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Location: Bountiful, Utah Join Us for Worship: Sundays at 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM https://www.flourishinggrace.org/plan-your-visit Jesus, What Do I Do With My Money? | Matthew 6:19–34 | Benjer McVeigh In this message, Pastor Benjer continues our sermon series “Jesus, What Do I Do With…” by diving into one of the most commonly misunderstood and often uncomfortable topics: money. Preaching from Matthew 6:19–34, Pastor Benjer explores Jesus' words about treasure, worry, and trust, calling us not simply to financial responsibility—but to full surrender of our hearts. Key Scripture: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Matthew 6:21 Jesus speaks directly and powerfully about the role money plays in our lives—not because He's after our wallets, but because He's after our hearts. We all live under a vision for our lives—whether it's one the world has sold us or one that Jesus is inviting us into. The truth is, few things threaten to derail Jesus' purpose for your life more than the pursuit of wealth, possessions, and comfort. This sermon helps you reflect on the questions: • Who is your master? • Who do you trust? Jesus says you cannot serve both God and money. The call is not simply to budget better or save more—but to move from unbelief to belief in Jesus in every area, including finances. In this message, you'll hear: • Why Jesus talks about money more than almost any other topic • How your view of money reflects your trust in God • How the pursuit of “more” can suffocate the calling God has placed on your life • Why surrendering this one area might be the breakthrough your faith needs • How generosity, saving, and wise spending are spiritual practices of discipleship—not just financial strategies Through stories, Scripture, and honest reflection, this sermon reminds us that Jesus doesn't save us just from something—He saves us for something. He created us as His workmanship, with good works prepared in advance for us to walk in (Ephesians 2:10). But when our hearts are entangled with wealth, we miss out on the greater vision God has for our lives. Three Practical Next Steps: 1. Give away a percentage off the top – Not out of obligation, but to realign your heart with God's priorities. 2. Say “no” now to say “yes” later – Build savings and margin in your life so you can live wisely and generously. 3. Enjoy what God provides with gratitude – Celebrate His provision while remembering these gifts are tools, not gods. This is not about guilt or shame. It's about grace and freedom. Jesus invites you to trust Him in the area that may feel hardest to surrender—and promises that when you seek first the Kingdom, all these things will be added to you. Reflection Questions: • Have you ever considered that money might be more than just a resource—it might be a rival god? • What dreams or purposes might Jesus have for your life that are being crowded out by the pursuit of comfort or financial security? • Is there a step you need to take today to reorient your heart? For Anyone Struggling: If you've been through financial hardship or feel overwhelmed by money decisions, know you are not alone. Jesus cares deeply about your needs. He also offers a better path—one that leads to peace, purpose, and eternal significance. Whether you're just starting to follow Jesus or have been walking with Him for decades, this message is a call to deeper trust and greater surrender. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro to Matthew 6 01:03 - Treasures in Heaven 03:07 - You Cannot Serve Both God and Money 06:21 - Why Jesus Cares About Your Wallet 10:46 - Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life 14:23 - God's Attention Equals Love 17:12 - Seeking First the Kingdom 21:00 - Two Essential Questions: Who's Your Master? Who Do You Trust? 25:45 - Discipleship and Financial Surrender 32:10 - Practical Steps for Freedom and Faith

Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 1060B recorded on February 16, 1986 teaching from Matthew 23:1-24 – One is Your Master, Even Christ. Pastor Cyril A. Stevens critiques the false religious practices of the scribes and Pharisees, who he argues have self-promoted themselves to positions of authority and burdened people with man-made rules, obscuring the more important aspects of…

Joey's story really touched me. Joey ran in the handicapped Olympics that were held in conjunction with the Olympics in Seoul, Korea some years ago. Of course it was at a separate location, and in his particular track event there were only two people competing. Well, Joey got off to a good start, but of course because of his handicaps, his arms and legs were flailing and he wasn't very graceful. The announcer was heard to say at the beginning of the race, "I'm glad I'm not like Joey." Well, as Joey took the lead, his coach kept yelling over the sounds of a crowd who were basically dispersing for the day, "Come on, Joey, you're a winner! You can do it!" And as Joey continued to increase his lead, he would chant and say, "Come on, Joey, that's it! You're a winner! You're a winner!" Well, Joey was doing better and better, and his coach's cheers were getting louder and louder. And then suddenly Joey stopped in his tracks. What happened after that melted that announcer's heart, and actually mine too when I heard about it. Maybe you'll be like me. Maybe you'll want to be like Joey. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "You Win, I Win." Well, our word for today from the Word of God comes from Acts 9. We'll get to that after you hear what Joey did when he stopped in his tracks during the race. Much to the consternation of his coach, he turned to his opponent; the only other guy in the race and yelled, "Come on! You're a winner too! You're a winner too!" His coach ran out to the track and yelled, "No! You don't want him to be a winner! You're the winner!" Well, no matter what the coach said, Joey waited for that other boy to catch up. And then they crossed the finish line together with their arms raised in victory. The announcer who had said at the beginning of the race, "Sure glad I'm not like Joey" at the end was heard to say, "I sure wish I was more like Joey" and so do I. See, in a competitive, I've-got-to-make-it world; the real heroes are the people who make other people winners. Acts 9 tells us about Barnabas, who we are told was the one who when the disciples didn't know what to do with Saul of Tarsus - this former Christian Persecutor - it says, "Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles." And then we're told in Acts 11:25, "Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul." Then in chapter 13, God says, "Separate for me Barnabas and Saul for the work." And then by the end of that chapter it says, "Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue." Did you notice, Barnabas was in the front seat when we started here, and suddenly he's taken a back seat? See, Barnabas? Well, he was like Joey. He didn't have to come out on top; he didn't care if they remembered his name. He just wanted others to win. Are you like that? Your Master was. He gave up His life for ours so we can win eternal life. Your friends need someone who's willing to put aside their own interests and to say, "You're a winner! You can make it!" You see, your children need that kind of encouragement from you. They need to know not just what needs improving. We're really good as parents at talking about that. They need to know what they are doing right. "You can do it! You're a winner, my daughter! You're a winner, my son!" And the people at work starved for encouragement, the people at your church; again there could be a lot of shame, there could be a lot of guilt, there could be a lot of condemnation. A lot of people don't feel very important. A lot of people feel on the edges - excluded. Will you be the one who pushes other people to the front? You won't lose if you stop promoting you and start promoting others. You'll both win. So, be like your Master. Enable someone else to be a winner. Look at the people close to you and quit trying to beat them, or use them, or to control them. Look at them and say, "Hey, if you win, I win."

Main Point: Where are you storing your treasures, and Who is the Master that you serve?1. Your Treasure.2. Your Eye.3. Your Master.

Welcome to the Five Song Mixtape! This week we discuss the mixtape “Spooky Season” by Devin. You can find the playlist by following our account on Spotify @FiveSongMixtape or you can find us on Instagram @FiveSongMixtape. We would love to hear your thoughts on the playlist and please give us a rating via iTunes to help spread the word!“Spooky Season” by Devin1. “Disorder” by Joy Division2. “Age of Consent” by New Order3. “the Killing Moon” Echo & the Bunnyman4. “Your Master is Calling” by Pink Turns Blue5. “Under the Milky Way” by The Church Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was one of the great showdowns of my life - over a jar of peanut butter. Yeah. See, I was in love with who would become my "bride" for two and a half years before we got married, and because I loved her I began to change some things before we got married. I lost some weight; I changed my schedule to make sure there was a little time for her in there. I changed my after shave because there was one she liked. I became interested in her friends. My love was steadily changing one area after another in my life, until the day we went grocery shopping together for the first time. Yeah. See, there was tension over whether to buy the expensive name brand of various items which I wanted to do, or the less expensive store brand which she had been raised to do. Since it was going to be "our" money when we got married, it got to be pretty tense. It came to a head over uh... yeah, a jar of peanut butter. My name brand versus her store brand. Suddenly I had hit a wall in how far this love thing was going to go, and the line was what I wanted in my favorite foods. Fortunately, I ended up deciding that she was more important than peanut butter or soft drinks. Good choice huh? But every important love reaches a test point, and it's surprising what the issue often is. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Your Music and Your Master." Well, our word for today from the Word of God comes from Psalm 40, and I'll begin reading at verse 1. It's David's personal testimony, "I waited patiently for the Lord" he says. "He turned to me; He heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God." Now, David indicates here a very personal, very practical thing that the Lord changed when the Lord took over his life. David says He changed my music. "He put a new song in my mouth; a hymn of praise to our God." Interestingly enough, that area of music is for many a major test of how much they love their Lord. Will I let Jesus affect my music... what I listen to? Honestly, for many followers of Christ, that's the equivalent of the peanut butter test in my love for my, then to become, wife. Do I love Jesus enough to let Him affect this - to let Him change my music? You say, "Come on, that's a teenage issue, right, that music stuff?" Not exclusively. Music is one of the most powerful influences in our lives. It can make us feel romantic, or patriotic, or religious, sad. Music just drives in ideas. As one great composer said, "I loved music from being a young boy, because it bypasses the brain. It goes straight to the heart." That's true! Commercials use music all the time to drive messages into our head. See, if I'm going to live right, I've got to think right. And if I'm going to have to think right, I've got to get right input, which means I need to submit my music - this most powerful input - to the lordship of Christ. It doesn't matter if its country music, easy listening music, rock music, or rap music, whatever. The devil has planted his values and his messages in many styles of music. And honestly, it's often a separate compartment in many of our lives where we've put up a "No Trespassing" sign for Jesus. We say, "Well, that's just my entertainment." No! No, it's an important part of who you are. So important you won't let Jesus touch it. He's looking at that locked closet and He's asking, "May I go in there? Didn't I die for that too?" Will you open up to the Lord this huge area of the music you listen to, who your music heroes are? Don't let it be an idol that He can't touch. Jesus is saying, "Let Me into your music." Only you can answer the question that this raises: "Do I love Him this much?"

