Students Of Success

In October 2005, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ran
a documentary which alleged that President George W. Bush (Bush)
made certain claims of divine revelation concerning the United
States actions in the middle east. He may well be practicing his
act in hopes of joining the Blues Brothers after his retirement.
Not unexpectedly White House spokesman Scott McClellan’s
response, on behalf of BUSH 43 was; “That’s absurd. He’s never
made such comments”. See Breitbart.com article of 7 Oct 2005.

Regardless of the content of Bush’s alleged statements, my
immediate question was ‘Did he really say that?’. Apparently the
people inside Washington, D.C. never thought Bush made the
statements. I say this because the majority of the buzz about
the statements has been from Blogs and internet articles. So the
fact that the Washingtonians never seriously believed Bush to
have made divine statements, this alone is a big condemnation of
Bush and his personal pastor.

To put it another way, the enemies of God have seen so little of
Christ in Bush, that they by their silence concerning the
alleged claims are in effect saying that “He’s [Bush] is one of
us. There is negligible condemnation of us in his presence”. To
which we can all say to his personal pastor, “Great job
shepherd!”

So what were the alleged claims that Bush made? They are as
follows:

1. I’m driven with a mission from God. 2. Go and fight those
terrorists in Afghanistan. 3. Go and end the tyranny in Iraq. 4.
Get the Palestinians a state, get Israel their security, and get
peace in the middle east.

How does a Christian determine if Bush heard from God and made
those statements? I will list the ten ways now and leave them to
the reader to apply.

1. Do the statements agree with the Bible? 2. Do the statements
glorify God, man, or Satan? 3. Does the Holy Spirit within you
(if you are a Christian) bear witness to the truth of the
statements? 4. What is the fruit of the Spirit in Bush’s life?
5. Is Bush really in submission to the leadership of a pastor?
6. Who is the reported audience of Bush’s statements? Hint:
Muslim leaders of a muslim country. 7. Are the words predictive
in nature? If so are their conditions to their fulfillment? 8.
Are the words encouraging, edifying, or correcting? 9. Are the
words a gospel message or a call to repentance? 10. God
supposedly addressed Bush by his first name. This form of
address implies a closeness of relationship such as Moses had.
What evidence is their that such close relationship between God
and Bush exists in reality?

Regardless of whether the BBC documentary is true or not, it
does bring center stage the idea that even in 200, God can talk
to humans. To learn more about this go to www.sgtrepo.com.

