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What if the best person to tell your neighbor about Jesus... is you?Guest preacher Ryan Fontenot challenges us with a powerful and practical message on the vital sign of personal evangelism. In this message, Ryan reminds us that sharing the gospel isn't reserved for pastors or professionals—it's the calling of every follower of Jesus.Using real-life stories, Scripture, and a simple method called "Emoji Evangelism," Ryan walks us through how to tell others about Jesus in a way that's clear, biblical, and accessible to anyone.

Focus: Active faith reflects the goodness of God by building others up. True friendship is rooted in helping others grow spiritually and emotionally, treating them as valued companions who reflect Christ. Every brick in the building matters. Built on the Cornerstone (Jesus) we are called to be living stones, building each other up in love and grace, building something that magnifies our Savior, Jesus! Main Text: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Message by Nathan Brown as part of our Transforming Community series.     MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12   SPEAKER Nathan Brown, church planter in Belfast   FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am – 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.

Transforming Community is built by two key attributes: Authenticity Missionality In this sermon, we look at the Apostle Paul’s example to the church in Thessalonica, and consider how these essential attributes can be embodied at Foundation Church Belfast.   MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12   SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast   FOUNDATION CHURCH […]

Preaching Point : Your commitment to biblical generosity is a powerful and necessary tool for multiplying thanksgiving to God and confirming to others your supreme confidence in the gospel of Jesus Christ!Main Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 (ESV) 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” 10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

Preaching Point : Your commitment to biblical generosity is a powerful and necessary tool for multiplying thanksgiving to God and confirming to others your supreme confidence in the gospel of Jesus Christ!Main Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 (ESV) 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” 10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!Textual Points:Give with Confidence vv6-10Give to Increase Thanksgiving to God vv11-12Give in Response to your Faith in Jesus Christ vv13-15

A new MP3 sermon from MinisterioFiladelfia / PhiladelphiaMinis is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Israel •Main Text: Romans 11:11-32 •Auxiliary text: Matthew 21.33-46 Subtitle: Romanos Speaker: Daniel Vale Broadcaster: MinisterioFiladelfia / PhiladelphiaMinis Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/28/2024 Length: 49 min.

Focus:  There are many things that can take God's place on the throne of our hearts.  Whether it's ourselves, money or possessions, accomplishments, or anything else, the end is always idol worship.  Today we are reminded to “keep away from anything that might take God's place in your heart.”   Main Text: 1 John 5:20-21

A new MP3 sermon from MinisterioFiladelfia / PhiladelphiaMinis is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Zeal without knowledge •Main text Romans 10.1-4 •auxiliary text: Romans 5.1-2 Subtitle: Romanos Speaker: Daniel Vale Broadcaster: MinisterioFiladelfia / PhiladelphiaMinis Event: Sunday Service Date: 5/26/2024 Length: 56 min.

February 18, 2024 Focus:  Active faith is lived out by growing in God's Word.  It's to our benefit as we grow into a full experience of salvation.  And it brings glory to God as others see God's goodness in our lives.  Would people closest to me recognize that I have a growing relationship with Jesus?  Main Text: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Should the main text of the write-ups of Open Philanthropy's large grants be longer than 1 paragraph?, published by Vasco Grilo on March 31, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. On 17 February 2024, the mean length of the main text of the write-ups of Open Philanthropy's largest grants in each of its 30 focus areas was only 2.50 paragraphs, whereas the mean amount was 14.2 M 2022-$[1]. For 23 of the 30 largest grants, it was just 1 paragraph. The calculations and information about the grants is in this Sheet. Should the main text of the write-ups of Open Philanthropy's large grants (e.g. at least 1 M$) be longer than 1 paragraph? I think greater reasoning transparency would be good, so I would like it if Open Philanthropy had longer write-ups. In terms of other grantmakers aligned with effective altruism[2]: Charity Entrepreneurship ( CE) produces an in-depth report for each organisation it incubates (see CE's research). Effective Altruism Funds has write-ups of 1 sentence for the vast majority of the grants of its 4 funds. Founders Pledge has write-ups of 1 sentence for the vast majority of the grants of its 4 funds. Future of Life Institute's grants have write-ups roughly as long as Open Philanthropy. Longview Philanthropy's grants have write-ups roughly as long as Open Philanthropy. Survival and Flourishing Fund has write-ups of a few words for the vast majority of its grants. I encourage all of the above except for CE to have longer write-ups. I focussed on Open Philanthropy in this post given it accounts for the vast majority of the grants aligned with effective altruism. Relatedly, you may want to check this discussion. ^ Open Philanthropy has 17 broad focus areas, 9 under global health and wellbeing, 4 under global catastrophic risks ( GCRs), and 4 under other areas. However, its grants are associated with 30 areas. I define main text as that besides headings, and not including paragraphs of the type: "Grant investigator: [name]". "This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. [Organisation] staff also reviewed this page prior to publication". "This follows our [dates with links to previous grants to the organisation] support, and falls within our focus area of [area]". "The grant amount was updated in [date(s)]". "See [organisation's] page on this grant for more details". "This grant is part of our Regranting Challenge. See the Regranting Challenge website for more details on this grant". "This is a discretionary grant". I count lists of bullets as 1 paragraph. ^ The grantmakers are ordered alphabetically. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org

An effective testimony emphasizes the work of Christ on behalf of unworthy sinners and includes how God has been working through them ever since.Main Text: 1 Timothy 1:12–17 12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.Teaching Points:1. Prove You Knew the Cost of Sin vv13,152. Emphasize Christ's Work on Your Behalf vv14-163. Share What God is Doing in Your Life Now v12

Today Pastor Danny Parga takes a detour from our study in the Book of Daniel to engage where the fight is raging the hottest in our culture. If you've noticed from day one of the month of June it has become a month that the world celebrates LGBTQ+. Those who identify themselves as such and their allies have great influence over the systems of this world. (Government, the private sector, and our education sector). It has truly become a religion to them. They have their own flag as a symbol, and they have their own creed for their religion. Most Pastors this month will not preach any sermons about these sexual lifestyles due to fear of potential backlash or some will altogether ignore it hoping it will just go away. Today as a watchman on the wall and good Shephard I must teach what God has to say about the matter and since this is the month the battle is raging the hottest let us prepare ourselves to fight with the weapons of our warfare which are not carnal but mighty in God. Main Text: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 May this message bring revival in our hearts! If this message has encouraged you, hit the follow button and leave a comment about how the Lord has spoken to you through today's message. Feel free to share this message with family and friends so we can continue to bring saving message of Jesus Christ on these platforms. You can get more information about Manifest Church on our website manifestchurch@startsites.org. You can also follow us on: Facebook Manifest Church - SC - YouTube  

Today we continue our study of the Book of Daniel. We are going to be looking an account of a Dream God gave King Nebuchadnezzar that shock him to his core. The title of today's message is “The God who changes times and seasons”. Main Text for today: Daniel 2:1-24 It's important for us today so we can have hope that God is sovereignly in control of the events that are taking place in our world today. It is God who removes kings and sets up kings..” In our time that means he removes those in authority and set up others. God is not unaware of the plots and wicked schemes of men. He will allow them to do things to accomplish His overall purpose! If this message has encouraged, you hit the subscribe button and leave a five-star view so we can continue to bring saving message of Jesus Christ on these platforms. You can get more information about Manifest Church on our website manifestchurch@startsites.org. You can also follow us on: Manifest Church - SC - YouTube Manifest Church - SC | Facebook

Preaching Point: 2023 should be the year we trade in our short-lived resolutions and train ourselves for godliness that guarantees benefits for now and eternity.Main Text: 1 Timothy 4:7–10Teaching Points:1.) Get Familiar with Scripture v7a2.) Pursue Godliness vv7b-93.) Stay Motivated by the End Goal vv10-11Application Questions:1.) What is one observation you found particularly helpful from this week's sermon?2.) Read Psalm 119:9-16. According to Psalm 119, why is familiarizing yourself with God's words vital if you want to live a godly life? What commitments can you implement to become more familiar with the Bible this year?3.) Read 2 Timothy 2:21 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17. How is the pursuit of godliness directly related to God's desire to use you for his good purposes?4.) Read 1 Peter 1:13–16. How do these verses define the proper attitude you should have towards the pursuit of holiness? How can you begin to: a.) Plan - b.) Prepare - c.) Partner up - d.) Persevere -5.) Read Hebrews 12:1-3 and Romans 12:1–3. How do these scriptures motivate you to keep the end goal in mind as you pursue personal godliness? Write down two helpful exercises that will motivate you to keep the end goal in mind as you pursue holiness this year.

