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- "Hey, it's me" - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2012 from Darlene GlasgowHave you ever received a phone call that went something like this? "Hello" "Hey, how are you?" "I'm good, how are you?" "Great, did you watch the game last night?" "Yes, great game" "Well, all of us need to get together to watch a game soon." "Sure, we need to do that." "What about ...
Views: 1255 - "THE RELIGION OF ISLAM": A Comparison of Islam And Christianity - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: "THE RELIGION OF ISLAM": A Comparison Of Islam And Christianity Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words/tags): Islam, The Koran, religion, faith, beliefs, religious tolerance, spiritual unity, unity of religions Web site: ...
Views: 1333 - 'Kill the Infidels' (Koran) or Tell Obama, Congress NO to 700,000 More Muslims (Omnibus): Dr Ruhling - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2015 from Richard RuhlingSummary: Friday's Omnibus Budget Bill will provide $1.2 Billion for lifetime residency cards to 700,000 Muslim migrants as we did over the last five years,” said Senator Sessions of AL. Email or call congress TODAY! “In spite of what we heard the president say on TV, Islam is NOT a religion ...
Views: 1392 - *** Enjoying the Spirit of Giving Without the Financial Crunch - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Margaret GoodSo the Christmas season is upon us and we are in the mood for giving but with these economic times how can we give to others without creating a financial burden for ourselves? It is so easy to get caught up in the season and go impulse buying. The following tips are sure to help curve your ...
Views: 1428 - ***8 Actions You MUST Take Now To Take Charge Of Your Financial Future - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Bob LouderWhy learn about money? Because nearly 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation. Suicide rates are climbing along with the national debt.
Views: 435 - ***A Merry Heart Even When Our Finances Look Dismal - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Margaret GoodKnow any good jokes? We all love them don’t we? They make us smile and feel better. This is in direct relation to Proverbs 17:22, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.” I suffer from chronic depression and have for over 25 years so I know the signs ...
Views: 1251 - ***All About Your Credit Score - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Bob LouderA credit score is a number that helps lenders and others predict how likely you are to make your credit payments on time. Each score is based on the information then in your credit report.
Views: 425 - ***Five TIPS on How To Get Back In The Black NOW - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Bob LouderHere’s a short quiz to help determine your financial health. Take the quiz, but don’t stop there. Read on for five things you can do NOW to improve your financial health.
Views: 458 - ***How To Protect Yourself From Overdraft and Bounced Check Fees - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Bob LouderSometimes it “just happens.” You work to be careful using your checkbook, but then you have an “emergency” and write a check hoping your deposit will hit your bank before the check.
Views: 498 - ***Our Government and Your Checking Account - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Bob LouderYour checkbook can be a fantastic money management tool IF you learn to use it correctly. If you choose not to manage your checkbook you can expect difficulties. But difficulties can come from other sources as well.
Views: 466 - ***Saving Dollars by Saving Energy - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Margaret GoodYou don’t have to be Einstein to learn about money and how to improve your bottom line. There are things we can all do without getting an accounting degree and working on Wall Street. The following tips are a continuation of the ones from my previous article entitled Putting Money In Your ...
Views: 1540 - 10 Tips - Christian Bible method to Communicating with God & Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from king james bibleThe Bible is the most influential & potent tool, when it homes on to the spiritual growth and communicating with God. Numerous Christians all over the world have begun to use Christian Bible alongside a meditation & communicative system that helps them conquer inner peace, strength, satisfaction ...
Views: 1157 - 10 top tips - how to download Christian bible and King James Version bible - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from king james bibleAt a particular stage in life one always wants to spend time in god’s devotion and devote his part of life for achieving mental and spiritual peace and satisfaction. Such a stage comes in everyone’s life; sometimes earlier or sometimes later. Most of the people are not learned about the details ...
Views: 1269 - 10th Day of Lent – The Quality of Wisdom - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 3rd quality required for us to achieve higher consciousness is WISDOM. Wisdom is your ability to discern, evaluate, and make decisions. Every day is judgment day. Heaven and hell are not places we go after death; they are states of mind that we create by the decisions we make in the ...
Views: 1177 - 11 Bible Verses to Help You Understand Marriage - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Sara ReyesIf you are thinking about getting married or if you are already married, you should turn to God so that you can learn truly what being married means. You should do so to ensure that Christ is at the center of your bond between you and your spouse or future spouse. Marriage is a permanent ...
Views: 3993 - 11th Day of Lent – The Quality of Love - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 4th quality required for us to achieve higher consciousness is LOVE. "Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God, for God is love.... if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.... There is no fear ...
Views: 774 - 12th Day of Lent – The Quality of Power - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 5th quality required for us to achieve higher consciousness is POWER. We control our thoughts, feelings, and actions by using our innate inner power. God created us in God's image and likeness and gave us dominion over all things on earth. (Genesis 1) As we awaken to God within us, this ...
Views: 915 - 13 Ways to Save on Wedding Flower - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2020 from Sachin PatilAre you also dreaming of beautiful and amazing blooms for your wedding day but working within a budget? No need to worry this blog will give you some excellent ideas on how to save on wedding flowers. Everyone wants to save on wedding flowers without sacrificing on their vision. Right from the ...