What is Reverence? A new look at Matthew 6:9 thru 13. Many call
Matthew 6:9-13, The Lords Prayer but it actually isn’t. Its the
prayer that Jesus gave to us, so in essence its our prayer. What
I want to do is break it down to make it more personal. How many
here today love Jesus? How many here today love God? How many
here today do the commandments of Christ? You know, Love your
neighbor as yourself, pray for those who despitfully use you,
forgive others, pray for your enemies, ect, ect, ect? If you are
sure, then this is your prayer. Mat 6:9 …Our Father which art
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Mat 6:11 Give us this
day our daily bread. Mat 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors. Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Now lets make it personal,
between you and the Father. 1.”Our” Belonging to, in possession
of, to abide in oneself. God belongs to us and we to the Father.
By the purchase of our body and soul with the blood of His Son.
2.”Father”A man who begets or raises or nurtures a child. To
procreate (offspring) as the male parent. To act or serve as a
father to (a child). To create, found, or originate. To
acknowledge responsibility for. Isn’t the meaning of Father,
everything that God is? “To acknowledge responsibility for.” God
acknowledges us as His children, His seed, His Creation and he
fully takes responsibility for us. To Teach and Nurture, to Feed
and cloth, to Save and protect. Now what about those who refuse
God as Father, refuse His Chastisement? Heb 12:8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons. “Bastard”, The Talmud and the rabbis are
probably therefore right in explaining mamzer, not illegitimate
children in general, but those begotten in incest or adultery:
from mazar, “to be corrupt.” The only other occurrence of mamzer
is Zec_9:6; “a bastard (a vile alien) shall dwell in Ashdod.”
One who is without the conjoining of Father (God) to themselves.
We must look at this from the spiritual and not the physical for
all children have a physical father(dad). 3.”which art” “Which
Art”, residing at, being in a certain place or time, without
doubt as to where or who.Positive. Without our Faith knowing
where God our Father resides, we would not believe in a Diety,
that is in controll of all manner of life. We must first believe
in Heaven and Hell, Reward and punishment, Resurrection and
Damnation, on a grand scale, up to and including, the very soul
that makes us who we are. Rom 1:17 For therein is the
righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith. 4a.”in heaven” 4.”IN”
Within the limits, bounds, or area of: From the outside to a
point within;. To or at a situation or condition of. 5.”Heaven”
The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament.The
abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted
salvation. An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting
bliss. Any of the places in or beyond the sky conceived of as
domains of a divine being. A place of great happiness, delight,
or pleasure: Jesus promised all who believed in Him a place.
John 14:2-3 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Heaven is not the place that Jesus spoke of, but a place in the
Family of God, an abiding of spirits together as one with the
Father. 6. “Hallowed”Sanctified, Blessed, Holy, Sacred.. 7. “be”
Happen, occur, take place. 8.”thy” your; belonging to you
9.”name” 1.El-Elyon as “Maker of heaven and earth.” 2.El Olam
“God of Eternity.” 3.EL Berith “God of the Covenant.” 4.EL Roi
“God of Vision.” 5.EL Hoseem “God of Creation.” 6.Elohim ”
Creator of the Universe.” 7.Eloi, “My God.” 8.Yeshua “The Lord
of Salvation” 9.Yahweh “Jehova is the Lord,The Lord of
Miracles.”. 10.Yahew Jireh ” The Lord will provide.” 11.Yahweh
Nissi, ” The Lord is My Banner.” 12.YAHWEH MEKADDESH, “THE LORD
Sanctifes.” 13.Yahweh Shalom “The Lord of Peace.” 14.Yahweh
Sabaoth.”Lord of Hosts.” 15.Yahweh Rohi,”The Lord is my
Shepard.” 16.Yahweh Rophe,”I am the Lord that Heals You.”
17.Yahweh Tsidkenu, The Lord is our Righteousness.” 18.Yahweh
Shammah, “The Lord is there.” 19.Adon. 20.Adonai 21.Jehova
Adonai. 22.Yeshua-”The Lord Of Salvation” 10. “Thy kingdom.”The
domain in which God is dominant 11. “Come”Move toward, travel
toward, approach,Reach a destination; arrive by movement or
progress,Come to pass; arrive, as in due course. 12. “Thy will”
Decree or ordain,A fixed and persistent intent or purpose. 13.
“be done” Gods Intent and purpose to come about, into existence.
14. “in earth, as it is in heaven.” In the un-limitless expanse
of His Power and Reign. 15. “Give us this day” Matthew 6:34 Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof. 16.”our daily bread.” The Spiritual bread of the
Word of God. 1Ti 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content. 17.”And forgive us”Alleviate or remove, Free
from a burden, evil, or distress, Grant exemption or release.
18. “our debts,”Anything that is owed to someone else, The state
of being legally obliged and responsible. 19. “as we forgive our
debtors.” “Anyone that owes us, 20.”And lead us not into
temptation,” God never leads us into temptation but our prayer
here is stating that we desire God to correct our wavering from
the right path, back to where we should be. Our temptations come
from our own lusts and being weak in the flesh ,we are dependant
upon God to help our short comings. 21.” but deliver us from
evil:”Recover or preserve from loss or danger. For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. So as you
can see, The Lords Prayer is our own personal prayer to God. Our
future lyes with Him and His mercy. Take the Scripture
personally as thou it was written especially for you. For It
Was. ars

It is a surprise to me that in an advanced country like Russia this extreme case of Thetan overload was not recognized sooner.

Here is a link to the complete story - http://mosnews.com/news/2006/01/16/brother.shtml - copy and paste into your browser to read the whole article.

