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In Gods rust leven is essentieel om van het leven te genieten. Ik geloof dat één van de sleutels om in rust te kunnen leven is door elke dag kleine stapjes richting die rust te nemen. Hier een paar tips die je kunt gebruiken om een rustiger leven te ontwikkelen: 1. Wees selectief met hoe je je tijd besteedt. Misschien probeer je zoveel dingen tegelijkertijd te doen, dat je uiteindelijk niets doet. Het haasten is het vlees dat probeert meer te doen dan dat de Heilige Geest je leidt om te doen. Laat je leiden door de Heilige Geest. 2. Wees voorbereid om netjes “nee” te zeggen. Soms nemen we taken op ons omdat we ons ongemakkelijk voelen daar “nee” tegen te zeggen. Vraag God om je de woorden te geven om nee te zeggen als het nodig is. 3. Weersta de geest van uitstel. Gods woord vertelt ons dat we zelfdiscipline moeten uitoefenen. Doe hetgeen wat je weet wat je moet doen nu, zodat je volop kunt genieten van je tijd van rust. 4. Verwijder belangrijke afleidingen. Als je weet dat je gevoelig bent voor bepaalde afleidingen, zoals TV-kijken, stel dan bepaalde regels voor jezelf. 5. Stel de juiste grenzen voor onderbrekingen. Het leven zit vol onderbrekingen, maar je kunt leren om grenzen te stellen die je helpen om deze op een gezonde manier te beheersen, zoals tijd inplannen waar je gewoon lekker kunt doen waar je zin in hebt. 6. Pas je leven aan. Vraag God om je out-of-the-box manieren te laten zien hoe je tijd en moeite kunt besparen. Bijvoorbeeld, als ik geen tijd heb om de afwas te doen, gebruik ik papieren borden! 7. Bid en luister. Als je ziet dat je plan geen rust produceert, ga dan terug naar God, bid voor rust in het nu, en voor wijsheid om veranderingen aan te brengen die je leven ten goede komen. Bottom line is om van rust een prioriteit te maken, neem concrete stappen in die richting, en laat God je iedere dag leiden naar Zijn perfecte rust dat al het begrip te boven gaat.

Dit is seizoen 8, aflevering 3 van de RunningStories Podcast. De podcast gemaakt door twee hardloop amateurs: Siegfried en Marcel.   Draaiboek van deze week: Liflafje Stem van Siegfried verdwenen en gek op de HRV stats. Marathon Rotterdam Wij hebben een kaartje! Op naar de 30k deelnemers? Markeringtruc of een foutje? En nu dan? WAT DE PODCAST NET NIET GEHAALD HEEFT Boston inschrijving gaat open (9 sept) Dam tot Dam voorspelling?  Egmond?? IN Gods naam Moet Marcel Fenix 8 kopen? Berlijn merchhhhhhh is uitverkocht Reacties van de luisteraars

Er is vrijmoedigheid nodig om God te volgen in plaats van een menigte. Je overmatig druk maken over wat anderen denken leidt alleen tot kwelling. Alhoewel we allemaal genieten als iemand goed over ons denkt, is het onmogelijk om altijd door iedereen aardig gevonden te worden. In Gods economie, moeten we vaak bereid zijn om iets te verliezen om datgene te winnen wat we echt willen in het leven. Dat betekent dat we moeten stoppen om onszelf te vergelijken met de maatstaven van anderen en dat we moeten beginnen om voor God te leven. Je echte vrienden zullen je helpen om diegene te zijn die God wilt dat je bent. Zij zullen je niet veroordelen omdat je Gods roeping volgt. Deze vrienden zullen je aanmoedigen om God tot nummer één te maken in je leven. Zelfs wanneer iedereen bij je wegloopt, belooft Hij dat Hij je nooit verlaat of in de steek laat. Het leven wordt te gecompliceerd, verwarrend en gefrustreerd als we proberen zowel God als mensen te behagen. Je hoeft jezelf met niemand te vergelijken en je zorgen te maken over wat mensen van je denken. Leef je leven voor God en wees vrij om te zijn wie Hij wil dat je wordt.

In Gods liefde geworteld en gefundeerd, Efeze 3:17,was het hoofdthema van deze studie avond.Hoe is Gods liefde? Dat en meer kwam aan deorde. Naluisteren: deel A deel B . https://www.da-ath.nl/?p=32357

In Gods liefde geworteld en gefundeerd, Efeze 3:17,was het hoofdthema van deze studie avond.Hoe is Gods liefde? Dat en meer kwam aan deorde. Naluisteren: deel A deel B . https://www.da-ath.nl/?p=32357

Hallo en wat leuk dat je weer luistert naar een aflevering van de Bijbellezen met Jan-podcast.In de vorige aflevering hadden we het over Jezus' hemelvaart. Hij vertrok, maar ging niet weg, zei ik toen. Hij vertrok naar de hemel, maar beloofde dat de Heilige Geest zou komen. Toen Jezus op aarde was, kon Hij maar op één plek tegelijk zijn. Maar zijn Geest leeft in alle christenen. Dus nu is Jezus wel overal aanwezig. Het leek me daarom mooi om nog een overdenking met je te delen uit mijn serie over Handelingen. In deze overdenking kijken we naar de uitstorting van de Heilige Geest en leren we dat er in Gods trein geen eerste en tweede klas coupés zijn. Blijf luisteren als je wilt weten wat ik hiermee bedoel ;-) De profeet Joël schreef honderden jaren eerder: ‘Daarna zal zich dit voltrekken: Ik zal mijn geest uitgieten over al wat leeft. Jullie zonen en dochters zullen profeteren, oude mensen zullen dromen dromen, en jongeren zullen visioenen zien; zelfs over slaven en slavinnen zal ik in die tijd mijn geest uitgieten.' Op een warme voorzomerochtend, zo'n vijftig dagen na de kruisiging en opstanding van Jezus, werd deze belofte vervuld. Vandaag staan we stil bij de vervulling met de Heilige Geest. Lees nu Handelingen 2: 1-13 Wie er bij elkaar waren is onduidelijk: zijn het de 120 uit Handelingen 1, de twaalf inclusief nieuweling Mattias, of alle mensen die in Jezus geloofden? Duidelijk is wel dat ze samen waren met maar één doel: ze wachten op de belofte. Niet met de handen over elkaar, zoals je doet in de wachtkamer bij de tandarts, maar actief: door samen God te zoeken. Ze bidden en smeken, en blijven dicht bij elkaar. Je moet weten dat dit een ontzettend spannende tijd voor hen was. Ze zitten in een soort geestelijke rollercoaster. Eerst wordt je Heer vermoord van wie je denkt dat Hij het koninkrijk gaat vestigen. Dan staat Hij op uit het graf en komt Hij regelmatig bij je op bezoek. Weer zo'n veertig dagen later vertrekt Hij naar de hemel en laat Hij je achter. Weliswaar met een belofte, maar toch. Ik ben om veel minder weleens in de stress geraakt... Dan gebeurt er iets bijzonders. Lucas, dokter en schrijver van Handelingen, komt woorden tekort om duidelijk te maken wat er plaatsvindt: Een geluid als… een geweldige windvlaag Tongen als… van vuur Zowel het geluid van de wind (hoorbaar) als de tongen van vuur (zichtbaar) wijzen erop dat God bijna tastbaar aanwezig is. Wat een ervaring moet dat zijn geweest! Jezus stelt niet teleur – Hij en de Vader doen wat ze hebben beloofd. In de woorden van Psalm 50: Hij komt, onze God, en zal niet zwijgen! Laaiend vuur raast voor Hem uit, rondom Hem wervelt een storm. Die psalm beschrijft misschien nog het best wat er gebeurt. De kamer waarin ze zitten schudt hevig, alsof er een aardbeving plaatsvindt. Deze bijzondere ervaring was echter slechts het voorgerecht. Het hoofdgerecht is de uitstorting van en de vervulling met de Heilige Geest. Lucas zegt hierover: ‘En allen werden vervuld van de Heilige Geest en begonnen op luide toon te spreken in vreemde talen, zoals hun door de Geest werd ingegeven.' Word continu vervuld met de Geest Als we doorlezen in de Bijbel, zien we dat de vervulling met de Geest niet een eenmalige gebeurtenis is. Het is geen tankbeurt waarbij je de auto volgooit zodat die daarna voor altijd zal blijven rijden. Kijk maar eens naar deze voorbeelden die verderop in Handelingen staan: Als Petrus voor het Sanhedrin staat (een soort tuchtcollege in dit geval), wordt hij vervuld met de Heilige Geest. Dat gebeurde ook toen de gelovigen op een ander tijdstip bijeenkwamen om eensgezind te bidden. Lucas zegt hierover: ‘En zij werden allen vervuld met de Heilige Geest en spraken het Woord van God met vrijmoedigheid.' Dan is er nog de man die zijn leven gaf voor het evangelie. Lucas schrijft over deze Stefanus ‘Vol van de Heilige Geest, hield hij zijn ogen naar de hemel gericht.' De apostel Paulus roept de kerk van Efeze later dan ook op om zich constant te laten vullen met de Heilige Geest. Je ziet, de vervulling met de Heilige Geest is niet een eenmalig iets. Het is voortdurend nodig om je te laten vullen. Wanneer wij tot bekering komen, dan komt de Heilige Geest in ons wonen, dat is wat de Bijbel leert. Maar daar hoeft het niet bij te blijven. Hij wil ons blijvend en continu voorzien van alles wat we nodig hebben om dicht bij Hem te blijven en Zijn getuige te zijn. Vergelijk het met een ballon. Zelfs als de ballon al vol lijkt te zitten, kan er nog meer lucht in. En daarna loopt een ballon na een aantal dagen toch weer leeg. Zo vergaat het ons ook. Misschien herken je dat in je geloofsleven. Dat je je soms voelt als een telefoon zonder batterij, als een wolk zonder water. Alsof je al een tijdje rondrijdt met een lekke band en je maar wat over de levensweg hobbelt. Wij lekken. En daarom is het nodig om die continue vervulling van Gods Geest mee te maken. Gods trein bestaat niet uit 1e- en 2e-klascoupés Laat me eerst een misverstand uit de weg ruimen. Het is niet juist om een scheiding aan te brengen tussen christenen: de één is met de Geest vervuld (of zoals sommigen zeggen: gedoopt in de Geest) en de ander niet. In Gods trein heb je geen eerste- en tweedeklascoupés. De één is misschien wat langer onderweg dan de ander, maar dat maakt hem niet eersteklas of superieur in de ogen van de Vader. Bovendien zijn mensen die net onderweg zijn met Jezus soms nog hongeriger dan mensen die Hem al langer kennen. Zo zou het niet moeten zijn, maar soms is het de realiteit. Bij de veteranen in het geloof lijkt het soms alsof er een stolp over hun vlam is gezet, waardoor het vuur langzaam lijkt te doven. Maar als het goed is, is de liefde voor God en het verlangen om te getuigen juist sterker dan ooit wanneer je ouder bent. De ervaring is niet los verkrijgbaar Nu hoor je tegenwoordig dat er best veel mensen op zoek zijn naar de ervaring van de apostelen en de andere christenen in die bovenkamer in Jeruzalem. Dat begrijp ik ook goed. Wie wil nou niet meemaken wat daar gebeurde? Het punt is dat veel van deze mensen wél de ervaring willen zonder dat ze per se het verlangen hebben om te groeien in een heilige levenswandel, dienstbaarheid, contact met de Vader en het vergroten van hun kennis door het bestuderen van de Bijbel. Als je alleen of met name op zoek bent naar de ervaring, dan is er vast wel een geest die je die ervaring wil geven, maar de Heilige Geest niet. De ervaring wordt niet los verkocht. Wanneer we het hebben over de constante vervulling met de Heilige Geest waar wij naar mogen streven, het leven met God, dan gaat dat gepaard met wat we lezen in 2 Kronieken 16:9: ‘De Heer laat immers voortdurend zijn ogen over de aarde rondgaan en biedt iedereen hulp die hem met heel zijn hart is toegedaan.' Wie wil God krachtig bijstaan op de bergen en in de dalen? Degene van wie het hart uitgaat naar de ervaring, de tinteling, dat warme gevoel van extase? Nee, degene van wie het hart naar Hém uitgaat. Iemand die zegt: ‘Hier ben ik Heer, alles is voor U. U wil ik dienen en beter leren kennen. U bent mijn parel van grote waarde waarvoor ik alles terzijde schuif.' De vervulling met de Geest valt in Handelingen bijna altijd samen met een periode van bidden en vasten. Tegelijkertijd kunnen wij niet zeggen: we gaan nu bidden en vasten en dat zal automatisch leiden tot een persoonlijke of algehele opwekking en vernieuwing. Het is niet maakbaar, niet op afroep te verkrijgen. Het is en blijft een gift, een gave. Een cadeau dat zijn oorsprong vindt bij God en niet bij ons. Wij kunnen met Pinksteren geen uitstorting van de Heilige Geest organiseren. Want die organisatie is niet aan ons, maar aan God! Het effect van de vervulling Wat is nu het effect van de vervulling met de Heilige Geest? Hier in Handelingen lezen we twee dingen: ze gaan in vreemde talen spreken en getuigen van de grote werken van God. In dit geval gaat het om buitenlandse talen die door deze Galileeërs worden gesproken. De buitenlandse mensen die daarbij waren zeiden verbaasd: ‘Wij horen hen in onze taal spreken!' Het was dus geen onverstaanbaar gebrabbel. De Geest gaf deze mensen bestaande talen te spreken als een getuigenis voor al die mensen die, na de toespraak van Petrus, op het punt stonden om zich te bekeren en zich te laten dopen. De vraag die je kunt stellen is: is het zo dat iedereen die vervuld wordt met de Geest in vreemde talen spreekt? Nee, we zien regelmatig in de Bijbel dat er juist iets anders gebeurt bij de vervulling met de Geest. Als Jezus vervuld wordt met de Geest in de woestijn ontvangt Hij kracht om de verzoeking te doorstaan. Als Elizabeth vervuld wordt met de Geest spreekt ze een zegenbede uit over Maria. Als Zacharias vervuld wordt met de Geest spreekt hij een profetie uit. Als Petrus vervuld wordt met de Heilige Geest begint hij krachtig het evangelie te delen. Anderen ontvangen wijsheid, kennis of kunnen wonderen doen na de vervulling met de Heilige Geest. Uit 1 Korintiërs 12 wordt duidelijk dat de Heilige Geest aan ieder afzonderlijk uitdeelt zoals Hij wil. Paulus zegt later dat hij liever vijf woorden spreekt met zijn verstand dan tienduizend in een andere taal. De gevolgen van de vervulling zijn telkens anders....

