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May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Amen
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During those times,
we rely on our spiritual
radar to navigate for us.
We trust there's
a happy ending.
By our faith, through our trust, we invoke its proof.
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No evil shall befall you
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness
will become like morning. You will be secure,
because there is hope; you will look about you
and take your rest in safety. You will lie down,
with no one to make you afraid, and many will
court your favor.
Job 11:17-19 NIV
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For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the
face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And
who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of
that which is good?
1 Peter 3:12,13 KJV
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Because you have made the LORD your refuge,
the Most High your habitation, no evil shall befall
you, no scourge come near your tent. For he will
give his angels charge of you to guard you in all
your ways.
Psalm 91:9-11 NASB
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Consciousness - Awareness of self
what are you doing and thinking?
STOP GOSSIPING AND SLANDERING PEOPLE
AS IF YOU KNOW WHAT GOD KNOWS ABOUT THEM!! YOU DO NOT. EVIL HAS A RIGHT TO
HAVE AT YOU AND RIGHTFULLY SO!
So many people think because it is their best
friend or family member that gossiping is ok.
The media (eg:tv show Gossip Girls) gives our
children AWFUL messages that this is ok.
Or they listen to Mom talking on the phone and
hear her gossiping. THIS has to stop.
Jesus said in Matthew, slander and gossip is an abomination in the same catagory as murder.
Let those whom have eye's to see, see and ears
to hear, hear....
Words have power. They ignite spiritual forces that influence the events and circumstances of our lives.
For instance, ancient Hebrew text's say slanderous gossip actually increases airborne diseases in our world. Defaming a person's character absolutely
inflicts spiritual and physical harm against the
intended victim and upon the person voicing the
words.
However, because of free will, these truths are concealed from our rational minds by an innate, egotistic narrow-mindedness toward all things metaphysical. Thus, it's easy for us to disregard
and dismiss the power and influence of a spoken
word and, along with it, responsibility!
Our words either emerge from our ego or from the
Light. When we allow the Light to talk on our behalf,
our speech fills others with hope, blessings, love,
and inspiration.
According to ancient Hebrew texts, we come into
this world with a predetermined number of negative words that we're allowed to utter. When this
allotment is used up, death overcomes us.
Imagine if we spoke only positive words of Light?
Love one another as I have loved you
....Jesus Christ
"Re-Dream your world to redeem it"
Heaven is neither a condition nor a place, but rather the 'awareness of perfect oneness.' Since the Father and the Son are one, then to love one is to love the other. The love of God is not outside us.
"From my earliest youth, I have known that while
one is obliged to plan with care the stage of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination."
—Shimon Peres
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Elephant Rock in Sedona Arizona
Instruction's & Guidence
Receiving the Holy Spirit
"Degrees of Baptism" an excerpt from a sermon by John G. Lake.
A powerful read at the bottom will be a link to the entire sermon and website offering these sermons
of Lake's. Truly an inspiration for those sick of the religious and eager for a new revelation of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Degrees of Baptism
There are as many degrees in God in the Baptism
of the Holy Ghost as there are preachers who preach it. Some people are born away down weeping at the foot of the cross. They are still on
the earth plane with Christ. They are still weeping over their sins, still trying to overcome sin and be pure of heart.
But there are other people who are born away up in
the blessed dominion of God, like our Mother Etter. They have resurrection power. All power is given, and it is in our soul.
And beloved, one day there are going to be Christians baptized in the Holy Ghost who are
away up in the throne of God, away up in the consciousness that is breathed out of His holy heart.
Somebody is going to be born a son of God, and
be baptized in the Holy Ghost where Jesus is today, in the throne-consciousness of Christ----where they can say, like Jesus said, where they can feel like Jesus feels:
"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys
of hell and of death" [Revelation 1:18].
Absolute overcoming consciousness!
You dear folks listen who are trying to pump up a Pentecost that has worn out years ago. God let it die. God had only one way under heaven to get you to move up into God, and that way is to let you become dissatisfied with the thing you have.
And if you have not the consciousness you once had, God Almighty understands the situation. He
is trying to get you hungry, so that you will commit your body and your soul and your spirit to God forever, and by the grace "As he is, so are we in
this world" 1 John 4:171
When we started the School of the Spirit in Charlotte, we received a mandate from the Lord
to provide a place where His people could come
and make mistakes and not be condemned,
but rather learn from them. He gave us Proverbs 14:4: “Where no oxen are, the manger
is clean, but much increase comes by the strength of the ox.”
He said that if we wanted the strength of these ministries and gifts in a big way, we had better
List of Pastors I have listened too, gained
and learned from...Each is different, each
a different annointing, some overlap. Each
is beneficial...
READ these mens' sermon's. Books have been written, read them. They are the real deal.
and the Baptism. Now this is facsinating....
proper prayer ~God's Creative Power Book
also go to Bible and verse look up, very
helpful. See Pastor Capps scriptural
inspiration for you to declare. Great resource.
Joel Goldsmith ~ "Our Spiritual Resources"
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What is it? How to have it...
believing is different than faith and it
is the number one reason we do not heal.
Too many Christians struggle along, desperately begging God for things He has already promised,
or already declared that He has given to us. Emotionally tormenting oneself does not impress God or move Him to respond. God responds to faith. Without faith it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6).
Verbal thanksgiving is a major key to releasing faith. We thank God for his promises, we praise God for His promises and His declarations to us, before we see the manifestation of the answer we need. We talk as if it is already done. This pleases God, who wants us to "walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).
and why you should pursue one more than the
other. Now this makes sense.
Out of the mouth of babes
Listen to the most remarkable little 11 year old
boy whom had an encounter with God on his family
farm. His wisdom will blow you away. Only if adults could be so wise and gentle
One cancer survivor's story of overcoming breast cancer. Susan is a writer and used her blog to work through her feelings and it is linked here to be an inspiration to others. She talked about her hearing from the Lord and how this helped her avert big problems. I wanted to share her story so here is
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Encouragement
Emails are flooding in from students who feel unprepared for the New Year. Great - you are ready to go!