Unsaid in the article is the fact that the “host” had claimed that he was abducted by a UFO in 1996.

Beware the Dreaded Theet O Vac!

He had also contacted L Ron Hubbard’s famous Thetan removal company, the scientology “church”. They had told him that he could be treated but it would mean sending a ‘Top Gun’ to Russia and cost in the neighborhood of 300 to 350,000 USD. He was told that the ‘Top Gun’ was busy with a war movie and could not come for 6 months.

Igor decided to contribute to the Theet fund and get the plans for a Theet O Meter. He assembled the meter in his kitchen and soon discovered that he was loaded.

Beware the Dreaded Theet O Vac!

Once Thetans have internalized the fastest way to begin to be ‘clear’ is to cut them out. The souls had become clumped and are beginning to form a new organism. This is the most dangerous kind of Thetan infection. Once the new organism is complete it kills the Host and will begin a new life. It assumes the Host identity and starts its campaign to rule mankind.

History shows us what this can do. Adolph Hitler was infected and look what happened!

Cases like Igor cannot be helped with the Theet O Vac alone. After surgery the ‘Vac is used along with the ‘Meter to ensure that there is no re-infection. The initial removal work must be done in a hospital by a surgeon who can recognize the alien material and carve is out like the cancer it is.

Get your Theet O Meter plans today and prevent this from happening to you and your family.

My name is Garret Von Kalberg.
I am Knight of destiny, I have taken the form of a mature man. I have a map of the Planet Earth. On the map an area of New Mexico is circled.
I have taken many other forms during my 17 million Earth years of existence. These forms have included being a Dragon Slayer for King Arthur, working as a Pope in the early 17th century, selling cars in France for a couple of years in the 20th century, and as an engineer on Mars during the last Great Flood.
I am here now to help publicise the Theetan project. I have been informed by powers that you cannot possibly comprehend (The Big Head) that this is THE most important project humans have ever been involved with. Its completion will clear the way for physicists to clearly understand the work of German scientist Burkhard Heim. This will permit humans to develope a hyperdrive propulsion motor and take their place in the Universe along with other peace loving species.

David Ben-Ariel says his most recent work, “Beyond Babylon: Europe’s Rise and
Fall,” was written from his experiences in life and
travel.

Ben-Ariel was raised in Risingsun and Holland and is a high
school graduate of Springfield High School.

The book, he says, addresses a lot of “hot issues” such as the
construction of the Temple on the Temple Mount in Israel, the
Sabbath versus Sunday, Passover versus Easter, the German-led
empire, and other biblical issues.

Released in January by Publish America in Maryland, this is
Ben-Ariel’s first book.

“Many people believe Europe will be the next superpower,”
Ben-Ariel said. “Most Americans are ignorant of what’s going on
over there.” He decided to “wake them up and give them food for
thought.”

“I want to make them start asking questions. It (the book)
deals with things that effect the whole world.”

Through his own research in Europe, the book looks at the
history of the Holy Roman Empire and how Germany once dominated
it, he said. He reports on true Christianity and the “plain
truth of the Bible.”

He said it is prophesied in the Bible that the justification of
God is going to let Europe conquer us. “American, British and
Jewish people will suffer defeat at the hand of Europe. They
will conquer us because of God’s will to let them because of our
sins of immorality.”

“The fate of our nation hangs in the balance. This could tip
it. I want to alert of the coming Holocaust. The former
Holocaust will look like child’s play compared to what’s coming.”

Ben-Ariel said he has received mixed reactions from his book.
“I have had good, bad and ugly reactions,” he said. “It was an
expected reaction.”

Reprinted with Permission

Sentinel-Tribune > Bowling Green, Ohio

Friday, February 25, 2005

Part 2: The Collapse of the Church Culture. By Maurice Goulet

A person who claims to be a follower of Jesus Christ claims to have a relationship with him. This means they know him, not just about him (this was Paul’s claim in Philippians 3:10). Yet we have turned our churches into groups of people who are studying God as though they were taking a course at school or attending a business seminar. We aim at the head. We don’t deal in relationships. And we wonder why there is no passion for the Lord and his mission? It’s because, in our effort to disciple people, we’ve been barking up the wrong tree.

