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Keys707

Heavenly Quotes on Heaven! Pt. 7

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And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. 1 Corinthians 7:31 - Isaiah 40:8 KJV

Our Heavenly Bodies

"What a pleasure to have children in Heaven and to watch them grow and develop without the Devil and all his imps around and without sin and the Curse and all the pain, sorrow and crying! It will be pure pleasure to have children in Heaven! --David Berg

"I have another proof that we're going to have food in Heaven! "And man did eat angel's food."--Manna! So angels can eat food! --David Berg

"The leaves on the Tree of Life are for the healing of the nations, but what are the fruits for?--They must be just for the pleasure of eating! --David Berg

"I don't know how perfect everybody is going to be in Heaven, but anyhow, certainly a lot better than here! --David Berg

"Probably hundreds of thousands of saved pregnant mothers are going to be going up in the Rapture, and you know good and well they are going to have their babies either in Heaven or when they get back to Earth in the Millennium! --David Berg

"I just can't imagine a Heaven without children!--What a dead lifeless place without babies and kids! --David Berg

"My oh my, think of what you're going to be like when you have your completely Heavenly body that can do all the things you can do now and more, including flying and floating and appearing and disappearing and walking through walls and locked doors and having marvelous supernatural miraculous powers of defense and judgement upon your enemies, protection for your friends, and to be able to help the poor humans that are still living on Earth during the Millennium to learn more about the Lord and love Him and serve Him even as you do. --David Berg

"You want to know about a certain period and what happened?--You go into this building and all of a sudden you are transported! You're not just shown pictures, not even 3-D pictures, not even movies, but suddenly you are transported live by a time machine to that very time, that very age and you see it happen, you watch it happen, you hear it happen, you feel it happen! Think of it! Not only the movies but the 'feelies'! You are there! --David Berg

"The sky is not the limit, only Heaven's the limit, and there's no limit in Heaven! --David Berg

"The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but that doesn't mean you can't have meat and drink in the Kingdom! --David Berg

"All of the pleasures of this present physical life can be continued into the next life as well, since we will have a body which is similar to our physical body, but so much more glorious and wonderful and supernatural that it's even called spiritual, but can actually materialise and eat and drink and be merry, have fun, sex, love and all of the present pleasures of this life extended into the next in an immortal incorruptible all-powerful body that can enjoy them even more there than we do here, and forever without ever suffering pain or sickness or weariness or death, just be absolutely marvelously Heavenly forever! --David Berg

"Your Heavenly body is going to be an awful lot like it is now, only better. And if you enjoy its pleasures now, think how marvelous they're going to be when your body is supernatural, really super, with more power and more beauty and more grace and greater thrills and more marvelous exciting experiences and love than ever!--All the pleasures of this life and Heaven too, and their continuation on the other side! --David Berg

"This earthly body is slow and heavy in all its motions, listless and soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as active and as nimble as our thoughts are.--John Wesley






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The soul keeper

Daft question, has anyone ever heard of such angelic souls?

I never have, yet strange unexplainable experiences are leading me to believe soul keepers exist angel

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Keys707

Guardians of the Universe and The Master Imitator

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By PowerPointParadise and Keys 01/15

The world sets poised to go to war, the next war to end all wars. Only this time, it might be true. But what if the next invasion was not from this Earth, but from an extraterrestrial source? I am not really suggesting that little gray space aliens are going to invade the planet. However, the globalists have a plot to make you believe that this is the case. It is the Plan B from Outer Space.

Plan B

IF a series of false flag events do not result in World War III and if the world ends up in a cold war, is there a Plan B which could result in the unification of all currency and governmental power under one centralized authority? (Video Posted - Operation Blue Beam!)
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Revelations 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman (The Ecclesia - Christians), that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. (Master Imitator Plots)

This is where we play a major part as Christian projectors, we’re sending out a Flood of Love and Truth!