We're never prepared. That's the point. There's always more we can do, but at a certain point, like Nachshon who was the first to jump into the Red Sea as it parted,
we've got to just say, what the hay, let's do it!
Or put another way, buy the new pants before you lose the weight. Certainty that the Light will be there — even when you 'think' it's not, is what creates the vessel for the Light to be there!
Today, and every day, when you feel that pit in your stomach, when you don't know if you're ready, when you are totally freaking out — tell yourself: THIS IS A GOOD SIGN. You are about to expand your vessel, and jump up to a whole new level.
Unprepared ... and ready to go!
A note I wrote of encouragement to a friend that I would like to share....someone else might need it too...
Yes XXXX, XXXX did change her stance, I am really glad I could intervene and keep your friendship in balance and intact. You all have known each other way too long to let this horrible experience de-rail it.
I love the bible saying...
"blessed are the peacemakers", I can only hope,
I have had so much stuff swirling around me in the area of relationships and misunderstandings I can only hope to help another and know the Lord will do for me what I have been willing to do for another.
He is faithful. I just need to be more so. Ugh, being human is difficult.
Thank God He gave us Jesus for help and
recourse...I would hate to think of the alternative.
You ARE a warrior, remember your victories, stay the course. You are loved and you are a daughter of the most high God. In Him is light and there is no
darkness....go to Him and let Him turn on those high beams and keep your road clear and well marked. You will reach your destination and will find love and hope.
Hope deferred breaks the spirit.
YOU KEEP UP HOPE!!!!
Hope and faith make you righteous.
Love in Christ
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Financial Breakthrough -
Spiritual Guide
About a year ago, I heard Mr. Keesee give a testimony of how he was able to call forth
blessings and that they would come about. I
was so encouraged that I started doing that. I
really needed a breakthrough.
I live in California and I was struggling financially
to pay all my bills, I could no longer afford my
house (I am a faithful tither and serve in the
ministry of my local church). I started calling forth supernatural increase to come into my house. I
also prayed for my sister to sell her house, because she had it on the market for months and about to loose it in foreclosure. I had my house up for sale, too. I told my family how I was praying after I watched your program with Gary Keesee.
Within a couple of days my sister got an offer on
her house and sold it. Within about 6 weeks I got
a phone call from my boss -I was going to get a
huge raise!
I have worked for the state of California for over 25 years and I had never seen anything like this before.
I didn’t have to sell my house because now I can afford it. I have been so blessed and since then
have gotten two more raises!
go here to the web site that helped this particular person become inspired. I have personally experienced this and I really liked this couple
and I think you will too.
God says in Exodus as he instructs Moses
on how to receive blessings and maintain
the covenant relationship through Tithes
and Offerings. The New Covenant (Testament)
does not do away with the old. Jesus
talks considerably about finances and he
himself observed all the Festivals. Know
that by not keeping these observances you
put your financial blessings in a constant
state of attack. below is a calendar of the
High Holy days and I will be adding more
dialogue about the instructions for these
and your finances.
calculation vs the Gregorian Calendar
this is done via the Hebrew Calendar
Do's and Don'ts nice guideline
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Love
and most of all put on love. The greatest commandment is to love one another as
the Christ Jesus has loved you.
To love another as you would yourself.
This is why pride should never be confused
with self respect. The spirit of pride is what got
Lucifer kicked out of heaven. Self respect is the
key to loving another as your self. If you do not
like your self how can you ever love someone
else?
One of the 72 names of God
( it reads right to left )
Contemplate the letters of fire
and let it go into your mind and
illuminate love to you.
Your eyes let in the light.
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Forgiveness
The best and most important website
to read on forgiveness and blasphamy.
Self
Why start with self? All springs forth from your heart. If you have no love and forgiveness for self you can never feel proper love nor forgiveness for
another.
When a person makes a mistake in judgment - hurts, cheats, lies, steals, etc - the negative action takes but a few seconds or minutes. The guilt however, the self-deprication and
bad memories can last a lifetime. And while
it's vital to the correction process to feel pain
about our misdeeds, it is just as vital that
we move on. Otherwise it's like days, weeks, months or years of disconnection from our source.
Today, think about a past event that you're
still berating yourself over. Imagine your life
not without that event, but without the memory of that event. How would it change your story?
Blapheme of the Holy Spirit on You Tube
is a big thing. Here is a link if anyone has
the fear of having done this ...what it is and what it is not...
Others
So you are hurt and angry. You have been betrayed, insulted or whatever...now what?
What can sending love to someone as vile as the one you are angry with do? Sending love
recreates you. It sets you vibrationaly higher
than the situation. Nothing vile can return. BUT, if you chose anger and hate, that is all that can return to you. You must contend with what you express out. Do ye not know ye are gods? - Genesis. What are you creating?
whatever you focus on, you're going to get more of. Creation is an extension of thought.
Think lack, and you get lack. Think abundance, and you get more.
The sun is still shining!!
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Prayer & Fasting
A man who has been to heaven and returned tells
us that in heaven, prayer, intercessions and petitions can be seen separately, each visibly
being made up of different colors, with light of
various intensities flowing through and from them. They carry with them sounds like music he’d never heard on earth. He was able to see the effectiveness of the prayers. Declarations of the Word are the most effective, he reports, especially when citing precedent of how that verse proved victorious before. Being a visually inclined person I found this greatly inspiring.
and some surprising types. Enjoy and offer
me up in prayer if you would.
Thank you so much and God bless
Another great way to prepare for your fast is to practice what I call "Spiritual Breathing."
The concept is simple, but it has changed my
own life and that of millions of others.
Like physical breathing, Spiritual Breathing is a process of exhaling the impure and inhaling the pure. If you knowingly sin, breathe spiritually to restore the fullness of God's Holy Spirit in your
life. You exhale by confessing your sins immediately when you become aware of them,
and you inhale by inviting the Holy Spirit to re-take control of your life. As an act of faith, trust Him to empower you.
During the fast, spiritual breathing-constant
reliance on the Holy Spirit-will enable you to resist temptation, not only to sin but to abandon your fast.
