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Many religious and spiritual traditions consider renunciation of the world important.But is living in an ashram or temple really more spiritual?We examine the fact that true spirituality is not determined by physical location or external appearances, but rather by one's consciousness and how one lives. We will learn that the ‘world' (the material energy) is neutral, and the real challenge lies in one's consciousness and relationship with the world. True renunciation (tyāga) is not about physically giving up worldly activities and possessions but rather about performing actions without attachment to their fruits. The Bhagavad Gita illustrates that genuine spirituality involves seeing everything as connected to God and performing all actions as service to the Supreme Soul.If you would like to do a more in-depth course on the essential teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā, it is here: https://acharyadas.com/series/bhagavad-gita-chalisa/ The verses I quote were:In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of loving service to the Supreme Lord does not take place. - Bhagavad-gītā 2.44Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection. - Bhagavad-gītā 3.4One who restrains the senses and organs of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender. - Bhagavad-gītā 3.6Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong. - Śrī Īśopaniṣad mantra 1The Blessed Lord said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work. - Bhagavad-gītā 6.1What is called renunciation is the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, for no one can become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification. - Bhagavad-gītā 6.2“I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of the Lord ….” - Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā 13.80For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me. - Bhagavad-gītā 6.30The Blessed Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation [tyāga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life [sannyāsa] by great learned men. - Bhagavad-gītā 18.2It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. Therefore, it is said that he who renounces the fruits of action is one who has truly renounced. - Bhagavad-gītā 18.11The wise, engaged in loving devotional service, take refuge in the Lord, and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that state beyond all miseries. - Bhagavad-gītā 2.51Unless one is engaged in the loving devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation of activities cannot make one happy. The sages, purified by works of devotion, achieve the Supreme without delay. - Bhagavad-gītā 5.6O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. - Bhagavad-gītā 9.27In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me. - Bhagavad-gītā 9.28

This is part 2 of 2It's the episode we've been bracing for on Real Housewives of Atlanta. Kenya brings on her own demise when she displays posters of Brit at her hair spa opening. It's… not good. To watch this recap on video, listen to our White Lotus bonus episodes, and participate in live episode threads, go to Patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens. Tickets for the Mounting Hysteria Tour are now on sale at watchwhatcrappens.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Here is part 2It is a drab midweek as Rotherham United exit the Vertu Trophy at the quarter-final stage.League 2 Bradford earnt a Semi-final birth with a second half penalty. We also cover the end of the transfer window.But back to League 1 action as Gareth Ainsworth brings his Shrewsbury Town team to New YorkMake sure to follow us on X and FacebookPlease also give us a 5 star rating wherever you are listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Warning: some spoilers for book 2It's obligation fulfillment month on Words About Books! Our patrons voted on us to read this book back in July and we're just now getting around to it. Christmas is cancelled, Obligation Fulfillment Month is a go!We're talking about a Booktok darling about dragons and stuff.Support the showDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/Buy the Books - https://bookshop.org/shop/wabpod

Contact us at: thewavecolumbus@gmail.com, or www.thewavecolumbus.comProverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.Exodus 3:3-4 – "So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.' When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!' And Moses said, ‘Here I am.'"Contact us at: thewavecolumbus@gmail.com, or www.thewavecolumbus.com

Awakening to Hope 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 May 26th 1 Corinthians 15:1-3 1Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 2It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. 3I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. 1 Peter 1:3-7 The Hope of Eternal Life 3All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. 6So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. 8You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. Our hope: · You have been born again · You get to live with great expectation · You have a priceless inheritance · There is wonderful joy ahead · The trails you face show your faith is genuine · Strong faith through many trails will bring much praise, glory, & honor on the day Jesus is revealed to the world How do we encourage one another? · God's protection is over your life through your faith · God himself will come down from heaven · Your trials here on earth will bring much praise, glory, & honor · You will be with the Lord forever John 14:1-3 1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. 2My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.” Our task is to live as resurrection people 1 Peter 1:13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. The promise of the bible is that we get Jesus and he will be more than enough, no matter what we're going through. Philippians 4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 1 Corinthians 15:58 So, my dear brothers, and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. Paul's charge: Encourage One Another

Why does God want us to be humble? • May 5, 2024 • Eric StillmanThis morning, I am in the fifth week of a sermon series through the Old Testamentbook of Daniel that will take us up until the summer. To recap, God has allowedIsrael to be conquered by Babylon as discipline for their sins. The main charactersin this story are Daniel and his three friends, commonly known as Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, who are attempting to remain faithful to their Goddespite being in exile and being faced with the attempts of the Babylonian King,Nebuchadnezzar, to reprogram them into loyal Babylonian servants. Up to thispoint, despite God's clear challenges to Nebuchadnezzar's pride, the king has yetto bend the knee to God. But in chapter 5, we get a unique view of the world fromthe king's perspective:Daniel 4:1–37 - King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of everylanguage, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! 2It is my pleasure totell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God hasperformed for me. 3 How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! Hiskingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation togeneration. 4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented andprosperous. 5I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the imagesand visions that passed through my mind terrified me. 6 So I commanded that allthe wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.7 When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners came, I told them thedream, but they could not interpret it for me. 8 Finally, Daniel came into mypresence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of mygod, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.) 9I said, “Belteshazzar, chief of themagicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is toodifficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. 10 These are the visions Isaw while lying in bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle ofthe land. Its height was enormous. 11The tree grew large and strong and its toptouched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth. 12 Its leaves were beautiful,its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals foundshelter, and the birds lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed. 13 “In thevisions I saw while lying in bed, I looked, and there before me was a holy one, amessenger, coming down from heaven. 14 He called in a loud voice: ‘Cut down thetree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let theanimals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 15But let the stump andits roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of thefield. “ ‘Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with theanimals among the plants of the earth. 16 Let his mind be changed from that of aman and let him be given the mind of an animal, till seven times pass by for him.17“ ‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, 

1Unless theLordbuilds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless theLordwatches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.2It is in vain that you rise up earlyand go late to rest,eating the bread of anxioustoil;for he gives to hisbelovedsleep. 3Behold,children are a heritage from theLord,the fruit of the womb a reward.4Like arrows in the hand ofa warriorare the children[a]of one's youth.5Blessed is the manwho fills his quiver with them!He shall not be put to shamewhen he speaks with his enemiesin the gate.

When you understand what Heaven will really be like, it's hard not to be excited about it! We'll have a new life there without pain or evil, and we'll experience true closeness with God. In this program, Chip wraps up his series by asking a vital question that we have to answer first - how can you know for sure you're going to Heaven? Join us for that answer! Your eternity depends on it! Main PointsWhat will heaven be like on the new earth?It will be a lot like the new me. - 1 Corinthians 15:42-49, Isaiah 65:17, 2 Peter 3:9-13It will be a lot like the first Earth. - Genesis 1-2It will be a lot different and infinitely better. - Revelation 21:1 - 22:5Broadcast ResourceThe Real Heaven ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsBook - Heaven by Randy Alcorn Book - The Glory of Heaven by John MacArthurAbout Chip IngramChip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.Connect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________LentLet my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.Psalm 141:2 ConfessionOfficiant: Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.People: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.Officiant: Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen. The Lord's PrayerOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Invitatory & PsalmsOfficiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. Officiant & People: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. O Gracious Light Phos hilaronO gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life,and to be glorified through all the worlds. Psalm 133Ecce, quam bonum!1Oh, how good and pleasant it is, *when brethren live together in unity!2It is like fine oil upon the head *that runs down upon the beard,3Upon the beard of Aaron, *and runs down upon the collar of his robe.4It is like the dew of Hermon *that falls upon the hills of Zion.5For there the Lord has ordained the blessing: *life for evermore.Psalm 134Ecce nunc1Behold now, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, *you that stand by night in the house of the Lord.2Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the Lord; *the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion.Psalm 137Super flumina1By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, *when we remembered you, O Zion.2As for our harps, we hung them up *on the trees in the midst of that land.3For those who led us away captive asked us for a song,and our oppressors called for mirth: *“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”4How shall we sing the Lord's song *upon an alien soil?5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, *let my right hand forget its skill.6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouthif I do not remember you, *if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.7Remember the day of Jerusalem, O Lord,against the people of Edom, *who said, “Down with it! down with it!even to the ground!” Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The LessonsJeremiah 30:12-17English Standard Version12 “For thus says the Lord:Your hurt is incurable,    and your wound is grievous.13 There is none to uphold your cause,    no medicine for your wound,    no healing for you.14 All your lovers have forgotten you;    they care nothing for you;for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,    the punishment of a merciless foe,because your guilt is great,    because your sins are flagrant.15 Why do you cry out over your hurt?    Your pain is incurable.Because your guilt is great,    because your sins are flagrant,    I have done these things to you.16 Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,    and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;those who plunder you shall be plundered,    and all who prey on you I will make a prey.17 For I will restore health to you,    and your wounds I will heal,declares the Lord,because they have called you an outcast:    ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!'Jeremiah 30:23-24English Standard Version23 Behold the storm of the Lord!    Wrath has gone forth,a whirling tempest;    it will burst upon the head of the wicked.24 The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back    until he has executed and accomplished    the intentions of his mind.In the latter days you will understand this.Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. The Song of Mary - MagnificatMy soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant From this day all generations will call me blessed: * the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him * in every generation.He has shown the strength of his arm, * he has scattered the proud in their conceit.He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, * and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, * and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel, * for he has remembered his promise of mercy, The promise he made to our fathers, * to Abraham and his children for ever.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as It was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. John 12:34-43English Standard Version34 So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,40 “He has blinded their eyes    and hardened their heart,lest they see with their eyes,    and understand with their heart, and turn,    and I would heal them.”41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.Officiant: The Word of the LordPeople: Thanks be to God. The Song of Simeon - Nunc dimittisLord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. The CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The PrayersOfficiant: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Officiant: Let us pray The SuffragesThat this evening may be holy, good, and peaceful, We entreat you, O Lord.That your holy angels may lead us in paths of peace and goodwill, We entreat you, O Lord.That we may be pardoned and forgiven for our sins and offenses, We entreat you, O Lord.That there may be peace to your Church and to the whole world, We entreat you, O Lord.That we may depart this life in your faith and fear, and not be condemned before the great judgment seat of Christ, We entreat you, O Lord.That we may be bound together by your Holy Spirit in the communion of all your saints, entrusting one another and all our life to Christ, We entreat you, O Lord.Take a moment at this time to reflect and pray for the needs of others. Fifth Sunday in LentAlmighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.A Collect for PeaceMost holy God, the source of all good desires, all right judgments, and all just works: Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on the doing of your will, and that we, being delivered from the fear of all enemies, may live in peace and quietness; through the mercies of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.A Collect for Aid against PerilsBe our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of your only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.For MissionKeep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen. ThanksgivingsThe General ThanksgivingAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.A Prayer of St. ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. ConclusionMay the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. - Romans 15:13

Trading Full Time in 30 Minutes a Day  Podcast: Signup For my Forex Masterclass Find out more about Blueberry Markets – Click Here Find out more about my Online Video Forex Course Book a Call with Andrew or one of his team now #532: Trading Full Time in 30 Minutes a Day In this video: 00:31 – At the beach and trading just twice a day. 01:04 – 2 trades taken on the D1 charts and 1x H8 and 1x H12 trade. 02:10 – Look at the charts twice a day. 02:46 – A 3% gain from Wednesday's D1 trades. 05:18 – View my Masterclass. 05:30 – Book a call with us. 05:39 – Blueberry Markets. In today's video and podcast, I'm going to explain why I much prefer trading the longer timeframe charts. Looking at my charts a couple of times a day and being able to enjoy life. So let's talk about that more right now. Hey, the traders, Andrew Mitchem here at the Forex Trading Coach with video and podcast number 533. Something a little bit different today. At the beach and trading just twice a day. I'm at the beach. This is called Rabbit Island, just out of Nelson. Now, way back there somewhere, my daughter and her friends on their horses going for a ride. Why am I telling you this? Well. Because that's the beauty of trading. The longer timeframe charts. You know, I don't need to be sat at home right now, sitting on my computer, just glued to say, like five minute charts, 15 minute charts, just waiting for something to happen, almost forcing something to happen. Because that's when I'm ready. 2 trades taken on the D1 charts and 1x H8 and 1x H12 trade. Instead, I took two trades today on the daily charts. I took a sell on the Pound/Franc and I sell on the US/Franc and I'll take in a buy trade on the Pound/New Zealand and a buy trade on the Euro/New Zealand on the 8 and 12 hour charts. So four trades, they took me maybe 15 minutes all up earlier today at the 5 p.m. New York change of day to look at my charts, put the trades on after six because that's when the spreads drop. I'm using limit orders anyway, so it doesn't matter where you live in the world or what your time schedule is, you can take those trades and that then frees me up for the rest of the day. I'm going to have a look at later tonight my time, which is then 5 a.m. New York time, and at that time I'll scan through the 12 hours, the 6 hours, maybe the 4 or the 2It has nothing happening on the higher timeframe charts, but most days we tend to stick to the 6 and 12 hour charts. Why? Well, because there's plenty of opportunities there. Look at the charts twice a day. And so what that means is by looking at my charts just twice a day, I can come and do things like this. I'm probably spending half an hour, absolute max chart time. I know the pattern, so I'm looking for the currency pairs. Well, I'd look at strength and weakness, but if the currency pair is showing the setup to me, it doesn't really matter what the pair is. Just because I live here in beautiful New Zealand does not mean I wouldn't need to trade the New Zealand dollar. I'll trade whatever showing the set ups as mentioned today. Pound/Franc, US/Franc both selling those two on the daily charts. A 3% gain from Wednesday's D1 trades. Yesterday I took a Euro/New Zealand Daily chart trade and I took the Hong Kong 50 index and the China H index. Quite unusual, but that was the market or those were the markets that were showing the setups. And guess what? The set worked. We had our retracement all this filled up beautifully and by the time I woke up this morning at the both trades to pull back, there were buy trades. Both traders said pull back got filled absolutely perfectly. And then turned around going up to the profit target. Absolutely perfectly. So we got those trades, absolutely pinpoint, accurate and made some fantastic returns on those. They were about I think there are 2.8 to 1 return. I think one might have been 3 to 1 return. And so a small risk, you know,

