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No matter how clean our environment may be, we share our living space with many microorganisms. If you could examine with a microscope the room you are now sitting in, you would clearly see the millions of creatures you are living with.
So, in this sense, a human being is a besieged fortress. ... Views: 766
Tides have such an effect that they can even change living conditions in some regions of the Earth. People, who resume their lives after the withdrawal of tides, arrange their entire lives according to tides. By the Will of Allah, oceans rise up to a certain level. This way, they never become a ... Views: 780
Retailers are not always perfect judges of what will sell in any given location or during a particular season. Seeing literal truckloads of new merchandise arrive on a regular basis as a store manager, I caught myself wondering what the buyers were thinking on more than one occasion. The ... Views: 724
When you receive the Seal God will lift you up to the Prominence of His own Name in magnation. That was how God lifted up Abraham in prominence when He promised the blessings He would give him.
The blessings of God are true Prosperance. The blessing of God is more valuable than any earthly ... Views: 877
When you receive the Seal you will be meganymic, like your forefather Abraham. God made his name great and you also will be meganymic because God will write His own Name upon you.
Thousands of years ago God called Abraham. At the time his name was Abram and God soon changed it to the Abraham ... Views: 670
Scientific research has revealed that throughout the living world, communication is just as important as it is to human beings. Countless living things lack the capacity for human speech, yet they employ entirely different methods in order to communicate with each other—and even with other ... Views: 859
Animals have various miraculous features and each one of them is a miracle of creation. One of these animals is the koala. The koala feeding on eucalyptus leaves has various splendid features that ensure a comfortable life for it on trees.
The bodily design of the koala, a native of Australia, ... Views: 887
You breathe air made up of atoms, eat foods composed of atoms and drink water made up of atoms—with a body that itself consists of atoms. The objects you see around you are actually nothing more than photons striking the electrons belonging to the atoms in your eyes.
And what about the things ... Views: 1069
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When you receive the Seal you will understand the importance of making sacrifices for God, just like Cain and Abel first offered the sacrifices of thysia to God. And God loved the thysia that Abel offered to Him.
The first sacrifice you will ever make as sealed is receiving the Seal. You ... Views: 938
When you receive the Seal you will be chosen of God even if you were not predestined by Him from the beginning. And you will be chosen regardless of your past sins. You will be the electate, for God will receive you and call you His own.
Some people were predestined or predefined by God ... Views: 804
When you receive the Seal you will have the change to live forever in Heaven. This is an ateletic or never-ending Life--the ultimate reward God can give you. And this ateletic reward is the true riches of Prosperance.
God does provide for those who believe in Him. The earth belongs to God ... Views: 912
Good friends of mine, Catholic friends, recently confessed to me. They said that although they occasionally attend their Catholic church, they have found a community church that makes them feel better. They find themselves happy when they leave, unlike their Catholic experience where they feel ... Views: 1095
Then, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant said: “Ants! Enter your dwellings, so that Sulayman and his troops do not crush you unwittingly.” (Qur’an, 27:18)
The “Valley of the Ants” refers to a special place and special ants. In addition, the fact that Prophet Sulayman (as) could ... Views: 822
Defence is an issue that has to be given top priority by a country for the continuance of its existence. Nations have always to watch out for all kinds of internal and external threats, assaults, risks of wars and terrorist actions. This is why they allocate a great part of their official ... Views: 757
When you receive the Seal you will trust the true God in confidelity for everything. And God will trust you too. Just like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden before their Fall.
God created the world in seven days. On the fifth day He created the first man Adam. He breathed spiritual Life ... Views: 1356
Back in the good old days, people wanted to have churches in their neighborhoods. Churches provided a backbone for the community, a place where people could gather, and an unconscious sign that this was a good neighborhood.
These days, some people aren't as friendly to church construction as ... Views: 813
When you receive the Seal you will become much like Adam in the Garden of Eden. By theopisty you will trust in God alone for your Prosperance. God will give you your motivation and your pleasure from day to day and He is the one who will provide for you.
