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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The who am i koan
- When we ask ourselves the question who am I in earnest, we have this expectation that we can answer the question.In reality though it is a trick question which is designed to push you further and further into self, until you surrender completely and find no self exists and the question of who am I is totally irrelevant.However this is not a conceptual exercise. It isn't like saying o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Secrets of effortless action
- Action dakini gets everything done. When wanting and grasping hold sway The dakini has you in her power. Wanting nothing from outside, taking things as they come, Know the dakini to be your own mind. The essence of mind is knowing. Know that action has no origination or cessation And the action dakini gets everything done. Those who do not understand these points Can practice for eons and know not...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual friendships
- As we walk along our paths in life, we will encounter several forms of friendships. There will be friends of convenience, friends by association, and friends of the heart. Friends out of convenience are friendships that you might have simply because you both are accessible to one another. These friendships are common in a work or school environment as people are united by place alone. You might ev...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The s word
- We all sin. To avoid using the "s" word, we may call it by other less penetrating names; politically correct names. But sin by any other name remains what it is, sin. It is not uncommon for man to blame external causes and conditions for our troubles and sicknesses, while all the time the real trouble is sin.One of the greatest problems we face today is that of controlling the absurd, the i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I?m too busy for me
- Everyone is busy nowadays. It's hard to find time for anything. From the time we wake up in the morning until the time we go to bed, it's hard to find 30 minutes to simply be by yourself. If you are married with children, I know you can relate to what I am saying.I have a girlfriend who is single and we were having the discussion about how the grass is always greener on the other side. I sa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Let your will, not mine, be done
- Can I be honest with you? There are days when I just don't feel like getting up in the morning. I'm noticing this a lot lately because the weather is changing and it's pretty cold early in the morning when I awake to start my day. There are days when I move that blanket off of me and quickly snatch it back because it's too cold to get up. I know I HAVE to get up, especially because it's cold and I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hold on!
- Job was a spiritual man who loved and obeyed God at all times. Yet, God allowed some really terrible things to happen in Jobs life.Imagine, for a second, if someone came up to you and said, all of your children, and their spouses and children were visiting each other, all in the same house, and the house collapsed and they are all dead. Immediately after this person gives you this horrifyin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - God?s message to you
- As I sat down today to write this article, I went through my usual routine of sitting still and listening to that voice that comes from inside of me. I do this all the time when I sit down to write an article, or before I give a speech, or before I answer an email or before I coach someone, or before I do anything basically. I do this because this is how I communicate with God. This is how I conne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Formula for spiritual growth
- The formula for spiritual growth is given briefly in 2 Peter 1:5-7. Make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance; and perseverance, godliness, and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.This is given in a logical order. It must be in the order given.All one has...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trust jesus (and stress and fear will disappear)
- Everything was going wrong.The weight of the world had decided to settle on my shoulders. Bill collectors were calling and asking for payments that I didn't have.The car insurance was due and I simply did not have it. The cable went out on Wednesday, and I love Law & Order but had to miss it because regular television doesn't work without cable in my area.The final straw came ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The ten commandments starring charlton heston
- Last Saturday, the children were down at their grandparent's house and my husband was out of the house working, and I found myself home alone. This is very unusual for me. A quiet house doesn't often happen for me, so I savored the favor. It's a rare treat when I can actually watch television without any interruptions.So, as I relaxed by lying in bed with a bag of microwave popcorn and a bo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The big choice
- "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me." REVELATION 3:20, NCVJesus gives this invitation. To know God is to receive His invitation. Not just to hear it, not just to study it, not just to acknowledge it, but to receive it. It is possible to learn much about God's invitation and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An open invitation
- "All you who are thirsty, come and drink." ISAIAH 55:1, NCVThe most incredible invitations are not found in envelopes; they are found in the Bible. You can't read about God without finding Him issuing invitations. He invited Eve to marry Adam, the animals to enter the ark, David to be king, Israel to leave bondage, Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem. God is an inviting God. He invited ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Let go and let god
- As a child growing up, whenever I was worried about something, my mother use to always say, "Girl, don't worry about it. Just let go and let God."As a kid, I didn't really understand what she meant. Let go and let God do what? Let God worry about it? Naw, I couldn't do that. I couldn't trust that He would worry about it as much as I would. I knew He had tons of other people that h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What does it mean to hear gods voice?