Preaching Point: 2023 should be the year we trade in our short-lived resolutions and train ourselves for godliness that guarantees benefits for now and eternity.Main Text: 1 Timothy 4:7–10Teaching Points:1.) Get Familiar with Scripture v7a2.) Pursue Godliness vv7b-93.) Stay Motivated by the End Goal vv10-11

It is the week before Thanksgiving! No, it's not quite time to make out that Christmas list, so we are going to share why we are thankful. But, of course, food MUST be mentioned!Join Kristi and Matt as they discuss their top five Thanksgiving meal dishes and reminisce on good family memories.We also discuss seven (7) verses/passages related to Thanksgiving for our own application and growth:Main Text:2 Corinthians 2:141 Thessalonians 5:16-18Philippians 4:12-13James 1:2-4Philippians 4:6-7Psalm 95:2Colossians 2:6-7Reflection Verse:Psalm 28:7Check out the previous podcast (Ep. 3) sermon notes: "Purpose, Not Politics"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YPFuprBJ23mXUIMcKuabUwR35gjSc3bg6ClhHePf-70/edit?usp=sharingSponsors and/or Advertisements:www.weaponsofrighteousness.orgwww.sevenweekscoffee.comThe Empty Nest (Facebook group page)Charlie Platt & The Dirt Road Sports Show (Facebook group page, YouTube channel)http://www.citizenimpactusa.org/Please visit: www.creationandcompost.comFind our group page "Creation and Compost" on Facebook. You can also catch us on Instagram, YouTube, and many other platforms! "teach THE truth" 1 Peter 3:15-16Support the show

Your life in Christ is the outworking of God's deliverance amidst your failures, which should move you to respond to God with ultimate faith in his plan. Main Text: Matthew 1:5–6a 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6a and Jesse the father of David the king. Teaching Points: Expect God to Honor Your Faith (v.5a) Anticipate Consequences When You Forget God (v.5b) Trust God to Provide for His Plans (v.6a) Application Questions: #1. So far in this series, how does God's faithfulness through the lives of those in the genealogy of Christ help you understand more about God's character? #2. Read Hebrews 11:6. What does this verse say about faith? From your notes on Sunday, where were some places you saw God honoring people's faith in Joshua, Judges or Ruth? Why can you expect the same response from God regarding your faithfulness toward him? What are some practical steps of faith you can take this week that reveal your trust in God's plan, whether that is personal decisions, discipleship steps, or steps of reconciliation with God or others? #3. Read Jeremiah 2:12–13 & Jeremiah 2:17–19. How do these verses drive home the sermon's point that Christians are not exempt from consequences when we forget God in our life? Recall a time in your life where you received consequences because you forgot/disregarded God. What biblical counsel would you give yourself during that time to move you to remember God? #4. Read Matthew 6:25–33 & look at your notes from this week's sermon. Why should you trust God to provide for his plans and those who are walking in his plans? Like Rahab, how can walking in God's plan give you protection and community? Student Application Questions #1. Write down one application you found helpful from this week's sermon. #2. Read Hebrews 11:6. What does this verse say about faith? From your notes on Sunday, where were some places you saw God honoring people's faith in Joshua, Judges or Ruth? What are some practical steps of faith you can take this week that reveal your trust in God's plan, whether that is personal decisions, discipleship steps, or steps of reconciliation with God or others? #3. Read Jeremiah 2:12–13. How does this verse drive home the sermon's point that Christians are not exempt from consequences when we forget God in our life? Recall a time in your life where you received consequences from God because you forgot/disregarded him. What should you have done differently to remember God rather than disregard him? #4. Read Matthew 6:25–33 & look at your notes from this week's sermon. Why should you trust God to provide for those who are walking in his plans? What are some benefits of following God's plan? Ask your parents this: How have your own times of forgetting God and dealing with the consequences led you to grow in faith toward God?

Your life in Christ is the outworking of God's deliverance amidst your failures, which should move you to respond to God with ultimate faith in his plan. Main Text: Matthew 1:5–6a 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6a and Jesse the father of David the king. Teaching Points: Expect God to Honor Your Faith (v.5a) Anticipate Consequences When You Forget God (v.5b) Trust God to Provide for His Plans (v.6a) Application Questions: #1. So far in this series, how does God's faithfulness through the lives of those in the genealogy of Christ help you understand more about God's character? #2. Read Hebrews 11:6. What does this verse say about faith? From your notes on Sunday, where were some places you saw God honoring people's faith in Joshua, Judges or Ruth? Why can you expect the same response from God regarding your faithfulness toward him? What are some practical steps of faith you can take this week that reveal your trust in God's plan, whether that is personal decisions, discipleship steps, or steps of reconciliation with God or others? #3. Read Jeremiah 2:12–13 & Jeremiah 2:17–19. How do these verses drive home the sermon's point that Christians are not exempt from consequences when we forget God in our life? Recall a time in your life where you received consequences because you forgot/disregarded God. What biblical counsel would you give yourself during that time to move you to remember God? #4. Read Matthew 6:25–33 & look at your notes from this week's sermon. Why should you trust God to provide for his plans and those who are walking in his plans? Like Rahab, how can walking in God's plan give you protection and community?

Preaching Point: Your trust in God's promises in Christ should not waver in the presence of suffering or God's discipline. Main Text: Matthew 1:3–4 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, Teaching Points: Entrust Your Suffering to God v3 Grasp God's Plan for Deliverance V4a Embrace God's Discipline V4 Application Questions: Write down one observation you found particularly helpful from this week's sermon. Read Philippians 3:8–10 and Romans 5:3-4. Using these verses (and others you may know) Explain how suffering is a normal part of the Christian experience? How does your faith in God's plan increase when you realize that suffering and faith are not mutually exclusive? Read Isaiah 53:2–6, Matthew 26:26–29 and Romans 3:21-26. How does grasping the continuity of God's redemptive plan in the Old Testament through the New Testament help you understand God's plan to deliver his people through Christ? Read Hebrews 12:11, Revelation 3:19, and Deuteronomy 8:5-6. Why is accepting that God is a disciplinarian hard for some people? What fruit do you see in your own life that is directly related to God's discipline in your life? What can you do to better embrace God's discipline moving forward? Student Application Questions: Write down one observation you found particularly helpful from this week's sermon. Read Philippians 3:8–10 and Romans 5:3-4. Using these verses (and others you may know) Explain how suffering is a normal part of the Christian experience? How does your faith in God's plan increase when you realize that suffering and faith are both necessary for Christians? Read Romans 3:21-26. How does grasping the connection of God's redemptive plan in the Old Testament through the New Testament help you understand God's plan to save his people through Christ? Read Deuteronomy 8:5-6. Why is accepting that God is a disciplinarian hard for some people? If you are a Christian what fruit do you see in your own life that is directly related to God's discipline in your life? What can you do to better embrace God's discipline moving forward? Ask Your Parents This: What does it mean that Jesus is our Passover Lamb?