God shaped Adam out of the earth. ... Views: 697
When we say that we are a Christian, or Buddhist, Jew, Muslim, or Hindu, what does that mean? When I was a faith-based Christian, it meant that I believed. I believed in God, Jesus, the Church, and I believed in Catholicism. I was proud of being a Catholic. It didn't matter whether my beliefs ... Views: 911
Distance Healing or Absence Healing was considered to be limited but in recent practice the potential of distance healing has proven that sending energy to a recipient or situation is a powerful avenue that works extremely well.
Our Antesian Prayer Team healers uses distance healing through ... Views: 1332
The Greek language had three words for “Love” First there was "eros," from which we get "erotic." This was, of course a purely selfish love. Then there was "Phileo" (Philadelphia), or "brotherly love" This is the love of one family member for another. But the Bible added a new one--"agape" ... Views: 1307
When you receive the Seal you will be ready for prosperance. God will bless you with the lucine light just like He blessed the earth with light when He created it in the beginning.
You are the light of the world. That is what Jesus said about his followers. He meant all His believers then ... Views: 733
When you receive the Seal you will be the photia--the light of the world. Thus you will be a practical gift and a blessing to other people that will prosper them with God's Providence.
God created the earth and what surrounds it in seven days. On the very first day He spoke the famous ... Views: 690
Sandstorm of Time
It's amazing to me at times how life can seem like a sandstorm ripping through your soul. Wherever you go you seem to get lost by the specks of dirt thrown your way. You open your mouth to speak and suddenly it becomes filled with garbage that you can neither chew nor ... Views: 688
The earth is a living planet where many complex systems run perfectly without stopping at all. When compared to other planets, it is evident that in all its aspects the earth is specially designed for human life. Built on delicate balances, life prevails in every spot of this planet, from the ... Views: 921
St. John of the Cross claimed that all the pleasures of the world are as crumbs from the table of God. Hmm, saints must be experiencing something pretty outstanding! Actually, meeting God, face-to-face in this very lifetime, no differently than the prophets of old did, is not only possible but ... Views: 829
A young Catholic growing up in the years preceding Vatican II would find it very curious to find that scriptural teaching is the “Soul of all theology,” (Dei Verbum, from Richard Gula, p. 165, REASON INFORMED BY FAITH). My experience as a student in a Catholic elementary school during the ... Views: 4974
Just like a city built upon the side of a mountain we are the photia shining in the darkness. And we shine within each house of that city, set high upon a lamp-stand so all can see.
As the Body of Christ we are meant to be consumed. We are meant to be devoured as a community. It is our glory ... Views: 762
When you receive the Seal you will find there is a bad kind of "leaven"--the pride of sin spreading through the whole Bread and Body of Christ. We purge this leaven out and become pure through veritation. Then we can be leavened again with the Leaven of God.
When the apostle Paul was founding ... Views: 1351
Contrary to what many believe, many atheist - if not most - would never say "God doesn't exist." Unfortunately, many dictionaries also have definitions like "Denial of the existence of God," which is a misrepresentation. In fact, if once you understand what atheism really means, you'll see why ... Views: 614
When we become sealed we teach others about the Seal. Our students need to unlearn traditional Christian teachings having nothing to do with what God is saying. Then we teach the anadidactic teaching of the Seal.
Many of the disciples of Jesus were fisherman and one day He was teaching from ... Views: 709
When we are persecuted by opposition to our message we join in the Bread as the Body of Christ. We live a new corporate Life in this one Body as God makes us alive in the process of civity.
Each of us is an individual with an individual Seal. Each of us is together united in one, and we become ... Views: 642
The forgotten secret of the Ancient Greeks
that shows us how to keep our teenagers
out of trouble by teaching them to fight!
