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The Gospel of John, says Dr. Boice, is "a powerful source of instruction and comfort to many millions of God's people down through the ages of church history." This message on the Gospel of John is an insightful study and devotional guide. Dr. Boice explores the coming of Jesus Christ and discusses the initial reaction some people had toward him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/81/29

Join us for this longer episode as we take a deeper dive into the Renaissances most passionate, dare I say volatile, painters. Oh Michelangelo, just so many feelings happening all the time. We'll get into the STANK, the lovers, and the famous duel with Leonardo, and beaty-sticky Popes. We love you,Xoxo- The Baroque B's

1 Samuel 14:1-52 | Lim Lian Arn10 December 2023

Commonly read at funerals, this passage from the Book of Wisdom reminds us that when we place our lives in God's hands, we are purified and refined through adversity. November 14, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com  

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Often times you may think that you are not a Christian that does all of that "God stuff." That you are not the one that makes the difference in your community or your family. You may say, "that is what pastors do." Today on Bold Steps Minute, Pastor Mark talks about how you can be the hands, feet and eyes of God to make a difference around you.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TODAY'S HOMILY IN BRIEF. For us believers, death is not an end of life but the point of transition from this transient world to eternity. Hence, in death, we transit from the temporary state of life to the eternal state of life. In today's celebration, we celebrate the hope we share in the resurrection of the dead as their death does not imply their annihilation but their transition into eternity. We therefore support them with our prayers today that they may all share in the eternal glory of God like all the saints. For our NINE-DAY-BEGINNING OF THE MONTH INTENSIVE PRAYERS AND NOVENA kindly pray your daily Rosary with Philippians 4:4-9; Psalms 94, 103 and 126 from Wednesday 1st to Thursday 9th November, 2023.    Kindly listen to today's episode of my podcast for details of today's homily.                                                                                                 Please follow, subscribe to, like, share and comment on our YouTube channel and Facebook page   @ Eternal Word of Life Ministry-#FadaPeterBenson, our Facebook, Instagram, Blog and Twitter @ FadaPeterBenson and our website @ https://ewlm.org.                                                                                                                                                                  Be assured of my prayers and blessings always.                                                                                                                              @FadaPeterBenson                                                                                                               @Eternal Word of Life Ministry-#FadaPeterBenson                                                                                               @https://ewlm.org

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Waiting is hard.  And sometimes we think waiting is useless. Pointless.  A waste. But God uses our waiting to produce good things in us. Waiting is productive in our sanctification process to grow.  He uses waiting to prepare us to where he wants to take us next. Be encouraged in your waiting as you listen to this episode. Struggle with Bible Study?  Feel overwhelmed or intimidated - or simply don't know where to start? Get on the waitlist for Carla's How to Study the Bible course coming in September! Need help walking through a difficult season?  Book a discovery call with Carla to see how 1:1 coaching may be a good fit for you. Support the podcast on Patreon and get special access to the In HIs Image Wellness Collective! Become a Patron here! Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall  Come hangout on IG with me @carlaarges Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com   Resources: 5 Steps to Building Resiliency Rahab Bible Study Guide 5 Tips for Overcoming a Negative Body Image Who You Say I Am Biblical Affirmation Cards

Lesson 194 – I place the future in the hands of God.