Given 24th July 2022. Main Text taken from Matthew 25:1-13

In today's message Pastor Danny begins a series on Latter Times Apostasy. It our belief that we are living in the last days and the return of Jesus Christ is imminent. Main Text 1 Timothy 4:1-6 It is important as good ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that we point these times out to you in order that you may have peace and hope of our future salvation. One of the symptoms of “Latter Times” is what is known as apostasy. Pastor Danny will take you through the Scriptures today so that you can be encouraged and edified so that you will be able to stand your ground when the day of evil comes. If you have been encouraged by today's message, click the subscribe button so you can continue getting messages from Manifest Church. If you want more information, you can visit our web page manifestchurch.startsites.org. You can follow us on: Manifest Church - SC | Facebook Manifest Church - SC - YouTube

Main Text: 2 Timothy 3:1, 14-17 (NLT) Supporting Text: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (TPT) Genesis 1:1-3, 6, 9, 14, 20, 24, 26 (NLT) Genesis 2:7 (NLT) Psalm 119:105 (MSG) Psalm 139:23-24 (TPT) Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT) Matthew 11:29 (TPT) Matthew 7:24-27 (MSG)

Main Text: 2 Timothy 2:10, 15-26 (NLT) Supporting Text: 2 Tim. 3:5 (NLT) Eph. 2:10 (NLT) Gal. 5:22-23 (NLT)

Main Text 2 Timothy 2:1-8 (NLT) Supporting Text: John 16:33 (AMP) Hebrews 4:14-16 (MSG) Colossians 2:15 (TPT) 1 John 2:15-17 (NLT) 1 Cor. 9:24-27 (NLT) 1 Peter 5:8-9 (NLT)

Main Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-6, 15-18 Supporting Text: James 5:16-18 (NLT & The Message) 3 John 2 (NLT & The Message) Ephesians 4:16 (NLT)

Main Text: 2 Peter 1:3, 8-9, 12-15 (NLT) Supporting Text: 2 Peter 3:1-2; 3-7; 8-10, 14-15; 17-18

Contentment, usually rather dryly called "non-grasping" in Zen, is an essential attitude in our practice life; an antidote to restlessness and a middle way between attachment and aversion. Main Text(s): Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Guo Gu Automated transcript https://otter.ai/u/6Lx_X8osLv5XZThPlgOk4S1Y_iA

Big Picture Main Text Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the next lesson. This one is called "The Big Picture." And it comes again from a book called The Big Picture. And The Big Picture is by a man named Dennis Littky. Now Littky is spelled L-i-t-t-k-y, Dennis Littky. The name of the book is The Big Picture. I love this book. This is a book about education and Mr. Littky is an extremely interesting guy. He is just a fantastic teacher, a fantastic educator. Mr. Littky used to be a teacher and then he became a principal of a middle school. Actually I think he started as a principal of an elementary school and then later a middle school, public school, just a normal public government school. Well, he created an incredible school at his first school, just an amazing school. There were articles written about his school. It just became so famous because this school had a lot of low income students, students from poor families. So this was not in some rich neighborhood with a lot of money. And before Mr. Littky became the principal, the school was having a lot of problems. But he came in and he changed everything. He changed the teachers. He hired only passionate, excited, energetic teachers, but not only that. He changed the whole system. He stopped focusing on testing. He stopped focusing on grades. He focused on the students as human beings. He wanted his students to grow as people. Not just to memorize a bunch of facts, but to really learn how to think. And even more importantly how to use their thinking and use their knowledge. So for example, most of his classes were project-based. In other words, the students did not study textbooks and take tests, no, no, no. What they did is they created a project. And each project was individual. Each student chose a project or projects based on their own interests. And of course the teachers helped to guide these projects and structure them. So for example, if one child really loved dinosaurs they would create a project about dinosaurs. The teachers, the math teachers, the science teachers, etc., the English teachers, would help that student learn math, learn science, learn English, learn history, learn everything, all focused on dinosaurs because this kid loved dinosaurs. So they would use dinosaurs to teach math, for example. Maybe they had to learn how to calculate the size of a dinosaur's bones or something. I don't know exactly how they did it, but they used the students' individual passions to teach. And the students had to do these incredibly, amazing, huge, difficult projects. These were not easy. They were really tough. But the kids were very passionate about what they were doing. And another thing that Dennis Littky did, he involved the community. His school had mentors, advisors, helpers, from the community...parents, especially parents, but also experts. So for example, if a kid really loved dinosaurs or maybe a whole class was really interested in dinosaurs, they brought experts from museums, from universities to www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Taoism Main Text Hello, this is AJ again. Welcome to our next lesson, this one's a really interesting one from one of my favorite writers. Absolutely love him, his name is Alan Watts. He actually died back in the '70s but just an amazing man, so intelligent and actually quite funny actually, just a great sense of humor. And Alan Watts is a very interesting guy. He was one of the first western people, meaning American or European, to learn about eastern spiritual practices, eastern religions. So he studied Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism, most especially Buddhism. He was a Buddhist. He became a Buddhist. And then he came back, for example, he lived in Japan actually for several years and learned Buddhism there in a monastery. And then he came back and he wrote in English about these religions. The other interesting thing about him is that he was a Christian minister before he became a Buddhist. I believe he was Episcopalian which is a kind of Christian, but he was a minister, he was a preacher. And so the very interesting thing about Alan Watts is that he has a great understanding of both the western and the eastern religious practices, religious beliefs. And not just the normal kind of religion, just go to church and pray and read your little book, but really the deeper meanings of both Christianity, Buddhism, etc. And he has a great way of teaching eastern religions, especially Buddhism and Taoism, to western people in a way we can understand. So anyway, he's also just a really funny, interesting guy and a very intellectual guy, very intelligent. So this is from one of his books about Taoism. Now Taoism is actually spelled with a "T", T-a-o-i-s-m, but it's pronounced "Daoism" like it's a "D". Why is that? Because English spelling is crazy. English spelling, as you already know, is very difficult and there's no logic about it, or very little logic about it. So it's spelled with a "T" but pronounced as a "D". I don't know why. Why didn't we just spell it with a "D"? I don't know. It comes from Chinese words so I guess they wrote it, they heard it wrong and I don't know. Anyway, it's pronounced "Daoism" and the book is called "Taoism Way Beyond Seeking" by Alan Watts, A-l-a-n and then his last name W-a-t-t-s. And by the way, he has a great podcast, alanwatts.com I believe is his podcast. So in this book Alan Watts talks about Taoism. Taoism is a philosophy, not really a religion, I don't think. Maybe it is, I don't know, but in my opinion it's really more of a philosophy. It's a way of living. It's a philosophy about life. And it's a very natural philosophy. The basic idea of Taoism is that you should live in harmony with nature. You should follow nature, be part of nature. And if you live with nature instead of fighting it, your life will be much more successful and happy and easy. It's a little bit like Thoreau's idea. Remember Thoreau, Walden, remember that lesson? Well, Taoism has a similar kind of feeling. This idea that we don't fight against things, www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Small Is Beautiful Main Text Hi, this is AJ again. Welcome to the next lesson. This lesson is called "Small is Beautiful." Small is Beautiful is the name of a book by E.F. Schumacher. It's a very interesting book. It's a little bit difficult to read. The level of English is actually fairly difficult, but I do recommend it. If you have an advanced level of English, go ahead, try to read Small is Beautiful. It's an excellent book. E.F. Schumacher was an economist, still is an economist. And he wrote Small is Beautiful to talk about the economic problems we have in the world. Now this book was published back in the late 70s, I believe, and it has been updated more recently. But the basic idea of Small is Beautiful is that our economies in the world are big, big businesses, have become too big. And they are not sustainable anymore. Too big, in other words, we're destroying the planet Earth because we are consuming too much. Our economies are too big; our population, too big; our companies, too big. Everything has grown too large and his solution, as you might guess, is that we need smaller economies, more local economies, more green economies. So he was writing about this long before Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth and a lot of other things which are quite common right now. But he was writing about these things way back in the '70s. He realized that we're going to have to make some changes. Our planet is being destroyed, we have to do something. And we need to start at the economic level. We have to change our economic system so that it is more human, so that it serves human beings not just super large companies. And, of course, he talks about these economies and his solutions in a lot of detail. Like I said, he was an economist, he is an economist. So he has a lot of very detailed economic arguments and he analyzes things from an economic viewpoint. It's very interesting. Today I want to read to you just a short passage from his book and this book and this passage really talk about the key, central core problem in his opinion. What is the most basic problem? What is causing all these economic problems we see in the world, all the environmental destruction, the wars we see constantly, what's the root cause? And let me read from the book right now. "Economically our wrong living consists primarily in systematically cultivating greed and envy and thus building up a vast array of totally unnecessary wants. It is the sin of greed that has delivered us over into the power of the machine. If greed were not the master of modern man how could it be that the frenzy of consumerism does not abate at higher standards of living and that www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Kaizen Main Text Hi, this is AJ with your next lesson. The rest of the lessons are going to be a little bit different than what you've had up 'til now. In the rest of these lessons, I'm going to talk about some book or article or idea, l'll probably read a little bit of it just so you can get the general idea of the topic, and then l'll talk about that topic. And, of course, we'll have our same mini-stories, we're going to have our vocabulary lessons, and we're going to add one more kind of lesson, the point of view lesson. The point of view lesson is really great for learning grammar in an intuitive way. Alright, so let's get started. This lesson is called "The Kaizen Way." So we're going to talk about a book. The book is called The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer. Now, kaizen is a Japanese word although we use it in English now a little bit. Especially in Business you find it a lot, kaizen. Kaizen, as our Japanese students already know, means small improvements over time. It really means constant and neverending improvement. But it has this idea of making little tiny improvements again and again and again and again, for one week, for one month, for one year, forever. So kaizen is kind of the opposite of innovation. Innovation means a sudden, big change, a sudden, big improvement. And that's a great way to learn and improve. For example, you could study English very intensely for one month or two months and you would make a big, sudden improvement. That's the innovation idea, but there's another way you can improve and that is the kaizen way. And the kaizen way means maybe you just listen to English or read English or study English, maybe you just do it 20 minutes every day. And every day you improve just a little bit. But the key, the secret is you do it every single day. Every day you make one little improvement. Well after one week, one month, one year, two years, five years, you will make a huge change just by making little tiny improvements over time. That's the idea of kaizen. So l'm going to read a little bit from The Kaizen Way, just a couple paragraphs, and then l'll talk about it more. Okay, so here's a section, it's called Kaizen Tip and this is from Robert Maurer, M-a-u-r-e-r, that's his last name. Okay, Kaizen Tip: "You want to do something creative. Write a story or a song. Paint a picture. Dream up your perfect career. Learn something or come up with a zinger of a solution to an office problem. But you have no idea where to start. Your mind keeps coming up empty. During times like these, kaizen can help you summon your powers of inspiration. Although you can't force your brain to cough up creative ideas on demand, you can program to launch the imaginative process simply by asking yourself a small question.

