Sermon About Peace

Welcome to my Sermon About Peace post. Shabbat Shalom are two Hebrew words that mean Sabbath Peace.

Sermon About Peace

We can have the peace and calmness that the Hebrew word Shalom means. Obtaining a peace like Nirvana is possible. Wholeness and being complete is the other meaning of the word. Jesus used the word Shalom often.

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.

You probably have known someone who is a peace maker. You also have probably known someone that is not a peace maker. There are three areas in our lives that we as humans need peace ( shalom ).

Our first peace is peace with God. Everything was good in Genesis at creation until sin entered the garden. No matter what we do – it will never be good enough. We must have something outside of ourselves to restore us to fellowship and be close to God. We need God.

Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it The-LORD-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Yahweh Shalom means God is Peace. This Sermon About Peace touched me when I heard it so I added it to my blog.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Ephesians 2:12-18
That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Christ Our Peace
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Sermon About Peace

Jesus came to restore Shalom. The Ultimate act of Shalom is the cross. We also need peace with each other. This is the second peace we need and it is all about our humanity and human relationships.

Ephesians 4:3
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

We need to have peace with God first then peace with others will be fruit of our first relationship.

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The difference between the good life and the Godly life is centered in peace. Sometimes the sea is very turbulent at the surface. When you go diving in turbulent waters, the further down you go the calmer the water becomes.

Adventist Radio broadcasts the Gospel of Hope about Jesus and His Teachings all over the world in many languages. Adventist Radio is reaching into Muslim nations. People are learning about forgiveness, service to others and peace. Some of these Muslim people are accepting Jesus and have become secret Christians as they have to hide their faith in a Muslim nation. These Christians are peacemakers.

The last peace is with ourselves. We will have peace in our own heart when we first have peace in God and with Humanity. My prayer for you is to be a peacemaker and that you can also share this peace with others in a world that is desperately needing hope and peace.

This Sermon About Peace was given by Pastor Tim Williams. He is the youth pastor from North Cascades SDA church. Tim preached this message on 11 June 2011 at the

Bellingham Seventh-day Adventist Church

There are many more sermons in my Spiritual Category of my Blog.

Spiritual Category

The Best Network Marketing Company

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Welcome to the What Saves Us message that was given by Pastor Mark Witas at Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church in Portland, Oregon on Sabbath, 12 January 2019.

What Saves Us

Psalms 9:7-8

New King James Version (NKJV)

7But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

We do not like being caught speeding by a law enforcement officer. When you are guilty of speeding, you are under Judgment.

Every single human being except Jesus has sinned at some point in their life. There is a Judgment Day coming.

First Rock Concert In History Was When Jesus Wrote With His Finger In the Sand & the Adulteress Accusers Dropped Their Rocks.

In John 8, Jesus told the woman accused of Adultery that HE did not accuse her and to go and sin no more. Jesus offered her Mercy. The Religious Leaders were trying to trap Jesus and see what HE would say about the woman’s punishment for being caught in Adultery. Jesus did not say a word. HE bent over and began writing in the sand. Many Biblical scholars have commented that Jesus was writing the sins of the men who were accusing her of Adultery. As these men saw their sins written in the sand by the Finger of Jesus, they walked away from what was going to be a Death By Stoning Judgment against the woman.

John 8:1-12

Jesus the Light of the World
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

11 She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Mercy

Jesus told the woman to go and sin no more. She received mercy. Jesus offers us all Mercy. We must accept that HE is the source of Grace that we need as fallen human beings.

Who Saves Us

Pastor Mark and his friend from seminary were coming back from the Camp Meeting in Alberta, Canada one summer. They were speeding trying to get home quickly. A Montana law enforcement officer pulled the young men over as they were clocked at doing 107 miles per hour.

Mark’s friend Alex was driving. The officer asked the two young men why there were speeding over 100 miles per hour. Alex told the police officer they were excited and were in a hurry to get back to seminary and share with their class mates how to best share the Gospel so they could save the world. The officer laughed and stated that their answer was the most incredible that he had heard and warned them to drive slower. The officer extended Grace to the two young men.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?

He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.