We have made following Jesus all about being a good church member. We are training people to be good club members, all the while wondering why our influence in the world is waning. The truth is, the North American church culture extracts salt from the world and diminishes the amount of light available to those in darkness who need to find their way.

In the modern world, how would we typically approach the spiritual learning objectives we’ve just identified? We’d write a curriculum, produce a conference, convene a class, create a study course, recruit a teacher or other expert, sign people up, teach the material to the students, and pass out completion certificates. Then we would wonder what would happen or change as a result of the experience. The truth is that we have very little evidence that academic or conferential learning changes behavior. I submit that there has never been more teaching or Christian education in the history of the world than there is in the US today. And yet, one survey indicates that only 9% of people who say they are ‘born again’ have a Biblical worldview. The question we should be asking today is how Do We Develop Followers of Jesus Christ?

The academic model for the last several hundred years involved an expert (teacher) who had information and disseminated it to less-informed people (students). This was the basic plot that developed into millions of episodes of death-by-lecture.

Students can now obtain more information over the Internet overnight than a teacher can deliver in lecture form in a month’s time. The issue now is learning, how to make sense out of the information that is available. The agenda is more and more being set by the learner. Another way to say this is that we have grown up with a Greek approach to education in the modern world. We are now returning to a Hebraic approach that is much closer to what we see Jesus using. One aspect of this is that the learner/disciple determines the curriculum.

In the modern world, it is believed that spiritual formation is accomplished by taking a student through a prescribed group of texts that addressed topics in a curricular approach. This is so deeply ingrained in us that we approach almost any learning experience in the church this way. In the world that is dawning, the curriculum approach to growing people is increasingly viewed as a supplemental strategy to the primary approach: learning agendas driven by life issues and informed by life experiences. Jesus facilitated spiritual formation in his disciples by introducing them to life situations and then helping them debrief their experiences. He taught them to pray. He did not lead them in a study course on prayer. He took them on mission trips; he didn’t read books to them on the subject of missions.

The consistent challenge I run into when discussing small groups is the prevalent notion that small groups should function primarily in a curriculum mode (a bible study, text-driven experience). This is why groups can move from one curriculum piece to another and never experience any real growth. In pre-modern and postmodern cultures the home was and is the center for spiritual formation. Consider this quote from Marvin Wilson: “Foundational to all theory on the biblical concept of family is the Jewish teaching that the home is more important than the synagogue. In Jewish tradition, the center of religious life has always been the home” (Marvin R. Wilson, “Our Father Abraham”, p. 214, 216).)

I am amazed at how our best church families have no clue as to how to have conversations at home about spiritual subjects. Churches are so busy getting people involved at the church that they’ve neglected this fundamental agenda of spiritual formation. The typical church family leaves spiritual stuff to what happens at the church, thereby delegating spiritual formation to the institution. And the institution encourages it!

What if youth ministers spent as much time with the parents as they did with their children? This would be a shift for most church expectations of staff. We typically hire children’s and youth ministers to run programs for children and young people. In fact, this approach by the church may do more to decimate the home as a spiritual center than anything coming into the home on television or the Internet.

As a youth, I grew up in the surfing culture. As a surfer, I never planned a single wave, but I did prepare to ride the waves when they came. God is making waves all around the North American church. Some churches are going to get to ride them. These are the churches that are prepared to get in on what God is up to.”

Typical approaches to the future involve prediction and planning. The better and biblical approach to the future involves prayer and preparation. The Apostles sitting in the Temple on the day of Pentecost were not engaged in a strategic planning retreat to plan the birth of the church and the early stages of the Christian movement. Not in their wildest dreams would they have scripted three thousand converts on Day One nor would they have predicted the leap of the Spirit to the Samaritans or to the Gentiles? Apparently not, based on their responses to both developments. Would they have recruited the rising star of Judaism to become the ultimate leader of the movement? Hardly. God does the planning; we do the preparing. He does not say, “I am waiting for you to develop plans I can bless.”

