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Hendrick's a producer and mixer born in Venezuela, who made his way to Argentina, then to the U.S., and now Colombia. We talked about making records in a global way, the local effects of music scenes, discovering independent artists, and growing musical communities. I'm really excited about the music that Hendrick is cooking up, but I'm even more impressed by his mentality and work ethic behind it all. (And even less impressed by my Spanish at the end. I promise I'll keep practicing, ya'll.)For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Hendrick on his:✏️ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠✏️ ⁠⁠IG⁠ Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular

It's a Valentine's Day Gift!To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.The first rule of a happy life is low expectations. If you have unrealistic expectations you're going to be miserable your whole life. Happiness can also lead to better relationships, improved health, and increased creativity, all of which can contribute to a person's success.

Mandy Len Catron is known for her wildly popular Modern Love essay in the New York Times, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This." She popularized the 36 questions that are said to make people fall in love. Mandy's essay inspired her book of the same name. In the book, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," Mandy deconstructs her own personal canon of love stories through a series of candid and vulnerable essays. She dives all the way back to 1944, when her grandparents first met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver, drawing insights from her research into the universal psychology, biology, history, and literature of love. And she tells the story of how she decided to test a psychology experiment that she'd read about — where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions — and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship. Originally published in July 2017. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle.  

It is better to be a warrior than a garden than a gardener in a war - or so the saying goes. But the Scriptures have something else in mind. In times of horrific political violence, God tells the people to plant gardens. To fall in love. Settle down. Have children.   If the world is feeling like a war zone right now, are you called to plant a seed of hope?

Eternal Life is knowing the Father and The Son through the Holy Spirit. To fall in love with God is the greatest of romances, to seek Him is the greatest adventure and to find Him is the greatest human achievement. Let us Learn More from the servant of God; Pastor Roy Philip.

ANTIPHON- Let Your Will be Done in Me, O GodSCRIPTURE- Matthew 24: 13REFLECTION- Sister CarolMUSIC- O Lord, Hear My Prayer by Taize- Lord of All Hopefulness by The O'Neill Brothers GroupNOTESQuote of St. Augustine:"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him is the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement."

"Nothing is far from God" Have you ever heard the quote "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."? Or what about "To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him, the greatest adventure and to find Him, the greatest human achievement"? These beautiful quotes are from the incredible Saint, Augustine of Hippo. And before he was a saint, Augustine was nothing short of a ruffian and rebel. It was only by the grace of God that he went on to become saint and doctor of the church! And we will tell his story...but! Not yet. First, we have to start with the story of the one that prayed Augustine into the arms of God, the woman who wept and fought for his holiness: Augustine's mother, Saint Monica.Please rate, review and share with friends and family! Saints Alive is brought to you by the #1 Catholic Prayer App, Hallow! Sign up today with a 30-day free trial! Find resources on the saints, discussion questions and more about our team by visiting our website: https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/

Hey, it's Katie and I want to welcome you to this special bonus episode. It'll be here for you completely ad-free for the next week so you can get a feel of what it's like to be a PREMIUM member. If you'd like an easy ad-free experience for all of our podcasts - that's over 200 episodes each month, then JOIN PREMIUM today at https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium Oh, the courage that it takes to live.  To truly live.  PAUSE… To follow our passions. To experiment with interests.  To fall in love. To live our values.  PAUSE… Oh, the courage it takes.  So relax your body, Deep into comfort.  PAUSE… Let your breathing, Slow down.  PAUSE… Anais Nin said, “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… Be here with this quote. And see what it brings up for you.  LONG PAUSE (3 MIN)… “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… How will your life expand today? Namaste, Beautiful

Welcome to Episode 7 of "Unfiltered Thoughts with the Amazing Soul"! In this deeply introspective episode, we explore the profound themes of "To Being Love, To Fall in Love." Join us as we embark on a journey to understand the essence of love—both as a state of being and a transformative experience. In this thought-provoking conversation, we challenge conventional perspectives on love and invite you to reflect on its profound impact on our lives. Discover how embracing love within ourselves leads to greater self-acceptance, compassion, and authenticity. Explore the magic of falling in love with life, with others, and with the world around us, fostering a deep sense of connection and wonder. Prepare to be inspired and uplifted as we navigate the complexities of human emotions and the pursuit of authentic love. Through candid discussions and soul-stirring reflections, we uncover the keys to cultivating love in all its forms. Join us on this transformative journey of self-discovery and connection. Subscribe to "Unfiltered Thoughts with the Amazing Soul" and join the conversation as we celebrate the power of love and awakening the Amazing Soul within each of us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theamazingsoul/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theamazingsoul/support

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” – Jorge Luis Borges   This week, join Cyrus Palizban, Zohar Atkins, Nicolas Sarian, Harry Jacobs, and Jake Kozloski (founder and CEO of Keeper, an AI-driven dating app) as we engage in a rich discussion about the complexities of love, marriage, and the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence in matchmaking. The conversation orbits around Borges' provocative quote on love, sparking debates on the nature of love, the historical transformation of marriage, and how personal and societal conceptions of these concepts have shifted over time. Jake introduces Keeper, an innovative dating app designed to use AI to match individuals with their soulmates by learning enormous amounts of personal preferences and traits. We explore the philosophical, psychological, and practical aspects of seeking love in the modern era, touching upon the benefits and potential pitfalls of relying on technology to navigate the deeply human quest for connection. We hope you'll swipe right on this episode.   00:00 Welcome to The Lightning Podcast: Exploring Love and Philosophy 00:35 Diving Deep into the Meaning of Love with Jake Kozlowski 02:54 The Paradox of a Fallible God in Love 07:16 Exploring the Complexities of Love, Religion, and AI 08:56 Personal Reflections and Philosophical Insights on Love 18:57 The Role of AI in Finding Love: A Future Vision 25:22 Exploring the Science of Matchmaking 26:09 The Art of Falling in Love vs. Falling Asleep 27:43 Commitment Coaching: Beyond Finding a Match 28:38 The Journey of Love: From Short-Term Attraction to Long-Term Connection 30:08 The Role of Technology in Modern Matchmaking 31:24 Navigating the Complexities of Authenticity and Attraction 35:39 Addressing Deception in Digital Dating 39:08 A Philosophical Dive into Love, Marriage, and Technology 50:00 Concluding Thoughts on Love, Relationships, and Self-Discovery   Special thanks to Jake Kozloski, CEO of Keeper for joining us on the podcast. Want to find love at first match? Try Keeper: http://keeper.ai/  https://twitter.com/KeeperMatch  https://www.instagram.com/keepermatchmaking/reels/  Want to continue the discussion? Join us for more learning and discussion in our Meditations and Chronicles WhatsApp groups!   Meditations: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JIFXc06ABCPEsyfUBtvm1U Chronicles: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FD6M9a35KCE2XrnJrqaGLU   Follow us on other platforms for more content!   Twitter: https://x.com/lightinspires   Instagram: https://instagram.com/lightning.inspiration?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng==   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightning-meditations/

This week, we read How to Fall in Love with Anyone by Mandy Len Catron This memoir from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our ability to achieve and sustain intimacy. When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer. Bekah joins me on this episode to discuss:  Why Bekah gave this book 2 stars and Jenna gave this book 5 stars… An inside look at Bekah and Jenna's love lives Why Pretty Woman is the ultimate love story Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you either stressed out or hopeful about love.  Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast: DRINK: Milkshake with two straws, red wine TV SHOW - New Girl, Normal People BOOK - Wild Geese, Of Love, Traveling Mercies MOVIE -  Pretty Woman, The Last Five Years ***  Once you're done listening, hop onto our Instagram and TikTok @rwreadspodcast to give us your thoughts on the discussion and the book. We look forward to hearing from you!    * Disclaimer * At Red Wine Reads, we want to engage in the stories of people from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences. The value of books lies in the power of storytelling and sharing a range of perspectives. We don't want to just read what we know, we want to read stories that open our worldview. And in turn, that means getting into challenging, rewarding conversations. But we are not experts in any field — literature, race relations, politics, etc .— and we know that our reviews of these books come from a place of privilege. We encourage our community of readers to add to these conversations with their own thoughts, critiques, and questions. We want to open up a safe place for people. That being said, we also realize that getting into race, sexuality, gender, and other difficult topics can be triggering. We aim to include content warnings whenever they are applicable but we are not perfect. So as we continue to do our best, know you have the room to tell us when we can do better and even, if you want to, share resources with us. Let's learn, grow, and have fun together.

Everyone has the right to freedom. To earn money. Make a living. To fall in love. Imagine being in a relationship with someone who has control over your whole life. Who punishes you for doing things that they don't agree with. Who isolates you from friends and family and leaves you completely dependent on just them. Only this has happened so slowly over a number of years, you don't recognize it as emotional and sometimes physical abuse, because you love them and they love you. Don't they?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5894684/advertisement

Everyone has the right to freedom. To earn money. Make a living. To fall in love. Imagine being in a relationship with someone who has control over your whole life. Who punishes you for doing things that they don't agree with. Who isolates you from friends and family and leaves you completely dependent on just them. Only this has happened so slowly over a number of years, you don't recognize it as emotional and sometimes physical abuse, because you love them and they love you. Don't they?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5894684/advertisement

Welcome to Episode 1598, From Serial Killer to the World's Hottest Wine Trend with Alice Feiring and Felicity Carter. This is the wine2wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business event, held annually in Verona, Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals gather to develop and expand their wine business worldwide. Abstract: In Alice Feiring's new memoir, “To Fall in Love, Drink This”, she does what she has become famous for, linking wine with the shocking, surprising and inconceivable. Case in point: In this book we see her escaping from a serial killer, spending time in one of America's most notorious prisons, visiting concentration camps, and telling off famous spirit producers. Yes, there's joy, loss of unconditional love, Nina Simone and dirt collected in jars as an incredible expression of terroir. It is her coming-of-age story linked to her subject, wine, how she has championed the wines now taking the world by storm. Heralded editor and master storyteller, Felicity Carter is charged with interviewing Feiring. In the session, Carter will explore what it takes to overcome wine media controversy, tell a good wine story about wine, and champion the underdogs until the wine world sits up and takes notice. Come along and find out the power of storytelling – and why the wine world needs to embrace greater transparency if it wants to resonate with modern drinkers. More about today's speaker: Alice Feiring Journalist and essayist Alice Feiring was proclaimed “the queen of natural wines” by the Financial Times. Feiring is a recipient of a coveted James Beard Award for wine journalism, among many others. She has written for newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Time, AFAR, World of Fine Wine, and the beloved winezine, Noble Rot. She has also appeared frequently on public radio. Her previous books include Natural Wine for the People, Dirty Guide to Wine, For the Love of Wine, Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally, and her controversial 2008 debut, The Battle for Wine & Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. Alice lives in New York and publishes the authoritative natural wine newsletter, The Feiring Line. Connect: Instagram: @alice.feiring Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alice.feiring Twitter: @alicefeiring Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-feiring-47658/ More about today's moderator: Felicity Carter Journalist and editor Felicity Carter is the Executive Editor at The Drop, the content arm of Pix. Previously she worked for Meininger Verlag, Europe's biggest wine and spirits publisher, where she built Meininger's Wine Business International into the world's only global wine business magazine, with correspondents from 30 countries and subscribers in 38. Before arriving in Europe she wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers in her native Australia, and is now an occasional contributor to The Guardian USA. She is an international wine judge and speaker, and editorial consultant to Liv-ex, the London-based fine wine exchange. Connect: Instagram: @carter.felicity Twitter: @FelicityCarter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-carter-a5754380/ _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin! Thanks for tuning in! Listen to more stories from the Italian Wine Community here on Italian Wine Podcast!

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "To fall in love was my first mistake", or possibly "Where's the fucking kick drum!?"Our third song from Jazz is the plaintive ballad, Jealousy. Kev is pretty sure Freddie didn't play to click tracks, Randy doesn't own a fretless bass, and who's that tap, tap, tapping at the window? Bloody Greta Garbo! Sitar schmitar we say!!! Some excellent tweets from the Twitterati this week and the boys agree that Pat Cummins should be bloody well ashamed of himself. Well, Kev does and Randy is just trying to be supportive... At least we'll always have Headingly.Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the last episode and left us some comments on Twitter and Facebook! We'll always try to answer any questions you have and seriously appreciate any corrections you make to anything we get wrong. And thanks so much for all your support as usual. We're loving diving into the Queen fandom a little more deeply as much as we're enjoying recording the podcasts!Huge thanks to Corey Morrissette and Mark Camire for letting us copy and paste the format from their gold-standard podcast; And the Podcast Will Rock. You can find them at @PodcastWillRock on Twitter. Also, make sure you go check out our beautiful brothers and sisters over on the Deep Dive Podcast Network!Follow us onTwitter: @queenseasideFacebook: @seasidepodreview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I'm Beverley Joy of Simply Story Poetry. To love or not to fall in love again? Should Grace risk falling in love again? The story of Grace continues...These questions churned over in her mind. It had been two years since her marriage had broken down with Darren. She felt safe being single and on her own. To fall in love again would mean becoming vulnerable. But she wanted more than to feel safe. She wanted to love someone and be loved in return. But was she ready? Was she wise enough to make a good choice this time? This poem explores the decision of whether to fall in love again following the breakdown of a previous relationship. You can read my poems at ⁠Simply Story Poetry⁠ on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Pinterest, ⁠⁠and LinkedIn ⁠and at ⁠simplystorypoetry.com⁠. May your decision to risk falling in love again bring you happiness. Thank you for listening. Beverley Joy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simply-story-poetry/message

TRACKLIST: 1. Fall in Love - Secret Night Gang 2. TOO SWEET (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra) - India Shawn 3. Love Somebody Intro - CARRTOONS 4. Always Here (feat. Akenya) - The JuJu Exchange 5. Virgo (feat. Brandee Younger & Julius Rodriguez) - Meshell Ndegeocello 6. Dolores - Rusowsky & Ralphie Choo 7. To Be as One (feat. Theo Croker) [Classical Re Edit] - STR4TA 8. Is U - Overmono 9. Love Is (feat. Cazeauz O.S.L.O.) [Extended Version] - Prequel 10. Girl U Could Be Down 4 - Bored Lord 11. Brown Sugar Queen (feat. Janice) - Devon Gilfillian 12. SADE - Rosehardt 13. Aguacero - Bad Bunny 14. Mood out There - ((( O ))) 15. Brooklyn Love - Lolo Zouaï 16. Space 4 - Nala Sinephro 17. never dreamed you'd leave in summer - Fana Hues 18. Wish I Loved - KIRBY 19. Too Far Close - Chase Shakur 20. Glow Like Dat - Rich Brian 21. Phone Numbers - Dominic Fike & Kenny Beats 22. Beige (feat. Arin Ray & Elena Pinderhughes) - Terrace Martin 23. To Fall In Love (feat. Budgie) - Navy Blue

Welcome to the Divine Feminine Revolution Podcast! Ready to experience epic pleasure confidence? You get to live your life in love and ultimate freedom **** Meet this episode's guest: Isabel Lamar Isabel supports individuals and couples to embody deep pleasure and freedom. To fall in love with the all spectrum of life, including our unworthiness, our fears and shadows so that we can liberate our body and claim it all. She is a mentor, guiding people to step into their power, to feel wildly worthy to have it all, EPIC PLEASURE, INTIMACY & TO THRIVE to feel empowered in their purpose and as LEADERS. She is known for giving permission to people to feel safe and free to express who they truly are, to come home in their sexuality, integrate their shadow and access their deepest pleasure and erotic nature. Connect with Isabel on Instagram @isabel__lamar and online at https://www.isabel-lamar.com. ​**** Come join me in my FREE private Facebook group, Divine Feminine Revolution: https://www.facebook.com/groups/divinefemininerevolution/ Send me a DM on Instagram! @drmeganmonday Check out the Divine Feminine Revolution pod on our YouTube channel. ⁠Subscribe if you love feminism, psychology, spirituality, and powerful women telling their success stories. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3dgsLD7ueGLphjZMXe1wow    

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morely.Juelz is back! Tune in and hear the ladies talk about self love. From childhood to adulthood, and even motherhood, learn how self love looks for us individually. It has been proven that with self love comes amazing benefits such as higher self esteem, more motivation, better sleep and a better mental health. Tune in and gain some knowledge on how you can also begin to practice self love. Estephanie Fuentes “Juelz”IG: jueeelzIG: divineeyebyjuelzRemember you guys, when you know better you do better!DOWNLOAD and SUBSCRIBE to Hijas Madres Y Amigas.FOLLOW us on:Instagram | @hijasmadresyamigas @seelenaaa_ @lizetteaguilera_Spotify | @Lizette Aguilera @Selena DUARTETik Tok | @hijasmadresyamigasSubscribe to our newsletter at www.Justjmarc.comPlease email us here with any suggestions, comments, and questions for future episodes. hijasmadresyamigas@gmail.com

To fall in love at Philmont is a unique journey of it's own.  To celebrate Valentine's Day - husband and wife, Lee and Carly Scarbrough join the show to share their Philmont love story. Check out Carly's Website here: www.cjcasper.comPhilmont Experience:LeeCOPE 2014PTC Fall 2014PC Rich Cabins 2015PTC Fall 2015ACD Beaubien 2017PTC Fall Coordinator 2017CarlyPC Ring Place 2012PC Ponil 2013PC French 2014 (late arrival)PC Cito 2015ACD Ponil 2016Autumn Adventure 2016CD Clarks Fork 2017Notable Mentions:Jesse McCallonChris WattersStephen AlexanderWally WolaninKyle SawyerSam & Whitney AndersonAmy BraganiniPete BergoneNate LayCarter SmithGrant ReigelmanSupport the show

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” — Robert Morley My Instagram and TikTok @strong_selflove Instagram thepodcastfarm www.podcast-farm.com/amplify --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." ~Robert Morley~ Self-love is not a fluffy concept but it is the glue that holds your overall well-being intact. When you start to love yourself everything changes in your inner & outer world. In this episode, I will discuss the beginning of my self-love journey, how it changed my life, and my current book project that focuses on diving deeper into your self-love practice. To learn more about my new book project entitled "28 Days of Love: A Self-Love Journey": https://tinyurl.com/5apm54cu To start your self-care journey, download my ebook: https://payhip.com/b/znTZ To get more info and inspiration on TheInspiratonal Corner Blog & Podcast: www.theinspirationalcorner.net

MJ's guest today is James Beard Award winning wine journalist and author Alice Feiring. Alice was proclaimed “the queen of natural wines” by the Financial Times. She publishes the authoritative natural wine newsletter, The Feiring Line. And Alice has recently released her 6th book, To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer's Memoir. In this episode they discuss why there's no place like NYC, the “Parkerization of Wine” and MJ finally gets a working definition of “Natural Wine.” Grab a glass of something Natty and enjoy! A huge thank you to Alice Feiring! Follow her on IG at @alice.feiringCheck out her website:https://thefeiringline.com/This episode's in studio wine:2021 Bichi “Como vino al mundo” Red Wine Tecate-Cuchuma_____________________________________________________________Until next time, cheers to the mavericks, philosophers, deep thinkers, and wine drinkers! Don't forget to subscribe and be sure to give The Black Wine Guy Experience a five-star review on whichever platform you listen to.For insider info from MJ and exclusive content from the show sign up at Blackwineguy.comFollow MJ @blackwineguy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wine writer, Alice Feiring, has been called "The Apostle of Natural Wine." (Forbes 2020). Her newsletter, The Feiring Line, is a must-read on this topic along her books including "Natural Wine for the People and" "Naked Wine." One of her more provocative books is "The Battle for Wine & Love or How I Saved the World from Parkerization." In Alice's memoir "To Fall in Love, Drink This" she shares revealing essays about her life along with some helpful wine recommendations. The Connected Table is broadcast live Wednesdays at 2PM ET.The Connected Table Radio Show is broadcast on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The Connected Table Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family on Long Island and attending Yeshiva Univ., writing about wine was far in the future for Alice Feiring. As a young writer with a picky palate, she followed her "nose" and curiosity to learn and write on the topic, among others. Now a respected journalist and advocate for natural wines, she has written several books on the topic and writes the informative blog on natural wine, The Feiring Line. Alice discusses her memoir "To Fall in Love, Drink This." Fearless Fabulous You is broadcast live Wednesdays at 12 Noon ET.Fearless Fabulous You Radio Show is broadcast on W4WN Radio - Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Fearless Fabulous You Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

Author Alice Feiring returned to the program to talk to Vick Mickunas about her new memoir, To Fall in Love, Drink This.

