Alemmedial

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    Alemmedial reacted to omegaseamaster75 in How do you pray for a long time without being repetitive   
    Pray to a certain extent by its nature is repetitive. Think about why you pray. God knows all of our wants and desires, he knows whats in our hearts. He knows that we want our food to be blessed, that we want grandma to get better, that we want good things for our children. Why then do we ask for the same things over and over?
     
    Vain repetition has been discussed and I think we can all agree that this is something to avoid. So OP why do you pray at all?
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from DennisTate in How do you pray for a long time without being repetitive   
    I read in the bom profets who cried unto the Lord all day and all night, but how did they do it without being repetitive?
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    Alemmedial reacted to mnn2501 in Nicotine products and the Word of Wisdom   
    Yes, (I smoked for 17 years) but after the first few months, the cravings get lighter and further in between. In my 17th year I might have gotten 1 craving all year. 
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    Alemmedial reacted to NeuroTypical in Should i quit my job?   
    You work your butt off to get another job like that. That's what you can do to get heavenly father to bless you again in such a way.  
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Should i quit my job?   
    I quit two weeks ago😟
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from Sunday21 in Should i quit my job?   
    Ok who prayed for me? Things got better today.  Probably anatess praying I get a brain. Jk anatess thank for your help.
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    Alemmedial reacted to Aish HaTorah in Bible Jokes (the Nice Kind) :)   
    A father was telling Torah stories to his young children.
    He read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city and never look back.  But, his wife looked back, sadly, and so was turned to salt."
    His son asked, "What happened to the flea?"
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    Alemmedial reacted to anatess2 in Should i quit my job?   
    Don't worry about it.  Work the schedule you are given, ignore the envious woman.
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from anatess2 in Should i quit my job?   
    Ok who prayed for me? Things got better today.  Probably anatess praying I get a brain. Jk anatess thank for your help.
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    Alemmedial reacted to anatess2 in Should i quit my job?   
    You can't help someone when you feel bad towards him.  So, the first step to helping a person is to change how you feel about him - like, finding something about him you have in common or something about him you like, etc.  Then you tell him about that thing you like.
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    Alemmedial reacted to Still_Small_Voice in Should i quit my job?   
    If you truly feel this way I would start praying for the right door and looking for another job.  My last job lasted about five and a half years.  It was so bad in my opinion I was looking for another job for over a year before I could not take anymore and just sent my resignation e-mail and quit.  Sometimes your mind cannot take anymore and I felt this way.  
    I was then blessed to start another great job two weeks later after resigning my old job.  I have been at my current job for over two years and I love it.  The right opportunity is out there for you and I hope you find it.
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    Alemmedial reacted to dprh in How do you pray for a long time without being repetitive   
    I have been praying more than I ever have in my life, except possibly my mission.  I am repeating myself often, but I don't think it qualifies as a vain repetition.  If you really mean it, and it helps you feel like you are communicating and communing with Heavenly Father, then go ahead and repeat yourself.  But also, like @NeuroTypicalsaid, there are so many things to pray for, once you get going, you can find plenty to pray about.
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    Alemmedial reacted to Vort in How do you pray for a long time without being repetitive   
    "Vain" means useless, self-serving, or pompous. If we spill out trite phrases with no thought for their meaning just so that we follow the form of prayer, I believe that is a vain repetition. If we continually ask for a blessing that we have already been given to know won't be forthcoming, I think that's a vain repetition. If we pray to be seen of men, as when we're asked to be the voice for a congregational prayer and take the opportunity to decorate our prayer with fancy-sounding phrases instead of humble petitions, that seems to me like a vain repetition.
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    Alemmedial reacted to NeuroTypical in How do you pray for a long time without being repetitive   
    I've been in a few bishoprics as a clerk or secretary or whatnot.  Those people know how to pray.  They keep going and going.  Often we're kneeling, I have to turn around and face a chair so I can take the weight off my knees with my arms.  They just don't run out of things to pray about, people to pray for.  Not just the individuals and families in the ward, but they also pray for our church leaders, for the various difficult situations people are experiencing with winds of cultural change, the plight of our youth trying to be righteous, our eroding religious liberties, the list goes on and on.
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    Alemmedial reacted to anatess2 in Should i quit my job?   
    Ok, I'm old enough to have an adult kid.  I've been working on a corporate environment since I was 12.  So this is advice from that perspective.
    1.)  Snitches get stitches ending up in ditches are for gangs, mafia, and prison.  And teenagers in public school.  It has no place in the adult work ethic. 
    2.)  That said, there's a time to snitch and there's a time to not snitch.  The decision lies on what will get better productivity and a pleasant workplace and not necessarily fear of losing "respectability from a workmate".  An ethical worker's loyalty should be to who signs your paycheck or who the signer of the paycheck assigns as the person managing your work (e.g. your boss).  So, if your workmate is making it difficult for you to accomplish the tasks that the signer of your paycheck assigns to you to earn that paycheck, then you'll need to tell your boss.  At the same time, if telling your boss will only cause a more unpleasant work experience (e.g. workplace contention), then you might need a creative solution in approaching your boss.  In any case, a good worker with good work ethic will always, first, try to solve the problem on their own before asking the boss for help.  This could include having a man-to-man talk with that workmate to tell them the adult version of "you're not the boss of me".
    3.)  Sometimes, the paycheck is not worth the headache.  In this case, forward planning is necessary.  Questions such as - how long can I go without a paycheck before I get desperate and prostitute myself just so I can eat?  Or, how hard would it be for me to find another job?  A lot of people say that job security means how long one can stay at a job.  I don't subscribe to that mindset.  I prefer to look at job security as how long it will take me to find another job when I decide to leave the one I have.  Interestingly, I've worked for the same company for over 20 years now.  But I've been doing the same type job since I was 12.  I've honed that skill to a point that I can work for any business doing what I do very efficiently, or open my own shop.  It helps that I really love doing what I do.  In any case, a lot of times, it is better to put one's shoulder at the wheel of a current job while looking for better opportunities rather than running away from that particular headache only for it to be replaced by another headache of figuring out every morning when you wake up where your meal ticket for the day is going to come from.
    Anyway, hope this helps.
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    Alemmedial reacted to omegaseamaster75 in Should i quit my job?   
    Don't be a snitch but don't be bullied by this other person either. start looking for and get another job before you quit.
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from dprh in Hi. My name is dprh and I'm an addict.   
    Hey bud welcome!
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    Alemmedial reacted to Heross in Hey   
    I'm new to this forum, so let's get acquainted!
    Happy holidays ☃️
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Happy Easter everyone   
    Have a happy Easter y'all!🐰
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Bros   
    Now that's funny!
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Happy Easter everyone   
    Have a happy Easter y'all!🐰
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from Jane_Doe in Happy Easter everyone   
    Have a happy Easter y'all!🐰
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from MrShorty in Happy Easter everyone   
    Have a happy Easter y'all!🐰
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    Alemmedial reacted to Vort in Bros   
    He wouldn't drink the koolaid, huh? How generous of him to join you in your fast!
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    Alemmedial got a reaction from NeuroTypical in Bros   
    Just that i need these types of bros and sisters, bro! Now how hard is it to talk to work mates about heavenly father am i right?!  For example I was just mentioning to a work mate the other day that i was fasting and straight away he said he would not follow me and said he would not drink the koolaid. It's crazy sometimes.