I place the future in the Hands of God. Today's idea takes another step toward quick salvation, and a giant stride it is indeed! So great the distance is that it encompasses, it sets you down just short of Heaven, with the goal in sight and obstacles behind. Your foot has reached the lawns that welcome you to Heaven's gate; the quiet place of peace, where you await with certainty the final step of God. How far are we progressing now from earth! How close are we approaching to our goal! How short the journey still to be pursued! Accept today's idea, and you have passed all anxiety, all pits of hell, all blackness of depression, thoughts of sin, and devastation brought about by guilt. Accept today's idea, and you have released the world from all imprisonment by loosening the heavy chains that locked the door to freedom on it. You are saved, and your salvation thus becomes the gift you give the world, because you have received. In no one instant is depression felt, or pain experienced or loss perceived. In no one instant sorrow can be set upon a throne, and worshipped faithfully. In no one instant can one even die. And so each instant given unto God in passing, with the next one given Him already, is a time of your release from sadness, pain and even death itself. God holds your future as He holds your past and present. They are one to Him, and so they should be one to you. Yet in this world, the temporal progression still seems real. And so you are not asked to understand the lack of sequence really found in time. You are but asked to let the future go, and place it in God's Hands. And you will see by your experience that you have laid the past and present in His Hands as well, because the past will punish you no more, and future dread will now be meaningless. Release the future. For the past is gone, and what is present, freed from its bequest of grief and misery, of pain and loss, becomes the instant in which time escapes the bondage of illusions where it runs its pitiless, inevitable course. Then is each instant which was slave to time transformed into a holy instant, when the light that was kept hidden in God's Son is freed to bless the world. Now is he free, and all his glory shines upon a world made free with him, to share his holiness. If you can see the lesson for today as the deliverance it really is, you will not hesitate to give as much consistent effort as you can, to make it be a part of you. As it becomes a thought that rules your mind, a habit in your problem-solving repertoire, a way of quick reaction to temptation, you extend your learning to the world. And as you learn to see salvation in all things, so will the world perceive that it is saved. What worry can beset the one who gives his future to the loving Hands of God? What can he suffer? What can cause him pain, or bring experience of loss to him? What can he fear? And what can he regard except with love? For he who has escaped all fear of future pain has found his way to present peace, and certainty of care the world can never threaten. He is sure that his perception may be faulty, but will never lack correction. He is free to choose again when he has been deceived; to change his mind when he has made mistakes. Place, then, your future in the Hands of God. For thus you call the memory of Him to come again, replacing all your thoughts of sin and evil with the truth of love. Think you the world could fail to gain thereby, and every living creature not respond with healed perception? Who entrusts himself to God has also placed the world within the Hands to which he has himself appealed for comfort and security. He lays aside the sick illusions of the world along with his, and offers peace to both. Now are we saved indeed. For in God's Hands we rest untroubled, sure that only good can come to us. If we forget, we will be gently reassured. If we accept an unforgiving thought, it will be soon replaced by love's reflection. And if we are tempted to attack, we will appeal to Him Who guards our rest to make the choice for us that leaves temptation far behind. No longer is the world our enemy, for we have chosen that we be its Friend.- Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles, Lesson 194

We are all flawed vessels carrying the treasure of God to reveal His splendor to a lost world. We are all tools in His hands, uniquely crafted to fulfill His purposes. Perhaps misused at times by people, but never, ever by God. We can trust Him to shape and sharpen us for His good work… […] The post In the Hands of God appeared first on Rockpointe Community Church.

We are all flawed vessels carrying the treasure of God to reveal His splendor to a lost world. We are all tools in His hands, uniquely crafted to fulfill His purposes. Perhaps misused at times by people, but never, ever by God. We can trust Him to shape and sharpen us for His good work… […] The post In the Hands of God appeared first on Rockpointe Community Church.

God created you on purpose, for a purpose. And that purpose is to be used by Him. It can be easy for life to get full of so many busy tasks, do you ever feel there you were created for more than this? That is because you were! God calls you his masterpiece, and has plans to use you in this world. You are here at this time and in this place on purpose. 

Richard Kim | Sunday morning, June 4, 2023

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When they first met at the Moscow Conservatory in the 1970s, Igor and Vesna Gruppman were both budding violinists absorbed in the world of music. What befell them when they made their way to the western banks of the United States would not only include the opportunities and freedom they were looking for, but also an instrument unlike any they had heard of before.  Igor and Vesna read the Book of Mormon for the first time around the summer of 1980 and were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shortly after Alma 29:9 3 Nephi 17:21-24

