January 26, 2007
Today @ This is the way...
We are often slow to learn and that prolongs the pain. But the results of our trials can be spectacular.
Clyde and Dee Kilough
Diamonds in the Rough
An old Chinese proverb says, "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." James tells us to rejoice in our trials (James 1:2-4). There are lessons to learn from our challenges, and the wise man will not have to go through the same trial twice. Trials teach us to exert more care, gather our facts, learn to be patient and to develop persistence, courage and strength.
We are like diamonds in the rough&38212:in need of polish. When an expert diamond cutter is allowed to do his work, the result is amazing. Our Creator is the expert diamond cutter—seek Him, knock on His door and accept the work He is doing in your life.
Further Reading:
“How Good Can Come From Suffering” chapter from Why Does God Allow Suffering?(www.thisistheway.org/booklets/AS/good.htm).
Friday, January 26, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
YOUR GREATEST DESTINY
what is your destiny?
The Question of the Ages
Does life a have a purpose? Does it have real meaning? Is life anything more than a brief span on earth, with nothing but eternity on either side of this physical existence? This is the question of the ages, a riddle that has challenged humans since they came to be. Why am I here? Why do I exist? This booklet will help you understand the incredible truth about your destiny.
What is your destiny? Why do you exist? Is there a reason, a purpose, for human life? These questions have baffled the greatest thinkers and philosophers down through the ages.
We ponder the meaning of life. A child naturally wonders, "Where did I come from?" As adults we ask, especially in our twilight years: "Is this physical life all there is? Does my life have a purpose?"
Think about your own existence. Can you see a purpose for your own life with its ups and downs, its mixture of joys and sorrows?
Do you perceive lasting value in its toil, challenges and uncertainties?
Life's greatest question
Why were you born? That's the question of the ages.
The Question of the Ages
Does life a have a purpose? Does it have real meaning? Is life anything more than a brief span on earth, with nothing but eternity on either side of this physical existence? This is the question of the ages, a riddle that has challenged humans since they came to be. Why am I here? Why do I exist? This booklet will help you understand the incredible truth about your destiny.
What is your destiny? Why do you exist? Is there a reason, a purpose, for human life? These questions have baffled the greatest thinkers and philosophers down through the ages.
We ponder the meaning of life. A child naturally wonders, "Where did I come from?" As adults we ask, especially in our twilight years: "Is this physical life all there is? Does my life have a purpose?"
Think about your own existence. Can you see a purpose for your own life with its ups and downs, its mixture of joys and sorrows?
Do you perceive lasting value in its toil, challenges and uncertainties?
Life's greatest question
Why were you born? That's the question of the ages.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Prayer: Communicating with God
King David once told his Creator, "O God, you are my God; early I will seek You" (Psalm 63:1). He also disclosed that he regularly prayed to God at least three times per day: "Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice" (Psalm 55:17).
The top priority in our lives should be to acknowledge our Creator and Sustainer, the One who gives us every breath of air we breathe and every morsel of food we eat. Prayer—the deep, heartfelt, regular prayer modeled by Jesus Christ Himself, and by the apostles and prophets—is one of those activities that can all too easily be pushed aside, and even out of our lives, if we allow it.
It's good to study the prayers of the great servants of God as recorded in the Bible. If we do that, we will probably be struck by one interesting feature of many of those prayers—they were long!
In fact, they were sometimes very long! Check Daniel's prayer in Daniel 9:3-19, and Ezra's prayer in Ezra 9:5-15, to get a feel for how lengthy and detailed were the prayers of these men of God. Theirs weren't the "Sorry, God, I have to go now; I'll talk to you later" variety of prayer. Nor were they the "Please bless everything" type of prayer.
These biblical models of prayer depict men and women of God who talked at length, and in detail, with their Creator about their praise for Him, the needs of other servants of God and the needs of the work of God. When appropriate (and it's just about always appropriate!) they confessed their own sins and those of their community.
Their prayers weren't disrupted by phones going off and other interruptions. Theirs are the model for the kind of intense, personal prayer time so sorely needed in our modern world, but so easily neglected (or lost).
well.. guess there's alot of praying needs to be done.that's me again,jireh gtg pray..hehe
;D
THE VALUE OF TIME
What Are You Doing With Your Time?
Rich or poor, old or young, male or female, we all have the same amount of one thing—time. How we use it will largely determine how far we’ll go in life and in our relationship with our Creator.
by Ralph Levy
Imagine there is a bank that deposits $86,400 into your account each morning. But there's a catch—it carries over no balance from day to day, so you lose every dollar you don't spend.
What would you do? You'd spend every cent, of course!
But each of us has just such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance; it allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against tomorrow.
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success. The clock is running. Will you make the most of the time you've been given?
Does time matter that much?
Is time—a little or a lot—all that important? Consider the following:
To realize the value of one year,
ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of one month,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week,
ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one day,
ask a daily-wage laborer with several children's mouths to feed.
To realize the value of one hour,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute,
ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of one second,
ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond,
ask a person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.
The anonymous author of these words helps us realize just how important time is.