If you want to go to each mystery
and contemplate
Hope and Grace
A rosary story
Jim Castle was tired when he boarded his plane in Cincinnati , Ohio , that night in 1981. The 45-year-old management consultant had put on a week long series of business meetings and seminars, and now he sank gratefully into his seat ready for the flight home to Kansas City ,Missouri .. As more passengers entered, the place hummed with
conversation, mixed with the soun d of bags being stowed. Then, suddenly, people fell silent. The
quiet moved slowly up the aisle like an invisible wake behind a boat. Jim craned his head to see what was happening, and his mouth dropped
open.
Walking up the aisle were two nuns clad in simple white habits bordered in blue. He recognized the familiar face of one at once, the wrinkled skin, and the eyes warmly intent. This was a face he'd seen in newscasts and on the cover of TIME. The two nuns halted, and Jim realized that his seat companion was going to be Mother Teresa! As the last few passengerssettled in, Mother Teresa and her companion pulled out rosaries. Each
decade of the beads was a different color, Jim noticed. The decades represented various areas of the world, Mother Teresa told him later, and added, "I pray for the poor and dying on each continent."
The airplane taxied to the runway and the two women began to pray, their voices a low murmur. Tho ugh Jim considered himself not a very religious Catholic who went to church mostly out of habit, inexplicably he found himself joining in. By the time they murmured the final prayer, the plane had reached cruising altitude. Mother Teresa turned toward him. For the first time in his life, Jim understood what people meant when they spoke
of a person possessing an "aura". As she gazed at him, a sense of peace filled him; h e could no more see it than he could see the wind but he
felt it, just as surely as he felt a warm summer breeze.
"Young man," she inquired, "do you say the rosary often?" "No, not really," he admitted. She took his hand, while her eyes probed his. Then she smiled. "Well, you will now." And she dropped her rosary into his palm. An hour later Jim entered the Kansas City airport where he was met by his wife, Ruth. "What in the world?" Ruth asked when she noticed the rosary in his hand. They kissed and Jim described his encounter. Driving home, he said. "I feel as if I met a true sister of God." Nine months later Jim and Ruth visited Connie, a friend of theirs for several years.
Connie confessed that she'd been to ld she had ovarian cancer. "The doctor says it's a tough case," said Connie, "but I'm going to fight it.
I won't give up." Jim clasped her hand. Then, after reaching into his pocket, he gently twined M other Teresa's rosary around her fingers. He told her the story and said, "Keep it with you Connie. It may help." Although Connie wasn't Catholic, her hand closed willingly around the small plastic beads. "Thank you," she whispered. "I hope I can return
it." More than a year passed before Jim saw Connie again. This time her face was glowing, she hurried toward him and handed him the rosary. "I
carried it with me all year," she said. "I've had surgery and have been on chemotherapy, too. Last month, the doctors did second-look surgery,
and the tumor's gone. Completely!" Her eyes met Jim's. "I knew it was time to give the rosary back."
In the fall of 1987, Ruth's sister, Liz, fell into a deep depression after her divorce. She asked Jim if she could borrow the rosary, and when he sent it, she hung it over her bedpost in a small velvet bag. "At
night I held on to it, just physically held on. I was so lonely and afraid," she says, "yet when I gripped that rosary, I felt as if I held a loving hand." Gradually, Liz pulled her life together, and she mailed the rosary back. "Someone else may need it," she said. Then one night in 1988, a stranger telephoned Ruth. She'd he ard about the rosary from a neighbor and asked if she could borrow it to take to the hospital where her mother lay in a coma. The family hoped the rosary might help their mother die peacefully. A few days later, the woman returned the beads.
"The nurses told me a coma patient can still hear," she said, "so I explained to my mother that I had Mother Teresa's rosary and that when I gave it to her she could let go; it would be all rosary in her hand. Right away, we saw her face relax. The lines smoothed out until she looked so peaceful, so young." The woman's voice caught. "A few minutes later she was gone." Fervently, she gripped Ruth's hands. "Thank you." Is there special power in those humble beads? Or is the power of the human spirit simply renewed in each person who borrows the rosary?
Jim only knows that requests continue to come, often unexpectedly. He always responds though, whenever he lends the rosary, "When you're
through needing it, send it back. Someone else may need it." Jim's own life has changed, too, since his unexpected meeting on the airplane. When he realized Mothe r Teresa carries everything she owns in a small bag, he
made an effort to simplify his own life. "I try to remember what really counts - not money or titles or possessions, but the way we love others," he says.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY, MAY MOTHER MARY ASK HER SON JESUS TO SHOWER YOU WITH GRACES.
My rosary from Lourdes, France
CONSECRATION LIFE OFFERING
O my God, in union with the Lord Jesus Christ, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer to you my entire life, just as it is, from the moment You breathed me out of Your Infinite Heart of Love into my mother's womb, until that moment we are reunited when my life on earth is spent.
I offer to You all my handicaps and weaknesses, past mistakes and failures, talents and abilities; all the joys, sorrows, blessings, disappointment and victories of my entire life.
I entrust to Your mercy my past and my future I place in Your Hands my family and loved ones those who are living now on earth, those who
preceded me and those yet to be born.
I offer to You all that happens to me this day and every day of my life, together with all my thoughts, words and deeds for Your honor and glory and for the salvation of souls. May Your Perfect Will be realized in my life.
Amen.
Pray for the following organizations
How can I help?
By far, the most valuable contribution you can make is to pray specifically for the Community Pregnancy Center of Pasadena. They do an
outstanding job of helping unwed mother's and
father's. Their dedication to full Christian based services is heartfelt and worthy of our
prayers and financial support.
Pray for strength, boldness, encouragement, wisdom and protection of the health and welfare
of the volunteers and staff of the CPC and their families. They are on the front lines of a battlefield where the enemy wants to take them out. They
are taking ground, saving lives, saving souls,
healing hurts and setting people free with the truth
of God’s work. They need your prayers to continue their battle and be victorious.
