Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

The gospel started with Abraham. That is why Scripture says he was introduced to the gospel in advance. If anyone was ever a religious fanatic it was Abraham. If anyone ever had an excuse to disobey God it was Abraham. God tested him in many ways including asking him to offer his only son of promise on the altar. Because he passed the test, we have the blessings of being in Christ.

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The human nature means the soul and the body. There can never be a balance and harmony between the soul and the body without Islam.

Over the past number of years, while going through my studies and research, information and answers come to the surface that are most astounding. I have come to understand things differently than I ...

The deeper beauty of spring is its process. In winter's last days, as the sun warms the earth, each root and branch awakens to the patterned memory of who it is and what it can be. Life stirs and nat...

Be filled with the Spirit.… always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -EPHESIANS 5:18, 20 Some years ago, a couple traveled from their home in Chicago to Arrowhead Springs to talk to me about an idea they had. “We heard your lecture on how to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Our lives have been dramatically changed as a result,” they said enthusiastically. “We have come to encourage you to go on national television to tell Christians everywhere how they can know the Holy Spirit and experience His revolutionary impact in and through their lives.” I am humbly grateful to God for the privilege of teaching these great truths concerning the Holy Spirit to tens of millions of people through-out the world, often with the same dramatic results this couple enjoyed. To be effective lighthouses for Jesus Christ, we must be empowered by the Holy Spirit. Without that filling, we will fail miserably in our spiritual lives and accomplish little to reach other people for Christ.

Take a moment and go within. Can you feel the winds of change? If you cannot feel it within yourself, look at the world around you. Can you see how the winds of change buffet your family, friends and coworkers? The winds of change, of course, are the underlying cause of your major news stories.

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When you think about your body you probably tend to imagine your physical presence (your hair, face, arms, legs, etc.). But what about the other side of the coin? The energy side? We are not only made up of flesh and bone, we are also made up of energy. You can feel it when you are on a roller coaster and it’s rushing down an insanely steep track. The elation or horror that you feel is energy.

Many years ago, children from birth to four or five years of age exercised natural preschool stress relief. Training in preschool stress relief was both unknown and unnecessary.

Use three methods to help you eliminate stress and anxiety.

Panic attack disorder is treatable in various forms and, as with any disorder, the selection of treatment is based on how severe the disorder is and the individual's own physiology.

Anxiety disorder is a term that covers many different types of nervous conditions that cause anxiousness, feelings of fear or other unwanted, counterproductive or irrational feelings.

Your brain is raging with five different deadlines or is that 25? Five major, unfinished tasks-all high-priority. And the fireman within your brain toils endlessly as the fires of work take over. The brain is fine when dealing with one or two, or even three crises at once. But when you have six squillion things on your to-do list

With stress management from the inside out, you address challenges from your center of inner wisdom. Start with a small commitment to meditate, contemplate or pray, to build a foundation of inner peace which will help to prevent stress and provide resilience when you need to reduce stress.

A stress management key for inner peace is observation of your stress situation as if from a mountaintop, becoming a Neutral Loving Observer. From this perspective it is easy to find your opportunities for learning plus hidden benefits and solutions. This article shares an example from my life, demonstrating the benefits of being a Neutral Loving Observer for stress reduction and personal peace.

In contemporary society and in this rapid race of life, stressful situations are very hard to avoid. Stress can be harmful enough to damage your health, cause mental and physical problems and also spoil your performance.

There is much talk of aromatherapy and scents. Everywhere you look, scents are being added to product lines. Traditionally, we see them in body lotions, shampoos and other topical skin care products. Even a well-known toothpaste company now makes vanilla and orange scented toothpaste. Big name marketers know the power of scent.

Here are five stress relief techniques to help you.