I think this is, ultimately, the biggest freedom we have. People can do countless different things to us but they can't tell us what we can make it mean. They can't tell us how it should feel emotionally.This realization is what began my journey to untangling many unwanted habits and behaviors. The biggest domino for me is eliminating my desire for alcohol. This is also what's giving me the freedom to create an epic life. The freedom to embrace all of life. To fall in love with my flawsome self! WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVERWhat's possible when you believeThe importance of understanding that we can choose to believe anything we want.How life changes when you flip the script in your head about what's possible. Connect with me at JumpseatCoaching.com

Welcome back to the daily gratitude minute. This is Scott Colby with say it with gratitude and you know, over the past several weeks I've been updating my keynote talk as. I'll be headed to Spokane Washington in just a few days to deliver my first. In-person talk since COVID. Now I'm digging into the topic of loneliness in the workplace and stumbled upon some research from several decades ago that I actually hadn't heard of before. So there was a psychologist named Arthur Aron, who set out to find the question, the answer to the question. How might we in a laboratory setting? Find a way to create instant intimacy between strangers. Through his research, he was able to come up with a set of 36 questions, which were designed to be asked in a specific order. The question start more surface level, like given your choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as your dinner guests? But quickly the questions turn more deeper with questions like this. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone. What would you most regret? Not having told somebody. And why haven't you told them yet? So Aaron brought in strangers. Into his laboratory, they paired up and took turns entering the 36 questions. And here's the interesting finding. 57% of the participants bonded enough to get together after the study on their own. And one pair even went on to get married in VR and invited all of the participants from the study to the wedding. According to this research, you can create intimacy by asking meaningful questions. Now in January of 2015, an article came out in the New York times written by mainly Lynn caldron titled. To fall in love with anyone do this, where she shared her story of going through the 36 questions with a man who wasn't a stranger. But was actually an acquaintance. And they did indeed fall in love and later got married. So the point of this, I want you to start to become more conscious of the interactions that you have. Get beyond small talk, ask meaningful questions, be an active listener. And use conversations as a tool for cultivating deeper connections with the people in your life. Or even strangers. I'm Scott Colby with say it with gratitude. And this has been the daily gratitude minute. Cheers.

Alice Feiring is our guest today, and we have a great conversation that goes to some unfamiliar places. Alice is a journalist and celebrated wine writer, and she's also the author of many great wine books, including 2019's Natural Wine for the People, a prophetic look at the natural wine movement that has swept the drinking world away. She also wrote The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization. That would be a reference to wine critic Robert Parker, and we talk about major shifts in the wine world over the past decade, as well as Alice's interest in the wines of the country of Georgia. But we mostly talk about her incredible new memoir, To Fall in Love, Drink This. We read it in two sittings, and it has so many great stories to cover. What a fun episode.More from Alice Feiring:The Feiring Line [official]How a Wine Writer Spends Her Sundays [NYT]So Everything's a Natural Wine Bar Now? [PUNCH]Buy: To Fall in Love, Drink This

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For over two decades, Alice Feiring has been the original and honest voice of Natural Wine. She cut her teeth on Manischewitz and mastered her way to Morgon…and Barolo! Alice is an award-winning wine writer, prolific author, publishes her natural wine newsletter, “The Feiring Line”, and just released her sixth book, To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer's Memoir, a journey of love and wine from her childhood to the Pandemic.  Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Grape Nation by becoming a member!The Grape Nation is Powered by Simplecast.

From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending process of coming-of-age.Called everything from the Patti Smith to the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of natural wines, Alice Feiring is a special sort of wine writer—the kind who dares to disagree with wine “experts,” and who believes wholeheartedly that the best wine writing is about life.To Fall in Love, Drink This is both a love letter to wine and a lifelong coming-of-age story. In a series of candid, wise, and humorous personal essays, Feiring serves up a memoir in vignettes. She tells the story of her parents' divorce, her first big wine assignment, the end of an eleven-year relationship, the death of her father, a near-fatal brush with a serial killer, pandemic lockdown, and more—and suffuses each with love, romance, pain, joy, and wine. Each essay is “accompanied” by a no-nonsense wine take-away designed to answer the questions everyday wine lovers have about wine—age, price, grapes, vineyards, and vintners.This frank, charismatic work is a refreshingly grounded addition to the popular—and notoriously stuffy—genre of wine-writing. Feiring has crafted a timeless, positively unpretentious memoir that will appeal to everyone who has ever enjoyed a glass of wine.Buy the book from Wellington Square Bookshop - ​https://wellingtonsquarebooks.indiecommerce.com/book/9781982176761

Matthew 11 – Jesus says “Learn from me; for I am gentle and humble of heart.” Humility is “the readiness to abase oneself, to lower oneself and serve the brothers and sisters" The motivation of True Humility is LOVE “12 Then he said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. 13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; 14 blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.” When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites[b] do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. Humility in Marriage Fr. Cantalamessa said “I believe that God invented humility for the salvation of marriages.” … “To fall in love with another person – when it is genuine love – is the most radical act of humility!” Humility and the Revival of the Church Humility “gives the power back to God!” It's a recognition of the TRUTH that without Him, we can do NOTHING! Pentecost… who made that happen? Simply the POWER OF GOD. Sure, the disciples were open and ready… but God comes. “Power descended from on high, and nothing on earth can stop it”

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Alice Feiring ignited the Natural Wine movement. In her new book To Fall in Love, Drink This she takes us on her personal journey with great bottles to drink along the way. 