The CPC needs a prayer chain. People with a
heart and a strong desire to see God move in
the situations that the counselors face everyday. Perhaps God is calling you to be prayer warrior
for the CPC! Be specific! Know the needs of the Center and pray for one or several of these needs
as the Spirit leads you.
Get to know one or more volunteers or staff members and ask them how you can pray for
them specifically. Pray for the clients that God
will draw them and that they will make decisions
to follow His plans for them and their baby. Pray
that God will show you anything you can do to
help - and that He will tell you what to pray specifically.
Be persistent! Pray regularly, daily either at a scheduled time or at least once during the day. When your prayers are answered, give thanks
and praise to God. Tell others what He has done
and how good He is. Listen to what God may be telling you. He may tell you how to pray, some action to take, or He may put some specific
person on your heart.
When you know He is speaking to you, be
obedient immediately and cheerfully. You will
never regret it. God has given you talents and gifts
in order that you can be a blessing to others. He
has put the CPC on your heart and He may be calling you to participate into this ministry.
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Spiritual Deliverance
and Clearing of Evil Stuff and healing
Sages wrote that "Whoever mentions redemption just before praying, then Satan cannot harm him
all day (Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot)." These
words were codified in Jewish law regarding the Morning Prayer, but all can gain from its insight.
By thinking about God's redemptive power, we create a positive attitude in ourselves that brings
us halfway towards the goals that we pray for.
May God bless all of your endeavors, and bring peace upon Israel and the world.
Resist not evil...to get rid of evil.....WORSHIP
PRAISE, let the Glory just drive it out!!! I did this
and all cleared up. The Glory of the Holy Spirit
and the Lord came upon me and I just laughed
and laughed so hard, it all cleared up. It is good
to confess one's sin's and then just move on....it
is done. Go into prayer and worship God your Father will send his Glorious Holy Spirit and He
will do the rest. He wants your fellowship.
Stop speaking to demons. It is written ...you
shall have no other gods before me. Giving so
much air time to demons is in a way giving them
too much credit and power. They are using this
as a distraction technique. The more you Worship and Glorify God nothing can stand in that light
but you and your spirit man.
Put on praise music, they will leave, promise.
Remember whatever you have placed the Blood
of Jesus on satan may not touch.
Praise God! YOU ARE SO LOVED
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the Devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said,
"May the Lord rebuke you!" Don't use I rebuke
you satan, this put's the power and onerous on
you. Follow St. Michaels' lead on this.
How to hold onto your healing
and keep satan away. Print Out
Inviting the Holy Spirit to take over the
territory just reliquished by evil is important
and more. Naming the evil that must go is
necessary. Jesus Christ is the name above all
names. Pretty logical to call it out "by name"
using THE name Jesus. Most ask God to heal them instead of following Jesus instruction in
the book of Mark. He commands evil spirits to
leave, he tells us to command the mountain to
be moved and have faith that it will be so.
Tell the mountain called cancer to leave. There
is nothing missing nor broken in Divine Mind.
Your faith is how you are counted righteous.
Bible were successful and blessed through
faith.
Print out
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Salvation~
The most important thing to seek
All ties with the misconduct of the past must be broken and destroyed.
You are now ready, having been duly prepared, to pray the prayer of release from this curse and become a member of the family of God.
Prayer for Forgiveness:
"Father God, I come to You in the name of Jesus.
I ask You to forgive me of all my past sins, including my rejection of Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord, and believe in my heart that He died for me and my sins, and You raised Him from the dead by the Power of Your Holy Spirit. I now receive Your forgiveness and Your life into my spirit. I am now made anew, for Your Holy Spirit is living in my spirit, and I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. Thank You Father, that Jesus is my Lord. Amen."
Prayer to Forgive Others:
"Father, in the name of Jesus, I now confess that
I have not loved, but have resented certain people and groups who have hurt or disappointed me. I
have unforgiveness in my heart. I call upon You, Father, to help me forgive. In the name of Jesus, I
do now forgive: (begin naming names, groups, institutions, etc. that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind.) Father, you have taught me to bless my enemies, so now I pray You will bless these I have named. Give them a blessing in the name of Jesus. Rebuke Satan and his demons who are involved in their life. Rebuke the Principalaties and Powers of evil that are over them. Also Father, in the name of Jesus, I do now also forgive myself. I claim and receive your forgiveness because I am Your child.
In Jesus Name, Amen."
Prayer for Breaking the PTSD Curse:
"Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I am truly Your child. I have been purchased by the Blood of Jesus. I belong to You, I do not belong to the Devil. The Devil has no right to me and no power over me because of the precious Blood of Jesus. Father,
You have known my sins. I confess them all. I repent of all of them now. I ask You to forgive me. Forgive me of every sin and remove the stains from my heart and from my life, for Your Word tells me that when I confess my sins, You will forgive me
and will cleanse me of all unrighteousness. I also confess the iniquity that was committed by my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents - which introduced curses into my family. I confess those sins to You that the power of the curse might be broken through the shed Blood of Jesus - Blood that was also shed for me . In the name of Jesus, I now rebuke, break and loose myself and my family from my own sins, the sins of my ancestors or from any other person. I am redeemed from the curse of the Law. I break the power of every spoken curse -
of every evil that came out of my mouth. I take back
all ground I ever yielded to the Devil and establish my faith in the Lord Jesus and I claim the blessing rather that the curse. I break the power of every evil word that was knowingly or unknowingly spoken against me by any other person, cult, or group. I cancel that spoken word and I cancel the power
of the curse in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in Your power through the Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus. I believe in Your redemption for me. I believe in my heart that You are my Savior - You are my Deliverer. I confess You with my mouth, and I confess that the power of every curse is now broken in the authority of Your Name. I command every evil spirit which is come in through the door
of that curse to leave me NOW!!!, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen."
Receive God's Blessings.
Now believe that you have received and go on
into God's blessings. "Now to him who is able to
do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that works in us,
to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20,21.
These simple words will help you in receiving, "Father, I now open myself to receive Your
blessings in every way You want to impart them
to me. In Jesus' name." Keep these words of receiving active in your mind and on your lips.
Find a good, loving, understanding church where
the Bible is taught and preached.