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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack is joined by May, Layla, and Hendrick as the discuss the following Would you rather? question:Would you rather have a job that you love but struggle financially or a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy? Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:11JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast and today I am joined by my good friends and guest hosts Layla Hendrick and May.00:00:25JackAnd we have a really good would you rather question this one was brought to me by May. So thank you may for this one. And the question is would you rather have a job that you love?00:00:41JackBut struggle financially or have a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy.00:00:53JackOh, this is a tough one. This is a tough one.00:00:58MayThis is.00:00:58JackLayla, I'm going to.00:01:00JackLet you.00:01:01JackGet the first you know, take a the first crack at this one.00:01:05JackWhat do you think?00:01:06LaylaOK. Honestly, it's really a tough, tough situation to deal with.00:01:13LaylaUh, if I rather have a job, but I really love it.00:01:19LaylaBut I couldn't make enough money exactly at the question said to travel financially.00:01:29LaylaOr maybe to have a job that saves a lot of money, but I am never happy. I maybe that job doesn't make.00:01:39LaylaMe happy at all.00:01:41LaylaI think she.00:01:44LaylaUh, I will go with the job that I love because I want to feel.00:01:52LaylaI want to.00:01:53LaylaSee my relax. Uh, maybe with the job that I love, I love it. I I can make a process and.00:02:04LaylaTo develop myself in some different ways, which makes me be able to get another chance of another job. So.00:02:15LaylaBecause I love that job strongly, I have a passion about it.00:02:20LaylaSo I think I will go with the having.00:02:24LaylaA job that I really like it.00:02:27JackOK.00:02:27LaylaBecause I think I will create about that job.00:02:31JackYeah. You're taking you're kind of taking a risk. You're taking a gamble.00:02:36JackOn and following your we say in English following your gut, you know your gut instinct, right? It's like I think I should be doing this even though I don't make a lot of money. This is what I really love. This is my passion. OK, that's very respect. Respectable. You know, that's commendable.00:02:57JackI like that answer.00:02:59JackAll right.00:03:00JackTrick. What about you, Sir? What are you going to choose? You going to take the job? That pays well, but doesn't make you happy. Or are you going to follow your passion and take the job that you love, even though you're not making much money and you are struggling financially?00:03:19HendrickWow. Yeah, to be honest, it's quite tough, but I think I will go with the number.00:03:28HendrickLike I will, I will. I will try to have, like, a job that pays well, but doesn't make me happy because yeah, I mean like.00:03:39HendrickAt least you know, like I have a job. And then I have good financial like I have this money and then.00:03:48HendrickI have a.00:03:48HendrickDoubt with the number one, I mean like you have like a job that you love but you don't, you know, like good at financial. I think that's also not make you happy like you know like struggle in financial.00:04:04HendrickI mean like we will be happy.00:04:06HendrickWith that right?00:04:08HendrickAnd at least I mean like I.00:04:10HendrickJust need to work.00:04:12HendrickIs a day in a job like maybe 8 hours or seven hours? Yeah, maybe at a time.00:04:19HendrickI I'm not happy, but I'm I think after that after I receive the money, maybe I will be happy, yes.00:04:26JackRight.00:04:27JackSo, OK, so you're you're not happy at work for 8 hours, but you're happy at home because you have money and you can really buy some stuff that will make you happy and then sleep 8 hours. So 16 hours. You're doing OK? Yeah.00:04:34HendrickX icon.00:04:39HendrickYeah, rather.00:04:42HendrickYeah, rather than, you know, like you have a job that you really love, but you know, like, your struggle financial. So I I say, like, I mean like, it's good rather than, you know, like you have a good job, but you know.00:04:55HendrickAfter that you have to struggle with financial I mean like you also need money to eat. Need money to for something.00:05:03JackRight, no, this isn't. This is, this is the why this is such a good question. May you're you've really, you've got my head spinning right now because Leila makes a good point and Hendrick makes a really good point. So may settle this debate for us. What do what? Which one are you going to choose?00:05:22MayTo be fair, I am still considering my my option for this question.00:05:28발표자 2OK.00:05:31LaylaShow me.00:05:34MayAnd getting a high pay sounds.00:05:40MayHowever, in this situation I I would rather go for go for a job that I love.00:05:47MayAlthough the pay is a little low, probably so probably I.00:05:56MayWe need to.00:05:56MayDo I will need to do some another job?00:06:00MayTo get extra income.00:06:03MayAs long as I am happy, because except the fact that.00:06:10MayEven though a company paid you very high.00:06:15MayIncome, I mean, if you earn very high from that company, but trust me most of the time you won't be able to go back on time. You need to come during the weekend or public.00:06:27MayOK, you need to do a lot of overtime until like when you go back home, you don't have. Don't even have time to see your family to hang out your friends. So that is.00:06:39MayMost of the time what you call.00:06:42MayHigh, high income job.00:06:45MaySo for all the reasons mentioned, I prefer to go for a job that I love. Although the pay is a little lower and probably I will do another.00:06:46HendrickOK.00:07:00MayPass to get some income.00:07:04JackNow I think may change the rules in the middle of the game here because it went from struggling financially to a little bit less pay.00:07:14JackI don't know. I'm not sure.00:07:14MayExactly. Yeah. And they struggle.00:07:19MayStruggling, struggling financially.00:07:22MayYeah, you, you get a job one job with.00:07:28MayI mean, but you get what you get the job, but the the money that you that you know every month is low. So I I'm thinking maybe if I OK if I I don't like doing this job but I'll maybe have another job so that I won't struggle.00:07:49JackOK, OK. So you have one job that you love and then you get to get another job that you maybe hate. So now you have two jobs, one that you love, but one that you really hate. But that's alright, I guess what you're saying, I get you're saying you're going to supplement your income somehow, make some extra money? Yeah.00:08:05MayYeah, something with my income.00:08:07MayProbably I can do something.00:08:10MaySo by doing that, I'll.00:08:11JackYeah, yeah, sure. Well, I.00:08:12JackDon't think you can invest any money you don't have. You're struggling financially. You don't have any money to invest.00:08:17MayBy so. So in that case I will choose to do another extra job so that I won't struggle financially.00:08:25JackOK, OK.00:08:27JackSure, sure, sure. OK. OK. Alright, I'm I think this is I'm going to choose. I'm going to go with Hendrick and I'm going to take the job that I hate.00:08:37JackUM, but pays really well, and I'm going to focus all my energy and my free time on my hobbies, and I'll have a lot of time to buy. Like good podcasting equipment and, you know, audio equipment and video equipment. And I can really make my hobby.00:08:56JackMy main job and then just work to live.00:09:00JackLive, you know, just go and work and make money, but it's not really my passion. I know it's.00:09:06JackSad, I mean.00:09:07JackI the best case scenario is that you work a job that you love and you make enough money to live comfortably, but in a lot a lot of situations for people.00:09:20JackThey work in jobs that they don't really like.00:09:24JackBut they can't quit because they need the money. They have families, they have, you know, kids that are studying ballet at a boarding school in America, there's things like that. So just for example.00:09:42JackYeah. So you know in my opinion, I mean it it I know it's it's not exactly a romantic situation, you know, but but it's. But it's practical. It's practical. And so even though I really respect Layla and Maze answers because I think you guys are following your heart.00:09:43MayWhich is.00:09:55Layla00.00:10:03JackAnd your passion.00:10:05JackI just. I don't want to struggle.00:10:08JackBecause I I have.00:10:09JackWorked many jobs that I hate and also struggled financially.00:10:14JackI had it.00:10:15JackI didn't get paid well and I hated the job, so.00:10:19LaylaThis is really the worst.00:10:21발표자If I can.00:10:22JackAt least.00:10:22JackGet at work. A job that I hate and get paid. Well, that's better than what I was.00:10:27JackDoing in the past so.00:10:29LaylaRight.00:10:30JackYeah, yeah.00:10:32JackSo that's my yeah.00:10:33MayBut then Jack, I have a question like I just want to ask your point on this. Let's say if you looking in the A you got a job and your income the the company will really pay you very well, but then you don't even have time to.00:10:52MayBuy the things that you like, do whatever things you want to do.00:10:56MaySo will you feel happy or will you satisfy?00:11:00JackWell, that depends. I guess I we didn't really discuss the the rules of this question very clearly. I was assuming that both jobs are 40 hours a week, you know 40 or 50 hours a week. But one job you enjoy the other job you don't enjoy. But the time is the same.00:11:20JackIf you if.00:11:20발표자 2It is only.00:11:20JackI have to work 80 hours a week.00:11:22JackWeek to get the good paying job, then I'll just work the job that I hate. But I'll work 80 hours a week and then I'll make enough money to survive. So.00:11:35JackYeah, I I understand what you're saying. And you're right. Most people who have a lot of responsibility and are at high positions in companies, they work really, really long hours. That's just a fact. That's true. So I would not, I would not agree to that. I don't want to do that.00:11:48MayYeah. Check.00:11:55JackI want to I want to have leisure time. I want to have spend time with my family. I want to spend time with my my online students making the podcast, teaching in the Zoom sessions and making content for my channel. So in that case.00:12:14JackI don't think I would sacrifice all of that for one high paying job where I have to work 80 hours a week.00:12:22JackI couldn't do it.00:12:23JackSo I guess I agree a little bit with you may and I agree a little bit with Hendra and I agree a little bit.00:12:29JackWith Leila. So I cheated.00:12:30발표자 2It looks like you're on both side.00:12:32발표자 2Now, yeah, you. You were saying? I tried to change.00:12:32JackYeah, I cheated. I.00:12:33JackI'm standing on the fence right now.00:12:42JackRight, I always accuse May of being the cheater of trying to have to play both sides, but today I'm.00:12:48JackBoth sides Jack today. Yeah. This. Yeah.00:12:52MayOK.00:12:54JackI'm gonna. I'm gonna.00:12:55JackThrow it out to our listeners out there cause we're kind of split here 5050. So I want the listeners to be the tiebreaker. What do you guys think? Would you rather have a high paying job where that you hate?00:13:08JackOr would you rather work a job that you love but struggle financially? And what is your answer to this? Send us an A message or a comment on our website A-Z englishpodcast.com.00:13:21JackOr send us an e-mail A-Z, englishpodcast@gmail.com or even better, join our WhatsApp group. Come on in to the A-Z English podcast WhatsApp group. 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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack explains the meaning of three idioms using the verb "live."Phrasal Verbs: Live in / Live for / Live down / Live it upTranscript:A to Z Tips 32.mp300:00:0000:13:2600:00:01발표자 1Welcome to the A-Z English podcast, where Jack and Social take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the English language. Our podcast is designed for non-native speakers who are looking to improve their English skills in a fun and interactive way. Each episode covers a wide range of topics.00:00:23발표자 1From grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease.00:00:36발표자 2Welcome to the Adas English podcast. My name is Jack and I am one of the hosts of the podcast, and today I'm doing a solo episode. I'm without social. However, we have an interesting lesson for you today. It is a continuation of.00:00:53발표자 2Our last two quick tip episodes where we are unpacking the meanings.00:01:01발표자 2Of phrasal verbs, which can be kind of confusing in English, phrasal verbs are where we use usually a verb and a preposition together, and it has a kind of new meaning to it. So there are quite a few in English, and it's good to be familiar with these, so that.00:01:23발표자 2You know when you hear people use them, you.00:01:26발표자 2Understand what they're saying, or if you want to express yourself in a way that.00:01:30발표자 2Is a little bit.00:01:31발표자 2More specific and you wanna articulate a point that is.00:01:37발표자 2It's clearer than this may be a good solution for you. So our first one is our first phrasal verb is to live in, to live in, and this one's pretty easy to live in, means to reside in the place, especially a permanent or long term resident.00:02:00발표자 2For example, they live in a small cottage by the beach.00:02:07발표자 2Yeah. And you know, where do you live? You know? And it's not just live, but like I live in.00:02:15발표자 2So you would probably want to add like if somebody says.00:02:21발표자 2You know.00:02:24발표자 2Where do you live? Do you live in a house or an apartment? You could say. Well, I live in an apartment in whatever city in New York City I live in an apartment in New York City.00:02:38발표자 2Pretty. Ohh, that's great. OK, where do you live? Well, I live in a studio apartment in Brooklyn. OK, interesting. Interesting. But notice how we're using the verb.00:02:56발표자 2Ohh sorry, we're using the proposition in after the verb live live in you know. Where do you live? I I live in Mexico.00:03:07발표자 2OK.00:03:09발표자 2Yeah, because in meaning in that country, in that apartment, in that neighborhood I live in, I live in Brooklyn. I live in Manhattan. I live in Mexico City. I live in Colorado. I live in Los Angeles.00:03:29발표자 2These are are very common expressions in so and so you should get used to using that together live in live in where do you live? I live in. I live in Stillwater. I live in White Bear Lake. I live in North Saint Paul.00:03:47발표자 2That's where I live.00:03:49발표자 2#2.00:03:55발표자 2They live in a small sorry I read this one already. Sorry #2 live 4 live 4.00:04:07발표자 2OK, this is to have a strong passion or desire for something. What do you live for? Like, what is your?00:04:18발표자 2Number one priority, who do you you know? Who do you live for? What do you live for? What is your?00:04:25발표자 2Obsession, you know, I'm. I'm trying to think of a an example.00:04:32발표자 2What's a good example of somebody that lives for something?00:04:37발표자 2I'm trying to.00:04:38발표자 2Think of some like sports athletes and.00:04:45발표자 2Well, let's just for the lack of of a better example here. Let's talk about messy, OK?00:04:54발표자 2What does messian live for?00:04:56발표자 2If you had to choose one thing, what?00:04:58발표자 2Does he live for?00:05:00발표자 2He lives for football.00:05:02발표자 2OK, it consumes 90% of his life.00:05:09발표자 2You know, he sees his family sometimes, but really he lives for football, lives for football. And here's an example.00:05:21발표자 2To have a strong passion or desire for something.00:05:27발표자 2Example. She lives for adventure and is always seeking new experiences, so maybe for her every time there's a holiday from school or from work, she jumps on a plane and she travels somewhere because what is her passion? What does she live?00:05:47발표자 2Or she lives for traveling.00:05:51발표자 2She lives for adventure.00:05:55발표자 2OK, So what do you live for? What do you live for?00:05:59발표자 2Gotta think of what I live for these days. I live for podcasting. I mean, that's the reality. I every minute of my day that I have any extra time. I'm in my office, I'm editing podcasts. I'm recording podcasts.00:06:17발표자 2I live for podcasts. Yeah, this is true. This is true.00:06:23발표자 2Uh. All right, let's do #9 live down, live down LIVEDOWN.00:06:35발표자 2Live down means to overcome or recover from an embarrassing or shameful situation.00:06:45발표자 2Example, it took him 10 years to live down the embarrassment of that awkward speech, so maybe he gave a speech.00:06:57발표자 2And he forgot all the words.00:07:00발표자 2So he was just doing a speech. Hello. My. My name is Jack. And today I'm going to talk.00:07:11발표자 2Talk about.00:07:13발표자 2Talk about. I can't remember what I was gonna talk about. Yeah, that's an unmitigated disaster, right? If you forget everything that you're going to talk about, that it's going to take you a while to live down the shame.00:07:34발표자 2The embarrassment and you know, as we say in English, time heals all wounds, right? So 10 years later, no one is gonna care about his bad speech. But maybe for the first six months.00:07:51발표자 2His colleagues might make fun of him and.00:07:54발표자 2Make a joke, you know.00:07:57발표자 2It's possible it's possible.00:08:01발표자 2And so.00:08:03발표자 2To live down something is to overcome or recover from an embarrassing or shameful situation. Example it took him years to live down the embarrassment.00:08:18발표자 2Of that awkward speech. So the first two years, every time he thought about that speech, he blushed. You know, his face turned red and he was embarrassed. But after 10 years, you just kind of go ohh, whatever. Who cares?00:08:38발표자 2You know, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.00:08:42발표자 2It's not that important, but when things are fresh in our minds, we definitely like to think about it a lot and obsess about it and feel bad about it. But don't.00:08:58발표자 2Nobody cares, right? People will forget it immediately and you don't need to. No one will think about it more than you think about it.00:09:09발표자 2OK, think about that.00:09:11발표자 2No one will think about your bad speech more.00:09:16발표자 2Then you think about it yourself. OK, so if you can take that power away from it and forgive yourself, you'll be much happier. #10 live up to live up to it means to enjoy life to the fullest.00:09:37발표자 2Often by indulging in enjoyable activities or experiences.00:09:43발표자 2Have you ever met a couple that want to live it up?00:09:48발표자 2You know, they go skydiving and parachuting and parasailing and surfing and traveling and.00:09:56발표자 2They're just all over the world living it up, just having a great time together to live it up.00:10:07발표자 2Are you a livid up kind of person, or are you a Super Saver? Do you want to save up with your husband and wife and buy a house? No vacations, maybe have some children? What is your?00:10:25발표자 2Objective for when you have some money, when you have some money, when you're earning some money, what do you want to do with your money?00:10:36발표자 2And remember that the meaning of phrasal verbs can sometimes be idiomatic and context dependent, so it's important to consider the context in which they are used to fully understand their intended meanings. So.00:10:55발표자 2You know, again, these are not like 100%.00:10:58발표자 2Went black and white. Some of them are idiomatic expressions and they might be used a little differently. Pay attention when you're talking to native speakers so that you can also use these in a more colloquial X extemporal.00:11:19발표자 2My brain is, yeah.00:11:24발표자 2I don't know if that's the right word. Improvisational. I don't know. Manner so that you can actually use these. You know, these are very common in in American culture. So I think these are good to learn. And with that said.00:11:44발표자 2I will stop today's today's episode. 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(Joshua 3:1-3) 1Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2At the end of three days the officers went through the camp 3and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. (Exodus 23:29-30) 29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you. 30Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. (Exodus 23:31-33) 31bI will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 32You shall make no covenant with them and their gods. 33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” (Judges 3:1-2) 1Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 2It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before. (James 1:2-4) 2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (Acts 4) Peter and John entering the temple – lame beggar – “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” (Acts 4:19-20) 19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:13) Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Support Common Prayer Daily @ PatreonVisit our Website for more www.commonprayerdaily.com_______________Opening Words:“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”Rev 4:8 (ESV) Confession:*Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Almighty and most merciful Father,we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done;and apart from your grace, there is no health in us.O Lord, have mercy upon us.Spare all those who confess their faults.Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord.And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen. The InvitatoryO Lord, open our lips,and our mouths shall show forth your praise. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Cast us not away from your presence, and take not your holy Spirit from us. O give us the comfort of your help again, and sustain us with your willing Spirit.Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Psalm of the DayPsalm 133Ecce, quam bonum!1Oh, how good and pleasant it is, *when brethren live together in unity!2It is like fine oil upon the head *that runs down upon the beard,3Upon the beard of Aaron, *and runs down upon the collar of his robe.4It is like the dew of Hermon *that falls upon the hills of Zion.5For there the Lord has ordained the blessing: *life for evermore. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. The Lessons2 Samuel 17:1-23English Standard Version17 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.5 Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.” 6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak.” 7 Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.” 8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people. 9 Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.' 10 Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men. 11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person. 12 So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. 13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.” 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled. 16 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'” 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city. 18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard. And they went down into it. 19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it. 20 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.21 After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, “Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.” 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.Galatians 3:6-14English Standard Version6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.Matthew 15:21-28English Standard Version21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly. The Word of the Lord.Thanks Be To God. The PrayersLord, have mercy.Christ, have mercyLord, have mercyOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. IntercessionTake a moment of silence at this time to reflect and pray for others. The CollectsProper 15Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.A Prayer of St. John ChrysostomAlmighty God, you have given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will grant their requests: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen. BenedictionThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen

GospelJOHN 11:1-451Now a certain man was ill, Laz'arus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill. 3So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." 4But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it." 5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz'arus. 6So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again." 8The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?" 9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." 11Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, "Our friend Laz'arus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep." 12The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." 13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14Then Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead; 15and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." 16Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." 17Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. 21Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." 23Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world." 28When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying quietly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled; 34and he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 35Jesus wept. 36So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 37But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" 38Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." 40Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" 41So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me." 43When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Laz'arus, come out." 44The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 45Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him;

