tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42661318475199931382024-02-19T01:33:09.118-08:00The New LifeDaily Devotion, Sermons, Church Events, Inspiration, Mind Renewal. The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-26653250327006183762016-01-27T17:06:00.001-08:002016-01-27T17:08:26.354-08:00How to attract more of the things you want<div><i>Thinksgrowprosper.org</i></div><div><header class="entry-header" style="margin-bottom: 36px;"><div class="meta-below-title no-categories" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="entry-byline" style="display: inline;"></div></span></div></header><div class="entry-content e-content"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1453936918754" id="item-56a94ce3a976afbe845e77d5"><div class="row sqs-row" style="width: auto !important; margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" style="float: left; width: 734px; padding-right: 0px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-97f6b96c5a825583b34f" style="position: relative; height: auto; outline: transparent solid 1px; transition: box-shadow 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: box-shadow 0.1s ease-in-out; padding: 0px 17px; clear: none;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none; cursor: auto;"><p style="margin-top: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have you ever heard any of these phrases?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Energy flows where attention goes.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“What you focus on expands.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“What you empower, you attract.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This idea has been stated in many different ways, but the message is basically the same:</span></p><p><em><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You get more of what you focus on, so focus on what you want.</strong></em></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These aren’t just nice sounding phrases—they actually have real world applications. In fact, applying this concept in my own life has dramatically increased my happiness, success and overall mental health.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I’m going to share with you why this concept is so important and how you can also benefit from it by applying it to your own life.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's the deal:</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Whatever you give focused and intense energy or emotion to is what you will tend to get more of in your life. You’ve probably observed this on your own already.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's an example from my life: There was a time when I was radically changing my diet and was adopting a healthier lifestyle. The thought I would have on repeat was, "no one will understand."</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Can you guess what happened?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">People did not understand me! They didn't understand why I had chosen to shift my habits.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Was it that I surrounded myself with unsupportive people? OR could it have been that my focus on the fear they wouldn't understand colored my behavior? </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Looking back, I now realize that it wasn't that I had unsupportive people in my life, it was that I was focusing on the doubts people had regarding my lifestyle changes and was interpreting them as unsupportive.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Because of this, I was more defensive and I often came off as judgmental.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eventually, I became excited enough and focused enough on improving my own health that I was no longer paying attention to what others thought.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And guess what?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All of a sudden people seemed supportive of what I was up to. So much so that I even became a resource for friends and family who were trying to make improvements to their health and diet.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The amazing lesson: You will continue to get more of whatever it is you are giving your energy to, <em>regardless of whether that energy is positive or negative</em>.</span></p><p><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What you love, you empower. What you fear, you empower. What you empower, you attract.</strong></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Emotions like love, fear, gratitude and anger are highly energized states and all have potent creative power.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So understand that when you are constantly complaining about or dwelling on something you dislike, you are also paradoxically bringing it to life and making it more real.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For example, if you're constantly stressing about not being able to afford things or pay your bills and you're always thinking about money while in this negative energy state, you're not actually focusing on money, you're focusing on <em><strong>the lack of it</strong></em>.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In this example, you would shift your focus to the things you <em>can </em>afford, the bills you <em>can </em>pay, and the things you are doing to <em>increase </em>your income.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's a subtle distinction, but a very important one.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Complaining or worrying about something only reinforces and perpetuates those unwanted realities. Too often, people give their energy and attention to the things they don't want and not enough to the things that they do. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you do not want something in your life, don't give it any attention!</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Don't create campaigns against it.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Don't try and bring awareness to it.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Instead, bring awareness to what you prefer. Focus on that and breath life into that.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's very simple:</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Talk about your blessings more than your burdens.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Focus on what you want, not on what you don't.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Imagine what could go right instead of worrying about what could go wrong.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You get the idea.</span></p><p><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Focus on that which you would like to experience more of and you will draw more things like it into your life.</strong></p><p><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You get what you focus on, so focus on what you want.</em></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have this mantra on repeat in my mind. It may seem simplistic but it's the simple things that are often the most powerful.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">None of this is to discount the very real negative experiences and circumstances that we may face throughout our lives and the impact that they have on our mental and emotional states.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I simply share these concepts with you to help you deal with the everyday challenges you face but also to help you be more prepared to deal with the more rare and grave negative events that may happen. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Much love,</span></p><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-2123441204642000992016-01-26T14:39:00.001-08:002016-01-26T14:39:53.067-08:00Mindset for 2016<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn1UIqP1yDkBOTIzCjsYkYmZ5BJrdckGinci59E8tzOaDevLFuRgfeIHjPD1PRJSX7Hl4EhIX6KoSDPvWhnp7FkZzcpQUv63j1acNVnElBklpNKpJ4vtwBiQPI0i_dr_Bi2gy-om1BfU/s640/blogger-image-770583436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn1UIqP1yDkBOTIzCjsYkYmZ5BJrdckGinci59E8tzOaDevLFuRgfeIHjPD1PRJSX7Hl4EhIX6KoSDPvWhnp7FkZzcpQUv63j1acNVnElBklpNKpJ4vtwBiQPI0i_dr_Bi2gy-om1BfU/s640/blogger-image-770583436.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div>As the year 2016 starts people have various ideas of how it should be, some dont want what happened in 2015 to repeat itself(financially and otherwise). Its so easy for bad experiences in 2015 to repeat itself but with God and a renewed mind you can have the best 2016 ever. Here are a few tips to improve your 2016<div><br></div><div>1) Pray more</div><div>2) Forget about the bad experiences and focus on the good that happened in 2015 if you must think back.</div><div>3) Be extremely positive minded</div><div>4) Celebrate people</div><div>5) Stop blaming people for your problems, take responsibility</div><div>6) Love more.</div>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-8960529371457616882015-08-30T14:17:00.000-07:002015-08-30T14:17:24.167-07:00what is the power of the Holy Spirit<strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Question: "What is the power of the Holy Spirit?"