My heart has compelled me to write down my feelings on the negative response we are hearing from the media and the political arena every day, every minute of the day. Why does news have to be bad all the time? It is so easy today to be negative and speak doom and gloom to everyone all of the time. Now it is being said that we live in an area that has the second highest rate of unemployment in the country. Businesses are closing their doors, schools are closing, the state is bankrupt. What about the good news? There are things happening everyday that deserve to be praised and honored. Yo...

We can look back on our upbringing and see how we learned the most from those occasions that seemed disastrous at the time. Of course we shouldn’t impose tragedy or disaster on ourselves deliberately, I only mention this for encouragement’s sake. Looking back on Christ's uninterrupted faithfulness should lead us toward trusting Him more deeply all the time. Such is the steadfastness of this Spiritual Rock that we can wait on Him and obey Him with a clear conscience no matter what. It is easy for us, in our spiritual childishness, to interpret God's actions unfavorabl...

There is a place for everyone Everyone wants wealth, health and happiness but unfortunately few people actually accomplish it. To most people these three sought after liberties are only a dream never to be realized. In the United States, one of the most affluent nations on earth, why are there not more people enjoying the good life? Why does happiness seem so far away from the grasp of the average person. Why are there still deprived and desperate people who are lost, without hope and forgotten? A world out of control The world seems to be spinning out of control, gyrating into a ch...

The United States government, so good at rushing in to “aid” (or invade) other countries, spectacularly failed its own people recently when faced with the disaster of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. To avoid similar scenarios in the future, America can consciously foster spirituality in government. Though the idea of a spiritual government might today seem like a contradiction in terms, it is possible to guide policy-making according to spiritual principles. A spiritual government—like a spiritual individual—would conserve its resources in an effort to liberate its energies for gen...

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV). Question: What is my purpose? Answer: God has a purpose for your life (Jeremiah 29:11) He wouldn't have created you otherwise. Rest assured that if you are living, God has a purpose for you. God had an assignment in mind when He created you (Jeremiah 1:5). He fashioned you with the exact combination of personality traits, talents and abilities to accomplish that purpose. You are the only one who can do it exactly...

When you receive the Seal you will see the sign of global warming and recognize it as the sign of the approaching end-times. And you will prepare yourself spiritually to meet God. A new study was published in January in the journal Global Change Biology. In this study the researchers show that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the air are acting upon forests by delaying the changing colors and falling leaves in the fall. Previous studies have shown that the rising carbon dioxide levels are causing earlier growth in the forests in the spring. This study shows that the l...

SPIRIT OF THE LORD by Merry C. Battles Oh Spirit of the lord, speak to me. The spirit of the lord is yours. She reigns supreme. Her kindness and wisdom comes through you. I will give you the words. Yours is to create joy. Establish truth. Realize wisdom. God's thoughts are yours. His will is your life. Use it for good. As all men speak, their hearts lie there also. Establish peace for yourself and Those around you will follow. Like a gentle but strong wave upon the sea, One little ripple never ends but Becomes the whole. The one becomes the many. The many becomes the one...

Anyone can read the Bible and discover that Christ equips the different members of His church for different purposes. There are even a few lists that the apostle Paul rattles off in his letters, some describing spiritual gifting and others describing spiritual fruiting. In response to these lists, religious experts have devised a variety of methods for intellectually deducing ones spiritual giftings and fruitings. Some of these methods include choosing your spiritual feeling about certain statements (such as strongly agree or strongly disagree) or choosing whatever number the sur...

When you receive the Seal you will see climate change as the coming End of the world. You will be interested in the latest s talks hoping to curb climate change, the meeting of the "G20" in the middle of March 2008. The G20 are the world's 20 top emitters of greenhouse gases, those gases blamed for trapping in the heat of the sun but not letting it escape, therefore warming the world steadily. The G20 met in Japan, some of them rich countries and some of them poor countries. All agreed something needs to be done about global warming. But the poor countries did not agree on t...