Spiritual preparation has the goal of getting God’s people in partnership with him in his redemptive mission in the world. The five elements of a spiritually prepared architecture are vision, values, results, strengths, and learning. The question we need to begin asking is, how do we cultivate vision? Vision is discovered, not invented. Jesus Christ said, “I will build my Church”. He is the one with the vision for our lives and the church. It is our job to discover what he has in mind, not to invent something he can get excited about.

I learned the following lesson early in life and it has eased my heart tremendously. God is always at work in every situation before I show up. As the reality of this fact sunk in, I realized that my job was not to analyze the situation really well and then to figure out a way to make something happen but rather to see what God is already doing and ask if I had a part to play.

We need to listen to people in our church, we need to look at our town or neighborhood and we need to talk with our leaders. But as we do that we must be focused on the question: What is God already doing here? Jesus models this kind of approach in John 5:19 when He says, “I do nothing on my own initiative. I only do what I see the Father doing. Further, the role of a leader is to help his people ask the question: What do we see God doing here? This is the starting point for the visioning process.

Maurice Goulet is the Author of Lord Of Darkness ~ Lord Of Light. (Unfolding The Signs Of The Times And The Hope Of A New World) Now available Online at www.CDBN.com.

About the Author

Maurice Goulet is an Ordained Minister and the founder of The Chosen Path Ministries. He Teaches and writes an online newsletter on the principles of building a successful home fellowship. He is also the Author of Lord Of Darkness ~ Lord Of Light.(Unfolding The Signs Of The Times And The Hope Of A New World) Now available Online at www.CDBN.com.

Yes… and no! Curriculum is nothing more than a roadmap. Seasoned travelers often
can get to a destination without a map; however, less experienced travelers might
get lost trying to make a trip without a map. It’s the same way with curriculum.
So, you might think that your many years of teaching a Bible study negates the need
for curriculum. Not so fast! How many years you’ve been teaching doesn’t affect
your need for curriculum; it has to do with study skills.

How you study and prepare is more important than your teaching history. If you
don’t have good inductive skills, you really ought to think twice about “flying by the
seat of your pants.”

Every Scripture passage has a context in which it originally was set. Yet, in an effort
to prove our points, we often twist Scripture and make it say things it doesn’t say.
Curriculum publishers use this strategy when trying to make Scripture support their
agendas. That’s why some Bible studies jump around and skip verses or passages.
In a presentation about a stewardship campaign, a representative of the fund-
raising company was discussing the biblical mandate to give. To legitimize his
point, he said, “We should give because God gave. The Bible says, ‘God so loved the
world that He gave!’” I watched as heads nodded and the teaching corps collectively
agreed with his statement. It is true that God did give, but the context of John 3:16
has nothing to do with raising money; it has everything to do with God’s providing a
Savior.

Be wary of the following when selecting your curriculum:

Publishers with agendas. When the agenda becomes more important than
the Scripture, the tendency is toward propaganda, not education.

Publishers with no educational direction. If you check the educational
qualifications of the staffs of some curriculum publishers, you might be surprised to
discover that no one on the staff is trained in adult education. That should be a
concern!

One-issue wonders. Everyone has a pet issue and some curriculum
publishers seem to make every Bible study come back around to their pet issues. If
you find yourself teaching on the same topics over and over, you probably have
found your curriculum publisher’s pet issue. If you keep using that curriculum you’ll
keep teaching that issue!

Studies of non-biblical content. Certainly there have been many great
things written by many great people, but Bible study is Bible study, not “what
someone said about what the Bible says” study!

Plug-n-play studies. If adults want to watch TV, they’ll stay at home.
Technology should be used to enhance the study of God’s Word, not replace it.
Because of the relational aspect of adult education, the attrition rate of “sit and
watch” studies exceeds 50%. This means that more than half of those who start a
study quit before the study ends.