<br /><br />Answer: </strong><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The power of the Holy Spirit is the power of God. The Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, has appeared throughout Scripture as a Being through and by whom great works of power are made manifest. His power was first seen in the act of creation, for it was by His power the world came into being (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Gen 1.1–2" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Gen%201.1%E2%80%932" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Genesis 1:1–2</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Job 26.13" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Job%2026.13" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Job 26:13</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). The Holy Spirit also empowered men in the Old Testament to bring about God’s will: “So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power” (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="1 Sam 16.13" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Sam%2016.13" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">1 Samuel 16:13</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; see also </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Exod 31.2–5" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Exod%2031.2%E2%80%935" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Exodus 31:2–5</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Num 27.18" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Num%2027.18" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Numbers 27:18</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). Although the Spirit did not permanently indwell God’s people in the Old Testament, He worked through them and gave them power to achieve things they would not have been able to accomplish on their own. All of Samson’s feats of strength are directly attributed to the Spirit coming upon him (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Judg 14.6" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Judg%2014.6" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Judges 14:6</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">, </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Judges 14.19" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Judges%2014.19" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">19</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Judges 15.14" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Judges%2015.14" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">15:14</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">).</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Jesus promised the Spirit as a permanent guide, teacher, seal of salvation, and comforter for believers (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="John 14.16-18" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%2014.16-18" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">John 14:16-18</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). He also promised that the Holy Spirit’s power would help His followers to spread the message of the gospel around the world: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Acts 1.8" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%201.8" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Acts 1:8</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). The salvation of souls is a supernatural work only made possible by the Holy Spirit’s power at work in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">When the Holy Spirit descended upon believers at Pentecost, it was not a quiet event, but a powerful one. “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Acts 2.1–4" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%202.1%E2%80%934" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Acts 2:1–4</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). Immediately afterward, the disciples spoke to the crowds gathered in Jerusalem for the </span><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/Feast-of-Weeks.html" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feast of Pentecost</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">. These people hailed from a variety of nations and therefore spoke many different languages. Imagine their surprise and wonder when the disciples spoke to them in their own tongues (verses 5–12)! Clearly, this was not something the disciples could have accomplished on their own without many months—or even years—of study. The Holy Spirit’s power was made manifest to a great number of people that day, resulting in the conversion of about 3,000 (verse 41).</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">During His earthly ministry, Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Luke 4.1" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Luke%204.1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Luke 4:1</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">), led by the Spirit (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Luke 4.14" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Luke%204.14" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Luke 4:14</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">), and empowered by the Spirit to perform miracles (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Matt 12.28" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matt%2012.28" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Matthew 12:28</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). After Jesus had ascended to heaven, the Spirit equipped the apostles to perform miracles, too (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="2 Cor 2.12" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Cor%202.12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">2 Corinthians 2:12</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Acts 2.43" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%202.43" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Acts 2:43</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Acts 3.1–7" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%203.1%E2%80%937" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">3:1–7</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">; </span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Acts 9.39–41" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%209.39%E2%80%9341" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">9:39–41</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). The power of the Holy Spirit was manifest among all the believers of the early church through the dispensation of </span><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-gifts-list.html" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">spiritual gifts</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> such as speaking in tongues, prophesying, teaching, wisdom, and more.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">All those who put their faith in Jesus Christ are immediately and permanently indwelt by the Holy Spirit (</span><a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Rom 8.11" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%208.11" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Romans 8:11</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">). And, although some of the spiritual gifts have ceased (e.g., speaking in tongues and prophecy), the Holy Spirit still works in and through believers to accomplish His will. His power leads us, convicts us, teaches us, and equips us to do His work and spread the gospel. The Holy Spirit’s powerful indwelling is an amazing gift we should never take lightly.</span><br />
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Bad cholesterol levels too high? Lower your cholesterol - and protect your heart health - with cinnamon tea. Research tells us that consuming cinnamon tea may help lower bad cholesterol levels.<br /><br /><br />Cinnamon has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties. Cinnamon fights viruses (such as cold and flu viruses), inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria (like E. coli or the bacteria that causes UTIs), and combats infections (such as medication-resistant yeast infections caused by the fungus Candida albicans).<br />Cinnamon is known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Chronic inflammation has been linked to many health concerns and harmful diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, diabetes, infertility, obesity, PCOS, IBS, Crohn's, osteoporosis, and heart disease. Cinnamon tea is a natural, tasty way to fight and protect against the potentially destructive effects of inflammation.<br /><br /> ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University , it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain. <br /><br />BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder. <br /><br />CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol. <br /><br />COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses. To make it lukewarm, place it in a small jar and let it set in warm water for awhile. <br /><br />HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. <br /><br />Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins. <br /><br />UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root. <br /><br />GAS: According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas. <br /><br />IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases. <br /><br />INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals. <br /><br />INFLUENZA – FLU: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu. The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-37416317091396844162015-08-10T01:31:00.001-07:002015-08-10T01:31:22.236-07:00Morning Devotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Accepting Criticism<br />{Dr Charles Stanley}</div>
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Nobody likes criticism. It’s often unsolicited and rarely fun. Many times, we reject our critic’s words because of the harsh spirit in which they are spoken.</div>
