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Do you battle with negative thoughts or just can't turn off the dialogue in your head? Do you find yourself having conversations with people who aren't even there? Many people suffer from compulsive and negative thinking, but you can learn to stop these voices in your head by creating a mental ... Views: 1866
I love asking people if they feel that God loves them. Most respond,"Yes!"; I then ask the more challenging question: "How do you know?"; That's when it becomes interesting.
I invite you to join me in raising a toast to God, Who made it very clear to me, once again, that He must really love ... Views: 802
In my book Why Is God Laughing, the premise is that the ground of our being is joyous and full of laughter. I have often been asked, “With so much suffering in the world how can you say God is laughing?” There is extreme exploitation of people everywhere , 50% of the world’s population are ... Views: 828
Ancestor Yule Passing:
To my Grandfather, my forgiveness and peace.
To my Granny Pat, may grace kiss your cheek.
To my Father, May the Halls of Valhalla open wide their arms to receive you.
To my Mother, My Love, My Respect, My Wishes for a grand and everlasting peace.
I respectfully ... Views: 1498
One of the most essential parts of Christianity lies in recognizing the fact that Jesus Christ was divine. And one of the ways in which his divinity is proved by scholars in the Bible is to emphasize the several miracles that Jesus in academic circles, are oftentimes categorized according to the ... Views: 783
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. – Matthew 6:34
Despite the challenging financial times, the wars, crime, job loss, divorce, etc. you have plenty to be thankful for. Only if you look around and acknowledge the good ... Views: 1048
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he ... Views: 741
"God's the kind of guy you can trust," was my friend John's advice on a particularly bleak autumn morning. At the time, I probably gave him one of those oh-please-do-you-think-this-is-going-to-help-me-pay-my-bills looks. Sure, he could trust the Universe. He had a beautiful wife and a great ... Views: 667
[1Corinthians 13:13] And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Please see the following website for scriptures pertaining to Love, Faith and Hope.
http://www.lovefaithhopefellowship.com/d_Love_Faith_Hope.html
HOPE
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If you're not relating with God at the level you'd like, or if you're just plain "stuck" when it comes to praying, below are some suggestions you may want to consider. If you wish, you can incorporate one of these suggestions into your current prayer practice, or you can use one or more of the ... Views: 2650
Many people get chill(s) such as "cold" chills or "shuddering" chill which will be addressed in a future article . What we are talking about here is..................
Have you ever felt a "chill" or "chills" where it feels like a current of energy has gone through you for a moment or two? ... Views: 12625
Discouragement is not a terminal disease. It is an ailment that we have all had at one time or another but it can be healed. Whenever I get discouraged I reconnect spiritually by reading some of my favorite biblical passages as well as using prayer. Some of the great leaders of ancient Israel ... Views: 1154
It's a hard thing to observe in a person: the loss of hope when her doctor has informed her she has an "incurable" disease; yet on a surprisingly regular basis I see someone who has cured the incurable, who has held fast to hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Perhaps it's ... Views: 1236
A tragic event took place last week. A man by the name of Jason William Schultz was sitting and waiting at a bus stop in Southern California when he was struck by an elderly driver who lost control of his car. A fireman at the accident site spoke with a witness…a woman was there with Schultz. ... Views: 680
My dog died this morning. He was a small, black, mixed-breed, part Chihuahua, perhaps part miniature pinscher. I adopted him five years ago after someone dropped him off at a pet shop in South Miami Beach. The owners gave him to their parents, who are my friends, and I fell for his hyperactive ... Views: 982
When the subject is: Communicating with God, "How do you know when you're hearing God's voice?" is the most often asked question.
Perhaps you've been praying or meditating and you sense you're hearing God's voice - but you're not sure - how do you know?