Views: 931 - 13th Day of Lent – The Quality of Imagination - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 6th quality (or Power) required for us to achieve higher consciousness is IMAGINATION. The imagination is the cornerstone of our capacity to create. All that is now visible in physicality had its beginning as a mental picture. As we visualize, we create ... we bring into form. Thus, the ...
Views: 1029 - 14th Day of Lent – The Quality of Understanding - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 7th quality required in order to achieve higher consciousness is UNDERSTANDING. Study the illustration of our Divine Self. Intellectual understanding takes place within the physical human being (the figure on the bottom). The intellect cannot lead us to ultimate Truth because it is dependent ...
Views: 912 - 15th Day of Lent – The Quality of Will - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 8th quality required for us to achieve higher consciousness is WILL. Quoting Fillmore: "The will is the executive power of the mind. The commandments of Jesus teach the Father's will. Those who keep them are therefore at one with the will of God.... We can never fully enter into and abide ...
Views: 891 - 16 ideas about changing your life. Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Jaemin FrazerI love the fact that we each have the ability to change, grow, mature, develop and become the people God created us to be. Almost every time we turn the TV on, we are bombarded with hundreds of quick fixes for every issue in our life from weight loss to great relationships, however lasting ...
Views: 1076 - 16th Day of Lent – The Quality of Law/Order - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 9th quality required for us to achieve higher consciousness is Law/Order. Quoting Fillmore: "Divine Law is the logical process by which divine principle, or God, manifests. The inner spirit of the law is the spiritual way of life that Jesus taught and lived. Divine Law is the universal ...
Views: 936 - 17th Day of Lent – The Quality of Zeal - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 10th quality required to achieve higher consciousness is ZEAL. Quoting Fillmore: "Zeal is the affirmative impulse of existence; its command is, 'Go forward!' Zeal is the mighty force that incites all things to action; the eternal urge behind all things. To be without zeal is to be without ...
Views: 982 - 18th Day of Lent – The 11th Quality of Release - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 11th quality (or power) required for us to achieve higher consciousness is RELEASE. Once more study the illustration of our Divine Self. The bottom figure, depicting you as a human being living on the physical plane, is enfolded in purple light (or energy)---the Purple Transmuting Flame. ...
Views: 855 - 19th Day of Lent – The 12th Quality of Life - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from John AOVThe 12th and last quality/power required to achieve Higher Consciousness is LIFE. Life means more than simply existence. Quoting Fillmore in LET'S KEEP A TRUE LENT: "Life is a phase of Being, the expression of which manifests as animation, activity, and vigor. The consciousness of eternal life ...
Views: 902 - 2 Ways Low Self Esteem Hinders You - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2010 from Daniel BrownIf you answer yes to any of these ten questions, you may be a victim of low self-esteem... 1. Are you afraid to take risks? 2. Do you usually anticipate the worst in any given situation and fear the outcome? 3. Do you simply fear the unknown? 4. Do you worry so much about what others ...
Views: 2271 - 2011 - Everlasting Justice Countdown to 2012 and the "Rapture" of 144,000 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Merry Battles2011 - Everlasting Justice Countdown to 2012 and the 144.000 Rapture by Merry C. Battles Here we are at the start of another year. Time is just speeding along. We are all marching and I want to know where to? There is a divided camp on earth. Are we headed for a 1,000 years of peace or ...
Views: 2220 - 2011 International Christian Recovery Coalition Projects - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Richard Burns, J.D. (pen name Dick B.),The International Christian Recovery Coalition Announces Christian Recovery Resource Centers Recent Developments as of February 11, 2011 The International Christian Recovery Coalition (www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com) was founded in July 2009. Its headquarters office is in ...
Views: 1956 - 2018 Events Predicted in All-Time Best-Seller--the Bible - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2018 from Richard RuhlingWar, famine, earthquake, pestilence, society chaos are seen, end-times in Matthew 24. Summary: Trump’s ok of Jerusalem as capital of Israel sets the stage for a papal-influenced United Nations to react with hostility. Jerusalem’s destruction would be a sign of impending judgment on the US ...
Views: 1324 - 20th Day of Lent - "When the Spirit of Truth Comes” - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOVAs Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure from the physical plane, he told them: "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he ...
Views: 786 - 21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2009 from Cheryl PetersenThis essay relates to my work, 21st Century Science and Health; a revision and update of Mary Baker Eddy’s book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Eddy lived in the 19th century and died in the year 1910. In the late 19th century, Eddy became a prominent spiritual healer and leader ...
Views: 3984 - 21st Day of Lent – Discerning Truth - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOV"I declare what I have seen in the Father's presence, as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father." (John 8:38) "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of ...
Views: 914 - 22 Facts About The Key Ingredient To Becoming A Leader Who Stands The Test Of Time - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Brian Keith DoddWe’ve all seen leaders whose influence was short-term. They were here today and gone tomorrow. So what is the difference in leaders who last and the ones pass the test of time? The answer can be found in the single word ”Faithfulness”. Dr. Crawford Lorrits is more than a pastor to me. I ...