Judgment

Mercy does not save us. In the Judgment, we get what we deserve. Because of Jesus Christ and His Sacrifice on the Cross as My Savoir, I am assured of eternal life. Jesus took my punishment for my sins on His Shoulders. No Greater Love Can a Man Know Than the Love of Christ Jesus for the repent sinner.

Pastor Mark told a story about a car salesman and a Lincoln Continental. The salesman ended up in an accident and had a bloody lip as a result of the accident. The owner of the car business had every right to Judge the salesman and fire him for the accident. The car salesman received Grace.

Are you holding onto anything you should let go of?

Hope you have enjoyed reading the What Saves Us post. You can Read More of my posts in the Spiritual Category section of my website.

Spiritual Messages

Who Is God?

Who Is God?
Here are two great sermons I heard preached on Sabbath, 5 February 2011 at the Lynnwood Reformed Seventh-Day Adventist church in Washington. A gentlemen from Virginia gave the message. Jeff Wehr worked for the Keep The Faith ministry. Here are the sermons:

Sermon #1 Truth Sanctifies Us

John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Who Is God

Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.

Acts 2 shows how important Fellowship is in Christian community.

Exodus 33:18, 21-22 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

Exodus 34:6-7 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Who Is God

John 9:1-3 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

God utilized a blind man to show His Love and Mercy. Christ work was benevolence as He healed the sick showed mercy and fed the hungry. Read Isaiah 58. By helping others we help ourselves. Find God in Face of Jesus who has my highest thoughts.

Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

Psalms 119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Isaiah 51:7 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is my law;
fear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.

Revelation 7:11-12 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying,“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

John 3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

Who Is God

Romans 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Galatians 3:23-24 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

Read Romans 7, 8, 9, 13, and 20

Read James 2

Acts 13:38-39 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Matthew 12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Christ credited His 33 years of sinless life to us.

Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

Romans 4:6 Just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works.

Here is a recent post where I expose Satan’s Lies which is the opposite of God’s Truth.

Satan’s Lies

Sermon #2 Who Is God ?

Do a search on Amazon with the keywords “God” and “Suffering” and there are over 20,000 books returned in the search query. Many authors are writing about why God causes suffering on the earth. Question, Who Is God? God means everything to us. How can we cope when bad things happen to us?

Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,

Who Is God

“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”
Hebrews 1:8-9 But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Life is based on what you love and hate. Ten Commandments are perfect love. Love what Jesus loves.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Devil doesn’t want you to know God. Arab terrorists misconception of God caused Twin Towers catastrophe.

Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Revelation 12:7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back. Michael means ‘who is like God’.

Who Is God

2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

John 20:19-23 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Romans Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are chapters that Paul writes extensively about ‘dying to self’.

Healing of the Blind Man

Healing of the Blind Man is the story from Mark 8 where Jesus went into enemy territory & healed the man in 2 steps. Jesus wants us to see Him Clearly. These are the sermon notes from Elder Paul Ybarra when he preached this sermon at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church on Sabbath 26 January 2019.

Healing of the Blind Man

Mark 8:22-26 New King James Version (NKJV)
A Blind Man Healed at Bethsaida

22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him. 23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.

24 And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”

25 Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly. 26 Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town.”

Jesus Used Two Steps to Heal the Blind Man

Jesus had gone to Bethsaida. In the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, Jesus had cursed Bethsaida. Jesus had gone into enemy territory. The Religious Elite were scheming to trap Jesus. Jesus went there because HE knew that the blind man had the faith of a mustard seed.

Healing of the Blind Man

When you study the Gospels, you see that most people had heard of Jesus. News of the Rabbi and the healing miracles HE accomplished traveled fast in the early first century without the internet. In the passage in Mark 8 verse 23, Jesus led the blind man by hand out of town and healed him.

Jesus spat on the blind man’s eyes. Spitting then and even today is an insult. In Mark 7:31-37, Jesus spat on a deaf man’s ears.

Turning back to Mark 8, in verse 24 Jesus asks the blind man what he sees after having spat on his eyes. The blind man replied that he saw men like trees walking around.

Jesus then put His Hands on the blind man’s eyes again and made him look up. Suddenly the blind man was restored and saw everyone clearly.

Jesus sent the healed blind man away and told him not to tell anyone. It is hard for a human being that has witnessed an incredible healing to keep their mouth shut. Our nature is to share good news.

