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Love is the key to relevancy. 6 y
** Relevance
Relevance is the concept of one topic being connected to another topic in a way that makes it useful to consider the first topic when considering the second. The concept of relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive sciences, logic, and library and information science. Most fundamentally, however, it is studied in epistemology (the theory of knowledge). **
Reasons Most Churches are Living in the Past
Meg Bucher
Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
1. The Word
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Are we really focusing on what God’s Word says about our world?
It’s a mess, and we’re promised it will get worse. How are we addressing that as a body of Christ?
“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash ... read more Why I only eat - 60% to 90% Dark Cholate! 6 y
** “The idea that dark chocolate is healthy has worked its way into the mainstream psyche,” said NYU food historian Amy Bentley, adding that even the very restrictive Paleo dieters sanction dark chocolate because of its “numerous health benefits.”
There is a case for high-quality cocoa science **
Must Read on Pocket
This is one of the most-saved, read, and shared stories on Pocket.
Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened.
Vox
By Julia Belluz
August 20, 2018
12,785 saves
A year after James Cadbury, the 30-something great-great-great-grandson of the British chocolatier John Cadbury, launched his luxury cocoa startup in 2016, he introduced an avocado chocolate bar.
Cadbury Jr.’s newest confection loaded just about every buzzy health trend into a fresh green-and-white package: vegan, ethically sourced, organic dark chocolate and creamy, superfood ... read more What is the real purpose of life? 6 y
What is eternal? Not much of what you see upon the earth!
What is life about?
Part of my High School Motto was ”to make this or wherever you are a better place for your having been there!”
It takes courage to achieve greatness, but it takes far more courage to find total fulfillment in just being what the world calls normal or ordinary!
There is no special plan. Because it does not take being special to have the ordinary talents that were given to you! What makes your creative talents is the daring to love for the pure pleasure of being supportive and caring.
When you give away something it should come from your heart - not fro ... read more The real purpose in life is not happiness 6 y
Life is not about your happiness - rather it is about your usefulness and how you help others in need!
I want to ask you a question. How many hours per day do you think?
“I never thought about that.” So let me get this straight. You’re thinking all the time, and yet, you never think about how much time you spend thinking.
That sounds like an addiction to me. I know, because I’m addicted to thinking too.
When I eat too much, I can say “I’m overeating. I need to eat less.”
When I work too much, I can say “I’m getting burned out. I need to stop working.”
When I drink too much, I can say “I need to stop. I need a bottle of water.”
But when I think too much, I can’t just say “I’m ... read more Amazing Grace -J Newton 6 y
** Deuteronomy 15:15 " While you were a slave {liveing in sin} in the land of Egypt {The world}, I the Lord your God Redeemed you! " Here is the key phrase as to the need for God's Grace!
“JOHN NEWTON” [read by Jeremy Irons]: October 27th, 1778. How industriously is Satan served? I was formerly one of his active under tempters and had my influence been equal to my wishes, I would have carried all the human race with me. A common drunkard or profligate is a petty sinner to what I was. I had the ambition of a Caesar or an Alexander and wanted to rank in wickedness among the foremost of the human race. Oh, to grace, how great a debtor!
“Thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee.” [Deuteronomy 15:15].
BillMoye ... read more The Will and the Way! 6 y
**Anyone who desires to live for God, reject the devil, and reject the world's system, must know God's Word. **
His Word is the Will and the Way!
”Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is the truth.”
JOHN 17:17
In this prayer, Jesus prayed twice that the Father would keep His disciples from evil. Then He reveals the way that God will accomplish this - through His Word, the holy scriptures.
Anyone who desires to live for God, reject the devil, and reject the world’s system, must know God’s Word.
We must study the scriptures, for they reveal the will of God for our actions and attitudes. To be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, we must be filled with God’s Word. God’s Word i ... read more Missile Crisis 6 y
This was when the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Once the Soviet leader realized the power of the USA, he was able to peacefully disengage his nation from this most serious of Cold War confrontations.
In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Once operational, these nuclear-armed weapons could have been used on cities and military targets in most of the continental United States.
Before this happened, however, U.S. intelligence discovered Khrushchev’s brash maneuver. In what became known as the Cuba ... read more Analog is real life so why Digital? 6 y
Life is Analog - yet digital has been developed to use in many modern communications and {cell fons} other electronic applications today!
I learned about Analog controls and Analog computers in the Navy as a shipboard Weapons Fire Control Technician!
”We live, we breathe, we interact, we exist in a messy analog world, not a digital one.” - So true!
From a true Quote on YouTube.
