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I Am Not An Island or What Does God Have to Do With Animals?
Christians, if we live out our lives as Christians, that becomes a part of all we are, do and say. There is no separation from our personal lives into our business lives into our social lives or whatever. We are Christians and I got a taste of Christians banding together in unity as a team this week.
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How to Test the Spirits
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?
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Power of Prayer - The Most Valuable Dialogue of Your Life
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.
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No Star-Studded Career
Let us grasp from the outset that success as understood in the usual secular sense of the word is not promised in the kingdom of God. God never promised anybody a star-studded career. He never promised achievement in the worldly understanding of the word. In fact, He seem to promise the exact opposite.
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I Count It All Joy
A new chapter in my life begins today, the anniversary of my birth. It is therefore necessary that I pause to reflect upon this past year.
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Chicken Soup with Chopsticks: A Jew's Struggle for Truth in an Interfaith Relationship (excerpts)
Even as I started dating a Chinese girl, I knew I was embarking on a remarkable adventure. I just had no idea where and how far the adventure would take me. The more events unfolded, the more I realized that my view of the world and how I lived in it were being profoundly and permanently altered...
If the problem with marrying a gentile was that my religion prohibited intermarriage, why should that bother me? Perhaps not everything in Judaism made sense, and as an intelligent and thinking individual I could take from my heritage what I felt was meaningful and disregard the rest...
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Shallow Victories
Do you ever wonder if a life of faith is worth it? I once read that is a mark that you're living right, and perhaps it is. Still, it's difficult to look around and see people getting away with acting in ways that are clearly in defiance of our faith - and getting away with it! Fortunately, we know that the Lord also sees this, and we are assured that He will deal with it in His way and timing. This story tells how to find humor in such frustrating situations, and how to rest in knowing that in the end, it will all work out for good.
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Pebbles of Wisdom
It's not easy to face old habits to change. Most of us don't do it until we are up against the wall. But once we do, we realize the rewards are will worth the pain.
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Praying in Secret
An out-of-wedlock pregnancy causes this woman to turn to God in desperation -- and she finds only unconditional love.
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The End of Guilt
Is guilt necessary? Is it useful? Is it even a normal human emotion? Many feel this ugly emotion to be an unwelcome intruder which undermines their self worth and self esteem.
Do you want to begin to release it forever thereby reclaiming your rightful experience as a Divine Being in your own physical body?
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Four Voices
In everyone's mind there are always four voices being heard, God's, the devil's, other people's, and your own. Which voice you obey is based on your ability to discern.
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The Divine Self
Where do you look for an experience of the Divine? Religion? Your inner guides? Your higher self? Do you know that the experience of the Divine is not only inside you, it is you? In this article I lead you on a short journey that helps you begin reawaken this divine being that is you...
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Good News from Mars (Part 2)
Paul is led up a 512 ft. hill, Mars Hill, also known as Areopagus, and there he faces the Epicureans and the Stoics (and others). These intellectual giants represented the philosophical thinking of the day in which Paul lived. And when these PhD’s saw Paul, they sneered and considered him a vain babbler (seed picker).
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Grace - The Divine Influence of God
Grace is that which affords joy, pleasure, sweetness and delight. It’s good will, loving-kindness and favour demonstrates the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon the hearts and souls of believers, centres them in Christ, increasing them in knowledge and love as they walk according to His Spirit and not according to their own ways.
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Dark Cages
Acknowledgement of our need of God and reliance upon Him will not always rid us of life’s pressures, will not always remove from us the difficult situations, the dark cage within which we sometimes find ourselves trapped.
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Four Ways to Kiss Stress Goodbye
Stress should be banned in your personal arena. Here's four super easy ways to make sure you get a stress-free and fun-filled life!
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How Does Stress Affect Health - Frightening Facts About Stress and Anxiety
The symptoms of stress and anxiety syndrome are hot topics in medical circles and are the subjects of extensive research. The more that science and the medical community learns about the negative health effects of stress and anxiety the clearer it becomes that this is an issue that personally effects us all.
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Tips For Preventing Panic Attacks
Here are some tips for preventing panic attacks or, at the least, reducing the harmful side effects experienced when you suffer from a panic attack.
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Amazingly Simple, Extra-Ordinary, Essential Stress Buster Techniques
Quite simply, stress is how the mind perceives a situation and how our body then responds to a difficult challenge, obstacle or demand. Stress happens when we believe we do not have the time, experience, or resources to deal with a situation. The next time you are feeling stressed, take a moment and notice your body. Don't attempt to fix anything, just become aware. How exactly are you doing the experience of stress?
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Anxiety Management
Everyone has felt anxiety at one time or another. It may just be a little twinge or might be an overwhelming feeling that seems to last forever. Anxiety management is easier to deal with if you properly understand it. However, anxiety management or the short-term relief of anxiety symptoms, is now possible.
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