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07-30-2008, 12:51 PM
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Hello...
I've been reading threads on your forums for a couple of weeks now. I finally decided to register.
My name is Amy. I am married and we have 3 children who are 9yrs, 7.5yrs and 6.5yrs old. I'm an RN and my husband is an airplane mechanic.
I was raised in a UPC church and stopped going shortly before I got married. Due to circumstance in our lives, my husband and I have both come to the decision that God needs to be a more central focus in our lives. As a result, we are now attending the same church I grew up in, as he was raised in a home that I think is best described as "Agnostic". The church is now pastored by a different man than the one who was there when I left. While I still believe in many things that the UPC, as an organization, teaches, there are things with which I do not agree. However, I think that would be the case with any denomination that one chooses to attend. There will always be points where one's interpretation differs from another's interpretation. That's where prayer and study of the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide your heart come in.
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07-30-2008, 12:57 PM
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Not wrestling w/ flesh n blood
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Re: Hello...
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Originally Posted by dansamy
I've been reading threads on your forums for a couple of weeks now. I finally decided to register.
My name is Amy. I am married and we have 3 children who are 9yrs, 7.5yrs and 6.5yrs old. I'm an RN and my husband is an airplane mechanic.
I was raised in a UPC church and stopped going shortly before I got married. Due to circumstance in our lives, my husband and I have both come to the decision that God needs to be a more central focus in our lives. As a result, we are now attending the same church I grew up in, as he was raised in a home that I think is best described as "Agnostic". The church is now pastored by a different man than the one who was there when I left. While I still believe in many things that the UPC, as an organization, teaches, there are things with which I do not agree. However, I think that would be the case with any denomination that one chooses to attend. There will always be points where one's interpretation differs from another's interpretation. That's where prayer and study of the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide your heart come in.
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Welcome.
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The gloves are off.
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07-30-2008, 01:13 PM
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Re: Hello...
Welcome, Amy!
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His banner over me is LOVE....  My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
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07-30-2008, 01:45 PM
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Forever Loved Admin
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Re: Hello...
Welcome to AFF, Amy.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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07-30-2008, 03:30 PM
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Re: Hello...
Welcome Amy.
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07-30-2008, 03:43 PM
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Re: Hello...
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Originally Posted by dansamy
I've been reading threads on your forums for a couple of weeks now. I finally decided to register.
My name is Amy. I am married and we have 3 children who are 9yrs, 7.5yrs and 6.5yrs old. I'm an RN and my husband is an airplane mechanic.
I was raised in a UPC church and stopped going shortly before I got married. Due to circumstance in our lives, my husband and I have both come to the decision that God needs to be a more central focus in our lives. As a result, we are now attending the same church I grew up in, as he was raised in a home that I think is best described as "Agnostic". The church is now pastored by a different man than the one who was there when I left. While I still believe in many things that the UPC, as an organization, teaches, there are things with which I do not agree. However, I think that would be the case with any denomination that one chooses to attend. There will always be points where one's interpretation differs from another's interpretation. That's where prayer and study of the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide your heart come in.
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Welcome to the AFF family!!!!! 
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07-30-2008, 03:44 PM
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Strange in a Strange Land...
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Re: Hello...
Welcome! Home is where the heart is and you will find your heart staying here at times
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07-30-2008, 04:25 PM
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Re: Hello...
Welcome Amy!!!
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Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
"You will be hated for my sake-Just remember that it should be for MY sake and not YOURS-
Do NOT act in such a way as to be offensive, and then blame it on me"
Love, God
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07-30-2008, 04:29 PM
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Rebel with a cause.
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Re: Hello...
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Originally Posted by dansamy
I've been reading threads on your forums for a couple of weeks now. I finally decided to register.
My name is Amy. I am married and we have 3 children who are 9yrs, 7.5yrs and 6.5yrs old. I'm an RN and my husband is an airplane mechanic.
I was raised in a UPC church and stopped going shortly before I got married. Due to circumstance in our lives, my husband and I have both come to the decision that God needs to be a more central focus in our lives. As a result, we are now attending the same church I grew up in, as he was raised in a home that I think is best described as "Agnostic". The church is now pastored by a different man than the one who was there when I left. While I still believe in many things that the UPC, as an organization, teaches, there are things with which I do not agree. However, I think that would be the case with any denomination that one chooses to attend. There will always be points where one's interpretation differs from another's interpretation. That's where prayer and study of the Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide your heart come in.
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Welcome, Amy!
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"Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
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07-30-2008, 06:26 PM
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Jellybean!
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: Hello...
Glad to have you on board Amy! 
It's good to see you jumping right in, and adding to the conversations! 
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