- Excerpt from The Journey That Never Was: a guide to hearing God's Voice regardless of one's faith, religion, or personal beliefs, by DavidPaul and Candace DoyleWhat is Hearing God's Voice?"God's Voice rings True in the world, through every Brother upon the earth."Holy Spirit: "God's Voice is the Gift that God gave to each of His Children as they stepped into the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Contact an expert
- Let's say that you have discovered your purpose but you don't know how to go about obtaining God's purpose for your life. You don't know what to do next. How do you start? How do you go about changing from your present occupation to finding a career using the purpose God gave you?Let's say God blessed you with the talent to sing. You know that you can sing and so do others. But how do you b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New century; same old story
- In His graciousness, God has blessed us to enter a new century. When you look back on the years and experiences you had in the last century, you probably wonder why you did not lose your mind. When you think about some of the traumas and extreme challenges you had to contend with, you know you should have had a breakdown or been confined to the rubber room.But God opened doors for you that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be thankful
- Some people think just by saying the words thank you is just. Well lets look in at 1Chronicles 16:8 it says Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Futhermore it says in Psalms 100; Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Globe unity
- Most of us think of what a wonderful world this would be if only this or that. Well the Bible says that to follow the words of Jesus Christ and walk in his ways. Are we truly following his words or walking in his ways. Lets see what the Bible says about unity. Let's look at Psalms 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! Since we are not in unity what can we do. Take...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What can you do in one day
- For it is written in Bible in chapter 2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. So what can we do in one day, or should I say, how do I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why worry
- The possibility of almost 400 Old Testament prophesies coming to fulfillment in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, apart from God's sovereign control of history, staggers the imagination. The certainty that God planned the coming of His son into the world can offer stabilizing support to our faith in our Lord.We are living in a day of apprehension which offers nothing certain for us to hang o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Destroying strongholds
- Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, "Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way." ESTHER 4:15?16, NASBIn this passage, Queen Esther called her people to fast. This act released God's power into the otherwise hopeless situation and miraculously spared the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Loving your neighbors
- If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1?2One of our goals as lighthouses for Jesus Christ is to love people. One of the most important truths...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - So none of us arrived with an owners manual! a fresh perspective on the drive to lead (part 1)
- So, none of us arrived with an Owner's Manual, neatly referenced to enable us to look up our ails, appreciate where we are, and, understand what is next. We expected its indelible validation to enable us to navigate some of the more fearful and exhilarating moments in our lives.Most of us have a deeply felt need for one to give us the courage to look into a few dark corners and understand w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forgiveness- the path to healing & spiritual growth
- The dictionary defines the word forgive as: [to pardon, as to for-give an enemy;to cease to feel resentment for,as to forgive an offense].I have heard people say this many times: "I will never forgive them for what they did!", as if by saying this they are causing harm to the person who hurt them. The reality is that they are doing the harm to themselves alone. As defined in the dictionary,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Living by faith
- Five verses specify that we are to live by faith. How do you do that? It is like entering a black hole. Those who are in the blackness of night have to feel their way lest they fall into a pit or crash into things. Walking by faith is going through unknown territory. How can you feel comfortable navigating blind? It's like closing your eyes when you are driving at high speed on a congested highway...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Universal thought systems
- The Mind in an Advanced Thought System:The center of our Thought System, today, is believed to reside in our brain. The brain is thought to be synonymous with our mind. The brain consists of millions of neurons and cells. Data is stored in the cells and transmitted via the neurons to our senses. We think our Thought System works something like this: We absorb data through our senses. The br...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choose life or death
- No one, not even God can make us choose the right things. He gave us the freedom of choice where our own lives are concerned. Life is full of choices. Many of them which we assume will give us life are really only secondary to what our whole purpose is.The world tells us we need careers, we need education, we need marriage, children, we need to be able to afford the very best of what life h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming burn out
- Burn out, it can happen to anyone. Some of the common signs of burn out can be (although not an all inclusive list) depression, mental, emotional and spiritual fatigue, overreacting to little things, negativity, lack of concern over the work / tasks that need to be done, frustration, anger, feelings of powerlessness, weight loss or gain, insomnia.It is vital the steps be done to overcome bu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gods to do list - get specific!
- I know eyebrows are probably raising about now, but let me tell you this works ! How does God know what we want or need if we don't get specific and let Him know ?All you have to do and I do this on a monthly basis and update it accordingly is make a list. I make mine like a grocery list and put the title at the top of the list. My title is always "OK God ... This is what I need now ! and p...