In Gods rust leven is essentieel om van het leven te genieten. Ik geloof dat één van de sleutels om in rust te kunnen leven is door elke dag kleine stapjes richting die rust te nemen. Hier een paar tips die je kunt gebruiken om een rustiger leven te ontwikkelen: 1. Wees selectief met hoe je je tijd besteedt. Misschien probeer je zoveel dingen tegelijkertijd te doen, dat je uiteindelijk niets doet. Het haasten is het vlees dat probeert meer te doen dan dat de Heilige Geest je leidt om te doen. Laat je leiden door de Heilige Geest. 2. Wees voorbereid om netjes “nee” te zeggen. Soms nemen we taken op ons omdat we ons ongemakkelijk voelen daar “nee” tegen te zeggen. Vraag God om je de woorden te geven om nee te zeggen als het nodig is. 3. Weersta de geest van uitstel. Gods woord vertelt ons dat we zelfdiscipline moeten uitoefenen. Doe hetgeen wat je weet wat je moet doen nu, zodat je volop kunt genieten van je tijd van rust. 4. Verwijder belangrijke afleidingen. Als je weet dat je gevoelig bent voor bepaalde afleidingen, zoals TV-kijken, stel dan bepaalde regels voor jezelf. 5. Stel de juiste grenzen voor onderbrekingen. Het leven zit vol onderbrekingen, maar je kunt leren om grenzen te stellen die je helpen om deze op een gezonde manier te beheersen, zoals tijd inplannen waar je gewoon lekker kunt doen waar je zin in hebt. 6. Pas je leven aan. Vraag God om je out-of-the-box manieren te laten zien hoe je tijd en moeite kunt besparen. Bijvoorbeeld, als ik geen tijd heb om de afwas te doen, gebruik ik papieren borden! 7. Bid en luister. Als je ziet dat je plan geen rust produceert, ga dan terug naar God, bid voor rust in het nu, en voor wijsheid om veranderingen aan te brengen die je leven ten goede komen. Bottom line is om van rust een prioriteit te maken, neem concrete stappen in die richting, en laat God je iedere dag leiden naar Zijn perfecte rust dat al het begrip te boven gaat.

Author, speaker, educational consultant, and editor–Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed. D. has had her hand in leadership for many years. She loves speaking to groups and delivering messages with a quick wit and real-life stories. Katherine is a freelance writer/content editor, a content editor/writing coach for Iron Stream Media, and a sensitivity reader for Sensitivity Between the Lines. She is a review board member and contributor to Inkspirations (an online magazine for Christian writers), and her writing has been published in Guideposts.Her work in art/writing is distinguished by awards, including the New York Mayor's Contribution to the Arts, Outstanding Resident Artist of Arizona, and the Foundations Awards at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer's Conference (2016, 2019, 2021). She is a member of Word Weavers International and serves as an online chapter president and mentor. She belongs to FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). Women want to be spiritually stylish, but wearing the armor of God sounds clunky and unattractive. In "Gods' Little Black Dress for Women: How to Put on the Full Armor of God Without Losing Your Femininity", we discover how God tailor-makes a "little black dress of truth" that is battle ready for every occasion.Each of the 12 chapters is followed by a "Teaching Highlights" and "Participants' Guide" complete with memory verse and prayer focus scriptures. Also included is an excellent "Leaders' Discussion Guide", "Small Group Leadership Guidelines", "The ABC's of a Small Group Covenant" and much more! Don't miss the "Memorable Quotes" on page 179!http://drkatherinehayes.comPROMO CODE: COLEMAN2023The Douglas Coleman Show now offers audio and video promotional packages for music artists as well as video promotional packages for authors.We also offer advertising. Please see our website for complete details.http://douglascolemanshow.com If you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.https://ratethispodcast.com/douglascolemanshow Please help The Douglas Coleman Show continue to bring you high quality programs like this. Go to our Fundrazer page. https://fnd.us/e2CLX2?ref=sh_eCTqb8

…maar door zichzelf af te meten aan zichzelf, en zichzelf te vergelijken met zichzelf, zijn zij bepaald niet verstandig. 2 Korintiërs 10:12 (HSV) Er is vrijmoedigheid nodig om God te volgen in plaats van een menigte. Je overmatig druk maken over wat anderen denken leidt alleen tot kwelling. Alhoewel we allemaal genieten als iemand goed over ons denkt, is het onmogelijk om altijd door iedereen aardig gevonden te worden. In Gods economie, moeten we vaak bereid zijn om iets te verliezen om datgene te winnen wat we echt willen in het leven. Dat betekent dat we moeten stoppen om onszelf te vergelijken met de maatstaven van anderen en dat we moeten beginnen om voor God te leven. Je echte vrienden zullen je helpen om diegene te zijn die God wilt dat je bent. Zij zullen je niet veroordelen omdat je Gods roeping volgt. Deze vrienden zullen je aanmoedigen om God tot nummer één te maken in je leven. Zelfs wanneer iedereen bij je wegloopt, belooft Hij dat Hij je nooit verlaat of in de steek laat. Het leven wordt te gecompliceerd, verwarrend en gefrustreerd als we proberen zowel God als mensen te behagen. Je hoeft jezelf met niemand te vergelijken en je zorgen te maken over wat mensen van je denken. Leef je leven voor God en wees vrij om te zijn wie Hij wil dat je wordt.

In Gods house, His children will love one another by generously meeting needs.

In this introductory sermon Jeff outlines the theological bedrock of marriage, as first displayed in Genesis 2, that it should be God centred. The joining of one man and woman imitates the union of Jesus Christ and his bride the church. It is through imitating Jesus' sacrificial, mercy and grace filled love that we achieve the purpose of marriage to bring glory to God. For when we mutually remember the amazing extent of love, mercy, and grace we have received from God we cannot help be stirred to live this out in our marriage. We must also be aware of little foxes that will seek to corrupt our marriages. This includes not being thoughtful of one another, allowing family members to have influence in your relationship, not understanding each others differences, and not having a clear understanding of your spiritual purposes/calling. In Gods grace we can stand firm against these things. This talk concludes with some helpful biblical advice speaking into a variety of circumstances. This includes, singleness, relationships prior to marriage, and marriages where one person is a Christian.

Schiftlezing: 1 Petrus 4:12 – 5:11Tekst: 17-19Thema: “Als christen lijden” In Gods oordeel (17) Nauwelijks zalig (18) Naar Gods wil (19) Spreker: Ds. F. van BinsbergenDatum:  29-1-2023Locatie: Laankerk RotterdamBron: https://www.laankerk.nl/wp-content/preekarchief/2023/01/Laankerk.2023-01-29_1_Ds.F.van.Binsbergen.mp3 ★ Support this podcast ★

WHERE WE ARE AT:FOR THE OBEDIENT: Every TRUE Christian will always come to a cross roads to where we are faced with having to do things GODS WAY OR OUR WAY.  The question that I lay before you today is are you willing to keep on living without blessing?  Or without power?  Because ¾ of you are stuck in almost no authority now/or fire power with those who have been true to God passing you by.  CROSSROADS: The crossroads for America came when we were faced with realizing that we had been sent a CYRUS for leadership.  That CYRUS anointing trickled down like the oil on the beard of Aaron from GOD to HIS PEOPLE in Gods attempt to bring back a spirit of humility onto America.  God brought in a wealthy man, but a man after His own heart, not a perfect man, but a man of humility – who has been successful in every right.  In Gods attempt to get America to look at its own heart condition.  Like this DAVID/CYRUS did .Then this David/CYRUS began to fight a war he didn't ask for in Gods attempt at bringing America into truth, about its negligence in paying attention to what it had allowed to permeate it from within.   The same would be said of the church for today's time. Jezebel has permeated from within and now God is raising up the CYRUS's THE DELIVERERS, those with a heart like David to combat the religious, the FAKES, “those that oppose”, or those kicking so hard at the pricks right now that they are getting ready to get struck down the by Lord Himself.  But many would say:  “It doesn't feel that way to me Dr. Missy- it appears/or I sense that witchcraft is through the roof and that they are releasing MEGA darkness across our nation.”But let me give you some insight intercessor: The occult WILL NOT EVER BE STRONGER THAN GOD.  So that tells me what you are dealing with are DISOBEDIENT/DESPARATE PEOPLE who have not been listening to God NOW trying to say “Oh- here we are God, we'll listen now, but here we are- ready to do your bidding!” While God is saying: “TOO LATE, I've replaced you Saul, and you are no longer heading up this part of kingdom.  MY TRUE OBEDIENT WARRIORS ARE.  You sold your soul to the witch of Endor, - you sold out to WITCHCRAFT- demanding to do what was right in your own eyes – without realizing that all the while I've been monitoring heart conditions to see who would CHOOSE to FOLLOW MY STANDARDS- and who would follow mans.  Support the show

Jericho was a cursed city for hundreds of years. No man was able to build the foundations without incurring death, nor drink the water. In Gods mercy Elisha healed the waters, and he was a foreshadowing and type of the Christ to come. Follow the link to listen.