Superior Man Main Text Hi, this is AJ. Welcome to the next lesson. This lesson is called "The Way of the Superior Man" and we're going to talk about a book with the same title, The Way of the Superior Man, by David Deida, his last name is D-e-i-d-a. David Deida, another very interesting book. I'm trying to introduce you to a lot of interesting books and after these lessons are all over maybe you can go find these books and read them yourself. What a cool idea. But first, let's get started. Get your body strong, strong physiology, right? Breathe deep, chest up, chin up, eyes up. Smile big. Deep breaths, move your body. Come on, get some energy in your body. Let's get started. So, The Way of the Superior Man, it's an excellent book and it is in fact written for men, although I think there are a lot of great ideas in there for women, too. But l do think that men especially will enjoy the book. So, if you're a man, I especially recommend that you go get it. But even if you're a woman you could read it. You're allowed to. It's okay. Now this book is really about how to be a superior man, I guess what the title says. How to be a great person is what it really means. How to live that life of your dreams, very similar to a lot of the topics we're talking about, right? They all have a similar theme. Do you notice the topics are similar? Do you think I'm trying to convince you of something? Well, I am. I'm trying to convince you to live the life of your dreams, whatever that it. I don't know what it is, but you know. Whatever those big dreams you have, I want you to get them. Now, of course, one of those dreams is to speak excellent English and l'm helping you with that right now. You're helping yourself with that right now, too. And you're going to continue helping yourself speak excellent English, even after you finish all of these lessons. You're going to keep following this system. You're going to find more listening, more English listening, and you're going to listen to it every day. You're going to find cool, fun, interesting English books, novels especially. And you're going to read them every day. You're going to keep following this system even after you finish all of my lessons. It never stops. It never ends. But that's okay because you enjoy it. Because you're smiling, you're moving. This is great. You love it. So why would you stop? No reason, you're going to keep going forever. Alright, so get that big smile, come on – smile. And let's get started. I'm going to read a section of The Way of the Superior Man. This section talks about fear, because what stops us? What stops us from living our dreams? Usually it's fear. Some kind of fear, fear of failure is a very common one. Probably the most common, I think, fear of what other people think. Fear of other people's opinions. Fear of not www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com

Healthy At 100 Main Text Hello, this is AJ again. Welcome to our next lesson. This one is called “Healthy at 100." Healthy at 100 is the name of a book by John Robbins. It's a fantastic book, very interesting and the topic of this book is exactly what the title says. The topic of this book is how to be a healthy person at the age of 100, which seems kind of amazing to most people. Can you be healthy? Can you be strong? Can you have energy when you're 100 years old? And the answer is absolutely yes. Now how did John Robbins write this book? It's very interesting. WelI, what he did, personally and then with his research assistants, he studied cultures, places in the world where large numbers of people live to be very old. But not only just live to be old, because, y'know, if you live to be old but you're weak, that's not very fun. So he studied places that had a lot of very old people who were also very strong, very energetic, very healthy, very happy. There's a big difference if you're 90 years old and you're in a nursing home and you're weak and sick, and ugh. Thať's a terrible life. But if you're 90 years old and you're out running and you feel great, well that's fantastic. And there are cultures like this and there are also a lot of individual people like this. And when I say a lot, I don't mean a lot by percentage. It's a small percent of the human population. But still there are thousands of these kind of people, I don't know, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. I'm not sure what the exact number is. But you can find these people. You can find specific cultures where there are a lot of them. And then you can find individuals. And so John Robbins was very curious about this and he wanted to know why. Why, why do some people live strong, long, healthy, active lives for a very, very long time? Why are some people so strong when they're older and live so much longer? And then other people, y'know, they're 60 years old, they're already tired and sick. Whať's the difference is what he wanted to know. And so he studied different groups. One of the groups were people, traditional people, on the island of Okinawa, Japan. So we're not talking, Okinawa now has a lot of modern culture, a lot of American influence. And those people do not live so long. And they're not so healthy. But the kind of people who live on Okinawa in a traditional way, the way they always have for a very long time, those people are very special. They live very long lives and they're very strong and healthy. They're still working when they're 80 or 90 years old, working like on farms, like hard, physical work. He studied another group of people in Pakistan, same thing. They lived to be 90, 100, over 100, and the whole time they're working, doing heavy, hard, physical work. It's pretty amazing. And then another thing they did is they studied individual people.

Unlimited Main Text Okay, hello, it's me again, AJ, and we're back for another lesson. This lesson is called "Unlimited Power." Great title and of course it comes from the book by Tony Robbins who is another one of my favorite teachers. In fact, I really love Tony. I just got back from a seminar of his. He is fantastic and I highly recommend his books, his tapes, his CDs, his seminars...anything you can get from Tony Robbins...fantastic! And we're going to again do a little excerpt, a little section from one of his books and this section talks about the number one trait that determines success and happiness in Tony Robbins' opinion, and I agree with him. And that number one trait, that one factor, that one thing that really creates success and powers and gives energy to everything else is passion. So this is a little section about passion from Tony Robbins' book, Unlimited Power. So I am just going to go ahead and read that section and then I will| talk about it more. So here we go. * * ** * Success is not an accident. The difference between people who produce positive results and those who do not is not some sort of random roll of the dice. There are consistent logical patterns of action, specific pathways to excellence that are within the reach of us all. We can unleash the magic within us. We simply must learn how to turn on and use our minds and bodies in the most powerful and advantageous ways. Have you ever wondered what a Steven Spielberg or a Bruce Springsteen might have in common? What do John F. Kennedy and a Martin Luther King, Jr. share that caused them to affect so many people in such a deep and emotional way? They have been able to get themselves to consistently take effective actions toward the accomplishment of their dreams. But what is it that got them to continue day after day, to put everything they've got into everything they do? There are of course many factors however I believe there are fundamental character traits that they have cultivated within themselves. Characteristics that give them the fire to do whatever it takes to succeed. These are the traits that can insure your success as well. Trait number one: Passion. All of these people have discovered a reason, a consuming, energizing, almost obsessive purpose that drives them to do, to grow and to be more. It gives them the fuel that powers their success and causes them to tap their true potential.

