Spirituality

326. Saying Yes to Life
     Energy flows through our bodies, nourishing and sustaining us. We are part of a larger body of energy, a web of life known by many different names such as God/dess, the Tao, the Pattern, nature, the unified field. Regardless of what you call it, it is our connection to this larger body of energy that keeps life flowing through us as we interact with our environment and with each other. This larger body of energy is infinite and contains everything we need for good health, fulfillment, joy, abun…



327. Contentment in Gratitude By Kim Bloomer
     "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. " 1 Thessalonians 5: 18, NIVWhile I was in the middle of cleaning my kitchen floor this past week -I'm the kind who does this on my hands and knees with a cleaning rag - I was overcome with such immense gratitude for all God is and has done in my life. Can you imagine that? Cleaning a floor and overcome with gratitude?What happened was that I was listening to contemporary Chri…



328. Unfinished Business (Part 2) By Saundra L. Washington
     We know that David did much to stabilize the Kingdom of Israel. He fought a long series of wars to make Israel secure. He surrounded Israel with client kingdoms that at the very least were peaceful in their foreign relations towards him and Israel’s God. But the one thing that David wanted to do more than anything else was to establish a permanent Temple on Mount Zion for the present and future use of the Lord God Almighty. He desired building a house for God where He alone might be honored…



329. Getting Beyond Imperfect Examples & Resistance, to Receiving Loving Guidance & Help from the Father By Ron Henry
     As soon as he saw me I saw him. It was freaky. I must have looked like the anti-son. Long hair hanging out from a bandanna, dark sunglasses, rolling with a couple of older guys I hardly knew. I was even embarrassed that he sighted me. I think he tried to make a gesture of reconciliation. He made a motion towards me and yelled out, "Ronnie!"...I was just gripped when I heard his voice...saw his frame. Then I just slow mo-ed like before a car crash "Nooooo!" It was like a soul Brown-Out. I fazed…



330. Can Moms Have a 'Quiet Time', Too? By Eunice Coughlin
     Spending ‘Quiet Time’ with the LordFrom the beginning of my Christian life as a new mom, I knew that I needed quiet time. Today’s new mom might think that term means time for the kids to be quiet and take a nap. Yippee! But it’s really a time for you to be quiet with God. It’s a time to spend alone with Him, to read His Word and share your heart with Him. It’s a time of spiritual refreshment so that you can be filled with grace and strength to do what you need to do in your daily life. It kee…



331. Seeing God For The First Time
     References are great things, but nothing beats actually meeting a person, as compared to what others may have said about the person. Our own conclusions of right and wrong, good and bad, ideologies and standards, will have a great impact on how we might describe an individual and this description might be totally inaccurate or only partially true. This does not make the description wrong...it only makes the description a description that one person provided of another. We often see others in muc…



332. When the Morning Dawns
     The following article covers a topic that has recently moved to center stage--at least it seems that way. If you've been thinking you need to know more about unconditional love, here's your opportunity. When darkness turns to day, the sun moves over the horizon and touches everything in sight. This movement across the landscape brightens everything. Such an illumination awakens us all. We rise with energy moving in and through us allowing us to create a new day. A day unique from all the rest an…



333. Good News from Mars (Part 2) By Saundra L. Washington
     Paul is led up a 512 ft. hill, Mars Hill, also known as Areopagus, and there he faces the Epicureans and the Stoics (and others). These intellectual giants represented the philosophical thinking of the day in which Paul lived. And when these PhD’s saw Paul, they sneered and considered him a vain babbler (seed picker). They had given Paul audience merely to amuse themselves by listening to what he had to say.Now, the Stoic religion, founded by Zeno (c. 300 B.C.), was rooted in the art of living…



334. Is the Church a Friend to Survivors of Abuse? By Brenda Hoffman
     After 6 years, I left an abusive relationship with an X partner (we were NOT married) in October 2004. He had verbally, emotionally, psychologically, and sexually abused me since the birth of my daughter in October 2001. He also had abused my daughter physically, as well as in many of the same ways that he'd abused me, since she began crawling. He also neglected her.After leaving this relationship, I moved in with my parents and began attending church with them. I soon gained custody of my dau…



335. The Lord is My Shepherd By Saundra L. Washington
     An acrostic prayer poem.The Lord loves me and is gracious unto me. He lifts my spirit day and night and will not forsake me. Even when I foolishly part company with Him, He patiently waits for me to return home.Lord, You are everything to me. Out of the depths of my being I exalt and praise Your holy name. Remembering all the blessings You bestowed upon me all these years; Delighting in the knowledge of Your unfailing love.I am an alien resident on this planet. Satan chases me relentlessly an…



336. Jesus in the Thrift Shop By Deborah Akel
     Sometime around 1991, my mother asked me to write this story.I was working as a writer for the president of an international marketing firm in Canton, Ohio. Mom was proud of me. Especially the day my car wouldn't start, and my boss sent his personal chauffeur in a limousine to our house to pick me up and take me to work. She thought I'd made the big time.It was decided that I should write a story for her. All she had was a title: "Jesus in the Thrift Shop.""Isn't that a neat title for a book?"…



337. Angels By Our Side By Bonnie Moss
     “Every blade of grass has it’s own little angel saying,‘grow, grow, grow “.TalmudAngel. A heavenly spirit assigned by God to watch over each of us during our lives. The doctrine of angels is part of the Church's tradition. The role of the guardian angel is both to guide us to good thoughts, work and words, and to preserve us from evil. Psalm 91: 10-12..Angels are emanations of God, just as sunbeams are to the sun. From the moment of birth, there is an angel waiting to take its place by o…



