QmpP2s comment5 ,

The place to stop temptation is right

in the mind. Some people say

that “Thinking wrong thoughts is not

sin — it is only if you act upon those

wrong thoughts.” But they are wrong.

THINKING WRONG THOUGHTS IS SIN, and it

needs to be confessed as such. Isaiah

55:7-9 says, “Let the wicked forsake

HIS WAY, and the unrighteous man HIS

THOUGHTS: and let him return unto the

LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;

and to our God, for he will abundantly

pardon. For my thoughts are not your

thoughts, neither are your ways my

ways, saith the LORD. For as the

heavens are higher than the earth, so

are my ways higher than your ways, and

my thoughts than your thoughts.” An

UNRIGHTEOUS man has WRONG THOUGHTS.

This applies to EVERYONE, all of us are

guilt of sin, notice I said everyone

IS GUILTY OF SIN.

this is not meant to harm anyone, or to

offend anyone.

To the commentor that said ” that I’ve lost faith in the people of my religion”

I myself don’t place my faith on “RELIGION” OR “PEOPLE”. Religion and people are not going to save me, I am responsible for saving myself and you should too. “PEOPLE” OR “RELIGION” IS NOT GOING TO SAVE ME, GOD IS. THAT’S WHERE I PUT MY FAITH ON, GOD.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN SIN THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, THAT IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CROSS TO CARRY. PEOPLE AND RELIGION ARE NOT GOING TO SAVE YOU. YOU HAVE TO SAVE YOURSELF, JUST LIKE I HAVE TO SAVE MYSELF, I AM NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR FAITH IN PEOPLE OR RELIGION TO SAVE ME. I DON’T BLAME PEOPLE, PLACES OR THINGS FOR LOSING FAITH, I PLACE MY FAITH IN GOD. WE ARE ALL SINNERS AND HOW WE CONDUCT OUR LIVES IS THE KEY TO SALVATION.

Give Donald Trump a break. He is just one of those Dirty Pervert Old Man.

What can you do?

If he wants to be prejudice, he has the money, he can do it!

Guys, just understand that if it’s sexual urge talking, nothing is logical. If one is a perv and the other is almost a playboy bunny, it’s a perfect match!!! The result is an Apprentice in the Playboy mansion to glorify the old man!!!

GOD IS GOOD, BEER IS GREAT AND PEOPLE ARE CRAZY.

This is for everyone out there..all races, gay or straight, male, female. I am not here to judge anyone. Maybe this will help all sides. I don’t go to church,,however I believe and God and I am not perfect. I strive everyday to do God’s will, not my will and I ask God to help me be a better person each and everyday. I surely hope these verses can help someone if not all people. Peach to each and everyone of you.

What do you do if you are having trouble with a sin that you cannot seem to stop?

If a person is having trouble with certain sin, and he tries to stop but it keeps coming up in mind and some times he can “shake it off” so to speak and at other times he can’t and gives in to it even though he knows it is wrong,does this mean he don’t have salvation? And what should he do about it?

Was there a time in your life that you realized that you were a sinner, and that Jesus Christ died to save you? Did you repent of your sin and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? I Corinthians 15:3,4 says, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” Luke 13:3 says, “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” John 1:12,13 says, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” If you truly received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, then you can never lose that salvation. John 6:37 says, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

Our salvation does NOT depend upon our works. If we have good works, it does not gain us salvation. Ephesians 2:8,9 says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast.” On the other hand, if we commit some bad works, it does NOT cause us to lose our salvation. A saved person is declared righteous through the blood of Jesus Christ. II Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Does this mean that a Christian can do anything that he wants, and live a life of sin? No, it does not mean that, because when the Christian sins, then God chastens him if he does not repent. Hebrews 12:5-11 says, “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”

If a person claims to be saved, but then goes off into sin and never experiences chastisement, then that person is not truly saved. “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth EVERY son whom he receiveth.”

Can you look back in your life and see that when you have gotten off into sin, that the Lord has sent chastening into your life? If you cannot, then that is a clear indication that you have never truly been born again. If you have placed your faith totally in Jesus for your salvation, and can look back and see how the Lord has chastened you when you have sinned, then that is an indication that you are His child.

The Christian life is not one where you are exempt from temptation. Paul testified in Romans 7:14-8:1 says, “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

How could Paul’s life and ministry have been so successful, when he faced such temptations? I Corinthians 15:31 tells us the secret. “I die daily.” The secret of a successful Christian life is EVERY DAY dying to self and to sin.

God can provide a way to escape any temptation. I Corinthians 10:13 says, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

That is a wonderful promise, but many people say, “I tried that when I was under temptation, and it did not work!” Why did it not work? Matthew 26:41 tells us why. “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.” Their problem is that they gave the FLESH a vote in the matter, as to whether to sin or not. THE FLESH WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE WRONG. We have to die to self (the desires of the flesh), and submit to the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 26:41 tells us of a wonderful weapon against temptation, “Watch and PRAY, THAT YE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION…” How much better to start out every morning praying that we would not enter into temptation, than to find ourselves in the middle of it, desperately trying to find a way out of it.