Summary, In this episode, I discuss the central importance of love as the marker of well-being from a Catholic perspective -- our capacity to live out  the two great commandments.  We explore how love is the distinguishing characteristics of Christians, we detail the eight different kinds of love, and we discuss Catholic theologian Bernard Brady's five attributes or characteristics of love -- how love is affective, affirming, responsive, unitive and steadfast.  We discuss what is commonly missing from philosophical and theological approaches to love, and we briefly touch in the death of love and distortions of love.   Lead-in I want to speak to you from my heart today.  I want to share with you heart to heart about what it most important to me.  And maybe what is most important to you.  I want to talk with you today about love.  Real love.  Fundamental Love. Radical love.  The real thing.  Not the counterfeits of love that you and I have pursued in our lives in one way or another -- the fakes loves we've mistaken for real love, or the lesser loves that we've tried to inflate into more than they could possibly be.  I think love is not only the most essential experience in the whole world, it's also the most confusing for us.  Think about it.  What else has confused you more than love?  What has been more enduringly puzzling than love?  What has been more elusive for you?  What has been more enigmatic than love in your life?  What have you struggled with more than love?   Love -- the word is evocative.  The word is provocative, it stirs us up.  You parts react in so many different ways to the word love.  And so that's where we are going today.  Into the mystery of love.   Intro: Maybe you are feeling like you're just struggling to survive.  I want more for you than that. Maybe much of the time you feel like things are OK, maybe pretty good. I want more for you than that.   I want to share with you the very best of what I have with you on the central focus of well-being from a Catholic perspective.     Broad overview  Let's review a little.  In episode 88, we began a series on trauma with that piece Trauma: Defining and Understanding the Experience -- that one was a huge hit -- so many people interested in it, by far the most downloads of any episode.   In episode 89, called Your Trauma, Your Body: Protection vs. Connection -- we did a deep dive into the effects of trauma on the body, really understanding trauma from the perspective of Polyvagal theory by Steven Porges and Deb Dana.   From there, though, I really wanted to look at well-being -- how does secular psychology understand well-being --  It's so important to understand what well-being is, what it looks like, how it feels.  So many people have never really experienced well being.  It's possible that you've never really experienced well-being.   So I started a subseries on well-being within the broader trauma series.   So shared with you the secular views of well being in Episodes 90 and 92 of this podcast We really dived into what the best of current psychological theorizing says about well-being  Episode 90  Your Well-Being: The Secular Experts Speak DSM 5 -- which doesn't have a description of well being  PDM 2  Hedonic Well-being  Eudemonic Well-being  Freud's ideas of well-being  Contributions of Positive Psychology - pioneered by Martin Seligman  Polyvagal Theory -- Stephen Porges, Deb Dana  Internal Family Systems   Episode 92 Understanding and Healing your Mind through IPNB Interpersonal Neurobiology -- Daniel Siegel -- a lot to say about the healthy mind, a sense of well-being.  Very well developed.   Episode 93 consisted of three experiential exercises The first on the ways in which you reject yourself or condemn yourself as a person  The second on protection vs. connection -- your internal reactions to your wounds.  That one was based off of polyvagal theory  The third was on exploring your own inner chaos and rigidity within -- based off of Daniel Siegel's Interpersonal Neurobiology and one point he makes is that all psychological symptoms can be thought in terms of rigidity and/or chaos.  Rigidity and chaos are signs of having lost a sense of well-being.   I invite you to check those out if you haven't already, there's a lot of opportunities in those experiential exercises for you to do your inner work.   As you know, I am Dr. Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist, passionate Catholic, and I am the voice of this podcast, Interior Integration for Catholics In this podcast, Interior Integration for Catholics, we take on the most important psychological questions.  We take the most important human formation issues head on, directly, without mincing words, without trepidation, without vacillation, without hesitation -- We are dealing with the most important concerns in the natural realm, the absolute central issues that we need to address with all of our energy and all of our resources.   And up until now, the most important episodes I've done are numbers 37 to 49 -- that was the 13-episode series on shame.  Why?  Because shame is the major driver of so much emotional distress, so many identity issues, and so many psychological symptoms.   But these new few episodes, these episodes on well-being from a Catholic perspective, informed first by the perennial wisdom of the Catholic Church, and then secondarily by the best of psychological science, theory, research and practice, these episodes on love, these are the most important.  Why?  Because, in two words, love heals.  Love restores.  Love makes new.  Love is our mission, love is our goal, love is the destiny we are called to.   This is episode 94 of the Interior Integration for Catholics podcast, released on June 6, 2022 and it's titled Well-Being from a Catholic Perspective:  The Primacy of Love   Love as the Center  We were made in love and for love and to love. Prayer to God in the Litanies of the Heart: "Lord Jesus, You created me in love, for love. Bring me to a place of vulnerability within the safety of your loving arms."  Discussed the Litanies of the Heart with Dr. Gerry at length in Episode 91 of this podcast, a special episode all about the litanies of the heart.   Inviting to the adventure of loving So many people are just surviving -- their vision is so reduced, they are not even looking to be loved or to love.  Maybe that's you, to some degree.   They are not on the adventure -- the are jaded, disillusioned, tired, wounded by betrayal or abandonment, cautious now, skeptical, calculating when it comes to love.  They hear the word love, and it activates shame, grief, loss, sorrow, fear in parts of them.  Parts of them don't want the vulnerability, the risk of being hurt again.  Maybe that's you, too.  They are not on the adventure.  I want you to come on the adventure.  The greatest adventure.  The adventure of loving.  Stay with me in the podcast.  That can be a fresh start if you need one. A new start on the adventure of loving.   St. Augustine:  To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the great human achievement. St. Therese Lisieux  "I know of no other means to reach perfection than by love. To love: how perfectly our hearts are made for this! Sometimes I look for another word to use, but, in this land of exile, no other word so well expresses the vibrations of our soul. Hence we must keep to that one word: love.   Our Great Mission as Catholics is summed up in the two Great Commandments  Two Great Commandments Mark 12:28-31:28  And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.”  Loving with our whole heart.  Jules Toner, 1968 book  The experience of love In the full, concrete experience of love, our whole being, spirit and flesh, in involved.  Cognitive acts, feelings and affections, freedom, bodily reactions -- all these are influencing each other and all are continually fluctuating in such a way as to change the structure and the intensity of the experience.   Love is the distinguishing characteristic of the Christian John 13:35  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”   Baltimore Catechism First Lesson on the End of Man, question 6  Q. Why did God make you? A. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.  To love God implies both that we know Him and that we serve Him   CCC 2392 Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being. (quoting St. John Paul II Familiaris Consortio, paragraph 11)  2134 The first commandment summons man to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love him above all else.   Matthew 6:21:   For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  Quotes for St. Therese of Lisieux   It is love alone that counts.   Catholic well-being is not hedonism, feeling good all the time - It is all about being equipped to live out our mission of being loved and loving God, our neighbors (including our enemies) and ourselves.   So many secular approaches emphasize the Pursuit of happiness -- they operate off of a hedonistic anthropology.  Carrie Snow -- stand up comedian who was raised in a Jewish family:  The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. Mick Cady 2019 blog:  At age 19, Augustine of Hippo read a dialogue by the Roman philosopher Cicero in which Cicero stated that every person sets out to be happy, but the majority are thoroughly wretched. Truly, no one dreams as a child of one day growing up to be miserable, and yet many people's lives are characterized by conflict, frustration and unfulfilled longings. Augustine was convinced that what defines a person more than anything is what they love. He said that when we ask if someone is a “good” person, what we are asking is not what they believe or what they hope for, but rather what they love.  We need an anthropology, a revealed religion or we will never get it.   Psychology alone cannot answer the deep questions about what we should love and what love is ordered and disordered --- as many psychologies as there are anthropologies -- psychology cannot answer the questions that are properly in the realm of theology, philosophy, epistemology and metaphysics.   G.K. Chesterton:  “We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong. We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.”   Charles Dickens, A Critical Study Definitions of Love English is a very difficult language when it comes to describing inner experience -- Jose's anecdote  Different Types of Love --  Eros (romantic, passionate love) The first kind of love is Eros, named after the Greek God of fertility. Eros is passionate, sensual, romantic love with an intense romantic and sexual feelings. Philia (affectionate love) The love between friends -- friendship.  Some call this platonic love, love “without physical attraction.” Storge (familiar love)  Storge is a natural form of affection experienced between family members. This protective, kinship-based love is common between parents and their children, and children for their parents. Storge can also describe a sense of patriotism toward a country or allegiance to the same team.   Mania (obsessive love) When love turns to obsession, it becomes mania. Stalking behaviors, co-dependency, extreme jealousy, and violence are all symptoms of Mania.   Ludus (playful love)  The Ancient Greeks thought of ludus as a playful form of love. It describes the situation of having a crush and acting on it, or the affection between young lovers. Pragma (enduring, committed love)  Pragma is a love built on commitment, understanding and long-term best interests. It is a love that has aged, matured and about making compromises to help the relationship work over time, also showing patience and tolerance.   Philautia (self love)  The Greeks understood that in order to care for others, we must first learn to care for ourselves. As Aristotle said “All friendly feelings for others are an extension of a man's feelings for himself.” Agape (selfless, universal love)  selfless universal love, such as the love for strangers, nature, or God. This love is unconditional, bigger than ourselves, a boundless compassion and an infinite empathy that you extended to everyone, whether they are family members or distant strangers.  Bernard Brady, p. 267  2003 Book Christian Love: How Christians through the Ages have Understood Love.  Agape does not neglect, deny or destroy eros or indeed philia, it informs them.   Agape is what we are focusing on.   Jules Toner looking for what he call "radical love" -- phenomenologist.   from the latin radix or root, the love the is the foundation for all other loves.   Toner describes how radical love is a response to the beloved's total reality.   Interdisciplinary approach  Not just theology and philosophy Philosophers and Theologians generally don't understand the impact of trauma on being loved and loving.  They don't get it.  Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person -- almost nothing on trauma and its impact. Nothing in the index.    Phenomenology -- an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience. This is really important because it's what people relate to.   Spiritual Writers and Saints  Best of psychology   Bernard Brady's description of Love  Christian Love: How Christians through the Ages have Understood Love.-- drawing heavily from the work of phenomenologists  Jules Toner and Margaret Farley Love is affective, affirming, responsive, unitive and steadfast.  (repeat)  Five characteristics  Love is affective -- emotional components of love can often be neglected in philosophical or theological discussions of love.   Love is an emotion Love is a movement from your heart, your soul -- a movement from the innermost depths of your being.  From your core self.   Love is prior to reason and transcends reason.   You might say it's "bigger" than reason.  Love is best captured, not in the dry academic language of the philosopher, but in the verses of the poet Blaise Pascal -- The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.   Love rejoices in the beloved -- Protestant Theologian R.H. Neibuhr writes in his 1977 book the Purpose of the Church and Its Ministry:  By love, we mean at least these attitudes and actions: rejoicing in the presence of the beloved, gratitude, reverence, and loyalty toward him.  p.35 Love is the directive and dominant center of emotions.  p. 267  Many emotions are associated with love Delight, Bliss, Happiness  A sense of fulfillment  Warmth   Grief John 11:32-36  32 Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled; 34 and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”  Sadness  Anxiety Dolly Parton:  Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you.   Distress-- as when our Lady, Mother Mary and St. Joseph were searching for the missing 12-year-old Jesus in Jerusalem Luke 2:48.  And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.   If there is no emotion, there is no agape, no love.  The heart must be moved for love to be anything like complete. We cannot love like a Vulcan, without emotion.  Limitations of benevolence alone -- when I was but a wee therapist… Love is an act of the will  I didn't have to like my clients  But warmth and affection toward them, a warm and inviting emotional response was so much better.   Love is affirming Love affirms the other  Love says yes to the other person at the same time as love says yes to oneself.   "Agape is the simple yet profound recognition of the worthiness of and goodness in persons."  p. 268   Affirmation happens at two levels One level is the basic level of human dignity shared by all persons.   Affirmation on this first level has an equal regard for everyone -- all persons are ontologically good, all bear the image and likeness of God. St. Thomas "Love the sinner and hate the sin."  Not about the personal merits or individual characteristics of the person. Philosopher Gene Outka describes this as equal regard for each and every person.   Second level of affirmation is the uniqueness of the person.   In loving the other person, we acknowledge and affirm the uniqueness of the beloved.   Her gifts Her beauty Her unique qualities and traits When you love your neighbor you truly see the other as a person.   Jules Toner, SJ -- "I love you because you are you." A deep respect for the other person, a reverence for the individuality of the person. Augustine in his confesssions:  O thou Omnipotent Good, thou carest for every one of us as if thou didst care for him only, and so for all as if they were but one!    We need to affirm at both levels.  The basic dignity of the person and the uniqueness of the person. Brady:  We do not want to be loved merely because we are a person (no one wants to be generically loved) nor do we want to be loved because of particular characteristic or physical trait (what if my full head of dark hair is no longer full or dark).  We want to be loved in our totality.  p. 268.  That's why my clients didn't respond to my cool efforts at benevolence.  I was not finding and not taking in their good qualities.  Sometimes I was not looking for their uniqueness.  I was not seeing them as persons.  My attempts at benevolence actually avoided who they were, because I was threatened.  I wasn't sure I could handle the intensity of their pain, their shame, their grief, their rage.   God loves us as individuals.  God loves us in our unique particularity.  "God calls us each by name."  Isaiah 43:1 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.  Jesus -- who does he connect with?  Paupers and nobles, lepers and rich men, Samaritan women and Roman centurions, fishermen and lawyers, tax collectors and Pharisees, the sick and the strong, the dying and the robust, the political zealots and the housewives, the prostitutes and the Sanhedrin.   Jules Toner "You are why I love you."    "Loving someone in depth…means loving from the lover's most personal self, with sincerity, intensity, endurance….to affectively affirm this unique person in a response informed by a full, detailed knowledge which catch the delicate shadings of his profoundest attitudes, moods, likes, and dislikes, ideals, fears, hopes, capabilities, etc. "   Affirmation implies acceptance of the other and knowledge of the other.    This is not an endorsement of the other's vices or bad habits, but a recognition of them and an acceptance of who the person is as an entire being.  Not picking and choosing the attractive bits.   Self-acceptance of the same things. Leo Tolstoy:  When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. Conrad Baars' affirmation therapy -- quoting from baarsinstitute.com:  A person's ability to love is unlocked when that person experiences himself or herself as good, worthwhile, and lovable. According to Christian psychiatrists Conrad W. Baars and Anna A. Terruwe, this process is called “affirmation.” Affirmation is a three-step process which occurs when one person is the source of unconditional love and emotional strengthening for another person. These three steps are: the person is open and receptive to the goodness and lovableness of the other; over time, the person allows himself to be moved with affection, love, delight, etc., by the other person; and third, the person reveals these feelings to the other primarily through his countenance, tone of voice, gentle touch, etc. Love is Responsive  Love is an active response for the well-being of the other.  This is where Brady includes benevolence.  It's about participating in the promotion of the highest good for the other, potential for the other's full humanity. How can I help you to flourish?  How can I help you toward your highest good?  1 John 3:18  Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.    James 2:26:  For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.    This is where self-sacrifice comes in.  There are times, and sometimes it's often when agape, when love will call for self-sacrifice.   It does not necessarily mean allowing oneself to be exploited or used or destroyed or mistreated.   That is often different than self-giving -- and we are going to discuss this at length in future episodes in this series.     Brady:  A dominant feature of agape is a readiness and a willingness to subordinate the fulfillment of my needs so as to be able to help the other fulfill her needs. p. 279  That subordination may at time call for my life.  For martyrdom. St. Therese of Lisieux:  Little things done out of love are those that charm the Heart of Christ… On the contrary, the most brilliant deeds, when done without love, are but nothingness.   Loving God or my neighbor can never demand that I violate my integrity, my deepest values, the core of who I am. Margaret Farley -- I can sacrifice what I have, but I can never sacrifice who I am.   Responsiveness implies an attunement to the other -- a resonance, and understanding.  The capacity to respond well.  It's not just any responsiveness.  The ability to be aware of and to respond effectively to the needs of my neighbor.  So there is a capacity about this.  It's not just an act of the will.  Attunement can be described as a kind of resonance.   Toner:  Radical love is experience as being in accord with the loved one, vibrating as it were, in harmony with the beloved's act of being and so with the whole melody of the beloved's life.  It is a welcoming of the loved one into the lover's self and his life-world, as fitting there, making a harmony with the lover's being and life.   Augustine:  “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”  Love is Unitive  Brady:  The fruit of love is unity.  Love unites.  It is in the very nature of love to bring together.  p. 279 John 17:  20-23  “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,  that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,  I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one,  Colossians 3:12-14:  Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,  forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.  And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.  Acts 4:32  Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul  Philippians 2:2  complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.   Brady:  When you love, you step out of yourself and experience the other.   There is still a separateness.  Not a blending or a fusion or a loss of identity.  But you are no longer just within yourself.  You've entered into the space of another.   And you've allow the other to enter into your space "Come live in my heart and pay no rent." — Samuel Lover   Loving an enemy -- you are like me.  We are similar on a fundamental human level.  No dehumanization. Loving doesn't necessarily lead to a mutuality or reciprocity.  Not all love is accepted or taken in.  Witness John 6, the discourse of the bread of life when Jesus was offering the greatest gift ever, the entirety of himself, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity to his disciples: The response:  John 6:60 and 66:  Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” … After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him.    But you still reach out to the beauty and inner goodness of the other.   Agape pulls for unity, even with strangers.  Right now, devastating wars are actively going on in the Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, among other places. Food crises are becoming more urgent as international food trade and distribution channels are breaking down.  This will move hearts that love with agape. Jesus wept over Jerusalem  Luke 19:41-44   And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it, saying, “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.  For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side,  and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.”   The mystics describe the unity we are called to in God -- Union with God.   Love is steadfast God's love endures.  '  Psalm 136 opens:    Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,    for his steadfast love endures for ever.O give thanks to the God of gods,    for his steadfast love endures for ever.O give thanks to the Lord of lords,    for his steadfast love endures for ever; Love can change, though.  For us humans, it can deepen, it can mature.  H.R. Neibuhr -- "Love can have a history."   It may not always be mutual or reciprocal Story of the prodigal son.  Story of St. Monica and St. Augustine.   Story of St. Augustine and God Quote from Confessions:  “Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The lovely things kept me far from you, though if they did not have their existence in you, they had no existence at all. You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you. You touched me, and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours.”  Martin Luther King Essay -- Loving your Enemies To our most bitter opponents we say: ‘We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you. We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws, because noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. Throw us in jail, and we shall still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall still love you. But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.' ” Psalm 36: 5-10 5 Thy steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,    thy faithfulness to the clouds.6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God,    thy judgments are like the great deep;    man and beast thou savest, O Lord. 7 How precious is thy steadfast love, O God!    The children of men take refuge in the shadow of thy wings.8 They feast on the abundance of thy house,    and thou givest them drink from the river of thy delights.9 For with thee is the fountain of life;    in thy light do we see light. 10 O continue thy steadfast love to those who know thee,    and thy salvation to the upright of heart!  Desire for this in the modern era:  1983 songs Cyndi Lauper -- If you fall, I will catch you, I will be waiting… Time after Time Jules Toner -- Love is the not just "giving of self" but giving self.    Giving of myself -- sharing something of what I am -- I may share my wit, my knowledge, by strength, my sense of joy, my playfulness.   These are all qualities of my being.   They are things I possess. Giving myself -- that radical love, according to Toner, is the gift of my self.  It is me.  I am the gift.  Not just my qualities or my possessions.  So I am loving from the core of my being -- the loving is the most personal act.   Integration Resilience Distortions Loving the wrong things.   Augustine:  “In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.”   Confessions  "We are shaped and fashioned by those we love." — Goethe  "Tell me who you love and I'll tell you who you are." — Creole Proverb   The death of love Brady 273.  Love does not die because of hate but because of apathy.  The death of love is often preceded by the denial of the basic dignity of the other.  The death of love happens when we reject instead of affirm the other's special personal and unique goodness.  The death of love is encouraged when we ignore the other's needs and wants while prioritizing our own wants.  The deal of love occurs when we pursue discord, division, disassociation, and distance in the place of unity.   It is not just the pursuit of these things.   If whatever we are pursuing, even if it is a good but not the highest good results in ignoring or  rejection of others' needs -- or if it results in discord, division, disassociation, and distance.  I might want to become physically fit and start training two hours per day for a marathon.  If I did that, I would wind up neglecting my family's needs.   Malice is not necessary for love to die.  Apathy doesn't have a lot of malice in it.  Hatred has a lot more malice than apathy.  If you are hating someone, you are still at least in relationship with the hated one.  You are thinking about the hated one.  The hated one still exists for you.  But in apathy, the other does not register in your consciousness.  He or she doesn't matter.  Where we are going  Tolerating being loved -- many people assume that we just want to be loved Brady:  page vii, second sentence.  Loving seems entirely natural and being loved seems wonderfully good.  I take issue. Being loved can be very, very painful.  It can feel very unnatural to very many people, especially those with complex trauma.   This kind of sentence would never be written by a depth psychologist, or anyone really experienced with the terror, the shame, the grief, and the walls that those who have experienced abandonment and betrayal traumas suffer with.  Assumption -- we naturally love ourselves.  I take issue with that.  Ordered Self Love Love and Identity 1 John 3:1  See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  Learning to love by loving St. Bernard of Clairvaux:  We much remember that love reveals itself, not by words or phrases, but by actions and experience.  It is Love with speaks here, and if anyone wished to understand it, let him first love.   What gets in the way of loving  Sin -- the great unlove Missing the mark   Trauma Protection vs. Connection -- Polyvagal theory, Episode 89:  Rigidity and Chaos IPNB, Episode 92   Original Sin => original trauma  Shame  Differences between unlove and desolation   The RCC -- Come with me on an adventure.  Come with me on an adventure of being loved and of loving.  That is what the Resilient Catholic Community is all about.  Check out the Resilient Catholics Community at soulsandhearts.com/RCC  The RCC is all about working through your human formation issues -- the ones that inhibit you from receiving the love you need and from loving God completely, with every fiber of your being, with your body,  with all your parts, with all your emotions, thoughts, all your inner experience with all of you, with no part of you left behind, no part of you left out.   It's all about learning to be gentle but firm with yourself -- it's all about integration.  It's all about resilience.   All about restoration -- recovering from being dominated by shame, fear, anger, sadness, pessimism, whatever your struggle is in the depths of your human formation And we do this work experientially -- so many experiential exercises -- this is not just intellectual knowledge, we're working with all of you. Informed by Internal Family Systems and the best of the rest of psychological and human formation resources  All grounded in a Catholic understanding of the human person  All focused on helping you to better accept love and to love more fully, to carry out the two great commandments of our Lord.   Are you up for the challenge?  Would you like to join me and the rest of the pioneers in this adventure?  Do you want to be a part of the community?   Are you ready to prevail over whatever hinders your human formation -- would you like to no longer be dominated by fear, anger, shame, sadness, pessimism?  And would you like to be with other like-minded Catholics on the journey -- If so join me.  Join all of us in the Resilient Catholics Community.  The RCC We are taking applications throughout June of 2022 for our third cohort, those in that cohort will start their adventure in June and July by taking our Initial Measures Kits and be getting feedback on their parts in a personal Zoom session with me.  It's a great chance for us to get to know each other, really know each other at the level of parts.  You'll get a 5 or 6 page report on your internal system and then be eligible for our weekly company meetings and programming to begin in late August or early September.   Sign up  for the June waiting list -- Souls and Hearts.com/rcc -- or just do an internet search for the Resilient Catholics Community.  Human Formation Retreat -- August 12-14, 2022 details will be put on the website.  Meet me in person.  Only for RCC members Patroness and Patron  

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” -Robert MorleyThis motivation is about remembering to love yourself, first and foremost, for happiness and success!MeredithSupport the show

Big Idea: The Christian Life is best lived with an appreciation and awareness that God exists WITH US.“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to findhim, the greatest human achievement.”- Saint AugustineEmmanuel Hebrew “God is with us.”Combination of the Hebrew expression “with us” and the word for God (El) from Elohim.God WITH US in the garden.Genesis 2:25Genesis 3:8Tabernacle: Mishkan /mish-kawn'/ Hebrew “dwelling”Exodus 25:8God WITH US as Jesus.John 1:1-2John 1:14Matthew 1:23John 14:8-11God WITH US now in Spirit.Pleroo v. /plēroō/ Greek “to make full.”God with us: make us complete, lacking in nothing.2 Timothy 1:14John 16:7John 14:12A Life Marked by God with Us:● Clarity/understanding (Who God is)● Experiencing God's power (The work that God has for me)● Growth & Maturity (The plan God has for my life)RESPONSE:● God Dwells WITH YOU.● Open your eyes to the intimacy God has called you to.● Prayer: “God you are here, you've always been here, now I am here with you.”Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presenceof God.- A.W. Tozer

Big Idea: The Christian Life is best lived with an appreciation and awareness that God exists WITH US. “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” - Saint Augustine Emmanuel Hebrew “God is with us.” Combination of the Hebrew expression “with us” and the word for God (El) from Elohim. God WITH US in the garden. Genesis 2:25 Genesis 3:8 Tabernacle: Mishkan /mish-kawn'/ Hebrew “dwelling” Exodus 25:8 God WITH US as Jesus. John 1:1-2 John 1:14 Matthew 1:23 John 14:8-11 God WITH US now in Spirit. Pleroo v. /plēroō/ Greek “to make full.” God with us: make us complete, lacking in nothing. 2 Timothy 1:14 John 16:7 John 14:12 A Life Marked by God with Us: ● Clarity/understanding (Who God is) ● Experiencing God's power (The work that God has for me) ● Growth & Maturity (The plan God has for my life) RESPONSE: ● God Dwells WITH YOU. ● Open your eyes to the intimacy God has called you to. ● Prayer: “God you are here, you've always been here, now I am here with you.” Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God. - A.W. Tozer

Welcome Back!!! Today is Valentine's Day 2022 so first of all let me lead off by saying happy Valentine's Day. I love you! Yep! I trust and believe that love is something we should feel on a daily basis not just once a year, but because we take time out here in the great US of a two adorn one another with flowers and cards and candy nice dinners and romantic evenings, I just wanted to pop in to speak to those who may not receive that form of flattery today. From my heart to yours, to let you know that you matter and you two are loved. And don't you forget it. So today I'm going to share a few gems of love to remind you of just how awesome you are. And that you matter, and that it matters that you focus on the good that life has to offer. It matters that you remember that you are important to someone. So just for today, and because today is Valentine's Day I want to share something with you and I want to speak into your life. I pray that these affirmations help you to draw more love into your life, and if you are seeking someone, as you journey through life, that you attract that special someone that is the right fit for you. Remember affirmations are positive statements or sentences that drown out the negative thoughts. Affirmations are not that they are not magic, but if we focus on them they tend to relieve anxiety and pain. And it has been proven to work. So shall we begin? Attracting love begins with self love. I am a good human being and I deserve love. I am more than worthy of love. I deserve to be treated with respect, I deserve a fulfilling relationship. While I may be single, that does not diminish my worth. I am completely in love with myself. I am strong, brave, and beautiful inside and out. I am releasing my fears and embracing my future. I am confident and full of joy. I am growing every day and learning something about myself. My life is filled with abundance and prosperity. I forgive myself for past mistakes. The more I love myself, the more love I have to give to others. I am now open to receive and give love. I attract committed positive relationships. I am grateful I forgive others for their past transgressions. My heart is open, my special someone will come at the right time. I am ready for commitment. I deserve a true partnership with my soulmate. I am attracting a trusting and loving relationship. The universe is full of love, real love begins with self love I am whole and I accept love. I naturally radiate inner beauty, I love myself and everyone around me. My life is filled with abundance and prosperity. I am grateful for the love that I receive, I forgive. I trust the universe to see my soulmate, I feel love, I see love, I am love, I love deeply and passionately I see love wherever I go. My life is a process and I accept change. I refuse to give up on myself. I am worthy of love and joy! My life is a gift and I will use this gift with confidence and exuberance. I approve of myself and I love myself deeply and fully. I am brave, fearless I am bold and I am strong! I am unique and special. I can rise above anything, I do not need anyone to feel happy. My imperfections make me unique and special. My imperfections make me unique and special! I deserve to love myself and to be loved by others except myself completely here and now. To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. I've learned that what you bring and impact what you put out. Life is an opportunity to celebrate things so find the positive knowing that you're loved, take your arms, wrap them around you and give yourself a tight squeeze for me. Come on, I'm watching. I'm standing here with my arms wide open reaching for you. Give me a hug! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! Thank you for your love, thank you for your time, I appreciate you all so much for being so patient with me, being here and enjoying yet another serenity life motivation with Monica Blackwell If you love the b --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/serenitylifemb/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/serenitylifemb/support