Saturday is review day on The Daily Promise. Every Saturday, we review the promises of the week so we can allow them to go deep into our hearts and lives. Here are the promises we covered this week. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 - God is Fulfilling His Call in You Romans 6:14 – Sin is no longer Your Master. Luke 11:9-11 – Doors Open When You Ask, Seek, and Knock. 2 Corinthians 5:9 – That I May Please the Lord. Isaiah 46:10 - God Will Accomplish His Plan.

To oversee the church for Christ well, those who are ordained to do so must first oversee themselves. Master Yourselves Before Mastering Others for Your Master.

A new MP3 sermon from Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Master Yourselves Before Mastering Others for Your Master Speaker: Grant Van Leuven Broadcaster: Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 4/29/2024 Bible: Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 4:14-16 Length: 51 min.

To oversee the church for Christ well, those who are ordained to do so must first oversee themselves. Master Yourselves Before Mastering Others for Your Master.

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We continue our sermon series "Master" as Pastor Johnny Aho gives a message on "Your Master's Gifts." 2 Peter 1: 3-11

What you Love is Your Master! - Yasmin Mogahed

Your Master gives you rest and calls you to come to his feast with thankful worship.

This upcoming week will feature Rev Brian C Pughsley as Safe Haven Podcast will give you the regular Sunday episode where the topic is: “Who's Your Master?” From Matthew 6:24. Rev. Brian will be speaking about this heavy burden of materialism and trying to be Godly at the same time. Sunday Nights at: 7:30 PM CST on all social media platforms, including the website: www.safehavenpodcast.org Subscribe, Share & Listen

·      Happy Birthday to ME! Shout out to the 9/16 Virgos! ·      Month 9 of 2023- How is your September going thus far? ·      Virgo characteristics and Earth element energy in general ·      New Moons means CLEAN UP and CLEAN OUT! Make room for the new to come in! ·      Get outside and show gratitude for nature and the elements ·      Does this relationship spark joy? ·      Virgo Perfectionism and the love for rituals/ practice/ rehearsals/ routine ·      Honor the analytical mind and the curious spirit ·      The mutability of Virgo energy and the ability to adapt to changes ·      Mental shifts and change of perspective on people and ideas ·      The distraction of being hyper focused ·      Learn who you are by sharing your energy in more experiences ·      The Hermit and their power of wisdom through solitude ·      Eventually you have to come out of Hermit mode and put yourself back out there ·      The natural healing effect of Virgo energy ·      The Dark Moon and embracing the darkness ·      Detaching from the fixations that have distracted you from the Goal/ Vision ·      Are you obsessed over your problems? How does worry help you? ·      Becoming a Gargoyle ·      How painful emotions manifest as pain & injury in the body ·      Mentally slavery and feeling emotionally locked in due to lack of expression ·      Mirroring each other; speak up! ·      Freedom from the outcome ·      Get out the way so Universe can do it's thang ·      Hot Yoga class…go take one! Quiet the mind and breathe…deeply & intentionally. ·      Stock up on your fall supplies, tools and resources y'all! ·      Circle back and follow-up on that things that matter ·      Everything is a Negotiation; you are expected to Negotiate ·      Shadow Virgo energy ·      The Virgo Villan Era and the Reinvention/ Makeover energy ·      Tapping into your Dark energy may just be embracing your Masculine energy ·      Exploring your Dark Side/ Sexuality/ Sensuality/ Spirituality ·      What Era are you deciding to have? ·      The Catalyst and the quick spark of major change and/ or inspiration ·      The freedom in being open & honest about your sexual needs, desires and frustrations ·      Emotional release when you get it off your chest and say something to somebody ·      What do you want and what will you not tolerate? ·      Sometimes they gotta feel your fire & fear your wrath in order to respect you ·      Facing your Devil head on! ·      Shame the Devil and decide what will no longer hold you back! Enough is Enough. ·      What is your Mastery? Who is YOUR Master? ·      Kobe Work Ethic ·      Is this what a Master would do? ·      Focusing on that ONE thing. What's your ONE thing? Give it more of you. ·      No more playing small. Show up for YOU. Stop hoarding your Gifts. ·      The people that love and care about you just want you healthy & happy. ·      People Pleasing serves no one. Stop it. ·      Be solid in who you are, what you want and how you want to FEEL. ·      Virgo New Moon intentions should see progress by next Virgo Full Moon ·      Is this what someone that Loves me would do? ·      Shout out to the Virgo Moons, Virgo Rising, Virgo Venus, Virgo Mars & Virgo Mercury placements! ·      Q4 prep and getting ready for the final quarter of 2023 ·      Final cup of CheChe & Announcements ·      Add me on IG- @CheCheBabe @MyVirgoFriendPodcast @MyCoachCheChe o   Feature me as a guest on your podcast! Let's collaborate! o   If you want to submit your questions to me for advice or feedback, you're welcome to email me at askcherelle@myvirgofriend.com  or cheche@myvirgofriend.com 

VERSE OF THE DAY (MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2023 FOCUS: FEAR NOT For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.' Isaiah 41:13 NKJV God is holding a dua position in your life. He is first your Lord (I.e. Your Master or Leader), and then your God (Your Father). In the first case, He will be your shepherd so you have nothing to worry about. What this meant is that you are His responsibility and He is obligated to take care of you. At times, He may use His rod and staff to correct you. This you must take in good faith because, in the end, it will bring comfort to your soul (Psalms 23). As your Father, He will take care of you and not permit your feet to stumble. He is the God of your right hand (Psalms 121).  In both cases, you owe Him certain responsibilities (Malachi 1:6) As a master, you must have reverential fear for Him. Not the fear of a tyrant but one born out of love for Him who loved you dearly to die for all your sins.  As a Father, you must honor Him. This is because He deserves all honor, glory, adoration, and thanks.   What will He do in response?  He will hold your right hand saying, Don't be afraid, I will help you. This is thrilling to the heart. That the God, and Creator of the whole universe is on your side to aid and assist you every step all the way to glory is quite remarkable and refreshing.  How amazing this is to the praise of His name. Therefore,  you must rest and be quiet in your heart knowing that He will work all things together for your good.  Amen!

2023-09-10 Your Master's Happiness (Scott Warner) by Scott Warner

HEAPS of hot dogs. TOWERS of tacos. DOZENS of dumplings. That's right, it's time to discuss the sport of eating your heart out, Competitive Eating! Your Master of Balls in Holes, Markiplier? Wasn't it Tyler?? Take you down the must engorging sport in the world!! Grab a snack, unhinge your jaw, and indulge in this week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(99) The Joy of Your Master, part 2 | Matthew 25:14-30 Sermon 99 in the Matthew series Preached on November 16, 2014 by Rev. Mike Francis at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, DeLand, FL  Join us in thanking God for his faithfulness through Mike's brain injury and in praying for his full recovery:  MikeMarathon.com. Find more sermons at MikeMarathon.com/sermons.

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In this episode, Junior discusses how your master is within. The kingdom is within. When you are contracted to a physical entity or a corporate entity, you are beholding and obligated to that entity. True freedom comes from realizing that the kingdom is within everything you seek should come from within. People spend their whole lives, seeking things outside of themselves to make them feel better or to complete them. They failed to realize that they are already complete. Everything they need is in them. They just need to access it. But before you go on the journey to access it, you need to see it for what it really is. Don't evolve into a disgruntled human being. Evolve into someone who is happy with life and enjoys who they are. Your Master is within. If you need Junior‘s help, you can sign up on the website: www.hereforyou.live or www.jrkjr.com

Who's Your Master? by Harmony Bible Church

Buddy Donner is the lead guitarist for Great Electric Quest and also the man behind Glory or Death Records. The label is gearing up to release its third installment of the Bow to Your Master's tribute compilation series, paying homage this time to none other than Judas Priest. You can preorder the digital copy now or grab one of the many vinyl variants at gloryordeathrecords.com

Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 1060B recorded on February 16, 1986 teaching from Matthew 23:1-24 – One is Your Master, Even Christ.

Your Master of Mediocrity is back to ruminate on team stories, protag energy and the well balanced - and heartbreaking - narrative of Assassination Classroom, a super popular manga AND anime!

A new MP3 sermon from Fairhaven Baptist Church and College is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Stewardship, Who is Your Master? Speaker: Brian Rinehart Broadcaster: Fairhaven Baptist Church and College Event: Midweek Service Date: 8/25/2022 Bible: Matthew 6:19-34 Length: 21 min.

Your treasure and Your Heart (19-21) Your Treasure and Your Eye (22-23) Your Treasure and Your Master (24)

In this episode of the Morning Meetup we will talk about the necessity to making Money Your Slave and not Your Master.

Sis Gloria Nkosi talks to Sibongile Mofokeng about becoming a Good and Faithful Servant in 2022 and she says: In the End of it all we all hope to hear, WELL DONE, GOOD and Faithful servant, You have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much, enter into the Joy of Your Master! (Mathew 25) Highlight: Enter the Joy of Your Master - So it is when You are faithful with Your gifts, that He gives You Joy that in turn gives You strength for Your Gift, remember the Joy of the Lord is Your strength! As we enter this new year, the question is Are You a Faithful servant? Lesson from the wicked and lazy servant is that You can have the gift ,but the lack of work ethic makes You wicked!

