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The dealership where I got my car is a little ma and pa place. It's not the nicest car in the world (about a decade old and I'll have it paid off in a year, a total of $3,500). Yes, it's a cheap car... I didn't get a loan, or anything. Just went in and agreed to a monthly payment of $150. Part of my agreement was that I not take the car out of state (Kentucky) until it's paid for. Kinda silly, but whatever... Anyway, the car and insurance is in my dad's name. I'm just on the papers at the dealership. Now, a job change is forcing me to move halfway across the country.

So, questions... Assuming I continue to make my monthly payments, would the dealership hunt me or my dad down? And if they did have a problem if/when they found out I moved, would that be a legal problem for us, or would they just harass me with letters and phone calls until the car was brought back?

And if I sound like an idiot, it's because I am. 22 years old, and never had a car payment in my life. Yes, I'm an idiot.

Today, I lost my job. It was over something stupid. Honestly, I never saw it coming. It was my fault, but it is what it is.

Where I go to church, very few people like me anymore. (I said some things about the prophets they bring in not being prophets. And they're not.) I've lost my best friends to marriages and jobs. I was hosting a bible study, and people suddenly lost interest. People were getting spirit-filled, and I couldn't understand them just... stopping... Just like that. So losing my job today was the last straw.

I've read lots of things about adults packing up and leaving and not saying a word. But I'll be leaving with my five-year-old, and that's so scary. Honestly though, this should've been done a long time ago. His dad is a pedophile and looking at prison time, and he's a dangerous man.

I'm a child of the King. I know I'll be taken care of. But I'm so scared... What will happen to us? What if we run out of money? Do you think God would object to an adult running away? Please help...

I work a secular job, funded by the state, and Jesus is not allowed here. And I'm a discerner... What I do is kind of like home health. It's assisted living. One of the houses I work at, I've experienced some paranormal things. But tonight, it's been really, really bad, to the point that I'm scared beyond belief. Very sick to my stomach, very dizzy. I have four more hours before I can leave. I don't know if I can do this four more hours. What should I do? How do I make them go away?

I'm three months into my new job. I've made a lot of mistakes, but I'm also being accused of some I didn't do, and I have no way of proving it wasn't me. Monday, all three of my supervisors AND the director are having a meeting with me. I'm scared out of my mind. I guess I'm asking, what would Jesus do...? I want to handle this his way. (My way says, I quit now, or just make an early exit. I was very depressed before this job. The job has made it much worse, and I was leaning toward taking my own life. I can't handle this...)

For me, it was when our campus minister gave us each index cards and had us write where we saw ourselves in five years. Then we passed them all up. He then proceeded to put each and every one in a shredder. (The goal lesson was to let God direct our paths.)

I'm looking for loving moments of teaching. I host a bible study, and I want to really grip them. What are some of your experiences? What's the craziest, wisest thing a Sunday school teacher, youth leader, pastor, or whatever, has ever done?

I got a new bible from my mom for Christmas nearly two years ago. Only, she didn't write anything on the dedication page. No one has... So I'm wondering, what should I do? I'd like to have it formally presented for something special. I'm getting baptized soon, and wondered if my youth leader could fill out the dedication page.

Or is this silly for me to think about at all?

I've been on a diet for over a week now, and I'm doing really well. I thought about doing a fast for weight loss, but then in my research, I realized the level of blessing that could be received. I'm far more interested in a blessing that will have me closer to God.

My only concern is, if I begin a fast, will my focus be on the weight, or on Him? I would like to think that it would be the latter, and weight loss would just be a bonus. But I'm not so sure.

Would a fast now during my diet be a bad idea? Should I wait and do two separate fasts? What do you guys think?

So... A few nights ago, I had a frightening encounter. I'll keep this question short, but just know that I, beyond a doubt, saw SOMETHING. I believe with my whole being that it was a demon.

I know I have the authority to rebuke this thing in Jesus' name. But I can't help feeling like I'm ready to jump out of my skin. The worst I've seen tonight was just its shadow, but it's enough to let me know it's here. I'm stuck here until 8am. I brought a crucifix and my bible, and I walked around rebuking it "in the name of Christ Jesus, my King" when I first got here.

Please offer me some words of comfort. I'm so scared. I know the authority I have, but it's not everyday you see something like this...

Say a woman was trying to leave her abusive husband, and had no money or vehicle. How could she travel? Are there groups or organizations that could help her with, say, a bus or plane ticket?

(I know this is a little misplaced, but I couldn't seem to find any appropriate category for this question.)

My brother molested me for six years, and my dad and grandmother knew it was happening. They still let it continue. Now, I'm pressing charges, and the first step was a DVO. It's like a big joke to my family, and they're trying to get me to drop the DVO, in particular, but also drop everything.

