bad stuff about Him!
Ha got you there!
wow, satan really at work on some people’s minds eh, wow. Like really, if you donot believe in God and hate him well, all you have to say is “sorry but i donnot believe” and leave it like that. but people who feel convicted go off and cuss and carry on and call names like a barbarian or something, i believe if a person really stands true to their faith, even the faith of un-belief, then you hold your head up high and in a civilized way say “i do not believe” THATS ALL! people only go off when they know it’s the truth and they cannot stand tthe fact that there is someone above them, that someone being all mighty God. No wonder why God uses children like this little girl and so many others to show his very existence to, because it’s like as soon as we get older we become “logical”. humble yourself and believe as a child and then God will show you himself, stop blaming God and blame the one who hates you which is lucifer, satan, the liar and deciever decieving your very minds to the point of un-belief. He is responsible for everything but his day is comming,and everytime you allow hatred into your heart he laughs at you. Listen, take it from me a former God blamer and hater, you can cuss him until the die you die and he will love you, he is a gentleman, he won’t just intervene on your life unless you ask. Oh and isn’t there some kind of law of pyshics or whatever “for every action is a reaction” Jesus pid the price already for free he never asked u to die, because it was supposed to be us, becuase God is in control and sin is like a virus that spreads and that is how we were all born with it, but God does not send people to hell, we send our selves there. Any ways some of you will keep on cussing and carry on i feel soo sad for you guys honestly because you are blocking the peace of God from entering your lives. do not get offended either iam not trying to but people down iam just being eal. Donot put others down because they are christian,you donot hurt GOD by putting him down, please watch the chronicles of narnia it explains the whole meaning of love and sacrifice in a simple way. God bless and i ask in the name of Jesus for him to open your eyes.
The most important thing is, God loves you, jesus loves you and died and took on all of our sins, stop challenging the gospel and recieve it, you donot have to, no one is forced but there is no “RELIGION” with jesus, it’s just a relationship that’s all, you believe in air but you can’t see it right? same with jesus but he is evident just look at the creation around you. here is the message, everyone responds well to love and not hate. the name of GOD Almighty, not the gods of this world but the heavenly father who is a father loves you and the poor people and does not cause the bad things in the world but WILL put an end to it. he is a God of justice who does not work on human timing, he knows the beginning and the end, he’s comming back soon. God is not evil because he punishes evil, it’s like if your kid do something bad and you scold them then go on right back to loving them that is how God is with the creation he loves, he’s a father, but lucifer is a deciever and destroyer and God will get justice for those people who suffer in this world because of satan not God. when you begin to hate and doubt remember this Almighty God=love, JESUS=love, satan=hate, satan=disease,satan=distruction, persecution,death, hell, famine,in-justice,spiritual blindness,un-believe etc so start cursing him and let God show you the mysteries of the supernatural like what he has done for me. i wish you could see into the spirit instead of the natural all the time, i pray that you will and i cast out the power of stanand every demonic entity on this sight in the name of yeshua, jesus christ the one true God and you must flee! i cat out every spirit that has decieved the minds of these people who donot know God and whom he loves soooooooo much, in the name of jesus let there be light holy spirit bring life to these words and set these sould free, convict to the point of repentance for there on sakes to save their souls, satan you must go in the name of yeshua! amen! let it be, even so come Lord jesus come!