Movie of the Year: Best of 2022The Best of 2022 Preview Show, Pt. 2It's time to complete the 2022 brackets with previews of the Album of the Year, Horror Film of the Year, Comedy TV Show of the Year, Drama TV Show of the Year, and Film of the Year. It's the beginning of the end for 2022!It's the biggest night in podcasting! The Best of 2022 season is well underway, and now it is time to preview the rest of the season. What's the best way to do that? Tell some of the greatest shows, movies, and albums of the year that they weren't good enough, and to kick f'in rocks, bro! Over the next five weeks, Movie of the Year is going to present five brackets, attempting to figure out what is the greatest of the year in each category.Tonight, those brackets will be taken down from a Sweet 16 to an Elite 8. Our panelists, which include Mike, Ryan, and Greg from Movie of the Year, Cassie and Katelynn from The Superhero Show Show, Mackenna from Unnatural 20's, plus friends of the show Margot and Taylor, must be quick, they must be unfeeling, and they must be merciless, as albums, shows, and movies, are eliminated or replaced. There is no longer anytime for emotion, despite everyone showing lots of emotion all of the time.Join us as all of the Taste Buds imaginable lay out the parts of the season that have already been released, and the brackets that are yet to come. If there was ever time to know that there is no God, it's now, as some of the greatest contemporary pop culture of the last year is flushed down the toilet with nary a thought. Tune in, and be a part of history. 80 WILL ENTER, 40 WILL DIEABBOTT ELEMENTARY - AFTERSUN - ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED - ALVVAYS - ANDOR - ANGEL OLSEN - ATLANTA - BAD BUNNY - BAD SISTERS - THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - BARBARIAN - BARRY - THE BATMAN - THE BEAR - BETTER CALL SAUL - BETTER THINGS - BEYONCE - BIG THIEF - THE BLACK PHONE - BODIES BODIES BODIES - BONES AND ALL - CARLY RAE JEPSEN - CONWAY THE MACHINE - CRIMES OF THE FUTURE - DANGER MOUSE - DECISION TO LEAVE - DERRY GIRLS - THE DROPOUT - EO - ETHEL CAIN - EUPHORIA - EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - THE FABELMANS - FONTAINES D.C. - FRESH - GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY - GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO - HACKS - HEARTSTOPPER - HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - INDUSTRY - INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE - JOCKSTRAP - KENDRICK LAMAR - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER - MAD GOD - MEN - THE MENU - NOPE - ORPHAN: FIRST KILL - OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH - PACHINKO - PEARL - PUP - THE REHEARSAL - RESERVATION DOGS - RINA SAWAYAMA - ROSALIA - RRR - THE SANDMAN - SCREAM - SEVERANCE - SLOW HORSES - SMILE - THE SMILE - SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE - SOUTH SIDE - STRANGER THINGS - SUDAN ARCHIVES - TAR - TAYLOR SWIFT - THIS IS GOING TO HURT - TOP GUN: MAVERICK - TURNING RED - UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN - WATCHER - WE OWN THIS CITY - WET LEG - WEYES BLOOD - WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - THE WHITE LOTUS - WOMEN TALKING - XAND MANY, MANY MORE!Make sure to also:Visit our websiteUse our Amazon page!Join our Patreon team! (to get the show early and hear bonus segments!)Like us!Follow us!While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about...

Inspired by what she is seeing in her own family, RIT Stacy Cann decided to address the topic: Choose  a Side and Choose Wisely--Your Life Depends on It.It is alarming when one sees Christians dabbling into New Age theologies.Scriptures: Revelation 22: 14-15 and Romans 12: 1-2It's about to get real!Blessings abound!RIT Stacy Cann is a member of Beacons for Christ Ministry, UK

Disciple Up # 285 Stewardship Part Nine: Use of Finances By Louie Marsh, 11-23-2022   Introduction:  Where we've been and where we're probably going!   9 Biblical Financial Principles   1) God is My Source   The first principle is that God is the source of everything.   “19And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19, ESV)   “8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8, ESV)   2) Giving Is Essential   “38give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”” (Luke 6:38, ESV)   “23And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.” (Deuteronomy 14:23, ESV)   One purpose of tithing was to teach the people of Israel to put God first in their lives.   3) Saving Is Critical   The third financial principle concerns saving money-setting something aside for a rainy day.   “20Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.” (Proverbs 21:20, ESV)   4) Keep Out of Debt   The fourth principle is to keep out of unnecessary debt and thus avoid the debt trap.   “21The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;” (Psalm 37:21, ESV)    Borrowing for a house or car is one thing but taking on financial obligations one can't keep-buying beyond the ability to pay-is another.   “7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.” (Proverbs 22:7, ESV)   5) Be Content with what you have   The 5th principle is being content with what one has.   “5Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”” (Hebrews 13:5, ESV)   “11Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” (Philippians 4:11, ESV)   “10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.” (2 Corinthians 6:10, ESV)   6) Have a Budget   The 6th principle is that of keeping records and making a budget.   “23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.” (Proverbs 23:23, ESV)   “3By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; 4by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” (Proverbs 24:3–4, ESV)   7) Don't Cosign   The 7th principle is, don't cosign.   “1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. 4Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; 5save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.” (Proverbs 6:1–5, ESV)   8) Work Hard   The eighth principle is that of hard work.   “23In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.” (Proverbs 14:23, ESV)   “19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.” (Proverbs 28:19, ESV)   9) Seek Godly Counsel   The last principle is that of seeking godly counsel.   “1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;” (Psalm 1:1, ESV)   “22Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.” (Proverbs 15:22, ESV)   6) How this works in my church/ministry   Use of funds   Churches & ministries must be as open and transparent as possible about their finances. The only thing we keep private is who gave how much. Otherwise our books are open, staff salaries are open, and each month we report on our finances publicly.   Support of those in the ministry - time, finances, marriage support, etc.   “3I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:3–6, ESV)   Staying focused on ministry's purpose   “25of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.” (Colossians 1:25–29, ESV)   Balance my time for ministry & rest, etc.   “1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.” (Psalm 127:1–2, ESV)   “19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20, ESV)  

Life Under the Sun Pt. 9 Living a Life that Works! By Louie Marsh, 10-23-2022     4 PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE THAT DON'T WORK: MATERIALISM WOKE HUMANISM FATALISM   GOD'S WAY DOES WORK!   1) God is there & HE CARES for me!   “1But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.” (Ecclesiastes 9:1, ESV)   2) God has only given me so much TIME.   “2It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. 3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all (Ecclesiastes 9:2–3a, ESV)   3) God says evil lurks in MYHEART.   . Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.” (Ecclesiastes 9:3b, ESV)   4) There is hope for the living in the LIVING GOD.   “4But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.” (Ecclesiastes 9:4, ESV)   HOW TO ENJOY YOUR LIFE:   1) Live HAPPILY  where ever you are!   “7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.” (Ecclesiastes 9:7, ESV)   Seize life! Eat bread with gusto, drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes – God takes pleasure in your pleasure! Eccl. 9:7 (Mes)   2) Live in PURITY & THE POWER of the Spirit!   “8Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 9:8–9, ESV)   3) Throw yourself completely into WHATEVER!   “10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10, ESV)   4) Remember: MY ABILITY doesn't guarantee my success.   “11Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11, ESV)   5) God's Wisdom is more EFFECTIVE than my strength.   “15But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.” (Ecclesiastes 9:15–16, ESV)  

Life Under the Sun Part 7: Some Wise Advice By Louie Marsh, 10/9/2022 Intro – pics – last one church pic How To Follow Jesus   1) I should focus on my CHARACTER not my appearance.   “1A good name is better than expensive perfume… (Ecclesiastes 7:1, GW)   This is hard – story of my dirty shirt in college and the solution! Appearance means not your clothes but the way you appear outwardly – station in life, looks, job, titles, society, etc.   2) Being with God is better than BEING HERE!   “1…the day of death than the day of birth. 2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.” (Ecclesiastes 7:1–2, ESV)   …the day you die is better than the day you are born.  It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time. Eccl. 7:1b-2 (NLT)   I'm torn between two desires: Sometimes I want to live, and sometimes I long to go and be with Christ. That would be far better for me, but it is better for you that I live. Phil. 1:23-24 (NLT)   The more mature we grow in Christ the more we'll agree with this – it's a tough one for me personally because I'm allergic to death! I really want to go to heaven, I just don't want to have to die to get there!!   3) I learn more from HARD TIMES than happy ones.   “3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. 4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.” (Ecclesiastes 7:3–4, ESV)   A wise person thinks much about death, while the fool thinks only about having a good time now. Eccles. 7:4 (NLT)   I think almost everyone know this is true – but isn't it amazing how hard we work at denying it's truth in our lives! How we focus on having fun and feeling good as if that's the end all and be all of life – it's NOT!!   Do don't just go through things – GROW through them!   4) Learning from the wise is better than laughing with LOSERS!   “5It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 7:5–6, ESV)   It is better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool! Indeed, a fool's laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless. Eccl. 7:5-6 (NLT)   Play things DOWN not up!   5) How we FINISH is more important than how we begin.   “8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.” (Ecclesiastes 7:8, ESV)   It is better to finish something than to start it  Eccl. 7:8a (NCV)   How many projects have you started and then let go unfinished?  It's easy to get excited about things and jump into them – it's not so easy to finish them!           REMEMBER: It's not how you start that counts – it's how you finish!   6) REMAINING CALM accomplishes more than anger.   9Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools. 10Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9–10, ESV)   Patience is better than pride.  Don't be quick-tempered, for anger is the friend of fools.   Don't long for "the good old days," for you don't know whether they were any better than today. Eccl. 7:8-10 (NLT)   Why get upset all the time? Or if you are upset – don't blurt things out – stay quiet and calm and let God do His Work! Don't get upset over thing changing, the good old days weren't that good – and things have to change – it's the nature of the world God created and the nature He's given each one of us!   Two Major Benefits of Wisdom!   1) It keeps me from SELF-INFLICTED wounds.   “11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun. 12For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.” (Ecclesiastes 7:11–12, ESV)   The majority of my problems in life are self-inflicted wounds – the more of God's Wisdom I have, the fewer of those I'll suffer!   2) It gives me God's PERSPECTIVE on life.   “13Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? 14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.” (Ecclesiastes 7:13–14, ESV)   “13See the way God does things and fall into line. Don't fight the facts of nature. Who can straighten what he has made crooked? 14Enjoy prosperity whenever you can, and when hard times strike, realize that God gives one as well as the other—so that everyone will realize that nothing is certain in this life.” (Ecclesiastes 7:13–14, The Living Bible)

Except The Lord Build The HousePsalm 127:1-31(A Song of degrees for Solomon.) Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.Message From Emmanuel is a weekly audio ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Irvine, KY. We sincerely hope God blesses you as you listen!GRANT OF LICENSE. Emmanuel Baptist Church is granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license during the termof the agreement to publicly play, perform, and transmit via the website noted above, any musical composition controlled by one or more of the domestic Performing Rights Organizations (ASCAP, BMI and SESAC), as stated in the CCS WORSHIPcast License Terms and Conditions.Follow us on Facebook: ebcky15Follow us on Twitter: ebckyCheckout our website! http://ebcky.com 

Featured quotations from Emanuel Swedenborg's Secrets of Heaven:2798:2It is also known that he was born to the Virgin Mary, but this was a birth like that of any other person. When he was born again—in other words, was made divine—it was from Jehovah, who was in him and who was the very essence of his life. The uniting of his divine and human natures was a mutual, reciprocal process, so that he united his divine nature with his human nature and his human nature with his divine. 2894Moreover, since the Word means the Lord's divine humanity, it means all the truth that tells of and comes from him, in his kingdom in the heavens and in his church on earth. That is why it says that in him was life, the life was the light of humankind, and the light appears in the darkness.3441:1-2Because of Abraham my servant means from the Lord's divine humanity. This can be seen from the representation of Abraham as the Lord's divinity and also as his divine humanity (discussed in §§2833, 2836, 3251) and from the symbolism of my servant, where it describes the Lord, as his divine humanity. Not that his divine humanity is a servant, because it too is Jehovah (1736, 2156, 2329, 2921, 3023, 3035), but that the Lord served the human race through it. By it we are saved, as we never could have been had the Lord not united his humanity with his divinity, enabling us to mentally gaze on and worship his human side and in this way approach his divine side. Our union with divinity itself, called the Father, takes place through the divine humanity, called the Son. So it takes place through the Lord, whom spiritual people take to mean his humanity but heavenly people take to mean divinity itself. Clearly, then, the Lord's divine humanity is called a servant because it serves his divinity by providing us with access to it and because it serves the human race by saving us. That is what Abraham my servant symbolizes. . . .

I greet you in Jesus's precious name! It is Wednesday, 20th July, 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.If we go straight to Psalm 85, I am reading from verse 6:“Will You not revive us again,That Your people may rejoice in You?Show us Your mercy, Lord,And grant us Your salvation.I will hear what God the Lord will speak,For He will speak peaceTo His people and to His saints;But let them not turn back to folly.Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,That glory may dwell in our land.”This is undoubtedly our finest hour - God forbid that we would turn back to folly. (Folly means foolishness).“O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!”Habakuk 3:2It is dependent on the saints, not the unbeliever or the heathen. I am talking about revival - that is what we need. Not only South Africa but the whole world. You cannot revive something that is dead, Jesus this morning is talking to His people. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14We need to pray. We need to pray for the unbeliever and the backslider, we need to pray for the lukewarm Christian. Mom, dad, we need to pray for our prodigal children - it is time for them to come back home. The match is about to be struck. I have a little fireplace in my prayer-room. It is very cold in South Africa at the moment and sometimes when I try to start a fire, the kindling is a bit damp and the fire smoulders, it smokes. But when I take a single match, strike it and throw it on top of that smouldering wood, all of a sudden it bursts into almighty flame... That is what is about to happen in our world. Christian, it is time to stand up.John Wesley was instrumental in starting one of the biggest revivals the world has ever known and he said:“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

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Many people feel that their heart, mind, and even bodies are held captive by threats of anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness. This series is about some common threats to mental health and well-being and how we can arm ourselves to fight for our freedom. Jesus approached those trapped in fear and hopelessness with compassion and empathy but also hope and the offer of freedom. Mental and emotional distress is often something that gets people searching for God how can we present a message of compassion whilst helping people to access the hope and freedom that Jesus offers? 27th of February - 11am ServiceToxic ! | Romans 12:1-2It's not difficult to accumulate and develop unhelpful thinking patterns and it's very difficult to get rid of them. Our brains are designed to be able to remember, meditate, focus, and even obsess! God also designed us to be peaceful, joy filled and empowered people. The bible is full of commands, encouragements and advice on what to think about, how to find peace and how to tackle our rebellious thinking, calling us to ‘be transformed by the renewing of the mind'. Many people in our church family have found freedom and hope in tackling toxic thinking patterns.Some examples of toxic thinking: Fearing rejection - Requiring perfection - Justifying bad behaviour - Fearing failure and avoiding risk - Viewing self as a victim - Shifting blame to other people or circumstances - Envying others - Worrying about things outside of your control - Making happiness about circumstances - hiding our true feelings - self- rejection etcThe pattern of this world ( Romans 12: 1) What are the patterns of this world that shape our thinking? Broad subject but home in on what affects mental health ( eg stress,competitiveness, comparison, envy). What does our culture value? Are upbringing & role models a kind of pattern too? How do we conform to the patterns? Is there a ‘pattern' of the kingdom?The renewing of the mind ( 12: 2) What does a renewed mind look like? What NT examples are there of people around Jesus who experienced this? (Eg Zacheus /MaryMagdalene /Peter- striving/fear/shame). In Jesus ministry many teaching moments were about bringing kingdom perspectives to ‘worldly mindsets' and often peace, happiness is mentioned as an outcome ( eg Matthew 6 sermon on the mount)How do things like humility, repentance, trust, acceptance & gratitude help with renewal of the mind? .Ever wished you could switch off your brain? Studies show it is possible by meditating to change thought patterns and linked emotional states - science catching up with the bible's 3000 year old wisdom.Be Transformed: (12: 2) What is the transformation? Does it apply to mental health? What are we aiming at? One question people have is are there some people who are vulnerable toongoing mental health pressures? What does Jesus' John10: 10 promise mean for them? The rest of the passage (3- 16) paints a beautiful picture of a caring church community - full of faith, humble and grounded in love, a place to be held by community whilst journeying towards health and wholeness - how are we doing and what are our challenges? Can we hold out for freedom through power and truth encounters, whilst loving one another and hanging in there with people?Resources: Great article : New Scientist - The Brain and Worry LIVE NO LIES - John Mark Comer WWW.WHOLEMINDS.ORG.UK

Many people feel that their heart, mind, and even bodies are held captive by threats of anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness. This series is about some common threats to mental health and well-being and how we can arm ourselves to fight for our freedom. Jesus approached those trapped in fear and hopelessness with compassion and empathy but also hope and the offer of freedom. Mental and emotional distress is often something that gets people searching for God how can we present a message of compassion whilst helping people to access the hope and freedom that Jesus offers? 27th of February - 11am ServiceToxic ! | Romans 12:1-2It's not difficult to accumulate and develop unhelpful thinking patterns and it's very difficult to get rid of them. Our brains are designed to be able to remember, meditate, focus, and even obsess! God also designed us to be peaceful, joy filled and empowered people. The bible is full of commands, encouragements and advice on what to think about, how to find peace and how to tackle our rebellious thinking, calling us to ‘be transformed by the renewing of the mind'. Many people in our church family have found freedom and hope in tackling toxic thinking patterns.Some examples of toxic thinking: Fearing rejection - Requiring perfection - Justifying bad behaviour - Fearing failure and avoiding risk - Viewing self as a victim - Shifting blame to other people or circumstances - Envying others - Worrying about things outside of your control - Making happiness about circumstances - hiding our true feelings - self- rejection etcThe pattern of this world ( Romans 12: 1) What are the patterns of this world that shape our thinking? Broad subject but home in on what affects mental health ( eg stress,competitiveness, comparison, envy). What does our culture value? Are upbringing & role models a kind of pattern too? How do we conform to the patterns? Is there a ‘pattern' of the kingdom?The renewing of the mind ( 12: 2) What does a renewed mind look like? What NT examples are there of people around Jesus who experienced this? (Eg Zacheus /MaryMagdalene /Peter- striving/fear/shame). In Jesus ministry many teaching moments were about bringing kingdom perspectives to ‘worldly mindsets' and often peace, happiness is mentioned as an outcome ( eg Matthew 6 sermon on the mount)How do things like humility, repentance, trust, acceptance & gratitude help with renewal of the mind? .Ever wished you could switch off your brain? Studies show it is possible by meditating to change thought patterns and linked emotional states - science catching up with the bible's 3000 year old wisdom.Be Transformed: (12: 2) What is the transformation? Does it apply to mental health? What are we aiming at? One question people have is are there some people who are vulnerable toongoing mental health pressures? What does Jesus' John10: 10 promise mean for them? The rest of the passage (3- 16) paints a beautiful picture of a caring church community - full of faith, humble and grounded in love, a place to be held by community whilst journeying towards health and wholeness - how are we doing and what are our challenges? Can we hold out for freedom through power and truth encounters, whilst loving one another and hanging in there with people?Resources: Great article : New Scientist - The Brain and Worry LIVE NO LIES - John Mark Comer WWW.WHOLEMINDS.ORG.UK

The Death of Lazarus 11Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is ill. 4But when Jesus heard it he said, This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6So, when he heard that Lazarus[a] was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7Then after this he said to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again. 8The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again? 9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. 11After saying these things, he said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him. 12The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. 13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus has died, 15and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him. 16So Thomas, called the Twin,[b] said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. I Am the Resurrection and the Life 17Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles[c] off, 19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. 24Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. 25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.[d] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?27She said to him, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.