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim sits down with Sarah Iles Johnston to read and discuss her own retelling of the myth of Arachne and Athena from her new book to be published later this year by Princeton University Press, Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers. In Gods and… Continue reading Episode 13: Jim Phelan & Sarah Iles Johnston — The Myth of Arachne and Athena

In Gods word in Ecclesiastes it states in the introduction “Eat…drink…rejoice…do good…live joyfully….fear God…keep his commandments!” Skepticism and despair melt away when life is viewed as a daily gift from God. No matter what you face God will never leave you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/LenaHall/message

David's lies caused 85 priests and their families to die in the town of Nob. In Gods sovereignty, He allowed Abiathar to escape Nob and then convict David of his sins. When we sin we lose fellowship with God but we get it back when we confess our sins.  David got off the bench and back into the game for The Lord! Will you do the same?

In 2018 India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the world's tallest statue: a 597-foot figure of nationalist leader Sardar Patel. Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, it is but one of many massive statues built following India's economic reforms of the 1990s. In Gods in the Time of Democracy (Duke UP, 2021), Kajri Jain examines how monumental icons emerged as a religious and political form in contemporary India, mobilizing the concept of emergence toward a radical treatment of art historical objects as dynamic assemblages. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork at giant statue sites in India and its diaspora and interviews with sculptors, patrons, and visitors, Jain masterfully describes how public icons materialize the intersections between new image technologies, neospiritual religious movements, Hindu nationalist politics, globalization, and Dalit-Bahujan verifications of equality and presence. Centering the ex-colony in rethinking key concepts of the image, Jain demonstrates how these new aesthetic forms entail a simultaneously religious and political retooling of the "infrastructures of the sensible." Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Judicial Justice brings Lord God Governor of the Nation to part Sixteen. This week we look over the judgments of God on the nations of men. We begin with Babylon. It is here in the daily lives of humans that we through our out business and ways forget there is a higher power to which we must answer too. No doubt we will find on that day a time to which many will not want to appear. But if it were not for Christ Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross, there would be no hope at all.   Listen to this Show now! Share this post! Judicial Justice may seem far away, but it is nearer than many think. #Judicial is the fact that this arises from the #Sovereign #Lord and executes #Justice in the earth. When we look at Justice in the earth, the true justice can be far from any real justice or legal settlement at all.  In #Gods justice we find it arises out of His #righteousness. The problem for man is that "all have sinned and come short of the #gloryofGod." The penalty for sinners is that the "soul that sinneth shall die." #ChristJesus came to alleviate this issue through the #bloodatonement. Yet, there is a day when all #souls shall appear before the great seat of #Judgment of #AlmightyGod. #JudicialJustice   To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com/shop Go https://linktr.ee/warnradio more info.

Judicial Justice may seem far away, but it is nearer than many think. #Judicial is the fact that this arises from the #Sovereign #Lord and executes #Justice in the earth. When we look at Justice in the earth, the true justice can be far from any real justice or legal settlement at all. In #Gods justice we find it arises out of His #righteousness. The problem for man is that "all have sinned and come short of the #gloryofGod." The penalty for sinners is that the "soul that sinneth shall die." #ChristJesus came to alleviate this issue through the #bloodatonement. Yet, there is a day when all #souls shall appear before the great seat of #Judgment of #AlmightyGod. #JudicialJustice Listen to this Show now! Share this post! Go https://linktr.ee/warnradio more info To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com Direct personal episode urls: Warn-Usa.com https://warn-usa.com #Blogtalk http://tobtr.com/12126361 #Anchor https://anchor.fm/wibr-visions #Spreaker https://www.spreaker.com/episode/50748895 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wibr-visions/support

…maar door zichzelf af te meten aan zichzelf, en zichzelf te vergelijken met zichzelf, zijn zij bepaald niet verstandig. 2 Korintiërs 10:12 (HSV) Er is vrijmoedigheid nodig om God te volgen in plaats van een menigte. Je overmatig druk maken over wat anderen denken leidt alleen tot kwelling. Alhoewel we allemaal genieten als iemand goed over ons denkt, is het onmogelijk om altijd door iedereen aardig gevonden te worden. In Gods economie, moeten we vaak bereid zijn om iets te verliezen om datgene te winnen wat we echt willen in het leven. Dat betekent dat we moeten stoppen om onszelf te vergelijken met de maatstaven van anderen en dat we moeten beginnen om voor God te leven. Je echte vrienden zullen je helpen om diegene te zijn die God wilt dat je bent. Zij zullen je niet veroordelen omdat je Gods roeping volgt. Deze vrienden zullen je aanmoedigen om God tot nummer één te maken in je leven. Zelfs wanneer iedereen bij je wegloopt, belooft Hij dat Hij je nooit verlaat of in de steek laat. Het leven wordt te gecompliceerd, verwarrend en gefrustreerd als we proberen zowel God als mensen te behagen. Je hoeft jezelf met niemand te vergelijken en je zorgen te maken over wat mensen van je denken. Leef je leven voor God en wees vrij om te zijn wie Hij wil dat je wordt. Kort gebed: Heer, ik neem nu het besluit om alleen voor U te leven. Om naar de maatstaven en verwachtingen te leven van anderen zal tot niets leiden. U bent de Enige die telt en ik wil die persoon zijn naar uw bedoeling.

Ondersteun deze klassen met een gift: https://eencursusinwonderen.org/doneerVI. Het licht der communicatie1. De reis die we samen maken, is het ruilen van duisternis voor licht, van onwetendheid voor begrip. Wat je begrijpt, jaagt geen angst aan. Slechts in duisternis en onwetendheid neem je het angstaanjagende waar, en je deinst ervoor terug nog dieper de duisternis in. En toch kan alleen het verborgene schrik aanjagen, niet om wat het is, maar vanwege zijn verborgenheid. Het verhulde boezemt angst in, omdat je de betekenis ervan niet begrijpt. Deed je dat wel, dan zou het duidelijk zijn, en was je niet langer in het duister gehuld. Niets heeft verborgen waarde, want wat verborgen is kan niet met anderen worden gedeeld, en dus is de waarde ervan onbekend. Het verborgene wordt apart gehouden, maar waarde ligt steeds in wat gezamenlijk wordt gewaardeerd. Wat verheimelijkt is kan niet worden liefgehad, en moet dus wel worden gevreesd.2. Het stille licht waarin de Heilige Geest in jouw binnenste woont is slechts volmaakte openheid waarin niets verborgen en dus niets angstwekkend is. Aanval zal steeds voor liefde zwichten als die naar de liefde wordt gebracht, en niet voor haar verborgen wordt. Er is geen duisternis die niet door het licht der liefde wordt verdreven, tenzij die voor de weldadigheid van de liefde verscholen blijft. Wat van de liefde weggehouden wordt, kan niet delen in haar genezende kracht, want het werd afgezonderd en in het duister bewaard. De schildwachten der duisternis bewaken het angstvallig en jij, die deze bewakers van illusies uit het niets hebt gemaakt, bent nu bang voor hen.3. Wil jij deze vreemde ideeën over veiligheid denkbeeldige macht blijven geven? Ze zijn veilig noch onveilig. Ze beschermen niet en vallen ook niet aan. Ze doen helemaal niets, want ze zijn helemaal niets. Zoek bij hen als bewakers van duisternis en onwetendheid alleen angst, want wat ze verborgen houden is angstaanjagend. Maar laat ze los, en wat angstaanjagend was, zal dat niet langer zijn. Zonder de bescherming van het duister blijft alleen het licht der liefde over, want alleen dit is van betekenis en kan leven in het licht. Al het andere moet wel verdwijnen.4. De dood zwicht voor het leven eenvoudig omdat vernietiging niet waar is. Schuld wordt door het licht van schuldeloosheid weggeschenen, want wanneer ze bij elkaar worden gebracht, moet de waarheid van het een de onwaarheid van zijn tegendeel wel volmaakt aan het licht brengen. Houd schuld en schuldeloosheid niet van elkaar weg, want jouw overtuiging dat je ze beide kunt hebben, heeft geen betekenis. Al wat je hebt gedaan door ze van elkaar weg te houden, is hun betekenis kwijtraken door ze met elkaar te verwarren. En zo besef jij niet dat maar één iets betekent. Het andere is volstrekt gespeend van enigerlei zin.5. Jij hebt de afscheiding als een middel beschouwd om de communicatie met jouw Vader te verbreken. De Heilige Geest herinterpreteert die als een middel tot herstel van wat niet verbroken is geweest, maar wel onverstaanbaar werd gemaakt. Alles wat jij gemaakt hebt is van nut voor Hem terwille van Zijn hoogst heilige doel. Hij weet dat jij niet van God gescheiden bent, maar Hij neemt in je denkgeest heel wat waar dat jou laat denken dat jij dit wél bent. Dit alles en niets anders wil Hij van jou scheiden. Van de macht om te beslissen, die jij hebt gemaakt ter vervanging van de macht om te scheppen, wil Hij je onderwijzen hoe jij die ten eigen dienste kunt benutten. Jij die haar gemaakt hebt om jezelf te kruisigen dient van Hem te leren hoe je haar kunt aanwenden voor de heilige zaak van het herstel.6. Jij die in duistere en kromme symbolen spreekt, begrijpt de taal niet die je hebt gemaakt. Ze heeft geen betekenis, want ze beoogt geen communicatie, maar eerder het verbreken daarvan. Als de bedoeling van taal communicatie is, hoe kan deze spraak dan iets te betekenen hebben? Toch draagt zelfs deze vreemde en verwrongen poging om te communiceren door niet te communiceren voldoende liefde in zich om daaraan betekenis te geven, als haar Interpreet tenminste niet haar maker is. Jij die haar gemaakt hebt brengt slechts conflict tot uiting, en daarvan wil de Heilige Geest jou bevrijden. Laat aan Hem over wat je wilt communiceren. Hij zal het met volmaakte duidelijkheid voor je interpreteren, want Hij weet met Wie jij in volmaakte communicatie staat.7. Jij weet niet wat je zegt en dus weet je ook niet wat er tegen jou wordt gezegd. Je Interpreet ziet echter de betekenis in jouw vreemde taal. Hij zal geen poging doen het betekenisloze te communiceren. Maar al wat betekenis heeft zal Hij eruit afzonderen, terwijl Hij de rest laat vallen en jouw waarachtige communicatie aanbiedt aan hen die even waarachtig met jou willen communiceren. Jij spreekt twee talen tegelijk, wat onherroepelijk tot gevolg heeft dat je niet te volgen bent. Als de ene echter niets betekent en de andere alles, is alleen die ene voor communicatiedoeleinden mogelijk. De andere verstoort die alleen maar.8. De functie van de Heilige Geest is een en al communicatie. Hij dient dan ook alles weg te nemen wat de communicatie stoort, zodat die kan worden hersteld. Onttrek dan ook geen enkele storingsbron aan Zijn zicht, want Hij zal je schildwachten niet aanvallen. Maar breng ze bij Hem, en laat Zijn zachtmoedigheid jou onderwijzen dat ze in het licht niet angstaanjagend zijn en niet kunnen dienen om de donkere deuren te bewaken waarachter helemaal niets angstvallig verborgen wordt gehouden. We moeten alle deuren openen en het licht erdoorheen laten stromen. In Gods tempel zijn geen geheime vertrekken. Zijn poorten staan wijdopen ter begroeting van Zijn Zoon. Niemand kan nalaten te komen waar God hem geroepen heeft, als hij tenminste zelf niet de deur voor zijn Vaders welkom sluit.

