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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The greatest gift
- (Channelled)The greatest gift you can give me, is to acknowledge me.Roy? On your planet researchers asked married women with children what was the one thing that they wanted most of all? A resounding reply was that they wanted to hear the sound of their own name.For years women at home have been called everything from Hon, sweetheart, mom, mommy, grandma and hundreds of other ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Picture this (part two)
- In part one, I described an existence that is absolute, and a being of perfection that only the creator would know, this is the source of all that is, this is what many would call God.In the physical world about as close as we could get to imagine the same reality as the creator would be within the "White Room," experiment.In the "White Room," experiment you would be dressed from hea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual healing: in the school of christ
- Spiritual healing of the sick in Christ has many Christians in a kind of spiritual vise. On the one hand they read about spiritual healing in their Bibles. On the other, they hear in pulpits that healing miracles have ceased and are not of today. The net effect is cause for confusion and even loss of faith. What is the truth about spiritual healing in today's Church?When Jesus first appeare...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Christian ethics & servant leadership in todays workplace & society
- Sundered Knight:Although the world, Denies the weak aid and justice, Scorns charity, Diminishes morality And Godly virtues daily.Holding no places for honor Nor honesty And exiling all Who hold these traits dear, Still, It is better to be a sundered knight Than no knight at allBy S. Bryant LewisIf one wishes to be a Knightly leade...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Praying in secret
- "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." --Matthew 6:6There was a time when I thought I could not turn to God. I became pregnant after a weekend with a friend, I thought this disqualified me from God's love and help. But my fear got the better ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Intuition
- Did you ever get a feeling or gain notion of a specific situation without any logical explanation? Well, that is your intuition. When you least expect it intuition reaches out and hits you with information that you have no idea were it came from. The problem with this type of feeling or knowledge is that we have no logical explanation for it and often do not follow what it's trying to tell us. How...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eliminating the past
- Most forms of psychotherapy I know either tries to help you accept the past, understand the past, learn from the past, perceive the past differently, or try to take the emotional edge of the past. In spite of all this effort to ameliorate the effects of the past it, in the end, is still inside you and you continue to identify yourself with it.Now because the past can have significant effect...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When we see jesus as he is
- You know that the Bible tells us a lot about Jesus, who he was, who he is, what he did and what he said...The Gospel of John even tells us in the last chapter (John 21:35) that all the books in the then known world couldn't contain all the things that Jesus said and did in his 3 year ministry.One of the last known recorded conversations Jesus had was with 2 men who were walking down ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The end of guilt
- What is the purpose of guilt?Well, let's look at it.Some would say that guilt is necessary to help us remember things we did that we should regret, so that,We won't make the same mistakes again, so that,We can feel we are learning from our mistakes, so that,We can become more moral, more compassionate, more confident, more self respecting and more virtuous human ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Word sculptures of a mystical experience
- The Mystical Experience"The mysteries of life become lucid ? and often, nay usually, the solution is more or less unutterable in words." -- William James, "The Varieties of Religious Experience"I don't remember who came to my door. I don't remember what he said. I do remember he was angry.I had just finished reading a book called "Summerhill" by an English ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Four voices
- The Bible tells us that we must be led by the Holy Spirit. Since there are always four voices we hear speaking to us at any given time, we must learn to distinguish each one so that we are able to do the right things.1. The most obvious voice is our own and it speaks to us in a variety of ways. It is always telling us what we want, what we think, and what we feel. The Bible refers to our mi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Thank you lord, most graciously
- There are moments in the believer's life when the Spirit of the living God gets in us and gives birth to thanksgiving and holy reflection. Moments when we really comprehend how good God is and how good He has been. Not only how good He has been in general, but how good He has been to us particularly. We reflect upon how He stepped into our own situation, how when nothing else could help, His love ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fishing around for wealth
- In Feng Shui, water symbolizes wealth. The word "fish" in Mandarin is pronounced the same way as "excess". That's the reason why rearing fish is one of the most effective ways to bring you wealth so that you can enjoy a life of excess.To be able to activate the wealth energies in your home, shop or office, you'll need to learn how to set up an aquarium in the right way.When I'm talki...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A walk with a king
- I seemed to have lost my heart. Now this is not just another love story gone awry. This is not another failed relationship or break- up that I usually dwell on. This is one of my spiritual stories, and I am starting it this way because I want to apologize. I want to apologize to God, my Father, my Creator, and to Jesus, my Lord and Savior. I feel the need to express myself because I think I have g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - White sun - tao of heaven. showers of wisdom ( part 2 of 3 )
- People rarely live up to a hundred years of age but yet, they carry with them the worries of a thousand years. Within this chaotic and dazzling world, it is only due to ignorance that people have created for themselves. Thousands and tens of thousands of attachments and worries, like cycles within cycles and layers upon layers these attachments and worries have firmly plugged their minds. So tight...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Shallow victories
- How many of you out there have ever wondered if a life of faith is worth it? Don't shy away from me, because you know there have been instances in your life when the bad guys won. The world is not fair, and the concept that good always triumphs can seem like fiction when you look around and see deceit running rampant. This fallen world shows its imperfections in countless ways, and every once in a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Here to stay
- I am disturbed by the tendency of some people to view Christianity as a trend rather than a way of life. Some take it to the next level and try to make it some sort of a secret club. If you doubt me, just look at the reaction to the 2004 election results. It didn't take the media long to start harping on how "Evangelical Christians" turned the tide and were trying to establish their mora...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New every morning
- I have almost died twice in my life. The first time was from pneumonia when I was 4 years old. I was hospitalized for a week and although I remember little of the experience, to this day I have to be diligent about my respiratory health because another case could be fatal. The second time was when I was 18, and I fully recall that experience. It was January 1994, and I was a second semester freshm...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ego - why do we have one?