Texas Radio Theater returns to present more ladies of OTR with “Our Girl, Sunday” and “Easy Aces” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is John Bell. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Radio Theater returns to present more ladies of OTR with “Our Girl, Sunday” and “Easy Aces” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is John Bell. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Radio Theatre presents a rare never before broadcast script of “Candy Matson” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Chris Barnes. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Radio Theatre presents a rare never before broadcast script of “Candy Matson” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Chris Barnes. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wisp of Memory Theatre presents “Evening Primrose” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wisp of Memory Theatre presents “Evening Primrose” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gypsy Audio presents "All About Eve" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Caith Donovan. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gypsy Audio presents "All About Eve" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Caith Donovan. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broken Sea Audio Productions brings us their second feature with “X-Minus One- Cold Equation” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Lee James Sands and Mathew Urch. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broken Sea Audio Productions brings us their second feature with “X-Minus One- Cold Equation” on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Lee James Sands and Mathew Urch. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Campfire Theatre brings “The Haunted Cell” to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John Tadrizak from Misfits Audio. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Campfire Theatre brings “The Haunted Cell” to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John Tadrizak from Misfits Audio. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Misfits Audio brings The Lone Ranger "Harvey Preston" to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John S. Drew. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Misfits Audio brings The Lone Ranger "Harvey Preston" to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John S. Drew. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chapter 9: THE PRICE TAG OF LEADERSHIP: SELF-DISCIPLINEDefinition of self-control: (in Greek is egkráteia / enkrateia)(eng-krat'-i-ah) which means “to get a grip on oneself.”What area of your life are you losing your grip?Why do you believe this is happening to you?What have you done to overcome this challenge of self-discipline?What is the hardest thing you have done to improve yourself or your circumstances? SELF-DISCIPLINE MAKESLEADERSHIP'S UPHILL CLIMB POSSIBLEEverything worthwhile is uphill.• Everything is inclusive.• Worthwhile is desirable, good for you, attractive, beneficial• Uphill describes challenging, grueling, exhausting, difficultExplain to the group an experience that reflects that statement?What do you find the hardest to give up?What hill should you climb to get to the next level of success? HOW TO GET TO THE TOP1. Self-Discipline Enables You to Go Uphill.Do you want to improve your life?How do you make it happen?How can the shift from “I'm going through” to “What am I going to” assist you in self-discipline? 2. Self-Discipline Makes the Difference Between Temporary Success and Sustained Success.“Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Thomas HuxleyHow does the Pain Paradox relate to you right now? John C. Maxwell's Daily Dozen for Self-DisciplineJust for today . . . I will choose and display the right attitudes. Just for today . . . I will embrace and practice good values. Just for today . . . I will communicate with and care for my family. Just for today . . . I will know and follow healthy guidelines. Just for today . . . I will determine and act upon important priorities. Just for today . . . I will accept and show responsibility. Just for today . . . I will make and keep proper commitments.Just for today . . . I will initiate and invest in solid relationships. Just for today . . . I will earn and properly manage finances. Just for today . . . I will deepen and live out my faith. Just for today . . . I will desire and experience self-improvement. Just for today . . . I will plan for and model generosity. Just for today . . . I will act on these decisions and practice these disciplines. Then one day . . . I will see the compounding results of a day lived well. 3. Self-Discipline Makes Habit Your Servant Instead of Your Master.What are your downhill habits?A Leaders challenge:• How can I turn my downhill habits into uphill habits?• How can I help the people I lead to change their downhill habits into uphill habits?Changing your thinking changes your habits.If my thinking is negative – I develop procrastination and excuses.If my thinking is positive – I take responsibility and action.Which attitude do you default to?Review the chart below and identify which side you spend most of your time. What can you do to improve?4. Self-Discipline is Developed – Not GivenThe first step to developing self-discipline is awareness.• Self-disciplined people avoid temptation.People who develop self-discipline and positive habits don't put themselves in the line of fire.Self-disciplined people know when to expend their energy.“Make sure every day you . . . know what matters most.” – Gary KellerWhen do you need to be at your best?• Self-disciplined people understand and practice the principle of pay now, play later.Where do you practice this with good success? 5. Self-Discipline is Most Easily Developed in Areas of Strength and PassionWhat you love and what you're good at usually point you to your right thing.Maybe it's time to...• Quit something you don't do well to do something you do well.• Quit something you're not passionate about to do something that fills you with passion.• Quit something that doesn't make a difference to do something that does.• Quit something that's not your dream to do something that is.6. Self-Discipline and Respect Are Connected“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.” – Brian Tracy Assess yourself and your teammates using the above chart 7. Self-Discipline Makes Consistency Possible and Consistency CompoundsWhere is one area in your leadership that would benefit from increased consistency?In today's culture, people are more captivated by charisma, genius, excitement, creativity, and innovation.Why is it difficult to model consistency with this worldview?• Consistency establishes your reputation• Consistency is a prerequisite to excellence• Consistency provides security to others• Consistency reinforces your vision and values• Consistency compoundsWhere could greater consistency enable you to develop gradually?How does John model consistency compounds? APPLICATION: Developing the Self-Disciplined Person Within YouWhat areas of your life do you have good self-discipline?What areas of your life do you really struggle with self-discipline?What habit or habits do you have right now that changing them or giving them up would give you a better future? Start Somewhere – Pick an area where you struggle and follow the steps:• Avoid Temptation• Pay Now, Play Later• Get Back on the Wagon Develop Discipline in Your Strengths• What do you do well?• What are your talents?• What are you passionate about?• How can you leverage these things for your life and your leadership? I am inviting you to check out my resources page. It is completely FREE and has a ton information and some downloads. You can find it at resources.xpansioncode.com.I will be releasing new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!

EP258: Who's Your Master? Sean and Michael get together after a short break and talk about forgiveness. And a host of other things. ---------- https://unchurchedpodcast.show Email: info@unchurchedpodcast.show Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unchurchedpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnChurchedPod michael@unchurchedpodcast.show sean@unchurchedpodcast.show https://soundstripe.com Promo Code: BEVIDEO for 10% off

Dr. Anthony Perdue joins us for his yearly visit to the show. This time to discuss his new literary offering, "Purpose to Power". Anthony is a nationally recognized leadership coach and author focusing his work on helping others find their journey to authentic leadership in every context. There are so many gems in this episode, but one that offers a great deal of thought is the three questions that ask, Who's Your Master?, What's Your Motivation?, and Who's Your Mate? Dr. Perdue notes that fully understanding the answer to the questions will help guide individuals in finding their purpose. One thing to note, having the wrong answer to these questions may hinder you. Like all of our guests, Dr. Perdue drops a ton of gems for us to ponder and to incorporate into our repertoire. Enjoy this listen!

Tonight, Prof J gives his thoughts on a few topics, including:-IWA-MS King of the Death Matches 2001--Hello, there John Calvin!--Where is Bikini Girl?--Remembering Axl-Thoughts on the "Death to the Queen 2: Colt 45 Memorial Cup" tournament--Your Master of Ceremonies is .... LODI?!?!-Time for some ACTION--Quick recap of the 3rd Anniversary show 

In the parable of the talents, the faithful slaves were told to "Enter into the Joy of Your Master". Pastor Michael invites us to enter into the joy of our master and identifies recent national events and developments in our church as blessings for which we can rejoice. The sermon text is Matthew 25:14-30; the reading of the scripture is included in the podcast. The Rev. Dr. Michael Newheart, transitional minister, preaching.

Your Master and Lt. talk SLICE OF LIFE COMEDY as we cover a British classic GIANT DAYS. We take a jog down memory lane and relive college's triumphs, tragedies, and romantic mishaps in another stirring production of GTC! Alternatively Giant Days Volume One - We are ALL Susan Giant Days #1 by John Allison (Author), Lissa Treiman (Artist)

5/31/20 -Rom6:15-23 -"Who is Your Master?" by Imperial Berean

“Who’s Your Master?” from Christian Church at Minden by Greg Lee. Released: 2020. The post Who’s Your Master? appeared first on Christian Church at Minden.

Shakespeare Club Weddings & Events. Picture a table beautifully set for dinner. The centerpiece could be regarded as the focal point for the table contributing to the decor of the entire room. Centerpiece Creative Centerpiece designs by Jordan Stringfellow JordiandCo 626.665.4222 Usually at an event the centerpiece is the same from table to table. However, I have seen table settings, each of a different design, representing for example, where the guests had traveled from, such as the New York table or the Miami table. I have also see centerpieces that represent the interests and activities of the celebrants. A great deal of care can go into the design of a centerpiece. It shouldn’t be too big, obstructing the view of the other guests at the table or obstruct the view of the rest of the room where important activities will be taking place. It could have lights or be lit from above. All by itself the centerpiece can be regarded as one of the unifying factors in the visual presentation of an event. Master of Ceremonies In much the same way the master of ceremonies conducting the festivities of the evening is a focal point and unifying factor for an event; he’s the man out front.  Being interesting and entertaining the MC yet strikes the proper tone. Unless otherwise instructed he is not there to make wisecracks or use profanity and otherwise make guests feel uncomfortable. For more about this please see the link:  Your Master of Ceremonies, What Does He Do? on the Wedding and Event Podcast Website. Design Focal Point & Presentation. Eric Zimmermann Master of Ceremonies 626-797-1795 In this episode, I relay a story of a wonderful retirement party that I particularly enjoyed being part of that took place at the Shakespeare Club in Pasadena. And now please enjoy, Party at the Shakespeare Club. Wedding and Event Podcast Episode 58. Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Host of Wedding & Event Podcast 626-797-1795 About Tobey Dodge "Tobey is about as good as you get. She simply cares about her clients and makes sure every detail has been taken care of..." John Scott Senior Event Consultant, Classic Party Rentals Tobey is a published author and Wedding and Event Consultant. Available on Amazon. Contact: tobey@tobeydodge.com   About Eric Zimmermann Eric is a DJ/Master of Ceremonies, Pianist, Bandleader, and Co-founder of Elegant Music. Eric is also a commercial actor in Los Angeles and Host of Wedding & Event Podcast. Contact: eric@elegantmusic.com Website: www.elegantmusic.com Office: 626-797-1795