We do live in a totally analog existence. Analog is what we see when something goes by in front of us. The plane or bee, or ball that goes by us is an Analog motion! It was not or never will be a Digital event!
What some will say why?
Because it is a physical reality.
Because what we actually sense in life as movement and he ... read more Washington's Vision 6 y
** With these words, the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.**
Washington’s Vision:
In the National Tribune, 1880, an article appeared giving an account of the ”Vision of Washington” at Valley Forge. The account was told by a gentleman named Anthony Sherman, who supposedly was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. The story has been published several times.
Some people will say that it is substantiated by the fact that a copy of the account is in the Library of Congress. This argument of authenticity is misleading in and of itself. The Library of Congress has copies of anything published. That does not indicate the accuracy of the cont ... read more Why are we here? Part 2 of 6 y
** "It is written." **
** Why are we here? Part 2 of
Learn first what your purpose on earth really is! Then you can improve your existence here!
MATTHEW 26:75
There are several Greek words used for ”word.” The Greek word used here is RHEMA and it literally means, ”a spoken word; an utterance, a saying, but specifically a spoken word appropriate for the situation.”
It’s not the Bible lying on your coffee table that makes the enemy flee, but the Word of God hidden in your heart, activated by the power of the Holy Spirit, and spoken in the appropriate situation. It’s similar to what Jesus s ... read more Why are we here? - 1 of 6 y
** BTW: I do not get paid for this post, this blog is just another way to learn how to help improve your limited mind and life here on earth! **
Why are we here?
During your walk thru this earthly existence - what did you learn so far?
Most people tend to become hung up on the razzle-dazzle of life!
Mainly because there are many things to see and become enticed with in life. Not all the things are necessarily bad; yet the real question is not what should I be doing - rather exactly why am I here!
In the last 50 years, it has become more apparent that few people ever come to realize their worth or use their full potential to address and /or solve their immediate problems. Therefore they stumble, falter a ... read more Become a Leaner - try it 6 y
I have attempted to follow the Gospel of Christ in my life and try to always make wherever I am; to do what is morally right and best for the situation! This has served me well!
Matthew 26:55 ”In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.”
The four gospels refer to Jesus teaching 43 times, preaching 19 times, and preaching and teaching in the same verse, six times. This indicates that Jesus spent twice as much time teaching as He did preaching. Teaching is the basic building block for making disciples. Jesus was making disciples, not just converts.
The Greek word for ”disciple” literally means ”a learner, ... read more His angels on our behalf 6 y
** We don't have the intelligence to order or control the angels of God! **
Luke 22:43 ”And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.”
We have angels assigned to us. Hebrews 1:14 further reveals that their purpose is to minister to us, on our behalf. In the Old Testament, Psalm 91 teaches on the ministry of angels to God’s people.
Some people who have realized this truth have taken it as far as to say that we are supposed to speak to our angels and they will obey our commands. There is no instruction in scripture to do this nor is there any example of that being done. We don’t have the intelligence to administer all of the ange ... read more In the beginning - You? 6 y
** Our brain is a prediction engine that builds knowledge and generally gets smarter as it better aligns what it needs to meet the demands of the existing environment. **
In the beginning - You?
When you were young and ignorant, there wasn’t much information to understand, so you mostly had unconstrained inputs from the external world introduced into your thought patterns, but as you get older, you should start to filter through this variety for hopeful usefulness, in order to start making better decisions.
You create mental concepts in your mind about what is important and what is not, and then these concepts shape your future perceptions by using the already-selected knowledge to further select knowledge.
The key is to find a reliable wa ... read more the dominion of the flesh 6 y
** Man can no more get rid of the power of the flesh on his own than he can get rid of the power of darkness without light. **
Matthew 26:41 ”Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
How do you walk in the Spirit?
The way you do this is through living by, conducting your actions according to, and following the leading of the Word of God as quickened to you by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit and the Word of God agree perfectly because the Holy Spirit is the one who inspired the written Word of God.
Denying the flesh will not result in walking in the Spirit. Walking in the Spirit will result in denying the flesh. This may seem like a s ... read more Watch and Pray 6 y
** It is your spirit that is instantly changed at salvation. **
Matthew 26:41 ”Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
The Bible presents salvation as a life-transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a true believer. Yet, failure to understand that this change takes place in the spirit first, and then is reflected in our outward appearance through our thoughts and actions in direct proportion to the way we renew our minds, causes much confusion.
This change has to take place in our born-again spirit first.
Why is that?
If you were overweight ... read more Help in time of need 6 y
** Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. **
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Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, ”Go unto this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
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