Reading Power Main Text Hi, this is AJ. Time for the next lesson. Now this is one of my favorite topics by one of my favorite people so I want you to be extra happy, extra strong body and physiology for this one. So stand up straight. Get those shoulders back. Chest up. Breathe deep. Get that air going in there. Energize your body. Big, big, super big smile, huge smile. Make everyone think you're super crazy. Now move your body. Come on, get it moving now. If you're standing you just kind of wiggle around. Move those arms, move those legs. If you can, start walking. Get the blood going. Get that energy going. Let's go! Are you ready? This lesson is called "The Power of Reading" and it comes from an article by Dr. Stephen Krashen. He's one of my favorite people in the world. Dr. Stephen Krashen is probably the number one expert on language learning and language teaching in the world. He is just an incredible professor, an incredible researcher, an incredible intellectual. He has done an incredible amount of research on the topic of learning languages. And today we're going to talk about just one part of his research. Really, Effortless English is based a lot on Dr. Stephen Krashen's research, all of the methods we use. But we're going to talk about just one particular method, one particular idea, very strong idea that comes from Dr. Stephen Krashen and his research and that is the power of reading. Specifically it's the power of pleasure reading. It's the power of easy reading. We'll talk about that more in a minute. But first let me read a little bit from this article. Now this article, as you might guess, is about the power of reading. And Dr. Krashen did a lot of research about reading. Specifically about how do people, native speakers, and people learning foreign languages, how do they learn vocabulary? How do they get good grammar? How do they get excellent writing skills? One of the most important methods is reading. Reading for pleasure. Now when we talk about reading there are kind of two different ways to learn reading, even for small children, learning a native language. Now one method, the old method, is that you learn reading skills. So you have to study and analyze vocabulary, for example. Spelling in English is very difficult and tough so we have to study that a lot in school. Well, we don't have to but often with old methods and old teachers we do. We study, study, study spelling. We study, study, study vocabulary. And we learn all these skills. We use all these textbooks to learn reading. And, of course, people learning new language, a foreign language, well guess what. You do the same things, right? You learn textbooks. You're reading all these textbooks and you're trying to learn all these "reading skills."

The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Thought Mastery Main Text Hello, this is AJ Hoge. Welcome to the next lesson. Today we're going to talk about "Thought Mastery." And what thought mastery is, it's controlling and managing your thoughts. And when you control your thoughts, when you manage your thoughts, when you can change and shift your thoughts, you change and shift your motivation. You change and shift your emotion. And that causes you to change and shift your actions. And a lot of what we're going to talk about today comes from NLP. That's neuro-linguistic programming which is a very long word. Neuro means nerve or brain, something to do with the nerves or the brain or the nervous system, neuro. Linguistic we've learned already. Linguistic means language. And programming, of course, is similar to programming a computer, telling it something, what to do. So what it talks about is how to program your brain with language and with thoughts and with pictures. Thať's neuro-linguistic programming. It was developed by several different people, one of the most famous people is Richard Bandler developed this system called NLP. And NLP is designed to help you kind of control your brain a little better. To decide the kind of images, decide the kind of thoughts you want to have in your brain. And by doing that, by changing your thoughts you will change your emotions and your actions. One of the key techniques of NLP is to take images that you have in your brain and to modify them and change them. So a lot of times we have negative pictures in our head and we don't realize how powerful they are, how much they affect us, how they change the way we act, how they change the way we feel. And so what we want to do is look at the pictures that we make in our head and we want to choose them. We want to change them and choose better pictures. Let me give you an example. Let's talk about English class, English class. Imagine in your head an English class. What do you see? What picture comes into your head when I say English class? For example, do you see a room with a lot of students in it? Are they sitting at little desks in rows? Are they moving a lot or are they still? What about the teacher? Where is the teacher? Is the teacher at the front of the class standing above the students talking down to them? Do the students look happy? Are they smiling or do they look bored? What about the quality of this picture in your head? Is it bright and sunny and colorful? Or is it kind of dark, maybe black and white? Is it loud? Is there music or is it quiet? Or is it silent? Is it big and in your face, close to you, or small and far away?

Repetition Main Text Hi this is AJ. Welcome to the seventh lesson. Let's begin. This one is called "Repetition with Intensity." Intensity means power, concentrated power, really, is what it means. Of course, repetition means doing something again and again and again and again and again. So maybe this is the bad news or the good news, I don't know, but the truth is to learn English, to learn any language, to learn any skill, to be a master you have to have a lot of repetition. And this is something that a lot of people don't like and they go "Oh my god, I'm bored. I don't want to listen to this again. I don't want to do this again and again and again." l'll give you a small example. I've recently started taking singing lessons and every lesson we do the same thing. We do these scales, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Every single time. Every day, same scales, same exercises. And anyone who wants to get really good at singing, and I do want to get good, has to do this. You have to repeat. You can't just say "Oh, I already know this. I did it 10 times so l'm finished and let's do something new." Unfortunately a lot of people have this idea with language learning for some reason. Most people understand if you learn a sport you have to repeat the same basic actions again and again and again. If you want to be great at basketball, you probably know you have to practice dribbling, [which] means bouncing the ball, passing and shooting the ball, again and again and again and again. Michael Jordan practiced these same basic skills from a child until he finished his career. What, 20 years maybe, every day practicing the same skills, again and again. And not just practicing, practicing with emotion, practicing with power, practicing with energy, every day for 20 years or more. We've already mentioned Tiger Woods a lot, same thing with golf. He practices the same skills again and again and again and again, every single day, years and years and years. So why, when we're learning English or learning a language, do we say "Oh, I don't want to study this any more, I already know it. I already know the present tense. I already know these words. I already know this grammar. I already know this lesson." What, maybe you listened to it 7 times, 5 times? It's not enough. We need a lot of repetition, a lot of repetition with power, with intensity. Your whole life, that's why babies learn so quickly and so well, that's why I'm a master of English and not a master of Spanish. Because every day for 40 years I have been listening to English, the same basic English. When I was 5 years old I didn't tell my mom “Mom, I already know the past tense so stop using it. Let's learn something more difficult now. I'm bored with the past tense."

The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Beliefs Main Text Hello, welcome to the fourth lesson. This one is called “Beliefs." Let's get started. Beliefs are another important part of managing your psychology, of strengthening your psychology so that you will learn English, or anything in fact, much faster. And there are two kinds of beliefs to general categories of beliefs. Limiting and empowering. Let's talk about limiting beliefs first. Now limiting means, limit is something that stops you. It's like a boundary. It stops you from going ahead. So a limiting belief is a belief that stops you from improving, a belief that stops you from getting better. And l'd say most English students have limiting beliefs and many English students have very strong limiting beliefs. I call these beliefs English trauma and I got that name from a few of my Japanese students. They would tell me “AJ, I can't speak English well because I have English trauma." What is English trauma? What is that, what are they talking about? Well, trauma means some kind of injury, some kind of hurt. Emotional hurt, deep emotional hurt. So what they mean is that they had some very negative, painful experiences with English in the past. In other words, when they were in school in English classes, even as adults going to other English schools, they had very negative experiences. And all these negative experiences have created some very negative beliefs, some very limiting beliefs. For example, they say "I am not good at English." Well, that's a belief. It may be true, it may not be true. But it's an opinion, it's a belief that they have. Another belief, a very common belief, English is difficult. Or, English is complicated. Well, that's just a belief. For me English is very easy, because l'm a native speaker, just like your native language for you is very easy. Tomoe can speak Japanese fluently because she's Japanese, so I might say "Japanese is difficult," and she would say “No, Japanese is super easy." These are just beliefs that come from our experiences. The problem is these limiting beliefs limit us. They in fact do limit us. They stop us from getting better. They cause a lot of problems for us as students, as learners. I have them, too. As I try to learn Japanese, for example, I have a lot of these limiting beliefs I realize. I think "Oh, Japanese is so difficult." Japanese is complicated, just look at the writing system. It's so different from English. And these beliefs hurt my motivation. They lower my energy, and in fact they're wrong. They're not true. Japanese does not have to be difficult, it does not have to be complicated. A small child, even a small American child, could learn Japanese very effortlessly, very easily. And the reason is, the number one reason is, they don't have the limiting beliefs. They can sing songs and play games and enjoy the language, and