Views: 755 - 22nd Day of Lent – The First Day of Spring - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOVThe 1st day of each season marks one of the four most powerful days of the year. We see evidence of this incoming power at Spring Equinox as we observe nature’s resurrection from what appeared to be death. Tree limbs that looked dead began to sprout new leaves … a tiny flower leaf pushes its way ...
Views: 2049 - 23rd Day of Lent – God's Presence within You - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOVThroughout the Lenten Devotionals, I have spoken of the “God within us”---the top figure in the Illustration of our Divine Self. Elizabeth Claire Prophet, who designed this illustration, refers to the top figure as the I AM PRESENCE. This concept of I AM is important. In Exodus 3:13-15, Moses ...
Views: 945 - 24th Day of Lent - The Angelic Kingdom in Nature - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOVOne of the best ways to discover Truth is to commune with nature in all of its forms. To the clairvoyant, the angelic kingdom in nature is glorious beyond words. On this 24th day of Lent, we return to Geoffrey Hodson's clairvoyant viewing of the angelic kingdom as described to his artist friend. ...
Views: 2743 - 25th Day of Lent – Working in Cooperation with the Angelic Kingdom - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOVDuring Jesus' 40 day fast, he successfully struggled with how to begin his ministry in accordance with the Divine Plan. He defeated his personality ego and rejected methods that would have called attention to himself via the ways of the world. While Jesus wrestled with the temptations, the world ...
Views: 2588 - 26th Day of Lent – Hidden Effects of Music - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2009 from John AOV"A wise man seeks by music to strengthen the weakness of his soul; the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears." ---Confucius According to Corrine Heline, the ancients understood the power of music and sought to use it to attune to higher realms of consciousness. At one time China closely ...
Views: 1280 - 27th & 28th Days of Lent - Thoughts Create Forms - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOV“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully ...
Views: 1340 - 29th Day of Lent – Seeking Truth for Ourselves - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVAs we move into the 5th week of Lent, let us “fast” from traditional religious teachings and “feast” on developing our own discernment of Truth. If you find that statement frightening, you are not alone. For thousands of years, humanity has been taught to look to the authorities to learn what ...
Views: 856 - 3 Great Prayers to Pray When Reading the Bible - by Submitted on May 16, 2016 from Wayne DaviesWhen you read the Bible, it's always a good idea to pray – before, during and after you open the Word of God. The Bible is a supernatural book and you'll need supernatural help to read it and apply it. The purpose of this article is to introduce you to how to pray biblically while reading the ...
Views: 1061 - 3 Reasons to Sell & Move Out of State - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2018 from Richard RuhlingA good article by a prepper was saying to move out of blue states. (anti-guns) He had some good reasons… “If you own a cracker box home in someplace like Sunnyvale, California, you should immediately consider cashing it in and buying something like a little lot in Montana. (you’ll have enough ...
Views: 1425 - 3 Tipping Points Toward Middle War & Prophetic End-Times - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2018 from Richard Ruhling#1. Trump’s Making Jerusalem the capital of Israel was opposed by the pope and 126 countries in the United Nations in spite of several previous presidents agreeing to the idea but not doing it. #2. Trump’s plan to pull out of the Obama-era Iran Nuclear Treaty if Iran doesn’t make significant ...
Views: 1299 - 30th Day of Lent – What is Salvation? - Part II - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVOf the 4 gospels, John is by far the most esoteric. Many researchers believe John to be a Gnostic gospel and much closer to the actual teachings of Jesus than the other 3. If tradition is correct and the Gospel of John was written by the “beloved disciple,” then this disciple was likely taught ...
Views: 851 - 31st Day of Lent – Did Jesus Suffer During His Crucifixion? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVFor over 1,700 years, Christians have been taught that God required Jesus to suffer and die on the cross so he could forgive us our sins. Many churches teach that unless humanity accepts Jesus as their Saviour, God will punish them for eternity in the hot fires of hell. As a 14 year old, I ...
Views: 2145 - 32nd & 33rd Days of Lent – Who is Jesus? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVJohn 1:1-5 is easily the most esoteric passage in the entire Bible. It reaches back in time to Genesis 1:1-3 – “God created the heavens and the earth in the very beginning. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon ...
Views: 2121 - 34th Day of Lent – Preparing for Transfiguration - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVJesus incarnated to show us the Way to our own personal ascension into higher consciousness … to lead us along the Path to becoming a Christed being—an anointed one. Each of the five major stages in Jesus’ life depict our own journey into spiritual adulthood. His birth signifies our spiritual ...
Views: 1320 - 35th Day of Lent – Transfiguration - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOVRead the account of Jesus’ transfiguration in Matthew 17:1-13. It is packed with truth the churches have ignored. The transfiguration is the 3rd major event in Jesus’ demonstration to us of the pathway to ascension. Jesus takes three of his closest disciples to a mountaintop. There are ...
Views: 1261 - 37th Day of Lent – The Wound That Cannot Heal - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from John AOV“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murderess of the prophets and stoner of those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and yet you would not!” (Matthew 23:37) Jerusalem - The Old City Wall The Hebrew meaning for ...
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