Shakespeare Club Weddings & Events. Picture a table beautifully set for dinner. The centerpiece could be regarded as the focal point for the table contributing to the decor of the entire room. Centerpiece Creative Centerpiece designs by Jordan Stringfellow JordiandCo 626.665.4222 Usually at an event the centerpiece is the same from table to table. However, I have seen table settings, each of a different design, representing for example, where the guests had traveled from such as the New York table or the Miami table. I have also see centerpieces that represent the interests and activities of the celebrants. A great deal of care can go into the design of a centerpiece. It shouldn’t be too big, obstructing the view of the other guests at the table or obstruct the view of the rest of the room where important activities will be taking place. It could have lights or be lit from above. All by itself the centerpiece can be regarded as one of the unifying factors in the visual presentation of an event. Master of Ceremonies In much the same way the master of ceremonies conducting the festivities of the evening is a focal point and unifying factor for an event; he’s the man out front.  Being interesting and entertaining the MC yet strikes the proper tone. Unless otherwise instructed he is not there to make wisecracks or use profanity and otherwise make guests feel uncomfortable. For more about this please see the link:  Your Master of Ceremonies, What Does He Do? on the Wedding and Event Podcast Website. Design Focal Point & Presentation. Eric Zimmermann Master of Ceremonies 626-797-1795 In this episode, I relay a story of a wonderful retirement party that I particularly enjoyed being part of that took place at the Shakespeare Club in Pasadena. And now please enjoy, Party at the Shakespeare Club. Wedding and Event Podcast Episode 58. Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann DJ Master of Ceremonies Pianist Bandleader Host of Wedding & Event Podcast Elegant Music 626-797-1795 See: Elegant Music Jazz Trio Performs Theme from Game of Thrones @ Shakespeare Club WM Contact Form If you are human, leave this field blank. Please check the items you are interested in: Ceremony Music Cocktail Hour Music Reception Music Dance Music - DJ Dance Music - Live Band Master of Ceremonies Music for a Rehearsal Dinner Please check the items you like: DJ/Master of Ceremonies Harp Classical Quartet or Trio Strings Flute Piano Jazz Trio Live Band What do you need help with? Occasion Date Time Location Number of Guests Name * Email * Phone * reCAPTCHA Submit

Shakespeare Club Weddings & Events. Picture a table beautifully set for dinner. The centerpiece could be regarded as the focal point for the table contributing to the decor of the entire room. Centerpiece Creative Centerpiece designs by Jordan Stringfellow JordiandCo 626.665.4222 Usually at an event the centerpiece is the same from table to table. However, I have seen table settings, each of a different design, representing for example, where the guests had traveled from, such as the New York table or the Miami table. I have also see centerpieces that represent the interests and activities of the celebrants. A great deal of care can go into the design of a centerpiece. It shouldn’t be too big, obstructing the view of the other guests at the table or obstruct the view of the rest of the room where important activities will be taking place. It could have lights or be lit from above. All by itself the centerpiece can be regarded as one of the unifying factors in the visual presentation of an event. Master of Ceremonies In much the same way the master of ceremonies conducting the festivities of the evening is a focal point and unifying factor for an event; he’s the man out front.  Being interesting and entertaining the MC yet strikes the proper tone. Unless otherwise instructed he is not there to make wisecracks or use profanity and otherwise make guests feel uncomfortable. For more about this please see the link:  Your Master of Ceremonies, What Does He Do? on the Wedding and Event Podcast Website. Design Focal Point & Presentation. Eric Zimmermann Master of Ceremonies 626-797-1795 In this episode, I relay a story of a wonderful retirement party that I particularly enjoyed being part of that took place at the Shakespeare Club in Pasadena. And now please enjoy, Party at the Shakespeare Club. Wedding and Event Podcast Episode 58. Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Host of Wedding & Event Podcast 626-797-1795 About Tobey Dodge "Tobey is about as good as you get. She simply cares about her clients and makes sure every detail has been taken care of..." John Scott Senior Event Consultant, Classic Party Rentals Tobey is a published author and Wedding and Event Consultant. Available on Amazon. Contact: tobey@tobeydodge.com   About Eric Zimmermann Eric is a DJ/Master of Ceremonies, Pianist, Bandleader, and Co-founder of Elegant Music. Eric is also a commercial actor in Los Angeles and Host of Wedding & Event Podcast. Contact: eric@elegantmusic.com Website: www.elegantmusic.com Office: 626-797-1795

Money makes a terrible master, and Jesus was trying to teach the disciples that where their treasure is, so will their heart be. Listen as PJ breaks down what to do with your money. Enjoy!! The post Your Money or Your Master? – Pastor Jeremy “PJ” appeared first on Gospel Outreach Ministries COGIC.

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Who's Your Master? John and Matt discuss and debate the role of the Master in Jedi formation, what sort of Master is best for a Jedi, and examples of those who have helped define not what a Jedi Master was, but what they should be. Host John Mills and Matthew Rushing Send us your feedback! Twitter: @TheJediMasters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNerdParty/ Email: http://www.thenerdparty.com/contact Subscribe in Apple Podcasts