To fall in love is crazy and an act of surrender to another person, yet is the most beautiful, human, and sensible things to do. I really enjoyed making this message and I hope it makes you think and you can find value from it! MUCH LOVE!❤️ My Links: https://hoo.be/ConnorTrott Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connormtrott/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@connormtrott?lang=en Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DqWcDae2yjZ7ThHxTLHhB Email: trottconnor2@gmail.com Website: connortrott.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/connor-trott/support

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Welcome to Week 5 of our Disciples Together on the Way challenge. How did you get on last week with our six days of fasting? If you embraced the challenge, I hope you feel the better for it. I suspect that you probably do. Hence, this week, let's continue with our theme of self-denial or, as it is traditionally called, asceticism.   This week our focus will be to increase our self-discipline and pursuit of being spiritually healthy by beginning each day with 30 minutes of prayer. Why pray? The Catechism of the Catholic Church says this:  “The wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water: there, Christ comes to meet every human being. It is he who first seeks us and asks us for a drink. Jesus thirsts; his asking arises from the depths of God's desire for us. Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him.” Many people find that the best time to pray is first thing in the morning. I know I do. It's certainly the best way to start our day. Now, I know that not everyone is “a morning person”.  Some of us simply struggle to get out of bed. Even if we don't have that problem we can often develop a morning routine which creates an obstacle to prayer. Perhaps we check our mobile phone immediately after waking up. Or perhaps we turn on the television or the radio or music or read the morning newspaper before embarking upon our day-to-day activities.Regardless of where we fall within the scale of being a morning person or not, God is always thirsting for us to turn to him in prayer. Every day. Hence, it is those precious first moments of our day that often provide us with an unparalleled opportunity to enter into a peaceful, intimate and reflective conversation with our Loving Father that we can, hopefully, sustain throughout the day. Over 1500 years ago in north Africa, Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote that “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement.” If that is so, just imagine the difference it could make for us intentionally to start each morning with 30 minutes of putting God first. What a difference that could make to the rest of our day…and to the rest of our lives. To paraphrase Bishop Fulton Sheen, those 30 minutes will become our “half hour of power” that launch us – and sustain us – through the rest of our day. The Apostle Paul also gives great insights into the peace and joy God can bring to our day when he tells us, “Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God that passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7; RSV).These words from St. Paul again provide us with reassurance that starting our day in prayer and thanksgiving to God will help us set aside our anxieties and bring peace over all we do.And so, as a simple recap of my challenge for this week, I encourage us to begin our day this week with 30 minutes in quiet conversation with our Lord. To prepare ourselves to do this, consider going to bed 30 minutes early each evening in order to wake-up 30 minutes earlier each morning. If you have already formed this habit of prayer before rising in the morning … I ask you to please take a moment during that time of prayer this week to keep in mind those who are striving for the same and ask the Lord to encourage them on their journey.So, rise and shine to the great morning that awaits us! God bless and I look forward to seeing you next week as we continue this pilgrimage as Disciples Together on the Way.   And may God bless you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.Yours in Christ,+ Earl Boyea Bishop of Lansing

Glitter represents the magic energy of the sun, stars, universe, and moon. All of us are dynamic, multidimensional, energy beings. I see lifeforce as glitter and the spark inside of you. It would flow through your veins if you could see your energetic body. Like glitter changes when we shift our perspectives, so do our lives when we do the same. Glitter is my favorite thing. Two years ago, I wanted to create my own glitter line. Unfortunately, I convinced myself it was a stupid idea. I put it on hold. I've been feeling out of alignment lately, so glitter came to mind. As a result, I have decided to develop my own line of glitter. By working with a master herbalist, I am bringing more high-end glitter products into the world. But this is your craft shop glitter, it is an experience and a way to bring more joy to your life. I have birthed Chilled Glitter.What's your wildest dream. It's as simple as that. Each day, you choose to be ridiculously in love with your life. To fall in love with your personal brand of glitter and let the old stuff go. Own your own glitter and see the world through those glitter-coated glasses. Someday you'll see me on the cover of a magazine with the headline, "How she built her empire of glitter?"? Because I decided to follow my crazy dream.Grab your CHILL GLITTER HEREGrab your Out of this World Swag HEREConnect with Samantha on the GRAM

Episode 25 ends Season 1 with a resounding "Yes, I'm ready". Flashing back to the 70's where songs would share our feelings, we talk about how Teri De Sario's hit Yes, I'm ready featuring KC from KC and the Sunshine Band sings of the phase in dating where you are absolutely ready to learn and love and understand another. It's a fun song to talk about and the experiences shared between the ladies was so fun too. Are you ready? Yes, I'm ready. To fall in Love? To fall in love. Take us back to when dating and courtign a female had rules of engagement and let's see how todays dater would fare...come listen!!! Don't forget to visit their YOUTUBE Channel @manabombspodcast to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. Be sure to get your DAILY MANA BOMBS on Instagram @pomahinadesigns and @manabombsllc for events and updates, as well as @kulanz.manabombz. Or subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel MANA BOMB PODCAST We are FREE and do this with aloha, if you are enjoying our MANA Bombs please feel free to help keep us going and alive by subscribing to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/manabombs with as little as $5. Get the perks too! As with all of our podcasts, please be aware that we share our stories and experiences, being vulnerable and free to speak we share matters of the heart, body, mind, and soul that may open up triggers. It is never our intention to open wounds, but we hope that our experiences help you heal. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/manabombs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manabombs/support

Saint Augustine said, “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” Pastor Ray shares a message on Seeking God from his series “What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus?”

Self love is defined as loving yourself or regard for your own happiness. In this episode we talk about developing self love, focusing on practicing self care. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness” - Robert Morley

To fall in love with the best person for you...the first thing you need to be able to do to is create a conscious relationship.  You need to learn how to RE-program your subconscious programs.  Because those programs create the same old pattern over and over again if you let them.Find out how in this episode...Contents○ the recipe for falling in love easily, with anyone○ you can CHOOSE to fall in love with someone ○ you can choose to fall out of love with someone○ how to create your partnership consciously○ why falling in love can be EASY EASY EASY...too EASY!This episode is part of Paul's 3-Step Fabulous Relationshiup MethodSUBSCRIBE ( ring the bell

#dailybible #biblehindi #spiritualityhindi #spiritualityhindi #jesushindi जीवनदायी वचन #34: ईश्वर से प्यार करना सबसे बड़ा रोमांस है (संत अगस्टिन) विधि-विवरण 6:4-5 Biblical Guide to Life #34: To fall in love with God the greatest romance (St. Augustine) Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Do you like to be loved? You are loved! Have you ever experienced the love of God? God's love is very passionate & romantic. He loves YOU passionately. By the way, is God's love REAL or an IDEA? You have to answer it very genuinely. Can we love God romantically and passionately? One of the greatest Saints, St. Augustine says, ईश्वर से प्यार करना सबसे बड़ा रोमांस है; उन्हे ढूंढना सबसे साहसिक कार्य; उन्हे पाना सबसे बड़ी मानवीय उपलब्धी "To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement." God is the HIGHEST Good! To love and desire Him must be the highest. That's why, God commanded us to love Him, saying, इस्राएल सुनो। हमारा प्रभु-ईश्वर एकमात्र प्रभु है। तुम अपने प्रभु-ईश्वर को अपने सारे हृदय, अपनी सारी आत्मा और अपनी सारी शक्ति से प्यार करो। (विधि-विवरण 6:4-5) "Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) Do you want to join so many wise people who loved God passionately? _________________________ You are most welcome to follow me on the following platforms. To understand the Incarnation (the Word made flesh), try this book by Fr. C. George Mary Claret "God's Journey to Bethlehem: God's Way of Alluring You to Enter Into Your Heart" https://geni.us/nnB5 Connect him on http://bit.ly/WebGGOG Facebook Personal http://bit.ly/FacebookGeo Group http://bit.ly/GGOGFB Amazon Author Page http://bit.ly/FrGeorge Twitter http://bit.ly/TweetGMC YouTube Hindi Channel https://bit.ly/3yff7ef English Channel http://bit.ly/EngYTube Instagram http://bit.ly/InstaGMC LinkedIn http://bit.ly/LInGMC Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/user/GeorgeClaret Medium http://bit.ly/MedGMC Pinterest http://bit.ly/PinCGMC Tumblr http://bit.ly/TumCGMC Goodreads http://bit.ly/GoodReadsGMC Quora Space http://bit.ly/QuoraGGOG Personal http://bit.ly/QuoraCGMC Reddit http://bit.ly/RedditGMC Podmatch http://bit.ly/PodMatch Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/trinityhspirit Spotify http://bit.ly/trinityholyspirit Google Podcasts http://bit.ly/podcastsgoogle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greatergloryofgod/message

#dailybible #bible #bibleversefortoday #bibleverse Biblical Guide to Life #34: To fall in love with God the greatest romance (St. Augustine) Deuteronomy 6:4-5 Do you like to be loved? You are loved! Have you ever experienced the love of God? God's love is very passionate & romantic. He loves YOU passionately. By the way, is God's love REAL or an IDEA? You have to answer it very genuinely. Can we love God romantically and passionately? One of the greatest Saints, St. Augustine says, "To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement." God is the HIGHEST Good! To love and desire Him must be the highest. That's why, God commanded us to love Him, saying, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) Do you want to join so many wise people who loved God passionately? _________________________ You are most welcome to follow me on the following platforms. To understand the Incarnation (the Word made flesh), try this book by Fr. C. George Mary Claret "God's Journey to Bethlehem: God's Way of Alluring You to Enter Into Your Heart" https://geni.us/nnB5 Connect him on http://bit.ly/WebGGOG Facebook Personal http://bit.ly/FacebookGeo Group http://bit.ly/GGOGFB Amazon Author Page http://bit.ly/FrGeorge Twitter http://bit.ly/TweetGMC YouTube Hindi Channel https://bit.ly/3yff7ef English Channel http://bit.ly/EngYTube Instagram http://bit.ly/InstaGMC LinkedIn http://bit.ly/LInGMC Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/user/GeorgeClaret Medium http://bit.ly/MedGMC Pinterest http://bit.ly/PinCGMC Tumblr http://bit.ly/TumCGMC Goodreads http://bit.ly/GoodReadsGMC Quora Space http://bit.ly/QuoraGGOG Personal http://bit.ly/QuoraCGMC Reddit http://bit.ly/RedditGMC Podmatch http://bit.ly/PodMatch Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/trinityhspirit Spotify http://bit.ly/trinityholyspirit Google Podcasts http://bit.ly/podcastsgoogle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greatergloryofgod/message

"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." - Robert Morely. Happy Wednesday QualityFam! On this 3rd episode of the

If changing the optics of your life over and over again is not filling that longing inside for something more, then that longing cannot be satisfied cosmetically, it cannot be satisfied with just an outward appearance. You must move beyond the optics. In the final message of our series, OVERLIKED, Pastor Rob Singleton helps us REBOOT our Love for Christ. In the words of St. Augustine, "To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement.

[Bincang-Bincang UI Sehat Mental 4.0: The Journey to Confidence] Halo UI! Apa kabarnya, nih? Ngobrol sama UI Sehat Mental yuk! Mencintai diri sendiri merupakan suatu kewajiban bagi kita semua, dengan mencintai diri sendiri kita dapat menerima dan lebih bersyukur terhadap kekurangan yang kita miliki. Seperti kutipan Robert Morley, mencintai diri sendiri dapat membuat kita lebih bahagia loh! "To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." -Robert Morley Episode kali ini kita akan berbagi pengalaman dalam mencintai diri sendiri bersama dua kakak keren dari FIK UI! Penasaran kan? Yuk, dengerin podcast bincang-bincang kali ini untuk mendapatkan jawaban dari keresahan kamu. Jangan lupa share ke teman-teman kamu ya! Terima Kasih! #BefriendYourself #UISehatMental Departemen Kajian dan Aksi Strategis BEM Fakultas Psikologi UI 2021 #MenyambungMakna

If changing the optics of your life over and over again is not filling that longing inside for something more, then that longing cannot be satisfied cosmetically, it cannot be satisfied with just an outward appearance. You must move beyond the optics. In the final message of our series, OVERLIKED, Pastor Rob Singleton helps us REBOOT our Love for Christ. In the words of St. Augustine, "To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement."