Elvir Osmankovic hat seine Leidenschaft für Fußball und Kunst zu einer erfolgreichen Berufung gemacht. Als Co-Gründer von Hands of God schafft er beeindruckende Illustrationen und Designs von Fußballspielern und -teams. In dieser ersten Folge des »Originalteile-Berlin-Specials« spricht Gastgeber Robert Mucha mit Elvir über dessen Anfänge in Heilbronn, seinen Weg nach Berlin und wie er eine erfolgreiche Karriere als Creative Director und Fußballillustrator beschritten hat. Elvir erzählt von seiner Zusammenarbeit mit großen Fußballclubs, Spielerpersönlichkeiten und der Gestaltung des Fan-Fliegers von Borussia Dortmund. Die A-Jugend des VfR Heilbronn, die 1996 den DFB-Pokal gewann, ist bisher die einzige Jugendmannschaft die von Hands of God illustriert wurde – eine Mannschaft, in der Robert Mucha übrigens selbst gespielt hat. Dieser Podcast liefert nicht nur einen interessanten Einblick in Elvirs Leben und Schaffen in Berlin, sondern ist auch ein kleiner Fußball-Nerdtalk, bei dem Elvir und Robert ihre eigene Verbindung und Leidenschaft zur Fußballwelt miteinander teilen. Erfahre mehr über Elvirs Projekte und folge ihm in den sozialen Medien: https://www.handsofgod.football http://wolfosmankovic.de https://www.facebook.com/handsofgodfootball https://www.instagram.com/handsofgod_design/ Audio: Philipp Seitz (www.philipp-seitz.de) Werbung wegen Namensnennung! Unterstützer und Möglichmacher dieses Podcasts ist das Autozentrum Hagelauer als Premium-Freund dieses Podcasts. Neuwagen und Elektromobilität vom #HeilbronnerOriginal gibts hier: www.hagelauer.de #heilbronn #podcast #originals #originalteile #HandsofGod #ElvirOsmankovic #Fußballillustration #Fußballkunst #BerlinSpecial #DFBPokal #VfRHeilbronn

John 11:5-15 New American Standard Bible 1995 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He *said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples *said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to […]

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Today we continue the sermon series "The Music Metaphor" discussing the "Instruments in the Hands of God." Pastor Vance shares a message through verses 2 Corinthians 4:7. Giving: firstchurchorlando.org/give Missed a passed service, check out our YouTube Channel for past services or you can find our Podcast wherever you podcast from. Want to know more about First Church? Visit our website at firstchurchorlando.org

Johanna Bard Richlin, Anthropology and 2020–21 Faculty Research Fellow. Why do migrants become more deeply evangelical in the United States and how does this religious identity alter their self-understanding? In the Hands of God examines this question through a unique lens, foregrounding the ways that churches transform what migrants feel. Drawing from her extensive fieldwork among Brazilian migrants in the Washington, DC, area, Johanna Bard Richlin shows that affective experience is key to comprehending migrants' turn toward intense religiosity, and their resulting evangelical commitment. The conditions of migrant life—family separation, geographic isolation, legal precariousness, workplace vulnerability, and deep uncertainty about the future—shape specific affective maladies, including loneliness, despair, and feeling stuck. These feelings in turn trigger novel religious yearnings. Evangelical churches deliberately and deftly articulate, manage, and reinterpret migrant distress through affective therapeutics, the strategic “healing” of migrants' psychological pain. Richlin offers insights into the affective dimensions of migration, the strategies pursued by evangelical churches to attract migrants, and the ways in which evangelical belonging enables migrants to feel better, emboldening them to improve their lives. Looking at the ways evangelical churches help migrants navigate negative emotions, In the Hands of God sheds light on the versatility and durability of evangelical Christianity.

This sermon was preached by Pastor Kyle Huber at Greentree Church on Jan 15, 2023. Series: Christ Exalted, The Book of Hebrews, Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-31

Introduction: Tonight we are going to take a look under the hood of our salvation and what drives our ministry in Christ. If you have ever gone car shopping, you go to the lot and look at the car and you first notice the body of the car, the color of the paint, the price and all of that. You make a decision…

In this message Elder Kevin Lofton paints a beautiful picture looking at the perspective of the Lord's mighty hands and the assurance we gain when we realize the safety and security of those hands. Introduction by brother Cole Daniel

"We want to be this macho man and suppress our feelings and we don't want to cry, that's where society is all wrong. It's ok to cry. It's ok to get in touch with your inner self, your heart, your feminine energy, it's part of the healing process." -Eric Bettencourt Mentor, reiki master, bodyworker, energy healer, and trusted friend....Stoked to share this podcast episode with my guy, Eric Bettencourt! If you're in southern CA, you need to book an appointment with Eric. In the episode, we discuss the Positive Impact Eric has had on my life since we started working together 9 months ago. We also discuss what healthy and conscious masculinity looks like in today's society obsessed with financial wealth. Even though it's at the expense of our physical health. And listen to what Eric's definition of success is. You can find him on IG: @casadewarrior Finally, if you need a mentor in your life, or the life of a loved one, please send me a message to schedule a 30-minute connection call. TheAndrewSchultz.com or @Positive_Impact_Andrew on IG. Together, We will uncover the things getting in the way of becoming your highest good, discover the negative consequences those actions are having on your life, and the lives of those around you, and discarding the old ways of being to create new, healthy, and positive ways of being to experience Positive Impact Transformation.