God loves you and I love you. God bless you,
and remember Jesus is Lord over all.
Holy Communion
maintaining your connection to Jesus, your salvation and your protection and healing
Take Holy Communion daily. This is crucial
to your life being covered by the blood of Jesus.
He gave his life, honor this.
John Lake is one of two individuals whom have influenced me profoundly in the notion of bi-location. The ability to be in two places at one time.
The other is Padre Pio a monk whose abilities spiritually were world reknowned as was John G. Lake. Though John Lake being Pentecostal and Padre being Catholic, they serve the same Christ.
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beautiful story....
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a mothers story about her son having autism
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Confession / Repentance
Acknowledge wrong doing / turn away from it
I do not value ill-gotten treasures. Pr 10.2
I will not be lazy and become poor. My diligent hands will bring wealth. Pr 10.4
I work when it is time to work. I don't sleep at those times. Pr 10.5
I quietly accept commands from those in authority rather than chattering like a fool.
Pr 10.8
I walk with integrity - this makes me secure. I reject crooked paths. I know that those who take them will be exposed. Pr 10.9
I will remember that a chattering fool comes to ruin. Pr 10.10
I choose to love and forgive rather than to hate and quarrel. Pr 10.12
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Humility
How to win God's heart, respect and help.
The only way we are going to be able to turn around
the earth and it's horrible state.
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Angels
Once a person was accepted
as Padre Pio's spiritual child,
he would never abandon them,
no matter what danger they were in. Even if he did not visit them personally, they would receive
his help through his Guardian Angel. Cecil Humphrey-Smith,
a well known gentleman from England, is Padre Pio's spiritual child. Whilst in Italy, during the time Padre Pio was alive, Cecil had a car crash and
was very seriously injured. A friend of his, seeing him in such a bad condition afterwards, went to
the Post Office and sent a telegram to Padre Pio requesting his prayers for the injured Cecil.
When he presented the telegram at the desk....
Some may never see with earthly eyes these heavenly beings or know that they exist. Many
are unaware of the numerous ways they have protected and guided us. Give an Ear to Your Angels go here to read about your angels role: Angels
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The Seven Angels of the Week
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Michael
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Tuesday
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Gabriel
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Wednesday
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Samel
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Thursday
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Raphael
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Friday
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Sachiel
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Anaiel
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Sermons and Scripture
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"Degrees of Baptism" an excerpt from a sermon by John G. Lake.
A powerful read at the bottom will be a link to the entire sermon and website offering these sermons
of Lake's. Truly an inspiration for those sick of the religious and eager for a new revelation of the Holy Spirit. Amen read the whole sermon
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings,; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.
" Isaiah 6:1-3.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:34 - 37 But I tell you, Do not bind yourselves by an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is the throne of God; or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem,
for it is the City of the Great King.
And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black. Let your yes be simply yes, and your no be simply no; anything more than that comes from the evil one.
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There is no coercion in spirituality.
If you are going to church or temple or tithing or volunteering because someone said
"you should", then it’s not real.
In life, we are either of a consciousness of 'choice' or of 'force.' Meaning, our priorities, feelings and spiritual connections can be put upon us, or we can choose them.
We didn’t come here to be religious, robotic, by the book. We came here to be
co-creators of our destiny.
Yes, we need teachers, guides, and loved ones to help us remove
our blindfolds, but the actual choice is up to us.
Today, choose it is your life.
Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?
Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resrrection?
I never noticed this....
The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed
over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave
clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly
folded, and was placed separate from the grave clothes.
Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to
the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom
Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the
tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'
Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other
disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in
and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon Peter
arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,
while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the
side.
Was that important? Absolutely!
Is it really significant? Yes!
In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to
understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. The folded napkin had to
do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition.
When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was
exactly the way the Master wanted it. The table was furnished perfectly, and then
the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the Master had finished eating. The
servant would not dare touch that table, until the Master was finished.
Now if the Master were finished eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his
fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up the napkin and toss it
onto the table. The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days,
the wadded napkin meant,
'I'm done'.
But if the Master got up from the table, folded his napkin, and laid it beside
his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because..........
The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'
He is Coming Back!
Prophesy by many people whom have had
near death experiences and those whom have been
commissioned by Jesus and God to get the messages
out to the world. It is time to pray!!!
USA CORPORATE PRAYER REQUEST
ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT during WWII, there was an adviser to Winston
Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing
every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety
of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped.
If you cannot attend then gather a group to pray and fast that God turns America around and begin to repent all the blood shed of innocent children through abortion, pornography, manipulation of borders
and more.
God turned his wrath away when Esther fasted and prayed, the same for
Europe, a Pope turned away the black plague when he called for a corporate
fasting and repenting, there are so many illustrations of this besides Winston
Churchill and Abrahm Lincoln...it is written that blood must be shed for
the innocent blood. We are guilty by our silence as it is written.
So now is the time for us all to take responsibility for the direction our Country
is going. All the flooding, collapse of our market, fuel, kids killing kids...
THE USA IS OUT OF CONTROL
WE MUST TAKE IT BACK,
Pray for the morality, spirituality and natural disasters reversed and the security
of the US/ the morality in our government and court system. The restoration
of our land from drought, fires, pollution and abuse of the land and water.
and the Isaiah Effect, thought and prayer effecting DNA and cells
Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have
available through prayer, we might be speechless.
Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.
Thank you.
Please pass this on to anyone you think will want to join us.
What Does Egypt Represent?
“What does Egypt represent? This world, and the bondage of the world. What
are you taught in the temple. How does Satan control people? By the economy.
The closer you get to the Coming of the Lord, the more and more hours are
required to eat, and to survive. Satan keeps you busy so you don’t have time to
go worship. The Prophet tells you one thing, and the devil tells you another, and
you are caught in between. What is it that some tell the prophet? Go away, leave
us alone. It gets tougher and tougher as we move to the Exodus. Also, who goes
after those who try to leave the world and go after God? Satan (Pharaoh). He
doesn’t let go easily. If you have been in his employ, he goes after you.”