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Yet God can take even a wrong attitude, bad timing, or harsh tone of voice and still tell us something we need to hear. That’s why we are wise to pay attention when someone critiques us. Invited or not, criticism forces us to examine ourselves and take notice of weak areas. This helps us discover who we really are and avoid unnecessary mistakes. If we fail to listen, our potential for mental, emotional, and spiritual growth is limited.</div>
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While not all opinions are valid, it’s important to respond well and evaluate criticism correctly. First, do not immediately reject the comment, blame the person, or defend yourself. Instead, consider what was said and ask God if He’s trying to tell you something. Then, thank the person for his interest in your growth, and explain that you’ll reflect on his observation. If he was sincere, he’ll be appreciative, but if his intentions were negative, this will disarm him. Next, evaluate the criticism and determine what exactly is under scrutiny—your beliefs, your character, your behavior, or God? Finally, view this as an opportunity for growth, and, if necessary, apologize to the person you’ve offended.</div>
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Jesus died on the cross for our sake, so we as believers are certain of His approval. When we remember this, the disapproval of others will take on less significance and cause less hurt. Then, as we learn to respond correctly, we will be blessed to find ourselves growing.</div>
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President Barack Obama is in Ethiopia Monday, the first sitting American president to visit East Africa's second most populous nation. He's holding talks with Ethiopian and African Union leaders on counterterrorism, human rights, and regional security.</div>
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Obama wrapped up a two-day visit to Kenya Sunday, where he urged leaders in his father's homeland to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equals, and protect the rights of homosexuals.</div>
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"I've been consistent all across Africa on this," the president said. "I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law, and that they are deserving of equal protection under the law and that the state should not discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation."</div>
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But in a tense exchange, Kenya's president rejected Obama's message on gay rights, saying it was one value Christian Kenya does not share with the United States.</div>
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"The fact of the matter is that Kenya, the United States, we share so many values, but there are some things that we must admit we don't share -- our culture, our society don't accept," President Uhuru Kenyatta said.</div>
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"This is why I repeatedly say that for Kenyans today, the issue of gay rights is really a non-issue," he continued. "We want to focus on other areas that are day-to-day living for our people."</div>
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In Kenya, homosexual relations carry a punishment of imprisonment. In this overwhelmingly Christian nation, many residents shrugged off the U.S. president's lecture on gay rights.</div>
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"Of course, the way President Obama talked about gays and what have you, lesbianism or transgender, whatever, according to him, you know, we took him as an American. He was answering like an American," Nairobi resident Ibrahim Lincoln said. "But according to our African cultures, the Christian beliefs -- we say no."<br />
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The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-72555205290967354062015-08-09T12:17:00.001-07:002015-08-09T12:17:30.618-07:00Nice Way to Pray Without Ceasing..<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">During an exceptionally inspiring conversation, a stranger unknowingly showed me an entirely new way that we can go about our daily lives, as a collective, that brings more love, more serenity and a much deeper sense of connection to all that is.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">We spoke about many things: love, purpose, perception and loss. But the one thing that stuck out in particular was his words about prayer. They struck one of those deep cords of truth within. I felt their effects reverberate throughout my entire body.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">“What we want moves further away, but what we already love and appreciate comes freely.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">He mentioned he doesn’t set a time aside each day to pray or to sit in meditation. Instead he gives thanks to everyone and everything continuously, all the time.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">This man lives his entire life, each and every moment, like a prayer.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Setting aside a few moments each day to pray, to meditate, to plug in, is better than not doing so at all, as it provides a plethora of benefits.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">As he spoke, he showed me the possibility of a new way of being, a new way of walking throughout this life.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">It’s so easy to be swept away by the busyness and the consumer culture of Western society, always craving more, wanting more or wallowing in a feeling of not having, being or doing enough.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Deeply moved by our conversation, my mind couldn’t help but daydream how different our world would be if we all lived in this way.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">What if every single one of us lived each and every moment like a prayer?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">What if…</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Every time we ate, we prayed for all the people who brought our food from the earth to our plates.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Every time we dressed, we prayed for the people who turned mere fabric into beautiful clothes.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Every time we took a step, we blessed the earth below us.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">These things not need be said aloud of course, but sweetly, silently, momentarily—a constant prayer</span>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-2363735576523073372015-07-24T17:33:00.003-07:002015-07-24T17:33:59.591-07:00Power Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Psalms 112:5-10<br />
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;<br />
who conducts his affairs with justice.<br />
For the righteous will never be moved;<br />
he will be remembered forever.<br />
He is not afraid of bad news;<br />
his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.<br />
His heart is steady; he will not be afraid,<br />
until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.<br />
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;<br />
his righteousness endures forever;<br />
his horn is exalted in honor.<br />
The wicked man sees it and is angry;<br />
he gnashes his teeth and melts away;<br />
the desire of the wicked will perish!The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-26052563049463318172014-10-28T14:49:00.003-07:002014-10-28T14:49:29.790-07:00Something from Neville Godard
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">THE ASSUMPTION of the wish fulfilled is the ship that carries you over the unknown seas to the
fulfilment of your dream. The assumption is everything; realization is subconscious and effortless.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Assume a virtue if you have it not.<br />
Act on the assumption that you already possess that which you sought.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the
Lord.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">As the Immaculate Conception* is the foundation of the Christian mysteries, so the Assumption† is their
crown.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">* Mary's birth without Original Sin. However, Neville seems to have in mind the Virgin
Birth of Jesus. -Ed.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">†</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The taking up of the body (usually, the body of Mary) into heaven? - Ed.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Psychologically, the Immaculate Conception means the birth of an idea in your own consciousness unaided
by another. For instance when you have a specific wish or hunger or longing, it is an immaculate
conception in the sense that no physical person or thing plants it in your mind. It IS self-conceived. Every
man is the Mary of the Immaculate Conception and birth to his idea must give.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">* The Assumption is the crown of the mysteries because it is the highest use of consciousness.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">When in imagination you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">you are mentally lifted up to a higher
level</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">. When, through your persistence, this assumption becomes actual fact, you automatically find yourself
on a higher level (that is, you have achieved your desire) in your objective world. Your assumption guides
all your conscious and subconscious movements towards its suggested end so inevitably that </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">it actually
dictates the events</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The drama of life is a psychological one and the whole of it is written and produced </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-style: italic;">by your assumptions.