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Does God really have hands? No. God, is Spirit. This is an anthropomorphism, a big word. That just means we ascribe human qualities to God in order to better understand Him. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their hands. You can tell if the person is young or old, male or female. You can tell if they have an office job or if they do manual labor. The hands of a surgeon look different from the hands of a mechanic. In John 1:1, it says, "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. John 1:14 says, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we be held His glory, glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." The hands of Jesus, show us His humanity as He entered public ministry. They became the hands of a miracle worker. Hands that turned water into wine, open the ears of the death and the eyes of the blind healed the sick, the lame, and the lepers. The hands of Jesus show us His deity. And though His hands were the hands of deity, they were also the hands of a humble servant. Hands that welcomed the little children, said the hungry and humbly wash the feet of His disciples. "Jesus came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many." In the garden of Gethsemani, His hands were first hands of prayer until the betrayer arrived, bringing the soldiers with them. His hands did not resist, but lay idle by His side as he was unjustly arrested, beaten and scorched. Finally, heavy nails were driven into the hands of God at the crucifixion, holding Him to a cross that he did not deserve to pay for sins that He did not commit. The hands of the Savior, the hands of Messiah, are hands that now reach out to us with the offer of life abundant, free and eternal. As we turn to Jesus Christ in faith, trusting Him for our salvation, we enter into a relationship with our Lord and we come under the care of His almighty hands. This is a relationship that can never be broken because no one and no thing can snatch us out of His mighty grip. Isaiah 64:8 and Psalm 92:4 says "We should sing with joy at the work of His hands, hands of faithfulness. "Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the sun of her womb? Even those may forget, but I will not forget. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your name. My name inscribed on the palms of God's hands." Isaiah 49:15-16. His hands are hands of help, the hands of a caregiver. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not so short that it cannot save. Neither is his ear so dull that it cannot hear." Isaiah 59:1. "Humble yourselves, therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him because he cares for you." 1st Peter 5:6. His hands are. Hands of friendship. Hands of fellowship. "The steps of a man are established by the Lord and he delights in his way when He falls. He shall not be hurled headlong because the Lord is the one who holds His hand." Psalm 37:23-24. His hands are hands of protection, though I walk in the midst of trouble. You will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand will save me. Psalm 138 seven. In the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me. And he has also made me a select arrow. He has hidden me in his quiver. Isaiah 49:2. This indicates that each one of us are an arrow kept hidden in the quiver of God. Until the time that His skillful hand draws us into His bow to send us out to impact a time and a place ordained by Him, ordained for His glory and His aim is sure. In other verses, the Bible calls the hands of God mighty valiant, righteous, strong, holy, glorious and good. And understanding these qualities should cause us to shout with David the words of Psalm 31, "As for me, I trust in you, a Lord. I say, you are my God. My times are in your hands." And we do live in perilous times. What a comfort to know that our times are in the mighty glorious and good hands of God. These are the hands of God that worked invisibly behind the scenes in the days of Esther. And these are the hands that work invisibly behind the scenes in your life and my life today, long ago, centuries ago. Today, the hand of God is working in your life to write your story, the part your life is to play in his wonderful plan. That story can only be written in time. But the glory of that story will last for all of eternity. Commit your life, therefore, into the mighty hands of God.

Pastor Raymond Fung. Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Psalm 19:1-2, 7-9, 14; The beginning had begun, all the Creation is in the light and mankind is in the World to inherit God's kingdom forever

A new MP3 sermon from DTBM, International is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: GCM-52 - The Hands Of God, Face Of God, And Feet Of God - In A Manger Subtitle: The Glory of Christmas Speaker: Dr. John Barnett Broadcaster: DTBM, International Event: Sunday Service Date: 9/25/2022 Length: 22 min.