— Robert J. Norman
Deep Thought's
Now this is the Living Bible:
His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This wasliterally his wardrobe for his entire four years ofcollege. He is
brilliant. Kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while
attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church.
They want to develop a ministry to the students but are not sure how to go about it.
One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, his T-shirt, and
wild hair. The service has already started and so Bill starts down the aisle looking
for a seat.
The church is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything. Bill gets closer and closer
and closer to the pulpit, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats
down right on the carpet.
By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward Bill. Now the deacon is in his eighties,
has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit. A godly man, very elegant, very
dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts walking toward
this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can't blame him for what
he's going to do.
How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor?
It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy. The church is utterly silent
except for the clicking of the man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't
even hear anyone breathing. The minister can't even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has to do.
And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty,
he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill and worships with him so he won't be alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion. When the minister gains control, he says ,
"What I'm about to preach, you will never remember. What you have just seen,
you will never forget."
"Be careful how you live. You may be the only
Bible some people will ever read!"
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your Habits, they become character.
Watch your Character, for it becomes your
Destiny
'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you
meet is fighting some kind of battle'.
'As you mature, you realize it's better to find
someone who's got your back than someone
who turns your head.'
'There comes a time in your life when you realize
who matters, who never did, and who always will.
Don't worry about people from your past, there' s
a reason they didn't make it to your future.'
Cherokee Legend
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone.
He is required to s it on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold
until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to
anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.
He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come
into manhood on his own.
The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must
surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do him harm.
The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically,
never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man!
Finally, after a horrific night, the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It
was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him.
He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.
We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, our Heavenly Father is
watching over us, sitting on the stump be side us. When trouble comes, all we
have to do is reach out to Him.
If you liked this story, pass it on. If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn...
With God all things are possible Matt 19:26
Commentary About Debt, 888 and Uselessness:
The dichotomy of how man views things versus how God sees things is
classically represented in word number 888. The root word, chreia means
"one who owes a debt; necessity, need." You would think, therefore, that
achreios (888) – where a means "without" – ought to mean, "one who is
debt-free, having all needs fulfilled."
But how does man define achreios? "Useless."
How does man control his fellow men? by debt, being beholden one to
another, dependent upon one another: collusion, co-dependency. Satan
has declared that "with gold and with silver will I raise up armies and navies,
popes and priests, and reign with blood and horror on this earth." He uses
wealth, and a lack thereof, to manipulate and control.
In contrast, what does God say? "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come,
buy wine and milk without money and without price" (Isa. 55:1). When we
recognize that of ourselves we are less than the dust, when we see our
bankruptness, and we turn to God with this broken heart and contrite spirit,
then he fills us with his Holy Spirit. We are his, and his works are manifest
through us. And Babylon has no use for us, for we are no longer beholden to
our fellow men – no more strings to pull – for we places our trust foremost in
God. Thus natural man came to define achreios, meaning, "one who does
not owe a debt," as "useless." How fitting, therefore, that 888 is the number
of Jesus. Suitably, the new toll-free telephone prefix in the United States
is 888!
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Subject: I Believe
Birth Certificate shows that we were born;
A Death Certificate shows that we died;
Pictures show that we lived!
Have a seat . . . Relax . . . And read this slowly.
I Believe...
That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other.
I Believe...
That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I Believe...
That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt
you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I Believe...
That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.
I Believe...
That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I Believe...
That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I Believe...
That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the
last time you see them.
I Believe...
That you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I Believe...
That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I Believe...
That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I Believe...
That heroes are the people who do what
has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I Believe...
That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I Believe...
That my best friend and I, can do anything, or nothing and have the best time.
I Believe...
That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.
I Believe...
That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I Believe...
That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I Believe...
That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I Believe...
That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I Believe...
That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but, we are responsible for whom we become.
I Believe...
That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life Forever.
I Believe...
Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I Believe...
That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I Believe...
That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.
I Believe...
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I Believe...
That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
I Believe...
That you should send this to all of the people that you believe in, I just did.
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything ."
Look back and 'Thank' God.
Look forward and 'Trust' God.
Look around and 'Serve' God.
Look within and 'Find' God!'
'I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?'
God said,
'Face your past without regrets.
Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear!''
'Without God, our week is:
Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday,
Fightday, Shatterday and Sinday.
So, allow Him to be with you every day!'
'Life is short, so forgive quickly. Believe slowly..
Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably.
Never regret anything that makes you happy.
And have a wonderful journey!!
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If you need help, ask GOD,
If you don't, thank GOD!
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Lesson's to live by ...
you may not have heard quite this way before;
from a variety of sources;
thought provoking and hopefully more....
In calling on God's name and power, you are calling on
your own. Because you are one with God, in finding your
relationship with Him, you find yourself.
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They are just not Spiritual
I often hear students talking about people in their lives as "not spiritual." I have
to say, I never really understand what this means. I guess it's because my mother always teaches me, "if they've got a spirit, they're spiritual." She sees everyone
as a spark of the Creator.
Sure, I don't look like you and you don't look like me. That's because we are each created in the image of God differently. And for a very good reason — we all have
our unique challenges to tackle in this world. Who am I to judge you as
"not spiritual?"
Instead of judging people for being different than you, encourage and love them for
who they are and what they do. Support them in their life process, whatever that
may be.
Today, respect that everyone in your life is on their own journey. If GOD saw fit
to create them and breathe life into their lungs, who are you to heap them into the unredeemable category of "not spiritual?"
Practice, Practice and Practice
As with physical exercise, the effects of meditation are cumulative. When we go
to the gym and work out for an hour, we don't really see any change in our bodies
at the end of the hour. If we go every day for thirty days, however, then we do see a change. So it is with meditation. And sometimes, we're not the ones who can see
the change as much as others can. We might not even be aware of how much the quality of our energy, the invisible emanations of our minds, affect our environment
and the people within it. But others do. And they respond accordingly.
"The Future never just happened, it was created" - Yogi Berra
"Where your thought is, is precisely where you are - all of yourself is there."
- Baal Shem Tov
Where are you today?
There is not one moment greater than another. Do you get what that means?