- Why do we have an Ego?Almost all spiritual guides say that we must eliminate or dispose of our ego before we can reach enlightenment. If this is true, then why did our creator burden us with an ego to start with? Would it not have saved considerable struggle just to let us be born with only a spiritual side and not have an ego to fight with all the time? A fight that most people seen to loo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pebbles of wisdom
- Coming face to face with yourself in the space between the beginning and end of the transitions in your life is a scary place to be. Going backward in not an option. Going forward is just as unimagineable without a road map. It's where your soul meets the devil. It's where hope and hopelessness are synonomous. You come face to face with your demons as your self protective ego runs scampering into ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The hidden cost of free
- Are you always looking for bargains, especially something that you can get for free? The thought is that this will somehow enhance your life and perhaps make you feel more empowered, correct?Well I would like to bring your attention to the real hidden cost of choosing to accept anything for free. What does the idea that one needs to have something for free say about that individual? Well it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Unfinished woman
- I'm at that place in life many refer to as "the dark night of the soul". My husband and I just finished and moved into our dream home. It was a life long dream come true for me. I thought my life would never be complete without it. Now here I am, one year later and I am going through the classic "what's next" question. I am bored and tremendously unchallenged by my career. And try as I might, I ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Good news from mars (part 2)
- Paul is led up a 512 ft. hill, Mars Hill, also known as Areopagus, and there he faces the Epicureans and the Stoics (and others). These intellectual giants represented the philosophical thinking of the day in which Paul lived. And when these PhD's saw Paul, they sneered and considered him a vain babbler (seed picker). They had given Paul audience merely to amuse themselves by listening to what he ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Good news from mars (part 1)
- Those of us, who are familiar with Apostle Paul's sermon at Mars Hill, realize that it was delivered while he was on his second missionary journey. It was following his brief visit to Thessalonica where his gospel was well received, particularly among the Greek community. It was prior to his journey to Corinth where he was to penetrate the Greek religion which was commercializing sensual vices und...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to fall with style - the art of sin
- Adam had it right when he covered himself with fig leaves. It's not that he thought it would cover his sin. He knew this was impossible. But he suddenly recognized his own weakness, and he doesn't try to battle it. Instead, he covers it. Out of sight, out of mind. But when God asks him why, he comes clean, accepts his punishment, and and continues to cover himself. Now that's how we're suppose to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Go forward!
- There is no incident in the life of Moses which I consider more epochal than this one; the encounter with the Red Sea. Here was a man who was faced with a great dilemma. He was on his way from Egypt to Canaan. He had received instructions from God to take the journey and he was following orders. He had been chosen to lead a group of oppressed and downtrodden people to the Promised Land. The journe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - True will
- Some may ask what is the true will of God and how do I obtain it? Well let's see what the Bible says. Look at Psalms 40:6 it says Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, Here I am, I have come-it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. I p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Midnight songs
- In life, sooner or later, we come to the midnight hour. The hour comes when all is black, when myriad shapes seem to haunt our paths, when the very blackness appalls and our hearts cry out in utter despair. We fear the night and we dread what the day may bring forth.We do have our midnights, do we not? We suffer nights of sorrow and nights of persecution, nights of doubt and nights of anxie...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Integrating soul and science
- "Spirit is beyond the void of space. This realm, beyond the void, is not an empty nothingness; it is the womb of creation. -- Nature goes to the same place to create a galaxy of stars, a cluster of nebulas, a rain forest, a human body, or a thought... That place is Spirit." (1)The idea of thought coming from Spirit is a little general and not something I agree with unless he means REAL thou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 shortcuts to a life of charity
- Charity isn't the easiest virtue to master. And with St. Paul's warning that our good works mean nothing without charity, we see how important it is to practice. Here's a few practical ways to install charity into every day life.Give to people what they want, not what you think is best. We've all said it- "If I give him money, he'll just spend it on alcohol or drugs." Give your gi...