February https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01184-0https://doi.org/10.1177/00236772211065920https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04502-2It's the 3rd Thursday of February, and you're listening to 3 Minute 3Rs. This month, we're bringing you 3 refinement papers. Let's start with rodent housing.Research rodents are conventionally housed in shoebox sized cages that limit their ability to perform natural behaviors such as nesting and burrowing. These restrictions are known to impair welfare, but could they even increase disease risk and shorten lifespans? A new meta-analysis compares the morbidity and mortality of rodents in conventional vs enriched housing. Conventional housing was found to significantly worsen disease severity for cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, anxiety, and depression. Conventional housing also increased all-cause mortality. In conclusion, conventional housing appears to be distressing enough to compromise rodent health in a biologically significant manner. This lends more evidence to the importance of refining rodent housing for ethical, validity, and translational reasons. To learn more, read the full paper online.Sticking with the rodent theme, if you work with rats, you might find standard cages don't provide enough room for a fully enriched environment – one where rats can socialize, exercise and express natural behaviours. If larger cages are not currently an option, two solutions with increasing research to back them up are playpens and ball pits, the focus of a recent paper in LA.Justyna Hinchcliffe et al. describe using 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalisations as an objective, quantifiable measure of how rats responded to ball pits and playpens. They found that these vocalisations were more frequent for rats exposed to the enriched environments, when compared with control conditions. They also tested the effect of playpens and ball pits on rats given an aversive drug treatment, finding that exposure to these environments reduced its negative impact. Besides the important welfare benefits of environmental enrichment, there are also scientific benefits in the shape of reduced variability and therefore more reliable results. With new evidence supporting the use of playpens for rats to minimize stress, there has never been a better time to try them out in your facility.And finally, let's see how sleep could be a helpful tool to help us track laboratory animal welfare.In humans, sleep quality is strongly related to a person's well-being and recent research suggests the same may be true in laboratory animals, such as dogs. If this is the case, sleep quality may then be useful as a non-invasive measure of animal welfare. A study in Sci. Rep. examined this hypothesis further using an observational approach to characterize sleeping patterns in laboratory dogs and investigate the effects of sleep quality on their daily behaviors. Male and female adult dogs housed in kennels in Brazil were recorded during a continuous 24-h, five-day assessment period. The footage was then analysed for daytime behaviours and sleeping metrics, such as number of sleep bouts and their duration. The study showed that the dogs slept far less than reported previously in the literature and during the day they were less active, ate more, played less and were less alert. Alterations of these daytime behaviors as a result of loss of sleep may indicate compromised welfare highlighting appropriate measures should be taken to ensure lab dogs' sleep quality and welfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besiegedRabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking onthe roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.3And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, Is not thisBathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife ofUriah the Hittite?4So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.5And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, I am pregnant. 6So David sent word to Joab, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.7When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.8Then David said to Uriah, Go down to your house andwash your feet. And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.10When they told David, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?11Uriah said to David,The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab andthe servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, andas your soul lives, I will not do this thing.12Then David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.13And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank,so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch withthe servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house. 14In the morning Davidwrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.15In the letter he wrote, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him,that he may be struck down, and die.16And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.17And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.18Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.19And he instructed the messenger, When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,20then, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?21Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall? then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.23The messenger said to David, The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.25David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it. And encourage him. 26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband.27And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, andshe became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased theLord.

DEVOTION AND MEDITATION JOSHUA 1 1-2It time to Arise and Possess Your Promise

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.  Mark 3:2It didn't take long for the Pharisees to allow envy to cloud their thinking about Jesus.  The Pharisees wanted all the attention.  They wanted to be looked up to and honored as the authentic teachers of the law.  So when Jesus showed up, and many were astounded by the authority with which He taught, the Pharisees immediately began to criticize Him.The sad reality we witness in their actions is that they appear to be blind to their own malice.  The envy that fills them keeps them from realizing that they are actually acting with extreme irrationality.  This is an important and very difficult lesson to learn.Sin confuses us, especially spiritual sin such as pride, envy and anger.  Therefore, when someone becomes consumed with one of these sins, that person most likely does not even realize how irrational he becomes.  Take the example of the Pharisees.Jesus is put in a situation where He chooses to heal someone on the Sabbath.  This is an act of mercy.  It is done out of love for this man to relieve him of his suffering.  Though this is an incredible miracle, the disturbed minds of the Pharisees look only for a way to twist this act of mercy into something sinful.  What an appalling scene.Though this may not at first be that inspiring of a thought upon which to reflect, it's necessary to reflect on it.  Why?  Because we all struggle, to one extent or another, with sins like this.  We all struggle with letting envy and anger sneak in and distort the way we relate to others.  Then, too often we justify our actions just as the Pharisees did.Reflect, today, upon this most unfortunate scene.  But reflect upon it with the hope that the poor example of the Pharisees will help you to identify any of the same tendencies in your own heart.  Seeing these tendencies they struggle with should help free you from falling into the irrational thinking that comes as a result of sin.My most merciful Lord Jesus, please do forgive me for all my sins.  I am sorry and I pray that I will be able to see all that clouds my thinking and acting.  Free me and help me to love You and others with the pure love I am called to have.  Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2022 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.

Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/best-staff-experience-possible-pt-2It's STILL time to focus on the staff.Listen to part 1 here: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/best-staff-experience-possible In this episode, we continue to explore how summer camp leaders can help staff achieve their best possible experience as a leader at camp. 2020 had many camps in North America shut down and in 2021 as many camps adopted programs to align with public health guidelines, camp leaders struggled to find resources and keep staff for the entirety of the summer. With the 2021 season behind us, Beth and Gabrielle have their sights on the early phases to start prepping for summer 2022. Throughout the episode, our hosts explore things that camp leaders can do today to help prepare folks to apply to camp and be ready for the camp season.One of the biggest lessons learned is that camp staff have a strong desire to feel supported. As leaders, we need to reshape our recruiting techniques and the way we prepare and develop our camp programs next summer in a way that puts both the mental and physical health of our employees as a priority. Prioritizing employees right from the recruiting phase helps to foster a foundation of trust, preparing staff for the challenges of camp as the summer approaches. The lessons from this summer have created an opportunity for growth. Listen in on this episode to gain further insights from our camp pros!-We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It's SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode-Best Practice for Leadership TrainingFrom Beth AllisonDuring staff training, why not take the time to build a coping skills toolbox. It is not only good to teach coping skills, staff will realized that they need to cope. This is an idea from Baldwin County public schools in Alabama and they have PDF downloads available at Baldwin County Public Schools / Homepage (bcbe.org). A toolbox allows you to store a collection of healthy items when you are feeling stressed or anxiety to help you to build resilience. There are five tools within a coping toolbox: Self-soothing - what can you do to comfort yourself? Examples include a stress ball or your favourite photos.Distractions - Something that will take your mind off something. Examples include a puzzle, sudoku, knitting needles and yarn. Emotional Wellness - how can you express your feelings? Examples can be a journal or art suppliesMindfulness - Checking in with your mental state. Examples include a yoga matt, reflective prompting journals, serenity rocksCrisis plan - who at camp do you go to when your coping skills are not enough?-Your Hosts:Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau

A SONG OFASCENTS. OF SOLOMON. 127Unless theLordbuilds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless theLordwatches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.2It is in vain that you rise up earlyand go late to rest,eating the bread of anxioustoil;for he gives to hisbelovedsleep. 3Behold,children are a heritage from theLord,the fruit of the womb a reward.4Like arrows in the hand ofa warriorare the childrenof ones youth.5Blessed is the manwho fills his quiver with them!He shall not be put to shamewhen he speaks with his enemiesin the gate.

THE WEEK OF TRINITY IX - FRIDAYLESSON: HEBREWS 12:18-24Enter not into judgement with thy servant; for no man living is righteous before thee. Psalm 143:2It seems, on the surface, that Christ in this week's Gospel (Luke 16:1-9) actually suggests that we should do good works by means of unrighteous mammon, so that we may obtain eternal life thereby and that those whom we have helped with our mammon may receive us into eternal habitations.Our opponents are not slow to remind us that we have always taught we should not do good works to inherit eternal life and that what we read here seems to be the direct opposite of this doctrine. What are we going to say to this? There are many passages here and there in Scripture which speak of our merits. With these, our opponents think they can set God's mercy at naught and force us to adopt the position that we must satisfy God's justice with our good works. Be on your guard against such views and take up your stand on God's pure grace and mercy alone, saying, “I am a poor sinner, O God; forgive me my sins. I will gladly keep silent about my merits if you will only keep silent about your judgement.”Why was Christ given us as our Mediator? If we want God to enter into judgement with us on the basis of good works, we push Christ aside as our Mediator. And without Christ's work of mediation, we cannot stand before God. Hence, let Him remain your mediator. Seek the cover of His wings as the psalmist advises: “He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge” (Psalm 91:4).Let this be your prayer: “O God, I do not presume to claim any merit before you from my works, but devote them to the service of my neighbor, placing all my faith and trust in your pure mercy alone.”SL 11:1452 (14)PRAYER: We give You eternal thanks and praise, heavenly Father, for the riches of Your grace and mercy continually bestowed upon us poor, lost, and condemned sinners, in and through our Savior and Mediator, Your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.Editor's note: No American Edition (AE) equivalent for today's sermon excerpt exists at the time of this publication. For an alternate English translation of this sermon, see Lenker, Church Postil—Gospels, 4:291-301.

NASB 1977 ►► Similitudes, Instructions 1These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed. 2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. 3As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable. 4Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith; 5Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness. 6Do not claim honor in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of great men; 7For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen. 8Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor puts you to shame? 9Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, 10Lest he who hears it reproach you, And the evil report about you not pass away. 11Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. 12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise reprover to a listening ear. 13Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest Is a faithful messenger to those who send him, For he refreshes the soul of his masters. 14Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely. 15By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone. 16Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, Lest you have it in excess and vomit it. 17Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor's house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you. 18Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. 19Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. 20Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart. 21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you. 23The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance. 24It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. 25Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. 26Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 27It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory. 28Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit. #HEAVENWIDE #EARTHWIDE #WORLDWIDE #ALLOWEDONALLALGORITHMS #PROVERBSOFSOLOMON25PRODBYVINTAGMANBEATSBYAFTER1PASSAGEJULY192021 #A1EXODUS --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/a1-exodus1/message

THE WEEK OF TRINITY III  - SUNDAYLESSON: LUKE 15:1-10The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:1-2It is not at all unusual for religious people to assume a very self-righteous attitude over against those whom they regard as “sinners,” to turn up their noses at those who are not as holy as they themselves are, and to despise and shun them. This is always the way of human reason; it cannot be otherwise. Self-righteous men are always close to hypocrisy and cannot help despising those who are not like themselves. Their own life counts for everything with them. They blow themselves up and cannot bring themselves to show any consideration at all for “sinners.” They know nothing at all about becoming servants of other men and never realize that their own piety should be of service to other men. They are also very proud and hard and do not understand how to manifest love to others. Confronted with a case of need, they are quite likely to argue as follows: “This bumpkin is not even worthy to undo my shoes; how can I be expected to show him my love?”This is often where God comes in to play His part. He allows this proud spirit to take a heavy fall and to receive a sound rebuff. A marriage may break up and, at times, something even more terrible can happen, so that in the end this proud spirit is forced to lash out against himself, saying, “Keep quiet and get a grip on yourself, brother; you are no more than the material out of which this ‘bumpkin's' trousers are made.”  In this way, he comes to realize that we are all the one cake and that one donkey does not have to become another donkey's pack animal. We are all born from the same flesh. SL 11:1236 (5)PRAYER: Lord Jesus Christ, You have taught us that the greatest of all is the servant of all and that the humble shall be exalted. Preserve within us a simple, humble heart and faith, ever ready to serve all men, for Your name's sake. Amen.  Editor's note: No American Edition (AE) equivalent for today's sermon excerpt exists at the time of this publication. For an alternate English translation of this sermon, see Lenker, Church Postil—Gospels, 4:57-66. 

II. Special Principles for Miracle Workers1. The miracle abolishes the need for lower-order concerns. 2Since it is an illogical, or out-of-pattern, time interval by definition, the ordinary considerations of time and space do not apply.14 3I do not regard time as you do, and your space problems are not mine.15 4When you perform a miracle, I will arrange both time and space to adjust to it.2. A clear distinction between what was created and what is made is essential. 2All forms of correction (or healing) rest on this fundamental correction in level perception.3. Another way of stating the second principle is this: Never confuse right-mindedness with wrong-mindedness. 2Responding to any form of miscreation with anything except a desire to heal (or a miracle) is an expression of this confusion.4. The miracle is always a denial of this error and an affirmation of the truth. 2Only right-mindedness can correct in a way that has any real effect. 3Pragmatically, what has no real effect has no real existence. 4Its real effect, then, is emptiness. 5Being without substantial content, it lends itself to projection.165. The level-adjustment power of the miracle induces the right perception for healing.17 2Until this has occurred, healing cannot be understood. 3Forgiveness is an empty gesture unless it entails correction.18 4Without this, it is essentially judgmental rather than healing.6. Miraculous forgiveness involves only correction. 2It has no element of judgment at all. 3“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” in no way evaluates what they do.19 4It is strictly limited to an appeal to God to heal their minds. 5There is no reference to the outcome of their misthought. 6This does not matter.7. The biblical injunction “Be of one mind” is the statement for revelation readiness.20 2My own injunction “Do this in remembrance of me” is the request for cooperation in miracle working.21 3It should be noted that the two statements are not in the same order of reality, because the latter involves a time awareness, since memory implies recalling the past in the present. 4Time is under my direction, but timelessness belongs to God alone. 5In time, we exist for and with each other. 6In timelessness, we coexist with God.

XIII. The Real Meaning of the Last JudgmentWe have said that whatever you make or create is real in your own eyes, but not necessarily in the sight of God.166 2This basic distinction leads us directly into the real meaning of the Last Judgment.2 The Final Judgment is one of the greatest threat concepts in humanity’s perception. 2This is only because you do not understand it. 3Judgment is not an essential attribute of God. 4You brought judgment into being only because of the separation. 5God Himself is still the God of mercy. 6After the separation, however, there was a place for justice in the schema, because it was one of the many learning devices which had to be built into the overall plan.3 Just as the separation occurred over many millions of years, the Last Judgment will extend over a similarly long period, and perhaps even longer. 2Its length depends, however, on the effectiveness of the present speed-up.167 3We have frequently noted that the miracle is a device for shortening but not abolishing time.168 4If a sufficient number of people become truly miracle-minded quickly, the shortening process can be almost immeasurable. 5But it is essential that these individuals free themselves from fear sooner than would ordinarily be the case, because they must emerge from the basic conflict if they are to bring peace to the minds of others.4 The Last Judgment is generally thought of as a procedure undertaken by God. 2Actually, it will be undertaken solely by the Sonship with my help. 3It is a final healing rather than a meting out of punishment, however much you may think punishment is deserved. 4Punishment as a concept is in total opposition to right-mindedness. 5The aim of the Final Judgment is to restore right-mindedness to you.5 The Final Judgment might be called a process of right evaluation. 2It simply means that finally all minds must come to understand what is worthy and what is not. 3After this, their ability to choose can be reasonably directed. 4Unless this distinction has been made, the vacillations between free and imprisoned will cannot but continue.6 The first step toward freedom, then, must entail a sorting out of the false from the true. 2This is a process of division only in the constructive sense, and reflects the true meaning of the Apocalypse.169 3Everyone will ultimately look upon what he has made and will to preserve only what is good, just as God Himself once looked upon what He had created and knew that it was good.170 4At this point, the mind will begin to look with love on what it has made, because of its great worthiness. 5The mind will inevitably disown its miscreations, and having withdrawn belief from them, they will no longer exist.7 The term “Last Judgment” is frightening, not only because it has been falsely projected onto God, but also because of the association of “Last” with death. 2This is an outstanding example of upside-down perception. 3Actually, if the Last Judgment is examined objectively, it is quite apparent that it is really the doorway to life. 4No one who lives in fear is really alive.8 Your own final judgment cannot be directed toward yourself, because you are not your own creation. 2You can apply it meaningfully and at any time, however, to everything you have ever made, and retain in your real memory only what is good. 3This is what your own right-mindedness cannot but dictate. 4The purpose of time is solely to “give you time” to achieve this judgment. 5It is your own perfect judgment of what you have made. 6When everything that you retain is lovable, there is no reason for any fear to remain in you. 7This is your part in the Atonement.