</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Learn the art of assumption, for only in this way can you create your own happiness.<br />
*Stylistic inversion deriving from quotation not cited= </span><span style="font-family: 'MicrosoftSansSerif'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">"</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">...and must give birth to his idea."-Ed. </span><br />
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The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-22945198116615555472014-09-03T07:23:00.001-07:002014-09-03T07:23:41.585-07:00Stop Comparing Yourself to others.How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others (and Start Empowering Yourself)<br />
by HENRIK EDBERG<br />
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“Comparison is the death of joy.”<br />
Mark Twain<br />
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”<br />
Lao Tzu<br />
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One of the most common and destructive daily habit is to constantly compare your life and yourself to other people and their lives.<br />
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You compare cars, houses, jobs, shoes, money, relationships, social popularity and so on.<br />
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And at the end of the day you pummel your self-esteem to the ground and you create a lot of negative feelings within. And perhaps also outside of yourself.<br />
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So what can you do? How can you get a handle on this habit?<br />
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Well, today I’d like to share 3 steps that have helped me to move away from this – it does take some time though so be patient with yourself – and towards a healthier outlook and view of myself and life.<br />
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Step 1: Just realize that you can’t win if you compare yourself to others.<br />
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Just consciously realizing this is helpful.<br />
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No matter what you do you can pretty much always find someone else in the world that has more than you or are better than you at something.<br />
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Yes, you may feel good for a while when you get a nicer car than your neighbor. But a week or two later you’ll see someone from the next block with an even finer car than yours.<br />
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Step 2: Compare yourself to yourself.<br />
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Instead of comparing yourself to other people create the habit of comparing yourself to yourself.<br />
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See how much you have grown, what you have achieved and what progress you have made towards your goals.<br />
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This habit has the benefit of creating gratitude, appreciation and kindness towards yourself as you observe how far you have come, the obstacles you have overcome and the good stuff you have done. You feel good about yourself without having to think less of other people.<br />
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You can make this habit stick by for instance taking a few minutes each day or just each Sunday (or any day that fits you) to use a journal to write down how you have grown, how much closer you are to your goals now, what you have overcome and learned and so on.<br />
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By doing so your thinking will over time shift and your thought patterns will automatically become more focused on comparing you to you rather than to other people.<br />
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Step 3: Be kinder towards other people.<br />
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In my experience, the way you behave and think towards others seems to have a big, big effect on how you behave towards yourself and think about yourself.<br />
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Judge and criticize people more and you tend to judge and criticize yourself more (often almost automatically). Be kinder to other people and help them and you tend to be kinder and more helpful to yourself.<br />
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So focus your mind on helping people and being kind.<br />
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Focus on the positive things in yourself and in the people around you.<br />
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And appreciate what is positive in yourself and others.<br />
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This way you become more OK with yourself and the people in your world instead of ranking them and yourself and creating differences in your mind.<br />
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You are OK and so are they.<br />
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The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-43819834217932375682014-09-03T01:51:00.001-07:002014-09-03T01:51:40.684-07:00Morning Devotion<div dir="ltr">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hold Your Peace<br />{Joel & Victoria Osteen}</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:<br />“The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.” (Exodus <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">14:14</a>, AMP)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TODAY’S WORD:<br />One time in scripture when the Israelites were facing an impossible situation, God told them, “Hold your peace. Remain at rest, and I will fight your battles.” Notice there was a condition, something the Israelites had to do. They were told, “Hold your peace.” It’s the same for us today. A command like that indicates that something is trying to take your peace away: thoughts of worry, fear or anxiety. You might think, “What if it doesn’t happen? What am I going to do?” If you will just stay in peace, the Creator of the universe, the Most High God, will go to work on your behalf.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remember, nothing can stand against our God. He has all power. He stopped the sun for Joshua. He closed the mouths of hungry lions for Daniel. Whatever you face in life, God promises He will fight your battles. Trust Him, remain at rest and hold your peace!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A PRAYER FOR TODAY:<br />Father, today I put my trust and hope in You. I choose to hold my peace knowing that You will fight my battles. Thank You for working all things out for my good in Jesus’ name. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Good Mrn Jesus. Good Mrn World. "Hold Your Peace" Jesus will Contend with those that contend with you. Have a Wonderful day & God bless You</span></div>
The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-70391482329508926632013-12-02T13:29:00.003-08:002013-12-02T13:29:42.582-08:00Secret of Saving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“There is great value, even if you are in debt, in using some of your money to create savings. Savings are a contribution to the flow of money in our society, for money that is save can be circulated and used to create more wealth. Savings give you resources that allow you to be self-sufficient. Savings are also a positive affirmation that you have more than you need at the moment. As you feel abundant, you become magnetic to even more money.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“If you have stored money, you are less likely to be influenced by the ebb in the normal ebb-and-flow cycle. Nature uses this principle; just observe squirrels storing their nuts for the winter, or bears hibernating to save their energy.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“The money you save acts as a “money magnet” to attract more money. The larger your savings, the larger your magnet.”</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /><br />“The greatest benefit of saving money is that it allows you to get used to a larger and larger flow of money and the energy it represents, which is what you are asking for if you want increased abundance.”<br /><br />- Creating Money: Attracting Abundance (Orin and DaBen)</span>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-19472930593654676062013-11-19T14:09:00.000-08:002013-11-19T14:09:00.296-08:00The SIX BENEFITS of TONGUES as a SPIRITUAL GIFT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The SIX BENEFITS of TONGUES<br />as a SPIRITUAL GIFT<br /><br />ONE - Speaking in tongues gives us a direct communication between our human spirit and the Spirit of God.<br /><br /><br />TWO - Speaking in tongues brings the secrets of God's Spirit into our spirit.<br /><br />THREE - When we speak in tongues, we work toward the building up of our own spiritual strength.<br /><br />FOUR - Speaking with tongues leads to the speaking forth of much that is profitable for others to hear.<br /><br />FIVE - Tongues is beneficial in our praying.<br /><br />SIX - Tongues releases us to a high form of worship.<br />