Teresa Leet lives in Maryland with her husband Ron. They have a blended family of 5 adult children and 3 (with one on the way) grandchildren. She enjoys the “visits” with them and gets refreshed in the empty nest afterwards. At the age of 52 she felt the Lord leading her to go to school. She enrolled in and was accepted to Emmanuel Christian Seminary in Johnson City, TN (the same town Darius Rucker sings about) She graduated with a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry in 2019. Proving to herself and her daughters, it is never too late to go back to school. Teresa has served in the financial services industry for over twenty years, and currently runs her own financial coaching business; www.eleetfcs.com. She takes what she learned by living it, and helps people develop plans and strategize to achieve financial wholeness/wellness. She loves to learn, loves to read, and she and her husband can be found on a golf course when the weather agrees. Contact Teresa Leet: My book; “Chasing Easy in a Life of Hard Choices; Failed Marriages, Unplanned Pregnancies and the God Who Restores.” which released on 4 July 21'. I would like to get my book into every crisis pregnancy center in the country; WOULD YOU SPONSOR THEIR LOCAL CPC AND PURCHASE THE BOOK FOR THEM? In Gods wisdom he saw fit to have the release on a day our country celebrates their freedom and independence! I am free from condemnation and independent of the lies that used to held me captive. My podcast is very early in the making; ChasingEasy My business “eLeet Financial Coaching Services” Dr. Kimberley Linert Speaker, Author, Broadcaster, Mentor, Trainer, Behavioral Optometrist Event Planners- I am available to speak at your event. Here is my media kit: https://brucemerrinscelebrityspeakers.com/portfolio/dr-kimberley-linert/To book Dr. Linert on your podcast, television show, conference, corporate training or as an expert guest please email her at incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com or Contact Bruce Merrin at Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers at merrinpr@gmail.com 702.256.9199 Host of the Podcast Series: Incredible Life Creator Podcast Available on... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incredible-life-creator-with-dr-kimberley-linert/id1472641267Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DZE3EoHfhgcmSkxY1CvKf?si=ebe71549e7474663 and on 9 other podcast platforms Author of Book: "Visualizing Happiness in Every Area of Your Life" Get on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3srh6tZ Website: https://www.DrKimberleyLinert.com Please subscribe, share & LISTEN! Thanks incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com

In Gods anger to the wicked, he sentences them to utter destruction, but those that seek Christ with pure intent, willing to follow his every command will be gathered and redeemed.

toelichting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xxv9Br4V9QIII. Waarneming versus kennis1. Wij hebben de nadruk op waarneming gelegd, en vooralsnog over kennis heel weinig gezegd. Dit komt doordat waarneming eerst op orde moet worden gebracht voor je iets kunt kennen of weten. Kennen of weten is zeker zijn. Onzekerheid betekent dat je niet weet. Kennis is macht omdat ze zeker is, en zekerheid is kracht. Waarneming is iets tijdelijks. Als een eigenschap van het geloof in tijd en ruimte, is ze of aan angst of aan liefde onderhevig. Verkeerde waarnemingen brengen angst teweeg en ware waarnemingen voeden liefde, maar geen van beide brengen ze zekerheid omdat alle waarneming varieert. Dat is de reden waarom het geen kennis is. Ware waarneming vormt de basis voor kennis, maar weten is het beamen van de waarheid en overstijgt alle waarnemingen.2. Al je moeilijkheden komen voort uit het feit dat jij jezelf, jouw broeder en God niet herkent. Herkennen betekent ‘opnieuw kennen', wat vooronderstelt dat je eens eerder hebt gekend. Je kunt op vele manieren zien, omdat waarneming met interpretatie gepaard gaat, en dit betekent dat ze niet totaal of consistent is. Het wonder, aangezien het een vorm van waarnemen is, is geen kennis. Het is het juiste antwoord op een vraag, maar je stelt geen vragen wanneer je weet. Een vraagteken plaatsen bij illusies is de eerste stap in het ongedaan maken daarvan. Het wonder, of het juiste antwoord, corrigeert ze. Aangezien waarnemingen veranderen is het evident dat ze van tijd afhankelijk zijn. Hoe je op een gegeven moment iets waarneemt, bepaalt wat je doet, en handelingen vinden nu eenmaal plaats in de tijd. Kennis is tijdloos, omdat zekerheid geen vragen oproept. Jij kent en weet, wanneer je opgehouden bent vragen te stellen.3. De vragende denkgeest ziet zichzelf in de tijd, en zoekt daarom naar toekomstige antwoorden. De gesloten denkgeest gelooft dat de toekomst en het heden hetzelfde zullen zijn. Dit brengt een ogenschijnlijk stabiele toestand teweeg, die gewoonlijk een poging is de onderliggende angst dat de toekomst erger zal zijn dan het heden, tegen te gaan. Deze angst onderdrukt de neiging om überhaupt nog vragen te stellen.4. Ware visie is de natuurlijke waarneming van de geestelijke blik, maar nog steeds is ze een correctie, en geen feit. De geestelijke blik is symbolisch en daarom geen instrument om tot kennis te komen. Het is echter wel een middel om juist waar te nemen, hetgeen het in het geëigende domein van het wonder plaatst. Een ‘visioen van God' zou een wonder zijn, en geen openbaring. Het feit alleen al dat er waarneming bij te pas komt, plaatst die ervaring buiten het domein van kennis. Dat is de reden waarom visioenen, hoe heilig ook, niet blijvend zijn.5. De Bijbel zegt je jezelf te kennen, of zeker te zijn. Zekerheid komt altijd van God. Wanneer je iemand liefhebt, heb je hem waargenomen zoals hij is, en dat maakt het jou mogelijk hem te kennen. Als je hem niet eerst waarneemt zoals hij is, kun je hem niet kennen. Zolang je vragen over hem stelt, laat je duidelijk blijken dat jij God niet kent. Zekerheid verlangt geen handeling. Wanneer je zegt dat je op basis van kennis handelt, haal je in wezen kennis en waarneming door elkaar. Kennis verschaft de kracht voor scheppend denken, maar niet voor juist handelen. Waarneming, wonderen en handelen zijn nauw met elkaar verbonden. Kennis is het gevolg van openbaring en leidt alleen tot denken. Zelfs in haar meest vergeestelijkte vorm heeft waarneming met het lichaam te maken. Kennis is afkomstig van het innerlijk altaar en is tijdloos omdat ze zeker is. De waarheid waarnemen is niet hetzelfde als haar kennen.6. Juiste waarneming is noodzakelijk voordat God rechtstreeks kan communiceren naar Zijn altaren, die Hij in Zijn Zonen heeft opgericht. Daar kan Hij Zijn zekerheid communiceren, en Zijn kennis zal vrede brengen zonder twijfel. God is geen vreemde voor Zijn Zonen, en Zijn Zonen zijn geen vreemden voor elkaar. Kennis is zowel aan waarneming als tijd voorafgegaan en zal beide uiteindelijk vervangen. Dat is de werkelijke betekenis van ‘De alfa en de omega, het begin en het einde' en ‘Eer Abraham was, ben Ik.' Waarneming kan en moet gestabiliseerd worden, maar kennis is stabiel. ‘Vrees God en onderhoud Zijn geboden' wordt ‘Ken God en aanvaard Zijn zekerheid.'7. Als je een vergissing in een ander aanvalt, kwets jij jezelf. Je kunt je broeder niet kennen wanneer je hem aanvalt. Een aanval wordt altijd op een vreemde gericht. Je maakt van hem een vreemde door hem verkeerd waar te nemen, en dus kun je hem niet kennen. Omdat je hem tot een vreemde hebt gemaakt ben je bang voor hem. Neem hem juist waar, zodat je hem kunt kennen. In Gods schepping zijn geen vreemden. Om te scheppen zoals Hij schiep, kun je alleen scheppen wat jij kent en daarom als het jouwe aanvaardt. God kent Zijn kinderen met volmaakte zekerheid. Hij schiep ze door ze te kennen. Hij herkent ze volmaakt. Wanneer zij elkaar niet herkennen, herkennen zij Hem niet.

In Gods rust leven is essentieel om van het leven te genieten. Ik geloof dat één van de sleutels om in rust te kunnen leven is door elke dag kleine stapjes richting die rust te nemen. Hier een paar tips die je kunt gebruiken om een rustiger leven te ontwikkelen: 1. Wees selectief met hoe je je tijd besteedt. Misschien probeer je zoveel dingen tegelijkertijd te doen, dat je uiteindelijk niets doet. Het haasten is het vlees dat probeert meer te doen dan dat de Heilige Geest je leidt om te doen. Laat je leiden door de Heilige Geest. 2. Wees voorbereid om netjes “nee” te zeggen. Soms nemen we taken op ons omdat we ons ongemakkelijk voelen daar “nee” tegen te zeggen. Vraag God om je de woorden te geven om nee te zeggen als het nodig is. 3. Weersta de geest van uitstel. Gods woord vertelt ons dat we zelfdiscipline moeten uitoefenen. Doe hetgeen wat je weet wat je moet doen nu, zodat je volop kunt genieten van je tijd van rust. 4. Verwijder belangrijke afleidingen. Als je weet dat je gevoelig bent voor bepaalde afleidingen, zoals TV-kijken, stel dan bepaalde regels voor jezelf. 5. Stel de juiste grenzen voor onderbrekingen. Het leven zit vol onderbrekingen, maar je kunt leren om grenzen te stellen die je helpen om deze op een gezonde manier te beheersen, zoals tijd inplannen waar je gewoon lekker kunt doen waar je zin in hebt. 6. Pas je leven aan. Vraag God om je out-of-the-box manieren te laten zien hoe je tijd en moeite kunt besparen. Bijvoorbeeld, als ik geen tijd heb om de afwas te doen, gebruik ik papieren borden! 7. Bid en luister. Als je ziet dat je plan geen rust produceert, ga dan terug naar God, bid voor rust in het nu, en voor wijsheid om veranderingen aan te brengen die je leven ten goede komen. Bottom line is om van rust een prioriteit te maken, neem concrete stappen in die richting, en laat God je iedere dag leiden naar Zijn perfecte rust dat al het begrip te boven gaat. Kort gebed: God, leid me naar Uw rust die alle verstand te boven gaat. Laat mij de dagelijkse stappen zien die ik kan nemen om in Uw vrede/rust voor mij te gaan.

Voorganger: ds. Niels de Jong Dienst 24 oktober 2021: In Gods familie opgenomen!? Bijbelgedeelte: Romeinen 8: 14 - 17 Gods hart gaat uit naar mensen - om hen op te namen in zijn familie. Het lijkt soms te mooi om waar te zijn. Wil God dat echt? Voor iedereen? Willen wij dat wel? En wat voor verschil maakt dit als je dit gelooft? En hoe weet je trouwens zeker dat God jou erbij wil? Is dat niet een soort wishful thinking? En wat als je dit helemaal niet voelt? Over die vragen gaan we nadenken. Dienstpagina van vandaag

What is normal? What is taboo? How much have we learned in the last century? In Gods of the Upper Air, Charles King illuminates the anthropologists who broke the rules of 20th Century culture, and the science that refuted society's assumptions about race, gender, and sexuality.