Scripted studies. These are easy to find. If the material has leadership
material, take a look at how many times the instructions give you a statement to
make. Teaching is more than parroting the thoughts of someone else.

Quick fix options. OK, so Saturday was busy and you never got around to
preparing to teach your class. Aren’t you glad you have curriculum that tells you to
grab an item from your kitchen cabinet, read a few verses of Scripture, and consider
yourself to have taught a lesson? James 3:1 warns against taking your teaching
responsibility lightly. It’s unfortunate that curriculum publishers put profit above
educational integrity. The best thing you can do is commit yourself to preparation…
and leave the quick fix solutions stacked in the warehouses of the publishers!

So, what’s left? Honestly, not much! Even when publishers introduce “new”
curriculum, it’s often nothing more than the repackaging of old ideas. In
Teaching for a Change, we show teachers how to prepare to teach, how to
study the Bible, and how to use supplemental resources. There also are lessons to
help teachers deal with bad lessons in the curriculum they use. Teaching for a
Change is the first teacher training elearning course on the market. Because
each lesson takes less than 20 minutes to complete, your time isn’t wasted!

You can download a free copy of the Session Preparation Guide or
enroll in Teaching for a Change at our website. You might not need
curriculum, but you do need a plan! Think about it!

Dr. Terry Hadaway is an author, motivational speaker, university professor, and
conference leader who is recognized as a leading authority on elearning,
decision-making, and adult education. For more information on Rapid Fire Learning,
visit http://www.rapidfirelearning.com.

Spring is springing here in the Pacific Northwest the plants and trees are blooming. We are fast approaching the Christian celebration of Easter Sunday and if my Catholic is correct we should be in Lent right now.

Lent is a Catholic season of soul-searching and repentance. Lent is a time for reflection and taking a good look at what our lives are all about. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Catholic imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days. This would account for the gesture of, “Giving up something for Lent”.

I was Catholic when I was growing up in New York City, back then giving up something for Lent which started forty days before Easter Sunday, kicked off by Ash Wednesday, (which is a whole other story in itself) I tried my hardest to give up something I really liked, something like RC Cola. It never worked and mainly because I didn’t understand why I was giving something up.

Today I understand it and in some twisted way the symbolic gesture of giving up something we like between the days of the passion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ seems like a good idea since our Heavenly Father gave up His only begotten Son for our sins the least we can do is take a break from Starbucks Lattes or something like that.

Well, I don’t think I will return to my Catholic roots anytime soon but I may add a little reflection to this season by reaching out to someone in need with the Gospel. We have a duty to our Lord that since we have been given this wonderful eternal life we share that love with others.

The most remarkable aspect of Lent is that it actually commemorates the time Jesus was in the wilderness. It was that time that the temptations occurred and Jesus withstood the confrontation of the Devil. You and I will never be tempted by the Devil; we will however be tempted by Satan as was Eve in the Garden but never directly by the Devil as Jesus was. What a tremendous example to us, how much did He love the Father and would always do His will.

So as the foliage returns to the Pacific Northwest and your hometown, as spring begins, we have the awesome privilege to know God and His Son Jesus Christ and His matchless Word.

About the Author

Paul Griffitts a Bibical Researcher for over 30 years
Currently Paul is the Editor of The Good News Letter for Believer.com
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When we decorate with popular symbols, we make a statement about who we are and what we believe. Wall crosses are one of the most significant symbols we can use in our interior decorating scheme. With strong meaning and even stronger emotional value, crosses are considered a sacred symbol in many cultures. The basic shape of the wall cross has been around since the beginning of time. Over its life span, the cross has stood for many things including immortality and harmony on earth.