                        Strangers in a Strange Land:                                       “Fiery Ordeal”                                        1 Pet 4:12-19Four Instructions about Suffering:1.         Expect SufferingDon't be surprised: 1John. 3:13 Persecution is keeping in step with Christ: 1Pet 2:20-21Persecution is inevitable: 2 Tim 3:12Jesus stressed persecutions inevitability: Jn. 15:20The purpose of testing is purified Faith: 1Pet 1:6-7 2.         Exult in Suffering  Suffering is proof that we are his possession: Rom 8:17 He has already mentioned the abuse: 1 Pet 4:4The culture is repelled by our message: Acts 4:12Our present may be tenuous, but our future looks bright:Mt. 5:10-12 3.                  Evaluate Suffering God has ordained the practice of law:  1 Pet 2:13-14The shame of being seen as a fool: 1Cor 1:18We are the very stones of the temple: 1 Pet 2:5This brings us back to the concept of the “fiery ordeal” of verse 12; the testing of our faith: Mal 3:1-3Judgment starts in the house of God and moves out to the rest of the world, for us it is about salvation not condemnation: 1 Cor 11:32The fire that purifies the house of God will consume the wicked: Mal 4:1-2It is hard (difficult) to find salvation: Mt. 7:13-14The refining fire will separate those who are truly committed to Christ from those whose commitment is shallow or partial:  Heb 10:26-27 Peter is saying that the unbelievers eternal suffering compared to the believers temporal suffering, is far greater: Mt. 10:28 4.            Entrust Your Soul to God Follow in his steps: 1Pet 2:21-23; Lk 23:46We react with the best interest of our persecutors in mind; we bless not curse: Lk. 23:34 Support the show (https://paypal.me/pwp398?locale.x=en_US)

XI. The Basic ConflictYou are willing to accept primarily what does not change your mind too much, and leaves you free to leave it quite unguarded most of the time. 2You persist in believing that when you do not consciously watch your mind, it is unmindful. 3It is time to consider the whole world of the unconscious, or unwatched mind. 4This will frighten you because it is the source of fright. 5You may look at it as a new theory of basic conflict if you wish, which will not be entirely an intellectual approach, because I doubt if the truth will escape you entirely.1282 The unwatched mind is responsible for the whole content of the unconscious which lies above the miracle level.129 2All psychoanalytic theorists have made some contribution to the truth in this connection, but none of them has seen it in its true entirety.3 Jung’s best contribution was an awareness of individual versus collective unconscious levels. 2He also recognized the major place of the religious spirit in his schema. 3His archetypes were also meaningful concepts. 4But his major error lay in regarding the deepest level of the unconscious as shared in terms of content.1304 The deepest level of the unconscious is shared as an ability.131 2As miracle-mindedness, the content—or the particular miracles which an individual happens to perform—does not matter at all. 3They will, in fact, be entirely different, since I direct them, because I make a point of avoiding redundancy. 4Unless a miracle actually heals, it is not a miracle at all.132 5The content of the miracle level is not recorded in the individual’s unconscious because if it were, the miracle would not be automatic or involuntary, which we have said repeatedly that it should be.133 6However, the content is a matter for the record, which is not within the individual himself.5 All psychoanalysts made one common error, in that they attempted to uncover unconscious content. 2You cannot understand unconscious activity in these terms, because “content” is applicable only to the more superficial unconscious levels to which the individual himself contributes. 3This is the level at which he can readily introduce fear, and usually does.6 Freud was right in calling this level “preconscious,” and emphasizing that there is a fairly easy interchange between preconscious and conscious material.134 2He was also right in regarding the censor as an agent for the protection of consciousness from fear.135 3His major error lay in his insistence that the preconscious is necessary at all in the psychic structure. 4If the psyche contains fearful levels from which it cannot escape without splitting, its integration is permanently threatened. 5It is essential not to control the fearful but to eliminate it.7 Here, Rank’s concept of the will was particularly good, except that he preferred to ally it only with humanity’s own truly creative ability, but did not extend it to its proper union with God’s.136 2His “birth trauma,” another valid idea, was also too limited, in that it did not refer to the separation, which was really a false idea of birth.137 3Physical birth is not a trauma in itself. 4It can, however, remind the individual of the separation, which was a very real cause of fear.8 The idea of “will therapy” was potentially a very powerful one,138 but Rank did not see its real potential because he himself used his mind partly to create a theory of the mind, but also partly to attack Freud. 2His reactions to Freud stemmed from his own unfortunate acceptance of the deprivation fallacy, which itself arose from the separation. 3This led him to believe that his own mind’s creation could stand only if the creation of another’s fell. 4In consequence, his theory emphasized rather than minimized the two-edged nature of defenses. 5This is an outstanding characteristic of his concepts, because it was outstandingly true of him. 6He also misinterpreted the birth trauma in a way that made it inevitable for him to attempt a therapy whose goal was to abolish fear.139 7This is characteristic of all later theorists, who do not attempt, as Freud did in his own form of therapy, to split off the fear.9 No one as yet has fully recognized either the therapeutic value of fear or the only way in which it can truly be ended. 2When you miscreate, you are in pain. 3The cause and effect principle here is temporarily a real expeditor. 4Actually, Cause is a term properly belonging to God, and Effect, which should also be capitalized, is His Sonship. 5This entails a set of cause and effect relationships which are totally different from those which humanity introduced into the miscreation.10 The fundamental opponents in the real basic conflict are creation and miscreation. 2All fear is implicit in the second, just as all love is inherent in the first. 3Because of this difference, the basic conflict is one between love and fear.11 So much, then, for the true nature of the major opponents in the basic conflict. 2Since all such theories lead to a form of therapy in which redistribution of psychic energy results, it is necessary to consider our concept of psychic energy next.140 3In this respect, Freud was more accurate than his followers, who were essentially more wishful. 4Energy can emanate from both creation and miscreation, and the particular ratio between them which prevails at a given point in time does determine the behavior at that time. 5If miscreation did not engender energy in its own right, it would be unable to produce destructive behavior, which it very patently does.12 Everything that you make has energy because, like the creations of God, it comes from energy and is endowed by its maker with the power to make. 2Miscreation is still a genuine creative act in terms of the underlying impulse, but not in terms of the content of what is made. 3This does not deprive what is made of its own creative power. 4It does, however, guarantee that the power will be misused, or used fearfully.13 To deny this is merely the previously mentioned fallacy of depreciation.141 2Although Freud made a number of fallacies of his own, he did avoid this one in connection with psychic energy. 3The later theorists denied the split-energy concept, not by attempting to heal it, but by reinterpreting it instead of redistributing it.142 4This placed them in the illogical position of assuming that the split which their therapies were intended to heal had not occurred. 5The result of this approach is essentially a form of hypnosis.143 6This is quite different from Freud’s approach, which merely ended in a deadlock.14414 A similar deadlock occurs when both the power of creation and of miscreation coexist. 2This is experienced as conflict only because the individual feels as if both were occurring at the same level. 3He believes in what he has miscreated in his own unconscious, and he naturally believes it is real because he has made it. 4He thus places himself in a position where the fearful becomes real. 5Nothing but level confusion can result as long as this belief is held in any form.15 Inappropriate denial and equally inappropriate identification of the real factors in the basic conflict will not solve the problem itself. 2The conflict cannot disappear until it is fully recognized that miscreation is not real, and therefore there is no conflict. 3This entails a full realization of the basic fact that, although you have miscreated in a very genuine sense, you need neither continue to do so nor to suffer from your past errors in this respect.16 A redistribution of psychic energy, then, is not the solution. 2Both the idea that both kinds must exist and the belief that one kind is amenable for use or misuse are real distortions. 3The only way out is to stop miscreating now, and accept the Atonement for miscreations of the past. 4Only this can reestablish true single-mindedness.14517 The structure of the psyche follows along the lines of the particular libido concept the theorist employs.146 2Freud’s psyche was essentially a good and evil picture, with very heavy weight given to the evil. 3This is because every time I mentioned the Atonement to him, which was quite often, he responded by defending his theory more and more against it. 4This resulted in his increasingly strong attempts to make the illogical sound more and more logical. 5I was very sorry about this, because his was a singularly good mind, and it was a shame to waste it.18 However, the major purpose of his incarnation was not neglected. 2He did succeed in forcing recognition of the unconscious into humanity’s calculations about itself, a step in the right direction which should not be minimized. 3Freud was one of the most religious men I have known recently. 4Unfortunately, he was so afraid of religion that the only way he could deal with it was to regard it (not himself) as sick.147 5This naturally prevented healing.19 Freud’s superego is a particularly interesting example of the real power of miscreation. 2It is noteworthy throughout the whole development of his theories that the superego never allied itself with freedom. 3The most it could do in this direction was to work out a painful truce in which both opponents lost.148 4This perception could not fail to force him to emphasize discontent in his view of civilization.14920 The Freudian id is really only the more superficial level of the unconscious and not the deepest level at all.150 2This, too, was inevitable, because Freud could not divorce miracles from magic. 3It was therefore his constant endeavor (even preoccupation) to keep on thrusting more and more material between consciousness and the real deeper level of the unconscious, so that the latter became increasingly obscured. 4The result was a kind of bedlam, in which there was no order, no control, and no sense. 5This was exactly how he felt about it.

X. The Real Power of the MindEveryone experiences fear, and nobody enjoys it. 2Yet it would take very little right thinking to know why it occurs. 3Very few people appreciate the real power of the mind, and nobody remains fully aware of it all the time. 4This is inevitable in this world, because the human being has many things he must do and cannot engage in constant thought-watching. 5However, if he hopes to spare himself from fear, there are some things he must realize, and realize fully, at least some of the time.2 The mind is a very powerful agent, and it never loses its creative force. 2It never sleeps. 3Every instant it is making or creating, and always as you will. 4Many of your ordinary expressions reflect this. 5For example, when you say, “Don’t give it a thought,” you are implying that if you do not think about something, it will have no effect on you. 6This is true enough.3 On the other hand, many other expressions are clear expressions of the prevailing lack of awareness of thought power. 2For example, you say, “just an idle thought,” and mean that the thought has no effect. 3You also speak of some actions as “thoughtless,” implying that if the person had thought, he would not have behaved as he did. 4You also use phrases like “thought provoking,” which is bland enough, but the term “a provoking thought” means something quite different.4 While expressions like “think big” give some recognition to the power of thought, they still come nowhere near the truth. 2You do not expect to grow when you say it, because you really don’t believe it. 3It is hard to recognize that thought and belief combine into a power surge which can literally move mountains.117 4It appears at first glance that to believe such power about yourself is merely arrogant. 5But that is not the real reason why you don’t believe it. 6People prefer to believe that their thoughts cannot exert real control because they are literally afraid of them.5 Therapists try to help people who are afraid of their own death wishes by depreciating the power of the wish. 2They even attempt to “free” the patient by persuading him that he can think whatever he wants without any real effect at all. 3There is a real dilemma here, which only the truly right-minded can escape. 4Death wishes do not kill in the physical sense, but they do kill spiritually.118 5All destructive thinking is dangerous. 6Given a death wish, a person has no choice except to act upon his thought or behave contrary to it. 7He can thus choose only between homicide and fear (see previous notes on will conflicts).1196 The other possibility is that he depreciates the power of his thought. 2This is the usual psychoanalytic approach.120 3This does allay guilt, but at the cost of rendering thinking impotent. 4If you believe that what you think is ineffectual, you may cease to be overly afraid of it, but you are hardly likely to respect it either. 5The world is full of endless examples of how people have depreciated themselves because they are afraid of their own thoughts. 6In some forms of insanity, thoughts are glorified, but this is only because the underlying depreciation was too effective for tolerance.1217 The truth is that there are no “idle thoughts.” 2All thinking produces form at some level. 3The reason why people are afraid of ESP, and so often react against it, is because they know that thoughts can hurt them. 4Their own thoughts have made them vulnerable.1228 You who complain about fear still persist in producing it most of the time. 2I told you in the last section that you cannot ask me to release you from it, because I know it does not exist.123 3You don’t. 4If I merely intervened between your thoughts and their results, I would be tampering with a basic law of cause and effect, in fact the most fundamental one there is in this world. 5I would hardly help you if I depreciated the power of your own thinking. 6This would be in direct opposition to the purpose of this course.9 It is certainly much more useful for me to remind you that you do not guard your thoughts at all carefully, except for a relatively small part of the day, and somewhat inconsistently even then. 2You may feel at this point that it would take a miracle to enable you to do this, which is perfectly true. 3Human beings are not used to miraculous thinking, but they can be trained to think that way.10 All miracle workers have to be trained that way. 2I have to be able to count on them. 3This means that I cannot allow them to leave their minds unguarded, or they will not be able to help me. 4Miracle working entails a full realization of the power of thought and real avoidance of miscreation. 5Otherwise, the miracle would be necessary merely to set the mind itself straight, a circular process which would hardly foster the time-collapse for which the miracle was intended. 6Nor would it induce the healthy respect which every miracle worker must have for true cause and effect.12411 Miracles cannot free the miracle worker from fear.125 2Both miracles and fear come from his thoughts, and if he were not free to choose one, he would also not be free to choose the other. 3Remember, we said before that when electing one person, you reject another.126 4It is much the same in electing the miracle. 5By so doing, you have rejected fear. 6Fear cannot assail unless it has been elected.12 You have been afraid of God, of me, of yourself, and of practically everyone you know at one time or another. 2This can only be because you have miscreated all of us and believe in what you made. 3You would never have done this, if you had not been afraid of your own thoughts.127 4The vulnerable are essentially miscreators, because they misperceive creation.