SIGHTINGS, ANGELIC PARADES, and DEMONSTRATIONS:

Let me introduce some of my experience revolving around our Epic Thriller Quotation, Luke 10:23, 24

“Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many Prophets and Kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to Hear those things which ye hear, and have not Heard them."

THE PYRAMID PARADE & STAR CONSORT OF 84':

My mate woke me around 4 am with a rush, “Honey, Honey, Rex is calling our attention”; she led the way as our 5 children and I was drawn after her … Lo, there in the morning light our Rooster, Rex, was glowing with a Golden Hora Voicing incomparable Praises of the soon to follow Celestial Parade that burst forth with a Dazzling Shower of Multicolored Stars (Angelic Vessels) that formed a Scintillating Pyramid with a Consort Ship aside them, a Huge Ball of Light.

OUR STAR GUARDIAN SUBFLEET:

Around the month of Christmas 2009, the Lord opened an awesome revealing of our “Star Guardian Subfleet”:

At first it was just thought of as lighted fish near the shore that had just appeared one night as I patrolled the beach front. I mentioned it to the other guards a couple times later and none of them saw these red lighted fishes.

Then as the days and weeks past, one night they started something very unusual, a Parade of sorts with many sub-vessels stemming from the shoreline to the distant horizon, like bobbing lights at various distances especially around the main area where the displays centered in front of me performing militant flanking maneuvers.

The sightings continued up to Christmas morning with unreal demonstrations showing our Starships descending from the distant horizon as bright stars to the oceans edge, then zooming to the beach front a couple seconds later.

At this point it was obvious to me that these red-lighted vessels were indeed supportive and working with us. So I prayed and asked the Lord for a name that I might identify with them, and the response revealed “Sir Williams”: Findings resonated with the images of Commander Sir Williams, and “Red Squadron Subfleet–I was made aware that our heavenly Guardians were stewards over many things and that at times they materialized and walked about me voicing in a soft tone “We’re Here”.

On Christmas morn the sky was opaque covering with glare upon the waters: 5:30 I talked with my supervisor on the cell phone exchanging Christmas Cheers, at that very moment, one of the Subship’s pierced the surface of the water approximately 40 ft. out from where I sat with a Ruby Red beam of light, Spherical in shaped, quietly out of the water looking straight at me in conformation of our Savior’s Glory.

(Only a few Sightings disclosed; See blog "For Your Eyes Only".)



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Keys707

What Comes Next

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Compilation August 2014

To die is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar;
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, ’tis o’er.
—Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719)
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I shall hear in heaven.—Attributed last words of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
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Not all the subtleties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
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Earth is the land of the dying: we must extend our prospect into heaven, which is the land of the living.—Bishop George Horne (1730–1792)
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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
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Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually shows us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has made our Lord Jesus Christ the first fruits. Let us contemplate the resurrection that takes place every season before our eyes. Day and night declare a resurrection to us. The night lies down, and the day arises; again the day departs, and the night comes on. Let us behold the fruits of the earth. The seed is sown. It fell into the earth dry and naked; in time it dissolves; and from the dissolution the power of the Lord raises it again; and of one single seed many arise and bring forth fruit.—Saint Clement of Rome (d. 99)
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We picture death as coming to destroy; let us rather picture Christ as coming to save. We think of death as ending; let us rather think of life as beginning, and that more abundantly. We think of losing; let us think of gaining. We think of parting; let us think of meeting. We think of going away; let us think of arriving. And as the voice of death whispers, “You must go from earth,” let us hear the voice of Christ saying, “You are but coming to Me!”—Norman Macleod (1812–1872)
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Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.—Aristotle (384–322 BC)
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If God hath made this world so fair, where sin and death abound, how beautiful, beyond compare, will paradise be found!—James Montgomery (1771–1854)
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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW WARS?

"If there is an all-powerful God behind the scenes," people often ask, "why would He allow such horrible wars? Why doesn't He put a stop to all that if He's in control?"