if you are a christian and anyone ask what religion you are, say i have no religion, the scribes and pharisees were religious, repitition and always feeling as if you are not pleasing in the sight of God is religion and living under the law, be FREE! because you are free in the name of jesus there is peace, joy, happiness, forgiveness, playfulness, and innocence with the Lord jesus, not “oh you broke a commandment i will send you to hell” NO! there are too many people who love the Lord or want to come to God and think well i can’t because there are too many rules
when you come to jesus as you are, which is a mess which all of us have been at some point and time or still are, he will help you, he has broken the law so that when we live in his strength we can only be righteous, because only he can change a person we cannot act right by ourselves, so let him lead your paths,he will only lead you to righteousness. but if you live a life thinking well, i gotta be good or oh i lied so God hates me, or oh i don’t believe in them religious christians cuz they have too many rules, then you will never have peace. too many churches teach “religion” when jesus died the law was broken, that doesn’t mean we can do whatever, but the point is with jesus, he paid ALLLLLLLLLLL of our sins, he took care of the sickness, debts, ec just have faith liike this little child in this article on this site and see if God does not come through. study the scritures carefully and know God intimately so noone gets decieved and we can have peace in times of trouble. take care and God bless everyone, evn those who have a hard time believing, do not watch people in the church or humans, if you are un-sure about the christian faith because a human being might have not acted in a way that they should have or you are confused about the whole thing then just know that man as in humans make mistakes and are not perfect, but get to know God on a one-on-one basis. put your trust and rely on him, he won’t let you down trust me. He accepted me when i was this suicidal, low-selfesteemed, broken, hurt, rejected,angry,hateful,God blaming, God hating, church people hating, calling all christians phoony,cult practising girl that i was and made me who iam today. God is forreal, and he will take someone like me if you finally reach the end of your ropes and say “God IF YOU ARE REAL THEN YOU BETTER HELP ME NOW BEFORE I END MY LIFE!” and he came through that e=very hour for me, so keep encouraged, you are not too much of a mess for God to gie you a better future if you allow him to. he is a gentleman, he won’t just drop in on your life like brid crap or something ok, but he is waiting. love you all honestly God bless. and if you have a change of heart just say these words
“dear Lord jesus, i believe you are the son of God, please forgive me for my sins, i admit that iam a sinner (meaning iam not perfect and have fallen short and messed up in this life against God’s will for your life), so please come into my heart, take me just as iam, and come and rescue me and be Lord of my life (lord of your life means he will be your best friend, helper, keep you from evil, change your heart, give you joy and peace in hard times, and in hard times come through for you and love you UN-CONDITIONALLY, then reward you with a crown of life when you hold on to his hand until the die you die or when he comes back for you)
@ Ally
About Job…First no he most definatly wasnt a wicked man, he was rightous. But as you read in Job God allows these things to happen to Job, God agrees to it. If Satan had power over a rightous man he would have just done all of that from the get go. But because of the fact that he is rightous Satan had no power over Job, until God gave it to him. I most definatly agree that Satan is dangerous, but we give him the power. Satan can tempt us but he cannot make us sin. That it why the Bible tells us to make sure we are armed and ready at all times, by reading the Word, praying, and seeking a true relationship because that is what we are armed with to resist Satan. Which is where I get saying that Satan only has the power over us that we allow him to. He cannot make us sin however he can put things in our paths to make us stumble, but if we are in communion with God we can overcome anything he throws at us.The Romans 5:8 is exactly what I am saying,people use there freedom of choice NOT to resist the devil and that is how he can destroy them…..he doesnt have the power until we give it to him.
Please dont get what I mean confused….I am not saying that accidents and human cruelties are God’s judgement…Jeremiah 18:1-23 It clearly says that God will not bless a nation nor a person that turns from him. Which is totally not saying that because a person gets sick or dies or whatever else that it is because they must not have been a good enough christian!!
well said! it’s true we have free will but only we can give satan power to cause us to sin, that is correct.
@ Bob
Okay quoting scripture and all of that you dont want to hear so just humor me and consider this……Let’s just say that you are right and God doesn’t exsist and the Bible is nothing more than a book (Which I just need to make it clear I DONT agree with)So here I am trying to live my life according to the Bible…Which tells us to love our neighbors, help others, help the poor, do not commit adultry etc. etc. Now whether you believe in God or not I would be considered a decent person..right? So if you are right when I die thats it nothing more then that happens, but I died being a decent person. The people that knew me thought I was a good person and were glad to have known me. Whats wrong with that? Who have I brought harm to? Nobody. The Bible doesnt call for its followers to go out and kill or stir up a rucus, or cause harm to other people, right?It simply calls for us to be decent caring human beings…In the end noone suffers for me believing in God. So why does that bother you so much? I mean even if you are right I die and thats that.
However lets consider my opinion….lets say that I believe your way and just live my life however I want to…Not saying that all people that dont believe in God are just a bunch of hethens, but if I feel like being a good person great and if I dont thats okay too because really there is nothing that is stopping me from living anyway I want to. Now we are pretending that I am right…now I die never believing in God well the alternative is I am not going to Heaven. That is a complete tradegy.
One last thing to chew on…can you prove there is no God? No you or noone else can. I am not a scientist by any means I just know that my God is real by the work I have seen Him do in my life and in others lives, that is all the proof I need:) BELIEVE me once the Holy Spirit has started working in you, you don’t need to have God proven by a bunch of scientists because God proves Himself to you on a very personal way….
One last thing…GOD BLESS YOU:)
^ Nice way to state it!
God Bless you guys!