0 (1s): Morning, everybody go ahead 1 (4s): And make your way to your seat. If you wouldn't mind. My name is Ron. I want to welcome everybody. Who's in the sanctuary and in the loft and the patio, and also online and for tuning in, we want to welcome you as well. We're doing things a little different today. We're making a change in that. We're having announcements at the beginning of the service rather than in the middle, but because we all love change so much. It's like, yeah, this is, this is good. Right? Human nature. We love change. So you're ready for the announcements. It's always the best part of the service. Remember that? So, all right, we have Easter coming up. So next Sunday, Easter is going to be here on campus. 1 (46s): So what we're going to be doing is we're going to set up in the upper parking lot, which is up the, up the road this direction. And we're going to have a stage built, live worship. We're going to stream it as well. We're going to set up 600 chairs. We would encourage you please invite family, invite friends, neighbors, anybody you can think of. In fact, we have these Easter invite cards that have been made up, print it up and you'll find them distributed in different places around the, the campus. And so go ahead and grab some of those. That's a good way just to hand it and invite somebody to come to the Easter fellowship. And so it's at 10. O'clock just remember that we've got one service. It's going to be at 10 o'clock and it's going to be a family service. 1 (1m 27s): So we will have children's packets available for the little ones, but it's one hour long. They're, you know, they're going to sit with mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, and it's going to be a really fun, fun Easter celebration. We do need some help. We're going to be doing setup actually on Saturday. We're going to set up at nine o'clock on Saturday. If you'd like to be a part of that, just sign up at the info center or on our website. And we will contact you just to confirm that you're on the roster to help set up again. That's going to be Saturday, this coming Saturday at nine o'clock and then clean up, you can either sign up to clean up, or you can just hang out a little bit right after service and you can help us put away chairs and do all that good stuff. 1 (2m 7s): So if you want to be a part of that, that would be super helpful. All right. One of the things that we do at harvest church, we do this about three or four times a year is we offer a program. We call it growth track. So what it is is for those who are new to harvest church, and it helps you get connected to the believers here, the community here at harvest church. And so that growth track is going to be starting up. It's going to start up April 11th and there's actually, it's going to involve four Sundays, Sunday morning. So it's going to start April 11th at, at 11 o'clock. It's going to be in the parsonage up the driveway. And again, it's going to be four sessions and you're going to get to know some other people it's going to be super fun. 1 (2m 48s): But what you're going to learn about there is you're going to learn about a little bit of the history of harvest church. So like what makes us unique from other churches in our community? You're gonna learn about our beliefs, mission, ministries, history, all that kind of stuff. And it's going to also help you to discover your spiritual gifts and find out, you know, where God would have you get plugged in with whether it be here at church or in your community, but it's going to be super fun. So be a part of that, you'll sign up at the info center or online or church app, whatever you want to use. Love to have you be a part of that. We have coming up. It is a youth and kids choir. Okay. So the ages would be second grade through high school. 1 (3m 29s): All right. So we've got a broad age group there. This is a youth and kids choir. So if you are in that age, demographic, we'd love to have you join this group. They're going to start their rehearsals. Let's see. Well, what I have here is the performance of the youth and kids group is going to choir is going to be the end of may. So there's going to be some rehearsals leading up to the end of may. And if you want to be a part of that, or maybe you've got kids that you'd like to be a part of that, just contact Leslie she's our children's ministry director. And you can either go online and send an email to her, or if you know her, just talk to her here on campus. And that would be great as well. Okay. I'm now I'm rereading my notes. 1 (4m 11s): Rehearsals will be on Sundays 10, 20 to 10 50, starting on April 18th. All right. So there you go. Love to have you be a part of that. So one last thing you ready last announcement of the day. I'm sorry about that. So the fifth and sixth graders, they're doing a Passover Seder dinner or it's for the fifth and sixth graders. So if you're a, if you're a student fifth and sixth grader, or maybe you have a child that is, you don't want to miss this. So it's going to be done Sunday, April 11th. It's going to be from three till 6:00 PM in the loft. And it's going to be $5 to pay for all the good stuff. So I'd love to have you sign up fifth and sixth graders, Passover, Seder. If you don't know what a Seder is, Google it. 1 (4m 54s): And then you can figure out what is it? I would encourage it. If you've never been to a Passover Seder, we encourage you to do that. 2 (5m 1s): All right. So here 1 (5m 2s): At harvest church, we support missionaries locally and internationally. And it's a big priority of our church to be involved in sharing the gospel here and abroad. So one of the couples I'm going to invite them up in just a moment, Mike and Sharon, Dutra the name of their ministries be transformed. So what they've done is they created books that go into the prison system, into the jails. So it's predominantly to those who are inmates, those who are incarcerated here and in other countries as well. So I'd like to invite Mike and Sharon to go ahead and come on up. This is Mike and Sharon right here. Let's go. 2 (5m 37s): I'm a warm welcome. All right. So 1 (5m 45s): Love these guys. So we've been, we've been involved in their ministry supporting them for probably 10 years or so a long time, less than that. Okay. But what we still love you even, even though spend less than that. Sorry. Sorry. Okay. 3 (5m 58s): Here we go. 4 (6m 9s): so most, 5 (6m 17s): Wait, wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. That's the wrong language. That's that's next. 4 (6m 21s): That's good by me. 5 (6m 24s): Forgive my beautiful Irish German senior re Senora. I don't want to see senior Rita that's she's not married, but she is. Yeah. And I don't speak Spanish. He does. Thankfully, let's start out with our ministry update and get back on track. We are entering our 10th year as be transformed ministry. And it's only because of God's amazing grace and spirit that he has allowed us to do what we're doing and open the doors for all this to happen to date. We have sent out over 20,000 free books. Last year, we sent out just over 6,000, which is we keeps accelerating every year. 5 (7m 6s): We sent books to prisons, jails, rehabs, and other countries. Our books are now in over 100 us institutions. It's not about the numbers of books, but all about the souls brought closer to Jesus that matters the most to us. And it also matters the most to him. 4 (7m 26s): For example, here's a letter from Matthew, a New Mexico inmate. Hello Sharon. I was recently transferred to a new facility, but in the Santa Fe prison, I just came from the 60 men Bible study where they are still using all three of your books. In fact, they use your new beginnings book as curriculum and their armor of God study. I have been using your books now for a few years to teach from, and I just love everything about them. And so does everyone else, the guys always tell me how easy your books are to understand and how well they explain how to apply the word to our daily lives in the new facility I'm in. 4 (8m 7s): We have a, not a lot of new believers, probably the largest in any facility. I would like to be able to introduce your books to the congregation here after the outcome of the Santa Fe facility. I know in my heart that the guys would be blessed to have the opportunity to share your books. Every facility I end up going to, I feel that God has placed me there to be a Fisher of men. And in order for me to do so, I share your book and teach God's word with it. And from it, you have been a blessing to so many of my brothers here. God bless you, Matthew. 5 (8m 46s): Next week we are going on our first ever be transformed ministry, mission trip to Mexico. Whew. We will be speaking at yeah. I was like, Whoa, we will be, we will see, we will be speaking at three rehabilitation centers, a church. And we will be meeting with three new ministries. One of them was really large and giving them many more books to distribute throughout Mexico. We already have over 1100 Spanish books in Mexico and we are taking more than 200 books with us in our poor Prius. The books are already being used in Tiawana Rosarita beach, Mexico city. And they are being used in the Southern most state of Chiapas. 5 (9m 29s): And more cases of our books will soon be sent there. Chiapas only has a 3% population of Christians and it's a restricted area region. According to the voice of the martyrs, there is a strong MARCE, Marxists and atheist presence there. So pray for the state of Chiapas. 4 (9m 49s): Tijuana is pronounced the Wynonna, Oh, we have 400 books being used in Nigeria. 500 of our books. And 250 Bibles were shipped to Ghana. 60 books are being in used in Uganda and also South Africa has been using our books for over two and a half years. And we just shipped 70 more books to them. This is a note from one of many, from one of the pastors in South Africa named pastor Nizza Monday. He says, I have pastored in these valleys for many years, and it's hard to uproot the Zulu tribes from their cultural beliefs to try to explain the subject of faith or one, God only is close to impossible. 4 (10m 38s): The new beginnings book has simplified some basic Christian trues that I teach with these now and confidence because I also understand it better. I appreciate the book and will teach and teach until the Lord is glorified in my village. 5 (10m 54s): Amen. He didn't say that. 4 (10m 58s): I always forget this part. Remember that in prisons and foreign countries, books will often be shared many, many times. So if you think about it, how impactful can one book be? 5 (11m 12s): Yeah. Our books have been used in a lot of churches. It started out as tying of us, sending them to prisons, but now it's expanded into many, many different churches too. We are now partnering exciting news. This is just last week. We're partnering with a new life ministries in Japan. They are going to print and store 2000 of our books in the next couple of weeks. And we'll distribute our Japanese new beginnings books for free to prisoners. And they are also going to advertise our book. So Christians and churches can purchase them in Japan. Japan again is less than 1% Christian they're totally unreached pretty much. And by God's mighty grace, our books are now being used in eight countries and have been translated into four different languages. 4 (11m 60s): So if you'd like more information about our Facebook page, our web address and ways to give the, we have a table just outside of the loft at the end of the service. 6 (12m 12s): Oh no, no. Mike local Condesa. 4 (12m 22s): We've also had over 20,000 downloads of our new beginnings, eBooks into Iran via the farce. I know, right? That is actually one of the fastest growing underground churches in the world right now. And they get all of their feed from satellite because they're not allowed to have physical material there or else they can be tortured or killed or other things. So anyway, back to the story, Oh, so if you can't, if you don't do Facebook, we've got some ministry update sheets on the 5 (12m 58s): She's blown. At this time, we would not have been able to do any of this work without your continued prayers and support. Hey, she's blonde. Give her a break. 6 (13m 10s): I didn't say that. 5 (13m 13s): Please consider partnering with us to continue this growing ministry, to share the gospel message. We received so much feedback, feedback letters, emails about changed lives. We don't receive any pay from the ministry and we are under a five Oh one C3 for your tax deductible donations. Will you consider helping us continue to reach more people for Christ? Now you're in, 4 (13m 39s): You're going to have a table by the loft. He's right. I missed all of that. So there are a lot of additional stories and pictures on our Facebook page. For those of you who don't do Facebook, we've got a ministry update sheet on the table and we've also got a sign up sheet. If you'd like to receive a quarterly newsletter. And we also have some outreach brochures. If you'd like to take some, you can leave them as tips. You can leave them on a bench anywhere to reach people for Jesus. We really want to thank you so much for your love and your support and your prayers. We appreciate you more than, you know, thank you. God bless you. 6 (14m 18s): 5 (14m 21s): So Mikey, come on back up here. I'm going to pray for you guys. So they actually get along quite well norm normally, so go ahead and stand up here, Mike please. 6 (14m 31s): Yeah. Yeah. 5 (14m 33s): And like Sharon mentioned, they do have a table set up. If you want to meet them, look at their material, support them anyway, feel free to do so. Let's pray for them. Okay. Well we just lift up Mike and Sharon to you, Lord, thank you that they they've just committed themselves to help lead others to you and, and to disciple believers and 1 (14m 52s): Especially those who are incarcerated, who are in positions, where they might not have a lot of purpose or future in their mind. But Lord, thank you that you give them hope. So, Lord, we pray that you'd open many, many more doors for Mike and Sharon's material material. Thank you that you've given them the ability to, to basically write this, these books and, and disciple people and, and have your word go forth through their, through the documents they've created. So Lord bless these two. Bless their marriage. Lord lead them to a good marriage counselor. We pray. Well, we love them. We, we, we just love them or thank you for them in Jesus name. Amen. 1 (15m 33s): That, that, that I'm hi. That last part was a joke. Hey, one thing I forgot to mention earlier, I'm going to add another announcement. Today's family Sunday, which basically means kids are in with, with parents. If your kids are below first grade, we've got some room up them up there for them. We're going to have Passover house over where Steve helped me. We're we're going to have communion. Thank you. We're going to have communion this morning, but best of all, we have donuts today. All right. So if you didn't get your doughnut yet, they're up in the near the info center I saw I got for you here. 1 (16m 17s): Go Jim. 6 (16m 17s): Let's stand and worship. Yeah. crowd with his crowd with the two with, so Jews watched in vain was borrowed for three days. 6 (20m 35s): His body . God has a Rob gray. 7 (22m 25s): Scott. You do lift us up. Thank you for resurrecting us, our hearts for saving us. Thank you. Amazing grace. Thank you. Yeah, let's just give him some things this morning. If you even want to speak it out or just in your heart either way, unless it's so some things from our hearts to him this morning. Thank you for your goodness, Lord. Thank you for your mercy. 7 (23m 39s): sing amazing grace. 7 (27m 15s): One more time. how's the sound I see. 7 (27m 58s): How was the see you more clearly today? You want to know, you want to know the depths of your heart. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear today. I want to see you. I'm like, yeah, let's just wait on his presence. Just open your hearts to him. If you even want to open your hands to just kind of receive anything he wants to pour down this morning and just put yourself in that mode of receiving just from him, your spirit on your sons and daughters today, we stand in need of you Thanksgiving. 7 (29m 28s): yes, my maze. I am confident for me. Yeah. 7 (30m 4s): 8 (35m 11s): You are doing today for the, the celebration for the opportunity to gather as friends, as brothers and sisters in the Lord, we pray God that you would continue to move powerfully in our midst, Lord God, that we would be surprised at what you do. And maybe we're already surprised at what you've done, Lord God, I pray that for every person here all over the campus, watching online and wherever, Lord God, we just pray that you administer powerfully in Jesus name. That lives would be changed 9 (35m 38s): And transformed. Thank you for this for your grace. And for this time in Jesus name, amen. You can be seated. Amen. Amen. I was at a wedding yesterday and manna was at this amazing celebration of this couple. They've been dating for eight years now since high school and Ronin and Brie are now happily married. 8 (35m 57s): They're married. Anyway. I assume they're happily married and 9 (35m 60s): It's only been less than 24 hours. So I bet it's my belief. And I told him this. I said, it actually can get better and better. Marriage can get better and 8 (36m 10s): Better and better as you go along. And so we talked a lot about that. So we're 9 (36m 15s): Celebrating Palm Sunday today, 8 (36m 18s): And it was much like the celebration of the wedding yesterday. It was just so much excitement, anticipation so much going on. 9 (36m 26s): And as Jesus gets ready to enter Jerusalem 8 (36m 29s): For the final time he is met with adoration. 9 (36m 33s): People are laying out their garments 8 (36m 35s): On the road, putting Palm branches down, hence the term Palm Sunday. And this is his triumphant entry where he's coming into Jerusalem for the final time. It's Sunday, but Friday's coming good Friday is when Jesus would go to the cross, he would die for our sins. And it's called good. Because apart from that good work of Christ on the cross, we have no hope. We have absolutely no hope so because God is good. We have hope in Jesus. And so this is kind of how things unfolded. I'll read it, but as he comes in, Jesus immediately begins to take care of business, driving out the money changers, confronting the religious leaders, speaking parables, directing people. 9 (37m 20s): This is why, this is what I know about Jesus. You encounter him and either you're 10 (37m 24s): Off by him or you're kind of 8 (37m 29s): Don't care kind of neutral, or you decide to fall in love with him as really 9 (37m 34s): The three responses. And we see that in represented 8 (37m 38s): In Jesus' life and ministry. As Jesus sent his disciples approached Jerusalem, Matthew 21 verses one through 11, says this. They came to the town of Beth village 9 (37m 47s): Out of olives and Jesus sent two of them on a head go into the village over there. He said, as soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there with its cult beside it, untied them and bring them to me. She, Jesus knew exactly what he was walking into. He knew the plan of the father and he was willingly ready to walk into it. And so he knew what to expect and he knew what to prepare his followers for. He said, if anyone asks what you are doing, just say the Lord needs them and he will immediately 8 (38m 18s): Let you take them. This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said, 9 (38m 24s): Tell the people of Jerusalem, look, your King is coming to you. He is humble writing 8 (38m 29s): Donkey, riding on a donkey's Colt. The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. That's always a good idea by the way, do 9 (38m 36s): What Jesus asked you to do. And things will work out. They brought the donkey and the Colt to him and threw their garments over the Colt. And he sat on it. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. This is the right response to Jesus. By the way, this is the life giving response to Jesus. Like Lord, I will give you everything, including my garments. I will lay them at your feet. I will bow down before you. I will celebrate you and who you are. This is what they were doing. Jesus was in the center of the procession verse nine says, and the people all around him were shouting. They're shouting praise God now. 9 (39m 17s): But just in a moment, in a short amount of time, they're gonna be shouting, crucify him, crucify him. But right now they're saying praise God for the son of David blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord, praise God in highest heaven. I wonder if we do the same thing in one breath, we're praising him in the next work, conflicted and more confused by him and even angry at him. Jesus knew the condition of man's heart going into this while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. He knew that it moments of our life were doubtful and angry and without faith. But then other moments when we're believing him and trusting him, we're saying, praise God for the son of David blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord, praise God in highest heaven. 9 (40m 5s): We can get to a place in our life as followers of Jesus Christ, where our faith level is so high. That we're always saying this, that we no longer say Lord, why or God I'm angry or God, I don't understand. We can say those things, but, but with this faith is confidence saying, Lord, I don't understand, but I know you do Lord. I don't know why this is happening, but I know that you do. I don't, I can't figure this one out Lord, but I know that you've got to figure it out to the entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. As he entered, 11 (40m 34s): Who is this? They asked, who is this? 9 (40m 37s): Yes. They asked. And the crowds replied. It is Jesus. The prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. 11 (40m 43s): He's the reason that we gather. He's the one, 9 (40m 45s): The reason that the whole world gathers for Easter next week on April 4th, these are the reason. And maybe if you're not in the church or never heard of this person, Jesus, the curiosity of the world is who is this? Jesus. And why are we celebrating him? Why do people gather to celebrate his resurrection? Why do people gather to celebrate his birth? Why did people gather to celebrate him at all? It's our job as believers, as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ, to give them the answer. And when Jesus radically changes our lives, we're happy to do so. We're happy to do so. I've titled the message today. Faith in Jesus changes everything. Faith in Jesus changes everything. 9 (41m 27s): Unless of course your faith in Jesus hasn't changed anything. Where are you 8 (41m 34s): Today? Where's your faith today? Your walk with Jesus today. Do you know him? Do you follow him? Do you trust him? Because as we can see from the scripture and from hopefully from our own experience, our faith in Jesus has meant to radically shape us and change everything about the way who, the way we are, the way we function, the way we talk, the way we react, the way we live. Paul Paul 9 (42m 2s): Wrote in first Timothy one five, and we've been studying through the book of first Timothy. This letter that Paul wrote to this young pastor in emphasis. Paul writes this letter, this, this information, this anointed revelation to this young man so that the people of God in that church might know how to live their lives. Paul wrote in first Timothy one five. 8 (42m 25s): The purpose of my instruction is that all believers and all ad everywhere that all believers everywhere would be filled with love. That comes from a pure hearts, a clear conscience and genuine faith. 9 (42m 42s): These are things that are reachable they're within our reach by God's grace, because he's good. Not because we are good. He's writing to give instruction so that all believers will be filled with love. I don't know about you, but I, I love so much better now that I know Jesus than I did before, before Jesus, I was pent up and pretty frustrated and pretty angry. And I found fault with just about everybody that I came in contact with. But since meeting Jesus, he has changed my heart. He has changed my life and I still wrestle with those old ideas and thoughts and old man ways. But Jesus has filled my heart with such love that. It's, it's hard to imagine how life was before. 9 (43m 24s): This is, this is God's designed that he would fill us with his love that we would experience his love is unconditional love. And then out of that overflow out of that abundance of revelation that we would share that same love with everybody in our path. This is the design of the gospel's design is that we'd be filled with the love of God and then overflow and share 8 (43m 44s): That love with others. That would be filled with the love that comes from a pure heart who purifies our heart, who purifies our heart. Jesus purifies our heart. We were 9 (43m 54s): Lost and broken and full of sin and Jesus. He washes over us. He went to the cross. The Bible says the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. And so Jesus went to the cross to purify 8 (44m 14s): Our fickleness, 9 (44m 17s): To purify us from our sin, 8 (44m 20s): Make us pure of hearts. He said the believers will be filled with love. That comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience and genuine faith. How do, how do we have a clear conscience? We let me just say this. We, 9 (44m 33s): We can have a clear conscience. It's actually possible for us to have a clear conscience. Some of us live our lives with guilty conscience, 24 seven. We don't know how to live in such a way that we get rid of that. First of all, the enemy is a liar and he's going to want to heap, guilt and condemnation upon your life 24 seven. So you've got to recognize, what am I feeling? Is this from the enemy or is this really guilt from the sin in my life? If it's guilt from the sin in your life, if you confess your sins, he is faithful. And just to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness, that's the gospel. He loves you and wants to forgive your sin so that your conscience is clear. So then you just get up every morning and you just live for the glorious purposes of God. You live for God's glory. 9 (45m 13s): And then your conscience is clear when you sin. When you misstep, you just bring it to the Lord and say, God, I've sinned there. I don't want to send there. I've missed step. I don't want to miss step there. Would you forgive me? And your conscience can be clear in Jesus' name. Your conscience can be clear and then genuine faith. How's your genuine faith. Sometimes we wrestle with the love with a pure heart, with a clear conscious, because our faith is not genuine. It's not, it hasn't touched every area of our life. We kind of keep it in a box and we say, my faith is for Sunday morning or my faith is for the Bible study or my faith is for whatever it may be. But my faith isn't for my time with my buddies. That's not, that's not where my faith comes in. My faith. Isn't in my activities, my hobbies, my sports, that's my work, my school. 9 (45m 56s): That's not where my faith comes into play. And so we don't have a faith that saturates our whole life. And so we struggle with all these 8 (46m 4s): Things with love, pure hearts and a clear conscience. It's when we have a genuine faith, 9 (46m 11s): I think it's the only kind of real faith that we can have in Jesus, because we either respond to him by deciding we're going to fall in love with him, or we're just kind of irritated by him, or we're just kind of neutral about him. And I just want to encourage you today to decide 8 (46m 26s): To fall in love with him. 9 (46m 28s): That will fix everything. Your, your, your love will be overflowing. You'll have a pure heart, a clear conscience, and then your faith will be genuine. Paul writes in first Timothy chapter three, verses four through 14, through 16. As we wrap up this chapter, getting ready in preparation for Easter, for resurrection Sunday, how many are going to be here for Easter next week? It's going to be really good. As we said, it's going to be up the driveway. We're putting out hundreds of chairs and it's just going to be really, 8 (46m 55s): Really fun. 9 (46m 57s): First Timothy, three 14 through 16. Paul said, I'm writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you 8 (47m 4s): Soon 9 (47m 6s): So that if I'm delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is 8 (47m 13s): Sure church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth. So what he says carries weight, because this is the church of the living. God, you are the church of the living. God, not this building, 9 (47m 30s): But you personally and us corporately. We're the church of the living. God, we are God's workmanship, his masterpieces, his idea. He is the architect and it is his plan that gathers us so that we might fellowship together so that we might worship together so that we might grow in grace together. It's his idea. It's his plan that we come together. He says that this is the church of the living. God. So we don't gather for just any reason to celebrate just any idea or plan or to, to teach about just anything we're gathered to teach about the living, God, to worship the living, God, to celebrate 8 (48m 9s): The living God. In any case, 9 (48m 13s): Paul wasn't able to be there in person. Paul loved the church. Paul loved to be with the church. He loved planting churches and ministering. So in case Paul wasn't able to be there in person. He wrote this letter to Timothy so that God's people would understand how 8 (48m 27s): To live and function after all, this is the church, 9 (48m 31s): The living God. And so God has given us the Bible. He's given us instruction in the scripture so that we might understand how to live individually because individually we're the church and corporately where the church. And so he's given us instruction, how do we live out our lives? What do we do? How do we make wise choices? How do we make wise decisions in this life? Will Paul through the junction, the anointing of the Holy spirit has given us instruction. He said, this is the church 8 (48m 58s): Of the living. God, 9 (49m 2s): This is God's church. And so things must be done. God's way. This is why we do our best to teach through the scriptures so that we approach every topic and have understanding of everything that God asks us to do. Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy spirit under God's spirit giving instruction. So the church would know how to properly express and represent the person of the love, loving and living God he's he's given us instruction. If you ever wondering, how do I please, God just opened up the scripture and just begin to do what the scripture says. Just begin to pray into the scripture. Say, as you read it, just say, Lord, I don't know how to do this stuff. A lot of it, I don't even understand, but God, I want to, when your heart's right and open and available to the Lord, he will show you what you must do. 8 (49m 46s): Paul spells it out for us. He spells it out. You wrote under the inspiration of the Holy spirit. 9 (49m 51s): These are the things. This is, this is the instruction 8 (49m 55s): For the church. 9 (49m 56s): This is God's church. And so our aim is to honor 8 (49m 58s): God in the way we function in the way that we worship and the way that we live, the way that we teach and the way that we lead. He is the architect. He's designed it. If you ever looked at a set of plans, every detail is covered, right? All of the details are in the plans in the blueprints, the architect has made that happen. This is his design, 9 (50m 24s): Always perplexed. I'm always perplexed. When people say that, I, when they say I love God, but I don't like his church. 3 (50m 34s): This is like saying, 9 (50m 35s): I love God. I just don't love God's people. 3 (50m 39s): I just, I love God. I just don't love God's plan. 9 (50m 42s): It's perplexing to me because the church is God's plan filled with God's people, people that he loves and people that we're supposed to love. And so I know that church can be hard sometimes, and we have different difficulties in church, in disagreements with people in church. And it's hard to get along sometimes, but this is still God's design. The church gathered together for corporate worship to build friendships and have fellowship and have community to come together and love each other. And to challenge one another and to encourage one another. This is God's designed. We're not meant to do life alone. I know a gal who for the last, since COVID started for over a year, she's never wants to come in contact with another person she's been holed up in her home and never had a physical contact with anybody for the whole last 12 or 14 months. 9 (51m 35s): It's insanity. It's not how we are designed to live. This is why I sent out a video. I think it came out yesterday, just inviting people to come back to church. Did anybody see that video yet? Just inviting people to come back to church saying, Hey, it's time. It's time to get back to church. We need to, without fear gather, and without fear Jews to beats together as the body of Christ. And so it's my hope that the people of God, not just at harvest church, but on the central coast and not just on the central coast, but in this state and in this country and in this world would begin to gather to shake off that fear and get back to church it's God's idea. 9 (52m 17s): After all, some people are threatened. If I come back to church and I'm so used to being in my pajamas, I made you show up in my pajamas. I said, if you want to show up in your pajamas, just show up in your pajamas, just make sure it's appropriate pajamas. So we may see people show up on Easter Sunday at 10 o'clock next week in their pajamas. Just be okay with it. It's okay. 3 (52m 43s): Okay. 9 (52m 43s): This is the church, which is the pillar. The verse goes on and says in verse 16, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth. Why is the church, the pillar and the foundation of the truth? Because we teach the truth. That's God's designed for the church that we would teach the church, essentially becoming the pillar and the foundation we teach God's word, which is the truth. And because we preach the truth where the pillar and the foundation of that truth, we have this responsibility to teach the word of God that people might understand the Bible and understand that the Bible is truth. And so the church declares and communicates and affirms the Bible's truth. So we teach and we champion this book, the Bible, because it is properly the pillar and foundation it the truth. 9 (53m 26s): And 8 (53m 26s): We as the church, as we declare it, 9 (53m 29s): Not just corporately, but individually, as well as we believe it in champion the Bible and believe the Bible and live the Bible and proclaim the Bible. We are becoming the pillar and the foundation of the truth. If we cease, if we cease to teach the whole counsel of God's word, we cease to be the pillar and the foundation of the truth. If we stop teaching the Bible, we cease to be the pillar and foundation of truth, because the truth is the Bible. And so we teach the Bible. We have to understand as individuals and corporately that the Bible is God's truth. So we have to be careful to call sin sin and truth, truth. 9 (54m 12s): I didn't get saved because somebody danced around the topic of sin. Somebody told me that I'm a C, they said, you're a sinner and you need Jesus. I said, I am. I didn't know. But as I began to understand what sin is, I began to understand, yes, indeed, I am a sinner and I need Jesus. And it was because somebody spoke that message pur with profound clarity, that I was awakened to my desk, 8 (54m 40s): Brittany, for Jesus, I had a desperate need for Jesus and everyone who's ever come to faith in him with a genuine faith has realized the same thing. The wages of sin is death, spiritual deaths. It's, it's a death sentence. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus, our Lord. So we have to, in our efforts to be the pillar and the foundation of the truth, we have to proclaim the truth of the word of God, calling sin, sin, and truth, truth. I got saved because I realized he needed a savior. I was desperate for Jesus Jesus. 8 (55m 22s): While I was yet, a sinner died for me and came into my life so that I might know him. And then transformation began to take place. And I'm still in the process. It's a lifelong process of transformations. It's called sanctification. 9 (55m 39s): How can people be confronted with their sin? If we don't talk about 3 (55m 42s): Then verse 16 says, without question, this is the great mystery of our faith. 8 (55m 51s): Well, that question, this is the great mystery of our faith. What's the mystery of our faith. 9 (55m 56s): It's it's, it's curious the whole gospel thing, isn't it. It's interesting and curious and perplexing to think about the gospel. The mystery of faith is the divinely revealed truth about grace redemption and 8 (56m 12s): Goodness in Christ. 9 (56m 15s): It's the divinely revealed truth about grace 8 (56m 18s): Option and forgiveness. Grace is given to us, grace redeems 9 (56m 25s): Us, and we're forgiven in Christ. There's one way to the father and that's through Jesus. There's no other way to receive salvation other than to receive Jesus and to receive his sacrifice. The great mystery is that God loved the world and gave his son to be the savior. The savior of all, who would profess profess that Jesus is Lord. He died for the whole world for God. So loved the world, the whole wide world, every one of us that who so ever nobody's left out of there who's so whoever believes will not perish, but have eternal life. 9 (57m 7s): That's the gospel. And this is the message that we carry as believers. We believe in ourselves initially. And then we share it. We become followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And as followers we do what he did. He declared Surewest proclaimed truth about the gospel, about his grace verse 16. Again, without question, this is the great mystery of our faith. Christ was revealed in a human body. This is mind blowing stuff here. 8 (57m 33s): Jesus, 9 (57m 35s): The second member of the Trinity, God, the father, God, the son, God, the Holy spirit, 8 (57m 40s): Fully God. He gave up and put on 9 (57m 49s): Being fully God and fully man. He took on the human condition without sin, not the sin condition, but took on the human body and limitations of a human body of Galatians four, four, and five says. But when the right time came, God sent his son born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law so that he could adopt us as his very own children. When the time was right in the history of mankind, Jesus put on flesh and was born 8 (58m 29s): To a young, poor couple born in a barn. The manger in the lowliest of fashion, the humblest of fashion, he was born flipping 9 (58m 50s): Two, five through eight says you must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had though. He was God. He did not think of equality with God as something to clean to. Instead he gave up his divine privileges. He took the humble position of a slave. He was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on the cross. The reason he was born is so that he could die. He was born to die for and for you, 3 (59m 26s): The 9 (59m 26s): Reason that you were born as such, you might know him and help others to know him. That's the reason you were born. If you ever wondered why you were born, you were born to know him and that you might help others to know him. That's boiled down. That's essentially what we're here to do as believers in Jesus Christ. So everything else is secondary and tertiary. Everything else is, is second to that. To that reality, that we're, we're born to know Jesus and to help others know Jesus, 3 (59m 52s): Jesus 9 (59m 53s): Was born to die so that we might know him and help others to know him. Verse 16 continues. He was vindicated by the spirits. Jesus. He was vindicated by the spirit. The spirit rested upon Jesus at his baptism. Remember in Luke three 21 through 22, it says one day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Jesus got baptized as a modeling baptism for us. And then he said, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, the son and the Holy spirit. So if you haven't been baptized and you know, Jesus, it's time to get baptized. We've got a baptism happening on Easter. So if you haven't been baptized and you know, Jesus, there is no excuse for not being baptized. 9 (1h 0m 34s): You say, well, it's gonna mess up my hair. For those of us who have hair, right? It's going to mess up my clothes. I don't want to get wet in front of everybody. Jesus humbled himself. 3 (1h 0m 49s): He 9 (1h 0m 50s): Model baptism for us. And then he was baptized. Baptism is a public declaration of I'm a follower of Jesus. It's like the marriage yesterday. They declared Ronin and Bree declared in front of family and friends, front of the whole world in front of God. We love each other. We're committed to one another. We're going to be married together till death do us part. That's what baptism is. We're saying I'm a follower of Jesus. I love Jesus. I want to serve him all the days of my life. And this is my public declaration. If you haven't been baptized, you need to get baptized. It's time. One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened and the Holy spirit imagined the scene. 9 (1h 1m 31s): The Holy spirit and bodily form descended on him like a dove and a voice from heaven said, you are my dearly loved son. 3 (1h 1m 37s): You bring me great joy. The spirit 9 (1h 1m 41s): Rested upon him at his baptism. And then the spirit raised him from the dead. We read about that. Romans eight 11. It says the spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead 3 (1h 1m 51s): Lives in you. 9 (1h 1m 53s): And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by the same spirit living within you. The spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. So you've got power in you. God's power in you. Listen. If there was any doubt about who Jesus was and I promise you, there was doubt swirling about Jesus, where, who is this guy? That's coming into Jerusalem? Who is he? Why the celebration, who is this guy? If there was any, 8 (1h 2m 20s): The Holy spirit vindicated him and demonstrated his divinity. If you get God got a chance, he will demonstrate to you his divinity, the realness of who he is. If you just open up a little bit and God will show himself faithful, he can verse 16, continue to see, was seen by angels. Angels have always participated in God's redemptive plan. From the beginning 9 (1h 2m 51s): After his resurrection angels were present to roll away the stone and to give instruction to his followers. Angels are with us. There are angels in our presence. Even now the Bible talks about guardian angel angels that walk with us and protect us. 8 (1h 3m 8s): There are angels in our midst spiritual beings who are there to serve us and to help us serve God and to serve God's needs. And so we see angels throughout the Bible, old and new Testament. Angels are still real today. It was early on Sunday morning, Matthew 28, one through six as the new day was daunting. 9 (1h 3m 28s): Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. Suddenly there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord, came down from heaven, rolled aside 8 (1h 3m 38s): And sat on it. His face shown like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow. The guards shook with fear when they saw him and they fell into a dead faint. I can't even imagine just the glory, 9 (1h 3m 54s): But imagine if that's the glory of the angelic. 8 (1h 3m 57s): The imagine with me, the glory of Jesus. Imagine with me the glory of the living King of Kings, we will see him and we will know him. Verse five. Then the angel spoke to the woman. Don't be afraid. He said, I, I know you're looking for Jesus who was crucified. He isn't here. 9 (1h 4m 19s): He is risen from the dead, just as he 8 (1h 4m 21s): Said would happen. Remember his triumphal entry, go into Jerusalem, do this, this and this. They did this, this and this. 9 (1h 4m 29s): Jesus knew. Jesus knew they, the angelic hosts, God knows ahead of time. What's going to happen. 8 (1h 4m 39s): You're looking for Jesus. He was crucified. He isn't here. He's risen from the dead, just as he said, what happened comes see where his body was lying. And now go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. And he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you? So angelic hosts were presence 3 (1h 5m 2s): We're told 8 (1h 5m 2s): In Philippians two, that Jesus, his name is going to be elevated. And he's given this highest honor. It says, therefore, God elevated him Jesus to the place of highest honor 9 (1h 5m 14s): And gave him the name above every above. All other names that at the name of Jesus, every they should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. And every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God. The father, see, this is our, this is our purpose that we might know Jesus and declare, declare that he is Jesus Christ, the Lord to glory, to the glory of God. The father, every knee will bow. I wonder if there's an area in our life right now that we need to bow our knee to Jesus. Like I maybe there's you bowed to him in every other area, but there's this, this one area. This one area we'll call it of sin of maybe disagreement with God, an area where you just flat don't want to bow your knee. 9 (1h 6m 2s): I just want to say that if you will, and now your knee in that area, God will meet you in that place. And he will minister to you in that place. Often we don't do it because 3 (1h 6m 13s): We're fearful. We're fearful 9 (1h 6m 16s): Of what God may ask or require of us. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of sound mind. There shouldn't be anything in our lives as followers of Jesus. We're followers of Jesus. There shouldn't be any area of our life where we're not, we're not willing to say yes, Lord, we bow our knee to you. Yes, Lord. 3 (1h 6m 38s): Yeah. 9 (1h 6m 39s): Says that. In verse 16, he was announced to the nations that Jesus was announced to the nations in Colossians one 23, Paul declared the good news. And I'll add about the good news has been preached all over the world. And I, Paul, I've been appointed by God to proclaim it. And since then, since the first century, the gospel has been proclaimed all over the world. Just this morning, we heard about Mike and Sharon Dutcher who are they're ministering through their, their, their ministry tools to eight different nations right now, eight different countries. And people have, have worked to see the whole wide world Angela's and that's why we send missionaries out. 9 (1h 7m 20s): And that's why we're participating in the great commission, because we want to see the whole world, come to know Jesus, Paul Paul got it. He said the good news has been preached all over the world. And I I've been appointed by God to proclaim at verse 16. You see what's believed in throughout the whole world, throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory. So this message of Jesus Christ 3 (1h 7m 44s): Has 9 (1h 7m 45s): Been spread to the whole world. And now it's at our feet. Now it's in our hands. Now it's our responsibility for this generation. For this nation. It is our responsibility to proclaim the truth. Listen, you don't want to go to your grave. Having never led anybody to Jesus. You just don't want to do that. In fact, you want to go to your grave. Having led dozens of people to Jesus, because those, the people will hopefully lead dozens of people, of people to Jesus. You want to make it your life goal to lead 8 (1h 8m 16s): People to Jesus. The message of Christ has been spreading rapidly all over the globe since his life, death, resurrection and Ascension. And he will return you guys ready for that. Are you really though? He is he's he's going to return, ready to judge the living and the dead. He's coming back to judge our actions and the way that we lived our life. Are you ready for that? Because faith in Jesus has meant to change everything. So if there's areas of your life, where your faith in Jesus, hasn't changed you and hasn't changed your priorities in your perspective, then it's time to revisit your faith and say, God, I want my faith to be genuine through and through like every part of my life, reflecting who you are and what you've called me to do nothing held back. 8 (1h 9m 5s): No fear, no worries, no doubts. Just I'm all in with you. We once a month on the fourth, Sunday family, Sunday, we celebrate communion. The Lord's table, where we celebrate what Jesus did on the cross for us was 2000 years ago. And people to this day are still celebrating all over the globe. The church of God is celebrating first Corinthians 1123. Did everybody get elements? By the way, if you did not get elements, then raise your hand. And we have people who will get you elements. So there we go, Jim, in the middle here you got, there we go. We'll give it a moment. 3 (1h 9m 48s): Worship team. Come on out 8 (1h 9m 55s): On the patio. Also, if you had, if you didn't get your elements, raise your hand and somebody will get those to you in the lofts. Also there. So 3 (1h 10m 8s): If you're at home 8 (1h 10m 10s): On the fourth, Sunday of every month, as I said, we take communion. So family Sunday. So if it's the fourth, Sunday of the month and you're watching from home, just show up, prepared to take communion, get away for some juice and be ready to take communion with us. And God will be glorified. It says in first Corinthians 1123 through 26 for I pass on to you. What I received from the Lord himself on the night when he was betrayed, the Lord, Jesus took some bread gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, this is my body, which has given for you 3 (1h 10m 46s): Do this 8 (1h 10m 47s): In remembrance of me. Let's go ahead and take the wafer a little tricky to get to that for 3 (1h 10m 55s): There it is. Thank you, Jesus. And then if you've had it 8 (1h 11m 4s): As you've had the wafer, go ahead and peel open the next level and we'll get to the juice here. This is COVID communion right here. Oh, fit. There we go. In the same way. He took the cup of wine after supper saying this cup is the new covenant between God and his people and agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me. As often as you drink it for every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again. Let's take the juice. Thank you, Lord. 8 (1h 11m 45s): We're so grateful. We're so humbled Lord, by your kindness, God, your, your birth, your triumphant entry, your triumphal entry, Lord God. We're so thankful for good Friday where you died in for a Sunday, Easter Sunday, where you resurrected from the dead Lord. We're so thankful. We love you. Jesus. I pray that if there somebody here who needs you, that they would reach out to you. Bible says, if you confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead. You will be saved. So believe in who he is. Welcome him into your life. Say, Jesus, I need, you need you in my life. 8 (1h 12m 25s): I need you to forgive me. I need you to love me as you with your whole heart, declare that truth. God comes into your life and he loves you for gives you and adopts you into his family. So don't wait to do that, to make that decision. Lord, thank you for what you're doing. As we get ready to worship some more prayer that we worship in spirit and in truth, be glorified. And we ask in Jesus name, amen. Let's go and stand up and worship some more. 7 (1h 12m 58s): where are these? Where are these? 7 (1h 13m 20s): worthy? 7 (1h 14m 40s): yes, you are a hope. 7 (1h 20m 27s): You're our foundation. You're the rock that we stand upon. Lord. We thingy that we can rest in you. We can trust in you. We put our hope in you when everything else is shifting around us, God, you are steadfast and secure. So thank you for the hope that we have in you. Jesus. I pray that you would be with us this week. You would strengthen our hearts. Scott, look forward to celebrating Easter together next week, but you just keep everyone healthy and just prepare our hearts for just an awesome celebration. Next week. We love you, Lord. We give you this day in Jesus name. 7 (1h 21m 8s): Amen. Amen church. So glad you're doing this today. If there's anyone who would like some prayer this morning, we always have folks available. So just head on down toward the front, we would love to pray with you this morning. Otherwise have a wonderful day and pass the peace and love of Jesus around to each other. And we will see you on Easter. Sunday, 10:00 AM up at the top of the Hill, right here. Have a great day.