In Gods plan zijn drie belangrijkedagen aan te wijzen, de dag van de mens, de dag van de Heer ende dag van God. Naluisteren: hier . https://www.da-ath.nl/?p=26989

This is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This is call What Matters.What matters to you...think about it “what really matters to you?” I'm sure many of you, as did I hear your parents say wait until you get my age then you'll understand better...what's important.This past 18 months the pandemic has reminded us and myself of what really matters. How by two major examples: relationships and our mortality. It separated us from those we love and everyday friendships. Just this morning I read an article from cdc.gov that hospital ER's have seen an increase in suicides and attempted suicides among ages 12-17. Sadly this is not the first article that I have read regarding this sad statistic. In Gods economy we were made and are dependent on relationships. First with the one who made us than each other, it's how we were wired. When distance, separation, or confinement interrupts or stops the relationship process we suffer and our lights dim. Secondly our mortality. As a young man I assumed there would be a million tomorrow's...there isn't at least not on this earth. If we live to a life expectancy of 77 that's 28,144 days. For some it's more for many it's much less. It's not a million tomorrow's.So here is the question that if we are honest with ourselves is “what really matters.” Jesus in the gospel of Mark: 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?Jesus as he always does, drills down to the obvious and most important question that is fundamental to a persons existence...”what really matters.” In fact we are told that in Hebrews what we hope for are the things we can not see.There is much more to this story but for today think about this:When we fill our lives with things that we “see” the material, these things will all be gone, they do not last. What does last however is the love in relationships, with each other and most importantly with the one who made us our Lord Jesus.I leave you with the same question that we started with What really mattersThis is Steve and until we meet again Press On See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aboriginal elders warned the religious missionaries they encountered that if the trials of initiation were stopped then an even greater suffering would be unleashed on the uninitiated. We see this greater suffering unfolding today in the epidemics of depression, mental illness, addiction, sexual abuse, and suicide plaguing the contemporary “first world” and those who follow in our developmental and religious footsteps. In Gods and Diseases David Tacey explains what our ego-based society cannot understand, that it is “the task of culture to tell the person who he or she really is.” And that it is through the trials of initiation that the person comes to believe that deeper truth and use it as the foundation for sustainable mental wellness. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she continues to explore the power in Tacey's work from his book, Gods and Diseases, which offers a an important way to look at mental illness and the possible new paths toward health and wellbeing that this point of view opens up.

Hi Church Family. Enjoy the nice snow we're seeing today! Only a few days left before Christmas. We were a bit delayed starting this weeks recording; sorry to miss the opening and first Hymn. Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 Message: There will be LOVE Why will there be Love? 1) Because God made the sequence of events in time, to include a tiny baby… highlighted by an Angel choir. 2) No intimation here. In Gods plan shepherds embraced a baby. 3) Our Response should be…LOVE… LOVE …LOVE!

Hey friends! Welcome to Her Fight Club! In this first episode I wanted to do a little introduction on me and my family and the purpose behind Her Fight Club! Hope this episode reminds you that whatever lies your believing, struggles your facing, or hard season of life your in, YOUR NOT ALONE! God, His Word, and a community of women are fighting for you! Check back on Monday, November 23rd to catch the first official episodes as we dive into more mental battles that we all face and how In Gods power we can CLAIM TRUTH in our darkest moments! 

Crown of Punishment Isaiah's Prophetic Book Pt62 finds us with the crown of pride. However, it soon turns into a Crown of Punishment for the nations involved. We find Ephraim or Samaria at the receiving end. There is no doubt in Isaiah's day, the Assyrians were a very harsh warrior people. To their enemies, it was no easy task to march against them. In Gods punishment and justice, there are no nation to harsh or too powerful to ignore the moving of the Lord God. The lesson here to all people today is that in spite of what others may say, in the end; God has the last Word. Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth -Is 21:6 To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com Crown of Punishment arrives when the Crown of Pride is removed. In the scriptures it is common to find the Lord God using other nations or kings as judgment. There is a difference between blessing and cursing. In today's society we classify a lot of stuff but never put it in the category of Gods judgment. We have natural disasters, we convince ourselves it is natural, it is mere nature showing it's force. Discounting the Lord overall agencies, Sabbaoth that is, here means he governs exclusively in spite of men and nations. There is no clearer message and example of this than Isaiah's prophetic book. The nations before us are involved and in all things, God is moving men and nations led by their Kings who are moved by the Lord God. Go to https://linktr.ee/warnradio for more info

Crown of Punishment Isaiah's Prophetic Book Pt62 finds us with the crown of pride. However, it soon turns into a Crown of Punishment for the nations involved. We find Ephraim or Samaria at the receiving end. There is no doubt in Isaiah's day, the Assyrians were a very harsh warrior people. To their enemies, it was no easy task to march against them. In Gods punishment and justice, there are no nation to harsh or too powerful to ignore the moving of the Lord God. The lesson here to all people today is that in spite of what others may say, in the end; God has the last Word. Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth -Is 21:6 To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com Crown of Punishment arrives when the Crown of Pride is removed. In the scriptures it is common to find the Lord God using other nations or kings as judgment. There is a difference between blessing and cursing. In today's society we classify a lot of stuff but never put it in the category of Gods judgment. We have natural disasters, we convince ourselves it is natural, it is mere nature showing it's force. Discounting the Lord overall agencies, Sabbaoth that is, here means he governs exclusively in spite of men and nations. There is no clearer message and example of this than Isaiah's prophetic book. The nations before us are involved and in all things, God is moving men and nations led by their Kings who are moved by the Lord God. Go to https://linktr.ee/warnradio for more info

In the process of ministering to the multitudes, Jesus called individuals to a point of decision. In Gods dealing with us, there is still a choice to make. He doesnt encroach on an individuals soul liberty, rather He gives us the choice. In this portion of Scripture, Luke tells of Jesus calling of the disciple Levi, his response to this calling, the Pharisee's reaction to Levis following, and Jesus call to all revealing the need that we all have. Sermon starts at 21:23

Wij allemaal hebben een natuurlijke bloedlijn. Ook hebben we een geestelijke bloedlijn. Als kind van God ben je geboren in een familie van winnaars en kampioenen. Als winnaar moet je je niet steeds focussen op je fouten, zwakheden of verleden, want het verandert niets aan je geestelijke bloedlijn! God heeft een plan en een doel met jouw leven! In Gods ogen ben je een winnaar!

Wij allemaal hebben een natuurlijke bloedlijn. Ook hebben we een geestelijke bloedlijn. Als kind van God ben je geboren in een familie van winnaars en kampioenen. Als winnaar moet je je niet steeds focussen op je fouten, zwakheden of verleden, want het verandert niets aan je geestelijke bloedlijn! God heeft een plan en een doel met jouw leven! In Gods ogen ben je een winnaar!

Racisme en ongelijkheid vind je vandaag overal in de wereld. De Bijbel zegt dat God alle mensen heeft geschapen naar Zijn beeld en Zijn gelijkenis. Het is de mens die zichzelf verdeeld heeft in rassen. In Gods ogen staat het ene ras niet dichterbij Hem dan het andere ras. De sleutel rondom ongelijkheid kunnen we alleen zien als we vandaag gaan kijken niet door onze eigen ogen maar door de ogen van de Schepper, van God Zelf, en God kijkt naar het hart, ongeacht welke huiskleur of afkomst.

Racisme en ongelijkheid vind je vandaag overal in de wereld. De Bijbel zegt dat God alle mensen heeft geschapen naar Zijn beeld en Zijn gelijkenis. Het is de mens die zichzelf verdeeld heeft in rassen. In Gods ogen staat het ene ras niet dichterbij Hem dan het andere ras. De sleutel rondom ongelijkheid kunnen we alleen zien als we vandaag gaan kijken niet door onze eigen ogen maar door de ogen van de Schepper, van God Zelf, en God kijkt naar het hart, ongeacht welke huiskleur of afkomst.

Overcoming the World - Redemptive Inheritance of the Saints Pt7 on Sound the Shofar | Warn-Usa.com | WIBR/WARN Radio Overcoming the World finds itself with Part seven looking at victory. Through our savior Jesus Christ there are many people who have gotten the victory. While these folk may not be famous, rich, or otherwise have worldly gain, they have gotten victory over sin, death, hell, and the devil. God has not called the rich and famous to repentance, but the sinner. In Gods eyes, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. One way for all! To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com  Overcoming the World can only be done one way. That is through Christ Jesus. Of course, we have success stories and billionaires; among others like movie stars, and other famous people. All of whom rank up there as those who have made it! Nonetheless, is the real truth. Overcoming people will be found surrounding the throne of God and praising their savior Jesus Christ. In this episode we will discuss Overcoming the world. Find other Links and info https://linktr.ee/warnradio

Overcoming the World - Redemptive Inheritance of the Saints Pt7 on Sound the Shofar | Warn-Usa.com | WIBR/WARN Radio Overcoming the World finds itself with Part seven looking at victory. Through our savior Jesus Christ there are many people who have gotten the victory. While these folk may not be famous, rich, or otherwise have worldly gain, they have gotten victory over sin, death, hell, and the devil. God has not called the rich and famous to repentance, but the sinner. In Gods eyes, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. One way for all! To get the Books from the Watchman Dana G Smith go to his website http://www.DanaGlennSmith.com  Overcoming the World can only be done one way. That is through Christ Jesus. Of course, we have success stories and billionaires; among others like movie stars, and other famous people. All of whom rank up there as those who have made it! Nonetheless, is the real truth. Overcoming people will be found surrounding the throne of God and praising their savior Jesus Christ. In this episode we will discuss Overcoming the world. Find other Links and info https://linktr.ee/warnradio

“Elegant and kaleidoscopic . . . This looks to be the perfect moment for King’s resolutely humane book.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times “Captivating.” —NPR.org From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology and the adventurous scientists who pioneered it—a sweeping chronicle of discovery and the fascinating origin story of our multicultural world. A century ago, everyone knew that people were fated by their race, sex, and nationality to be more or less intelligent, nurturing, or warlike. But Columbia University professor Franz Boas looked at the data and decided everyone was wrong. Racial categories, he insisted, were biological fictions. Cultures did not come in neat packages labeled "primitive" or "advanced." What counted as a family, a good meal, or even common sense was a product of history and circumstance, not of nature. In Gods of the Upper Air, a masterful narrative history of radical ideas and passionate lives, Charles King shows how these intuitions led to a fundamental reimagining of human diversity. Boas's students were some of the century's most colorful figures and unsung visionaries: Margaret Mead, the outspoken field researcher whose Coming of Age in Samoa is among the most widely read works of social science of all time; Ruth Benedict, the great love of Mead's life, whose research shaped post-Second World War Japan; Ella Deloria, the Dakota Sioux activist who preserved the traditions of Native Americans on the Great Plains; and Zora Neale Hurston, whose studies under Boas fed directly into her now classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Together, they mapped civilizations from the American South to the South Pacific and from Caribbean islands to Manhattan's city streets, and unearthed an essential fact buried by centuries of prejudice: that humanity is an undivided whole. Their revolutionary findings would go on to inspire the fluid conceptions of identity we know today. Rich in drama, conflict, friendship, and love, Gods of the Upper Air is a brilliant and groundbreaking history of American progress and the opening of the modern mind.

In Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century, Georgetown University professor Charles King chronicles the lives of cultural anthropology founder Franz Boas and the female scientists he encouraged to explore civilizations around the globe, including Ruth Benedict, Ella Cara Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, and Margaret Mead. Charles and Megan talk cultural relativism, how anthropology differs from other disciplines, Hurston’s work in Jamaica and Haiti, and the struggle to debunk theorists who would divide the world into “us” and “them.” Then our editors offer their weekly reading recommendations, with books by Mo Willems, Stacey Lee, Howard Stern, and Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

In Gods design of humans, he created bodies that need rest,. He did not make rest a suggestion, he commanded it. But rest is not something we choose for ourselves. What are we missing out on as we choose not to rest? Join us this Sunday as we look at finding rest that draws us closer to God and makes us more productive. 