I suppose we'd all like definitive ... Views: 1936
I am sure the nurses at Muskogee Regional Medical Center must have thought I was a “first-time father”, an inexperienced rookie dad, because I stood outside the hospital nursery, peering through the window at my newly born baby girl (Haylee) for more than an hour. In fact, one nurse came out to ... Views: 1834
Are you really there, God? Are you deep inside of me and all around me? Have you not created everything I see and all of the unseen? Are your miracles of life everywhere present? Is your hope of eternal life possible for me? Do you love me like your child? Is it time for me to grow up? ... Views: 1090
During my last few years of study at the university, I discovered that I could not digest any food or drink water. That unhealthy condition started with my strong belief of tainted food I had eaten. Whenever I was taking some food, afterwards I felt an unbearable pain in my stomach and gradually ... Views: 1468
I've heard it a thousand times. I've probably said it a thousand times myself. Someone bares their soul to me, and the situation is terrible, painful, difficult ... far beyond the reach of anything I can do – or anyone can do – to help. And then those six words slip from my lips:
"All I can do ... Views: 1699
1997 was a very hard year for me. I was 30 years old and came back home to take care of my dad. He had been ill for a number of years and I had been his primary care giver.
My dad was 72 and had several mini strokes over the course of a few years and diabetes, dementia and heart disease. He was ... Views: 997
It was nearly a decade ago, and rock climbing was all the rave. I found myself with a harness wrapped around my torso and legs with a line running up the rock wall above me and another running behind me to someone who ‘had my back’ and who was there to help with my novice descent back down.
As ... Views: 937
Of all our emotions, faith is probably the strongest. It is a state of mind that most effects the subconscious. This is important when it comes to putting your thoughts into action in everyday life. If you set yourself a task but are lacking the faith in yourself to complete it then ... Views: 2424
Perhaps it is not God turning away from people, so much as people turning their backs on God. It begins with the assumption presented that there is only ONE religion.
God is found in all religions. He expresses him/her self in many and varied ways. There are many paths up the mountain (to the ... Views: 1027
With each new year we re-adjust our course and set new goals. These goals, born in winter, are set forth in hopes of a spring bloom. As winter gives way to the early signs of spring, we see the budding trees and the days growing longer, little by little. It’s at this time that we often realize ... Views: 1763
As I write today we are two days past Easter and one day away from the income tax filing deadline here in the United States. Redemption wrapped in hope could not be more powerfully met in any two days. Or so it seems. Easter is about believing that God's power can defy death. Paying taxes is ... Views: 894
I was tossing around a topic to write on today, some great ideas came to mind, and then I received an email that redirected my focus. The featured article in her newsletter is entitled “Forget About Miracles” with an opening line of “Whatever the case may be, you can stop praying for a miracle. ... Views: 1030
Such a time as today when around every corner appears fear and worry, what can someone do? The question coming through loudly is; how can I overcome this issue of fear and worry? Then you hear the self-blame of what did I do wrong? In a country so rich in resources it is shocking to see where ... Views: 1028
The philosophy of a skeptic: show me the proof and then I’ll believe. People who call themselves realists are given to following logic and will trust only where reason leads them. But here’s the rub when it comes to logic and reason, it’s all open to interpretation. Have you ever heard the ... Views: 846
One of my favorite quotes by Jesus is found in Matthew 17, versus 17 through 20.
The story is about a man who brought his son to Jesus to be cured of an evil spirit. The man had told Jesus that the disciples were unable to cure him.
Here is the King James version;
Matthew 17.17 – Then Jesus ... Views: 8632
How often have you asked for assistance, signs, insight, clarity…only to feel confused when the outcome is contrary to what we received? This happens to all of us – lately I have been asking for signs, confirmation, from my angels and guides to remind me that the messages I am getting are true ... Views: 792
The economic collapse we’re experiencing was really a long time in coming and now that we’re looking backwards with clear and sober eyes, we can recognize the signs for what they were. Many of us were spending as though there was no tomorrow, investing our money without fully understanding or ... Views: 830
To have an opinion is often times bold; however, to have an opinion to have no opinion at all is still an opinion. Not to bewilder, but it makes perfect sense! One can choose not to choose rather than make a choice of no action. To be neutral by choice can be not unlike shades of gray verses ... Views: 982
2 Corinthians 12:9: "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Humility
Humility is the genuine acknowledgment of one's weakness, ... Views: 4259
Act from Fear and Die or Trust in Our Higher Nature
by Neil Fiore, 1st Lieutenant, 101st Airborne 1965-1966
I’d been in Vietnam exactly four months with an advanced unit of the 101st Airborne, when Francois invited a Special Forces Lt. Colonel, me and two other lieutenants to his exclusive ... Views: 1245
Many years ago, my husband and I decided to divorce. We listed our house for sale. At the time it was a downward market, and houses were not selling.