IX. The Correction of FearYou believe that being afraid is involuntary. 2But I have told you many times that only constructive acts should be involuntary.105 3I said that Christ-control can take over everything that doesn’t matter, and Christ-guidance can direct everything that does, if you so will.1062 Fear cannot be Christ-controlled, but it can be self-controlled. 2Fear is always associated with what does not matter, and prevents me from controlling it. 3The correction is therefore a matter of your will, because its presence shows that you have raised the unimportant to a higher level than it warrants. 4You have thus brought it under your will, where it does not belong. 5This means you feel responsible for it. 6The level confusion here is perfectly obvious. 7The reason that I cannot control fear for you is that you are attempting to raise to the mind level the proper content of lower-order “reality.”107 8I do not foster level confusion, but you can will to correct it.3 You would not tolerate insane behavior on your part, and would hardly advance the excuse that you could not help it. 2Why should you tolerate insane thinking? 3There is a fallacy here you would do well to look at clearly. 4You believe that you are responsible for what you do but not for what you think. 5The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. 6What you do comes from what you think. 7You cannot separate the two by giving autonomy to your behavior. 8Behavior is controlled by me automatically as soon as you place what you think under my guidance.4 Whenever you are afraid, it is a sure sign that you have allowed your mind to miscreate; that is, you have not allowed me to guide it. 2It is pointless to believe that controlling the outcome of misthought can result in real healing. 3When you are fearful, you have willed wrongly. 4This is why you feel you are responsible for it. 5You must change your mind, not your behavior, and this is a matter of will. 6You do not need guidance except at the mind level. 7Correction belongs only at the level where causation is possible. 8The term does not really mean anything at the symptom level, where it cannot work.5 The correction of fear is your responsibility. 2When you ask for release from fear, you are implying that it isn’t. 3You should ask, instead, for help in the conditions which have brought the fear about. 4This always entails a willingness on the part of your separated mind. 5At this level, you can help it. 6You are much too tolerant of mind wandering, thus tacitly condoning your mind’s miscreations. 7The particular result never matters, but this fundamental error does. 8The fundamental correction is always the same. 9Before you will to do anything, ask me if your will is in accord with mine. 10If you are sure that it is, there will be no fear.6 Fear is always a sign of strain, which arises whenever the will to do conflicts with what you do. 2This situation arises in two major ways:1. 3You can will to do conflicting things, either simultaneously or successively.108 4This produces conflicting behavior, which would be tolerable to the self (though not necessarily to others) except for the fact that the part of the will that wants something else is outraged.2. 5You can behave as you think you should, without entirely willing to do so. 6This produces consistent behavior, but entails great strain within the self.7 If you think about it, you will realize that in both cases the will and the behavior are out of accord, resulting in a situation in which you are doing what you do not will. 2This arouses a sense of coercion, which usually produces rage. 3The anger then invades the mind, and projection in the wrong sense becomes likely.109 4Depression or anxiety is virtually certain.8 Remember that whenever there is fear, it is because you have not made up your mind. 2Your will is split, and your behavior inevitably becomes erratic. 3Correcting at the behavioral level can shift the error from the first type to the second, but will not obliterate the fear. 4It is possible to reach a state in which you bring your will under my guidance without much conscious effort, but this implies the kind of habit pattern which you have not developed dependably as yet.9 Although people say that God will never ask you to do more than you can, they do not understand it themselves. 2God cannot ask more than you will. 3The strength to do comes from your own undivided will to do.110 4There is no strain in doing God’s will as soon as it is also your own.10 The lesson here is quite simple, but particularly apt to be overlooked. 2I will therefore repeat it, urging you to listen. 3Only your mind can produce fear. 4It does so whenever it is conflicted in what it wills, thus producing inevitable strain because willing and doing become discordant.111 5This cannot be corrected by better doing. 6But it can be corrected by higher willing.11 The first corrective step is knowing it is fear. 2After taking this step, you might benefit temporarily by adding another step before going on with the corrective process: Try saying to yourself that you must have willed not to love somehow or somewhere, or the fear which arises from behavior-will conflict could not have happened. 3Then follow the previous instructions.11212 If you consider what the process really means, it is nothing more than a series of pragmatic steps in the larger process of accepting the Atonement as the remedy. 2From this viewpoint, the steps can be reworded as follows:1. 3Know first this is fear.2. 4Fear arises from lack of love.3. 5The only remedy for lack of love is perfect love.4. 6Perfect love is the Atonement.7The final procedural step is inherent in the last statement.113 8We have emphasized that the miracle, or the expression of Atonement, is always a sign of real respect from the worthy to the worthy.114 9This worth is reestablished by the Atonement.13 It is obvious, then, that when you are afraid, you have placed yourself in a position where you need Atonement because you have done something loveless, having willed without love. 2This is precisely the situation for which the Atonement was offered. 3The need for the remedy inspired its establishment. 4As long as you recognize only the need for the remedy, you will remain fearful. 5However, as soon as you use the remedy, you have also abolished the fear. 6This is how true healing occurs.14 It may help if you say this prayer to me:2I would like to pray that my will be united with thine, recognizing that thy perfect love will suffice (or correct) for my imperfect love.3I pray that I may accept the Atonement with conviction, recognizing its inestimable worth, and my own divine worth as part of this identification with thine.4I pray that my fear be replaced by an active sense of thy love, and thy continual willingness to help me overcome the split or divided will which is responsible for my difficulty with this.5I accept the divinity of the messages I have received,115 and affirm my will in both accepting and acting upon the Atonement principle.6Here I am.15 The major problem that you have is the continuing split will, which naturally interferes with your true identification. 2To the extent that you hold onto this split, it will take longer to get through and will markedly interfere with your own integration efforts. 3Reliance has to be placed on me, which is sufficient once you do this without distantiation or division in loyalties. 4This will be strengthened through a continual affirmation of the goal you want to achieve and an awareness of its inevitability. 5In this way, you will perceive and know your true worth, and the importance of maintaining a complete identification.

VIII. The Sole Responsibility of the Miracle WorkerWe said in a previous section that the miracle is an expression of miracle-mindedness.97 2Miracle-mindedness merely means right-mindedness in the sense that we are now using it. 3Right-mindedness neither exalts nor depreciates the mind of the miracle worker or of the miracle receiver. 4However, as a creative act, the miracle need not await the right-mindedness of the receiver. 5In fact, its purpose is to restore him to his right mind. 6But it is essential that the miracle worker be in his right mind, or he will be unable to reestablish right-mindedness in someone else.2 The healer who relies on his own readiness is endangering his understanding. 2He is perfectly safe as long as he is completely unconcerned about his readiness, but maintains a consistent trust in mine. 3Errors of this kind produce some very erratic behavior, which usually points up an underlying unwillingness to cooperate. 4These errors inevitably introduce inefficiency into the miracle worker’s behavior and temporarily disrupt his miracle-mindedness. 3 We have established that for all corrective processes, the first step is know that this is fear.99 2Unless fear had entered, the corrective procedure would never have become necessary. 3If your miracle-working propensities are not working, it is always because fear has intruded on your right-mindedness and has literally upset it (i.e., turned it upside down).4 All forms of not-right-mindedness are the result of refusal to accept the Atonement for yourself. 2If the miracle worker does accept it, he places himself in the position to recognize that those who need to be healed are simply those who have not done so. 3When you feel the vast radiation range of your own inner illumination, it will be because you are aware that your right-mindedness is healing.1005 The sole responsibility of the miracle worker is to accept Atonement himself. 2This means that he knows that mind is the only creative level, and that its errors are healed by the Atonement. 3Once he accepts this, his mind can only heal. 4By denying his mind any destructive potential and reinstating its purely constructive powers, he has placed himself in a position where he can undo the level confusion of others. 5The message which he then gives to others is the truth that their minds are really similarly constructive, and that their own miscreations cannot hurt them.6 By affirming this, the miracle worker releases the mind from overevaluating its own learning device (the body), and restores the mind to its true position as the learner. 2It should be re-emphasized that the body does not learn, any more than it creates.101 3As a learning device, it merely follows the learner, but if it is falsely endowed with self-initiative, it becomes a serious obstruction to the learning it should facilitate.7 Only the mind is capable of illumination. 2Spirit is already illuminated, and the body in itself is too dense. 3The mind, however, can bring its own illumination to the body by recognizing that density is the opposite of intelligence, and therefore unamenable to independent learning. 4It is, however, easily brought into alignment with a mind which has learned to look beyond density toward light.8 Corrective learning always begins with awakening the spiritual eye, and turning away from belief in physical sight. 2The reason this entails fear is because you are afraid of what your spiritual eye will see, which was why you closed it in the first place. 3We said before that the spiritual eye cannot see error, and is capable only of looking beyond it to the defense of Atonement.102 4There is no doubt that the spiritual eye does produce extreme discomfort by what it sees. 5The thing that you forget is that the discomfort is not the final outcome of its perception. 6When the spiritual eye is permitted to look upon the defilement of the altar, it also looks immediately toward Atonement. 7Nothing which the spiritual eye perceives can induce fear. 8Everything that results from accurate spiritual awareness merely is channelized toward correction. 9Discomfort is aroused only to bring the need to correct forcibly into awareness.9 What the physical eye sees is not corrective, nor can it be properly corrected by any device which can be physically seen. 2As long as you believe in what your physical sight tells you, all your corrective behavior will be misdirected. 3The reason why the real vision is obscured is because you cannot endure to see your own defiled altar. 4But since the altar has been defiled, this fact becomes doubly dangerous unless it is perceived. 5This perception is totally nonthreatening because of the Atonement. 6The fear of healing arises in the end from an unwillingness to accept the unequivocal fact that healing is necessary. 7The fear arises because of the necessary willingness to look at what you have done to yourself.10 Healing was an ability which was lent to human beings after the separation, before which it was completely unnecessary. 2Like all aspects of the space-time belief, healing ability is temporary. 3However, as long as time persists, healing remains among the stronger human protections. 4This is because healing always rests on charity, and charity is a way of perceiving the true perfection of another, even if he cannot perceive it himself. 5Most of the loftier concepts of which humanity is capable now are time-dependent. 6Charity is really a weaker reflection of a much more powerful love-encompassment which is far beyond any form of charity that humanity can conceive of as yet. 7Charity is essential to right-mindedness, in the limited sense in which right-mindedness can now be attained.11 Charity is a way of looking at another as if he had already gone far beyond his actual accomplishment in time. 2Since his own thinking is faulty, he cannot see the Atonement himself, or he would have no need for charity at all. 3The charity which is accorded him is both an acknowledgment that he is weak and a recognition that he could be stronger. 4The way in which both of these beliefs are stated clearly implies their dependence on time, making it quite apparent that charity lies within the framework of human limitations, though toward the higher levels.12 We said before that only revelation transcends time.103 2The miracle, as an expression of true human charity, can only shorten it at best. 3It must be understood, however, that whenever you offer a miracle to another, you are shortening the suffering of both. 4This introduces a correction into the record, which corrects retroactively as well as progressively.

VII. The Miracle as the Means of HealingThe new emphasis will now be on healing. 2The miracle is the means, the Atonement the principle, and the healing is the result. 3Those who speak of “the miracle of healing” are combining two orders of reality inappropriately. 4Healing is not a miracle. 5The Atonement, or the final miracle, is purely a means, while any type of healing is a result.2 Atonement is the remedy. 2The degree of error to which it is applied is irrelevant. 3Essentially, all healing is the release from fear. 4But to undertake this you cannot be fearful yourself. 5You do not understand healing because of your own fear. 6I have been hinting throughout that you must heal others.89 7The reason is that their healing merely witnesses to yours.3 A major step in the Atonement plan is to undo error at all levels. 2Illness, which is really “not-right-mindedness,” is the result of level confusion in the sense that it always entails the belief that what is amiss in one level can adversely affect another. 3We have constantly referred to miracles as the means of correcting level confusion.90 4In reality, all mistakes must be corrected at the level at which they occur.4 Only the mind is capable of error. 2The body can act erroneously, but this is only because it has responded to misthought. 3The body cannot create, and to believe that it can, a fundamental error responsible for most of the fallacies already referred to, produces all physical symptoms.5 All physical illness represents a belief in magic. 2The whole distortion which made magic rested on the belief that there is a creative ability in matter, which can control the mind. 3This fallacy can work either way; that is, it can be believed either that the mind can miscreate in the body or that the body can miscreate in the mind. 4If it can be made clear that the mind, which is the only level of causation, cannot generate effects beyond itself, then neither confusion need occur.6 The reason why only the mind can make or create is more obvious than may be immediately apparent. 2Spirit has been created. 3The body is a learning device for the mind. 4Learning devices are not lessons in themselves. 5Their purpose is merely to facilitate the thinking of the learner. 6The most that a faulty use of a learning device can do is to fail to facilitate learning. 7It does not have the power in itself to introduce actual learning errors.91 8The body, if properly understood, shares the invulnerability of the Atonement to two-edged application. 9This is not because the body is a miracle, but because it is not inherently open to misinterpretation.7 The body is merely a fact in this world. 2Its abilities can be, and frequently are, overevaluated. 3However, it is almost impossible to deny its existence in this world. 4Those who do are engaging in a particularly unworthy form of denial. 5The use of the word “unworthy” here implies simply that it is not necessary to protect the mind by denying the unmindful. 6There is little doubt that the mind can miscreate. 7If one denies this unfortunate aspect of its power, one is also denying the power itself.928 All material means which you accept as remedies for bodily ills are simply restatements of magic principles. 2It was the first level of the error to believe that the body created its own illness. 3Thereafter, it is a second misstep to attempt to heal it through noncreative agents. 4It does not follow, however, that the application of these very weak corrective devices is evil. 5Sometimes the illness has sufficiently great a hold over an individual’s mind to render him inaccessible to Atonement. 6In this case, one may be wise to utilize a compromise approach to mind and body, in which something from the outside is temporarily given healing belief.9 This is because the last thing that can help the non-right-minded (or the sick) is an increase in fear. 2They are already in a fear-weakened state. 3If they are inappropriately exposed to a straight and undiluted miracle, they may be precipitated into panic. 4This is particularly likely to occur when upside-down perception has induced the belief that miracles are frightening.10 The value of the Atonement does not lie in the manner in which it is expressed. 2In fact, if it is truly used it will inevitably be expressed in whatever way is most helpful to the receiver, not the giver. 3This means that a miracle, to attain its full efficacy, must be expressed in a language which the recipient can understand without fear. 4It does not follow by any means that this is the highest level of communication of which he is capable. 5But it does mean that it is the highest level of communication of which he is capable now. 6The whole aim of the miracle is to raise the level of communication, not to impose regression (in the improper sense) upon it.11 Before it is safe to let miracle workers loose in this world, it is essential that they understand fully the fear of release. 2Otherwise, they may unwittingly foster the belief that release is imprisonment, which is very prevalent. 3This misperception arose from the attempted protection device (or misused defense) that harm can be limited to the body. 4This was because of the much greater fear (which this one counteracts) that the mind can hurt itself.93 5Neither error is really meaningful, because the miscreations of the mind do not really exist. 6That recognition is a far better protection device than any form of level confusion, because of the advantages of introducing correction at the level of the error.12 It is essential that the remembrance remain with you that only mind can make or create. 2Implicit in this is the corollary that correction belongs at the thought level and not at either level to which correction is inapplicable. 3To repeat an earlier statement, and also to extend it somewhat, spirit is already perfect and therefore does not require correction. 4The body does not really exist, except as a learning device for the mind. 5This learning device is not subject to errors of its own, because it was made but does not make.94 6It should be obvious, then, that correcting the maker (or inducing it to give up miscreation) is the only application of creative power which is inherently meaningful at all.13 We said before that magic is essentially mindless, or the destructive (miscreative) use of mind.95 2Physical medicines are a form of “spells.” 3In one way, they are a more benign form, in that they do not entail the possession fallacy, which does enter when a mind believes that it can possess another. 4Since this is considerably less dangerous, though still incorrect, it has its advantages.96 5It is particularly helpful to the therapist who really wants to heal, but is still fearful himself. 6By using physical means to do so, he is not engaging in any form of enslavement, even though he is not applying the Atonement. 7This means that his mind is dulled by fear, but is not actively engaged in distortion.14 Those who are afraid of using the mind to heal are right in avoiding it, because the very fact that they are afraid has made them vulnerable to miscreation. 2They are therefore likely to misunderstand any healing they might induce and, because egocentricity and fear usually occur together, may be unable to accept the real Source of the healing. 3Under these conditions, it is safer for them to rely temporarily on physical healing devices, because they cannot misperceive them as their own creations. 4As long as their own vulnerability persists, it is essential to preserve them from even attempting miracles.

V. The Atonement as DefenseThe Atonement is the only defense which cannot be used destructively. 2That is because, while everyone must eventually join it, it was not a device which was generated by humanity. 3The Atonement principle was in effect long before the Atonement itself was begun. 4The principle was love, and the Atonement itself was an act of love.75 5Acts were not necessary before the separation, because the time-space belief did not exist.2 It was only after the separation that the defense of Atonement and the necessary conditions for its fulfillment were planned. 2It became increasingly apparent that all of the defenses which humanity can choose to use constructively or destructively were not enough to save it. 3It was therefore decided that you needed a defense which was so splendid that you could not misuse it, although you could refuse it. 4Your will could not turn it into a weapon of attack, which is the inherent characteristic of all other defenses. 5The Atonement thus became the only defense which was not a two-edged sword.3 The Atonement actually began long before the resurrection. 2Many souls offered their efforts on behalf of the separated ones. 3But they could not withstand the strength of the attack and had to be brought back. 4Angels came, too, but their protection was not enough, because the separated ones were not interested in peace. 5They had already split themselves and were bent on dividing rather than reintegrating. 6The levels they introduced into themselves turned against each other, and they, in turn, turned against one another. 7They established differences, divisions, cleavages, dispersion, and all the other concepts related to the increasing splits they produced. 8Not being in their right minds, they turned their defenses from protection to assault, and acted literally insanely. 9It was essential to introduce a split-proof device which could be used only to heal, if it was used at all.4 The Atonement was built into the space-time belief in order to set a limit on the need for the belief, and ultimately to make learning complete. 2The Atonement is the final lesson. 3Learning itself, like the classrooms in which it occurs, is temporary. 4(Let all those who overestimate human intelligence remember this.) 5The ability to learn has no value when change of understanding is no longer necessary. 6The eternally creative have nothing to learn. 7Only after the separation was it necessary to direct the creative force to learning, because changed behavior had become mandatory.5 Human beings can learn to improve their behavior, and can also learn to become better and better learners. 2This increase serves to bring them into closer and closer accord with the Sonship. 3But the Sonship itself is a perfect creation, and perfection is not a matter of degree. 4Only while there are different degrees is learning meaningful.6 The evolution of humankind is merely a process by which you proceed from one degree to the next. 2You correct your previous missteps by stepping forward. 3This represents a process which is actually incomprehensible in temporal terms, because you return as you go forward. 4The Atonement is the device by which you can free yourself from the past as you go ahead. 5It undoes your past errors, thus making it unnecessary for you to keep retracing your steps without advancing toward your return.7 In this sense, the Atonement saves time, but like the miracle which serves it, does not abolish it.76 2As long as there is need for Atonement, there is need for time. 3But the Atonement as a completed plan does have a unique relationship to time. 4Until the Atonement is finished, its various phases will proceed in time, but the whole Atonement stands at its end. 5At this point, the bridge of the return has been built.8 If you find discussion of the Atonement upsetting, it is because the Atonement is a total commitment. 2You still think this is associated with loss. 3This is the same mistake all the separated ones make in one way or another. 4They cannot believe that a defense which cannot attack is the best defense. 5Except for this misperception, the angels could have helped them. 6What do you think “the meek shall inherit the earth” means?77 7They will literally take it over, because of their strength.78 8A two-way defense is inherently weak; precisely because it has two edges it can turn against the self very unexpectedly.9 This tendency cannot be controlled except by miracles. 2The miracle turns the defense of Atonement to the protection of the inner self, which, as it becomes more and more secure, assumes its natural talent of protecting others. 3The inner self knows itself as both a brother and a Son.