Although God hates war and its blood-thirsty perpetrators and is soon going to intervene and set things right when He "destroys them that destroy the Earth" (Rev.11:18), He hasn't yet because in so doing, He would have had to put a stop to the main idea of His whole Great Design--Man's Choice!

Man brings all this evil upon himself through his own sins, his own hand, literally dying by his own hand because of his refusal to receive the Lord, follow God or obey His Word! But if the people would just turn to the Lord and repent of their sins and ask for His forgiveness, He would lift the curse, and remove the whole thing, but they won't! So He has to let the wars come and all the horrors that man brings upon himself, to show what a mess mankind is without the Lord!

Are you a person of peace?--Or a wager of war! "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God!" (Mat.5:9). Join the peacemakers and help bring peace to the hearts and minds and souls of men!




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Keys707

Heavenly Quotes on Heaven! Pt. 19

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Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. Isaiah 43:18-20 KJV

"... The seas are the World's great septic tanks, its great cesspools, where all the waste of the World drains off into the sea.
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"Maybe it'll move around, who knows?--So it can minister to different parts of the World! If it can float down from Outer Space from God out of Heaven to the Earth, then it probably can still float around the Earth and hover here or there or set down here or there. After all, it's only 1500 miles square and 1500 miles high!--With God, a city like that can just float around!
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"It will be full of precious stones and jewels, and best of all, full of precious souls!--Immortal souls, saved souls that love Jesus and that you won to the Lord.
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"The City's going to be very very beautiful! Its going to be like a beautiful beautiful park in some places, and there in the lower level where the river flows right through the City there's going to be these beautiful trees growing on both sides, fruit trees with 12 different kinds of fruit, a different kind every month, think of that!--And leaves that'll be able to heal the people outside the City that are still sin-sick, and sick of their disobediences and their rebellion against God. We're going to be able to take those leaves outside and heal them!
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"Contrary to popular belief in the churches, I don't believe that the moment you land in Heaven you know everything! Just because Paul said, "Now we see through a glass darkly, then face to face. Now we know in part, then we shall know even as also we are known." (1Cor.13:12)--That doesn't mean you're going to know everything right off the bat. It does not mean that you're going to have perfect knowledge and perfect wisdom and know everything there is to know. I think God has left that for the rest of time and eternity in order to give something to do in the Hereafter, and to learn more about the Past and Bible history and the things which have already happened and to learn more about why they happened and God's reasons and His logic and the purposes and the meaning of it all.
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"We're even going to have sex in Heaven! How about that? Isn't that wonderful? Love all the girls you want to and all the handsome boys you want to and love all you want to and never get tired, never be impotent, never have a headache, never get hungry, never get sleepy, no pains, no VD, no nothin' except joy and praise and Hallelujah and lots of fun with your Bridegroom and all your friends and loved ones and the Family of God, His Family of Love, His children of God in Heaven when Jesus comes!
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"It's going to be so wonderful you're going to forget about all your troubles in the past! It's going to be so wonderful you're going to forget about all these things that happened before, those terrible things you've been through! Hallelujah? "It will be worth it all when we see Jesus! Life's trials will seem so small, when we see Christ! One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase! So bravely run the race, 'til we see Christ!"
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"God just turns on all the beauty He can possibly create, and that final Heaven on Earth, the eternal one of the New Heaven and the New Earth will be the most beautiful of all and the most perfect!--The perfect government of God administered directly and in perfection in every way!





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Keys707

The Key of Simplicity

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Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness He called night and there was evening and there was morning, one day ... Gen 1:3-5. NASB

Written by Peter Amsterdam February 2015

Our true treasures are not money and possessions. Our true treasures are the kingdom of God, His love and interaction in our lives, our salvation, God’s provision and care for us, and our coming rewards. Understanding this puts our finances and their use in the right perspective.

