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Before preparing for a Prison ministry group I was in, we sat in a circle and there was a bowl in the middle of this circle of men. This was a way to cleanse ourselves before God. We each were given a white rock and a pencil. We wrote a sin or problem that binds our spirit on the rock. One by one we walked to the bowl and placed our rock in it. The rock symbolized Christ and we gave the sin or problem for Jesus cleanse us. The rocks were then placed on an altar and then emptied in a washtub to rinse it away. Amazing how this works.
This is just so awesome. I love it. Never heard of it being done before.
 

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This is just so awesome. I love it. Never heard of it being done before.
Be not as the heathen when ye pray for they believe they shall be heard for their many words .
GOD already KNOWS what you have need of .
Beware sister
the book called circle makers WAS and IS NEW AGE WITCHCRAFT .
As though GOD NEEDS me to draw a circle around an object to GET HIS ATTENTION .
witchcraft has come in amongst us , newage stuff . and people just seem to love it so .
Beware and beware of another very popular book , PURPOSE driven life .
Beware of THE SHACK . very new age implications are in it . OH and do be encouraged IN the LORD .
As if i need to utter something a certain way , draw a circle around it or etc .
GOD Knows everything . always has always will . Simply ask . its that simple . anything more becometh of evil .
so watch out sister . i know them books were very popular , but man wasthey deadly , truth n error , here a little truth
taken out of text to SUPPORT witchcraft but call it christain . I seen this for years sister . SO beware is all i am saying .
 
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This is just so awesome. I love it. Never heard of it being done before.
sat in a circle put our rocks in the middle
come on dear sister . As IF
as if this will help JESUS hear us or perhaps wash us . sister i love the both of you , both you and rockerduck
but sister this is chrisanized white magic .
 
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sat in a circle put our rocks in the middle
come on dear sister . As IF
as if this will help JESUS hear us or perhaps wash us . sister i love the both of you , both you and rockerduck
but sister this is chrisanized white magic .
Jesus said confess our sins and He is just to forgive them. You can confess it anyway you want, Jesus didn't say only by mouth. Jesus said give your burdens to Him as His yoke is light. So how you give your burdens to Him? find your own way, once again Jesus said give them to Him, not just by mouth. Remember some are deaf and use other means. Some have learning problems and difficulty communicating and the written word is the only way about it. There is no magic involved because nothing is impossible for God. Remember, Hannah only moved her lips.
 

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I love you rockerduck but i aint buying this . Besides are you deaf . no .
Do you have a mouth that speaks , YES . so there it is .
its kinda like when people tell me , NOT SAYING YOU DO THIS , hey amigo you are always hollering
about the dire need to be reading the bible . but what about those who cant read
what about the blind . TO WHICH i say , HEY GOD has them , but are you blind , and can not you read .
OH it angers them greatly cause they THEN KNOW they have ZERO excuse for NOT reading .
You see many make excuses about the TEE TINY percents , but do so TO JUSITFY why they do or why they dont .
Amigo keeps it real simple . though it does anger folks greatly . but i do as i do out of love and for their own sakes .
 
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This is just so awesome. I love it. Never heard of it being done before.
Another way that works is to go back as far as you can remember and start forgiving and confessing your wrongs for everyone in your past to God, all the way back to the 1st grade if you can, any and everyone. You will feel better afterwards. Writing them down will do the same thing.
 

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Believe me if i were it in to be popular and well liked
One would have thought i be wise enough to conform to the changing ways and try and christainize
what ought never to have been added into chrisanity . But then i would not be the servant of CHRIST .
pleasing men might win ya friends and popularity and make you darn rich
but really one is poor miserable poor blind and naked who doeth such things , THOUGH he has many friends
and though many do love him , but so did they the false prophets and spoke well of them too .
You all are loved , you truly are , but i aint even going down that ol circle makers , new age stuff . I surehope none other does either .
 
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actions speak louder than words. Gotta have faith. God shows up in the strangest places. I've seen the results of Him doing this and I've talked to Jesus too.
Please understand , I aint buying it rockerduck . so if you are trying to convince me
or trying to perhaps allow yourself to feel better , my advice is its in vain if you think you gonna convince me .
ALL one has to do is speak to GOD in prayer friend . HE already knew
before we even pray what we had need of , TRUTH IS , HE IS ALL KNOWING
and dont need our help with pens , pencils , rocks or stones , chants or etc . That be the wisdom of man as usual .
GOD KNOWS . HE ALWAYS HAS .
 
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my faith is in what JESUS said and not what men say will or might help GOD to hear us better .
Fact is , JESUS sure did warn about stuff like that . Worry not
GOD already knows what ye HAVE NEED of
be not as the heathen , pray not as the heathen for they THINK they shall be HEARD because of their Words and etc .
GOD already knows . beware of witchcraft for it indeed has come along with its queen new age
to wipe this people out .
 