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  Its Saturday and welcome back to Saturday shots with Dr. Sabiha and you are listening to hum tum and start-ups. And today is part two of the episode Top ten start-up mistakes to avoid. Last episode we did finish listening to first 3 mistake….so now Without taking any more time Let me start with mistake number 4.   4.to undervalue your own product or service   Guys no doubt Don't price too high, but don't price too low just to gain market share. If you are good, price like it! Many entrepreneurs start with the best of intentions and give things away for free, be very careful with this, because you don't want to be known as a source of freebies.  Moving ahead with Mistake no.5 5. To fail to begin with the end in mind "a startup often begin with excitement and optimism thinking they will do whatever it takes to succeed. Adopting a big picture approach from the outset will force you to ask tough questions sooner rather than later, and will give you a roadmap to refer to when things get rough. Dare yourself to answer the tough questions and get a timeline designed for your startup. Mistake no.6 6.To fall in love with your idea too hard "Founders fall in love with their ideas and often don't do the hard work needed to figure out exactly who else is in love with what they are selling," Of course, you should be passionate about your business, but founders who are too emotionally invested often ignore the warning signs that they're missing the mark. Remember that if your product or service is not getting traction, it's not the customers' fault — it's yours.    mistake number 7.   7.not evolving when you should   "It's important to stay objective and read the market, don't be afraid to pivot if you find that your original ideal isn't taking off as you'd hoped. “Respond to what the market needs rather than what you want to give., "YouTube originally was meant to be a dating website. The founders eventually realized the market didn't want to date via videos — but they did want to just upload and share videos. The rest is history."   Mistake number 8 8. taking to too long to launch You can plan and research forever, but the key is to just get out there, and then there will be natural feedback and momentum to carry you forward,"  If you want to swim, first step is to take jump of faith in the swimming pool "You don't have to have everything perfect and figured out in order to launch. “In fact, if you labour over your idea for too long, you may be wasting time creating something that's not quite right for your customers. Get what you're offering in front of them and let them help you create what they need most . Mistake number 9   9.neglecting legal protection So, you're starting a business with a college friend, you've written your plan on the back of a napkin, and sealed the deal with a clink of your glasses. Great, but don't neglect the next steps. “Often people are so excited about getting the business up and running that they're hasty and forget to do things like a founder's agreement, proper privacy policy, exit policy and many other legal accepts. Failure to address these beginning steps can come back to bite you years down the line. Mistake number 10, which have taught me a lot personally 10.  Not asking for help Do not be so prideful that you cannot ask for help. It makes no sense to be stubborn trying to prove you can figure everything out on your own and your business fails as a result.  When you are just starting your business, you will want to get a coach or mentor who can help you avoid making costly mistakes.  And fortunately, you are listening rite now to one such startup coach and a mentor, so pick up the phone and book a free exploratory session with Dr. Sabiha So, guys, that's for today's episode And yes, let me even tell this episode marks the end of series hum tum and start up……. comment box is waiting for you… Keep Sharing your lessons you learnt from your mistakes… .  Till then enjoy

