NOTHING comes as a ‘surprise’ to Your Creator/your Sourcd!
“I’ll get ‘it’ right…”; “Just this time…”; “I can always ask God for forgiveness!”…
Do you like gambling? There are numerous helpline’s, resources for the disease:
For immediate, free, and confidential help with gambling addiction near you, call the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537), text 800GAM, or chat online at National Council on Problem Gambling, available 24/7. Localized resources in New Jersey and New York include regional Problem Gambling Resource Centers for referrals to counselors and support groups.
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Key Resources Near You:
- National Helpline: Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER for immediate, confidential support and local treatment referrals.
- New York/Regional Support: Contact the HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (467369) or text HOPENY for 24/7 support.
- New Jersey Treatment: Localized help is available through organizations like CarePlus NJ and the Discovery Institute in Marlboro.
- Support Groups:
- Gamblers Anonymous (GA): 12-step meetings to help you stop gambling.
- Gam-Anon: Support for family members and loved ones.
- SMART Recovery: Offers tools to help you change your behavior and manage urges.
Treatment & Support Options:
- Counseling: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is highly effective for changing unhealthy habits.
- Self-Exclusion: You can register to be barred from casinos, sports betting, and online gambling sites.
- Financial Counseling: Specialized services to help manage debt caused by gambling.
Yeah, yeah, yeah…. seriously, as stated there are helpline’s galore! But, your eternity! Gambling with that?!!!
To assure where your eternity is spent, Christianity teaches placing faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing He died for sins and rose again. This personal choice, often involving confession and repentance, offers security in spending eternity in Heaven. It is a personal,, not inherited, decision.
Key aspects of securing your eternal destiny:
The Decision: Choosing to follow Jesus is portrayed as the defining moment that determines your afterlife destination.
The Promise: The Bible offers assurance that those who believe in Jesus have passed from death to life and will not face condemnation.
The Action: This involves confessing with your mouth that “Jesus is Lord” and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead.
Relationship over Works: While good works may follow, salvation is presented as a free gift of grace, not earned through human effort.
Ultimately, the message is that everyone has a choice between spending eternity with God in Heaven or, by rejecting Him, being separated from Him!
According to religious traditions, particularly emphasized in Psalm 139, God possesses complete omniscience, knowing every detail of a person’s life, including thoughts, actions, secrets, and future, even before they happen. This divine knowledge is not distant but intimate, stemming from a creator’s understanding, often described as loving and comforting.
Key Aspects of Divine Knowledge:
- Total Awareness: God knows a person’s actions, such as sitting and rising, as well as their spoken words before they are uttered.
- Internal Depths: God understands the motives, intentions, and deep struggles of the heart, even those hidden from others.
- Complete Life Span: God knows a person from before birth, including their entire life story.
- Comfort in Knowledge: This concept is presented as comforting because it means being fully known and still deeply loved, allowing for transparency and trust in God’s guidance.
- Omniscience: The understanding that God’s knowledge is not limited to data but includes the “why” behind actions and thoughts.