When choosing a wall cross you should keep mind your own beliefs and then do your research. Not all crosses have the same shape or symbolize the same thing. For example:

• The Latin Cross is the traditional cross shape that most people are familiar with. It is modeled after the one on which Jesus is thought to have died.
• Following in the Eastern Rite tradition, the Eastern Cross is similar to the Latin Cross, only with three bars at the bottom, one of them slightly slanted. The top bar is representative of Pontius Pilate’s famous inscription on the cross. The lower bar stands for the footrest on which Jesus’ feet were placed with nails. The slanted bar has varying explanations.
• With the bottom part of the cross-shaped like an anchor and the top as a standard cross, the Anchor Cross symbolizes the hope and the steadiness found in faith.
• The Calvary Cross stands on three steps–each step is said to stand for one of three emotions of the heart: faith, hope and love.
• The Celtic Cross has a gothic look and symbolizes spiritual growth, gender unity, and spirtitual passage.

Among the other wall cross designs are the Tau Cross, the Gothic Cross, and the Chi-Rho Cross. Each has its own unique shape, special meaning, and historical background. While adding a decorative element your walls, wall crosses evoke feelings of peace above a child’s crib, above a staircase, and in family rooms. Once you settle on a particular type of cross, you will be able to find variations that can be matched to the lines and design of your rooms.

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“This year will be different. I vow I won’t get stressed out
over presents, parties, cards, Christmas plays, putting up the
tree and decorating, and all the many other tasks of the season.
I will remember the true meaning of Christmas.”

Do you find that all the Christmas chores steal your joy?

“For unto us a child is born” - Aahh the miracle of birth. The
true miracle of our Savior’s birth. As Christian mothers we are
doubly blessed to celebrate Christmas. We know the joy and pain
of childbirth. We can imagine an exhausted Mary looking at her
truly perfect, holy baby.

How can we recapture the joy and the simplicity of the first
Christmas?

Following are some suggestions for making this the “Perfect”
Christmas

1.Decide how you want your family to experience the true meaning
of Christmas. Ex. Will you help another family with presents?
Our family now has a tradition of doing Christmas boxes for
Samaritan’s Purse. Our children love picking out items for the
box and praying for the child who receives their box.

2.Prioritize what is most important to you. Maybe you can’t do
it all. You may choose not to send Christmas cards, but do a New
Years note.

3.Decide what parties you can and cannot attend. Sometimes as a
family we may rarely be home in December. So much for family
time.

4.If you have young children, remember how important, normal
routine and sleep schedule are for younger children and you.
Taking a cranky toddler shopping is not a good experience for
anyone.

5.Decide what traditions you want for your own nuclear family.
Sometimes we are so busy going to extended families’ homes we
don’t get to start our own family traditions. Try to have a
leisurely Christmas morning with children enjoying their toys
before rushing off to anywhere.

6.Start a tradition of celebrating Jesus birthday. Ex. Happy
Birthday Jesus cake, reading the Christmas story before opening
presents, or children having their own child size Nativity set
to play with and tell the Christmas story.

7.Set a limit on Christmas spending and stick to it. Don’t
celebrate Jesus’ birth by being in debt in January.

8.Take time to pray and think about the most precious gift of
all. Often our quiet times are the first to go when we get so
busy. Using an advent calendar with children will also help them
focus on the true meaning of Christmas.

9.Be kind to yourself. You may not be able to do everything like
your Mom did. Perhaps you can make slice-and-bake cookies with
your children instead of homemade cookie dough. Your children
will remember the fun of decorating cookies, not who made the
cookie dough.

10.Remember that you are not superwoman and you can’t do it all.
Sit down with your husband and decide who can do what on your
list. Children can help put stamps on Christmas cards. Be kind
to yourself and rest in our Savior’s loving arms.

I don’t know if you or I will have the “Perfect” Christmas, but
we can make a conscious effort to focus on our Lord. Things will
go wrong and we will get stressed, but we need to keep our eyes
on Him. We need to show and teach our children that Christmas is
not about Santa and receiving gifts. Christmas is about the
ultimate gift that we can never repay.

So, I wish you a “Perfect” Christmas with Christ’ birth as your
focus, and that you would be kind to yourself. Set reasonable
expectations for yourself and experience the true joy of
Christmas.