IV. The Reinterpretation of DefensesFreud’s identification of defense mechanisms was quite correct, as was his recognition of their creative ability. 2They can indeed produce your perception, both of yourself and your surroundings. 3But Freud’s limitations induced inevitable limits on his own perception. 4He made two kinds of errors. 5The first was that he saw only how the mechanisms worked in the mentally ill. 6The second was his own denial of the mechanism of the Atonement. 7Let us take up the first, because a clear understanding of the second depends on it.612 Denial should be directed only to error, and projection should be limited to truth. 2You should truly give as you have truly received.62 3The Golden Rule can work effectively only on this basis.3 Intellectualization is a poor word, which stems from the brain-mind confusion.63 2“Right-mindedness” is better. 3This device defends the right mind and gives it control over the body. 4“Intellectualization” implies a split, whereas “right-mindedness” involves healing.644 Withdrawal is properly employed in the service of withdrawing from the desert. 2It is not a device for escape, but for consolidation. 3There is only one Mind.655 Dissociation is quite similar.66 2You should split yourself off from error, but only in defense of integration.676 Detachment is essentially a weaker form of dissociation. 2This is one of the major areas of withholding that many engage in.7 Flight can be undertaken in whatever direction you choose, but note that the concept itself implies flight from something.68 2Flight from error is perfectly appropriate.8 Distantiation is a way of putting distance between yourself and what you should fly from.699 Regression is a real effort to return to your own original state.70 2In this sense, it is utilized to restore, not to go back to the less mature.10 Sublimation should be associated with the sublime.7111 There are many other so-called “dynamic” concepts which are profound errors, due essentially to the misuse of defenses.72 2Among them is the concept of different levels of aspiration, which results from real level confusion.73 3However, the main point to be understood from these notes is that you can defend truth as well as error, and in fact much better.12 So far we have concentrated on ends rather than means, because unless you regard an end as worth achieving, you will not devote yourself to the means by which it can be achieved. 2Your question (“How can I incorporate this material?”) enables me to shift the emphasis from end to means. 3It means you are accepting the end as valuable, thus signifying your willingness to use defenses to ensure it.13 The means are easier to clarify after the true worth of the goal itself is firmly established. 2Everyone defends his own treasure. 3You do not have to tell him to do this, because he will do so automatically. 4The real question still remains, What do you treasure and how much do you treasure it? 5Once you learn to consider these two points and bring them into all your actions as the true criteria for behavior, I will have little difficulty in clarifying the means. 6You have not learned to be consistent about this as yet. 7I have therefore concentrated on showing you that the means are available whenever you do ask. 8We can save a lot of time, however, if you do not need to extend this step unduly.74 9The correct focus will shorten it immeasurably.

III. The Proper Use of Denial48When you are afraid of anything, you are acknowledging its power to hurt you. 2Remember that where your heart is, there is your treasure also.49 3This means that you believe in what you value. 4If you are afraid, you are valuing wrongly. 5Human understanding will inevitably value wrongly, and by endowing all human thoughts with equal power will inevitably destroy peace. 6That is why the Bible speaks of the peace of God which passeth (human) understanding.50 7This peace is totally incapable of being shaken by human errors of any kind. 8It denies the ability of anything which is not of God to affect you in any way.2 This is the proper use of denial. 2It is not used to hide anything, but it is used to correct error. 3It brings all error into the light, and since error and darkness are the same, it abolishes error automatically. 4True denial is a very powerful protective device. 5You can and should deny any belief that error can hurt you. 6This kind of denial is not a concealment device but a correction device. 7The right mind of the mentally healthy depends on it.3 You can do anything I ask. 2I have asked you to perform miracles, and have made it very clear that these are natural, corrective, healing, and universal.51 3There is nothing good they cannot do. 4But they cannot be performed in the spirit of doubt. 5You have asked yourself why you cannot really incorporate my words. 6But remember my own question before you ask yours: “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”524 The idea of cannibalism in connection with the Sacrament is a reflection of a distorted view of sharing.53 2I told you before that the word “thirst” in connection with the Spirit was used because of the limited understanding of those to whom I spoke. 3I also told you not to use it.54 4The same holds for expressions like “feeding on.” 5Symbiosis is misunderstood by the mentally ill, who do use it in that way.555 But I also told you that you must recognize your total dependence on God, a statement which you may not have liked.56 2God and the Sons He created are symbiotically related. 3They are completely dependent on each other. 4The creation of the Son himself has already been perfectly accomplished, but the creation by Sons has not. 5God created Sons so He could depend on them because He created them perfectly. 6He gave them His peace so they would not be shaken and would be unable to be deceived.6 Whenever you are afraid, you are deceived. 2Your mind is not serving your soul. 3This literally starves the soul by denying its daily bread.57 4In this connection, there is a poem about the Holy Family that says:5Where tricks of words are never said,And Mercy is as plain as bread.587 God offers only mercy. 2Your own words should always reflect only mercy, because that is what you have received and that is what you should give. 3Justice is a temporary expedient, or an attempt to teach you the meaning of mercy. 4Its judgmental side arises only because you are capable of injustice if that is what your mind makes.8 You are afraid of God’s will because you have used your own will, which He created in the likeness of His Own, to miscreate.59 2What you do not realize is that the mind can miscreate only when it is not free. 3An imprisoned mind is not free by definition. 4It is possessed, or held back, by itself. 5Its will is therefore limited, and not free to assert itself.9 It is all right to remember the past, provided you also remember that anything you suffer is because of your own errors. 2As an analogy, imagine a very young child who falls down the stairs when an adult has her arms open in welcome at the bottom of the stairs, and who then develops a totally unwarranted fear of that adult. 3The misstep which causes the child’s fall has nothing at all to do with the adult, just as your own missteps have nothing at all to do with me.10 Denial of error is a very powerful defense of truth. 2We have slowly been shifting the emphasis from the negative to the positive use of denial. 3Remember, we have already stated that denial is not a purely negative device; it results in positive miscreation.60 4That is the way the mentally ill do employ it. 5But remember this thought: Never underestimate the power of denial. 6In the service of the right mind, the denial of error frees the mind and reestablishes the freedom of the will. 7When the will is really free it cannot miscreate because it recognizes only truth.11 False projection arises out of false denial, not out of its proper use. 2My own role in the Atonement is one of true projection; that is, I can “project” (or extend) to you the affirmation of truth. 3If you project error to me (or to yourself) you are interfering with the process. 4My use of projection, which can also be yours, is not based on faulty denial. 5But it does involve the very powerful use of the denial of error.12 The miracle worker is one who accepts my kind of denial and projection, unites his own inherent abilities to deny and project with mine, and imposes them back on himself and others. 2This establishes the total lack of threat anywhere. 3Together we can then work for the real time of peace, which is eternal.

II. The Cause of the SeparationThis section deals with a more fundamental misuse of knowledge, referred to in the Bible as the cause of the fall (or separation).27 2There are several introductory remarks which are intended to make these explanations less fear provoking. 3First, I draw your attention to a couplet from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream:4Be as thou wast wont to be;See as thou wast wont to see.285These words were said by Oberon in releasing Titania from her own errors, both of being and perceiving. 6These were the words which reestablished her true identity as well as her true abilities and judgment.29 7The similarity to your release is obvious.2 There are also some dictionary definitions which will be helpful. 2Their somewhat unusual nature is due to the fact that they are not usually the first definitions listed. 3Nevertheless, the fact that each of them does appear in the dictionary should be reassuring.4project (verb): to extend forward or out305project (noun): a plan in the mind316world: a natural grand division323 We will refer later to projection as related to both mental illness and mental health.33 2It has also been commented on that Lucifer literally projected himself from Heaven.34 3We also have observed that you can make an empty shell, but cannot make nothing at all.35 4This emptiness provides the screen for the misuse of projection.4 The Garden of Eden, which is described as a literal garden in the Bible, was not originally an actual garden at all. 2It was merely a mental state of complete need-lack. 3Even in the literal account, it is noteworthy that the pre-separation state was essentially one in which man needed nothing. 4The tree of knowledge, again an overly literal concept (as is clearly shown by the subsequent reference to “eating of the fruit of the tree”), is a symbolic reference to some of the misuses of knowledge referred to in the section immediately preceding this one.36 5There is, however, considerable clarification of this concept which must be understood before the real meaning of the “detour into fear” can be fully comprehended.5 Projection, as defined above (this refers to the verb), is a fundamental attribute of God, which He also gave to His Son. 2In the creation, God projected his creative ability out of Himself toward the Sons whom He created, and also imbued them with the same loving will to create. 3We have commented before on the fundamental error involved in confusing what has been created with what is being made.37 4We have also emphasized that you have not only been fully created, but also been created perfect.38 5There is no emptiness in you. 6The next point, too, has already been made, but bears repetition here: The Son, because of his own likeness to his Creator, is creative.39 7No child of God is capable of losing this ability, because it is inherent in what he is.6 Whenever projection in its inappropriate sense is utilized, it always implies that some emptiness (or lack of everything) must exist, and that it is within your ability to put your own ideas there instead of the truth. 2If you will consider carefully what this entails, the following will become quite apparent:7 First, the assumption is implicit that what God has created can be changed by your own mind.8 Second, the concept has intruded that what is perfect can be rendered imperfect or wanting.9 Third, the belief has arisen, and is tolerated, that you can distort the creations of God, including yourself.10 Fourth, the idea has entered that since you can create yourself, the direction of your own creation is up to you.11 These related distortions represent a picture of what actually occurred in the separation. 2None of this existed before, nor does it actually exist now. 3The Sonship was created as a natural grand division, or projecting outward of God. 4That is why everything which He created is like Him. 5Projection as undertaken by God was very similar to the kind of inner radiance which the children of the Father inherit from Him. 6It is important to note that the term “project outward” necessarily implies that the real source of projection is internal. 7This is as true of the Son as of the Father.12 The Kingdom of God, in its original connotation, included both the proper creation of the Son by God and the proper creation by the Son in his right mind. 2The latter required the endowment of the Son by God with free will, because all loving creation is freely given. 3Nothing in either of these statements implies any sort of levels, or, in fact, anything except one continuous line of creation, in which all aspects are of the same order.13 When the “lies of the serpent” were introduced, they were called lies because they are not true.40 2When man listened, all he heard was untruth. 3You do not have to continue to believe what is not true, unless you choose to do so. 4All of your miscreations can disappear in the well-known “twinkling of an eye,” because they are a visual misperception.41 5Your spiritual eye can sleep, but remember, a sleeping eye can still see.4214 One translation of the fall, a view emphasized by Mary Baker Eddy and worthy of note, is that “a deep sleep fell upon Adam.”43 2While the Bible seems to regard this sleep as a kind of anesthetic utilized for the protection of Adam during the creation of Eve, Mrs. Eddy was correct in emphasizing that nowhere is there any reference made to his waking up. 3While Christian Science is clearly incomplete, this point is much in its favor.15 The history of humanity in the world as you see it has not been characterized by any genuine or comprehensive reawakening or rebirth. 2This is impossible as long as humanity projects in the spirit of miscreation. 3It still remains within you to project as God projected His Own Spirit to you. 4In reality, this is your only choice, because your free will was made for your own joy in creating the perfect.16 All fear is ultimately reducible to the basic misperception that you have the ability to usurp the power of God. 2It is again emphasized that you neither can nor have been able to do this.44 3In this statement lies the real justification for your escape from fear. 4This is brought about by your acceptance of the Atonement, which places you in a position to realize that your own errors never really occurred.17 When the deep sleep fell upon Adam, he was then in a condition to experience nightmares, precisely because he was sleeping. 2If a light is suddenly turned on while someone is dreaming and the content of his dream is fearful, he is initially likely to interpret the light itself as part of the content of his own dream. 3However, as soon as he awakens, the light is correctly perceived as the release from the dream, which is no longer accorded reality. 4I would like to conclude this with the biblical injunction “Go, and do thou likewise.”4518 It is quite apparent that this depends on the kind of knowledge which was not referred to by the “tree of knowledge,” which bore lies as fruit.46 2The knowledge that illuminates rather than obscures is the knowledge which not only makes you free, but also shows you clearly that you are free.47

I want to remind you are a kingRead Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.Here is how I define God's Sovereignty- Ruler of all the Universe, Heaven, and Earth answering to no one.God does whatever God wants to do without asking for permission.Mark 7:6-9, 13He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me. Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandments of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do." He said to them, "All to well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition."13 "making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."Every religion has guidelines doctrines or traditions, all of our directions come from the Bible. The teaching you live your life on should come directly from the word of GodOne of the three things I want to remind you is Jesus is one day closer to returning.But while reading, studying, and praying I believe I have found a key to unlocking when Jesus will come...once His enemies become His footstools. Psalm 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.In my small way here at No Doubt No Fear Only Believe want to help make that happen.We are officially sick of watching evil seemingly triumph in this world and we are here to help the church turn the tide on Satan and his kingdom.We will teach, inspire, motivate and encourage believers to take the authority Christ has given each one of us and use it to become the kings He has created us to be.We will not fight against flesh and blood but against the spiritual wickedness in high places. We are commissioned by God Himself to make disciples of all nations and that is what we intend to do.

Acts 2: 1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2: 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved Opening Remarks: The Enemy has done everything possible to separate the Body of Christ. Physically, politically, Racially and on and on. Why? Look at John 17 Jesus last prayer for disciples and future believers v 11-12 & 20-21 Where there is Unity there Is: A fresh anointing: Psalms 133: 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing— Life forevermore Power: Acts 1:8 Witness: John 13: 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Conclusion: We must overcome every attempt to be divided so that God may be glorified through us.

THE WEEK OF EPIPHANY II - SUNDAYLESSON: JOHN 2:1-11On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. John 2:1,2It was a great honor for Jesus to make His gift of wine at this lowly marriage feast by means of a great miracle. Hereby Jesus became the bride's most important donor. In any case, He may not have had any money for precious gems to give her as a gift. Such an honor Jesus never accorded to any of the Pharisees. In this way He confirms marriage as a work and ordinance of God. No matter how despised it is, or regarded as insignificant by men in general, God nevertheless recognizes His work and is pleased with it.Because the estate of holy matrimony can rest on the comforting fact that God has established it and is pleased with it, and because Christ Himself honors it for our consolation, all men should really be pleased with it. They should regard it as an honorable estate and be very favorably inclined to it, being sure that God is well pleased with it.They should also be ready joyfully to endure everything that is difficult in this estate, even if matters sometimes seem worse than they actually are. It is an estate which practices and cultivates faith in God and love towards one's neighbor by means of trouble and toil, unpleasantness, the cross, and disagreeableness of all kinds. All these are not uncommon experiences where God's Word and work are taken seriously.SL.XI.464,3-4AE 76, 238PRAYER: Lord God, heavenly Father, in many ways and places you have taught us that holy matrimony is an estate well-pleasing to you and to be honored by all men. Thanks be to you, Lord Jesus, for the striking way you honored this holy estate at the wedding in Cana, giving us strong encouragement to follow your holy example in this respect. Amen.

