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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding the gospel of matthew and why it matters - part 4
- Matthew 2:1-12The Visit of the Wise Men1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,2 saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem wit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding the gospel of matthew and why it matters - part 3
- The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before the came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding the gospel of matthew and why it matters - part 2
- Matthew 1:1-17The Genealogy of Jesus Christ1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.2A braham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Am...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding the gospel of matthew and why it matters - part 1
- An Introduction to MatthewSETTINGHave you ever been promised something wonderful, and then been made to wait for it? Have you felt the eager anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve, or the desperate longing of a wife awaiting a letter from a husband at war? Many Christians look forward to the return of Jesus in this way, occasionally glancing up at the sky and wondering if maybe ? j...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Kabbalah of love: the secret power of ego
- The Key to True Love...Do you long for love?Most of us do. The intimate touch of another soul is the most powerful antidote for the all-too-human experience of aloneness. It may be the most compelling and pleasurable experience there is.So why do we spend so much of our time and energy avoiding intimacy by defending ourselves, being angry, critical, closed and judgmental ? in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of namaste
- I honestly am not sure why this hit me so strongly, but it did."Namastè is a salutation which essentially means that I greet and acknowledge the God-Spirit that resides within you."Ram Dass describes it this way [Namastè means] "I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Instructions... guess work or gods work?
- I can't boast about my culinary skill, because I just don't have the natural ability to get around in a kitchen and "whip" something up. I am one of those people who lacks the imagination to throw something together. My sister on the other hand can make a gourmet meal out of a handful of ingredients and feed a family of 5.Sadly enough I am the kind of person who needs directions, a recipe t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is it real?
- If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. --2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, KJVIt may have happened to you at a Billy Graham Crusade. Perhaps it was during a telecast of The 700 Club or during a conversation with a friend. Maybe you were alone with God when it happened. But some-how, someplace deep within, you believed that Jesus of Na...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reasons to fast and pray
- Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. --JOEL 1:14The Bible teaches that there are times for feasting and banqueting, but there are also times for fasting. Biblical reasons for fasting are national peril (Joel 1:2; 2:12); mourning (2 Samuel 12:16?17); protection (Esther 4:16); re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gracious forgetfulness
- For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. --GALATIANS 3:27, RSVI was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He'd forgiven. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. It hit me when I used the word remember.I was thanking God for another act of mercy. "Remember the time I.?" But ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - God became man
- The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. --JOHN 1:14For thirty-three years Jesus felt everything you and I have ever felt. To think of Jesus in such a light is-well, it seems almost irreverent, doesn't it? It's not something we like to do; it's uncomfortable. It is much easier to keep the humanity out of the incarnation. There is something about keeping Him divine that keeps Hi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - He?s jesus!
- For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. --HEBREWS 4:15He was the kind of fellow you'd invite to watch the Rams-Giants game at your house. He'd wrestle on the floor with your kids, doze on your couch, and cook steaks on your grill. He'd laugh at your jokes and tell a few of His own. And when you spoke, He'd listen to you as if He had all the time in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What does jesus expect?
- While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --ROMANS 5:8Expectations create conditional love. "I love you, but I'll love you more if."Now I know what you're thinking. Shouldn't we expect the best out of one another? Shouldn't we encourage each other to strive for excellence and never settle for anything else? Absolutely. But it was Christ who taught us how to use expectations. D...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who is he?