Deeper Meaning to Healing the Blind Man

Besides the physical healing of the blind man’s eyes, there is a much deeper lesson Jesus is teaching here. Jesus wants us to see Him clearly. Jesus wants us to understand who HE is. Jesus went to the Cross to die the death that we deserve because of our sins. HE did that so that we do not have to die a second time. HE wants to be our Savior. Jesus is the bridge back to God the Creator. The most famous verse in the Bible reveals that in John 3:16:

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Healing of the Blind Man

In Mark 1 verse 44, Jesus had healed a leper. Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Jesus healed people’s physical problems more than HE preached. God wants us to be healthy. When a person’s physical needs are met, then they are ready to better understand spiritual teachings.

Takeaway from Mark 8 Healing of the Blind Man

  • Read Your Bible
  • Ask God to Reveal the Deep Meaning of the Scriptures to You
  • Ask God to Guide You Daily

Hope you have enjoyed reading my Healing of the Blind Man post. You can find more posts in my Spiritual Category.

Spiritual Lessons

Welcome to my Seventh Day of Creation Week post. I am a Bible Christian. That means my faith and beliefs are sourced from the Bible and not from church doctrine or a religion.

This Is Year 15 for Me Doing Daily Bible Study That Covers the Entire Bible In 1 Year. We Just Passed Exodus 20 Which Is God Giving the Ten Commandments. We Just Passed Exodus 31 Which Is the Sabbath Law.

My Dear Fellow Christians That Faithfully Attend Churches On Sunday, Please Do Not Read Anything In to This Message. I Am Not Saying You Are Wrong for Attending Worship On Sunday, the First Day of the Week. I Was a ‘Sunday Keeper’ for Over 47 Years Until I Saw the Sabbath Truth of the Bible.

Seventh Day of Creation Week

In Genesis 2, At the End of Creation Week, God Created a SPECIAL DAY. God Had Just Created Man On Day 6 and Gave Man the Sabbath Day On Day 7.

Genesis 2:1-3 The Garden of Eden
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

The Word Sabbath Is Found Hundreds of Times In the Bible. Jesus Kept the Sabbath. Jesus Never Sinned. Jesus Even Corrected the Religious Leaders of His Day About What Is Proper & Godly Behavior On God’s Sanctified & Holy Day. Jesus Healed People On the Sabbath.

Why Does Most of the Christian World Attend Worship On Sunday? It Is Because the Catholic Church Said It Has the Authority to Change God’s Law & God’s Word.

Daniel 7:25 Actually Prophesied About This Happening Hundreds of Years Before It Happened In the 4th Century.

He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.

The Word Sunday Is Not Found In the Bible. There Are 8 First Day Texts But None of Them Are About Worship.

Jesus Christ Tells Us In John 14:15

If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments.

Do You Want to Follow Jesus Christ and Follow What the Word of God Teaches In the Bible Or Do You Want to Follow the Catholic Church & Its Traditions? The Seventh Day of Creation Week Is important as it reveals whether we will worship the God of the Bible or follow traditions of man. Jesus warned in this verse:

Mark 7:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men.

Seventh Day of Creation Week

Joshua 24:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
“If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Summary Statement Is This: I Have Never Found Any Biblical Teaching That Says Sunday, the First Day of the Week Is Holy. I Work My Business On Sunday. Since I Learned This Bible Truth, I Shut My Business Down On Friday Afternoon.

I Do My Best to Just Rest In the Grace of Jesus Christ. I Have Been Accused of Being a Legalist. I Cannot Be a Legalist If I Am Resting When Most of the Christian World Is Still Working On God’s Holy Day. Legalism Requires Work. I Rest On Sabbath. I Attend Bible Study. I Go for Hikes In Nature On Sabbath Afternoon. I Like to Serve Other People If I Can On Sabbath.

The Final Word Is: Ask Jesus Christ If You Should Keep His Holy Sanctified Seventh-day Sabbath As He Did. Hope you have enjoyed reading the Seventh Day of Creation Week post.

If you want to make sure you are assured of Salvation, please visit my post below about Assurance of Heaven.

Assurance of Heaven

Satan’s Lies

Welcome to my Satan’s Lies post where I do my best to expose the deceptions of the evil one. Everyone has freedom to chose whether they will follow God or not. Because we have free will to chose, that should be proof to all souls that there is a God that loves you.