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ONE - Speaking in tongues gives us a direct communication between our human spirit and the Spirit of God. For whoever speaks in tongues is not speaking to men but to God -- I Corinthians 14:2a. Tongues is useful in our communication with God, even though it bypasses our understanding. This is the most basic thing to know about the use of tongues.<br /><br />The word "unknown," as it appears in the King James Version, does not appear in this verse in the Greek. In fact, in no place does the Greek use the word "unknown" when speaking of tongues. In every case translators of the Scriptures inserted it with the intention of making the passage more meaningful. But to persons in whom the gift of tongues is operating, there is little need for the word "unknown," nor did Paul have a need to use it. Words uttered in tongues are generally unknown to persons hearing them, but they are not unknown to the Holy Spirit and to the spirit of the one speaking. As a person who speaks in tongues grows in relationship with the Lord, he ceases ever to think of tongues as "unknown."<br /><br />When any of us is alone and speaking in tongues, we need have no concern as to whether the words we speak belong to a language spoken somewhere in the world, or not. All that need concern us is that we are speaking to God. It is the communication of something very personal between our spirits and His Spirit in which our understanding has little participation. But, since our spirits participate, we grow. Our wisdom grows, our faith grows, and by these, our understanding grows.<br /><br />On some rare occasions, another person hearing someone speaking in tongues may recognize it as a known language, as on Pentecost. But this is infrequent and can be considered a miracle.<br />
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TWO - Speaking in tongues brings the secrets of God's Spirit into our spirits. Of the person speaking in tongues, Paul says,.. in the spirit he is speaking mysteries - I Corinthians 14:2b.<br /><br />This speaking of the mysteries by tongues brings them into the human spirit. This prepares the speaker for the interpretation and understanding of secrets and purposes long resident in God's heart and now ready to be made known among His people.<br /><br />Much of what Paul wrote in his Epistles flowed out of his spiritual communication with the Lord in which the divine mysteries became known to him. Speaking and praying in tongues opened a door from the Holy Spirit into his human spirit. Without doubt, for the moment, his understanding was unfruitful, but the door was opened so his spirit could receive these mysteries and then release them in his understanding. Then, he passed the revelation of truth on to others.<br /><br />Throughout this Epistles Paul made mention of the mysteries revealed to him. In I Corinthians 2:7-12 he said, We speak the wisdom of God in amystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Indeed, all of I Corinthians may be an exposition of the wisdom and revelation God gave to Paul as he spoke in tongues.<br /><br />In Romans 16:25,26 he told of the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery and how it works toward the establishing of lives. How valuable this is!<br /><br />In I Corinthians 2:6,7 Paul said he was speaking wisdom among the mature ones, but it was not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world. He was speaking the wisdom of God which had been veiled in a mystery . . which God ordained before the world unto our glory. To restate this: "What I say to you in this letter is a revelation of the wisdom of God which was once a secret hidden in eternity with Him, but now is made known to us to bring us into His glory." Paul's communion with the Holy Spirit released this within him.<br /><br />In I Corinthians 4:1 we see how Paul viewed those who minister the Gospel as stewards of the mysteries of God. Steward is from the Greekoikonómos which means "manager of a household." A good steward knows where are stored the commodities of the house under his management. He knows how to procure them. How blessed is the steward in God's house who knows what brings the release of the eternal mysteries that work toward establishing the souls under his charge!<br /><br />From Ephesians 3:1-11 we find one of the greatest mysteries revealed to Paul was that the Gentile nations should become fellow heirs with the Jews in the body of Christ. This became the foundation of Paul's ministry. He was set in the world to make all people of every nation see what isthe fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning was hid in God. He said the wisdom of this mystery would eventually reach even unto the spiritual forces in the heavens and show them the prevailing power of the eternal wisdom of God.<br /><br />Now here is an amazing thing - and something from which we gain a divine check for our own selves. The revelation of the mysteries made known to Paul all flowed in harmony with the Word given through the Prophets - Romans 16:26. Actually, much of the revelation given to him was the opening of the Word of the Old Testament once sealed.<br /><br />By speaking in tongues, our human spirit becomes friendly with God's Spirit. Friends share secrets. The human spirit perceives the things of God's Spirit, and reaches through into areas the mind alone cannot reach. By this, the human spirit grows both in the perception of God and in relationship with what He is doing. As our spirit grows, the understanding of God's ways and of His holy purposes filters through into our understanding. This causes growth in our conscious awareness of God and brings a spiritual keenness. The mystery of His will -- that is, the depth of God's desire for us -- opens. Darkness departs.<br />
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THREE - When we speak in tongues, we work toward the building up of our own spiritual strength. We learn this from Paul's statement:Whoever speaks in a tongue edifies himself - I Corinthians 14:4a.<br /><br />As we learned, the word edifies in the above verse is from the Greek oikodoméo. It literally means "to build or establish a house." But now -- tongues is not useful in the building up of the church as it assembles, unless it leads to the release of other spiritual gifts. The gift of tongues is for the building up of the individual. It is prophecy that builds up the church - I Corinthians 14:4b. Under the next point we will discuss this.<br /><br />We've seen some believers who feel they can speak in tongues only when they are expressly "moved upon by the Holy Spirit" and lose control of their speech. This generally happens at the altar call closing an emotional and spiritually high pitched meeting. It is often a rather ecstatic speaking with little more meaning than that of a baby learning to make his first sounds of speech. But the tongues of which Paul is speaking in I Corinthians 14 is of much greater value than this, just as the speech of a person who can talk is better than the first sounds of a baby. But, those baby sounds are a necessary beginning. Only, one should not remain with this kind of speaking.<br /><br />God made man in three dimensions: spirit, soul, and body. He designed the spirit to be the controlling part, the soul to be the conscious part, and the body to be the servant of these two. In many people the spirit is weak, so the control of affairs goes either to the soul or to the body. This throws the person off balance. It may not seem so to the one who is accustomed to the rule of the mind, or the emotions, or the physical drives. But, sooner or later, these faculties fail. The mind becomes baffled, the emotions run amuck with confusion, the body sends wrong signals leading to weakness. Particularly in a time of trouble, a person with no government in his life, other than from these lower parts of being, be comes, in some degree, dysfunctional. As the fury of the last days comes on, it is more important than ever that we have the stabilizing power of the Holy Spirit working inside us.<br /><br />The Holy Spirit comes to bring the control of our lives back to the realm of God's Kingdom. He does this by making our spirits alive, bringing our minds to soundness and by strengthening us with His wisdom and faith.<br />