In Psalm 24, David exclaims, “The earth belongs to God! Everything in all the world is his!”1 God Himself claims ownership over creation: “All the earth is Mine,”2 “Everything under heaven is Mine,”3 “‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord.”4 From this, we understand that all that we “own” is actually owned by our Creator, which includes not just our possessions, but ourselves as well. We are simply stewards or caretakers of what God has put in our charge.

While God may own everything, He also wants us to be happy and enjoy the things He has given us, as it says in 1 Timothy 6:17: “God … richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.”5 As custodians of God’s resources—specifically, the things in our possession, and generally, the resources of the earth—we can use them for ourselves and our loved ones, to live our lives, and to enjoy what He has placed in our care. Having the right relationship with possessions, money, and wealth is vitally important to our relationship with God.

Understanding the principles of ownership (that God owns everything), stewardship (that we are to use what God has given us in conjunction with His will and His Word), and the need for developing a proper relationship with possessions and finances helps us to adjust our attitude and behavior regarding those things that we have control over, both tangible and intangible.

One key to this relationship is simplicity. Simplicity can be understood as a means of being freed from some of the unnecessary attachments to the things of this life, a means to set our minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.6

Jesus told us that our heart is where our treasure is, therefore it’s wise to examine what we consider our true treasure to be. We should have a right relationship with our possessions and recognize the damage that can occur if that relationship gets out of balance. Simplicity can lessen our focus on ourselves and our things and help to keep us focused on our true treasure, our loving God who has given us the most valuable things we could ever possess—His love and salvation.
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Live Simply

• Buy things for their usefulness rather than for their status. Avoid basing your buying decisions on what will impress others, and choose according to what you need.

• Simplify your life by developing the habit of getting rid of things that you no longer use or need. Try giving them away and be free from having to store them.

• Guard yourself from being overly influenced by advertising and social trends. The goal of marketing is often to convince you to upgrade to the latest, best, fastest, most powerful model. Use what you have until you truly need to replace it.

• Avoid impulse purchases; don’t buy what you don’t need.

• Enjoy things that you don’t own. Use a library, public transportation, a public beach, or a park.

—This list was adapted from Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline.

1. Psalm 24:1 TLB
2. Exodus 19:5
3. Job 41:11
4. Haggai 2:8
5. NIV
6. See Colossians 3:2.



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Hawaiki Nui Hawaki Roa Hawaiki Pamamao

This is a common saying in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and I am sharing it with the world of what it means and the purpose behind it

Ha = Breath, breathe, taste

Wai = Instructions given, memory. Recollection of words.

Ki = Full, say, tell, mention, think

Nui = Big, Large

Pa = Touch, blow as the wind.

Ma = Clean, white, clear

Mao = Distant

Roa = Long, tall. Long (of time), delayed. Length. Length of time, delay


The following is translated in english but in the order as written, because in general our language is written in the exact same format as Japanese, as in the sentence structure. The sentence can be written in two forms. Which is then reiterated as close to its meaning as possible.

Hawaiki = Breath/e instructions given full
1. Full breath, instructions given
2. Breathe full, instructions given

Hawaiki Nui = Large Full breath of instructions given.

Hawaiki Roa = Long/Delayed Full breath of instructions given.

Hawaiki Pamamao = Blow as the wind, clean, distant, full breath of instructions given
Touch, clean, distant, full breath of instructions given.


Pamamao has many meanings, too many to number, so I have used the meanings that relate with the first two.



My theory as to this most famous saying, is the method of learning from heaven, because there was only ONE type of instruction that truly mattered Father’s instructions. So breathe in deeply, slowly and you literally breathe in the instructions. Then exhale them, and this is a repeated process.

I believe it’s related to our tukutuku panels and the poutokomanawa (cetral coloumn) of the wharenui. It’s related because the instructions are from heaven taken in from the mouth and the longer the breath the more insructions are consumed. The reason the tukutuku panels are around the whare inside, The poutokomanawa represents My Ancestors and the tukutuku panels represents My Ancestors Visions and how he/she saw the world all around them.