If you did, you'd have no worries at all. That's what being connected to the Light
is all about.
Today, when you are obsessing about what you'll do the next hour for lunch, for
dinner, for life - set your obsessions aside and just enjoy the moment. Put all
your thoughts into right now. Right now is bliss. Right now.
When we were born, we were programmed perfectly. We had a natural tendency
to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew
how to use them. We were connected to a world much richer than the one we
connect to now, a world full of enchantment and a sense of the miraculous.
In focusing on the thoughts of God, we assume greater power in our lives.
If you are truly connected to the Light, than you would know that your
essence is part of God and you are untouchable.
Would you worry? Would you be depressed? Would you get sick?
As Rav Ashlag says, one of the most important things to know about ourselves
is, we are holy within. When we are connected to our holiness, nothing can
touch us.
Today, walk around knowing your holiness. See how it feels. If things go against
you, remember you can handle it.
Through the realization that God is love, the mind is lifted up. This uplifting delivers
us to the meaning of the experience of grace.
Something for Nothing = Bread of Shame
Are you an enabler? Are you a taker?
Either way you are out of balance
We each come to this world to earn our fulfillment. That is why, when we receive something for nothing, we feel a certain degree of resentment or unworthiness.
The Ancient Hebrew text's call this feeling "bread of shame". This feeling arises because our soul is of the Light, and it's not in the Light's nature to be a
non-sharing receiver.
Today, find out where you enable other people to feel this shame because you give them something for nothing. It could even be too much attention, or control over
you, or plain old money. Figure it out and remember that by not allowing people to
earn their fulfillment, you are keeping them from their true purpose.
We spend so much time and energy focusing on our problems,
instead focus on the power of God and His capacity.
Reactive behavior creates intense sparks of Light but eventually leaves darkness
in its wake.
Nestled within our reactive behavior is the desire for instant gratification. It offers
a quick high that makes us feel alive and in control of our lives. We can become addicted to this feeling.
As we see in the case of a light bulb, when we resist reactive behavior, we
generate Light. When we opt instead for instant gratification, we also create a
very bright light. A direct connection occurs between our reactive desire (the
negative pole) and the Light (the positive pole), producing a momentary flash of
delight followed by darkness, because the bulb has burned itself out.
This is one of the unseen laws of the universe, not unlike gravity. If you jump out
of a tall building, you will fall to the street below even if you are unaware of the existence of gravity. The same holds true of electricity. If you play with a live,
high-voltage wire, you will get electrocuted even if you can't see the source of
your demise.
Today, look into the areas of your life where you are sticking your finger in the
socket. Ask yourself if the momentary jolts are worth all that pain.
Attitude is everything = Success or Failure
My friend whose husband decided that they shouldn’t be married any longer
wants a divorce.
Her stepchildren adore him and she didn’t want or expect this at all. Discussing
this with her 28 year old son, she asked if he was angry.
“Being angry is like taking poison and hoping it hurts someone else”
I thought that was pretty profound. Hope all is well for you.
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What is YOUR legacy?
"Be careful how you live.
You may be the only Bible
some people will ever read."
Such is the power of human consciousness.
Consciousness of each of us changes the world
Will you join us to say "I love you" and "Thank you" to all the water on
Planet Earth
and fill it with the highest vibration of Love and Thanks
that we can possibly experience?
Join us to send our Love and Thanks to all the water in our physical body that has been sustaining
and nurturing our lives on this planet. 70% of our body is made of water. We owe so much our
health to the water in our body.
Then, let us send our Love and Thanks to all the water on Planet Earth. 70% of the surface of the
Earth is occupied by water. The environment on planet Earth is maintained by the water circulating
in various forms. If it had not been for water, life would not have been created on planet Earth.
To make this event a global one, we have determined July 25 as "World Day of Love and Thanks
to Water". We have a vision that on this day, and every day. Our Earth will be filled with beautiful golden/silver light of Love and Thanks that is flowing from the hearts of each and every one of us. Golden/silver light is the highest vibration in the range of visible light, and it will heal and cleanse all
the water on earth, be it water of the ocean or that of our own body.
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Water crytal of water that was exposed
to a label
'Love & Thanks'
Water crytal of water that was exposed
to a label
'You Make Me Sick. I Will Kill You'
PRAY OVER WATER SOURCES NOW !!
People praying over water
with Dr. Emoto
The Physical Things Our Physical Immune Systems are Fighting on a Daily Basis.
The first thing, of course, our physical bodies have to deal with is pollution, especially
if you live in a big city, although in truth there is pollution almost everywhere on this planet at this time. In a city such as Los Angeles, have air pollution and the drinking water is totally toxic. There is enormous amount of sound pollution with car alarms constantly going off and the sounds of a big city. This affects us much more than we realize.
The oceans are polluted. The fish off the Santa Monica Bay are filled with mercury poisoning.
Prayer warriors needed for the earth NOW
Dr. Emoto's lecture this morning also consisted of relating the philosophy, principles and lifestyle of Hado. The essence of the philosophy of Hado is that water holds the potential to create peace on earth. Dr. Emoto and many of his readers believe by holding the intention of peace towards water - by thinking, speaking and acting with
the intention of peace toward water - water can and will bring peace to our bodies and
to the world. Dr. Emoto spoke as he used the visual aid of a slide presentation featuring 500 slides, which are presented to the students upon graduation. Dr. Emoto's lecture spoke about the fundamental principle of Hado, which is that Love & Thanks is the vibration of true healing. That vibration is life. Dr. Emoto spoke about the law of vibration, which has several basic principles.
Those principles are "'Resonance' everything stems relative to the theory of resonance; 'Purity' the effectiveness of energy is determined by its purity; 'Law of Similarity' the science of the 12 notes of the piano. The purpose of human beings is to be the conductor to all things and to the universe, 'Shape' the meaning that is represented in the hexagonal crystal formation. The relationship between different shapes and forms (i.e. pyramid shaped crystal form vs. a cube shaped form)."
Don't just do this for that day only, do it every day, every chance you get.