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FOUR - Speaking with tongues leads to the speaking forth of much that is profitable for others to hear. I haven't learned this from the King James Version which says, I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied -- I Corinthians 14:5. This seems to say, while tongues would be nice for everyone, it would be better for each one to prophesy, instead.<br /><br />Understanding becomes clearer when we take note of the Greek words translated but rather that ye prophesied. The form of the word from which prophesied comes is an Aorist Subjunctive. The word that preceding it is from the Greek word hina. When it accompanies a Subjunctive, it means, "in order that." This would make Paul's statement say: "I would that you all spoke in tongues, but rather in order that you might prophesy." In other words, he was saying that tongues would be great for everyone, but not as an end in itself. Tongues should lead to prophesying.<br /><br />What is prophesying? It is from the Greek word propheteúo which in ancient times meant "to be a spokesman for the gods." In the New Testament, it means "to be a spokesman for the Lord God." Paul is saying that tongues should lead to the release of prophecy, or wisdom, or revelation, or knowledge from God. The Holy Spirit can release these in the human spirit as a result of speaking in tongues.<br /><br />It is not necessary that prophecy be loud or ecstatic. It can be quietly spoken, even whispered in the ear of one other person. As a word from the Lord, it will carry with it the power to accomplish its end without the person speaking finding it necessary to shout. On the other hand, if a Prophet is inclined to shout out his word, it doesn't lessen the power of the word. It may even, indeed, intensify it to some hearers.<br /><br />In the next verse Paul says, If I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you except I speak to you by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? - I Corinthians 14:6. This verse lays out four kinds of public speech that can edify the church. Without doubt, Paul is of the impression that much speaking in tongues will enhance these ministries. Thus, tongues has its value before one stands to speak -- perhaps while on the way to a meeting, or in the hours and days prior to it.<br /><br />I believe, if we had been traveling along the road with Paul, walking to a meeting in which the Word of the Lord would be expounded, there would be little idle conversation. Paul would be praying in the spirit, talking in tongues, edifying himself for speaking forth the Word to the people gathered. I also believe that if we had been close by when his Epistles were being born, with our heads right next to his, we could have heard him speaking and praying in tongues.<br /><br />The same can work for us. Speaking in tongues can lead to an anointed insight into truth, the release of knowledge, the speaking forth of words directly from the Lord, or to the teaching of God's Word.<br /><br />The ministry of revelation is a full dimensional exposition of truth. The Greek word, apokalúpsis, is also in the title of the final book of the New Testament. It means "a disclosure or unveiling" of some one or some thing. As Paul used it here, he had in mind the disclosure of truth. It could be the unveiling of truth contained in the Scriptures but not easily understood. It could be the disclosure of truth about a person or a situation. The revelation of truth can give guidance that will prompt a person to move in a certain direction, or else not move. It can bring about the disclosure of unhealthy conditions in persons needing inner healing. The spirit of revelation can move in many directions. It is needful and beneficial.<br /><br />The ministry of knowledge associated with the Holy Spirit is also needful. Through it, things that cannot be known by the natural mind are made known, as when Jesus ministered to the woman at the well (John 4:17,18).<br /><br />The ministry of teaching can also be helped greatly by the Holy Spirit. This is the ministry of laying out truth so it can be easily grasped by the hearers. It is necessary for the teacher to have spent much time studying the Scriptures and waiting before the Lord for truth to become real and understandable in his own being. He can more properly lay it out before others with anointing and conviction when he Holy Spirit has had free course to work in him. Much speaking in tongues in private will enable a teacher to present lessons that can be easily received by the hearers and put to work in the living out of life.<br />
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FIVE - Tongues is beneficial in praying. Paul made a simple statement about this. He said, I will pray with the spirit- I Corinthians 14:15.<br /><br />At one time I thought praying with the spirit meant praying with fervor and emotion - in one's own natural language. But from the context of I Corinthians 14, we find Paul was laying out principles regarding speaking in tongues. To him praying with the Spirit meant praying with tongues.I Corinthians 14:14 makes this clear.<br /><br />Insight regarding this unusual kind of praying comes from a statement he made in Romans 8:26,27. If we look carefully at this, we find three important principles. Likewise (1) the Spirit helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but (2) the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And (3) He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit,because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God - Romans 8:26,27.<br /><br />We all have an infirmity. It is our weakness in praying. The Holy Spirit will help us in this weakness by doing the praying for us and in us. Sometimes He does this with groanings which cannot be uttered. Always He prays according to what is right from God's viewpoint.<br /><br />Helps, as used in this verse, is from a powerful Greek word meaning "to take hold of a burden with someone." Not knowing how to pray is a heavy burden. When the necessities facing us demand answers, and we are baffled as to how to pray, the Holy Spirit takes up this burden and does the praying for us. He does this from within us with groanings so deep they cannot be spoken.<br /><br />What could the unutterable groanings be? As we've walked with the Lord for years, we've come to the conviction it is that gift of tongues that takes off into the deep parts of our spirit much like the thinking of thoughts works in the deep parts of our mind.<br /><br />Many times situations baffle us while our humanity fails to come up with a solution, or even with enough understanding to ask God for the solution. It is in these times, when our intellect is at a loss for words and divine intervention is so necessary, that our spirit teams with the Holy Spirit for the intercession.<br /><br />Praying with the spirit is an operation that can go on at any time, even in the midst of other activities. It is not necessary to close the eyes, move the lips or make strange expressions while doing it. One of the things I appreciate about Glenda is that whenever she is with me in a meeting where I am ministering, she prays in the spirit. I do the same for her when she is ministering. This is like one member of a team running interference while another member carries the ball.<br /><br />Praying with the spirit has continually proved to be a cleanser and healer for my mind. Praying with the spirit can be one of my best kept secrets, though it proves to be of such value that I want everyone to know it. When Paul said, in I Corinthians 14:15, that he prayed with the spirit, he also said he prayed with the understanding. We have much to learn from him at this point. Apart from writing his Epistles, prayer was probably the most important ministry he had. In his closing years while a prisoner in Rome, he wrote Letters to the churches he helped establish in Asia Minor. In these Letters he told what he was praying for the believers in those churches. His prayers are a help to us today as we learn to pray with the spirit and with the understanding also.<br /><br />We can find what Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:15-20; Ephesians3:14-20; Philippians 1:9-11 and Colossians 1:9,10. We call these Paul's Prison Epistle Prayers.<br /><br />Great strength can come to our praying when we couple the understanding of Paul's prayers with praying with the spirit. This becomes powerful intercession.<br /><br />Jude adds his admonition with this insight as to what praying in the Spirit brings to pass in us. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God... Jude 20,21a. Wow!<br />