The ‘X’ used to create stairs in the tukutuku panels represents the FIRST word of God in the Maori Culture. Which is HOW you follow the steps of heaven, which then refers back to the oldest most common sayings in Aotearoa.

Hawaiki Nui
Hawaiki Roa
Hawaiki Pamamao

Incidently, when you begin to breathe in instructions of heaven your breath becomes, over time, naturally clear, or clean.

Here are links to what I am talking about inside a whare:

tukutuku panels

poutokomanawa


Thanks for reading
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Keys707

God Does Something New

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“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not. Jeremiah 5:21 KJV


Written by Peter Amsterdam Wednesday, 01 April 2015

When Jesus rose from the dead, His resurrection was the first phase of God’s new creation, a new kind of existence—a human body was transformed by the power of God into one that is no longer affected by death, decay, and corruption. Nothing like this had ever happened! “We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.”1

Jesus’ resurrected body no longer suffered from the torture He had undergone—His back torn to shreds from the whipping; His head bloodied by the crown of thorns; His hands, feet, and side pierced. He was no longer battered, nor was He exhausted from all He had endured.

His risen body wasn’t a spirit; it was physical, which His followers could touch. He taught them,2 walked with them,3 cooked for them,4 and ate with them.5 He was once together with 500 of them at one time.6 After 40 days,7 He ascended into heaven,8 where He sits at the right hand of God.9

As Christians, we too are part of God’s new creation. We can look forward to the time when Jesus will return and raise our bodies as well.10 The apostle Paul speaks about our bodies raised from death in terms of a seed that is planted, and from which the more complete plant grows.11 He goes on to explain that these new bodies will be imperishable, raised in glory and power as spiritual bodies.12

Being imperishable means our bodies will not have the weaknesses they have now. They won’t be affected by aging, sickness, or weariness as they are today. As one author wrote, “In these resurrection bodies we will clearly see humanity as God intended it to be.”13

When a person receives Jesus as their Savior, God’s Spirit comes to dwell within them and they are renewed and regenerated. Renewal is a renovation, a change in the believer for the better. Regeneration is the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind. “When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.”14

As part of the new creation, God’s Spirit changes us, helping us to put on the mind of Christ, as we develop and reflect some of God’s characteristics by growing in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.15

And that’s why we have so much to celebrate!—That God dwells in us and helps, guides, and renews us; that we are part of His new creation; that we will live eternally in our new bodies, with perfect health and no aging, sickness, or disease. This is the good news of the Gospel: the love that God has for each individual, the offer of everlasting life, of resurrection from the dead, of being a new creature in Christ Jesus today and a part of the overall new creation for eternity.

May we be motivated by the beauty of God’s gift through Jesus to share it and its blessings with all we can.

1. Romans 6:9 ESV
2. See Luke 24:27.
3 .See Luke 24:13–15.
4. See John 21:9–13.
5. See Luke 24:41–43.
6. See 1 Corinthians 15:6.
7. See Acts 1:3.
8. See Acts 1:9–11.
9. See Mark 16:19.
10 .See 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; 1 Corinthians 15:51–52.
11. See 1 Corinthians 15:35–38.
12. See 1 Corinthians 15:42–44,49.
13. Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology, p. 832.
14. Titus 3:4–5 NLT
15. See Galatians 5:22–23.
16. The Jesus I Never Knew (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995)





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The Lamp of the Word Pt. 1

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Words from Jesus Jul 20, 2015

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.—Psalm 119:105 1

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The secret of finding your way, of knowing where to go next, and of arriving at My destination for your life journey is using My Word to guide you, letting it be the light that cuts through the darkness and shows you the path to follow.

