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07-07-2008, 09:38 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
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07-07-2008, 09:38 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Truthfully I joined what was then FaithChildForum at a very low point in my life & ministry...now blossoming into ApostolicFriendsForum I am still very blessed and have made some friends for life that have been a great and positive influence not only personally but also in ministry helping me to grow...
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07-07-2008, 09:41 PM
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Shaking the dust off my shoes.
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
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How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Wait a minute!
Before you laugh, let me tell you that...
1. I have met some of my best friends on AFF. In other words, the relationships formed here have spilled over into my REAL life.
2. I have had my beliefs challenged and, yes, even strengthened because of AFF.
3. I have used snippets of posts from AFF in my sermons quite often.
People often laugh when the suggestion is made that AFF is influential.
I beg to differ. I think what we do matters. I think what we post matters.
I think there are literally thousands of people who read but never post here.
Do you disagree with me?
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That's a very good question. Next question. 
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07-07-2008, 09:41 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
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Have you made any "real-life" friends here?
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07-07-2008, 09:44 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
I have been blessed by the AFF. I have met several people here and through the forum we have become good friends.
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07-07-2008, 09:47 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Maybe you need to rephrase the question:
How Has AFF Infected Your Life? 
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Psa 119:165 (KJV) 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
"Do not believe everthing you read on the internet" - Abe Lincoln
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07-07-2008, 09:58 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Wait a minute!
Before you laugh, let me tell you that...
1. I have met some of my best friends on AFF. In other words, the relationships formed here have spilled over into my REAL life.
2. I have had my beliefs challenged and, yes, even strengthened because of AFF.
3. I have used snippets of posts from AFF in my sermons quite often.
People often laugh when the suggestion is made that AFF is influential.
I beg to differ. I think what we do matters. I think what we post matters.
I think there are literally thousands of people who read but never post here.
Do you disagree with me?
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Oh yes! I have met a couple dozen who post here and I have always enjoyed doing so. Many of those I count as friends today and the rest I am still friendly with.
I should be taking more time in this post... but in short, AFF has helped me define and refine my beliefs.
I have recieved cards, blessings & letters, and my children have even recieved presents from members here.
They have prayed for me and I for them.
Also, AFF has sort of allowed me to validate myself as a Oneness Pentecostal Christian. I have learned that it's OK to disagree - One can do so and still fully support the overall mission/comission of the church.
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
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07-07-2008, 10:05 PM
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
Wait a minute!
Before you laugh, let me tell you that...
1. I have met some of my best friends on AFF. In other words, the relationships formed here have spilled over into my REAL life.
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I think this is one thing I didn't expect--but was pleasantly surprised.
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2. I have had my beliefs challenged and, yes, even strengthened because of AFF.
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I've had to look things up, and sometimes, I find that I'm wrong. Iron sharpeneth iron.
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3. I have used snippets of posts from AFF in my sermons quite often.
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Can't say that I've done this, but AFF sure is mentioned a lot at the dinner table. 
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People often laugh when the suggestion is made that AFF is influential.
I beg to differ. I think what we do matters. I think what we post matters.
I think there are literally thousands of people who read but never post here.
Do you disagree with me?
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I agree. I think one of the biggest things that AFF has done for me is helped me to be more tolerant of beliefs that are different than mine, from the standpoint that "We disagree, but you are still my brother or sister in Christ." (And mean it.)
Plus, I've met people who knew my parents, or my sisters, or my brother, and have shared history with me that I didn't even know about. That's pretty cool.
Overall: Mostly a positive experience.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-07-2008, 10:13 PM
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Christmas 2009
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
I have made some great friends through FCF/NFCF/AFF, as it has evolved through the past few years. I have had the pleasure of meeting/eating with many of them. I have reconnected with people from my past that I had kind of lost contact with. I've had several people from here stop through my town and visit our church or come to my home. And then Darcie came to stay!!! And Renda became one of our saints! I have some other forum members who visit our church igcognito, from time to time, but I won't reveal them.
I have argued and studied many issues on here. I have become stronger on some things and I have learned to be more tolerant of those who disagree with me on others. I hope God has taught me to be move loving to everyone through this experience.
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07-07-2008, 10:20 PM
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Shaking the dust off my shoes.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Re: How Has AFF Impacted Your Life?
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Originally Posted by Sherri
I have made some great friends through FCF/NFCF/AFF, as it has evolved through the past few years. I have had the pleasure of meeting/eating with many of them. I have reconnected with people from my past that I had kind of lost contact with. I've had several people from here stop through my town and visit our church or come to my home. And then Darcie came to stay!!! And Renda became one of our saints! I have some other forum members who visit our church igcognito, from time to time, but I won't reveal them.
I have argued and studied many issues on here. I have become stronger on some things and I have learned to be more tolerant of those who disagree with me on others. I hope God has taught me to be move loving to everyone through this experience.
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Tell the truth, y'all sprinkled some hocus pocus powder in the food when they came to eat, didn'tcha? Come on, confession is good for the soul. Y'all used that magic come here and don't leave dust on them, right? 
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