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SIX - Tongues releases us to a very high and wonderful form of worship. Paul gives insight to this when he says, I will also sing with the spirit - I Corinthians 14:15. This is one of the greatest delights there is. Sometimes our human words of worship and praise are not good enough to express the glory that should be given to the Lord. Then we can sing with the spirit.<br /><br />After I received the baptism in the Holy Spirit and began speaking with tongues, I remained for a while with the denomination of which I was a part. During this time I found it was best to remain somewhat quiet about the new gift working in my life. When we met together to worship, it was our common practice to sing from hymnals. Apart from this and singing a few short choruses, it was the only opportunity I had to sing with others. While singing those hymns, I really wanted to continue longer in worship and sing with the spirit.<br /><br />Not knowing any place where the gift of tongues might be practiced, I found it was quite nice to sing with the spirit along with others in the congregation as they sang from the hymnal. Now this is not to say that hymns and gospel songs in English have no value. Many are the times my soul has worshipped the Lord while singing "All Hail the power of Jesus Name," or "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," or "How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord," or a gospel song like "No Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus." The hymns of the church have done much for me in establishing my faith in the Lord Jesus. But frequently, just the singing of the hymns, or of Gospel songs and choruses, leaves my spirit on a lower plane than it wants to go. That's when singing with the spirit became so useful.<br />
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<br />TODAY’S SCRIPTURE<br />“Be still, and know that I am God...”<br />(Psalm 46:10, NIV)<br /><br />TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria<br /><br />When God created Adam, He put him in the Garden of Eden, a very quiet, peaceful, tranquil place. That’s where God met him and spoke with him, in a place of peace.<br /><br />Today’s life can be very noisy. If we allow it, all of us can live stressed, uptight, in a hurry and on edge. In the midst of the whirlwind of activity going on around us, we’ve got to learn to not let the busyness, the frustration and stress get on the inside of us. It may be hectic on the outside, but deep down in your spirit, you can be at rest because you know God has you in the palm of His hand.<br /><br />Maybe you have been worried for a long time or stressed because a dream hasn’t come to pass or upset over a challenge you’re dealing with. Just like God met Adam at a place of peace, God is saying, “There may be trouble all around, but I am calling you to a place of peace. Be still and know that I am God. Come to Me, and I will give you wisdom, strength and grace for everything you face.”<br /><br />A PRAYER FOR TODAY<br />Father, thank You for drawing me to the place of peace. I choose to be still. I choose to find rest in You. I choose to trust You knowing that my days are ordered by You in Jesus’ name. AmenThe New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-90887544214208344592013-11-08T06:59:00.001-08:002013-11-08T06:59:39.264-08:00Mind stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Balance of finances is about money in and money out. Alignment of energies is about energy in, energy out. And you just can’t not wish well for someone and receive energy in. In other words, the more well-wishing you are of others, the more energy flows into you. The more abundant you feel, the more abundance you flow, the more abundance flows to you. You really want to see someone pinching off the purse-strings to abundance, look for those really stingy people. In other words people who are worried about every dollar they spend are those who have their valves shut down very closely."<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">- Abraham Hicks</span>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-76398852831595826972013-11-05T07:54:00.000-08:002013-11-05T07:54:16.156-08:00Remove Your Attention from the City’s Potholes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />“As I focus upon what I want, I feel good. If I focus upon lack of what I want, I will feel bad.”<br />So let’s take it a little further. Can you focus upon more than one thing at a time? You cannot. Can you feel more than one way at a time? Can you feel good and bad at the same time? You cannot. And so, is it not logical—for it certainly falls within the guidelines of the Law of Attraction—that if you are focusing upon what you do want, you cannot, at the same time, be focusing upon what you do not want? And, if, when you focus upon what you want, you will feel good; and, if, when you feel good, you would be in the positive mode of attraction, then would not your most important work be to look for the positive aspects of all things, to look for the parts of all things that are uplifting to you—and to get your attention off of the potholes?<br />Sometimes, when first learning about Deliberate Creation, our physical friends will worry. They are afraid that every negative thought they think is going to reach out into the cosmos and bring some monster into their experience. We want to ease your fear bv reminding you that you are living the balance of your thought, so it requires quite a bit of thought about something before it will manifest in your experience. But as a people who have lived in a society that is predominantly oriented toward criticism and to what is wrong, always wanting to face the facts, you have become those, even in your individual thoughts, who predominantly worry, rather than predominantly know that all is well.<br />We want to encourage you to give more of your attention to what makes you feel good—not something so radical that you must control every thought—just make a decision that you will look ‘or what you want to see. It is not a difficult decision to make, but it can make a big difference in what you bring into your experience.The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-44161258325127610692013-10-30T01:12:00.004-07:002013-10-30T01:12:43.907-07:00Morning Devotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Get Back Up<br /><br />TODAY’S SCRIPTURE<br />“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again...”<br />(Proverbs 24:16, NIV)<br /><br />TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria<br /><br />Life is full of things that try to push us down. We all face disappointments and setbacks. Maybe you received some bad news about your health or perhaps a relationship didn’t work out. That was a setback. It’s easy to get discouraged or lose your enthusiasm or even be tempted to just settle where you are. But if we’re going to see God’s best, we have to have a “bounce-back” mentality. That means when you get knocked down, you don’t stay down. You get back up again. You have to know that every time adversity comes against you, it’s a setup for a comeback!<br /><br />Remember, as a believer in Jesus, the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. There is no challenge too difficult, no obstacle too high, no sickness, no disappointment, no person, nothing that can keep you from your God-given destiny. If you stay in faith, then God will turn what was meant to be a stumbling block into a stepping stone, and you’ll move forward in strength, full of faith and victory!<br /><br />A PRAYER FOR TODAY<br />Father, thank You for setting me up for success in everything I do. I choose to trust and rely on You knowing that Your plans are for my good. I know my best days are ahead of me and look ahead to the blessings You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-15931704944109005352013-10-29T08:19:00.003-07:002013-10-29T08:19:35.146-07:00Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“There is nothing more delicious than to have conscious awareness of a personal desire, conscious recognition of resistance that is preventing or slowing the manifestation, conscious releasing of that resistance, and then conscious recognition of the manifestation. That is Deliberate (Conscious) Creation at its best!</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">It seems a paradox to some—in the beginning—while it is not paradoxical at all: “I want these things because I would feel better in the having of them, but my awareness of their absence prevents me from having them. But if I can find a way of feeling better even without having them, then they can be mine.” A powerful Universal truth is simply this: you cannot attract the presence of something wanted when predominantly aware of its absence.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">A withdrawal of attention from the unwanted condition is necessary in order to release it from your experience, but it is also necessary to cease the resistant thought that pinched off the Well-B</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">eing to begin with. This meditation process helps accomplish both of those things, and it lays the basis of a new and improved outlook on life... You will find it easier to find increasingly better things to think about. It will be easier to see the positive aspects in situations and people. You will find compliments flowing from you, and you will feel appreciation for more things.