you are suppoused to be reserved :) for that one connection :)
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God has given me the spiritual gift of singleness (see 1 Corinthians 7) after my wife of 56 years died suddenly, in order to make me concentrate on my book ministries. Paul and Jesus both say that he has given some people that ability.
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Are you saying "reserved" as in saving yourself sexually for your future spouse? I agree with that, if that's the case 
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you are not suppoused to hunt 100 women you know.Are you saying "reserved" as in saving yourself sexually for your future spouse? I agree with that, if that's the case
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I'm not "hunting" any women, @Holy999!
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Who need women anyway? They used to be a helper but they arent anymore for the most part. They're takers only and feel entitled. So that's fine, they can stay home too, lol.
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So, @Edward429451, has God given you the gift of singleness too?
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I never thought of it like that so I dunno. I'm single and content to stay single! Do I miss the companionship of a woman? Some but not much. It's awful peaceful in my house with no women about!
Luckily most women make the mistake of speaking and saying something that are red flags to me, nope have a nice day, lol! So I thank them that they take it easy on me when I dont grovel all over them, lol.
I had one wife. She jumped ship. That's ok I guess, I wouldn't want to have to keep her tied up in the basement, lol! They frown on that so I had to let her go.
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One of the things I never figured out until I was retired was why men pay prostitutes? I have never ever paid a girl for that. Why do some men? In a hurry perhaps?
I dated around some after I got divorced and I think I have it figured out now. Men pay prostitutes so they will go home afterwards!
I dated around some after I got divorced and I think I have it figured out now. Men pay prostitutes so they will go home afterwards!
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One of the things I never figured out until I was retired was why men pay prostitutes? I have never ever paid a girl for that. Why do some men? In a hurry perhaps?
I dated around some after I got divorced and I think I have it figured out now. Men pay prostitutes so they will go home afterwards!
Men pay prostitutes because it's all about "selfishness".
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The same reason that causes women to cheat.
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Basically any sin is because of selfishness...it's against God, so it's self that wants what it wants.
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Very true, @Lamb! Sin is self-centeredness that often comes out in our actions from our sinful natures.
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So our soul and our spirit are they ones fighting inside us for, who gets to control the flesh. Will we be led by our spirit or will we let our soul tell our flesh what to do?
This reminds me of the Cherokee Proverb. Two wolves fighting within us, which one wins?
Well the one you feed of course.
How did Jesus put it? Man does not live by bread alone but by the word of God. There is our food for our spirit! I think many Christians do not know this so they'll make the decision themself in their soul. Yes I will have another slice of pizza, I can steal this and get away with it, And on top of that, they wont read their bible. so the bad wolf will win.
It's like, our spirit and soul fight for control of the flesh, and our mind is there also and so is our conscience and our heart. So the spirit says, do this, dont steal it. And in our mind through our heart we reject what the spirit and conscience says and let our soul get to win and dictate the actions of the flesh. Every time we ignore the spirit or our conscience, it hardens our heart somewhat. Do it long enough and pretty soon you can't hear your conscience any more. And people get used to making their own decisions like that and it feels natural and normal to them. So they may think that they have faith and are saved, they normally do not be led by the spirit, so they have a false faith, a false hope.
Our spirit which is and only can be received through YahuShua HaMashach. For He alone is The Baptism, the very water of Life, by which all must be cleansed and receive their Salvation. Our part is done by the washing of the water of the Word ahich feeds our spirit and repairs soulish damage within our spirit and heart.
If one immerses them self in the word of God and forces the soul to be subject to our spirit by simply saying no when the soul wants o watch some entertainment or whatever and you choose to read the word instead. Every day. We can not read the word of God every day and not be affected by it. One day you realize, hey I reacted differently to that situation that I have always reacted differently to. I, am changing.
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My vague memory of the soul and spirit in the Bible is that they are often used interchangeably so that there's very little difference. We have a soul and a life (spirit); and we also have the old, sinful nature and the new, God-loving nature that he has given us through Jesus' resurrection by way of the new birth. We must nourish and help grow the second while overcoming the first one.
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Exactly Brother. We have to overcome the flesh and so the question becomes who, in our mind, do we let make the decisions that control our body? Are we led by our spirit like scripture instructs us to do? Or do we let our Soul make the decisions which tell the flesh what to do? Now our soul always sides with the flesh because it wants all, pleasure, whatever tastes good, smells good, sounds goof. All of the 5 senses of the flesh. So both our spirit and our soul are talking to us inside of us. (The voices!) I think that most people think it's only one voice, them. Their mind. That's not so. Our spirit speaks, our soul speaks...and on top of that, we have our conscience and Heart speaking to us also! Don't do that! Yeah, they deserve it.
Now our spirit is the one the the Holy Spirit comes at night and bears Witness (Job) with our spirit. So our spirit always knows the best way to handle any situation. Our conscience both accuses us of wrong doing, and congratulates us on doing the right thing when we act. Once you get comfortable to be able to tell which voice is speaking inside of you (They do Not talk alike!) it get's easy and when we disobey our conscience, it hardens our heart. When we do the right thing, we draw closer to God and He becomes easier to hear.
Yeah, I'm the guy that hears voices, lol! So do you and him and Her! But I admit it, lol.
The Lord wants all of His Children to learn to hear His still small voice inside of them I learned to make myself so sensitive to the awareness of God's presence that, I can hear His still small voice. And it is like David said in scripture, If I camp on God's mountain, He is there. If I make my bed in sheol, He is there. Can't get away from it now! Sometimes! My soul makes me feel like it isnt such a blessing when he's feeling grumpy and says some inane stuff in my head. I can't count how many times I have told him to shut up.