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Please understand , I aint buying it rockerduck . so if you are trying to convince me
or trying to perhaps allow yourself to feel better , my advice is its in vain if you think you gonna convince me .
ALL one has to do is speak to GOD in prayer friend . HE already knew
before we even pray what we had need of , TRUTH IS , HE IS ALL KNOWING
and dont need our help with pens , pencils , rocks or stones , chants or etc . That be the wisdom of man as usual .
GOD KNOWS . HE ALWAYS HAS .
I agree friend, God sees what you write too. He always has. I write sermons to preach, and the Holy Spirit has said go back a look what you wrote again.
 
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actions speak louder than words. Gotta have faith. God shows up in the strangest places. I've seen the results of Him doing this and I've talked to Jesus too.
JESUS words speak louder than mans attempts at actions .
IF we cant trust HIS words i dont see how we trust Him . HE did say them .
NOW what i write next I KNOW YOU BELEIVE . IF JESUS said it GOD said it
and all i has to do is take HIM at HIS WORD . TRUST IN HIM . but beware of men for man always has
his ways about doing things and quite often them ways CONTRADICT THE WAY and HIS WORDS . so just a friendly reminder .
 
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Things said in this thread got me to thinking and here is a new thread .

 

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JESUS words speak louder than mans attempts at actions .
IF we cant trust HIS words i dont see how we trust Him . HE did say them .
NOW what i write next I KNOW YOU BELEIVE . IF JESUS said it GOD said it
and all i has to do is take HIM at HIS WORD . TRUST IN HIM . but beware of men for man always has
his ways about doing things and quite often them ways CONTRADICT THE WAY and HIS WORDS . so just a friendly reminder .
Jesus words are loud and clear. they were written down for us to read, inspired by the Holy Spirit. Moses spoke to God face to face, but God said, write this down. I trust His word and the Holy Spirt said to me do not read commentaries or own study bible, He will teach me, and He has. Write a funeral sermon, write a wedding sermon, that's what ministers do. Jesus told me to read His Words in the New Testament.
 
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Things said in this thread got me to thinking and here is a new thread .

When Assyria was outside the Jerusalem walls, Hezekiah took a letter and placed it before God and prayed. Assyria was wiped out.
 
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Be not as the heathen when ye pray for they believe they shall be heard for their many words .
GOD already KNOWS what you have need of .
Beware sister
the book called circle makers WAS and IS NEW AGE WITCHCRAFT .
As though GOD NEEDS me to draw a circle around an object to GET HIS ATTENTION .
witchcraft has come in amongst us , newage stuff . and people just seem to love it so .
Beware and beware of another very popular book , PURPOSE driven life .
Beware of THE SHACK . very new age implications are in it . OH and do be encouraged IN the LORD .
As if i need to utter something a certain way , draw a circle around it or etc .
GOD Knows everything . always has always will . Simply ask . its that simple . anything more becometh of evil .
so watch out sister . i know them books were very popular , but man wasthey deadly , truth n error , here a little truth
taken out of text to SUPPORT witchcraft but call it christain . I seen this for years sister . SO beware is all i am saying .
What is circle makers? Did I miss something?

I might have to read back again. I went to work for a little bit and my phone is almost dead.
 

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I always imagined everybody incorporating a time of praise into their daily prayer times that's why I asked the question. It seems like it isn't just me who doesn't sing.
Now you're making me think, which isn't a good sign. For some reason, praise does not come naturally to me, at least not in my deliberate prayer time. I don't know why that would be.

Maybe a little singing IS what I need.
 
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What is circle makers? Did I miss something?

I might have to read back again. I went to work for a little bit and my phone is almost dead.
It's nothing. Wedding guests circle the bride and groom. Square dancers and cloggers form circles to dance. Children used to hold hands in a circle and sing, ring around the rosy. Even race cars go around in a circle. How about a 3 rings circus. Have you ever told yourself you were going in circles? It's nothing.
 

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It's nothing. Wedding guests circle the bride and groom. Square dancers and cloggers form circles to dance. Children used to hold hands in a circle and sing, ring around the rosy. Even race cars go around in a circle. How about a 3 rings circus. Have you ever told yourself you were going in circles? It's nothing.

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It's early but I looked back and don't't see anything. Is it because the guys were sitting in a circle? That's how you sit in AA, show and tell, rehab meetings, Bible studies.

I don't know what other shape a community is supposed to be, but everybody has got to be looking at each other somehow.

The rest just seems symbolic to see it visually as a form of therapy for prisoners.


I know witchcraft, @amigo de christo and am pretty good at identifying it. But in this case, it seems not like they believed the rocks were doing anything, but it was a symbolic view of what God was doing for them.