Jesus Christ told us to be careful how we handle our time, asking, "Are there not twelve hours in the day [the daylight portion of the 24-hour cycle]? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of the world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him" (John 11:9-10).
And the apostle Paul felt it necessary to remind the Christians in Ephesus that they ought to be "redeeming [buying back] the time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16; compare Colossians 4:5).
Time: It's what our lives are composed of. Yet in this busy modern world it has become all too easy to let time, the stuff of life, run away from us. E-mails, new software, multiple television channels, cell phones and all the other products of the technological revolution that were supposed to have simplified and enhanced the quality of our lives seem to have conspired to strip us of the time needed for the really important things of life.
What are some of the important things that should occupy our time? How does God tell us to use our time? Here's a checklist of the truly important activities that should be included in our day.
hmm.... the very impt of times
jireh,timing off
:)
Rich or poor, old or young, male or female, we all have the same amount of one thing—time. How we use it will largely determine how far we’ll go in life and in our relationship with our Creator.
by Ralph Levy
Imagine there is a bank that deposits $86,400 into your account each morning. But there's a catch—it carries over no balance from day to day, so you lose every dollar you don't spend.
What would you do? You'd spend every cent, of course!
But each of us has just such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance; it allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against tomorrow.
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success. The clock is running. Will you make the most of the time you've been given?
Does time matter that much?
Is time—a little or a lot—all that important? Consider the following:
To realize the value of one year,
ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of one month,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week,
ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one day,
ask a daily-wage laborer with several children's mouths to feed.
To realize the value of one hour,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute,
ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of one second,
ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond,
ask a person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.
The anonymous author of these words helps us realize just how important time is.
Jesus Christ told us to be careful how we handle our time, asking, "Are there not twelve hours in the day [the daylight portion of the 24-hour cycle]? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of the world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him" (John 11:9-10).
And the apostle Paul felt it necessary to remind the Christians in Ephesus that they ought to be "redeeming [buying back] the time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16; compare Colossians 4:5).
Time: It's what our lives are composed of. Yet in this busy modern world it has become all too easy to let time, the stuff of life, run away from us. E-mails, new software, multiple television channels, cell phones and all the other products of the technological revolution that were supposed to have simplified and enhanced the quality of our lives seem to have conspired to strip us of the time needed for the really important things of life.
What are some of the important things that should occupy our time? How does God tell us to use our time? Here's a checklist of the truly important activities that should be included in our day.
hmm.... the very impt of times
jireh,timing off
:)
your's truely-your sins
Russia pushes for more power
The key to the immediate crisis is the U.S. nuclear umbrella and the perception of American power to hold together the present world order. If American influence and power retreats, the resultant vacuum would encourage further nuclear proliferation and threaten international security.
Many nations already see American military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq as a window of opportunity to flex their muscles and political will. This is what North Korea has done in recent months.
Russia is doing the same in blockading air, rail, sea and postal services to the Republic of Georgia (a U.S. ally) over a series of espionage allegations. While seemingly insignificant, it illustrates Russian boldness in the face of American preoccupation in Iraq . Russia feels it can move at will to secure its own interests, even when they conflict with those of the United States. The net effect is a weakening of American power.
Add to this the prospect of President George W. Bush becoming hamstrung by Democrats, who in November won control of both houses of Congress. They could block the president's foreign policy goals through their budgetary control. Seeing this, other nations would have a green light to push their agendas in critical regions of the world.
Are we seeing a decline in American power around the world? What is the solution? Will changing the political leadership alter the fortunes of the nation?
Sadly, the answer is no. The problems are spiritual in nature, requiring a radical departure from the nation's current moral course. Without it, this trend of shifting world power will continue.
The result will be a far different world from the one you and I have come to know.
Are we witnessing a major change in history?
North Korea's nuclear bomb blast means the world situation is heating up. We are living in momentous times. Other nations see gray hairs on the American empire and are relentlessly moving to change the course of modern history.
Bible prophecy shows a coming time of trial for America, Great Britain and other English-speaking nations who have received great material blessings. The national sin of ingratitude has led our peoples to forget that the God of Abraham has provided us the physical blessings we enjoy. America has a veneer of spirituality, but God's Word tells us that is not enough to merit continued protection and blessing.
For too long America has held the view that its exceptional position in the world is the result of its democratic form of capitalism alone.
For too long America has worn its brand of spirituality like a protective blanket of security, yet it leads the world in exporting immorality via various media forms.
For too long America has forgotten that God is the source of its national blessings. He will ultimately call it to account for its sins.
The words of Jeremiah, God's prophet to the biblical kingdom of Judah in its final days, apply to the scene before us today: "'Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you,' says the Lord God of hosts" (Jeremiah 2:19, emphasis added throughout).
Following a path to destruction?
Like doomed Judah, America trusts in a hollow spiritual veneer that ignores God's law, which is the basis of true spirituality. Failing to embrace it will surely bring on God's judgment.
Jeremiah stood in front of the Jerusalem temple, the symbol of Judah's religious life, and warned the people not to trust in tradition of the past for their immediate physical safety. "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Do not trust in these lying words, saying, "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these [that is, relying on the presence of the temple and its rituals to ensure their protection].