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that ... Views: 816
(and why we don't see many boxers in church)
"Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." -- ... Views: 717
We believe the message of the Seal and become vitary. We become messengers of the Seal and live new Life even while being persecuted for our message. As the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ were raised to new Life, so we also live.
"I am the Bread of Life," said Jesus. These words give the ... Views: 1248
The important thing is to never lose a religious argument, and this article will tell you exactly how to do that - beginning with the first rule: Don't make the usual mistakes! The usual mistakes include circling arguments. You will be challenged on circling arguments every time because they are ... Views: 726
Each body of each of the sealed people is the somaton sacrificed for the message. When we suffer persecution in our bodies we are joined together becoming one Body and Bread.
Jesus is well-known for sharing His Last Supper meal with His disciples. We partake in this meal unto this very day, ... Views: 759
It’s a pity that Christians and New Agers are irreconcilably divided on matters of doctrine. In truth, we are more alike than is apparent. Indeed, we could be the very closest of allies.
Consider our shared antipathy to – and persecution by – the current world religion and its priesthood. ... Views: 1063
When you are sealed God sows His own Seed in you. This Seed is His Message and it is the menogen which is built to last. As long as it remains inside you, then you are not able to sin anymore.
When you act to commit sin you are sinning with your body. Your heart causes your body to sin. ... Views: 715
Being born again is a great start, but if you are finally ready to complete this "work in progress," here are seven areas to monitor:
· Is there any lingering ill-will toward others that may not agree with you?
· Are you self-righteous? (I'm right; you're wrong!)
· ... Views: 764
Are you wishing for your circumstances to change? Have you been praying and believing, but do not see any change whatsoever, and are wondering what gives?
You may be wondering how when some people pray, everything they ask for seems to turn around for them. So, then how come it’s not ... Views: 854
When you are sealed, your own wealth in this world is repetite--always returning to others. When you prosper your wealth will always return to others, even when you die wealthy. You take none of it with you when you die.
Jesus taught you should guard yourself against covetous desire for ... Views: 704
Ancient cultures all over the world speak of an “end times,” which has been given several names. The most common name familiar to the western world is “the rapture” in the Christian faith. In the book of Revelations in the King James Version of the Bible, the rapture ... Views: 1222
One day everything belonging to the order of life we know
today will evaporate in the recreative mist of God's grace.
All will be made new.
God will reign with His people and they will share the now
incomprehensible blessings of a new heaven and earth.
Adam, Eve, and Abraham.
Joseph, ... Views: 862
When you receive the Seal God plants a little garden in you. The phytocosm is the garden of your heart but it does not always bear fruit. But there is a way to start bearing fruit.
You do not chop down the fruitless fig tree in the garden of your heart. You do not take that whole tree away. ... Views: 734
A good friend of mine, a Methodist, asked his minister if people who didn't believe in Jesus were destined for hell. The minister thought for a moment, and then said, "God is love."
This reply is a sign of the shifting landscape of spirituality. The original tenets of religion, that God, or ... Views: 622
When you receive the Seal you begin to seek God every day. This seeking is your quisition. You want to know what God's Plan is for your life. And when you know His Plan and do it God will prosper you too.
When you are sealed you always seek Heaven first. Your needs in this world are not as ... Views: 670
We go to war to defend our religion. It has happened throughout history and is happening now. Once we label ourselves as a Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Jew, we feel that this label must be defended. This is a separation, where those who don't believe as we believe become the enemy, and ... Views: 606
When you receive the Seal you will have the wisdom of the earth and earthly passions. Then by the sophergy you will receive the Wisdom of God and know His Passions as well as your own.
When you are sealed you will know the Truth of God. You may have empathy with the doubts of other people ... Views: 647
Stephen B. McSwain has written a thoughtful book in The Giving Myths: Giving Then Getting the Life You’re Always Wanted (Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 2007) that comes out of his personal interests and professional work as a vice president of Cargill Associates Inc., a philanthropy and fundraising ... Views: 1056