Satan's Lies

Satan’s Lies

Deception In Eden
Genesis 3:1-5
Deception Today
Ye Shall Not Surely DieSpiritualism
Your Eyes Shall Be OpenedEastern Religions
Ye Shall Be As GodsNew Age Movement
KnowingGnosticism
Good and EvilPaganism

Religions

What is Spiritualism?

According to Wikipedia: Spiritualism is a belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. The afterlife, or “spirit world”, is seen by spiritualists, not as a static place, but as one in which spirits continue to evolve.

Every year people spend billions of dollars on a Pagan tradition known as Halloween. The Bible clearly teaches that the Dead Know Nothing:

Ecclesiastes 9:5 New King James Version (NKJV)

For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.

What are the Eastern Religions?

According to Wikipedia, The Eastern religions are the religions that originated in East, South and Southeast Asia and thus have dissimilarities with Western religions. This includes the East Asian religions (Shintoism, Sindoism, Taoism and Confucianism), Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism) as well as animistic indigenous religions.

This East-West religious distinction, just as with the East-West culture distinction, and the implications that arise from it, is broad and not precise. Furthermore, the geographical distinction has less meaning in the current context of global transculturation.

While many Western observers attempt to distinguish between Eastern philosophies and religions, this is a distinction that does not exist in some Eastern traditions.

I have been to Southeast Asia and visited Buddhist Temples. I was respectful and took off my shoes when I entered.

What is the New Age Movement?

According to Britannica’s website: The New Age movement is a movement that spread through the occult and metaphysical religious communities in the 1970s and ʾ80s. It looked forward to a “New Age” of love and light and offered a foretaste of the coming era through personal transformation and healing. The movement’s strongest supporters were followers of modern esotericism, a religious perspective that is based on the acquisition of mystical knowledge and that has been popular in the West since the 2nd century ad, especially in the form of Gnosticism. Ancient Gnosticism was succeeded by various esoteric movements through the centuries, including Rosicrucianism in the 17th century and Freemasonry, theosophy, and ritual magic in the 19th and 20th centuries.

What is Gnosticism?

According to Wikipedia, Gnosticism is a modern name for a variety of ancient religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish-Christian milieux in the first and second century AD. These systems believed that the material world is created by an emanation or ‘works’ of a lower god (Demiurge), trapping the divine spark within the human body. This divine spark could be liberated by gnosis, spiritual knowledge acquired through direct experience. Some of the core teachings include the following:

  • All matter is evil, and the non-material, spirit-realm is good.
  • There is an unknowable God, who gave rise to many lesser spirit beings called Aeons.
  • The creator of the (material) universe is not the supreme god, but an inferior spirit (the Demiurge).
  • Gnosticism does not deal with “sin”, only ignorance.
  • To achieve salvation, one needs to get in touch with gnosis.

What is Paganism?

According to Wikipedia, Paganism is a term that developed among the Christian community of southern Europe during late antiquity to describe religions other than their own, Judaism, or Islam–the three Abrahamic religions. Throughout Christendom, it continued to be used, typically in a derogatory sense.

Christianity

Satan's Lies

Christianity is the belief that God sent His Son Jesus Christ to this earth to be a bridge to restore fallen man to God. If you really search the Holy Bible and study the Life of Jesus Christ, you will see that there has been no other human being like Him. He healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, opened the ears of the deaf and was able to make the lame walk. He kept His Father God’s Ten Commandments and never sinned. Because of His Perfect Life, His Shed Blood Is What Provides Salvation for All Mankind, not just a chosen few. His Grace extended to you is a free gift. Just accept it and be saved.

I hope you have enjoyed reading the Satan’s Lies post. To learn more about how to be saved, please check out this post:

Assurance of Heaven

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It is exciting that the Detox Cash Cycler Opens is a way for people anywhere to earn additional income and help people get healthy at the same time.

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You have created your account in the Whole Wellness Club by joining our Detox Cash Duplication with VelociTea system.

You now have a personalized website at no charge to share the Detox Cash 2 by 2 Cycler with other people. You are now working on your Fortune.

My personal website is http://parsons.detoxcash.com

Detox Cash Cycler

You can chose your username for your website just like I have done. My last name is ‘parsons’ so that is what I use. If you need help with that, I have a recorded video showing how to update it to the user name that you want to use.