为你读英语美文 · 第396期主播：永清What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?新冠真正教给我们的是什么？作者，译者：佚名I'm a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens in this world whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:我坚信发生的每一件事后面都有一个精神层面的目的，无论我们认为是好还是坏。当我沉思时, 我想与大家分享我的心得，新冠病毒究竟对我们做了些什么。1It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should too. If you don't believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.病毒提醒我们，人都是平等的，无论我们的文化、宗教、职业、经济状况，或是一个人有多么出名。在病毒眼中我们都是平等的，也许我们也应该平等对待他人。如果你不相信我的话，那就去问汤姆·汉克斯。2It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.病毒提醒我们，我们的命运都是联在一起的，影响一个人的事情同时也会影响另一个人。病毒也提醒我们，我们建立的虚假国境线毫无价值，因为病毒并不需要护照。病毒还提醒我们，虽然我们暂时受到压迫，世界上还有人一生都受到压迫。3It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don't look after our health, we will, of course, get sick病毒提醒我们，健康多么珍贵。而我们却忽视健康，吃垃圾食品，喝被各种化学品污染的水，如果我们不照顾自己，我们当然就会生病。4It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.病毒提醒我们，生命苦短，什么是我们应该做的最重要的事情，特别是那些已经生病的老年人。人生在世的目的不是买一卷卷的厕纸。5It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it's the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine) as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.病毒提醒我们，我们的社会已经变得物质至上，当我们遇到困难时，我们才想起我们的基本需求是食物、饮水和药品，而不是并没有什么价值的奢侈品。6It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.病毒提醒我们，家庭是如何重要，但我们却忽视了这一点。病毒强迫我们回到我们的房子里，所以我们可以把房子建成家庭，并建立牢固的家庭纽带。7It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do. Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.病毒提醒我们，我们真正的工作并不是我们打的那份工，我们固然需要打工，然而上帝创造我们的目的并不是让我们打工。我们真正的工作是互相照顾、互相保护、互助互利。8It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are, a virus can bring our world to a standstill.病毒提醒我们，我们不能妄自尊大。病毒还提醒我们，无论你觉得自己多伟大，也无论别人觉得你多么伟大，一个小小的病毒就能让整个世界停摆。9It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard [hɔːrd], to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colours.病毒提醒我们，自由掌握在我们自己手中。我们可以选择合作互助、分享、付出、互相支持，或者我们也可以选择自私、囤积和自顾自。只有在困难的时候才能看出一个人的真面目。10It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.病毒提醒我们，我们既可以耐心，也可以恐慌。我们既可以理解这种情况在历史上已经发生过多次，但最后都过去了，我们也可以恐慌，以为世界末日到了，结果伤害了我们自己。11It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.病毒提醒我们，疫情既是结束也是开始。我们现在可以反省和理解，从错误里吸取教训。疫情也可以是一个轮回的开始，而且还会继续下去，直至我们吸取教训为止。12It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.病毒提醒我们，我们的地球病了。病毒还提醒我们，我们必须看到森林消失的速度，也必须看到一卷卷厕纸从货架上消失的速度。我们都病了，因为我们的家庭病了。13It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical ['sɪklɪkəl], and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.病毒提醒我们，困难总会过去，然后就容易了。生活是周期性的，现在只是周期里的一个阶段。我们不必恐慌，疫情一定会过去。Whereas [ˌweərˈæz] many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a great corrector. It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.▎主播介绍永清：为你读英语美文创始人后期，编辑：永清▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou

为你读英语美文 · 第396期主播：永清What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?新冠真正教给我们的是什么？作者，译者：佚名I'm a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens in this world whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:我坚信发生的每一件事后面都有一个精神层面的目的，无论我们认为是好还是坏。当我沉思时, 我想与大家分享我的心得，新冠病毒究竟对我们做了些什么。1It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should too. If you don't believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.病毒提醒我们，人都是平等的，无论我们的文化、宗教、职业、经济状况，或是一个人有多么出名。在病毒眼中我们都是平等的，也许我们也应该平等对待他人。如果你不相信我的话，那就去问汤姆·汉克斯。2It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.病毒提醒我们，我们的命运都是联在一起的，影响一个人的事情同时也会影响另一个人。病毒也提醒我们，我们建立的虚假国境线毫无价值，因为病毒并不需要护照。病毒还提醒我们，虽然我们暂时受到压迫，世界上还有人一生都受到压迫。3It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don't look after our health, we will, of course, get sick病毒提醒我们，健康多么珍贵。而我们却忽视健康，吃垃圾食品，喝被各种化学品污染的水，如果我们不照顾自己，我们当然就会生病。4It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.病毒提醒我们，生命苦短，什么是我们应该做的最重要的事情，特别是那些已经生病的老年人。人生在世的目的不是买一卷卷的厕纸。5It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it's the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine) as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.病毒提醒我们，我们的社会已经变得物质至上，当我们遇到困难时，我们才想起我们的基本需求是食物、饮水和药品，而不是并没有什么价值的奢侈品。6It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.病毒提醒我们，家庭是如何重要，但我们却忽视了这一点。病毒强迫我们回到我们的房子里，所以我们可以把房子建成家庭，并建立牢固的家庭纽带。7It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do. Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.病毒提醒我们，我们真正的工作并不是我们打的那份工，我们固然需要打工，然而上帝创造我们的目的并不是让我们打工。我们真正的工作是互相照顾、互相保护、互助互利。8It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are, a virus can bring our world to a standstill.病毒提醒我们，我们不能妄自尊大。病毒还提醒我们，无论你觉得自己多伟大，也无论别人觉得你多么伟大，一个小小的病毒就能让整个世界停摆。9It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard [hɔːrd], to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colours.病毒提醒我们，自由掌握在我们自己手中。我们可以选择合作互助、分享、付出、互相支持，或者我们也可以选择自私、囤积和自顾自。只有在困难的时候才能看出一个人的真面目。10It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.病毒提醒我们，我们既可以耐心，也可以恐慌。我们既可以理解这种情况在历史上已经发生过多次，但最后都过去了，我们也可以恐慌，以为世界末日到了，结果伤害了我们自己。11It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.病毒提醒我们，疫情既是结束也是开始。我们现在可以反省和理解，从错误里吸取教训。疫情也可以是一个轮回的开始，而且还会继续下去，直至我们吸取教训为止。12It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.病毒提醒我们，我们的地球病了。病毒还提醒我们，我们必须看到森林消失的速度，也必须看到一卷卷厕纸从货架上消失的速度。我们都病了，因为我们的家庭病了。13It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical ['sɪklɪkəl], and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.病毒提醒我们，困难总会过去，然后就容易了。生活是周期性的，现在只是周期里的一个阶段。我们不必恐慌，疫情一定会过去。Whereas [ˌweərˈæz] many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a great corrector. It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.▎主播介绍永清：为你读英语美文创始人后期，编辑：永清▎节目首发，背景音乐，图文资料，更多推送敬请关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，ID：readenglishforyou

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.IntroductionJesus chose twelve men from among his disciples to become apostles. The number twelve is symbolic and important; it signifies being chosen. God chose the twelve tribes of Israel to be His chosen people. So after Judas betrayed Jesus and committed suicide, they needed to replace him in order for the number to be complete.Acts 1:12-26Here we see two men who were proposed to take Judas’ spot as an apostle: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.There is no other mention of these men in the New Testament. Church historian Eusebius numbers Matthias among the 70 whom Jesus sent out in Luke 10. Matthias is believed to have been stoned and then beheaded in Jerusalem (according Fox's Book of Martyrs). What we do know about these two men is that they were faithful disciples of Jesus from the very beginning, when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, until the time Jesus ascended. Were there others among the 120 who also qualified to replace Judas? We do not know. We do know that among the 120, Joseph and Matthias were the ones proposed by consensus. That speaks of their reputation among those who remained faithful. What we can learn about them is through deduction.Scriptural StudyMark 2:1-2It is easy to be a Christian when it is popular.John 9:18-23It is a test of one's faithfulness when there is persecution or opposition - when being a Christian is not popular.(One of the threats from the Jewish leaders was to ban anyone who acknowledged Jesus as Messiah from the synagogues. The synagogue was the heart of the Jewish communities throughout the various nations and cities of the Roman Empire. They were established after Israel and Judah were unfaithful to God and taken captive by the Assyrians and Babylonians--and dispersed throughout those empires. You can look up Jewish diaspora for more background information. As the Jews settled in the cities where they were taken captive, the synagogues became their places of assembly/worship/study - especially once the Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians (586 BC). Banishment from the synagogue was equivalent to excommunication or disfellowship from the church.John 6:60-66We must stay faithful even when it is personally challenging and when most people no longer follow.ApplicationWe need to ask ourselves the question: Why am I a Christian? If we are honest with the answer and work to have the right heart, it will help us to have the motivation to continue in our faith. Which commands of God are hard for me personally? What sins do I struggle with? Am I faithful even when it is hard?ConclusionGod values faithfulness, and we see this in Joseph and Matthias. They may not have been named or recognized in the gospels, but they were part of the backbone of Jesus' ministry. Their faithfulness from the beginning to the end shows us that they were "in it" not for personal glory or gain, not for recognition or prestige, not because it was easy, not because that is what everyone else did. They were faithful disciples of Jesus because they understood God's love for them. They are inspirations for us to remain faithful until the end. 

Today's Bible Translation Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 60 CEV, Ch. 61 GNT, Ch 62 NIRV Support Please remember that this is a listener supported show. Your support of any amount is needed and very much appreciated. Find out how by clicking here. Thoughts Psalm 62 actually reads like a song.  In verses 1 and 2 David begins with declaring some truths. These verses establish the theme. 1It is surely true that I find my rest in God.He is the God who saves me.2It is surely true that he is my rock. He is the God who saves me.He is like a fort to me.I will always be secure. So what is the theme? We can rely on God. In verses 3 and 4, he talks about his enemies.  3How long will you enemies attack me?Will all of you throw me down?I’m like a leaning wall.I’m like a fence about to fall.4Surely my enemies only want to pull me down from my place of honor.They take delight in telling lies.They bless me with what they say.But in their hearts they ask for bad things to happen to me. His enemies try to shake his confidence in God, but they are only liars. Verses 5 and 6 repeat verses 1 and 2 5Yes, I must find my rest in God.He is the God who gives me hope.6It is surely true that he is my rock and the God who saves me.He is like a fort to me,so I will always be secure.Verse 7 is a sort of remix of verses 1 and 27I depend on God to save me and to honor me.He is my mighty rock and my place of safety. Though his enemies try to bring dishonor to him, God is his source of honor and safety. In verse 8, David shares the message with the people 8Trust in him at all times, you people.Tell him all your troubles.God is our place of safety. When we find something wonderful, don't we want to share it? Verses 9 and 10 talk about what not to rely on  9Surely ordinary people are only a breath.Important people are not what they seem to be.If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything.Together they are only a breath.10Don’t trust in money you have taken from others.Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen.Even if your riches grow,don’t put your trust in them. People and money are temporary. In verses 11 and 12, we learn what we can rely on 11God, I have heard you say two things.One is that power belongs to you, God.12The other is that your love, Lord, never ends.You will reward everyonein keeping with what they have done. There are rewards at the judgement, beloved. If a person has not accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior, he or she will unfortunately for them, be sentenced to Hell. Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death." That is the reward for rejecting the free gift of salvation. For those who have accepted Jesus, they will be rewarded with eternal life with God. And in Heaven, we will receive rewards. There is a good article at gotquestions.org that discusses rewards in heaven.

Part 2/2It's your boy Tone coming at ya on the Rektified Podcast! We pretty much talk all things Tron and how we have gone from extremely bullish fans to concerned community members.Follow us on Twitter @proguerra and @crypto_tone1

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We are talking about the two main risks of Social Security today. #1 is the risk of taking your social security too early and #2 is that your social security will be taxable.In fact today we're only going to focus on one of the risks that it faces you regarding your Social Security. Next week's show will be a follow up show to address risk #2It is very important to understand the history of Social Security. Social Security was brought about in 1935 by President Roosevelt as part of the New Deal with America, at this time, it was a insurance against living too long. At that time, the average life expectancy was only age 62. And you could not start taking benefits until age 65. Also, at this time, we had 42 people working for every one person receiving benefits. But if you fast forward to 2020, we see that what we've ended up with is a very expensive retirement program and instead of having 42 people working, now it's down to only having three people work for every one person receiving benefits and over the next 10 years, that number is going to drop from three down to two people working for every one person receiving benefits. Support the show (https://retirementriskadvisors.com)

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They watched Jesus closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.  Mark 3:2It didn’t take long for the Pharisees to allow envy to cloud their thinking about Jesus.  The Pharisees wanted all the attention.  They wanted to be looked up to and honored as the authentic teachers of the law.  So when Jesus showed up, and many were astounded by the authority with which He taught, the Pharisees immediately began to criticize Him.The sad reality we witness in their actions is that they appear to be blind to their own malice.  The envy that fills them keeps them from realizing that they are actually acting with extreme irrationality.  This is an important and very difficult lesson to learn.Sin confuses us, especially spiritual sin such as pride, envy and anger.  Therefore, when someone becomes consumed with one of these sins, that person most likely does not even realize how irrational he becomes.  Take the example of the Pharisees.Jesus is put in a situation where He chooses to heal someone on the Sabbath.  This is an act of mercy.  It is done out of love for this man to relieve him of his suffering.  Though this is an incredible miracle, the disturbed minds of the Pharisees look only for a way to twist this act of mercy into something sinful.  What an appalling scene.Though this may not at first be that inspiring of a thought upon which to reflect, it’s necessary to reflect on it.  Why?  Because we all struggle, to one extent or another, with sins like this.  We all struggle with letting envy and anger sneak in and distort the way we relate to others.  Then, too often we justify our actions just as the Pharisees did.Reflect, today, upon this most unfortunate scene.  But reflect upon it with the hope that the poor example of the Pharisees will help you to identify any of the same tendencies in your own heart.  Seeing these tendencies they struggle with should help free you from falling into the irrational thinking that comes as a result of sin.Lord Jesus, please do forgive me for all my sins.  I am sorry and I pray that I will be able to see all that clouds my thinking and acting.  Free me and help me to love You and others with the pure love I am called to have.  Jesus, I trust in You.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways “Animals proteins are, in almost every case, superior to plant proteins” – Chris KresserProtein quality is a function of amino acid profile and bioavailability. To rate proteins, scientists use a scale called the Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score (DIAAS); the higher the score, the better the protein. Here are a few of the scores for common foods:Whole milk: 1.32Eggs: 1.13Beef: 1.10Chicken: 1.08Chickpeas: 0.83Peanut butter: 0.46Oats: 0.43Whole wheat: 0.2It’s possible, but VERY difficult, to hit your protein requirements following a vegan or vegetarian dietPlant proteins do contain essential amino acids, but MUCH lower amounts compared to animal proteins6 nutrients missing, or found in meager quantities, in plant proteins: Creatine, beta-alanine, taurine, carnosine, calcium, and zincRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgCan athletes get enough protein on a vegan diet? In this episode of Revolution Health Radio, I talk about the major differences between plant protein and animal protein, and discuss the positive impact an ancestral diet (that includes animal protein) has on your overall health. Be sure to catch my upcoming appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience on November 19, 2019, at 11 a.m. Pacific [Time]. The post Why the Optimal Human Diet Includes Animal Protein appeared first on Chris Kresser.

You Are Laborers in God's Harvest – August 4, 2019 – Steve MillerI remember that sometime when I was growing up we had a little poster in my room that quipped: “Work for the Lord. The pay may not be much, but the benefits are out of this world.”Think about the following questions. When you see the word “work,” think not just about jobs that you get paid for, but any kind of work or activity that you spend time, energy, and talents to do.How do you feel about work? Do you enjoy it?What is your motivation for working?Does God profit from what you do? Does your work result in eternal benefits for anyone?How do you think God feels about your work?Are you laboring in God's harvest in the world? If so, how?Do you think the work you're currently doing is fulfilling God's calling for your life?Luke 10:1-12 - 1After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.What an awesome privilege and responsibility God has called us to and entrusted to us, that we should be laborers in His harvest! What authority He has vested in us! Jesus' command here starts with us praying earnestly for the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Also, a key aspect of our labor is to work where He sends us. But we must keep mindful that He is not asking us to toil in our own strength, but to labor in Him. He means to be the wind in our sails, the engine in our machine. Matthew 11:28-30 – 28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” When Adam and Eve fell into sin in the garden, part of the curse became fruitless toil. God said that we would toil to get food from the ground, battling thorns and thistles along the way. We would get bread by the sweat of our brow until we return to the ground. This idea does not just apply to farming, but to all of life and all kinds of labor, including producing the works that please God and fulfilling His calling in our lives. However, there is good news. God provided a Sabbath for His people, a rest from the fruitless toil. And ultimately, the Sabbath is not just a day of the week or a law, for Jesus Himself is the full fulfillment of God's Sabbath rest for us. He redeemed us from fruitless toil by delivering us from the curse of sin and restoring us to the state of righteousness, fruitfulness, and authority in which we were meant to live and serve Him.Ephesians 2:10 – For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. It's interesting to look at the connection God makes throughout the Bible between food and work, and to compare God's view of the subject to humans' thinking about it.John 4:31-38 – 34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.Jesus said that His “food” is to accomplish the work leading to the harvest of souls that His Father put in front of Him to do. Food is what drives and energizes us to keep going and what makes us profitable. He gives us rest, He gives us help, and He shares His power, authority, and anointing in the Holy Spirit (a.k.a., the Helper) to accomplish what He has called us to do. He wants us to be joyful and fruitful. But that grace does not mean that we should sit back and do nothing. We were not put in this world to be entertained. We live in a time and culture where God's people need to be vigilant not to fall into the selfish philosophy of the world around us. Jesus understood that the works that He, the Lord of the Sabbath, was doing on the Sabbath to set people free from the effects of sin embodied the concept of true Sabbath rest, setting people free from all kinds of bondage.John 9:1-7 – 4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.The time, life, energy, and gifts that we have been given by God are His gift to enable us to be fruitful, to have opportunity to share in His joy of accomplished work, and to receive rewards from Him in eternity. Our days in this life are finite, but extremely important and full of opportunity and potential. Psalm 90:12-17 – 12So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! This is Moses' earnest prayer – crying out to the Lord for His grace, His help, His power, and His favor to establish the work of our hands. Humans have many needs, but a man's deepest desire is to be successful in his work.To do this, we must seek the Lord to show us and equip us for His will and calling for our lives. This cannot be done outside of right relationship with Him through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Along with that, we must be baptized with the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promised to give us to guide, help, encourage and empower us. Being filled with the Spirit is not just a one-time event, but a daily lifestyle. (Reading His Word, listening to Him, worshiping Him, fasting and prayer, fellowship with His people.) As we walk with Him, God's grace enables us to do the work that He has chosen for us, joyfully and fruitfully. Psalm 127:1-2 – 1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Your Secret Sauce Unity + Diversity = Anointings Psalm 133 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!2It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes.3It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever. 1 Corinthians 1212Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by c one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.TIME ~ TROUBLE ~ TESTIMONYRevelations 12:11 “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”

Luke 17:1-4: And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Luke 17:1-4: And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Luke 17:1-4: And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Luke 17:1-4: And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

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Visit Recover in Christ Ministries today Affordable Podcasting $5.99 a month includes Web Hosting 1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 6And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. Deliverance Scriptures to read when you are oppressed or afraid 2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." Isaiah 58:6: "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?" Isaiah 58:13-14: "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."