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Suggested helps when using Ai. This guide will help you as a Christian avoid receiving false info, deceptive info from Ai answers.  Folk today just send questions to ai and blindly accept what it says as if its returning truthful info to you. Don't do that.  There's a saying "Trust but verify", but were saying "D on't blindly trust ai, be careful, cautious, and verify".   It is very important that believers give robust detailed parameters to Ai so you can get the  best results/info out of it possible, and then get other believers input to verify it. Things may sound good, but doesnt mean its truthful and accurate. Deception has partial truths.  Below is a detailed helpful example. Use the add on to complete the question to ai. Try a few out to see how it works. 😊 *You might notice it negatively saying "well using that strict paramiter...." and stuff like it in its results, ignore that. You want answers based on what you said. Don't let a...

Q: I really want to get close to God, I just don’t know where to start. 😣 I try to read the Bible but can’t seem to focus or understand. I try to do study, but it’s like my mind won’t be quiet. Any advice? A: There's s lot of chatter happening in most folk minds, esp in this fast paced new era. Starting in prayer can help quiet your mind, and prepare you for what God would like to communicate with you during that session. You can also keep a notebook next to you to write out questions you have, and something neat you learned.  Also...a simple way to go through the Bible is using an audio Bible . Use a good app,. You can pause where you are and pick up the next time.  Biblegateway app is good. As it has LSB21 and NASB95 , but also NLT if you need easier reading. But the Nasb95 audio one is good.   StudyBible.org app is also free, has tons of great study notes in it, and has an audio feature too.  *To get to the helps, faq and resources, sinply click the verse...

Q: I’m getting married in November my fiance is 26 and I’m 19 in college. He’s a father to a 4 yr old. We had a little bit of pre marriage counseling from the pastor, but the church doesnt have classes. What are some advice you have for me? About anything. A: To be honest, pls be cautious. It's odd a guy that old is looking at marrying a barely legal girl. And he's got a kid already? Take caution, he might just want a mom to his kid. That's a big responsibility to take on as a young person basically just out of high school. And then you'll have to manage that child when yall have your own baby. Instead of your first child being with of yours, you have another kid in the mix, adding difficulty. Esp during your kids infant stages for first year or two. It might be way too much to handle.  Take real care of the cautions and guidance given by your pastor, in seriousness and sobriety, thinking this through and in prayer. You haven't even had a few years alone to yourself...

Q: I'm having trouble believing God is real anymore. I've lost the passion, he doesn't talk to me like he used to. Was I delusional all along? The step father who taught me about Jesus turned out to be a pedophile who hurt my babies.  I don't know what to do anymore. I can't believe he is real just because that's what I grew up believing. What has happened in your life to make it real? A: God is real regardless of & despite the sins  mankind commit. Man sinned in Eden and brought death, suffering, corruption, disease and trials into this life that constantly affect us. A believer needs to understand the truth of suffering in this life. And cant blame God for it. God has been working out all things for our good since sin entered, including "offering Christ" to restore all things to the original design, so we can be right with God, fellowship with Him now and forever.  These will be a good help for you. And can solidify and strengthen your faith. Plu...

Q: What are your thoughts towards online dating as a way of meeting people? As someone who has always been single, am almost 30, with no children. How do you go about meeting people? My church doesn't have a singles ministry  I definitely desire marriage one day, wanting to do things God's way. Do you just sit and do nothing, or get out and attempt to meet people, seeing that would at least help me out psychologically? Although it's only been God, church, and school as the only thing that Ive known, Ive kinda realized that in some ways I don't know how to talk to people (potentially interested man). I probably wouldn't realize that a man was wanting to express his potential interest unless he directly told me, lol.  Truthfully, sometimes it would be nice to just to have someone to chat with or maybe even to go get a cup a coffee.  Any biblical and honest advice both pros, cons and wisdom. A: My Aunt did internet in like 2003, but ended up with an unsaved man from it...