Patiently, I waited. While the house was listed, I began a search for a new home, but we were losing equity in our home every day. Our house was ... Views: 1116
Worry, this is absolutely the biggest waste of time ever. There is no place for worry in your new and improved life. Worry is proof that subconsciously, way deep down inside, we don’t really believe that we will get what we are asking for. If we really believe with all of our heart that our ... Views: 1192
So here I am. Although where “here” is, I don’t know. I do know I died, that is my physical self died and then I was here. A ghost I guess!
I often wondered how death would come. Now I know. In fact, I now know it was not something I should have given any precious moments think about when I ... Views: 1060
As Christians we know that faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1). So, faith is a thing – a substance. It’s not a substance like a chair or a car. It is not a visible, solid, or at least what appears to us as a solid, substance. But it is a substance none-the-less. In ... Views: 2169
A month ago my brother Frank was in a terrible motor bike accident in the sand dunes outside Doha, Qatar, where he has lived for the last 3 years. He broke many ribs, collapsed part of his lung, damaged his kidney, broke his femur but worst of all, badly injured his spinal cord at T12 (waist ... Views: 1057
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
Have you ever asked yourself why Jesus had to die? If what the Bible and Christian tradition says (that some 2000 years ago, Jesus dies on a cross for humanity) is true, the questions ... Views: 1507
“Never instead of…always in addition to” reflects what, to me, lies at the heart of the interfaith movement.
Interfaith is a “spiritual philosophy that respects and fully accepts, the wisdom contained in the worlds religions.” The understanding of the truth contained in those religions brings ... Views: 1370
"The Doctor's Opinion"
-It Defies Psychologists
Why Co-Creative Life Recovery may be the best option to those with addictions; it works for everybody! A spiritual awakening plays a key role in the recovery of a life ANY person wants. While it works for those with addictions, it works for ALL. ... Views: 977
With our country in economic chaos, like we’ve never seen before in our lifetime, now more then ever we need to be praying that God blesses our new president with divine guidance. No president since Franklin Roosevelt has faced the challenges that are ahead for President Elect Barack Obama. We ... Views: 1004
Someone wrote to me asking ‘how do you stay strong, hold onto faith and hear your inner voice when life presents you with challenges?’ It is a question many people struggle with myself included, when ’stuff’ happens it is difficult to hang onto the belief this too shall pass and everything will ... Views: 1432
On a typical Saturday afternoon in my Home Based Music School, I was teaching a Voice Class and my 96-year-old mother was her usual self in her own room-watching TV after having her breakfast and morning medications.
Before I continue, let me state that for a long while now privately and in my ... Views: 1203
The light of a star guided three wise men to a stable to find the light personified by the baby Jesus. Throughout the gospels the concept of light was often used as an analogy for wisdom, goodness, and the Spirit of God. Jesus frequently referred to Himself as “the Light,” especially ... Views: 1391
Two years ago actress Gabrielle Union, in an interview with Oprah, spoke about the day she had been raped. She was 19 years old at the time and was working at a shoe store. One evening, around closing time, a man came into the store. “Within seconds, Gabrielle says she knew something was ... Views: 3834
By
Bill Cottringer
“Faith doesn’t fixate on the ownership of absolute truth of the mystery of life, it allows our experience and understanding of this mystery to grow as it may, with or without our belief and consent.” ~The author.
One process seems most real to me—the creative movement ... Views: 841
An excerpt from Talitha Cumi; Mothers and Daughters Arise!
At the age of fourteen, I made up in my mind that I would never do drugs, never become a whore, nor would I loose my mind and I would be a success. Why did I make such an affirmation? Well, a very significant occurrence happened at ... Views: 806