To mark the World's end, God the Almighty will order Angel Israfil to blow a trumpet to announce the arrival of this fateful Day. At the blast of the trumpet, a blast will be heard so horrendous and terrifying that the inhabitants of the Heavens and the Earth will fall unconscious, except those whom Allah wills. The Mountains will be lifted, crushed and crumbled into pieces likening wool, the sky above will split open and crack piece by piece, the Oceans will boil over as they burn in flames. The Planets, the Moon, the Stars will fall from their orbits, losing their shine. Darkness will commence everywhere. The Earth will shake in a terrifying quake, flattening and leveling with no peaks or troughs. Every living thing will cease to exist. "Then when the Horn is blown with one blast, And the Earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow, Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur" (Quran 69:13-15) Then Allah will command His Angel to blow the trumpet for a second time, and a violent earthquake will erupt, causing the graves to split open and all of the creation from the beginning of time will be resurrected. "And the Trumpet will be blown (i.e. the second blowing) and behold!  From the graves they will come out quickly to their Lord" (Quran 36:51) Then God will replace this Earth and Heavens with another creation. Every deceased person will rise up from their grave, reclaiming their original physical body. Bones and body parts will be reassembled in their original form. Just as God created the everything the first time, he will do so again. "The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a sheet of paper. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it" (Quran 21:104) People will rush from their graves so quickly in chaos, terrified and confused. A child's hair will turn grey and their face will wrinkle from fear. A nursing mother will forget her child, and pregnant women will miscarry. People will run about in chaos as if in a drunken state, but they are not drunk, but the punishment of Allah is severe. "They will say, ‘O Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?’ [The reply will be], ‘This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers spoke truth’   (Quran 36:52) On this Day, a man will flee from his brother, mother, father, spouse, and children nearest and dearest to him, even as they beg for help. Man will think only of himself, terrified as his soul peers into the eyes of infinity. God will gather all mankind naked, bare-footed, and uncircumcised, including both the believers and non-believers, all jinn (spirits made from smokeless fire), and all animals, all of whom will be brought to a plain known as the place of gathering. No one will speak, and heads will be lowered in humility as they hear only footsteps. "And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], ‘You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment’" (Quran 18:48) Everyone will be stripped of the titles and roles which they held in their worldly lives. The kings, the presidents, the millionaires, the poor, the slaves, all will be lined before their Lord regardless of the ranks and classes they possessed throughout the course of their worldly lives. The area will be so overcrowded, with humans, jinn, and animals all pressing each other, that every individual would be crowded into the space covered by their own two feet. People will stand nervously waiting for judgment, and mankind will perspire in agony. Anxiety levels will run so high that not a single person will sit down on that frightening Day. As humankind awaits the decree of the Almighty, the sun will descend so low above their heads, it will linger a mile away and each person will sweat according to the level and intensity of their good and bad deeds. Some will sink to their own ankles in their own perspiration, while others would sink to their thighs and waist, and still others would drown in their own sweat, flowing up to their mouths. The only souls that will be shaded will be seven categories of righteous people who will be granted shade during this traumatic day in which there will be no other shade but the shade of Allah's Magnificent Throne. On this Day, Allah the Exalted will gift Prophet Muhammad a pond called the pond of Kaw’thar; one located in the courtyard of the place of gathering, where the water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. He will drink from the pond and invite the Believers and the righteous of his nation—those who died in the way of Allah and His Messenger—to drink from the same pool. A personal invitation will be required to drink, and Prophet Muhammad will recognize the righteous of his nation by the foreheads, hands, and limbs rendered bright and shiny from the effects of their wudu (ablution that is performed before prayer to remove impurities of the body). Those who reach this pool will drink from it and quench their thirst permanently. "Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs" (Quran 77:41) Judgment Day will equal 50,000 years in duration of our time, but for the believers, it would only feel like the time elapsed between the Asr to the Maghrib prayer, which is a roughly a couple of hours. For the unbelievers and the wrongdoers, conditions on this Day will be intense and unbearable, this because of the terror, the heat, the standing, and the thirst prevalent during this period. All of mankind, including Muslims, Christians, and Jews from all nations, would unite and some would exclaim, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us and ask our Lord to begin the accountability.' Then all of mankind will rush to Prophet Adam and ask, 'O Prophet Adam; you are the father of all mankind, whom Allah created with his own hands, please intercede for us.' Prophet Adam then will respond, 'Myself, Myself, I am not fit for this. I fear the same thing you fear as I disobeyed my Lord once, and today my Lord is in the state of anger which He has never been before. Please go to Prophet Noah!' Then mankind will go to Prophet Noah, who will respond the same to the effect, 'Myself, Myself, I cannot do this, go to Prophet Abraham!' Then mankind will go to Prophet Abraham, then to Prophet Musa, then to Prophet Jesus. Prophet Jesus then will respond, 'I am not fit for this as people took me for a God and I have to answer to that.' Finally, all of mankind will reach Prophet Muhammad, who will respond, 'This is what Allah has favored me for and the only intercession I'll be able to give is on behalf of my nation who followed me. As for the nations before me, they will need to go after their Prophets; and as for the disbelievers and for the ones that worshipped other than Allah, they will need to follow those who they followed and worshipped in their worldly life.’ Prophet Muhammad will then prostate to His Lord and will praise His Lord with words inspired within him by God. God, the Almighty then will say, 'O Muhammad, lift your head and ask for anything and I will give you.’ Prophet Muhammad then will respond, 'O my Lord, save my nation, save my nation.' Then Judgement will begin. God will call upon each individual to stand before Him, to judge and question him/her according to his or her faith and how they lived their life, with no translator or interpreter needed. The conversation will involve only you and Your Master, who will judge you and your deeds. Each individual will be held accountable for every action they took, said, and intended, all of which were recorded inaccurate records by each person’s assigned Angels. The first thing that will be questioned is whether each person performed their mandatory prayers. Each individual will be asked terrifying questions about how he/she lived their life, utilized their youth, earned and spent their wealth, and what One did with the knowledge they acquired. One will be reminded and informed of the good and bad deeds they have done. On that Day, one would either meet the Mercy of God or the Justice of God. As the disbelievers will try to argue and lie their way out of their deserved punishment, God will seal their mouths, hands, feet, ears, skin, and body parts; with these body parts testifying against them as surprise witnesses of their life actions. Their body parts will complain to God, their Master, on how that person made them sin. "That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn." (Quran 36:65) The disbelievers will ask their own body parts why they bore witness against them, to which they then will reply, 'God, who gave speech to all things, has made us speak.' Everyone shall be dealt with according to their deeds and actions. No injustice or transgression will occur on this Day, not even for the disbeliever or the evilest of people. When the Reckoning is completed, books of each records and deeds will fly to each person. Everyone will be given his or her Book, that will contain records of all the deeds he or she performed in their life. "And then the record of their deeds shall be placed before them and you will see the guilty full of fear for what it contains and will say: ‘Woe to us! What a Record this is! It leaves nothing, big or small, but encompasses it.’ They will find their deeds confronting them. Your Lord wrongs no one" (Quran 18:49) The believer will be given his Book in his right hand, as a sign of honor. The One who will receive his record in his right hand will undergo an untroubled audit. His sins will be overlooked, and he will turn to his people rejoiced. "As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will say, 'Here! Take and read my Book! Indeed, I was sure that I would have to face my Reckoning (one day), So he will have a pleasant life, in an elevated garden, whose clusters [of fruits] will be within easy reach, [He will be told]: 'Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did before in the days gone by' (Quran 69:19-24) As for the disbeliever, the wrongdoer, he or she will receive their book in their left hand or from behind their back, receiving the worst kind of auditing with full regret, wishing he or she were dead as they anticipate their descent into the Hellfire. "But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, 'Oh, I wish I had not been given my record And had not known what is my account. I wish the death (that I suffered in the world) was the final death. My wealth has not availed me, and my power has perished from me.' [It will be ordered], 'Seize him and shackle him. Then into Hellfire drive him. Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him.' Indeed, he did not use to believe in God, the Most-High, nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.  So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend. Nor any food, except from the discharge of wounds; none will eat it except the sinners." (Quran 69:19-37) Then the scales intended for weighing people's deeds will be presented for view. A balancing scale which is real and accurate in its results. No act, even of an atom's weight of importance, will be overlooked, whether it took the form of cursing, backbiting, stealing, or something that was done or said for the good of helping someone. "And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant" (Quran 21:47) A person's good deeds will be placed in one pan, and his evil deeds in the other. If his good deeds outweigh the evil, then—with God's Mercy—success and salvation will be rewarded for that individual. If one's evil deeds outweigh his good deeds, then he or she would be condemned to the Hellfire for severe punishment. "And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful. And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses (Quran 7:8-9) Then Allah will destroy all lights and pure darkness will fall everywhere, so dark that if one placed his hand in front of his face, he could not see it. Paradise will lie on one side and in order to reach it, one would have to cross a very narrow bridge. A bridge so narrow, it would stand thinner than a hair and sharper than a knife; under the bridge will burn Hellfire. People will need to pass this bridge with the aid of his or her light, which would shine from their bodies in accordance with their belief and the righteousness they presented in their lives. And there is none of you except he will pass over it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed (Quran 19:71) Some people will reflect very strong bright lights emanating from their bodies and will pass the bridge in a blink of an eye. Every act of worship accepted by God will be transformed into light on that Day. Our Prophet stated, 'Convey glad tidings to those who walk to the Mosque in the darkness. For they will be given full light on the Day of Resurrection' Others will emanate only enough light to see one step ahead, some will crawl, and some will fall into the Hellfire. This slippery bridge has thrones, and hooks that will snare people, and the soul will struggle and fight against the fall. The ones that do not deserve to pass the bridge will fall. And those who successfully cross the bridge will approach Paradise. The Prophets will wait on the other side, praying to God to save their nations. Amongst the people will stand the Hypocrites who will ask the believers to share their lights, so they can pass over the bridge and they will be told in response, ‘Get your own light.’ "On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, ‘Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light.’ It will be said, ‘Go back behind you and seek light.’ And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment" (Quran 57:13) The final stage before the admission to Paradise is what's known as the Gon'ta'ra, where one would have to make amends with people they harmed or wronged in their life—those to whom they never made amends or of whom they never asked forgiveness. If a person were wronged and did not receive justice from his abuser, he finally would see justice by benefitting from some of that person's good deeds, which would adjust the level of Paradise they enter. On the Day of judgment, 70,000 Angels will conjure the Hellfire and every single person will ponder and reflect on the quality of his/her life. But of what purpose will this remembrance and recounting serve at that point? Those who fell into worship of false deities, those who denied the belief of God, and those who lived a wicked and evil life of sin, will be condemned eternally to the Hellfire. They will be led into the Hellfire by the idols and false gods they followed and worshipped to receive their everlasting torture, punishment, pain, and disgrace. The Hellfire is a place of an unimaginable and immense suffering, extreme blazing temperatures, an unquenchable thirst, a residence prepared for the disbelievers. They will feel remorse and terror as they beg for safety and forgiveness, but it will be too late. "Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, ‘Oh, I wish that I were dust! (Quran 78:40) As for sinful believers, they will be placed into the Hellfire in accordance with their sins—but only to be cleansed from all their sins and eventually sent to Paradise. As for the ones that believed and worshipped God Alone and lived a righteous life, they will be rewarded generously and warmly welcomed to God's Paradise; where they will live eternally in a garden of physical pleasures and spiritual delights, where every wish shall be granted. "And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, ‘This is what we were provided with before’ And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally (Quran 2:25) The people of Paradise will live in beautiful mansions, where rivers will flow beneath them. They will know no disease, sickness, hardship, pain, sorrow or animosity, as God will remove all ill feelings from people's hearts. A place of riches, servants, streams of wine that does not intoxicate, milk that never changes in flavor, honey of utmost purity pleasant in color, taste, and smell, water which does not brackish, pleasant fragrances, and pure, gorgeous partners. Never will a person of Paradise ever feel tiredness, exhaustion, boredom, nor will they ever have to taste death again. The believers will be rewarded with the greatest bliss of all, which will be the honor of looking upon the Holy and Beautiful Face of God, the Glorious. The unbelievers will be deprived of this vision. "...Say, the enjoyment of this world is little, and the Hereafter is better for he who fears Allah..." (Quran 4:77) Faith in the last Day, Resurrection, and Judgment Day are fundamental beliefs that Muslims must hold to complete their faith. Everything the Almighty creates and does has a purpose, including the creation of each of our lives. God states in the Quran: "Did you think that We created you for no reason and that to Us you would not be returned?" (Quran 23:115) God proves life after death as stated in the Holy Quran. Amongst his proofs is a moral and ethical argument. Certain evil people in this world have gotten away with horrific crimes, and good people have lived difficult lives. If a person was wronged and did not see true justice in his or her life, God will give him his justice on that Day. Without Judgement Day, un-convicted mass murderers would never be punished, and life would be unfair. Everyone shall be judged, and justice shall be served. God states in his Book: "Do the evildoers think that we will make them like those who believed and done righteous deeds in their life and in their death? Bad, indeed is their judgment!" (Quran 45:21) If God created mankind the first time, why couldn't He create mankind a second time? To re-create mankind a second time will be even easier. Mankind has already witnessed the Almighty's first creation, in which people were created out of soil: "And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, 'Who can give life to decomposed rotten bones?' Say, 'He will give them life Who produced them (the) first time; and He (is) of every creation All-Knower'" (Quran 36:78-79) The creation of the heavens and Earth is greater than the creation of mankind. He, who can create such a vast, and complex world can certainly raise the dead. Amongst Allah's signs of life after death is the continuous Resurrection of plants and vegetation. Every year we observe the phenomenon of dead land with no vegetation, with the land being dead in the winter only to return to life in the spring. "And He (is) the One Who sends the winds (as) glad tidings before His Mercy, until, when they have carried clouds - heavy, We drive them to a dead land then We send down from it the water then, We bring forth from it all (kinds) of [the] fruits. Thus, We will bring forth the dead so that you may bear this in mind (Quran 7:57) God asks man to ponder over the situation of seeds placed on the ground. When water and Earth surround the seeds, they logically should decompose—as opposed to opening and splitting into a root that grows out of the ground, producing magnificent life forms like trees and plants. These are all signs of Allah's Power, Infinite Wisdom, and the Capabilities of bringing about life after death. The Holy Koran has over 40 names of Judgement day. Among its names is the Day of Standing; since everyone will be too nervous to sit, the Day of Accounting, the Day of Sorting Out, the Day of Eternity, the Day of Meeting, and the Hour. Judgment day will be such a heavy, difficult day that every page of the Quran mentions Judgement Day, either directly or indirectly. The Quran contains many vivid descriptions of Judgement Day. It's a true blessing that one can acquire knowledge about Judgement Day and its severity now, so he or she can prepare themselves adequately for this Great Day. The possession of faith in life after death encourages one to do righteous deeds, to fear God, to increase his God consciousness, and to avoid wrongdoing. "O, you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones..." (Quran 66:6) Do not stand amongst people that have convinced themselves that Judgment Day is far away and that they don't have to prepare themselves for this fateful occurrence. "O, you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do" (Quran 59:18) Video and Blog From: TheSincereSeeker

Background to slavery in the Roman Empire and Old Testament Israel Obey Your Masters, Because Jesus is the One You Fear (3:22) Work Wholeheartedly, Knowing Jesus will Reward You (3:23-24a) Serve Christ, Because He will Be Your Judge (3:24b-25) Show Justice and Fairness, Knowing Jesus is Your Master (4:1)

Background to slavery in the Roman Empire and Old Testament Israel Obey Your Masters, Because Jesus is the One You Fear (3:22) Work Wholeheartedly, Knowing Jesus will Reward You (3:23-24a) Serve Christ, Because He will Be Your Judge (3:24b-25) Show Justice and Fairness, Knowing Jesus is Your Master (4:1)

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The apostle Paul resolved to press on for the same reason Jesus pressed on and endured the cross scorning its shame: for the joy that was set before Him. For the joy of hearing the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. For the complete, overwhelming, soul-captivating, heart-motivating, breath-taking moment when God looks at us and says, “Well done you good and faithful servant! Enter into the joy of Your Master.”