Men dont like dealing with struggles, confrontation and problems, even when they should, if theyre unsaved. Men seek PEACE at home and in their life. It's why the overwhelming majority of the time they marry someone who can bring peace, (and those whose family isnt loud or obnoxious, same with her friends).  Men want peace when they come home. If both are saved then of course the Prince of Peace reins over the home , if not theres a peace imbalance, even if hes unsaved he craves peace (at all cist dven if it causes a rift).  Point him to Christ, and pray God saves him so you'll be equally yoked. Until then, make the home, (at least as far as youre concerned), a place of Peace. Don't share gossip or your complaints of things in life with him (like constant problems with your parents or friends or work stuff). I know it seems like you should be able to talk to him about all things like a bff, but it backfires if he's not saved and not a mature believer, because men d...

People are too quick to say divorce him, when a spouse commits adultery. But that is not what God has said to do, nor does to us when we sin.  Remember all of Scripture, what it teaches us about God, Christ, Love, and how we are to be like Him, and live holy.  We are to be like Christ, who is holy. And live out how God treats us in love, undeserving, yet pursues us anyway, all our life. We need to model this "love" with grace and forgiveness, 70x7 reconciling and restoring fellowship, when others fail us including our spouse, whether saved or unsaved (trapped in their sin nature). Remembering the extreme cost, lengths & depth that God went to for us while enemies, AND how far he goes for the 1 who is his, who wandered from the 100 sheep in his flock.  The OT has as much to say about the love of God as much as the new. We are called to love, and all in Christ do love, because he transformed us, gave us spiritial life, covered us with Christ's righteousness and thus ena...

Q: I am 19, engaged, known fiance 4 years now, met in a Christian church. Wanted to know advice on how to handle criticism from others outside the church, on being engaged and getting married so young? A:  Most younger men that age arent mature. Her parents (and maybe even church leaders if shes even sought marriage counseling/classes, and their counsel) have a right concern, if thryre believers, as they dont know if he really is a believer. Many false converts are even in the pews in Christian churches, and many there never get saved. Majority of young men in 17-23 range are not yet marriage material, abd they haven't built themselves up yet as strong men, financially stable, able to afford and provide a home [where wife is not anxious about being homeless with their 3 babies], having had a real world job and navigated the harsh hard realities of life, that would strain a marriage. Or leave him bitter and upset wishing he had freedom to date other women, and start pursuing that ...

Charlie Kirk while addressing a 19 year old engaged gal, who asked for advice on how to handle criticism from others outside the church, on being engaged and getting married so young, gave a very bad response. He accused the Christian church of not being as holy as Catholicism on many matters. As if their moralism is superior to the Christian Church. Anathema! It can never be, for Christianity has the truth and Catholicism is run by Satan.  Agree from a Christian perspective on the general points made at the young conservatives conference (1) in what holy living should look like , but it's not the same as moralism and false religions that propogate it to appear as truth; Satan being a deciever who presents as an angel of light, who easily decieved Eve with similar falsehoods. And folk really need to grasp that, as its the difference between one saved and one living in deceptive idolatry.  The girl asked about how to handle this in discussions with critics "outside the church...

Q: Was John MacArthur teaching wrongly on the Mark Of The Beast, and is he one to avoid? A: On Beast mark, as they noted here , it was a Q answered off the cuff, 45 yrs ago(!). John has taught well in this topic in many places since. Just search gty for end times sermons, read his books, and commentaries on Revelation. Do folk keep holding you to something you said 45 years ago... as if its what you still believe today? Give grace, not judgment, and benefit of the doubt.  Let's be clear, no believer will be here during judgment on earth, as Jesus will have raptured us. But all who are still on earth, all are unsaved. What if they all take the mark, all are damned? Then who gets saved at that time? And what about the 144k Jews who get saved? Is it before the beast arrives? Well what's Scripture say in the timeline? Isnt it true all who die in their sins, as Scripture & verses below note, will be damned? But what of those who are "such were some of you" who saved, t...

Q: I wanna get baptized. How can I get past the feeling of needing to be perfect before getting baptized. My family arent Christian’s and most of them laugh at me for it. Sometimes I can’t always make it to church, and I always struggle with picking up my Bible and reading it...because I feel like I’m so far behind other kids my age and when they ask me my favorite verse or something - I don’t know, because I haven’t read it all and it just makes me sad. I feel like until I’m consistent with everything I’m not gonna feel good enough. But I also feel like if I do it, then I’m gonna be stronger when it comes to holding myself back from sin, having verses and recalling Scripture as something reminding me to stop whatever it is I’m doing that I shouldnt be.  Update: I sent in a form to get baptized!! Reply says someone will reach out to me, I think they'll explain baptism more to me, and then I think they'll schedule it. I’m so nervous. A: Baptism counseling is typically done when...