The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Emotional Mastery 2 Main Text Hello and welcome to the next lesson "Emotional Mastery 2." So in Emotional Mastery 1 we learned about changing our physiology, changing our bodies to change our emotions. Remember in that less I said there are two ways to change your emotions. Number one is physiology, we talked about that. There is something else you can change so you can be in a peak emotional state as you learn English and that is your focus, your mental focus. What you think about consistently, that will change your emotion also. So what do I mean by mental focus? How do you change your mental focus? What should you focus on? What should you not focus on? First, let's talk about the negative. What should you not focus on? Try to remember when you were in school in your English classes. What did you focus on when you were in school? What did you think about, worry about, consistently, frequently? Well probably tests, right? That was one I always thought about. You probably were focused on tests a lot. “I gotta pass this test, I gotta pass this test." Tests, and then grades. "Will I get an A? Will I get a B? Will I get a C? Will I fail this course?" So you were thinking about judgment, other people judging you, the teacher judging you, getting a grade, getting a score. How did you feel about that? When you think about tests, tests, tests a lot and you think a lot about a score, a grade, A, B, C. Or maybe now you're thinking about the TOEFL exam and you're worried "What number will I get on the TOEFL exam?" How does that affect your emotions? Do you feel more relaxed or more stressful? Well, most people feel more stressful, of course. The more you think about judgment, the more you think about a test score, the more nervous you become, the more worried you become. And that's not good. You actually learn more slowly when you're worried. You learn more slowly when you're nervous, when you have anxiety. Again, l'll talk about Dr. Stephen Krashen, our favorite researcher. Anxiety is a major part of his research. It is the single number one most negative factor in language acquisition, in language learning. Anxiety means worry or stress and there are many, many studies about this. They study different language learners, study different English learners. And they put them in a situation where they are more stressed or more worried. And they have others that are in a more relaxed situation. And the relaxed students always learn better and faster. So let's say after six months the relaxed students will have better grammar, better pronunciation, better listening and understanding, better writing skill, better everything. The anxious students, the worried, nervous students, the stressed students, of course, have worse pronunciation, worse speaking ability, less vocabulary, worse writing, less

Automatic English For The People Emotional Mastery Main Text Okay, welcome to the main audio for "Emotional Mastery." So let's talk about emotional mastery in more detail now. How can you manage your emotions, how can you control, I don't like the word control, but let's just say manage your emotions so that you feel better and stronger while you're learning English. So it's easy to say that "Oh, feel good when you're learning English," but unfortunately a lot of people feel bad when they're learning English. A lot of people feel bored. Or maybe just in your life in general, you're tired, you're working hard, and it's difficult to learn English also and still feel energetic and happy. So we have to learn some techniques, some methods to manage our emotions, to make sure our emotions are feeling strong while we're learning. And remember, again, that emotion and psychology are 80% of success. And a lot of people talk about this in the academic world. Dr. Stephen Krashen, again he's the top expert on language acquisition, language learning and language education, and he talks about this idea of non-linguistic factors. Which basically means psychological and emotional factors, that they're more important than the method you're using. Tony Robbins, the famous peak performance coach, talks about this as well. He says directly success comes from emotion, 80% of success is emotion. The other 20% is the method, it's how you do it. So we've got to master our emotions to master English. How are you going to do to that? Let's talk about that now. There are two keys to emotional mastery. One is your physiology, again it's your body, how you use and manage your body. And second is your focus, your mental focus. Now a lot of this comes from again Tony Robbins and Joe Vitale and some other peak performance coaches so l'm using their information and I'm applying it, I'm focusing it on this process of learning English and how can you take those ideas and use them to increase your English learning power, so you learn faster, so that you speak better. So again we have two ways to manage our emotions. One is physiology, through the body. And the other is through focus, mental focus. What you think about again and again and again. In this lesson we're going to talk about physiology, managing physiology. So this is an easy way to change your emotional state. So let's imagine that you are tired. You've gone to work, you've worked a very long day. You're tired. And you're thinking "I don't want to study English." How can you change that feeling? Well you can try to talk to yourself "Oh, should study, should study, should feel better," but usually that doesn't work, right? Usually you still feel tired. What you have to do is start with your body. Change your body. What does your body look like when you're tired?

The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Intro Main Text These lessons are sold only on our website, EffortlessEnglishClub.com. If you bought these lessons somewhere else, you have an illegal copy. Please notify us and we will take immediate legal action against the seller. Thank you. Hi, this is AJ Hoge, Director of the Effortless English Club. Welcome to our new set of lessons, these are called the Power English Lessons. The reason they're called Power English is because in these lessons we're going to do two things. Number one, you're going to learn English, of course. As always, we have the mini-stories which are our favorite lessons for most of our members, but the content, the focus, the topics in these lessons are going to be focused on the psychology of learning and the psychology of success. Now these ideas, they're not just my ideas. In fact, they come from a lot of other people. They come from people like Tony Robbins, who is a famous success coach, Robert Anton Wilson, Joe Vitale, Robert Kiyosaki, Alan Watt, so l've taken a lot of ideas from a lot of different people about this topic of the psychology of success. And the reason that we're going to talk about this in these lessons is that in my experience, most English students struggle and fail because of psychology, not because of methods, not because of teachers. Those things are important, but Tony Robbins talks about the fact that psychology is 80% of success. And I think he's right, based on my experience with many, many English students. Psychology is 80% of success, so 20% are the methods you use to study. 20% are the schools you go to, the teachers you have, the books you use. Those are important, we talk a lot about them. But the other 80% is psychology, your motivation, your emotions, how you manage your time. All of these things are in fact much, much more important. What I saw in my classes were that the enthusiastic students, the energetic students, the optimistic students always learned much faster. They succeeded. The ones who failed, the ones who dropped out and quit, the ones who struggled had the opposite mentality. They had a very negative mentality. Their motivation was low. They tended to be pessimistic. They felt that they weren't good at English. They had ideas that English was very tough, very difficult, they struggled. They didn't have enthusiasm for English. They didn't love English. So in these lessons we're going to talk about how can you manage your emotions. How can you develop that strong, powerful, enthusiastic attitude towards English,

In this episode, we discuss the Gift of Tongues from a logical, theological, and biblical perspective. Main Text: 1st Corinthians 14. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mainpointministries/support

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Main Text; Mathew 13:10-13 10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” 11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see;     though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

Given 4th October 2020 Main Text taken from the book of Jonah

Shannon talks about how the world's chaos will tear us apart while Jesus Christ can bind us together. Main Text is Colossians 1 and Isaiah 40. Great sermon!Support the show (http://DupreeBaptistChurch.weebly.com)

Main TextHebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone whocomes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seekhim.”Introduction:A Belief that God Exists (Heb. 11:6, Mark 11:22, John 14:1, Ephesians 2:8-9, John3:16, John 6:27-29)Pleasing God with the Right Things (Heb. 11:6, Jer. 9:23-24, Psalm 33:16-22, Psalm146:3-6, Prov. 3:5-6)Rewards Those Who Earnestly Seek Him (Heb. 11:6, Matt. 9:27-30a, Matt. 9:20-22,Matt. 15:21-28)Conclusion:Matt. 13:58, Mark 9:22-23

Main Text: Matthew 22:36-40 (NLT) Supporting Text: 1 Cor. 13:4-7 (TPT) Romans 12:9-10, 15-18, 21 (NLT) 1 Cor. 15:58 (NLT)

Main Text; Acts 2:41-47 (NLT) Supporting Text: Ephesians 4:11-13, 16 (NLT) Romans 10:13-15 (NLT) Romans 12:6 (NLT) 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT) 2 Timothy 1:6 (NLT) Galatians 6:1-3 (NLT) 1 Peter 5:8 (NLT)

Main Text: Genesis 3:8-10 (NLT) John 15:4-5(NLT) Supporting Text: 2 Corinthians 3:10-11 (NLT) 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (NLT) Psalm 37:5 (NLT) Proverbs 3:5-8; 16:3-4a (TPT) 2 Corinthians 5:14-16, 18, 20 (TPT)

Main Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10 (NLT) Supporting Text: Ephesians 2:4-5, 8 (NLT) Galatians 2:20-21 (NLT) James 5:16b (NLT) Hebrews 10:25 (TPT) Colossians 3:16a (TPT) Hebrews 4:12 (TPT) Titus 2:11-12 (TPT) 1 Corinthians 15:10 (TPT)

Main Text: 2 Chronicles 20:5-13In the NIV, Ezekiel 16:30 can also be translated as: "How feverish is your heart, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you do all these things."Tune in for live music at 1pm on our Facebook Page.Sunday School and children’s ministry curriculum are available in the weekly newsletter. If you don’t get the weekly newsletter, then requested it by email.