Bishop Creek Community Church 10-04-15 “Enter into the Joy of Your Master” is #9 in a series entitled Follow Me! Matthew 25:21; Philippians 3:12-14

Planetary Mortal Epochs (589.1) 52:0.1 FROM the inception of life on an evolutionary planet to the time of its final flowering in the era of light and life, there appear upon the stage of world action at least seven epochs of human life. These successive ages are determined by the planetary missions of the divine Sons, and on an average inhabited world these epochs appear in the following order: (589.2) 52:0.2 1. Pre-Planetary Prince Man. (589.3) 52:0.3 2. Post-Planetary Prince Man. (589.4) 52:0.4 3. Post-Adamic Man. (589.5) 52:0.5 4. Post-Magisterial Son Man. (589.6) 52:0.6 5. Post-Bestowal Son Man. (589.7) 52:0.7 6. Post-Teacher Son Man. (589.8) 52:0.8 7. The Era of Light and Life. (589.9) 52:0.9 The worlds of space, as soon as they are physically suitable for life, are placed on the registry of the Life Carriers, and in due time these Sons are dispatched to such planets for the purpose of initiating life. The entire period from life initiation to the appearance of man is designated the prehuman era and precedes the successive mortal epochs considered in this narrative. 1. Primitive Man (589.10) 52:1.1 From the time of man’s emergence from the animal level — when he can choose to worship the Creator — to the arrival of the Planetary Prince, mortal will creatures are called primitive men. There are six basic types or races of primitive men, and these early peoples successively appear in the order of the spectrum colors, beginning with the red. The length of time consumed in this early life evolution varies greatly on the different worlds, ranging from one hundred and fifty thousand years to over one million years of Urantia time. (589.11) 52:1.2 The evolutionary races of color — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and indigo — begin to appear about the time that primitive man is developing a simple language and is beginning to exercise the creative imagination. By this time man is well accustomed to standing erect. (589.12) 52:1.3 Primitive men are mighty hunters and fierce fighters. The law of this age is the physical survival of the fittest; the government of these times is wholly tribal. During the early racial struggles on many worlds some of the evolutionary races are obliterated, as occurred on Urantia. Those who survive are usually subsequently blended with the later imported violet race, the Adamic peoples. (589.13) 52:1.4 In the light of subsequent civilization, this era of primitive man is a long, dark, and bloody chapter. The ethics of the jungle and the morals of the primeval forests are not in keeping with the standards of later dispensations of revealed religion and higher spiritual development. On normal and nonexperimental worlds this epoch is very different from the prolonged and extraordinarily brutal struggles which characterized this age on Urantia. When you have emerged from your first world experience, you will begin to see why this long and painful struggle on the evolutionary worlds occurs, and as you go forward in the Paradise path, you will increasingly understand the wisdom of these apparently strange doings. But notwithstanding all the vicissitudes of the early ages of human emergence, the performances of primitive man represent a splendid, even a heroic, chapter in the annals of an evolutionary world of time and space. (590.1) 52:1.5 Early evolutionary man is not a colorful creature. In general, these primitive mortals are cave dwellers or cliff residents. They also build crude huts in the large trees. Before they acquire a high order of intelligence, the planets are sometimes overrun with the larger types of animals. But early in this era mortals learn to kindle and maintain fire, and with the increase of inventive imagination and the improvement in tools, evolving man soon vanquishes the larger and more unwieldy animals. The early races also make extensive use of the larger flying animals. These enormous birds are able to carry one or two average-sized men for a nonstop flight of over five hundred miles. On some planets these birds are of great service since they possess a high order of intelligence, often being able to speak many words of the languages of the realm. These birds are most intelligent, very obedient, and unbelievably affectionate. Such passenger birds have been long extinct on Urantia, but your early ancestors enjoyed their services. (590.2) 52:1.6 Man’s acquirement of ethical judgment, moral will, is usually coincident with the appearance of early language. Upon attaining the human level, after this emergence of mortal will, these beings become receptive to the temporary indwelling of the divine Adjusters, and upon death many are duly elected as survivors and sealed by the archangels for subsequent resurrection and Spirit fusion. The archangels always accompany the Planetary Princes, and a dispensational adjudication of the realm is simultaneous with the prince’s arrival. (590.3) 52:1.7 All mortals who are indwelt by Thought Adjusters are potential worshipers; they have been “lighted by the true light,” and they possess capacity for seeking reciprocal contact with divinity. Nevertheless, the early or biologic religion of primitive man is largely a persistence of animal fear coupled with ignorant awe and tribal superstition. The survival of superstition in the Urantia races is hardly complimentary to your evolutionary development nor compatible with your otherwise splendid achievements in material progress. But this early fear religion serves a very valuable purpose in subduing the fiery tempers of these primitive creatures. It is the forerunner of civilization and the soil for the subsequent planting of the seeds of revealed religion by the Planetary Prince and his ministers. (590.4) 52:1.8 Within one hundred thousand years from the time man acquires erect posture, the Planetary Prince usually arrives, having been dispatched by the System Sovereign upon the report of the Life Carriers that will is functioning, even though comparatively few individuals have thus developed. Primitive mortals usually welcome the Planetary Prince and his visible staff; in fact, they often look upon them with awe and reverence, almost with worshipfulness, if they are not restrained. 2. Post-Planetary Prince Man (591.1) 52:2.1 With the arrival of the Planetary Prince a new dispensation begins. Government appears on earth, and the advanced tribal epoch is attained. Great social strides are made during a few thousand years of this regime. Under normal conditions mortals attain a high state of civilization during this age. They do not struggle so long in barbarism as did the Urantia races. But life on an inhabited world is so changed by rebellion that you can have little or no idea of such a regime on a normal planet. (591.2) 52:2.2 The average length of this dispensation is around five hundred thousand years, some longer, some shorter. During this era the planet is established in the circuits of the system, and a full quota of seraphic and other celestial helpers is assigned to its administration. The Thought Adjusters come in increasing numbers, and the seraphic guardians amplify their regime of mortal supervision. (591.3) 52:2.3 When the Planetary Prince arrives on a primitive world, the evolved religion of fear and ignorance prevails. The prince and his staff make the first revelations of higher truth and universe organization. These initial presentations of revealed religion are very simple, and they usually pertain to the affairs of the local system. Religion is wholly an evolutionary process prior to the arrival of the Planetary Prince. Subsequently, religion progresses by graduated revelation as well as by evolutionary growth. Each dispensation, each mortal epoch, receives an enlarged presentation of spiritual truth and religious ethics. The evolution of the religious capacity of receptivity in the inhabitants of a world largely determines their rate of spiritual advancement and the extent of religious revelation. (591.4) 52:2.4 This dispensation witnesses a spiritual dawn, and the different races and their various tribes tend to develop specialized systems of religious and philosophic thought. There uniformly run through all of these racial religions two strains: the early fears of primitive men and the later revelations of the Planetary Prince. In some respects Urantians do not seem to have wholly emerged from this stage of planetary evolution. As you pursue this study, you will the more clearly discern how far your world departs from the average course of evolutionary progress and development. (591.5) 52:2.5 But the Planetary Prince is not “the Prince of Peace.” Racial struggles and tribal wars continue over into this dispensation but with diminishing frequency and severity. This is the great age of racial dispersion, and it culminates in a period of intense nationalism. Color is the basis of tribal and national groupings, and the different races often develop separate languages. Each expanding group of mortals tends to seek isolation. This segregation is favored by the existence of many languages. Before the unification of the several races their relentless warfare sometimes results in the obliteration of whole peoples; the orange and green men are particularly subject to such extinction. (591.6) 52:2.6 On average worlds, during the latter part of the prince’s rule, national life begins to replace tribal organization or rather to be superimposed upon the existing tribal groupings. But the great social achievement of the prince’s epoch is the emergence of family life. Heretofore, human relationships have been chiefly tribal; now, the home begins to materialize. (591.7) 52:2.7 This is the dispensation of the realization of sex equality. On some planets the male may rule the female; on others the reverse prevails. During this age normal worlds establish full equality of the sexes, this being preliminary to the fuller realization of the ideals of home life. This is the dawn of the golden age of the home. The idea of tribal rule gradually gives way to the dual concept of national life and family life. (592.1) 52:2.8 During this age agriculture makes its appearance. The growth of the family idea is incompatible with the roving and unsettled life of the hunter. Gradually the practices of settled habitations and the cultivation of the soil become established. The domestication of animals and the development of home arts proceed apace. Upon reaching the apex of biologic evolution, a high level of civilization has been attained, but there is little development of a mechanical order; invention is the characteristic of the succeeding age. (592.2) 52:2.9 The races are purified and brought up to a high state of physical perfection and intellectual strength before the end of this era. The early development of a normal world is greatly helped by the plan of promoting the increase of the higher types of mortals with proportionate curtailment of the lower. And it is the failure of your early peoples to thus discriminate between these types that accounts for the presence of so many defective and degenerate individuals among the present-day Urantia races. (592.3) 52:2.10 One of the great achievements of the age of the prince is this restriction of the multiplication of mentally defective and socially unfit individuals. Long before the times of the arrival of the second Sons, the Adams, most worlds seriously address themselves to the tasks of race purification, something which the Urantia peoples have not even yet seriously undertaken. (592.4) 52:2.11 This problem of race improvement is not such an extensive undertaking when it is attacked at this early date in human evolution. The preceding period of tribal struggles and rugged competition in race survival has weeded out most of the abnormal and defective strains. An idiot does not have much chance of survival in a primitive and warring tribal social organization. It is the false sentiment of your partially perfected civilizations that fosters, protects, and perpetuates the hopelessly defective strains of evolutionary human stocks. (592.5) 52:2.12 It is neither tenderness nor altruism to bestow futile sympathy upon degenerated human beings, unsalvable abnormal and inferior mortals. There exist on even the most normal of the evolutionary worlds sufficient differences between individuals and between numerous social groups to provide for the full exercise of all those noble traits of altruistic sentiment and unselfish mortal ministry without perpetuating the socially unfit and the morally degenerate strains of evolving humanity. There is abundant opportunity for the exercise of tolerance and the function of altruism in behalf of those unfortunate and needy individuals who have not irretrievably lost their moral heritage and forever destroyed their spiritual birthright. 3. Post-Adamic Man (592.6) 52:3.1 When the original impetus of evolutionary life has run its biologic course, when man has reached the apex of animal development, there arrives the second order of sonship, and the second dispensation of grace and ministry is inaugurated. This is true on all evolutionary worlds. When the highest possible level of evolutionary life has been attained, when primitive man has ascended as far as possible in the biologic scale, a Material Son and Daughter always appear on the planet, having been dispatched by the System Sovereign. (593.1) 52:3.2 Thought Adjusters are increasingly bestowed upon the post-Adamic men, and in constantly augmented numbers these mortals attain capacity for subsequent Adjuster fusion. While functioning as descending Sons, the Adams do not possess Adjusters, but their planetary offspring — direct and mixed — become legitimate candidates for the reception, in due time, of the Mystery Monitors. By the termination of the post-Adamic age the planet is in possession of its full quota of celestial ministers; only the fusion Adjusters are not yet universally bestowed. (593.2) 52:3.3 It is the prime purpose of the Adamic regime to influence evolving man to complete the transit from the hunter and herder stage of civilization to that of the agriculturist and horticulturist, to be later supplemented by the appearance of the urban and industrial adjuncts to civilization. Ten thousand years of this dispensation of the biologic uplifters is sufficient to effect a marvelous transformation. Twenty-five thousand years of such an administration of the conjoint wisdom of the Planetary Prince and the Material Sons usually ripens the sphere for the advent of a Magisterial Son. (593.3) 52:3.4 This age usually witnesses the completion of the elimination of the unfit and the still further purification of the racial strains; on normal worlds the defective bestial tendencies are very nearly eliminated from the reproducing stocks of the realm. (593.4) 52:3.5 The Adamic progeny never amalgamate with the inferior strains of the evolutionary races. Neither is it the divine plan for the Planetary Adam or Eve to mate, personally, with the evolutionary peoples. This race-improvement project is the task of their progeny. But the offspring of the Material Son and Daughter are mobilized for generations before the racial-amalgamation ministry is inaugurated. (593.5) 52:3.6 The result of the gift of the Adamic life plasm to the mortal races is an immediate upstepping of intellectual capacity and an acceleration of spiritual progress. There is usually some physical improvement also. On an average world the post-Adamic dispensation is an age of great invention, energy control, and mechanical development. This is the era of the appearance of multiform manufacture and the control of natural forces; it is the golden age of exploration and the final subduing of the planet. Much of the material progress of a world occurs during this time of the inauguration of the development of the physical sciences, just such an epoch as Urantia is now experiencing. Your world is a full dispensation and more behind the average planetary schedule. (593.6) 52:3.7 By the end of the Adamic dispensation on a normal planet the races are practically blended, so that