Paul and Silas were escorted to the lowered dungeon, uncomfortable, in chains, mistreated, hurting and still probably bleeding from the beatings. One would expect them to be belligerent, angry, complaining but instead we find them singing and rejoicing. At midnight when it would seem they would have been trying to rest and soothe themselves, they prayed and sang praises to God.

Is God too busy to handle all the small stuff in my life? Do I only go to Him with the really big problems?

Sometimes in our dreams we are visited by a stranger, some ominous personality that we do not recognize and we do not know if this is a good stranger or a not so good stranger. Sometimes we feel a negative energy around us and do not like this feeling. Is this really an angel? Is this really a guide? How do we know who to trust?

Want happiness to follow you around without taking responsibility for how you live? The most published and read book in the world is the Bible. The Bible clearly outlines how to be happy. Many refuse to read the Bible because of their fear that it will brainwash them, or force them into a life that they don't want. The Bible is a puppy that wants to lick you cheek and asks only that you listen. Then you choose...

The spiritually dead church. In my life, as a minister's son, I have seen many spiritually dead churches. There is no love, or working of the spirit. Some churches, have become a haven, for social gatherings, gossip meetings, and condemnation.

It’s the most powerful weapon on Earth. It can turn the impossible to the possible in a matter of seconds. Yet, few people even Christians seem to take advantage of this free, priceless commodity. The name of this mighty weapon you may ask? Prayer: The act of conversing with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. If it’s not the constant bombardment of the media focusing only on negativity, it’s the monotony of our daily life which causes many to forget this simple task at our fingertips.

Our True Selves are from Heaven, and they are all equal. Why is there the distinction of good and evil in human character?

As we approach the calendar date predicted by the Mayans and other indigenous people as the end of our age, this question is becoming an increasingly burning concern.

Conflict arises solely from the refusal to shift the point from which one views: What you see depends on where your looking from. An interesting exploration of why people perceive so many different versions of truth.

From the moment we are born, we are talk to be selfless, to think about others first and deny ourselves at our own expense. How can one give if we have nothing to give, if we are not allowed to collect abundance, whether it is love or money? It is our nature to be selfish and to...

Being content whether have plenty or little as long as we rest in the arms of the One who provides it all for us.

Rabbi Kushner could not comprehend how a loving, supposedly merciful and compassionate and just God, could allow such a tragedy to befall him and his loved ones. After all, he considered himself a God-fearing, obedient man who was living a more religiously committed life than most people. So how could a God of justice permit so great an injustice?

This week you may get knocked down off your feet. It may take you a while to get on sure footing and it may take strength of the heart to move forward. But keep the initiative, spring forward and live the life God has always wanted for you.

Choose... On one side there is a dark cloud. It is full of pain, sickness, disease, poverty, and death. All of the curses talked about in Deuteronomy 28 are swarming in circles...

Archangel Raphael is considered the guardian angel of humanity. He is also the divine physician, the archangel of health and healing, and the angel of abundance and creativity

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. --2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, KJV It may have happened to you at a Billy Graham Crusade. Perhaps it was during a telecast of The 700 Club or during a conversation with a friend. Maybe you were alone with God when it happened. But some-how, someplace deep within, you believed that Jesus of Nazareth, God’s Son, died for your sins and rose from the dead to be your Lord and Savior. Then that belief grew into action, and you called out, “Jesus, I take You as my Savior. I surrender to You. Be the Lord of my life!”

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. --GALATIANS 3:27, RSV I was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. It hit me when I used the word remember.

Many types and styles of Tarot cards exist, and a breakdown of even the more common Tarot card deck reads like a mysterious journey into the occult – and perhaps it is!

In my imagined world no one exists but me. I live in an illusion of non existant beings and yet the illusion is solid enough to be reflected back to me in the eyes of others that I look into. These other beings come and go as I need them fading in and out of my life like early morning mists. Always there, always present but not visable. I am in a room of mirrors with distorted figures of myself. Awareness leading me back to this hallucination, a ghostly figure caught up in the illusion of self, believing that I actually exist.

Do you have difficulty leaving work behind at the end of the day? Do you find yourself dwelling on problems at work? Learn why you do this and what can be done about it.

Stress is a lethal killer, but hard to notice most of the time. To protect yourself, spend some time at one of the many Stockton spas.

When was the last time you sang in the rain? For that matter when was the last time you went out in the rain and soaked up the fresh air?

Teenagers have an assortment of stresses in their lives, but we must not try to extinguish them all. If we want to introduce teens to teenage stress management, we must first teach them to distinguish between bad stress (distress) and good stress (eustress).