Here you go Lenore, from another one who has learned about life plus an excellent quote from a great leader:

"We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.

Heinmot Tooyalaket (Chief Joseph) of the Nez Percés, 1873

Miss seeing you but will catchup with you in chat sometime. On lunch break now and about ready to go back to work. Have a good one.

Hey Dave..
Excellent quote......Thank you so much for sharing...

I couldn't agree more....

See you in chat

WOW I have never heard that a church teaches people to quarel with God........Is that really a church...hhhmmm one would think? Praise God I love attending my current church and by no means do they teach anyone to quarel with God only to understand his inspired word......

Blessings in Jesus name

Me being the curious one of everything that I quote or see written on the internet went a little further into the quote I posted above to double check it in case it wasn't something that the chief said. I do this because I like to quote fact not fiction.

There "is" more to the quote above, in fact it came from a conversation between Chief Joseph and a govenment agent. Here you go:
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"Kill the Indian and save the man." Richard Henry Pratt. “The following conversation was recorded in the late 1800s between Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe and one of the government commissioners who was trying to convince Chief Joseph of the advantages of having a government funded school located on the agency.

"Why do you not want schools?" the commissioner asked.
"They will teach us to have churches," Joseph answered.
"Do you not want churches?"
"No, we do not want churches."
"Why do you not want churches?"
"They will teach us to quarrel about God [translated Great Spirit in other places]," Joseph said. "We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about God. We do not want to learn about that.".

What the Native Americans wanted was the ability to teach their own children their own ways without government interference. Not only was the government wanting to control their lands, their food and their belongings, but they wanted to change the lifestyles of the "savages" so they would be "civilized" like the white man.”

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And the website the article was written on:

http://www.danielnpaul.com/ChiefJoseph-NezPerce.html

There ya go...have a great night to all. Work comes early so heading to sleep.

I think a weekly prayer group is a great idea. I know that when I go to church I feel so much better but of course if I feel the anxiety coming on I do not go and then I feel guilty. I do pray and talk to God but not as much as I should. So, of course I carry a lot of guilt about that also.

Hi Joyce

I can certainly see where you are coming on this subject. I have found the more I am involved with God and his word the better and calmer I feel. I recently lost a 3 day old grandson, and I can honestly say that 6 months ago I could not have dealt with this at all. But thanks to God and his glory, he comforted me. I pray you find comfort and share with others so we can grow and help others grow as well. Keep up the good work.

I am so glad to see there is a weekly prayer group. Praise God. I'm in Az., so I think EST is 3 hours ahead of us. So, I think it will be at 4:00PM on Sunday in Az. Is that right. Thanks, loux

I am so glad to have found this topic, this morning, I love to pray, & thank God for His blessings. I live near Toronto, Canada , I thing we are on Eastern Standard Time. Will that still be 7P.M.for the Pray time?.Please let me know. Thanks, Zarina

I am so glad I found this forum! I am a christian and believe in the power of prayer. I pray everyday some days all day to help me get through my anxieties. I hope to join you on a Sunday real soon, how great it is to know that God will be there with us as He promises "when 2 or more are gathered in His name He will be there also."
May God Bless everyone of you!

Hi do you have the same for us here in the west side, pacific time? That will nice as we all need some prayers. Or better saying let God take control of our lives, instead of being the drivers let him drive. Thank You and I will be trying to see and come to chat at the time specified.
Take care all and God bless always.
ARI

Welcome to each of you and thank you for your interest in our prayer group. We look forward to your joining us.

The group meets once a week in the help area of the chat room on Sundays at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Central Time, 5 p.m. Mountain Time and 4 p.m. West Coast Time.

Hope to see you there. Feel free to post or private message me with any additional questions.

God bless you all,
C.C.

OK....I'll check it out and see you there...

oceansidejenny

quote:

Originally posted by C.C. Ryder:
Welcome to each of you and thank you for your interest in our prayer group. We look forward to your joining us.

The group meets once a week in the help area of the chat room on Sundays at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Central Time, 5 p.m. Mountain Time and 4 p.m. West Coast Time.

Hope to see you there. Feel free to post or private message me with any additional questions.

God bless you all,
C.C.

Could someone tell me how this works? do I just sign in at 6central time on Sunday nights or how does it work.

where is the help area of the chat roo"? Sorry, I am new to all this.

Hello buchanon7 I haven't done the online prayer group but you can go into chat at the top of the page where it says online chat hopefully that will help you some.