it can be truly proclaimed that “God has made of one blood all the nations,” and that his Son “has made of one color all peoples.” The color of such an amalgamated race is somewhat of an olive shade of the violet hue, the racial “white” of the spheres. (593.7) 52:3.8 Primitive man is for the most part carnivorous; the Material Sons and Daughters do not eat meat, but their offspring within a few generations usually gravitate to the omnivorous level, although whole groups of their descendants sometimes remain nonflesh eaters. This double origin of the post-Adamic races explains how such blended human stocks exhibit anatomic vestiges belonging to both the herbivorous and carnivorous animal groups. (593.8) 52:3.9 Within ten thousand years of racial amalgamation the resultant stocks show varying degrees of anatomic blend, some strains carrying more of the marks of the nonflesh-eating ancestry, others exhibiting more of the distinguishing traits and physical characteristics of their carnivorous evolutionary progenitors. The majority of these world races soon become omnivorous, subsisting upon a wide range of viands from both the animal and vegetable kingdoms. (594.1) 52:3.10 The post-Adamic epoch is the dispensation of internationalism. With the near completion of the task of race blending, nationalism wanes, and the brotherhood of man really begins to materialize. Representative government begins to take the place of the monarchial or paternal form of rulership. The educational system becomes world-wide, and gradually the languages of the races give way to the tongue of the violet people. Universal peace and co-operation are seldom attained until the races are fairly well blended, and until they speak a common language. (594.2) 52:3.11 During the closing centuries of the post-Adamic age there develops new interest in art, music, and literature, and this world-wide awakening is the signal for the appearance of a Magisterial Son. The crowning development of this era is the universal interest in intellectual realities, true philosophy. Religion becomes less nationalistic, becomes more and more a planetary affair. New revelations of truth characterize these ages, and the Most Highs of the constellations begin to rule in the affairs of men. Truth is revealed up to the administration of the constellations. (594.3) 52:3.12 Great ethical advancement characterizes this era; the brotherhood of man is the goal of its society. World-wide peace — the cessation of race conflict and national animosity — is the indicator of planetary ripeness for the advent of the third order of sonship, the Magisterial Son. 4. Post-Magisterial Son Man (594.4) 52:4.1 On normal and loyal planets this age opens with the mortal races blended and biologically fit. There are no race or color problems; literally all nations and races are of one blood. The brotherhood of man flourishes, and the nations are learning to live on earth in peace and tranquillity. Such a world stands on the eve of a great and culminating intellectual development. (594.5) 52:4.2 When an evolutionary world becomes thus ripe for the magisterial age, one of the high order of Avonal Sons makes his appearance on a magisterial mission. The Planetary Prince and the Material Sons are of local universe origin; the Magisterial Son hails from Paradise. (594.6) 52:4.3 When the Paradise Avonals come to the mortal spheres on judicial actions, solely as dispensation adjudicators, they are never incarnated. But when they come on magisterial missions, at least the initial one, they are always incarnated, though they do not experience birth, neither do they die the death of the realm. They may live on for generations in those cases where they remain as rulers on certain planets. When their missions are concluded, they yield up their planetary lives and return to their former status of divine sonship. (594.7) 52:4.4 Each new dispensation extends the horizon of revealed religion, and the Magisterial Sons extend the revelation of truth to portray the affairs of the local universe and all its tributaries. (594.8) 52:4.5 After the initial visitation of a Magisterial Son the races soon effect their economic liberation. The daily work required to sustain one’s independence would be represented by two and one-half hours of your time. It is perfectly safe to liberate such ethical and intelligent mortals. Such refined peoples well know how to utilize leisure for self-improvement and planetary advancement. This age witnesses the further purification of the racial stocks by the restriction of reproduction among the less fit and poorly endowed individuals. (595.1) 52:4.6 The political government and social administration of the races continue to improve, self-government being fairly well established by the end of this age. By self-government we refer to the highest type of representative government. Such worlds advance and honor only those leaders and rulers who are most fit to bear social and political responsibilities. (595.2) 52:4.7 During this epoch the majority of the world mortals are Adjuster indwelt. But even yet the bestowal of divine Monitors is not always universal. The Adjusters of fusion destiny are not yet bestowed upon all planetary mortals; it is still necessary for the will creatures to choose the Mystery Monitors. (595.3) 52:4.8 During the closing ages of this dispensation, society begins to return to more simplified forms of living. The complex nature of an advancing civilization is running its course, and mortals are learning to live more naturally and effectively. And this trend increases with each succeeding epoch. This is the age of the flowering of art, music, and higher learning. The physical sciences have already reached their height of development. The termination of this age, on an ideal world, witnesses the fullness of a great religious awakening, a world-wide spiritual enlightenment. And this extensive arousal of the spiritual natures of the races is the signal for the arrival of the bestowal Son and for the inauguration of the fifth mortal epoch. (595.4) 52:4.9 On many worlds it develops that the planet is not made ready for a bestowal Son by one magisterial mission; in that event there will be a second, even a succession of Magisterial Sons, each of whom will advance the races from one dispensation to another until the planet is made ready for the gift of the bestowal Son. On the second and subsequent missions the Magisterial Sons may or may not be incarnated. But no matter how many Magisterial Sons may appear — and they may also come as such after the bestowal Son — the advent of each one marks the end of one dispensation and the beginning of another. (595.5) 52:4.10 These dispensations of the Magisterial Sons cover anywhere from twenty-five thousand to fifty thousand years of Urantia time. Sometimes such an epoch is much shorter and in rare instances even longer. But in the fullness of time one of these same Magisterial Sons will be born as the Paradise bestowal Son. 5. Post-Bestowal Son Man (595.6) 52:5.1 When a certain standard of intellectual and spiritual development is attained on an inhabited world, a Paradise bestowal Son always arrives. On normal worlds he does not appear in the flesh until the races have ascended to the highest levels of intellectual development and ethical attainment. But on Urantia the bestowal Son, even your own Creator Son, appeared at the close of the Adamic dispensation, but that is not the usual order of events on the worlds of space. (595.7) 52:5.2 When the worlds have become ripe for spiritualization, the bestowal Son arrives. These Sons always belong to the Magisterial or Avonal order except in that case, once in each local universe, when the Creator Son prepares for his terminal bestowal on some evolutionary world, as occurred when Michael of Nebadon appeared on Urantia to bestow himself upon your mortal races. Only one world in near ten million can enjoy such a gift; all other worlds are spiritually advanced by the bestowal of a Paradise Son of the Avonal order. (596.1) 52:5.3 The bestowal Son arrives on a world of high educational culture and encounters a race spiritually trained and prepared to assimilate advanced teachings and to appreciate the bestowal mission. This is an age characterized by the world-wide pursuit of moral culture and spiritual truth. The mortal passion of this dispensation is the penetration of cosmic reality and communion with spiritual reality. The revelations of truth are extended to include the superuniverse. Entirely new systems of education and government grow up to supplant the crude regimes of former times. The joy of living takes on new color, and the reactions of life are exalted to heavenly heights of tone and timbre. (596.2) 52:5.4 The bestowal Son lives and dies for the spiritual uplift of the mortal races of a world. He establishes the “new and living way”; his life is an incarnation of Paradise truth in mortal flesh, that very truth — even the Spirit of Truth — in the knowledge of which men shall be free. (596.3) 52:5.5 On Urantia the establishment of this “new and living way” was a matter of fact as well as of truth. The isolation of Urantia in the Lucifer rebellion had suspended the procedure whereby mortals can pass, upon death, directly to the shores of the mansion worlds. Before the days of Christ Michael on Urantia all souls slept on until the dispensational or special millennial resurrections. Even Moses was not permitted to go over to the other side until the occasion of a special resurrection, the fallen Planetary Prince, Caligastia, contesting such a deliverance. But ever since the day of Pentecost, Urantia mortals again may proceed directly to the morontia spheres. (596.4) 52:5.6 Upon the resurrection of a bestowal Son, on the third day after yielding up his incarnated life, he ascends to the right hand of the Universal Father, receives the assurance of the acceptance of the bestowal mission, and returns to the Creator Son at the headquarters of the local universe. Thereupon the bestowal Avonal and the Creator Michael send their joint spirit, the Spirit of Truth, into the bestowal world. This is the occasion when the “spirit of the triumphant Son is poured out upon all flesh.” The Universe Mother Spirit also participates in this bestowal of the Spirit of Truth, and concomitant therewith there issues the bestowal edict of the Thought Adjusters. Thereafter all normal-minded will creatures of that world will receive Adjusters as soon as they attain the age of moral responsibility, of spiritual choice. (596.5) 52:5.7 If such a bestowal Avonal should return to a world after the bestowal mission, he would not incarnate but would come “in glory with the seraphic hosts.” (596.6) 52:5.8 The postbestowal Son age may extend from ten thousand to a hundred thousand years. There is no arbitrary time allotted to any of these dispensational eras. This is a time of great ethical and spiritual progress. Under the spiritual influence of these ages, human character undergoes tremendous transformations and experiences phenomenal development. It becomes possible to put the golden rule into practical operation. The teachings of Jesus are really applicable to a mortal world which has had the preliminary training of the prebestowal Sons with their dispensations of character ennoblement and culture augmentation. (596.7) 52:5.9 During this era the problems of disease and delinquency are virtually solved. Degeneracy has already been largely eliminated by selective reproduction. Disease has been practically mastered through the high resistant qualities of the Adamic strains and by the intelligent and world-wide application of the discoveries of the physical sciences of preceding ages. The average length of life, during this period, climbs well above the equivalent of three hundred years of Urantia time. (597.1) 52:5.10 Throughout this epoch there is a gradual lessening of governmental supervision. True self-government is beginning to function; fewer and fewer restrictive laws are necessary. The military branches of national resistance are passing away; the era of international harmony is really arriving. There are many nations, mostly determined by land distribution, but only one race, one language, and one religion. Mortal affairs are almost, but not quite, utopian. This truly is a great and glorious age! 6. Urantia’s Post-Bestowal Age (597.2) 52:6.1 The bestowal Son is the Prince of Peace. He arrives with the message, “Peace on earth and good will among men.” On normal worlds this is a dispensation of world-wide peace; the nations no more learn war. But such salutary influences did not attend the coming of your bestowal Son, Christ Michael. Urantia is not proceeding in the normal order. Your world is out of step in the planetary procession. Your Master, when on earth, warned his disciples that his advent would not bring the usual reign of peace on Urantia. He distinctly told them that there would be “wars and rumors of wars,” and that nation would rise against nation. At another time he said, “Think not that I have come to bring peace upon earth.” (597.3) 52:6.2 Even on normal evolutionary worlds the realization of the world-wide brotherhood of man is not an easy accomplishment. On a confused and disordered planet like Urantia such an achievement requires a much longer time and necessitates far greater effort. Unaided social evolution can hardly achieve such happy results on a spiritually isolated sphere. Religious revelation is essential to the realization of brotherhood on Urantia. While Jesus has shown the way to the immediate attainment of spiritual brotherhood, the realization of social brotherhood on your world depends much on the achievement of the following personal transformations and planetary adjustments: (597.4) 52:6.3 1. Social fraternity. Multiplication of international and interracial social contacts and fraternal associations through travel, commerce, and competitive play. Development of a common language and the multiplication of multilinguists. The racial and national interchange of students, teachers, industrialists, and religious philosophers. (597.5) 52:6.4 2. Intellectual cross-fertilization. Brotherhood is impossible on a world whose inhabitants are so primitive that they fail to recognize the folly of unmitigated selfishness. There must occur an exchange of national and racial literature. Each race must become familiar with the thought of all races; each nation must know the feelings of all nations. Ignorance breeds suspicion, and suspicion is incompatible with the essential attitude of sympathy and love. (597.6) 52:6.5 3. Ethical awakening. Only ethical consciousness can unmask the immorality of human intolerance and the sinfulness of fratricidal strife. Only a moral conscience can condemn the evils of national envy and racial jealousy. Only moral beings will ever seek for that spiritual insight which is essential to living the golden rule. (598.1) 52:6.6 4. Political wisdom. Emotional maturity is essential to self-control. Only emotional maturity will insure the substitution of international techniques of civilized adjudication for the barbarous arbitrament of war. Wise statesmen will sometime work for the welfare of humanity even while they strive to promote the interest of their national or racial groups. Selfish political sagacity is ultimately suicidal — destructive of all those enduring qualities which insure planetary group survival. (598.2) 52:6.7 5. Spiritual insight. The brotherhood of man is, after all, predicated on the recognition of the fatherhood of God. The quickest way to realize the brotherhood of man on Urantia is to effect the spiritual transformation of present-day humanity. The only technique for accelerating the natural trend of social evolution is that of applying spiritual pressure from above, thus augmenting moral insight while enhancing the soul capacity of every mortal to understand and love every other mortal. Mutual understanding and fraternal love are transcendent civilizers and mighty factors in the world-wide realization of the brotherhood of man. (598.3) 52:6.8 If you could be transplanted from your backward and confused world to some normal planet now in the postbestowal Son age, you