There's Nothing Outside of Our Reach Tonight We Walk Hand in Hand with We Earth from the Tree of Knowledge and Wisdom We Skate Along the Construct and the Edge of Eternity Dot.Connector.Podcast by BMC Tonight we walk hand in hand with the grand architect. We stop and eat from the tree of knowledge and wisdom. Instantly you feel something open up and the world flows in. It feels like the top of your head is missing and the every room feels bigger. These a small car feels as large as the Earth itself. The ceiling feels as high as the void itself and the hands of God have made nothing outside of our reach. We pull the world closer and hold it tight as we watch the void and the waters slip away and drain directly through the bottomless pit of sheol. The more we learn the more we realize that everything we learned from the Bible was so accurate. Tonight we have a special guest by the name of Mike from Bleak Narratives - be sure to check out his channel and his content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Gls3oBS1irltbJuR2fCOw

Stand on this truth: There is nothing you are facing today that God is unaware of. There is nothing you are struggling with that God can't handle. He is able to help you with anything you are dealing with.Main Points:1. Remember that the same hands that created the universe and keeps it perfectly orbiting around the sun, keeps you saved, safe and secure in his Son.2. What a blessing it is that you and I can call on the Lord, any time, any place, and in any situation.  Trust that you are being safely held in the hands of Almighty God.3. What is causing you to be afraid? What are you dealing with that is leading you to be anxious, stressed, and overwhelmed? Stop right now and pray about it. Don't try to solve the problem on your own. Don't leave God out. Reach out to him and let his mighty hands get involved.  Today's Scripture Verses:Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.Joshua 4:24 - “He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever.”Quick Links:Subscribe to The 5 Minute Discipleship NewsletterDonate to support this podcastLeave a review on Apple PodcastsGet a copy of The 5 Minute Discipleship JournalConnect on SocialJoin The 5 Minute Discipleship Facebook Group5 Minute Discipleship on Instagram

Title: The Heart and Hands of God Text: Psalm 139 Preacher: Rev. Josh McQuaid

I place the future in the Hands of God. Today's idea takes another step toward quick salvation, and a giant stride it is indeed! So great the distance is that it encompasses, it sets you down just short of Heaven, with the goal in sight and obstacles behind. Your foot has reached the lawns that welcome you to Heaven's gate; the quiet place of peace, where you await with certainty the final step of God. How far are we progressing now from earth! How close are we approaching to our goal! How short the journey still to be pursued! Accept today's idea, and you have passed all anxiety, all pits of hell, all blackness of depression, thoughts of sin, and devastation brought about by guilt. Accept today's idea, and you have released the world from all imprisonment by loosening the heavy chains that locked the door to freedom on it. You are saved, and your salvation thus becomes the gift you give the world, because you have received. In no one instant is depression felt, or pain experienced or loss perceived. In no one instant sorrow can be set upon a throne, and worshipped faithfully. In no one instant can one even die. And so each instant given unto God in passing, with the next one given Him already, is a time of your release from sadness, pain and even death itself. God holds your future as He holds your past and present. They are one to Him, and so they should be one to you. Yet in this world, the temporal progression still seems real. And so you are not asked to understand the lack of sequence really found in time. You are but asked to let the future go, and place it in God's Hands. And you will see by your experience that you have laid the past and present in His Hands as well, because the past will punish you no more, and future dread will now be meaningless. Release the future. For the past is gone, and what is present, freed from its bequest of grief and misery, of pain and loss, becomes the instant in which time escapes the bondage of illusions where it runs its pitiless, inevitable course. Then is each instant which was slave to time transformed into a holy instant, when the light that was kept hidden in God's Son is freed to bless the world. Now is he free, and all his glory shines upon a world made free with him, to share his holiness. If you can see the lesson for today as the deliverance it really is, you will not hesitate to give as much consistent effort as you can, to make it be a part of you. As it becomes a thought that rules your mind, a habit in your problem-solving repertoire, a way of quick reaction to temptation, you extend your learning to the world. And as you learn to see salvation in all things, so will the world perceive that it is saved. What worry can beset the one who gives his future to the loving Hands of God? What can he suffer? What can cause him pain, or bring experience of loss to him? What can he fear? And what can he regard except with love? For he who has escaped all fear of future pain has found his way to present peace, and certainty of care the world can never threaten. He is sure that his perception may be faulty, but will never lack correction. He is free to choose again when he has been deceived; to change his mind when he has made mistakes. Place, then, your future in the Hands of God. For thus you call the memory of Him to come again, replacing all your thoughts of sin and evil with the truth of love. Think you the world could fail to gain thereby, and every living creature not respond with healed perception? Who entrusts himself to God has also placed the world within the Hands to which he has himself appealed for comfort and security. He lays aside the sick illusions of the world along with his, and offers peace to both. Now are we saved indeed. For in God's Hands we rest untroubled, sure that only good can come to us. If we forget, we will be gently reassured. If we accept an unforgiving thought, it will be soon replaced by love's reflection. And if we are tempted to attack, we will appeal to Him Who guards our rest to make the choice for us that leaves temptation far behind. No longer is the world our enemy, for we have chosen that we be its Friend.- Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles, Lesson 194