The place to stop temptation is right in the mind. Some people say that “Thinking wrong thoughts is not sin — it is only if you act upon those wrong thoughts.” But they are wrong. THINKING WRONG THOUGHTS IS SIN, and it needs to be confessed as such. Isaiah 55:7-9 says, “Let the wicked forsake HIS WAY, and the unrighteous man HIS THOUGHTS: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” An UNRIGHTEOUS man has WRONG THOUGHTS.

Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” Get busy serving the Lord in a faithful, Bible-preaching local church. Have your mind on serving the Lord, instead of idle, and ripe for temptation

I also live in the Golden State of California as a matter of fact, I live in the Bible Belt of California, Fresno and “I don’t believe” I know for a fact that Carrie represents alot of people in Fresno. We are not liberal like L.A. and San Francisco, so you people that claim that Carrie does not represent Calif….you are dead wrong. Speak for yourself and your city,,,,you don’t live in Fresno, Calif….I do!

I know firsthand what the majority of
Fresnans think…why do you think Charlize Theron has to come to Fresno? To try to change the views on gays here in Fresno…ain’t gonna happen….too many rednecks…too many bible thumpers…just ain’t gonna happen.

Why Fresno?

“The battle for equality has to be fought in Middle America—in places like Fresno, California—not just in gay-friendly cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles,” Theron writes. “California’s Central Valley population is far more reflective of national attitudes towards LGBT equality—and until we engage the communities of Middle America, we will not achieve full equality in California.”

THE ACTRESS CHARLIZE THERON IS COMING TO “MIDDLE AMERICA, FRESNO, CALIFONIA THAT IS THE BIBLE BELT OF CALIFORNIA” TO STIR UP THE CONTROVERSY AND TRY TO CRAM HER VIEWS DOWN TO THE RESIDENTS OF FRESNO. WHICH MIDDLE AMERICA TOWN IS NEXT ON HER AGENDA?

CHARLIZE NEEDS TO HELP HER COUNTRY FIRST, AFRICA WITH THE FAMIME AND DISEASES. LOOK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD FIRST CHARLIZE AND DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT WITH YOUR TIME.

- WHICH MIDDLE AMERICA TOWN IS NEXT ON HER AGENDA? They want to come to middle america and corrupt the the cities and the people.

A PERSON CANNOT LIVE ON “LOVE” ALONE. WE ALL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO GOD THAT WE ARE SORRY FOR OUR SINS AND DON’T COMMIT THE SIN AGAIN. A PERSON CAN’T JUST SAY THE WORD LOVE AND THINK THEY WILL BE SAVED…THERE IS MORE TO THE EQUATION.

IF A PERSON CONTINUALLY LIVES IN SIN ON PURPOSE, AND DON’T TURN AWAY FROM THEIR SIN, THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO GOD.

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT STATE THAT GOD MADE 2 MEN OR 2 WOMEN TO GO FORTH AND PROCREATE? NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY THAT.

A PERSON CAN LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL, HOWEVER IF THEY ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM GOD AND DON’T COMMIT THE SIN AGAIN, GOD FORGIVES.

WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FROM A LIFE OF DAMMATION, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOW OOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS,,,,HOWEVER…YOU CAN’T LEAD A HORSE TO WATER.

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN CROSS TO CARRY AND WE ALL HAVE OPTIONS AND CHOICES AS TO HOW WE WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES. I CAN’T SAVE ANYONE BUT MYSELF,,EVERYONE HAS TO SAVE THEMSELVES AND TURN AWAY FROM EVIL.

- A PERSON CANNOT LIVE ON “LOVE” ALONE

I’d still like to know how it ever came into play that christians are perfect people?

I’m a christian and I’m FAR from “perfect”?? Is anyone truly perfect? That’s the thing about we christians we actually GROW IN GOD, MAKING MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY- that is the only HUMAN way to actually LEARN.

That in itself should say alot about Carries pictures!! Her CAREER is in the physical sense, it’s all about her looks.. these pictures would not have even been brought to the fore-front, if NOT for HER HONEST and CLASSY OPINION regarding gay marriage? SHE wasn’t the winner “because” of it- Perez Hilton said those words himself??

And if the “gay community” wants to lynch someone, ..why don’t they start with the President of the United States.. because HE CLEARLY agrees with Ms. Prejean- and has (in the past) stated that opinion without backlash?

Guess he can slide by- being his stance of abortion huh?

I believe that Miss California is mis- representing The state of California.

She has a right for her openion of course but….. I been raced in my beautiful San Francisco, California for over 25 years.
I felt that she is talking for her self and that she is making california look bad …..since many of the revolutions of gay,women,etc…rights.have happen in my Golden State…CALIFORNIA…….
By the way she needs to take responsablity for thoso pictures they are defenetly posed and she is talking about she is such a chistian …think about it……

Moakler states,”After the controversial remarks, Moakler announced that she would appear in an ad that supported gay rights, and at the end of April filmed a campaign slamming Prop 8.”