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today's most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today's most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today's most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by the MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus, the Greek god of invention. More than 2,500 years ago, long before medieval automata, and centuries before technology made self-moving devices possible, Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life―and grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns about biotechne, “life through craft.” Mythic automata appear in tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, and Pandora, and many of these machines are described as being built with the same materials and methods that human artisans used to make tools and statues. And, indeed, many sophisticated animated devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley. In Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, Dr. Adrienne Mayor tells the fascinating story of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life and reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth. Adrienne Mayor is a Research Scholar in Classics and History and Philosophy of Science and Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Her work has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the History Channel, the New York Times, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4 is looking deeper into Living With Less Destructive Self Criticism. I talk about how God is showing me to change our view of our appearance, our achievements or lack there of, and most importantly the gifts God gave us as individuals. In Psalm 139 we see parts of God's word that we can declare when we begin to see ourselves through worldly eyes and not Godly eyes. 139:4 Before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. Our Appearance Think of how this makes The Lord feel when we say these things about His creation. He created me perfect and here I am picking it all apart. If we got to live in a world where we all got to pick what we looked like there would be so much perfection we'd drown in it. Claim the truth and the confidence WONDERFUL ARE HIS WORKS. Missed Achievements When our missed achievements get highlighted we feel inadequate and filled with self disappointment. Don't forget that God didn't create us to be X,Y, and Z. These things that WE think we need to be. He created us to be the way He wants us to be. God calls us all to do things differently. Embrace the fact that you're walking with The Lord and if we are on the plan and path He has for us, that's what He wants for us. When you find yourself in these places of doubt pray "God this is making me feel very critical about who you made me to be. Can you re-route my thoughts Lord." HE IS SO PROUD OF YOU! Don't sulk in our human mind disappointments. Bloom where you are planted. Psalm 139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Our God Given Gifts and Talents We always end up wishing we had someone else's gifts. We're telling God what you gave me isn't good enough. In Gods eyes these gifts are a big deal - We need to be answering with a celebration! The whole reason God gave us these gifts in the first place is to bring Him glory and give us some joy. Chelsey's mesh of verses - I am a child of God, chosen and precious in His sight. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are His works. Stand in His truth and cling to Him in ALL things. Above all else, there is NO achievement greater than your relationship with Christ alone. If you liked today's message please screen shot it and tag @livingwithlesspodcast as well as #livingwithlesspodcast! I love all of your support and pray this message will help to shape you as it's shaping me! Living With Less Podcast, LLC © 2019. All Rights Reserved

The Complicated Heart Podcast releases every Tuesday! In today's podcast, listen in as counselor Melanie Harding invites to understand the grieving process more fully and how we can find healing and wisdom through it. (Listen to Episode 1 HERE and Episode 2 HERE) Show Notes Highlights: How Melanie helped me with my anxiety recently [4:05] What is grief? [6:32] Why is it so hard for so many of us to face reality? [9:30] How do we know if we've made anxiety our God? [13:27] Why is it important to mourn our losses? [15:45] The question we ask every day, whether we know we do or not [24:33] Where is the goodness of God when terrible things happen? [38:25] What happens when we don't grief? [43:16] Unresolved Childhood Pain [45:45] How to grief and mourn a loss. [48:15] Books Mentioned: Experiencing God Bible Study by Henry & Richard Blackaby Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey Key Scriptures: "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” Isaiah 49:15 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Quotes: “Grief is the process of letting go of our expectations.” [7:00] “Grief is the process of facing reality.” [9:06] “Our dreams are not necessarily Gods dreams for us.” [10:52] “When we make our dreams into gods, we get into trouble.” [11:26] “The adventure is to look with anticipation for where God is taking us, even it if takes us away from what we thought our dream would look like. That God's goodness will lead us into something even better, then when we first thought.” [11:40] “In Gods economy, grieving leads to wisdom.” [19:31] “When you can say, “my identity is unchanging, because of who God has created me to be and my relationship with God, through Christ,” then it makes it easier to let go of situations.” [21:38]  “Part of the process of growing and maturing, is learning to tolerate that emotions won't kill you.” [26:20] “Life is suppose to be about the process of growing in the wisdom of the Lord.” [40:55] “Tim Keller- defines wisdom in a great way. He says, “It's the competence to deal with the complex realities of life.'” [41:25] You can also listen on: iTunes Stitcher Soundcoud Google Play!

Judges tell the story of a people who continually remain faithless while God remains faithful to them. In Gods kindness, he raised up Judges to draw the people back to himself during this lawless and brutal period in the history of Israel. The purpose of the book of Judges is not to point to good qualities of the "heroes" that God worked through and try to imitate them, but rather to recognize the peoples need for the true hero, Jesus.

Judges tell the story of a people who continually remain faithless while God remains faithful to them. In Gods kindness, he raised up Judges to draw the people back to himself during this lawless and brutal period in the history of Israel. The purpose of the book of Judges is not to point to good qualities of the "heroes" that God worked through and try to imitate them, but rather to recognize the peoples need for the true hero, Jesus.

Judges tell the story of a people who continually remain faithless while God remains faithful to them. In Gods kindness, he raised up Judges to draw the people back to himself during this lawless and brutal period in the history of Israel. The purpose of the book of Judges is not to point to good qualities of the "heroes" that God worked through and try to imitate them, but rather to recognize the peoples need for the true hero, Jesus.

Enjoy a very insightful, and compelling Bible study, as Pastor Gallups connects the prophetic dots from Genesis to Revelations, tied to the current events, upheaval, and times of today. From Pastor Gallups: Thank you for considering this book. I pray it will prove to be a blessing to you and to all with whom you might share it. In Gods and Thrones I am convinced you will discover many exciting biblical truths you may have never seen before. I am just as confident that your daily walk, spiritual awareness, and scriptural discernment will be heightened as well. May the Lord bless you and keep you as we advance the Kingdom of Jesus together, while living in these profoundly prophetic days!

Overview - The GREAT SEEKER. Acts 8:26-40. In Gods message today, we follow the recording of Luke that decides to stop recording what the apostles are doing and focus on what God is doing with table serving disciple Philip. Philip gets called away from the work that God was doing in the village of the newly saved in Samaria, to go out to a desert road to catch up with one man, an Ethiopian man who was returning to Ethiopia after he came to Jerusalem to worship Jehovah. Why would God call the disciple Philip away from the work that he was doing in a whole village of newly saved Christians that needed mentoring, for one man from Ethiopia that was on his way home? This is the main question that I answer today, along with a good long look at Philip and the Ethiopian in this message titled, The GREAT SEEKER. May the Lord bless you as you SEEK Him Pastor Ed

Aboriginal elders warned the religious missionaries they encountered that if the trials of initiation were stopped then an even greater suffering would be unleashed on the uninitiated. We see this greater suffering unfolding today in the epidemics of depression, mental illness, addiction, sexual abuse, and suicide plaguing the contemporary “first world” and those who follow in our developmental and religious footsteps. In Gods and Diseases David Tacey explains what our ego-based society cannot understand, that it is “the task of culture to tell the person who he or she really is.” And that it is through the trials of initiation that the person comes to believe that deeper truth and use it as the foundation for sustainable mental wellness. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she continues to explore the power in Tacey’s work from his book, Gods and Diseases, which offers a an important way to look at mental illness and the possible new paths toward health and wellbeing that this point of view opens up.

What are the dynamics of spiritual energy and love? In Gods economy, if you give something away, do you lose it forever? Is there enough time, energy, passion to go around?

1 Cor 10. Het Koninkrijk beërven is Hetzelfde als aankomen in het Beloofde land! In Gods koninkrijk Regeert alleen de Liefde, Rechtvaardigheid, Waarheid & Recht! Daar kan geen Afgoderij, Hoererij, Klagen en Negativiteit bij, daar moeten we als nieuwtestamentische gelovigen van verlost worden! Anders missen we het Koninkrijk. Onze redding staat vast, maar het Koninkrijk moet net als het Beloofde Land INGENOMEN worden. Strijd daarom de Goede Strijd en ren de Race met Volharding!

Any nation that claims to be a 'Nation under God' will at times have its heart revealed. (Matthew 25:32, Luke 12:48). Psalm 75:8. In Gods hand there is a cup of mixed wine. It is his judgment (crisis of accountability), poured out upon the ungodly of the earth. They must drain that cup to the dregs. The psalms speak of a number of cups in the Lord's hands – There is a cup of salvation (Psalm 116:13), and a cup of blessing (Psalm 23). But psalm 60 says that before the cup of blessing and salvation there will come another cup. Psalm 60:2 O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again! You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking. You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of humiliation and confusion. You have given to those who fear You an unfurled flag, that it may be displayed because of the truth. God's judgment (crisis of accountability) is for the purpose of redemption, not punishment. The Chinese character for crisis has two elements; one is danger and the other is opportunity. The danger is being manifest right now, in the polarity and conflict seen in the global media warfare that is taking place, particularly in the USA. There is also opportunity for God's grace of salvation and blessing as God disciplines a nation under God to bring his love and truth to them. God wants to get people to trust him but he has to disrupt their trust in man and in self so that they will call on his name, and so receive His salvation and blessing. Psalm 23 establishes prophetically the Lordship of Jesus not as a Lord and servant relationship but a shepherd and sheep relationship. The psalm starts with the Chief Shepherd caring for his flock, and then finishes with his people being blessed with the cup of blessing in his own house, around his own table, forever. PSALM 23 The first four verses are his cup of salvation message and the last two are his cup of blessing message Psalm 23 – THE CUP RUNS OVER. SALVATION 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want 2. He makes me to lie down in green pastures - He leads me beside the still waters 3.He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake 4.Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me, Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. BLESSING 5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.   

There is a cup Any nation that claims to be a 'Nation under God' will at times have its heart revealed. (Matthew 25:32, Luke 12:48). Psalm 75:1 How we thank you, Lord! Your mighty miracles give proof that you care. "Yes,"the Lord replies,"and when I am ready, I will deal with the ungodly! Though the earth shakes and all its people live in turmoil, yet its pillars are firm, for I have set them in place!" 4. I warned the proud to cease their arrogance! 5. I told the ungodly to lower their insolent gaze and I said Do not brandish the horn of power, and to cease being so stubborn. 6. For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. 7. He promotes one and deposes another. 8. In Gods hand there is a cup of mixed wine. It is his judgment (crisis of accountability), poured out upon the ungodly of the earth. They must drain that cup to the dregs. 9. But as for me, I shall forever declare the praises of the God of Jacob. 10. "I will cut off the strength of those who do evil," says the Lord," and increase the power of the godly in their place." This psalm contains three striking signs. The first sign is the picture of a shaking world, (vs.4). These are the times in which we live today- unsteady, shaken, and insecure. Enormous disorder is in the earth, and unrest is being felt across the world. But God intervenes, so trust him (I have set the pillars in place). The second sign is that of the horn that symbolises power, majesty, and dignity, (four times in the psalms). However, these can be raised in pride and defiance, as in verses 5-6. Which ever party gets into power at any given time, there will be the temptation to think man is in charge and not God. Vs.6. For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. 7. He promotes one and deposes another. Verses 5 and 6 are God's word of warning to the boastful and ungodly, collectively, both those who deny his lordship or those who try to use his name for their own ends. Those who exalt themselves instead of trusting in him are denying the fundamental nature of reality: God is in charge, and His dealings will come. To those who truly call themselves God's people this is a word of hope. The third sign is that of the cup of mixed wine of judgment (crisis of accountability) in the hand of God (v 9). The psalms speak of a number of cups in the Lord's hands – There is a cup of salvation (Psalm 116:13), and a cup of blessing (Psalm 23). But psalm 60 says that before the cup of blessing and salvation there will come another cup. Psalm 60:2 O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again! You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking. You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of humiliation and confusion. You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth. There has been longsuffering from God, which means He waits till the people's collective behaviour has filled the cup that is in His hand and he will make them (and us) drink it. He tips everything upside down so that all expectations are dashed. When the cup is drunk there comes a realization by many that God is in charge – the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Chaos will erupt, but God's steadying hand will be there to restore order. God wants to get people to trust him but he has to disrupt their trust in man and in self so that they will call on his name. Then they will see the cup in God's hand for what it is. The psalm ends with the promise that ‘The horns of power of the ungodly will be cut off, but those of the godly will be lifted up' (who are the godly?). This is the basis for those who truly fear the Lord to give thankful praise to God.