In the Hands of God: How Evangelical Belonging Transforms Migrant Experience in the United States by Johanna Bard Richlin How evangelical churches in the United States convert migrant distress into positive religious devotion Why do migrants become more deeply evangelical in the United States and how does this religious identity alter their self-understanding? In the Hands of God examines this question through a unique lens, foregrounding the ways that churches transform what migrants feel. Drawing from her extensive fieldwork among Brazilian migrants in the Washington, DC, area, Johanna Bard Richlin shows that affective experience is key to comprehending migrants' turn toward intense religiosity, and their resulting evangelical commitment. The conditions of migrant life―family separation, geographic isolation, legal precariousness, workplace vulnerability, and deep uncertainty about the future―shape specific affective maladies, including loneliness, despair, and feeling stuck. These feelings in turn trigger novel religious yearnings. Evangelical churches deliberately and deftly articulate, manage, and reinterpret migrant distress through affective therapeutics, the strategic “healing” of migrants' psychological pain. Richlin offers insights into the affective dimensions of migration, the strategies pursued by evangelical churches to attract migrants, and the ways in which evangelical belonging enables migrants to feel better, emboldening them to improve their lives. Looking at the ways evangelical churches help migrants navigate negative emotions, In the Hands of God sheds light on the versatility and durability of evangelical Christianity.

Closing Session - "Place the Future in the Hands of God" Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuYou know, no matter what, we can't even judge what is good and what's bad because all our judgments are based on perception. That is such a profound, universal lesson, which says. No, only in God, can we find true peace. When Jesus says, "What do you want freedom of the body or freedom of the mind for both you cannot have and whichever you choose, the other will have to serve." So if we choose the freedom of the body the mind will have to serve to find how to get freedom for the body and as Jesus describes it, in that process, the mind becomes extremely mad. The only true service is to use the body to serve the freedom of the mind, which means that we place our future in the hands of God.Enjoy David and Frances's closing session of the "Place the Future in the Hands of God" Online Retreat. If you are interested to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, here is more information: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded on April 3, 2022, at La Casa Quantico, Chapala, Mexico.

Opening Session - Place the Future in the Hands of God Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister and Frances XuWhen you put your future in the hands of God and begin to live by inner guidance in the present moment, it can feel quite foolish at the beginning because our past conditioning is hammering harshly away at us. "What do you think you are? This is ridiculous, and you're throwing your whole life away for God, the great question mark the ego says. The ego won't even admit that there is a God, and if it has to admit that there is a God, it's a punishing God. It throws a fake God in there. So it's pretty interesting now we're going into this Place the Future in the Hands of God Retreat, that we need each other to reflect miracles. We're mighty companions to one another. We're witnesses to one another's miracles and how God is helping us. The Holy Spirit's presence is a burning, intense calling to wake us up, and we only have to join our little willingness to this burning, intense calling to wake up, and that will ignite the whole thing; that's what's sends the whole thing off into an actual experience.Enjoy David and Frances extending their love and presence to everyone, primarily the participant, who engage with them.You can watch the beginning of the session here on YouTube.https://youtu.be/5ymDln4Ke7c.If you are interested to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, here is more information: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded on April 1, 2022, at La Casa Quantico, Chapala, Mexico.