What if I told you, yes, you can fall out of love-- When 2 people fall in love and marry, they rarely think of falling out of love.----Yet, falling out of love happens in marriage and a host of other situations.--a. Friendships, even engagements to marry--b. Jobs--c. Careers----Bess Myerson, the only Jewish Miss America, said, -To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.-----Worst of all reversals in love occurs when someone professes love for Christ and then reverses that affection and falls out of love for Him.----Jesus described such an occasion among a group of believers in Ephesus who lost their first love for Him.

What if I told you, yes, you can fall out of love-- When 2 people fall in love and marry, they rarely think of falling out of love.----Yet, falling out of love happens in marriage and a host of other situations.--a. Friendships, even engagements to marry--b. Jobs--c. Careers----Bess Myerson, the only Jewish Miss America, said, -To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.-----Worst of all reversals in love occurs when someone professes love for Christ and then reverses that affection and falls out of love for Him.----Jesus described such an occasion among a group of believers in Ephesus who lost their first love for Him.

What if I told you, yes, you can fall out of love? When 2 people fall in love and marry, they rarely think of falling out of love. Yet, falling out of love happens in marriage and a host of other situations. a. Friendships, even engagements to marry b. Jobs c. Careers Bess Myerson, the only Jewish Miss America, said, "To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful." Worst of all reversals in love occurs when someone professes love for Christ and then reverses that affection and falls out of love for Him. Jesus described such an occasion among a group of believers in Ephesus who lost their first love for Him.

"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." Powerful quote and so true. We cannot give love to someone else if we don't have it within ourselves first. In this week's episode of The Time Is Always NOW podcast I share some ideas on how love is the only way to heal our world. Let's lead with love... Check it out below.

When you're the president of the breakfast club, And you're not hesitant to fall in love, To fall in love with the eighties... In this week's LIKE THIS POD Mini Jacqueline and Meghan discuss their favorite 80's movies.

We are celebrating both the imminent 50th episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains and also our one-year anniversary on the air by counting down our list of Bob Dylan's 50 greatest songs. Join us for this episode wherein we play & discuss songs #31 through #24.

A follow up to PodCast & Crew, All In Production's WAIP follows the skeleton crew of a failing radio station. Featuring skits, radio plays, and interviews with local artists. In Episode 011: Time Ranger Episode 2 (By Casey Van Dam) All-Arcadians Episode 019 (By JD Atkins and Adam Qutaishat) The Worsener Episode 108 (By Matthew D. Konkel) Dog Investigator Ep. 107 (By Matthew D. Konkel) Commercial for Circle Site (By Maria Pretzl) Commercial for Inferior Flix (By Casey Van Dam) An interview with Jamielyn Gray and Maddie Wakley from The Constructivists' production of To Fall in Love running at the Underground Collaborative in Milwaukee from March 29th-April 13, 2019. Purchase tickets and learn more at: www.theconstructivists.org/ WAIP is written Adam Qutaishat, Matthew D. Konkel, Casey Van Dam, Maria Pretzl, and Andrea Watkins, and directed by Adam Qutaishat.(adamqutaishat.com) Assistant Directed by Samantha Martinson Live audio engineering by Derek Buckles. (dbucklesdesign.com) Audio is produced by Qutaishat, Buckles, JJ Gatesman, and Sarah Burger. Music is written by Qutaishat and Cole Heinrich. WAIP's stage manager is Allison Kasprovich. WAIP's graphic designer is Cassie Pearson. WAIP is executive produced by All In Productions and Alex Scheurell. (allin-mke.com, twitter.com/all_inmke, facebook.com/allinproductionsmke, www.instagram.com/allinproductions) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this final message Pastor Louis shares how we need to use the pattern of the first Church to become successful witnesses for Jesus Christ. It entitles to get filled we the Holy Spirit's power daily, and to keep walking in love. To fall in love for God more and more, and then to give that love away. By yielding ourselves to Holy Spirit daily, what we say and what we do will be of greater benefit for success!

It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipstersAnd make fun of our exes, uh uh uh uhIt feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnightTo fall in love with strangers uh uh uh uhYeahWe're happy free confused and lonely at the same timeIt's miserable and magical oh yeahTonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines, it's time uh ohI don't know about you but I'm feeling 22Everything will be alright, if you keep me next to youYou don't know about me, but I bet you want toEverything will be alright, if we just keep dancing like we're 22, 22It seems like one of those nightsThis place is too crowded, too many cool kids uh uh, uh uhIt seems like one of those nightsWe ditch the whole scene and end up dreaming instead of sleepingYeahWe're happy free confused and lonely in the best wayIt's miserable and magical oh yeahTonight's the night, when we forget about the heartbreaks, it's time uh ohI don't know about you but I'm feeling 22Everything will be alright if you keep me next to youYou don't know about me, but I bet you want toEverything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22 uh uh ah ah ah 22 uh uh uhI don't know about you, 22 uh uh 22 uh uhIt feels like one of those nightsWe ditch the whole sceneIt feels like one of those nightsWe won't be sleepingIt feels like one of those nightsYou look like bad news I gotta have you, I gotta have you ohh, uh, yeahI don't know about you but I'm feeling 22Everything will be alright if you keep me next to youYou don't know about me but I bet you want toEverything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22 uh uh, 22 uh uoh,22 uh uh, yeah, 22 uh uhoo, yeah yeahIt feels like one of those nights uh uhWe ditch the whole sceneIt feels like one of those nights uh uhWe won't be sleepingIt feels like one of those nights uh uhYou look like bad news I gotta have you, I gotta have youCheck out our website at www.thebachelorpod.ca!Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube!Follow us on twitter @thebachelorpod!Individually we are @andyhullbone, @thesarahhillier, @oliviamacaulay and @glennmacaulay (and @leia_kitty_meow)We also have a Patreon! If you'd like to help support the show and donate please visit www.patreon.com/thebachelorpod for more details!

Becoming a widow(er) is a life changing event that happens to nearly all people who marry or remain in long term relationships. To fall in love, make deep commitments, sacrifice, compromise and depend deeply on one another, leaves a widow(er) in a very lonely and empty place. If the death of a partner comes unexpectedly, the recovery is even harder. We all face death, to face it while you are alive together and discuss the desired outcomes after is a great idea. However, this show is about recovery and we will go deep to give some healthy change for a widow. Tune in and learn!!!

Becoming a widow(er) is a life changing event that happens to nearly all people who marry or remain in long term relationships. To fall in love, make deep commitments, sacrifice, compromise and depend deeply on one another, leaves a widow(er) in a very lonely and empty place. If the death of a partner comes unexpectedly, the recovery is even harder. We all face death, to face it while you are alive together and discuss the desired outcomes after is a great idea. However, this show is about recovery and we will go deep to give some healthy change for a widow. Tune in and learn!!!

We are called to be a people that see a kingdom that the world cannot see yet. To fall in love with a king who's dominion we say stretches all over the earth. He's called us to be a special people who recognize the kingship of Jesus before the kingdom of God is so concretely here that the world can't deny it, and to a special group of people like that special things happen.

We are called to be a people that see a kingdom that the world cannot see yet. To fall in love with a king who's dominion we say stretches all over the earth. He's called us to be a special people who recognize the kingship of Jesus before the kingdom of God is so concretely here that the world can't deny it, and to a special group of people like that special things happen.

We are called to be a people that see a kingdom that the world cannot see yet. To fall in love with a king who's dominion we say stretches all over the earth. He's called us to be a special people who recognize the kingship of Jesus before the kingdom of God is so concretely here that the world can't deny it, and to a special group of people like that special things happen.

We are called to be a people that see a kingdom that the world cannot see yet. To fall in love with a king who's dominion we say stretches all over the earth. He's called us to be a special people who recognize the kingship of Jesus before the kingdom of God is so concretely here that the world can't deny it, and to a special group of people like that special things happen.

In another packed podcast I played music by the fantastic Hot Vamp Club, the amazing King Never, the unique Tom Caulfield, Matt Steven's Burning Banstands track was remixed by the brilliant LEXTRICAL and he went on to talk about blogs and cited The Hype Machine as the place to go to . I played a track from my free album Moving On. Apoc loved Soundcloud for all the wrong reasons. I played Everyone Want's To Fall In Love by the beautiful Sweet Tooth, I was blown away by the talented Joe Wellfair and urged you to make a comment about the stunning track by The Real Raj. The very entertaining Jason Nembhard won the First Fifteen with a breathtaking 3 votes. Not sure if this first fifteen lark is worth the effort, what do you think? Why not join the Facebook group eh?