I want to explain a story that is told in Genesis 3 and John 3. The opening pages of the Bible give us Paradise. And indeed it is the beauty of nature. Nature that is untainted, absolutely pure. We cant imagine. In Gods paradise, not only is there all this beauty, with no garbage, but there is never conflict. Adam relates with all of the animals as he names them. Adam and Eve are one, naked and unashamed, a picture of nothing to hide, no conflict, no competition, absolute openness and acceptance. And best of all, Adam and Eve live with God in Paradise.

Live to the honour of God's Holy NameHonour God's name with your lipsHonour God's name with your livesIn Gods hands Reading: Leviticus 24:10-16 ; 1 Peter 1:13-21 Text: Lord's Day 36Time:AfternoonTexts:Leviticus 241 Peter 1Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 36

Proclaiming the Truth About the 'Unknown' GodThe content of our MessagePresenting the GospelIn Gods hands Reading: Acts 17 Text: Acts 17:16-34Time:MorningTexts:Acts 17

1. The content of our Message2. Presenting the Gospel3. In Gods handsTime:MorningTexts:Acts 17:16–34

In Gods presence is the fullness of joy and by His Spirit we receive this joy. Join Ps. Jurgen as he speaks on the power and source of our joy.

Aboriginal elders warned the religious missionaries they encountered that if the trials of initiation were stopped then an even greater suffering would be unleashed on the uninitiated. We see this greater suffering unfolding today in the epidemics of depression, mental illness, addiction, sexual abuse, and suicide plaguing the contemporary “first world” and those who follow in our developmental and religious footsteps. In Gods and Diseases David Tacey explains what our ego-based society cannot understand, that it is “the task of culture to tell the person who he or she really is.” And that it is through the trials of initiation that the person comes to believe that deeper truth and use it as the foundation for sustainable mental wellness. Join host and shaman, Christina Pratt, as she continues to explore the power in Tacey’s work from his book, Gods and Diseases, which offers a an important way to look at mental illness and the possible new paths toward health and wellbeing that this point of view opens up.

Thema: Thomas' gelovige omhelzing van de opgestane Christus Punt 1: In eigen ongeloof verstrikt, Punt 2: Door Jezus liefde geraakt, Punt 3: In Gods genade verwonderd