In today's first reading Christ tells us, "do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you." Fr Anthony reflects... The post Don’t Let Fear be Your Master appeared first on Cradio.

Texas Radio Theater returns to present more ladies of OTR with "Our Girl, Sunday" and "Easy Aces" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is John Bell. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault!Sonic Summerstock Presents: "Our Girl, Sunday" and "Easy Aces"

Texas Radio Theatre presents a rare never before broadcast script of "Candy Matson" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Chris Barnes. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

Wisp of Memory Theatre presents "Evening Primrose" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Gwendolyn Jenson-Woodard. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

Gypsy Audio presents "All About Eve" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Caith Donovan. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

Broken Sea Audio Productions brings us their second feature with "X-Minus One- Cold Equation" on the Sonic Summerstock stage. Our host this week is Lee and James Sands. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

Campfire Theatre brings "The Haunted Cell" to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John Tadrizak from Misfits Audio. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

Misfits Audio brings The Lone Ranger "Harvey Preston" to the Sonic Summerstock stage and our host this week is John S. Drew. Your Master of the Revels, as always, is David Ault.

11-04-2011 Ronald Davis Chapel Message on "Who is Your Master?." Order CD Quality Sermons Here

11-04-2011 Ronald Davis Chapel Message on "Who is Your Master?." Order CD Quality Sermons Here

--{ God-Forsaken, We're Back to Pagan, Primitive and Wild, Consuming the Child: "Human Life Degraded, Throughout All Society, Some Countries Serve Up Fetus in Culinary Variety, As Life Becomes Cheap, There's No Shaking Fist, While Government's After Retirees, Adding to List Of Non-Producing Consumers, Advising Euthanasia, Advocating Extermination Booths, It's Enough to Craze Ya, 'Are You Just Bored with Living, Miss the Wife, the Honey?' They'll Terminate You Cheaply, Keep Your Pension Money, For That's What it Boils Down To, Value to Your Master, Claim They Need Your Savings, Preventing Financial Disaster, After All, They've Got Wars to Fight, More Lands to Plunder, Can't Have You with Nothing to Do, 'cept Appease the God of Thunder, Yes, Mammon is Their Only God, We're Chickens in a Coop, Side-Effect of Promiscuity, Ending Up in Soup" © Alan Watt }-- Cause and Effect - Destruction of Western Culture and Blending with the World - Cultural War, Radical Groups Used to Push Agenda - Model of British Commonwealth, Immigration Policy - "Multicultural" New World Order - Government "Services" become Authorities and Manage the People - Britain's National Health Service, Priority Abortions and Sterilization - Dehumanization of Society, Devaluation of Human Life, State Takes Responsibility over Life and Death - Depopulation Agenda - China's One-Child Policy (Except for Wealthy) and "Virility" Foods. Common Purpose group (Authorized), Recruitment of Future Leaders, Sadomasochism. 2010, Final Signing of Integration of the Americas - Dictatorial European Union, Europol Intelligence Agency. "Millennium" book by Jacques Attali - New Nomadic Class look for Work Abroad, China. Nanotechnology in Food Already. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - March 26, 2010 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)