Last night, my dad called me and didn't hang up the phone. I have a three-minute voicemail conversation of the whole family talking, and admitting that my dad sneaked off with my son while I was in the emergency room last week, and took him to see my brother. I've tried for two days to speak with someone at the sheriff's office, and nobody even calls me back.

What else should I do? Should I call the police where my brother lives and have him arrested? Should I call our state police? Can I send my dad to jail, too? Please help... I'm ready to pack us up and run away to the farthest state I can get to.

I went last night to the emergency room with shortness of breath, chest and neck pain, a coughing attack, and a heart rate of 256, and was told I had asthmatic bronchitis. The doctor gave me a corticosteroid shot and sent me home. I've felt okay for most of the day, except now. The chest pain is back, twice as bad as before, and now my heart feels funny. My head hurts, I feel nauseous, I'm shaky, tired, weak, dizzy, and I feel like I can't breathe. Or rather, I can breathe, but it's like there's no oxygen. It's just breathing nothing.

I'm afraid if I go back, they'll admit me. I'm a single mom with no family. What will happen to my son if they keep me? What do I do?

("Yes, because you might burn yourself." Haha! Okay, moving on...)

I know where we should stand on drinking alcohol in excess, but what about cooking? Specifically speaking, I found a recipe for beer-batter chicken strips. I'm not sure, but I've heard the actual alcohol is cooked away. Regardless, I've yet to find any information on google about the topic of specifically cooking with alcohol, rather than drinking it.

What do you guys think? Should a Christian avoid "alcoholic" food? (Beer-batter chicken, wine marinate, etc.)

I'm speaking / sharing testimony at a Methodist church tomorrow, and I've never even been in one before. Is there a certain way to dress, act, etc.? I'm in a nondenominational church right now, and was raised Baptist. I've heard Methodist is pretty similar to Baptist. But is there anything I should know in advance? (Like, Pentecostal women wear skirts, catholic priests are referred to as father... Stuff like that. I don't want to make a bad impression.) Please and thanks!

Besides the obvious fellow church members, I mean... Like, is there a website for Christians to meet other Christian friends? Kind of like a dating site, only STRICTLY friends. Or even better, strictly for finding someone with the same goal.

(Or maybe someone on here is interested, and I could skip the middle man? Long shot, I know... Haha)

If any of you happen to see my earlier post, after drinking a pint of 60 proof schnapps, I'm still kicking. But...

...A year ago, I was so in fire for God, it wasn't funny. Nothing could have extinguished the flame. Except alcohol. Except pornography. Except etc., etc....

I don't think God will ever take me back. Why would He? Hebrews 6:6, I sinned after having been enlightened. And I gave up battling my addictions. I was tired if telling God I was sorry every day. I just couldn't stop. I did stop for a while. Now, it's like He never knew me.

I want to end my life. I want to die. Please help... Tell me, will God take me back?

I'm 5'5" and 220. Besides dying from obesity, did I drink too much? 60 proof.

Suicidal. Was/am a Christian. God can't still love me... I was an alcoholic. First drink in over a year. I miss God. I love Him. Want him bak. Please help....

I'm a Christian too, and I'm simply curious. Nothing more. No you-know-your-mom-was-a-monkey crap.

We know each book of the bible is inspired by God, written consistently over the course of thousands of years, and we know each book is consistent to the previous ones. Another fact is, we know some prophecies have come true that weren't supposed to come true until recent centuries (Holocaust, for example). It's also true that modern-day evangelists, like Rob Bell and Billy Graham, have had lives similar to those of the apostles, whose stories were continued well into the ending books.

All of this having been said... Wouldn't it make sense to add more books, showing fulfilled prophecies and the continuation of important missionaries? This question would be assuming that someone was being led by God to write such a thing.

What do you think?

I really need to go to the hospital. But I'm a single mom. What would happen to my son if I was admitted? I'm 99% sure I will be there a few days to a week. It's life or death that I go. But I can't leave my son. Help...

I've failed miserably... I was a Follower of Christ through and through, and then I fell back into a bad habit in a weak moment. My sin only got worse and worse. Now, I've been regretting it more than usual. I want to throw myself at the nearest altar and beg for forgiveness. But I know He won't take me back. I hear people say things like, "I was evil, and I didn't think I could be forgiven." And after a laundry list of their crimes, I always have to say that what I've done is way, way worse...

Is there a chance this deep regret could be God trying to nudge me in the right direction? Or is it nothing more than my regret and fear trying to kill me?

Without mentioning pitiful details... I didn't grow up normal. I was abused and hidden for years. I went to school, came home, and that was it. Normal things that everybody does, I never learned how to do. And now, a mom at 22, I have to learn. And I'm totally on my own.

Cleaning the house... Where do you start? Is there a certain order things should be done? Should I take a shower before or after cleaning the house? Does it matter? How do you get the grease off of dishes? How do you clean a couch that a child has thrown up on? A bed? And once you wash all the sheets, how do you put them back on? Can you put pillows in the washer?

Any other advice you can offer?