338. Amazing Faith
     Several months ago, I sat at my computer and watched the MSN video clip that recapped Ashley Smith's encounter with Brian Nichols. As I watched in awe, I was amazed by her amazing faith in God. I asked myself, 'If I were in that situation, would I have the courage to speak out about my faith?' Would I have enough love in my heart for this man who just killed 4 people? I could really relate to this story because my church was just finishing up a '40 Days of Purpose' series, based on Rick Warren's…



339. Holistic Healing and food
     Holistic Healing and food Final part of healing will take place in the body. Or at least on the space of the body, since the God's Spirit descends from above your head and cleans all repressed cell memories. What is a role of food in it? Proper food make you sensitive for the subtle body and accelerates healing both of the body and mind. That's why in hindu culture there is strong emphasis on being vegetarian. Basicaly hydration of the body is very important, drinking much of pure mineral water…



340. Christmas Makes A Lot of Difference
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341. How Psychic Are You? By Samantha Stevens
     To find out how psychic you are, try answering the following questions.• Have you been attracted to the occult ever since you were a child?• Do you often complete other people's sentences for them?• Do you always buy the perfect birthday gift or Christmas present even though they haven't told you what they wanted?• Have you ever thought about something that you wanted and then miraculously had it pop into your life the next day? This could be something very simple such as the desire for a …



342. Tibetan Singing Bowls - Learn More Before You Buy By Andrew Borakove
     I recently had the pleasure to interview Richard Rudis, a Buddhist who has traveled to Tibet many times, who also teaches people how to work with Gongs, Tingshas, and Tibetan Singing Bowls.One question I asked him was about the fact that lately it seems that everyone and their brother is offering Tibetan Singing Bowls for sale. I asked Richard to discuss this phenomenon:Richard: In regard to the singing bowl proliferation, we should start in India. Now, India is a wonderful country and it …



343. Do You Really Want to Know the Truth? By Jean-Claude Koven
     Back in 1992, Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise co-starred in a movie entitled A Few Good Men. The high point of the film, in my view, was a classic, heated exchange between their characters, during which Kaffee (the military attorney played by Cruise) says: “I want the truth,” and Col. Jessup (Nicholson) responds: “You can’t handle the truth.”The movie makes Jessup the villain. That’s not surprising in a courtroom drama that’s based on finding the truth in order to separate right from wrong. But …



344. Dream Dictionary... A Worthwhile Investment?
     Many people often wonder whether or not purchasing a dream dictionary is an investment that they should make. The answer to that question is a very difficult one that involves many factors. Perhaps the most important factor to consider in determining whether or not to purchase a dream dictionary is to consider how often you even remember your dreams. A person who has very vivid dreams that they remember often may benefit from the purchase of a dream dictionary especially if they often wonder abo…



345. Discipline of Prayer: Always Connected By Steve Singleton
     Every workday, five days a week, I take the light rail into downtown Dallas. Only last week, this routine finally taught me a lesson about prayer.In case you're not familiar with it a light rail commuter train, it runs on 25,000 volts of alternating current. All of this electricity runs through lines suspended above the tracks. It is transmitted to the train through a spring-loaded arm called a pantograph. Once the energy is on board, it is transformed into the direct current that supplies the…



346. Surrender and Allow for Miracles to Happen By Jin Dhaliwal
     There is a wonderful thing that happens when a person gets to a point in their life where the realization dawns, that all that they have tried only continues to perpetuate the struggle of everyday living. When this point is reached many have gone down to their knees and surrendered, praying to a force greater than them to intervene.The scriptures tell us that in surrendering, we allow for Grace to flow into our lives. The act of surrendering allows for the hand of God to arrange our affairs. S…



347. God’s Message to You By Dawn Fields
     As I sat down today to write this article, I went through my usual routine of sitting still and listening to that voice that comes from inside of me. I do this all the time when I sit down to write an article, or before I give a speech, or before I answer an email or before I coach someone, or before I do anything basically. I do this because this is how I communicate with God. This is how I connect to my spirit.Well, anyway, before I go off on a tangent—as I sat down to write this article and…



348. Has God Answered Your E-mail? By Arthur Levine
     You know the one I am talking about, the one where you stripped away your inhibitions and used your imagination to compose a prayer in the form of an imaginary e-mail to God. Has he answered you yet? Are you listening for his words of wisdom?Please, what ever you do, don’t delete his message of kindness and caring.When you learn to use your imagination to help you build your faith in God, you will be able to receive the words of the Lord. You will be able to call yourself a Person of Faith.You…



349. Yin-Yang You By Lee Down
     Recently, life has been busy, alive, and in some ways, quite settled. I write best when turmoil stirs in my heart, sometimes for myself, others times for others. This week has been such a week of celebration full of activity and people that I haven't had time for much reflection. When I have, my mood and thoughts have been high and clear. Winter is coming and with it comes the never-ending rain. Maybe that will be when the dark-side will bring us some new light. I suppose some might wonder wha…



350. White Sun - What is Life? (Part 1 of 10) By Teow Aun Chew
     The Home of the souls is the destination for a person to return to the roots; it is the origin, it is the Kingdom of Gods. The word faith means to be truthful. Faith is the origin of Tao, virtues and merits.We addressed God as "Lao Mu" whose full title is "The infinite Bright God, who is absolutely pure, is the utmost supreme and divine, reigns the three domains and ten directions, and is the lord of all souls."In this Part One known as Admonition One, Lao Mu said:In the beginning, Heaven and …



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4. A Servant's Heart By Alyice Edrich
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