Main Text: Exodus 13:17-18 (NLT) Supporting Text: Numbers 13:1-2, 18-21a, 23, 25-28, 32-33 (NLT) Psalm 121:1-2 (TPT) Joshua 24:15, 31 (NLT) 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (NLT) Acts 10:38 (NLT) Philippians 2:9-11 (NLT) Proverbs 18:10 (NLT) John...

Main Text: John 10:3b-5 (TPT) 2 Timothy 1:12 (NKJV) Psalm 23 (NLT) Supporting Text: Hebrews 5:13-14 (NLT) Psalm 61:2-3 (NLT) Matthew 18:11-14 (TPT) Psalm 51:10-12 (NKJV) John 16:33 (NLT) Philippians 4:7 (NLT)

Main Text: Isaiah 40:27-31 (The MSG) Galatians 6:9 (NKJV) 2 Kings 13:14-20a (NLT) Supporting Text: 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 (NLT) Isaiah 65:1 (NLT) Jeremiah 29:12-14 (NLT) Ephesians 6:18 (NLT) Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NLT) 1 Timothy 1:18-19...

Main Text: 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT) John 3:16 (NLT) 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NLT) Supporting Text: John 20:11, 14-16 (NLT) John 16:20 (TPT) Psalm 30:5b (NLT) John 20:19 (NLT) Psalm 23:4 (TPT) Isaiah 41:10; 43:1-3a (NLT) Romans 8:37-38...

Main Text: 1 Cor. 13:13 (NLT) Hebrews 6:19 (TPT) Matthew 21:1-11 (NLT) Supporting Text: Psalm 27:14; 39:7; 42:5; 91:2 (TPT) Romans 5:5; 8:24; 12:12 (TPT) Closing Text: Romans 15:13 (TPT)

True womanhood is at the center of God's purpose Masculinity and femininity, manhood and womanhood, belong at the center of God's ultimate purpose. Manhood and womanhood are not an afterthought of creation. They are not an afterthought of the cross on which Jesus died. They are not peripheral to the design of Jesus' death to magnify the grace of God. They are right there at the center at Calvary and that is where they belong. This means that if any woman tried to reduce her womanhood to physical features of biological functions and then determine her role in life purely on the basis of competencies, she not only misses the point of womanhood, she also diminishes the glory of Christ in her own life. A woman's distinctive female personhood is indispensable in God's purpose to display the fullness of His glory. It is not incidental to her personhood. It exists because it is God's designed relationship to the central event of history – the death of His Son. And it is not afforded to her by men but by God Himself. The effect of the Fall on womanhood The Bible paints for us a picture of marruage at creation and marriage before the Fall. But it is marragiage at the Fall and after the Fall that really give us the reality of what a woman faces today. Before the Fall, their relationship was in such a perfect, God-established harmony, that it could be said they ruled together. The headship of the man and the submission of the woman were so blended into oneness that it could be said they multiplied together, subdued the earth together. There was no discord at all. Man & Woman at the Fall Marriage at the fall brings us the tragedy. God's order is disrupted and the whole marriage relationship is defaced. The blessings and mandates of marriage would remain even after the fall, but they are to be enjoyed and carried out in the context of a broken relationship with God – the marriage maker and sustainer. While God intervenes with a resolve to restore man and his necessary relationships (Gen. 3:15), he also pronounces judgment on man due to his disobedience and rebellion. God cursed the man and the woman because of their sin on several fronts. God cursed the serpent, increased child birth pains for the woman, cursed the ground and made it more laborious for man to survive on the earth he had enjoyed without much effort. The curse on a marriage relationship stands out vividly in the woman's “desire” and the man's “rule” (3:16). Most commentators say that the phrase “thy desire” simply refers to the normal, strong, sexual, psychological desire, attraction and need that a woman has for her husband. They also say the phrase “he shall rule over you” is a normal function of

Main Text:  John 11:38-39 38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." NKJV There are two stones mentioned in the Bible, besides the five that David picked up going after Goliath, two stones that sit in the way of victory and blessing for every one of us.  To receive all that God has for us, these stones need to first be rolled away. The first stone is mentioned in the text we just looked at.  This passage, along with several verses before and after it, tell the story of Lazarus and his resurrection. John 11:1-37 11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 8 The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.  10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."  11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." 12 Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.  15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." 16 Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." 17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.  26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." 28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." 32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, "Where have you laid him?

Sermon Series:  Let’s Get Real Title:  #5 – Hats In Church! Main Text:  Acts 15:22-29   Point 1:   Idols, Blood, & Strangling – Acts 15:29 Point 2:   Stumbling Blocks  -  I Corinthians 8:4-13, I Corinthians 9:19-22 Point 3:   Real About Diversity – Galatians 2:11-13

Sermon Series:  Let’s Get Real Title:  #4 – It’s A Praise Party! Main Text:  Psalm 100   Point 1:   What Praise Is – 2 Samuel 6:1-10, Amos 5:21, Zephaniah 3:17, I Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Samuel 5:19-20, 2 Samuel 7:25-26, Psalm 51:10-17 Point 2:   What Praise Does  -  Psalm 100, Psalm 22:3, Psalm 150

Entry through practice -- (3) craving nothing (continued) Main Text(s) quoted: The Path to Bodhidharma, the teachings of Shodo Harada Roshi. Translated by Priscilla Daichi Storandt and edited by Jane Lago

Bible Texts:1st Main Text Gen 3:1-5 2nd Main Text 1st Kings 13:7-26 Supporting Texts:Mal 3:6Exodus 20:2-17Matthew 19:16Rev 12:17Exodus 20:8-11 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetestimonyofchristInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.testimony.of.christ/Website: https://thetestimonyofchrist.com/

Continuing on from the previous teisho, more on working with our darkest thoughts, especially tanha vibhava the craving for non-existence, aka the "pot of loathing". Plus four perspectives on our response to suffering. Main Text(s) quoted: The Transformative Power of Crisis by Robert M. Alter with Jane Alter, Harper Collins NY 2000

Some responses to questions from a student: "Given the enormous amount of destruction and suffering in the world how can we do everything that needs doing? How to we keep our hearts and minds wide open and manage the feelings of helplessness and inadequacy that arise? Main Text(s) quoted: "The Love in Deep Adaptation" by Jem Bendell and Katie Carr www.jembendell.com, 17 March 2019

The Mosque shootings, white supremacy, non-violent climate action and "placing our fearful mind in the cradle of loving-kindness". Main Text(s) quoted: "Why climate action is the antithesis of white supremacy" by Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian, 19 March 2019 and "Practice of Metta and the English Problem' by John Aske, Buddhism Now, 11 January 2014.