- "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" --MATTHEW 22:42, NCVAfter three years of ministry, hundreds of miles, thousands of miracles, and innumerable teachings, Jesus asks, "Who?" Jesus bids the people to ponder not what He has done, but who He is. It's the ultimate question of the Christ: Whose Son is He? Is He the Son of God or the sum of our dreams? Is H...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - One more mile
- I want to share with you something that happened to me just a few weeks ago. There is a place that I go to write, read and to simply relax. This place is in the mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The scenery is beautiful and I go and pray and take in God's beauty. I love it there because it is quiet and the only thing that I can hear is the chirping of birds and the wind. I embrace the silenc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual intelligence: how it benefits a person
- In one forum, one participant posted this query:I think quite a few of us believe in the inadequacy of traditional science being unable to explain our universe, being unable to explain how to have a positive attitude, and how to live. We believe that possibly, there are no accidents, and the life we are living in is our choice.I want to learn from you on how to put this spirituality ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The who am i koan
- When we ask ourselves the question who am I in earnest, we have this expectation that we can answer the question.In reality though it is a trick question which is designed to push you further and further into self, until you surrender completely and find no self exists and the question of who am I is totally irrelevant.However this is not a conceptual exercise. It isn't like saying o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Secrets of effortless action
- Action dakini gets everything done. When wanting and grasping hold sway The dakini has you in her power. Wanting nothing from outside, taking things as they come, Know the dakini to be your own mind. The essence of mind is knowing. Know that action has no origination or cessation And the action dakini gets everything done. Those who do not understand these points Can practice for eons and know not...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual friendships
- As we walk along our paths in life, we will encounter several forms of friendships. There will be friends of convenience, friends by association, and friends of the heart. Friends out of convenience are friendships that you might have simply because you both are accessible to one another. These friendships are common in a work or school environment as people are united by place alone. You might ev...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The s word
- We all sin. To avoid using the "s" word, we may call it by other less penetrating names; politically correct names. But sin by any other name remains what it is, sin. It is not uncommon for man to blame external causes and conditions for our troubles and sicknesses, while all the time the real trouble is sin.One of the greatest problems we face today is that of controlling the absurd, the i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I?m too busy for me
- Everyone is busy nowadays. It's hard to find time for anything. From the time we wake up in the morning until the time we go to bed, it's hard to find 30 minutes to simply be by yourself. If you are married with children, I know you can relate to what I am saying.I have a girlfriend who is single and we were having the discussion about how the grass is always greener on the other side. I sa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Let your will, not mine, be done
- Can I be honest with you? There are days when I just don't feel like getting up in the morning. I'm noticing this a lot lately because the weather is changing and it's pretty cold early in the morning when I awake to start my day. There are days when I move that blanket off of me and quickly snatch it back because it's too cold to get up. I know I HAVE to get up, especially because it's cold and I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hold on!
- Job was a spiritual man who loved and obeyed God at all times. Yet, God allowed some really terrible things to happen in Jobs life.Imagine, for a second, if someone came up to you and said, all of your children, and their spouses and children were visiting each other, all in the same house, and the house collapsed and they are all dead. Immediately after this person gives you this horrifyin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - God?s message to you
- 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 conne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Formula for spiritual growth
- The formula for spiritual growth is given briefly in 2 Peter 1:5-7. Make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control, perseverance; and perseverance, godliness, and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.This is given in a logical order. It must be in the order given.All one has...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trust jesus (and stress and fear will disappear)
- Everything was going wrong.The weight of the world had decided to settle on my shoulders. Bill collectors were calling and asking for payments that I didn't have.The car insurance was due and I simply did not have it. The cable went out on Wednesday, and I love Law & Order but had to miss it because regular television doesn't work without cable in my area.The final straw came ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The ten commandments starring charlton heston
- Last Saturday, the children were down at their grandparent's house and my husband was out of the house working, and I found myself home alone. This is very unusual for me. A quiet house doesn't often happen for me, so I savored the favor. It's a rare treat when I can actually watch television without any interruptions.So, as I relaxed by lying in bed with a bag of microwave popcorn and a bo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The big choice
- "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me." REVELATION 3:20, NCVJesus gives this invitation. To know God is to receive His invitation. Not just to hear it, not just to study it, not just to acknowledge it, but to receive it. It is possible to learn much about God's invitation and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An open invitation
- "All you who are thirsty, come and drink." ISAIAH 55:1, NCVThe most incredible invitations are not found in envelopes; they are found in the Bible. You can't read about God without finding Him issuing invitations. He invited Eve to marry Adam, the animals to enter the ark, David to be king, Israel to leave bondage, Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem. God is an inviting God. He invited ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Let go and let god
- As a child growing up, whenever I was worried about something, my mother use to always say, "Girl, don't worry about it. Just let go and let God."As a kid, I didn't really understand what she meant. Let go and let God do what? Let God worry about it? Naw, I couldn't do that. I couldn't trust that He would worry about it as much as I would. I knew He had tons of other people that h...