"'For if you [instead] thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
"'Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations"? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,' says the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:3-11).
God foretold the collapse of their world order unless they repented and changed. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched'" (Jeremiah 7:20).
America, Great Britain and other Western nations are walking the same path ancient Israel and Judah did. We are watching the beginning phases of a sea change on the world scene. It may not happen next month or next year, but it is taking place according to ancient prophecies revealed in your Bible. GN
yours,your sins
i would like to highlight the purple pharse,as it is written in the bible and it shall be true.
your sin will come and rebuke you slash you right in the back , and when you least expect it.
jireh sinning off
=D
The key to the immediate crisis is the U.S. nuclear umbrella and the perception of American power to hold together the present world order. If American influence and power retreats, the resultant vacuum would encourage further nuclear proliferation and threaten international security.
Many nations already see American military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq as a window of opportunity to flex their muscles and political will. This is what North Korea has done in recent months.
Russia is doing the same in blockading air, rail, sea and postal services to the Republic of Georgia (a U.S. ally) over a series of espionage allegations. While seemingly insignificant, it illustrates Russian boldness in the face of American preoccupation in Iraq . Russia feels it can move at will to secure its own interests, even when they conflict with those of the United States. The net effect is a weakening of American power.
Add to this the prospect of President George W. Bush becoming hamstrung by Democrats, who in November won control of both houses of Congress. They could block the president's foreign policy goals through their budgetary control. Seeing this, other nations would have a green light to push their agendas in critical regions of the world.
Are we seeing a decline in American power around the world? What is the solution? Will changing the political leadership alter the fortunes of the nation?
Sadly, the answer is no. The problems are spiritual in nature, requiring a radical departure from the nation's current moral course. Without it, this trend of shifting world power will continue.
The result will be a far different world from the one you and I have come to know.
Are we witnessing a major change in history?
North Korea's nuclear bomb blast means the world situation is heating up. We are living in momentous times. Other nations see gray hairs on the American empire and are relentlessly moving to change the course of modern history.
Bible prophecy shows a coming time of trial for America, Great Britain and other English-speaking nations who have received great material blessings. The national sin of ingratitude has led our peoples to forget that the God of Abraham has provided us the physical blessings we enjoy. America has a veneer of spirituality, but God's Word tells us that is not enough to merit continued protection and blessing.
For too long America has held the view that its exceptional position in the world is the result of its democratic form of capitalism alone.
For too long America has worn its brand of spirituality like a protective blanket of security, yet it leads the world in exporting immorality via various media forms.
For too long America has forgotten that God is the source of its national blessings. He will ultimately call it to account for its sins.
The words of Jeremiah, God's prophet to the biblical kingdom of Judah in its final days, apply to the scene before us today: "'Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you,' says the Lord God of hosts" (Jeremiah 2:19, emphasis added throughout).
Following a path to destruction?
Like doomed Judah, America trusts in a hollow spiritual veneer that ignores God's law, which is the basis of true spirituality. Failing to embrace it will surely bring on God's judgment.
Jeremiah stood in front of the Jerusalem temple, the symbol of Judah's religious life, and warned the people not to trust in tradition of the past for their immediate physical safety. "Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Do not trust in these lying words, saying, "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these [that is, relying on the presence of the temple and its rituals to ensure their protection].
"'For if you [instead] thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
"'Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations"? Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,' says the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:3-11).
God foretold the collapse of their world order unless they repented and changed. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched'" (Jeremiah 7:20).
America, Great Britain and other Western nations are walking the same path ancient Israel and Judah did. We are watching the beginning phases of a sea change on the world scene. It may not happen next month or next year, but it is taking place according to ancient prophecies revealed in your Bible. GN
yours,your sins
i would like to highlight the purple pharse,as it is written in the bible and it shall be true.
your sin will come and rebuke you slash you right in the back , and when you least expect it.
jireh sinning off
=D
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
valentine's day
Valentine's Day is rooted not in God's Word, but in ancient paganism. It is not from the true God but from this world and its false god, Satan (2 Corinthians 4:4). God says: "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever" (1 John 2:15-17).
So to return to the issue raised up front: Should you ask someone to be your Valentine? Not if you care more about true love and about what God thinks. GN
So to return to the issue raised up front: Should you ask someone to be your Valentine? Not if you care more about true love and about what God thinks. GN
Monday, January 8, 2007
yes,i agree
As soon as you judge ppl,
you must ask yourself
is he really like what i percieve
or could this very be your own thoughts only
its very critical how your mind thinks and react to certain situation
after which your mind has thought and decided to react,
it will thus give a reaction......
your circumstance i meant..
abit ironic right???
this is the fallen world we talking abt ..
so face up,the earlier you do .
the faster you progress...
thats all for today
THAT'S A FOLKS
you must ask yourself
is he really like what i percieve
or could this very be your own thoughts only
its very critical how your mind thinks and react to certain situation
after which your mind has thought and decided to react,
it will thus give a reaction......
your circumstance i meant..
abit ironic right???
this is the fallen world we talking abt ..
so face up,the earlier you do .
the faster you progress...
thats all for today
THAT'S A FOLKS
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