What is Zen? Reviewing some basics. Main Text(s) quoted: The Principles of Zen by Martine Batchelor

The N Commandments: Part 5 - JUDGE NOT Main Text: Matthew 7:1-6 (NIV)September 23, 2018Tim Miller: NextGen DirectorThis is an original series by: Andy Stanley & North Point Ministries - Used by PermissionIf you've made a decision to Say "YES" to follow Jesus, please let us know at www.thegrovefc.org/yes    I Said YESMessage Outline

The N Commandments: Part 4 - SIN NOT Main Text: John 8:2-11 (NIV)September 16, 2018Marc Phillips: Lead PastorThis is an original series by: Andy Stanley & North Point Ministries - Used by PermissionIf you've made a decision to Say "YES" to follow Jesus, please let us know at www.thegrovefc.org/yes    I Said YESMessage Outline

A Zen Master learns from an elderly Pure Land practitioner -- and so can we. Notions of "self " and "other" drop away. Main Text(s) quoted: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon.

Arouse the mind with out its abiding anywhere Main Text(s) quoted: Mud and Water, The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui, translated by Arthur Braverman

Master Keizan asks, "What about right now? Sonin responds with a bow that contains everything. Main Text(s) quoted: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Though we find clear waters ranging to the vast blue sky in autumn, how can it compare to the hazy moon on a spring night! Main Text(s) quoted: The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan's Denkoroku, translated by Frances H. Cook

The Six Perfections (Paramitas) are our Buddha-nature functioning. Main Text(s) quoted: Mud and Water, The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui, translated by Arthur Braverman

What does it mean to "leave home?" Main Text(s) quoted: The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan's Denkoroku, translated by Frances H. Cook

Bassui's Talk on One Mind -- invaluable instructions for working on a koan. Main Text(s) quoted: The Three Pillars of Zen, compiled and edited by Philip Kapleau.

In what way is Zen "outside the sutras"? Main Text(s) quoted: Mud and Water, The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui, translated by Arthur Braverman

The N Commandments: Part 3 - WORRY NOT Main Text: Matthew 6:25-34 (NLT)September 9, 2018Sharon Post: Church CouncilThis is an original series by: Andy Stanley & North Point Ministries - Used by PermissionIf you've made a decision to Say "YES" to follow Jesus, please let us know at www.thegrovefc.org/yes    I Said YES

The N Commandments: Part 2 - FEAR NOT Main Text: Matthew  10:28-31 (NIV)September 2, 2018Brad Post: Events & Outreach PastorThis is an original series by: Andy Stanley & North Point Ministries - Used by PermissionIf you've made a decision to Say "YES" to follow Jesus, please let us know at www.thegrovefc.org/yes    I Said YES

The N Commandments: Part 1 - UNHITCHED Main Text: Acts 15:1-31 (NLT)August 26, 2018Marc Phillips: Lead PastorThis is an original series by: Andy Stanley & North Point Ministries - Used by PermissionIf you've made a decision to Say "YES" to follow Jesus, please let us know at www.thegrovefc.org/yes    I Said YES

Main Text of today's message: 1 Timothy 6:11-12.  Third and final week of 'It's Your World....I'm Just Scooping It' series.   Please join us next week for a new sermon series!     Sermon today brought by Rashad Cunningham.

Becoming an ox at the bottom of the mountain, or "Nothing distinguishes the enlightened person." (Yamada Koun-roshi) Main Text(s) quoted: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu and The Method of No-Method, The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination by Chan Master Shengyen

Biographical material and introduction to Master Hongzhi's teaching. Main Text(s) quoted: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu and The Method of No-Method, The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination by Chan Master Shengyen

It is possible to get stuck in emptiness. More is needed for real living. Main Text(s) quoted: The Method of No-Method, The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination by Chan Master Shengyen

Luzu's plain and simple teaching is evidence of his deep faith in our potential to awaken. Main Text(s) quoted: Zen's Chinese Heritage by Andy Fergusson

"Murkiness remains": pros and cons and pitfalls of shikantaza and koan practice. What is the "field of boundless emptiness"? Some perspectives from quantum physics. Main Text(s) quoted: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu. The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos by Brian Swimme.

Review -- why do we come to sesshin and what do we do? Skillfully working with our mental obsessions, compulsions and delusions and entering the Hongzhi's "clear circle of brightness". Main Text(s) quoted: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu.

St. Paul points us to two attributes that are essential and powerful in the building of Transforming Community – authenticity and missionality. Both are required to function together so that true, transforming community can not only be created but grow and thrive. David Varney preaches the second message in our series Transforming Community. Main Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12.

A foundation of virtue is needed before we can meditate effectively. The precepts, or non-harm, as benevolence in action. A close look at the Sutta up to “Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.” Main Text(s) quoted: Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness (Sn 1.8), translated from the Pali by The Amaravati Sangha. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 2 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html . Commentary on words and phrases by Andrew Olendzki http://www.dharmanet.org/coursesM/18/mettasutta6.htm

Sublime abiding and non-abiding. Metta that flows naturally into no-mind and nibbana. Main Text(s) quoted: Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness (Sn 1.8), translated from the Pali by The Amaravati Sangha. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 2 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html . Commentary on words and phrases by Andrew Olendzki http://www.dharmanet.org/coursesM/18/mettasutta6.htm

Why we have introduced the Pali Karaniya Metta Sutta into our early morning chanting service in sesshin, and an introduction to the Sutta. Main Text(s) quoted: Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness (Sn 1.8), translated from the Pali by The Amaravati Sangha. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 2 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html . Commentary on words and phrases by Andrew Olendzki http://www.dharmanet.org/coursesM/18/mettasutta6.htm

Obgleich kein Gruß, obgleich kein Brief von mir, So lang dir kömmt, laß keinen Zweifel doch Ins Herz, als wär die Zärtlichkeit des Sohns, Die ich dir schuldig bin, aus meiner Brust Entwichen. Nein, so wenig als der Fels Der tief im Fluß, vor ewgem Ancker liegt, Aus seiner Stätte weicht, obgleich die Fluht, Mit stürmschen Wellen bald, mit sanften bald Darüber fließt, und ihn dem Aug entreißt. So wenig weicht die Zärtlichkeit für dich Aus meiner Brust, obgleich des Lebens Strom, Vom Schmerz gepeitscht bald stürmend drüber fließt, Und, von der Freude bald gestreichelt, still Sie deckt, und sie verhindert daß sie nicht Ihr Haupt der Sonne zeigt, und ringsumher Zurückgeworfne Strahlen trägt, und dir Bey jedem Blicke zeigt, wie dich dein Sohn verehrt. Foto: Andreas Praefcke (Denkmal für die Mutter Goethes im Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main) Text: zeno.org (Goethe schrieb dieses Gedicht 1767 mit 17 Jahren, in einem Brief an seine Schwester Cornelia.) Lesung: Elisa Demonkí Klavier: Ulrike Theusner

This talk continues Shohaku Okumura Roshi's commentary on Dogen Zenji's Tenzo Kyokun. Okumura Roshi discusses the difference between our normal attitude toward preparing food and the teaching Dogen Zenji offers to the tenzo. Preparing meals is a metaphor for making choices about the lives we live. It was originally given at Sanshinji in Bloomington, IN on May 23, 2007. Please consider supporting Okumura Roshi's teachings and the activities of Sanshin Zen Community by making a contribution on this podcast's page (http://sanshin.podomatic.com) or at Sanshin's home page (http://sanshinji.org/home/)

This talk continues Shohaku Okumura Roshi's commentary on Dogen Zenji's Tenzo Kyokun. It was originally given at Sanshinji in Bloomington, IN on May 16, 2007. Please consider supporting Okumura Roshi's teachings and the activities of Sanshin Zen Community by making a contribution on this podcast's page (http://sanshin.podomatic.com) or at Sanshin's home page (http://sanshinji.org/home/)

This talk continues Shohaku Okumura Roshi's commentary on Dogen Zenji's Tenzo Kyokun. In this talk he begins addressing Dogen's Instructions for the Cook directly. It was originally given at Sanshinji in Bloomington, IN on May 9, 2007. Please consider supporting Okumura Roshi's teachings and the activities of Sanshin Zen Community by making a contribution on this podcast's page (http://sanshin.podomatic.com) or at Sanshin's home page (http://sanshinji.org/home/)