Introduction In 2 Corinthians 6:1, I find a mysterious and troubling verse. It says, “As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.” Receiving God's grace in vain is a very troubling concept, and I think it is easily misunderstood. Now, God's grace comes to us in a variety of ways. It is by grace that God causes the sun to rise and the rain to fall on sinners whether they acknowledge him or not. It is by grace that we enjoy food, clothing and shelter. It is by grace that we are born into families and to mothers that nurture us, love us and provide for our every need. It is by grace that we enjoy warm human friendships. It is by grace that we look out over a natural beauty, such as a rolling ocean or a field of wild flowers or craggy mountain heights, and see that spectacular beauty. It is by grace that we get an education. It is by grace that we have formative experiences that shape us, that we can read and write and do arithmetic. It is by grace that we enjoy every good and perfect gift, for they all come down to us from the Father above unto people who deserve his wrath. It is by grace that we experience all of these things. But all of these forms of grace can be received in vain, every one of them. If we fail to make the most of our opportunities, if we rebel, if we follow a lifestyle of sin, we have received all of those forms of God's grace in vain. Now, we believe in the new covenant, in something called effectual grace. It is a grace from God that cannot be received in vain. It is by grace, or it was by grace that Lazarus was raised from the dead. He could not receive that grace in vain. He had no choice but to live again. It was by grace that the man who was born blind received his sight. When he washed off the mud, his eyes had no choice but to see perfectly. It was by grace that Peter understood that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. He could not receive that grace in vain. And it is by grace that every true Christian in history is born again by the Spirit of God, by grace that the heart of stone is removed and the heart of flesh is given. It is by grace that we see the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ and live forever. "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Every spiritual advantage there is in this life comes to us by grace, but it is possible for a person to waste those advantages. Isaiah 5 speaks of lavish gifts of God's grace, bestowed from the kindness and covenant faithfulness of almighty God on the nation of Judah and the city of Jerusalem. And these people perverted the good gifts of God and used them for sin. This passage therefore speaks a word of warning to all ages, and it speaks a word of warning to us, the American Evangelical church, and we ought to heed it. No church in history has had as many spiritual advantages as has the church in America, as many Bibles in the wide variety of translations, as many good seminaries teaching the truths of the word of God, as many avenues of right doctrine, publishers, book distributors, internet resources, good preaching on tapes and CDs, and MP3 and streaming. As many opportunities to serve the Lord in short and long-term missions. As many good Bible believing and Bible preaching churches. And yet for all the avalanche of God's grace, it is amazing to observe how little genuine fruit there is here. Dr. Robert Coleman, who travels the globe constantly and understands the church, perhaps better than most, was having a conversation with Raymond Ortlund, and Ortlund wrote it down. This is what he said. "In the previous fifteen years, real church growth in North America has been zero percent, and yet the church in Asia and Africa and Latin America has been growing by leaps and bounds. Despite all of these lavish resources, zero net growth. Lots of activity, lots of programs, but so little fruit." Now, Robert Coleman wrote a famous book, The Master Plan of Evangelism. In it he talks about the pattern that Jesus gave of deep discipleship for the purpose of spiritual multiplication. He said it was the strategy by which God intended to reach the world. Now, if you were able to preach to 100,000 people every day, and got a four percent return on the preaching, after sixteen years you would see 23,360,000 people converted - 100,000 every day. Now that's a busy life. A four percent response is very good for people to actually come to faith in Christ. But suppose instead you took one convert, and for six months you built a disciple who could reproduce, and then each one built another, and then the four each built another and so on and so on. After sixteen years, you would reach four billion people. Four billion in sixteen years. Multiplication begins small but ultimately yields greater results. And these are genuine disciples, Christians growing and maturing, not babes in the faith demanding constant nurturing. So why hasn't that been happening? What is going on here? Well, there can be only one answer and that is sin. The sin of not receiving the grace of God properly. Receiving it in vain. We are in some sense receiving God's grace in vain because so little growth has been occurring. So much is invested and there is so little fruit. Now Isaiah 5 speaks a word of warning to us concerning this precise matter. Luke 12:48 says, "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Friends, that is us. Let's be honest. That is us. God has entrusted much to us and He expects much back. And as we look in Isaiah 5, again, as I told you, I say it again and again. The great danger of reading Isaiah is to say, "Those people there, those people of Judah, those people of Jerusalem. How much they sinned." Don't do that! I. God’s Lavished Grace: What More Could Have Been Done? Isaiah’s Love Song for God Look at Isaiah 5 and find a mirror and then we will deal with this passage properly. It begins with an account of God's lavish grace and the question, "What more could have been done?" in verses one through seven. And it begins amazingly with a love song. Isaiah sings a love song, a love song to God. Look what he says in verse one. "I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard. My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside." This song must be the most tragic love song ever. The introduction shows Isaiah's love for God. A song for the one I love. He calls him my loved one. Now you know the first and greatest commandment, that you should love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. That is the first and greatest commandment. And Isaiah loves God. In this case then his love for God knits his heart together with God's as he looks at the tragedy of what's really happening with Judah and Jerusalem. The Original Parable of the Vineyard I think we have here the original parable of the vineyard. Now Jesus of course is going to take Isaiah 5 and change it a bit and speak a parable to His own generation. It is in Matthew 21:33 and following. Jesus said, "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit." It's the same story - slightly different because they beat the messengers and eventually the master sends the son and they kill him, thinking to take his vineyard. But it is the same story as Isaiah 5. God's relationship with Israel was a long-term investment in a vineyard that ended in grave disappointment, in a failed crop, a harvest that never came. God’s Lavished Grace And so we see God's lavish grace. Look at it. First of all, it was a well-chosen site. It was on a fertile hillside. That's the promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Notice also the hard labor. He dug it up, cleared it of stones and planted it with vines and built a watchtower and a wine press. Lots of labor went into this. I was raised in New England, and the farmland up there over the winter grows boulders. That's what it does. They just get pushed to the surface. And if farmers want to have arable land, they have to remove those boulders. It’s just backbreaking work. So, you see all over New England these stone walls around these farms, and they're very quaint. But they testify to backbreaking labor. I'm glad I'm not a New England farmer. That's all I can say. But God did that kind of labor. He did all that and more. He constructs a watchtower and he hews out literally a wine press. You get this idea of a huge rocky boulder and he is carving out a space in it where they can press that sweet wine that they are going to make, with those wonderful grapes that are going to come. Hard labor in preparation for the harvest, and it's skillfully tended. He knew his business. He knew what a fertile hillside was, and he knew the choicest vines. He knew how to do all of that. And it was diligently and forcefully guarded with a watchtower, always looking out for the enemy, protecting the tender vines from being trampled. Summed up in verse three and four he says this, "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and you men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it?” “What more could I have done?" God in effect is saying "I spared no expense. I left off no diligence to ensure a success. The fault does not lie with me." Israel’s Wretched Harvest But look at Israel's wretched harvest. Verse four, “When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?” Now this is the eternal question, the great unanswerable question when it comes to sin, when it comes to evil. Why? It just stands over the human race. It just haunts us. So many people in times of great tragedy ask God that question. They look up to heaven and they say "Why?" Perhaps it's the death of a little baby to leukemia or a death of a child in a car accident. A great tragedy. Unlooked for, unexpected, shocking. And they look up to heaven and they say to God "Why did you do it? Why God?" Alright. Those kinds of questions are asked in the Bible. The Psalmists asked them frequently. But here it is the other way around. It is the other way around even more poignantly, I think. God stands over the wreckage of human sinfulness, the senselessness of it, the waste of it, the insanity of rebellion and he asks us, "Why? Why?" Ezekiel 33:11, "Say to them, 'As surely as I live,' declares the Sovereign Lord, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, oh house of Israel?'" Or the prophet Nathan confronting David with his sin of adultery with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 12:9, "Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes?” Why? Jesus says to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?" (Acts 22:7). And so it is here. Despite all the skillful gardening of the Lord, still it produces only bad grapes. God had given to the Jews every external grace. National election - they were chosen as a people, as a nation, for a purpose. The example of the Patriarch's faith - Abraham, Isaac and Jacob walking by faith. The events of the exodus, the leadership of Moses, called by God. And then the ten plagues, the crossing of the Red Sea, Mount Sinai, God descended. They heard the voice of God speaking out of the cloud the Ten Commandments. And then, the sacrificial system with all of its rich imagery of sin atoned for, of reconciliation, of all of those things. The promised land miraculously cleared, cleared of all the Canaanites and Hittites and Jebusites and Hivites, Perizzites. Cleaned, a land flowing with milk and honey. Then the lessons of national sin and repentance in the Book of Judges, that cycle of sin and how God would chastise them and then they would be brought back again to repentance. That whole thing. Then the example of godly King David. All of this grace, grace upon grace, lavishing grace upon Israel. The wall of protection around it. God protected his people. The ministry of godly prophets like Elijah and Elisha, God speaking to them. Yet for all of these incredible advantages, there is still overwhelming national and individual sin. Why? It is the great unanswerable question. Sin is so irrational, so inexplicable, so insane. God is very clear about what those bad grapes were. He spends the rest of the chapter describing it. First, right away in verse seven he says this, "The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress." Despite all the advantages of his skillful tending, look what he gets. He gets injustice. He gets bloodshed. He gets cries of distress from his people. That's what he gets. And for the rest of the chapter, we will see that he lays out six clusters of bad grapes. The central lesson here is the corruption of the human heart. Short of the miraculous transformation of the new birth, every external grace only hardens us more. Makes it worse, actually. If God doesn't change your heart, the hearing of good preaching actually makes it worse for you. For it says in Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" The only possible hope is the new heart, a new nature, regeneration by the Spirit of God. Now God asks here, "What more could have been done?" (verse 4). God himself gives his own answer in the new covenant. There is something more that could have been done. He can take out the heart of stone and he can give the heart of flesh. Without that there is no hope. It says in Ezekiel 36:26, 27, "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws." And so the events of Jewish history prove this. No matter how many external blessings God lavishes on unregenerate people, they only harden our hearts more. If God does not add to them the great blessing and grace of a changed heart, we will only heap up our condemnation more and more. God’s Shocking Judgement So, God sends a shocking judgment. Look in verse five and six. “Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.” That is the judgment of God on Israel and on Judah. II. Six Clusters of Bad Grapes (verses 8-23) So, for the rest of the chapter, we see six clusters of bad grapes and the corresponding judgments that come. "Woe" is a word of prophetic warning. The chapter then can be arranged around the six woes that the prophet speaks. Woe #1: Aggressive greed (vs. 8-10) Look at what it says in verses eight through 10. “Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land. The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing, ‘Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants. A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine, a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.’” These were economic empire builders, ruthlessly taking over the property of the poor and the needy. Like evil King Ahab who has Naboth murdered so he can steal his vineyard and take it over. Or like the Pharisees of Jesus's day. Jesus talks to them about this. They used their influence to steal widows' houses and to make themselves wealthy in this way. Woe #2: Sinful Excess (vs. 11-12) “Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine. They have harps and lyres at their banquets, tambourines and flutes and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands.” Now Israel was rife with idolatry and the core of idolatry, self-worship. The allure of idolatry is always sensual pleasure. Sensual pleasure, living for sensual pleasure rather than for God. These folks are dedicated to it. They are dedicated to pursuing excess. They rise up early in the morning to run after their drinks. These are words of great zeal and dedication, rising early to run after the drinks. To run after them. This is determination. This is sacrifice. This is commitment to a lifestyle of drinking. What are they pursuing? They are pursuing drinks. They are pursuing getting drunk. They are pursuing music to enjoy a good tune, tambourine and a harp and a lyre. Ah, the delights of good music and a good bowl of wine! That's what they are pursuing with great dedication, and their addictive lifestyle comes from trying to fill an empty hole in the center of their souls, something that will ease the pain of that emptiness. The result is utter deadness to the glory of the Lord all around them. “They have no regard,” it says, “for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands.” They are just numb to what God is doing. Woe #3: Shameless Sin and Mocking of God (vs. 18-19) “Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes, to those who say, 'Let God hurry, let him hasten his work so we may see it. Let it approach, let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, so we may know it.’” The image is powerful. It's like these people are beasts of burden and they have ropes around them and they are hauling a cart loaded with boulders of sin. And they are just pulling it on. They are in bondage to sin and they can't break away. And yet, in the midst of that, they are mocking God. "Oh, that plan of God that He always talks about, let him bring it so we can see it and actually see whether it's going to happen or not." Woe #4: Relativism and Redefining of Truth (vs. 20) "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Long before the theory of relativity, and long before philosophical relativism, and certainly long before the post-modern era, there was this redefining of truth, this redefining of what is good and evil, what is light and dark, what is sweet and bitter. There is nothing new under the sun, friends. This has been going on forever. Naming was a task given to Adam. Adam could name the animals. He could name different things. But defining good and evil? That is God's job. It is our job to just accept from him what he says is good and evil. He said right from the beginning in Genesis 1:3-5, "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning - the first day." God alone has the right to define good and evil. He is the standard. We don't make it up inside ourselves. Nowadays, people have become experts at redefining good and evil. After the Supreme Court upheld the limited ban on partial birth abortion, which is a disgusting procedure which I shall not recount here, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision alarming. She called the decision alarming! The procedure was not alarming to her. The decision was alarming. "Woe to you who call evil good and good evil, who put light for darkness and darkness for light, who put sweet for bitter and bitter for sweet." We can't exchange these things just because we name them something different. They are what they are. Good is good and evil is evil. Woe #5: Arrogant False Wisdom (vs. 21) “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.” I think we all spend some time here. “Wasn't that clever of me? Wasn't I smart to do that?” This kind of thing. This is a very convicting verse for anyone tempted in that direction. To fall in love with your own intellect. Would you like to play chess with God? You'll lose. We have a lot of smart people in this church. I know a lot of smart people. I went to college with smart people. Nobody compares with the omniscient God, and we ought to be humble in His presence. Amen? We ought not to be wise in our own eyes or clever in our own sight. But here are these people. And it is even more tempting for us, as we are technologically advanced people. We're really in love with the things we discover and invent and make happen. Woe #6: Drunken, Corrupt Justice System (vs. 22-23) We're back to the wine again. And it says, “Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.” One of the fundamental functions of government is to assure justice for all its citizens, so that neither rich nor poor get any preferential treatment, but that everyone will be judged fairly. The image of this in our Supreme Court building is of justice personified, a blindfolded woman who is holding a scale and a sword. And the ideal there is you will get justice here, no preferential treatment. The law will be upheld, and if need be justice will be meted no matter who you are. That is what the foundation of a good judicial system is. But in Isaiah's day, the judges love the same lush life we talked about earlier, only they are really good at it. They are champions at mixing wine. "World champion wine mixer!" I wonder if they gave out trophies? It's a sense of, "What a hero I am at mixing wine." But look what they are doing with it. They're denying justice to the innocent. They're selling their services to the highest bidder with bribery. So, we have a six-fold woe clearly depicting the corruption of Israel. And now with the sin clearly exposed, the corresponding judgment comes. And it comes centered around another word, the word "therefore." "Woe to them, therefore." There is a direct connection between the word "woe" and the word "therefore." Each of the "woes" describes a horrendous sin pattern on the part of God's people. And each of them results in a corresponding "therefore," which is the reasonable justice of God. III. Therefore… Judgement Comes (verse 13-17, 24-30) “Therefore” = The Reasonable Justice of God Therefore number one, verse 13: “Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding." Therefore number two, verses 14 and 15: “Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.” Therefore number three, verse 24: “Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust.” Therefore number four, verse 25: “Therefore the Lord's anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.” Basic Sin: Rejecting God’s Word (vs. 24) Now the basic sin, the root sin, I think, is in verse 24. Look at it. “They have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.” This is the core issue, rejection of the Word of God. This is the foundational sin. In fact, I think it is impossible to sin apart from the Word of God. God's Word comes first; sin comes after. For “where there is no law there is no transgression” (Romans 4:15). Where God has spoken we must obey. Now, the sin nature seizes hold of the good commandments of God, (Romans seven), and uses them for evil, because we are all born under Adam's original sin. And we turn the good laws of God into corruption and we sin. That is what the people of God did here. It is an awesome thing then, to spurn the Word of the Lord. By God's Word he created heaven and earth. By God's Word he filled the seas and the skies and the land with various living creatures. By God's Word he saves souls. By the Word of the gospel and by God's Word, he condemns souls. Therefore, the most important thing a human being can do is to tremble at God's Word and cling to it as to your very life. Isaiah 66:2: "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word." Resultant Judgments Well, the resulting judgments are listed here. There is exile - the people are going to be evicted from their land, the northern kingdom to Assyria, the southern kingdom a century and a half later to Babylon. Verse 13: "My people will go into exile." That's what he is going to do. Death, verse 13 and 14: "Their men of rank will die of hunger and their masses will be parched with thirst. Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and their revelers [down into the grave]." Humbling, verse 15: "So man will be brought low and mankind humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled." Then there are decay and dust. Look at verse 24. "As tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust." These are human achievements. They are great buildings. They are works of arts and literature. All of their achievements are dust in the wind. All of it gone. How? How does he do it? Primarily through invasion. Invasion, an army is coming. Again and again, God threatens the central judgment. The invasion of foreign gentile powers. Now, other chastisements are available to God and he uses them. There are drought and famine as in the days of Elijah. There are locusts as in the days of Joel. There is plague as in the days of David and the sinful census. He can do all of that. But the biggest threat of all has always been at the human level, invasion by a foreign power. God used it again and again in the book of Judges. He uses the Philistines to chastise his people in the days of Eli. He does this again and again. The Invading Army Described (vs. 26-30) The invasion by the Assyrians. And a century and a half later, the Babylonians finish the people of God in the Promised Land until the restoration came. And the invading army is described. Look at it in verses 26 through 30. "He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily! Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal thong is broken. Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind. Their roar is like that of a lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue. In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea." Here they come, the invading armies. Yet for All of This… His Hand is Still Upraised (vs. 25) And yet for all of this, he says in verse 25, "His anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised." He is going to use this expression again and again in chapter 9 and 10. "Yet for all of this, his anger is not turned away, his hand still upraised." He has more anger to give. God is slow to anger but when the time comes, it is very hard to turn aside. For all of this. Now, this is a terrible judgment, invasion by a foreign power. Oh, but there's a far worse one. "Do not fear those who kill the body and after that there is nothing they can do. I'll tell you who to fear, fear the One who has power to destroy both soul and body in hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!" said Jesus. This is a dreadful word to hear. "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41). That is what you should fear, even more than the invasion of a foreign power. IV. The Sweet Fruits of God’s “Alien Task” of Judgment (verses 16-17) Judgment is God’s “Alien Task” Now, in the middle of all of this, strangely, are the sweet fruits of God's alien task. Look at verses 16 and 17. "But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness. Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich." Well, there had to be a glimmer of light in the midst of all of this darkness, and so there is. First of all, understand, judgment is God's alien task. We will learn that later in Isaiah, but I am going to quote it now. Isaiah 28:21: "The Lord will rise up…, he will rouse himself… to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task." What is he saying? God is good. He is loving. This isn't what he wants to do but he will do it. But it is his alien task. It is his strange work to do this. Though God delights in the end result of all this judgment, he doesn't delight in the judgment itself. He doesn't take pleasure in it. Like Jesus's crucifixion, like his death on the cross. He did it for the joy set before him. And so also, God brings judgment on his people for the good things set before him. The Lord Almighty Exalted and Displayed And what are they? Two in particular. Number one, God is put on display. His holiness is put on display. His justice is put on display for all to see. Look at verse 16. "The Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness." Sheep Peacefully Grazing Secondly though, there are the sheep. Look at them in verse 17. "Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich." Pardon me if I see the sheep of Jesus Christ here. But Jesus said, "My sheep listen to my voice, I know them and they follow me" (John 10:27). Now I don't deny that there was a physical fulfillment, that when all the people were kicked out the lambs had the run of the place. And so they did. They could graze over the ruins and the wreckage, and they could just eat and be at peace and no one bothered them. And I don't doubt, as it says in 2 Chronicles 36:21, that the land enjoyed its sabbath rest, seventy years of rest. So, everything was peaceful and all that, but this is just a picture, friends. It is a picture, can't you see it, of lambs quietly walking over a safe ground where no enemy will make them afraid. Friends, this is the new heaven and the new earth. This is where we are heading - full restoration where there will be no danger anymore. Oh, that's what we're pointing toward! V. The Gospel of Christ: Consummation of These Themes Sovereign Grace that Produces Its Own Harvest And therefore, in the Gospel of Jesus Christ primarily, we see all of these themes brought together. That's where we see it. First of all, a sovereign grace that produces its own effect. “What more could have been done for my vineyard?” “I'll show you what more I can do for my vineyard. I will transform them. I will make them into good people. I'll take out that heart of stone and I'll give them a heart of flesh. I will change them. They will be born again. They will be regenerated by the power of God." That's what the gospel promises to you and me. Judgment of All Sins at the Cross "Secondly, I'll give them judgment. I will give them judgment of all of their sins at the cross of Christ. I will pour out wrath on my only begotten Son. I will speak words of woe to him. I will speak words of cursing to him so that it doesn't hit you. I will interpose my Son's body and his blood between you and my wrath. And I will pour out my wrath on him and you will survive. And so, I will speak woe, woe, woe, to my own Son, but I will speak peace to you. If you'll only believe in him. If you'll only trust in him. An Eternity of Peace in the Presence of God And then finally, you will see an eternity of peace in a safe, comfortable place. You will dwell forever and ever in the new heavens and the new earth.” It says in 2 Peter 3:13,11,12 “In keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, … what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.” What application can we take from this? First of all, flee to Christ. I have no idea what your state is. I don't know if you died today whether you would go to heaven or hell. I'm not speaking to you individually. I know many of you love the Lord Jesus. But this is a vast assembly here. I believe with all my heart, and prayed for it, that God would bring some lost people here today so that they would be warned to flee to Christ, that they would look to Jesus, that they would see in his blood shed on the cross enough for all of their sins, and trust in him. If God is speaking to you today, flee to Christ, trust in him right now. Afterwards, come up and talk to me. Go through those doors in the parlor. There are people waiting to talk to you if you need to know more about the Christian life. Trust in him. Don't walk out of this building without knowing that your sins are forgiven. You cannot survive Judgment Day without Christ. And for the rest of us who have trusted in Christ, understand the wall of protection that is around you. Don't get arrogant. Understand, because God has put a wall around you that he will not tear down. Satan can't get at you like he would like. We were talking in Sunday school today, if God took away all of his protection and we were left open to the demons, to the devil and his angels, and God did no sustaining grace, what would happen to us? I don't think it's melodramatic for me to say of myself, I'd be in hell this afternoon. I am sustained by grace every moment in my faith in Christ. I must have that wall of protection. I must have that watchtower, where the Lord is watching over me. Oh, trust in him, not in yourselves. Close with me in prayer.