THAT STATEMENT IS FROM MOAKLER, THAT IS THE REASON SHE QUIT,,,,SHE HAS A DIFFERENT AGENDA…HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RACY PIX’S….SHE WANTS TO GO AND SUPPORT THE GAY COMMUNITY.

I GUESS SHE DIDN’T LIKE CARRIE PREJEANS HONEST OPINION.

MOAKLER IS GOING TO BE THE CHAMPION OF THE GAYS.

PEREZ HILTON CAN JUST BEND OVER AND LET MOAKLER KISS HIS A*SS..THAT IS WHAT SHE IS DOING ANYWAY.

They were LINGERIE ADS, NOT ‘racy photos’ — Ever see a pageant and the ‘ensembles’? Ever look through a Vogue? Ever see a Victoria’s Secret commercial? At dinnertime? With the kids? Those might be considered ‘racy’ underwear ads (they sometimes go a bit far), but the Prejean ads were clearly NOT trying to be seductive, risqué,or RACY

Ms. Prejean should NOT be stripped of her crown for stating her beliefs. She’s entitled to them. The pageant folks asked her a question, and last time I checked, we had freedom of speech in this country. However, from everything else I have read SINCE this issue first erupted, I firmly believe that she SHOULD lose her crown for the confirmed LIES that she told about the existence of racy photos and the fact that she was UNDERAGE when they were taken. Her lies are a strong indication that she’s NOT the “moral” icon that a certain segment of the population is currently painting her to be. She’s not a gay-hating monster, but she’s not a perfect little Christian angel, either. She’s young, she’s HUMAN, and she’s made some very public mistakes. Imagine that! Trump should give the runner-up the crown and we should all move on.

Not only should she keep her crown, the voting for Miss USA should be recalculated with Perez Hilton’s votes omitted.

A vituperative homosexual with no tolerance for traditional Christian values, he should never have been appointed a judge and certainly never should have been allowed to ask his baited question.

The solipsistic gay community can only see that Miss Prejean does not approve of gay marriage. They fail to note that she was finessed by Perez Hilton to the cost of her national title for his self-aggrandizement. She was the innocent victim of his mean ambition.

Homosexuals are going to have to start looking beyond their esoteric self-interest to the concerns of people of straight orientation if they expect to be accepted by those people.

Carrie should keep her crown! She responded with the way she was brought up, giving her moral belief on gay rights (A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE) AND QUESTION SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN USED FOR A BEAUTY CONTEST. Government employers turn their heads to these hot button issues in the workplace and let certain employees get away with too much, then go after the other person. That’s what this was all about. Thank you Donald Trump!

See an opinion from an anonymous person…

“tho it’s right to speak ur mind. some things shouldn’t be opinionated on national tv. - Anonymous
Posted 05/13/09 12:51 PM”

Back in 1938 Germany am guessing something along those lines would’ve been the reply from a German person when polled re the Nazi party.. huh?

tho it’s right to speak ur mind. some things shouldn’t be opinionated on national tv.

she can say what she wants. yes she can and she will not be arrested or prosecuted for saying what she want. However, other can say what they want and it is clear that she is a bigot.

IF TELEVISION HAD THEIR WAY THERE WOULD BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE PREJEAN KEPT OFF OUR TELEVISION SETS!

THE LIBERAL MEDIA/NETWORKS WILL CONTINUE TO MISLEAD THEIR VIEWERS THAT THIS WAY OF LIFE IS/AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE BY ALL! WHEN IN TRUTH THERE ARE A WIDER MAJORITY OF CARRIE PREJEANS OUT THERE GOING UN-HEARD!

IF YOU ASK ME- THIS COUNTRY COULD USE A WHOLE LOT MORE PREJEANS ON-AIR, INSTEAD OF BEING REPRESSED, DISMISSED, ATTACKED, AND POLITICALLY CORRECT TO THE EXTREME LIBERALIST SIDE OF THE MEDIA. BIAS, NONSENSICAL, BRAINWASHING IS ALL OUR MEDIA OUTLETS EVER DO TO US.

Dani it’s a simple matter …

You need to separate PEOPLE, from the REAL ISSUES?

I having NOTHING againt gay people, some dear friends happen to be gay. I like you I like you, it has NOTHING to do with color, sexual preference, faith or otherwise. I “don’t like” you (and I “hate” no one) then I just don’t like you. It’s a personality ISSUE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE in GAY MARRIAGE… two gay people can be married by virtue of the STATE, but never in my own eyes in the traditional since of what marriage HAS BEEN since the beginning of time.

If I can accept gays, then what’s to say they cannot accept my personal views on marriage and move on from it.

It not really about “equal” rights? Roots of marriage is procreational. Without a man and woman NONE of us would even exist?? The gay community wants to be the NEW MINORITY! This is only one step towards making special laws for specific groups of people! We already have too many laws for the black race… and for me- that’s is not equality. No one person, group, or race is any more special than another.