<br /><br />The less resistant thoughts you think, the better you will feel; and the better you feel, the less resistant thoughts you will think. And because of all of that, your point of attraction will improve, causing improved manifestation of relationships and finances, as well as bodily conditions.”<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">- Abraham Hicks (Getting Into The Vortex)</span></span>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-72343259470184791972013-10-29T02:27:00.004-07:002013-10-29T02:27:55.693-07:00Morning Devotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Attitude in Adversity<br /><br />TODAY’S SCRIPTURE<br />“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”<br />(Habakkuk 3:17–18, NIV)<br /><br />TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria<br /><br />We all face challenges, difficulties and times when things don’t go our way. God doesn’t send these storms, but He will allow us to go through certain things in order to shape our character and prove our faith. Really, it’s in our times of difficulty that we grow and develop.<br /><br />God wants to use the tough times in our lives to do a work in us. He wants to strengthen and develop us. Our attitude in times of adversity is the evidence of our maturity. Are we going to treat people right even when we’re being mistreated? Are we going to stay full of joy even when the bottom falls out? Are we going to be faithful even in the dry seasons of our lives when we don’t see anything good happening?<br /><br />It may take more effort. You may have to work harder to keep a good attitude, but remember, attitude and faith in God is the key to your promotion. As you keep that positive attitude of faith and expectancy, even in times of adversity, God will deliver you and move you forward into the destiny He has prepared for you!<br /><br />A PRAYER FOR TODAY<br />Father, I want to grow spiritually and be more like You. I choose to trust You in times of adversity knowing that You are working things out for my good. Renew a right attitude in me by Your Spirit in Jesus’ name. Amen.The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-27626051523315279132013-10-28T01:34:00.003-07:002013-10-28T01:34:53.419-07:00Morning Devotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Switch Over to the Victory Channel<br /><br />TODAY’S SCRIPTURE<br />“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things.”<br />(Philippians 4:8, NKJV)<br /><br />TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria<br /><br />It’s interesting that our mind will naturally gravitate toward the negative. A study showed how positive and negative memories are handled by different parts of the brain. A negative memory takes up more space. There’s more to process. Because of this, we will remember the negative more than the positive. For example, a person will remember losing $50 more than they will remember gaining $50.<br /><br />Knowing this, we have to be proactive with our thoughts. When the negative memories come back to the movie screen of our mind, many people pull up a chair, get some popcorn and watch them all over again. No, the point is that’s not the only channel. There’s another movie playing on a channel that’s filled with your accomplishments and victories.<br /><br />Instead of staying on that negative channel, you’ve got to switch over to your victory channel. You’re not going to move forward into the new things God has in store if you’re always replaying the negative things that have happened to you. Instead, learn to change the channel. Meditate on victory and move forward in the victory and blessing God has in store for you!<br /><br />A PRAYER FOR TODAY<br />Father, today I choose to set my focus on what You’ve done in my life. I choose to change the channel in my mind from defeat to victory. I set my thoughts on Your love and thank You for Your blessing in every area of my life in Jesus’ name! Amen.The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-83483376584330011762013-10-27T09:34:00.002-07:002013-10-27T09:34:43.035-07:00Power Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zechariah 7:9-10<br />
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-57554086042666703082013-10-27T02:12:00.000-07:002013-10-27T02:12:10.808-07:00- Abraham Hicks (Money and the Law of Attraction)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hello my amazing readers, hope everything is going well for you. I am gonna be sharing some amazing wisdom from Abraham Hicks. Enjoy and apply.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">We want you to understand that if you continue to look at what-is and speak of what-is, you will not find the improvement that you desire. You may see a parade of changing faces and places, but your life experience will essentially show no improvement. If you want to effect substantial change in your life experience, you have to offer substantially different vibrations, which means you must think </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">thoughts that feel different as you think them.<br /><br />The void that these people are feeling cannot be filled with things or satisfied with action, because the feeling of void is about the vibrational discord between their desires and their chronic habits of thought. Offering better feeling thoughts, telling a different story, looking for positive aspects, pivoting to the subject of what you really do want, looking for positive what-ifs – that’s how you fill that void. And when you do, a most interesting thing will occur in your experience – the things you’ve wanted will begin to flood into your experience. But these things that you’ve been wanting will flood into your experience not to fill your void, because that void no longer exists, they flow in because your void no longer exists. Certainly, you will gather many magnificent things into your experience. Our message is not for you to stop wanting, having or doing. Our message is for you to want and accumulate and do from your place of feeling good.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">- Abraham Hicks (Money and the Law of Attraction)</span></span>The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-21909047888690646922013-10-25T16:12:00.001-07:002013-10-25T16:12:38.291-07:00Kenyan Gospel Singer Emmy Kosgei Receives BEFFTA award for Best International Gospel Act<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kenyan Gospel Singer Emmy Kosgei Receives BEFFTA award for Best International Gospel Act. Congrats to her!!The New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-20215664667282712642013-10-25T16:05:00.003-07:002013-10-25T16:05:22.231-07:00House On The Rock To Host “The African Praise Experience” (Happening Now)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ministering today Tim Godfrey, buchi, Eben, Flo, frank edwards, Glowreeyah Braimah, house on the rock, Kike Mudiaga, Kingsley Ike, LMGC amongst others, Okiki Jesu, Onos, panam percy paul, Sammie Okposo,Solomon Lange, The African Praise ExperienceThe New lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480137605081433725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266131847519993138.post-17083577317246951852013-10-25T01:32:00.000-07:002013-10-25T01:32:22.642-07:00Mind Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Your business was created by virtue of your thought, not your action. Many people feel disagreement with that statement because they believe they are seeing the results of physical effort and action. We certainly do not disagree that you live in a world of action and that results can be attributed to action, but when you realize that your vibration plays a far greater role in the outcomes that you</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">‘re producing than does your action, and you begin to put more emphasis on your vibrations, thoughts and your emotions, you‘ll discover a powerful leverage of your time and energy that will profoundly affect your outcomes. In short, you will achieve far greater results with much less time and effort.<br /><br />The most valuable skill that you could ever develop is the skill of directing your thoughts toward what you want, to be adept at quickly evaluating all situations and then quickly coming to the conclusion of what you most want, and then giving your undivided attention to that. There is tremendous skill in directing your own thoughts that will yield results that cannot be compared with results that mere action can provide.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><br />
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