Matthew 22:35-22:46 The Devils Lawyer, The Sanctity of Marriage God declares that marriage is between man and woman, but Satan has gotten a lawyer to fight in his corner. See what God has to say.

Can we find any where in Scripture that God allowed man to marry man, or woman to marry woman? God declared that the union between same sex couples, was an abomination, and that they would find their place in the lake of fire, even men who possess the traits of a woman will not enter into the Gates of Heaven. The thing that this world is allowing is not an alternative life stile but an abdominal sin. The beginning of the race toward Armageddon.
The phrase alternative lifestyle was developed by Satan to assist those that wouldn’t obey Gods law of marriage and union between man and woman. We’ve got the court system in Massachutes and the ACLU, fighting for the rights of men and women to sin. According to Jesus, these things would happen in the end days, ” As it was in the Days of Noah, so shall it be in the second coming of the son of man, They will be marrying and giving in marriage..”

The lawyers in Jesus times were also trying Him and tempting Him, scripture used in this sermon will come from Matthew 22;35-46, Hebrews 13;4, and Luke 7;30-35. Why do we as Christians have to tolerate sin, we don’t have to. If we do not tell others what sin is, then how can they know, what to avoid? Satan’s lawyer tells the people, “Hey just tolerate them, it will be OK. No one will join them, no one will think twice about it.” Lies, lies, that’s all you hear from Satan. You may think it going on somewhere else, no body in our town will do such a thing. You tell yourself that, were a Christian community and a thing like that only accrues in the big cities. Be not deceived, it’s going on in your very neighborhood. We are not told by God or Scripture to be tolerant of sin, just the opposite.

Yes we are to stay out of the affairs of other men, but we are to speak out for Jesus and righteousness. We have a voice, we can cry out to God for the words to speak and He will answer. What are the results of same sex marriage? Desiese of mind and body. Aids, this is a sexual desiese that kills, not only the fornicators themselves, but they are a danger to, medical personnel that try to treat them, also a danger to anyone that comes into contact with their blood. And what about the spread of homo-sexuality, if they marry, which is just a loose term, the next thing they want, is to be able to adopt, children to raise, in their life style, which propagates the sin to generations to come.

There will be no end to it, and we all race toward Armageddon as fast as our feet will carry us. Satan’s lawyer wants you to be passive and tolerant to this sin and then to all others. “Give no place to the devil.” This is scripture and a commandment from Jesus. The church is to be a light to the world, but how can we shine forth if we are looking away from the sin that will so easily beset us?
Where are we going to run, where are we going to hide, who will we turn too? Jesus. Satan has His lawyer, but we have an Advocate, The Lord Jesus Christ, that talks directly to The God of Heaven, the Judge of all Mankind. Our protector, our source and supply. We should be Glorifying God; we should be praising Him, for the sins of this world will not be placed on our account. Was Jesus afraid to speak out, was Jesus afraid what people would think of Him, was Jesus concerned with being passive or tolerant of Sin? No, and we shouldn’t either, we are supposed to be Christ Like, made in the Image and likeness of the almighty God.

With the spirit of Him that gave His life for us. We as Christians cant de-nigh, the spirit of Christ, its who we are, we have passed from death into life, we have gone from sinners to saints, we have been translated from darkness into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior. We have gone from filthy rags of righteousness that we were accustomed too, to the white clothing of Gods Righteousness. Where by we are able now to inter into the kingdom of heaven.

I believe that you’ve heard the sermon, The Devils Bishop, and Lord willing He will give me the next sermon on The Devils Doctors. Why do I want to bring these to you, because God developed Government and the society we live in, and as God has His governmental system, we must understand the system that Satan has also set up. Jesus spoke about it to the Sadducees and Pharisees, “…. And if Satan cast out Satan, then how could his kingdom stand, no house divided among itself cannot stand..”

You have to know these things, you have to be informed, you have to be aware, so that you can stand firm in the day of trial, when the devils lawyer takes the floor. 1Ti 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. Rom 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 1Th 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
ars.

Temple of Spirit & Truth Ministries
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