We are in a crisis that needs to be addressed
Oceans, rivers, ditches, pools, water in your tub, drinking water before you put it
to your lips or your families. Put it in a pitcher and have your family
pray over it first before drinking.
Pray about the bee's too.
PRAYER WORKS
prayers effect on the body and the world around us.
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Innocence
One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing
in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was
covered with names and small American flags mounted on
either side of it. The six-year old had been staring at the plaque
for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little
boy, and said quietly, 'Good morning Alex.' 'Good morning Pastor,
' he replied, still focused on the plaque. 'Pastor, what is this?
'The pastor said, 'Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men
and women who died in the service.' Soberly, they just stood
together, staring at the large plaque.
Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with
fear asked, 'Which service, the 8:30 or the 10:45?'
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Working Replica of Noah's Ark
Opens In SCHAGEN, Netherlands
The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was thrown open,
Saturday October 4, 2008, for the first crowd of curious Pilgrims and
see the pictures!!
In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry
babies and just 75 cents in my pocket.
Their father was gone.
The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister
was two.
Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they f
eared.
Whenever they heard his tires crunch on the gravel driveway
they would scramble to hide under their beds.
He did manage to leave $15 a week to buy groceries.
Now that he had decided to leave, there would be no more
beatings, but no food either.
If there was a welfare system in effect in southern Indiana at
that time, I certainly knew nothing about it.
I scrubbed the kids until they looked brand new and then put
on my best homemade dress, loaded them into the rusty old
51 Chevy and drove off to find a job.
The seven of us went to every factory, store and restaurant in
our small town.
No luck.
The kids stayed crammed into the car and tried to be quiet while
I tried to convince who ever would listen that I was willing to
learn or do anything. I had to have a job.
Still no luck. The last place we went to, just a few miles out of
town, was an old Root Beer Barrel drive-in t hat had been
converted to a truck stop.
It was called the Big Wheel.
An old lady named Granny owned the place and she peeked out
of the window from time to time at all those kids.
She needed someone on the graveyard shift, 11 at night until
seven in the morning.
She paid 65 cents an hour, and I could start that night.
I raced home and called the teenager down the street that baby-
sat for people.
I bargained with her to come and sleep on my sofa for a dollar a
night.
She could arrive with her pajamas on and the kids would already
be asleep
This seemed like a good arrangement to her, so we made a deal.
That night when the little ones and I knelt to say our prayers, we
all thanked God for finding Mommy a job. And so I started at the
Big Wheel.
When I got home in the mornings I woke the baby-sitter up and
sent her home with one dollar of my tip money-- fully half of what
I averaged every night.
As the weeks went by, heating bills added a strain to my meager
wage.
The tires on the old Chevy had the consistency of penny balloons
and began to leak. I had to fill them with air on the way to work
and again every morning before I could go home.
One bleak fall morning, I dragged myself to the car to go home
and found four tires in the back seat. New tires!
There was no note, no nothing, just those beautiful brand new
tires.
Had angels taken up residence in Indiana ? I wondered.
I made a deal with the local service station.
In exchange for his mounting the new tires, I would clean up his
office.
I remember it took me a lot longer to scrub his floor than it did
for him to do the tires.
I was now working six nights instead of five and it still wasn't
enough.
Christmas was coming and I knew there would be no money
for toys for the kids.
I found a can of red paint and started repairing and painting
some old toys. Then I hid them in the basement so there would
be something for Santa to deliver on Christmas morning.
Clothes were a worry too. I was sewing patches on top of patches
on the boys pants and soon they would be too far gone to repair.
On Christmas Eve the usual customers were drinking coffee in the
Big Wheel. There were the truckers, Les, Frank, and Jim, and a
state trooper named Joe.
A few musicians were hanging around after a gig at the Legion
and were dropping nickels in the pinball machine.
The regulars all just sat around and talked through the wee
hours of the morning and then left to get home before the sun
came up.
When it was time for me to go home at seven o'clock on
Christmas morning, to my amazement, my old battered Chevy
was filled full to the top with boxes of all shapes and sizes.
I quickly opened the driver's side door, crawled inside and
kneeled in the front facing the back seat.
Reaching back, I pulled off the lid of the top box.
Inside was whole case of little blue jeans, sizes 2-10!
I looked inside another box: It was full of shirts to go with the
jeans.
Then I peeked inside some of the other boxes. There was candy
and nuts and bananas and bags of groceries. There was an
enormous ham for baking, and canned vegetables and potatoes.
There was pudding and Jell-O and cookies, pie filling and flour.
There was whole bag of laundry supplies and cleaning items.
And there were five toy trucks and one beautiful little doll.
As I drove back through empty streets as the sun slowly rose
on the most amazing Christmas Day of my life, I was sobbing
with gratitude.
And I will never forget the joy on the faces of my little ones
that precious morning.
Yes, there were angels in Indiana that long-ago December.
And they all hung out at the Big Wheel truck stop....
THE POWER OF PRAYER. I believe that God only gives three
answers to prayer:
1. 'Yes!'
2. 'Not yet.'
3. 'I have something better in mind.'
God still sits on the throne, the devil is a liar.
You maybe going through a tough time right now but God
is getting ready to bless you in a way that you cannot imagine.
My instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God
to bless,and I picked you.
Please pass this to at least four people you want to be blessed and
a copy back to me.
This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we
receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards
Let's continue to pray for one another. Here is the prayer:....
Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and email
buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation
of Your love and power.
Amen.
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In 1675, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque in Paray le Monial, France
in a convent. He said, "Behold this heart which has so loved men. Establish in the
world a devotion to My Sacred Heart." To those who receive Holy Communion on 9 consecutive first Fridays, Jesus promises the following:
I will give them all the graces necessary for their state in life.
I will establish peace in their families.
I will console them in all their pains and trials.
I will be their assured refuge in life and especially in death..
I will shed abundant blessings on all their undertakings.
Lukewarm souls will become fervent.
Fervent souls shall rise to greater perfection.
I will bless those homes where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and
honored.
I will give to priests the gift of moving the hardest of hearts.
Persons, who propagate this devotion, shall have their names inscribed on
My Heart, never to be effaced from it.
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