LQ: My husband is constantly wanting me to give up my time to watch movies with him that he has seen thousands of times and only wants to put on those movies for the sake of me seeing what he has seen. He asks me if I want to watch them and I've have so many times to please him but they are movies I am just not interested in and it's one series of movies after the next. I tell him he can watch them when I'm not home but he says he's already seen them and wants me to watch it. I have tried gently telling him my reasons of not wanting to and he says, "I don't understand why it's that hard for you to just watch it ..." All the time he says that and he makes me feel guilty about it and I'm frustrated because he just doesn't or won't understand. He gets all bent out of shape over it like a child. I told him it's great that he loves those movies but I don't need to watch them just because he loves them and wants me to love them too. I...

Q: Yesterday, at several Fourth of July cookouts, I noticed that people who name the name of Christ were drinking alcohol. As I inquired with some of my church people, I noticed they had similar experiences. So, I know my thoughts and actions, how would you have handled this and what would you have thought. A: Pastor John MacArthur handles this topic well in his sermons (see below link). You might have read a paper by Daniel Aiken called The Case for Alcohol Abstinence too. He quotes Adrian Rogers in the paper, who saids, “ Moderation is not the cure of the liquor problem. Moderation is the cause of the liquor problem. Becoming an alcoholic does not begin with the last drink. It begins with the first. Just leave it alone.” Nobody ever thinks their social drinking will be a starting point for their kids to drink and become alcoholics.   A pastors wife said "In my husbands many years of pastoring, we have seen the hurt and heartache this can cause. We have seen lives dest...

Q: In spending some time today with the family, we came across another Christian, who we know (that goes to another church), and found out that person smokes cigarettes. He lit one up right in front of me. Should Christians smoke vapes, cigarettes, cigars, or pipes? I ask this because I want to know others godly believers thoughts on it, not just my church. No, I have not got my mind made up yet. Most of my thoughts were on the fact that people said if it’s not in the Bible, then it’s OK. That is bad hermeneutics. Just because it’s not in the Bible does not mean it’s OK. I think as a policy of theology, we should be silent where the Bible is silent and we should speak where the Bible speaks. That doesn’t mean something is OK to do because it’s not mentioned in the Bible. Never said it was seen.  Sometimes, it has been my experience, we get stuck in our own theological world, and we need to expand our horizons.  I think smoking, chewing, and dipping are dirty habits. That said...

Q: What is a marriage in Gods eyes? I have a hard time grasping that a piece of paper equals marriage to God, over dedicating and committing to each other and God. A: It is one man and one woman united before God (by authorized person, in accordance with the laws of the land) in a lifetime covenant, that focuses on Christ, and daily shows the world "the Gospel" as you grow in sanctification and work together in Christ to accomplish His goals in your life, through nucleous families' life, (and as you prioritize ministering to/ training up your children to know Christ). It's about love, grace, forgiveness and seeking God's will above yours. Part of that life includes actively being at church, under the shepherding of the leaders, to help you live a holy life, mature in the Faith, and in serving God there with your gifts, as you likewise bless others. Marriage is legally binding (and has many protections included in it for women). God creates a covenant with the co...

Q: Someone told me going to heaven is not biblical. We are earthlings. What does Scripture say?  A: Earth was made for humans to dwell in. But, going to heaven after we leave this sin stained body behind is biblical. Remaining there for all eternity is not. Those who die go to heaven and remain there until the new earth is brought into existence by God. There will be a new Earth and new Heaven. Both will be sin free places for all eternity.  Historically, classical Christian theology speaks of what we call the status intermedius, or the intermediate state. That has to do with where we go immediately upon death, as distinguished from our state after the final resurrection. This is what the New Testament indicates when Paul says that it was more needful for him to stay here for us, but to depart and be with Christ would be far better (Phil. 1:23–24). He indicates that, as soon as we die, our souls go immediately into the presence of Christ. In the intermediate state, however, ...