Well, lets dig in-week two. Were talking about Dancing With the Stars this morning. Were talking about our need for notoriety, our need to be noticed, our need to be important. You know there is nothing wrong with having a sense of significance, meaning and purpose. I think thats innate within us. I think God has put within our hearts a sense of worth and dignity, and there is nothing wrong with that. I read this week about a discovery at Auschwitz. They were tearing down a wall, and inside a wall they found a bottle. Inside the bottle was a paper with names of six different prisoners-their names and their cell ID numbers. Did you see that? They are thinking, Who are these people who wrote this, and are they still alive? It turns out that four of the six are. They talked with the men, and they said that they had become masons, and they had built this building there in Auschwitz. While they were demolishing this wall, they found the bottle. He said, What we did is we thought we were going to die... These men were like 18, 19, 20 years old. … and nobody would ever know who we were or that we were alive, so just so that people would know we existed… because they werent going to have a burial. They werent going to have a marker. …just so somebody would know that we existed, that we had life, we put our names and serial numbers on a piece of paper, put it in a bottle and put the bottle in the wall. They never dreamed it would be found in their lifetime. They probably had forgotten all about it. Theres nothing wrong with that. Theres nothing wrong with having that sense of significance. What were talking about is a perversion of that. What were talking about is as old as the Garden when man [and woman] said, I want to be like God and were willing to put their own needs above the law of God. There are times when people will sacrifice their integrity. They will sacrifice their bodies; they will sacrifice anything to get what they want. We see in our world today the advent of technology-youtube.com for instance. People will do crazy things on youtube.com or on reality television to be noticed and to have people know who they are. There are celebrities-and Im not going to name any names-but if theyre not making a hit record or theyre not starring in a hit movie, its almost like theyll do things intentionally to shipwreck their lives just so theyll be noticed-just so theyll get press. Theyll do outrageous things because theres such a need. Their egos are so big that they have to be noticed. They have to be the center of attention. This whole thing that we just need to be noticed, need to be important-more so a preoccupation with self to the exclusion of others, a preoccupation with my needs to the exclusions of the needs around me-pride: those are the kinds of things were going to be talking about this morning. I want to tell you a story about a mom. Shes a good mom. Shes a well-meaning mom, but she was a little out of line in what she requested and what she did. Her husband was a very successful business man, and the practice-his business-was passed down to his two sons. It was going well. They werent rich by any stretch of the imagination, but they did well. They had many employees. They had a lot of inventory. They lived a comfortable life; and the plan was that they would grow up, they too would have sons, and those sons would take over the family business. This mom would have grandchildren, and they would all stay in that region. The business would thrive and be successful. They were proud of what they did; they were proud of their work, and it changed one day. The father and his two sons who were now young men went out for a normal days work. While they were there, a man came. The man was very charismatic. He was a strong leader, and He had a vision. He said to the man, You could be doing so much more with your life than what youre doing now. You can come with Me, and we will change the world. He was a very spiritual man, and He had a vision of reaching the world for God, touching one life at a time. He invited these men to leave their business, to leave parents, to leave home and join Him on this mission, this dream. To the fathers surprise, they did. Imagine the conversation when he went home and had to tell his wife that the sons arent coming home tonight, and theyre not coming home tomorrow either. Theyre on a mission. Theyre off to change the world. Nonsense, she probably thought. How could they be so crazy? They had a good life here. They had a home. They have their parents. They have jobs! Now theyre going off for how long to who knows where. How are they going to live? How are they going to eat? How are they going to support themselves? Whats going to happen to our family business? Whats going to happen to my grandbabies? Will I have grandbabies? All these things were going through the mothers mind, but wouldnt you know this man is everything He says He is, and He starts to literally change the world. He starts to reach people for God, and it is an amazing success. There are others involved now besides her sons, but she knows that her sons are the top. Theyre the best. So as time passes and success of this endeavor is sealed, she buys in. She realizes its going to work, so she comes to the leader. She asks the leader that in the future could her sons be considered His number one and number two guys in his organization. My boys are good boys, and they believe in You. Theyre following You. Theyve given up everything for You. Could they be number one and number two of what Youre building? She gets down on her knees-literally-and she asks this question of the leader… Are you following me? Do you think you know who Im talking about yet? Anybody have an idea? Lets turn in our Bibles to Matthew 20 and find out what happened. The two men are Jimmy and Johnnie, James and John. Their father is Zebedee. Hes a fisherman. They have servants; they have boats, and its going well. One day they leave to follow this young preacher, young rabbi named Jesus, to travel the countryside to preach the Kingdom. It starts to work. Jesus has been talking about setting up thrones because Peter asks Him in the previous chapter, Hey, weve left everything. Whats in it for us? What do we get? We left everything to follow You. Jesus says to them, Everyone, when I come into My Kingdom, you who have left home to follow Me-you will sit on thrones and judge the tribes of Israel. When Mom gets this news, Mom is not thinking of eternity. Shes not thinking of Heaven. Shes thinking here and now. Shes thinking this throne thing is going to happen right now-that Jesus is the Messiah, which He is-but He is going to establish an earthly throne in Jerusalem. Hes going to rule and reign, and her sons are going to reign with Him; so she wants James and John-after all they are His brightest Disciples… Theyre the best; theyre the most handsome, the most able Disciples that He has, so why dont they become the person who sits on His right and His left, His co-leaders in this new Kingdom. The timing of this could not be worse. Jesus has just told the Disciples that there is a mole in the organization. There is a rat. Somebody is going to betray; somebody is going to give some top secret information. That information is going to lead to His capture. While He is captured, He is going to be beaten and eventually be crucified and die. As awful as it sounds, God is going to turn it around, and Hes going to make it something wonderful. Hes going to make it something good. Its part of His plan, so while theyre all processing this information, the mother comes. She says, Jesus, can I talk to You? I have a favor to ask of You. Verse 21 (page 977 of pew Bibles), What is it you want? He asked. She said, Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right and the other at Your left in Your Kingdom. You dont know what youre asking, Jesus said to them. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? We can, they answered, without even thinking. Sure we can. It was the cup of death. Thats what it was. Without even thinking, without even really understanding what the cup was… By the way, theyre not there against their will. Its not one of those things where their mom is embarrassing them while theyre standing there with Jesus going, Mom, come on! Youre embarrassing me! These guys are right there. In fact, Marks account tells us that theyre echoing the words of the mom. They want this gig. This thing is going to work, and we want to be Your top two Disciples. We want to be noticed. We want to be important. Jesus looks at them and He says, You will drink from My cup. In other words, He looks into their future, and He knows that they will die for the Gospel. They will drink of the cup. In fact, James will be the first one. Under Herod Agrippa, he will be run through with the sword, and he will be a martyr. Hell be the first of the Disciples to parish-not the first martyr, but the first of the Disciples to parish. John will die in banishment. So Jesus looks in their future, and He says, Yes, you will drink of My cup, but to sit at My right and My left is not for Me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by My Father. Now, what happens when people are putting their needs above everybody elses? What happens? Whether its a family, whether its an organization, whether its a church-what happens? Disunity, disharmony, jealousy, bickering-thats exactly what happens. When the Ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called them together and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant… This is revolutionary. This is counter-culture. Its as counter-culture now as it was then. …and whoever wants to be first must be your slave… This is radical stuff. Jesus is literally redefining what greatness means. Think about who you think is great in our society. When you think about greatness in our country today, who comes to your mind? Do you think of a political figure? Do you think of a business person? Do you think of an athlete? I grew up in Illinois, so Im a Bulls fan. I remember watching Michael Jordan play. I remember them saying this time and time again. It said, Set your VCR. This was before DVR days-no TVO. It was just the VCR. Some of you still have them and use them. Theyre fine. Dont get mad. But I would watch him play basketball, and I would have to rewind like 12 times a game, What did he just do? Sometimes Id watch a play three, four, five times. It took a long time to watch a game. It was like, Wow! What did I just see? They show plays on TV over and over again-kind of the same plays. Those were not his best plays. Those were good plays, but he did some things that were just amazing with the basketball. He was one of the greatest athletes and the greatest basketball player ever. Theyd say, Set your tapes. This is like watching a master painter paint. Youre not going to see this again, so set your VCRs. As they would give him the accolades and talk about his play, you know one of the things I never heard about Michael Jordan? I didnt hear things like this, What a great player! Look how Michael Jordan has made sure all of his teammates have a towel! Look how hes even wiping the sweat from their brow. Oh, Scottie Pippens shoe is untied. Oh, Michael Jordan has gone down. He is now tying Scottie Pippens shoes! Hes passing out the Gatorade. Oh, theyre one short. Michael Jordan is giving that to his teammate. He is going to go without, so his teammates can all have some. What an assist by Michael Jordan! His 30th of the game! I never heard things like that. He was great! He was great not because he served; he was great because he dominated. He intimidated. He was just better. He was superior, so he was great. Thats how we define greatness. When Jesus comes and He reverses the paradigm, and He says, We have a new paradigm. We have a new definition for greatness. The greatness is the servant. The greatness is the slave, who voluntarily submits. I want you to envision two pairs of feet. On one side, we have a beautiful pair of feet. Well, theres a pedicure; theyre painted. They look nice. Theyre clean, soft skin-nice feet. On this other side is a pair of feet that are deformed. Theyre all twisted and distorted, kind of small and really rather homely to look at. In fact, they look like they could be diseased or something, and theyre dirty. I ask you the question in your minds eyes-which of those two pairs of feet are the most beautiful? Before you answer the question, I want to tell you about the deformed feet. You might have heard of a saintly woman by the name of Mother Teresa who ministered to the poor in Calcutta. I read of a woman who had gone to minister with her for several summers, and she talks about Mother Teresa being a normal person like you and me as far as there was no halo. There was no glow when she walked. She was just this little wrinkly, shriveled up, tiny and sometimes ornery old lady. Yet, she had a heart as big as the Grand Canyon. When they would bow to pray, she would look at Mother Teresas feet, and they were deformed. She would think, What happened to Mother? Did she have leprosy or whats going on that her feet are all twisted and deformed like this? She just couldnt help but wonder what caused that. One day one of the sisters saw her looking at Mother Teresas feet, and she came over and said, You see Mothers feet are all deformed, dont you? She said, Yeah. Howd that happen? She said, Well, heres how it happened. Every year, we get new shoes, and we get just enough pairs so that everybody gets one. Everybody in the convent gets a pair of shoes-just enough, no more, no less. What Mother does is she goes through all the shoes, and she picks out the worst pair because she doesnt want anybody else to have the worst pair of shoes. She picks out the worst pair before anybody can pick theirs out, and those become her shoes. Years of wearing these bad shoes, years of putting other people first have deformed her feet, and that was the explanation. Now when you look down at those feet, which is the greatest? In Gods eyes, Mother Teresas feet-those deformed feet-are the greatest. The interesting thing is God does not say, Dont be great. That should not be something you take away. You should not walk out of here going, God doesnt want me to be great. God does not say, Be mediocre. Be average. Be less than good. God does not say that anywhere. God says, Be great! Be a great person, but understand what true greatness is. The greatness as the world defines it is vanity. Its fleeting. Its temporal, but the greatness that God describes is eternal. Jesus says, Im your example. He says, …just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. Just as the Son of Man did not come to serve… Hes saying, I came from Heaven, but yet I didnt come to be served. I came to serve. I came to give. I came to give My life, to lay My life down. Paul talks about this in Philippians 2:1 (page 1162), If theres any encouragement from being untied with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Just like self-serving brings disunity and disharmony, serving others and serving God brings a unity. The more our church reaches out to our community, the more we reach in to serve one another and the more we reach out to the world, as our team goes out to the Dominican this summer-the more we do those kinds of things, the more unified we become-unified in our purpose, unified in our faith. He says, Each of you should look out not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Another thing you should not take away from this message is that you are not to look after your own needs. The Bible doesnt teach that. It says, Dont look out only for your needs, but also for the interest of others. It does not say, Dont look out for your needs. Listen, you know who I need to talk to probably more than anybody else is our moms. I need to talk to our moms on this one because nobody else on the planet gives of themselves until they cant give anymore than our moms do; so moms, Im talking to you. Im talking to you people who are on the other side of this other extreme. Your problem isnt that youre self-serving. Your problem is you care about everybodys needs but your own. You just sometimes are a doormat for people to walk on. You just dont care about yourself; you just care about other people. Let me talk to you for a second because there are a few of you out there. When you fill your tank, how far does your vehicle go? The answer is the same for all of us. Whether you drive a truck, a car or a hybrid or a bus or a Hummer, whatever you drive, the answer is the same. How far can you go on a tank of gas? Till the gas is gone. Thats how far you can go. Once the gas is gone and your energy supply is gone, whats going to happen? Its going to sputter and its going to quit and die. It will run out of gas, and youre dead in the water right there. So in order to keep that car going, what must you do? You must take time to pull off, turn off, fill up and then turn back on and go. You get where Im going with this? You have to take some time for yourself. You have to take time to do things you enjoy, to minister to your needs, to enjoy life a little bit. Jesus would minister to the multitudes, but before or after, where would you find Jesus? Youd find Him alone. Youd find Him in a mountain; youd find Him at the lake; Hed talk by Himself with the Father. You would find Him doing things to recharge and replenish. Friends, if you dont take time to replenish, recharge and minister to your own needs as well, youre not going to have anything left in the tank to give anybody else, are you? Its really important. So God doesnt say just always worry about everybody else and never worry about yourself. Unless you minister to your own needs, youre not going to have anything left to minister to the needs around you, so in that sense, ministering to yourself is not a selfish thing. I minister to myself so I can be strong to minister to others. My staff knows if they send me emails and call me about church stuff on their days off, theyre going to get in trouble. Sometimes Ive been known to even send out test emails. Ill send out an email on their day off, and if I hear back, Ill go, What are you doing contacting me today? Why are you answering this today? Dont worry about this today. Be with your families. Relax and enjoy. Take a trip, because I want them fresh. I want them in it for the long haul. Were lifers here. Were not going to do that if we burn each other out. You need to take that time to get refreshed. Lets go back to Verse 6. Now Verse 6 starts a hymn. The reason its written differently in your Bibles is because this is a hymn of the early church. The way its structured in the Greek, the way it is written, the way it is quoted, we know that Paul is quoting one of the hymns of the early church. Paul writes here in about 50 A.D., so this is one of the very… Talk about old hymns, How Great Thou Art or Old Rugged Cross, they dont compare to this one. This one would have been one of the very first song confessions said by the church when it was brand new, shortly after the Resurrection of Christ. It says in Verse 6, Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross! Paul is talking here about the incarnation. Hes talking about the deity of Christ, and hes talking about the crucifixion-what He did for us. The words he uses here-you notice it twice. You notice it in Verse 6 and Verse 7, once in reference to Him being God and the second in reference to Him being a servant. It says, …the very nature of a servant and being in very nature God. What does he mean? There are two words in the Greek for form: one is the word schema, and that is a form that is always changing. The other word for form is the word morphe. We get the word metamorphosis or change from that. Morphe means though the outward may change, the schema may change, the essence of who we are does not change; thats morphe. Our essence does not change. For instance, if we were to have a panorama of your life on the screen behind me-if we were to see you as an infant, to a child, to a pre-teen, to a teenager, to a young adult, to an adult, to a middle-aged person, to an older person, we would see changes, but your essence would be the same. It would still be you. We would see your hair change, and to be optimistic, for those of you losing hair, youre not losing hair-youre gaining face. Just think about that. Look on the bright side of things. Wed see the color change. Itd start to get a little whiter. Wed see our bodies change. You start going from firm to flabby. Our chest drops into our drawers, and other kinds of things happen. We dont look the same way at age 65 as we did when we were 5. We dont have the same energy, but yet its still you. Those are the same eyes you had when you were born, the same genetic code-its still you. Your essence, your morphe has not changed; though your schema or your outward appearance is temporal, and its changed. So what did Paul use when he talked about the deity of Christ? Did he use the word that was temporal or did he use the word that essence, that doesnt change? He used morphe; it doesnt change. It says the very nature of God. That did not change. When God became flesh, He did not lose His deity. He lost the privilege of deity. He surrendered the privilege of deity to take on humanity. Also as a servant-He became a servant because thats who He was. He was a servant. Years ago, we did a series called, The Life Youve Wanted. We used this book as a supplement, so I turned to that chapter. Pastor Ortberg is writing about this verse, and he says, When Jesus came in the form of a servant, He was not disguising who God is. He was revealing who God is. I remember hearing a Christian speaker say once that pride is forbidden to human beings, but its okay with God because after all, Hes God. This is wrong. God is the infinite servant. God is the most humble being in all the universe. Jesus did not come as a servant in spite of the fact that He is God; He came precisely because of the fact that He is God. It is His essence; it is who He is. So Paul says, Have this attitude in you which is also in Christ Jesus. Its an attitude. Everybody here has an attitude. Its either a good attitude or a bad attitude. Its a right attitude or a wrong attitude, but everybody here has an attitude. He says, Have this attitude of humility which was also in Jesus. Displayed in the Billy Goats-two Billy goats are walking on a mountain. On this mountain, there is a cliff which would lead to instant death if you fell. You would die-no chance, just a steep drop. On the other side is a mountain that is too steep even for a Billy goat to climb. There is a small path that they are walking on, but it is not wide enough for them to pass one another, so what will they do? They cannot back up and each try to back up around the other. Its too dangerous to go backwards down the mountain. You cant turn around. If theyre no smarter than people, maybe they have a head-butt contest. Maybe they see who the strongest goat is, get their horns ready and start head-butting until one of them falls off-survival of the fittest. Thats what people do. My mountain! Get your horns down! Its only big enough for one of us here. Ram until you win! Whats the solution? The Billy goat does something very unusual. He bows down and gets down on his stomach and allows the other Billy goat to walk over him and continue his path down the mountain. Which are you? If you were to be at that impasse, would you be the one that says, Im not bowing down for anybody! This is my mountain! or are you going to be the one that bows down and serves? Jesus was the One who served. Jesus was the One who bowed down. He said, James, John, with all due respect, Mrs. Zebedee, thats not what we are about. We are about greatness, but greatness has a new definition. Greatness involves servanthood. Spend your life on yourself, your goals and your agenda; and in the end, you will be very poor indeed. But spend your life-give of yourself, your time, your resources, your treasures, for the Kingdom of God and to serve people, and youll leave this planet rich in what really counts. Our dance team right now is coming to minister to us through music, so if our dancers would come at this time. The song that theyre dancing to has a lot of meaningful words to it, so I encourage you to reflect on it, see it in their emotions, listen to it with your ears and allow them to minister to you this morning. (Heres a link to the lyrics of the song, One Life to Live, by 33 Miles: http://www.6lyrics.com/music/33_miles/lyrics/one_life_to_love.aspx) Thank you, girls. Thats a lot to remember, isnt it? Lets stand together as we close. I hope you have a wonderful afternoon. Ive got my work cut out for me. We have our orders for our family. I know what Im cooking, what Im doing and pray for me today. If we just hear a message and dont do anything about it, it really hasnt done any good. This is one of those things you really want to put feet to our faith for. Its an attitude of our heart to be like Christ. Just understand that all of us should strive for greatness, a greatness as God defines it. If we have a church and everybody here is striving after that greatness, and we are great in Gods eyes, what a difference we can make in our world. Lets pray: Father, we thank You for the lessons we learned in Matthew 20-this mother who had her heart in the right place. Its not a wrong thing to want your sons to be close to Jesus, but it was about their advancement-not the Kingdom. It was about their importance and worth-not being a servant. James and John didnt get it. We thank You that the Master used that as a perfect opportunity to explain what its all about, to show them that even He was the ultimate servant; the One who should have been served was served and had become a man. He chose to give His life away. Lord, sometimes we try to hold on and we try to pursue that which is vanity, that which is fleeting. Lord, I pray that all of us would strive for greatness-not in the eyes of this world, which is so temporal, but in Your eyes and that we would be the church of servants. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.