One interesting thing about a lamp or a light is that when you hold it, it shines in front of you. It doesn’t shine off into the distance where it doesn’t benefit you—it shines about you, and as you move forward, the light reveals a little more of the way. That is why I’ve likened My Word to a lamp, because in order for the Word to really be effective in your life‚ you have to let it shine around you. By doing so, you learn where you’re going and then you follow, and as you do so, you see more and your path becomes clearer.

I love it when My children are faithful to follow the path that the light of My Word reveals to them. The traveler making his way through the dark has to have faith that his lamp is going to help him stay on the right path. It’s when he decides to find his way on his own without a lamp that he ends up lost and unsure of where to go next. When he calls out to Me, I bring back the light to the traveler and set him on the right track.

The more you take time in My Word and make it a priority in your life, the more ingrained the habit will become and the more you’ll feel it coming alive in you.

As you keep striving to follow the direction I lead, and to receive any new directions I have for you, the light of My Word will continue to guide you‚ enlighten you, and show you the way.

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Clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.—Romans 13:14 2

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Seek My face at the beginning of your day. This practice enables you to “put Me on” and “wear Me” throughout the day. Most people put on clothes soon after arising from bed. Similarly, the sooner you “put Me on” by communicating with Me, the better prepared you are for whatever comes your way.

To “wear Me” is essentially to have My mind, to think My thoughts. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your thinking; be transformed by this renewal within you. Thus you are well equipped to face whatever people and situations I bring your way. Clothing your mind in Me is the best preparation for each day.

Demonstrate your trust in Me by sitting quietly in My presence. Put aside all that is waiting to be done, and refuse to worry about anything. This sacred time together strengthens you and prepares you to face what the day will bring. By waiting with Me before you begin the day’s activities, you proclaim the reality of My living presence.

When you need to take action, I will guide you clearly through My Spirit and My Word. The world is so complex and overstimulating that you can easily lose your sense of direction. When you spend time with Me, I restore your sense of direction.

Come to Me and listen! Attune yourself to My voice and receive My richest blessings. Marvel at the wonder of communing with the Creator of the universe while sitting in the comfort of your home.

Though I am the King of the universe, I am totally accessible to you. I am with you wherever you are. Nothing can separate you from My presence. When I cried out from the cross, “It is finished!” the curtain of the veil was torn in two from top to bottom. This opened the way for you to meet Me face-to-face, with no protocols or priests. I, the King of kings, am your constant companion.3

1 ESV.
2 NLT.
3 Sarah Young, Jesus Calling (Thomas Nelson, 2010).





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Hinduism – A Religion Or A Way of Living?

Referred to as the oldest religion on earth, Hinduism boasts about a billion followers, mostly on the subcontinent of India. This makes them the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. But is it a religion?dunno

Quite unlike other religions, the Hindu religion does not worship any specific God, it does not claim any specific Prophet, it does not believe in any specific philosophic dogma, it does not follow any specific set of religious rites and does not have any specific founder; in fact, it does not satisfy the traditional definition of a religion in any way. It appears to be a way of life and it was not very surprising to learn that some Hindus are atheists.talk to hand

It acts like an umbrella, accommodating several religious factions, each with their own god(s), prophets & rituals, binding them in a lose federation. Some of these factions differ from each other as much as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism differ from each other, of course without the animosity we got used to.hmmm

It teaches behavior such as honesty, kindness, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, and compassion, among others. As such, it has remarkable similarities with the Abramic religions. I have not met a lot of Hindus but the few I got to know all had one thing in common. They were pacifists who would rather do themselves short before putting another at a disadvantage. They behaved more like Christians than most Christians I know. Maybe we can learn something from the Hindus. It appears that any person can practice his own religion within Hinduism without violating the doctrine of his own religion.bowing

So, I ask again; is it a religion or is it a way of living?confused

This is not an effort to convert anybody to Hinduism; it is merely my view on the topic and therefore just my opinion. You are welcome to give your take on it providing that it does not start another religious war on the blogs.thumbs up
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