Share your website with as many people as you can. Some people prefer using Social Media. I have free Marketing Training webinars every Monday that you can attend from anywhere in the world.

Detox Cash Cycler

The first 2 people that join your Detox Cash Cycler are on what is known as your first level. You earn $10 for each of those first level spots for a total of $20. Now you want to help your 2 people by just sharing all the above information that I am giving you.

I am more than happy to help you get your 2 people to also go and duplicate what you have done so they can get their 2 people.

On your second level, you have 2 spots underneath the 2 people you shared Detox Cash Cycler with and you earn $20 on each of those spots when someone joins for a total of $80 no matter who puts the new people there. If you fill those 4 spots on your second level yourself, you earn an additional $40 or $10 for each spot. So each 2 by 2 Cycler pays you from $80 to $140 depending on who puts the new people under you.

Remember that the first level pays $10 per spot and the second level pays $20 to $30 per spot depending on who sponsors the new people.

Detox Cash Cycler Opens

As soon as your 2 by 2 cycler is filled with the 6th person, you will cycle and receive for free another 8 weeks of VelociTea.  People cycle everyday. Imagine having $80 to $140 in your account every day and an endless supply of a great detox product.

Do you now see how the Duplication with VelociTea system is helping many people that have never made money in a home business become successful?

Many people start out in home based businesses every day. Their challenge is being able to build a team. I know from experience. That is why our Duplication with VelociTea is so powerful.

Many people lose weight by drinking VelociTea so our product is very effective. This will help you to share the product with other people. People need to detox their bodies. Some people have up to 50 or more pounds of waste trapped inside of their digestive system. Share the VelociTea with them and then show them how they can get the product over and over again for free.

Hope my Detox Cash Cycler Opens post will help you be prosperous and healthy !

Welcome to my Little Tips for Weight Loss post where I share some simple ideas to help you achieve your ideal weight. Have you tried every pill, potion, fad and diet guru and still cannot get rid of the extra weight?

You are not alone. Weight Loss is a multi billion dollar business and only exists because it caters to the fact that most people will not take the action required to permanently lose weight. People will try a diet and lose some weight but sooner or later the unhealthy habits return and the person will actually gain more weight than they lost in the first place.

Unhealthy Habits

Little Tips for Weight LossEating fast foods

Eating processed and junk foods

Lack of Nutrients in Diet

Sitting on Couch eating pizza thinking a magic pill will solve the weight problem

Eating high fat animal foods that have no fiber instead of eating healthy plants

Little Tips for Weight Loss

1. Small Change
A pound is equivalent to 3,500 calories. By reducing your caloric intake by 350 calories a day from what you eat and burning an extra 350 calories a day through movement, you will be 14 pounds lighter in 70 days.

water2. Tune In to Your Body
Are you really hungry when you grab a snack? Drink a large glass of water instead to replace those calorie loaded snacks.

3. Reportion Your Portions
Be careful in how large of a portion you eat of fat free foods. Look at how many calories are listed in a serving size of cereal and monitor how many calories you are really eating.
By not taking as much food, we can feel 80 percent full and push ourselves away from the dinner table and lose weight through smaller portion sizes.

4. Use a Speed Bump
Do you eat fast? Slow down and you will feel fuller and therefore not eat as much. Add some hot soup to your diet and this will force you to slow down. You will feel full in 20 minutes so slow down and enjoy your food.

5. Make Smarter Substitutions
Do you eat the same kinds of foods over and over again? Are you always putting butter on toast? Leave the butter off and spread a small amount of fruit spread instead. Cut back on mayo on sandwiches. Cut back on margarine and oils in your food and food preparation!

6. Every Little Bit Helps
Every single physical activity that you do requires energy and burns calories. Park further away from the store, walk the steps in a building instead of taking the elevator, go for 30 minute daily walks and engage in hobbies that exert energy. If you have to take 3 ten minute walks a day to get in your 30 minutes of daily walking, do it no matter what. Go to the local mall if it is raining or snowing.

7. Build Your Muscle
Strength Training is so important for weight control as it helps maintain muscle mass and muscle burns more calories than fat even when you are at rest. Go buy a couple of barbells and do some weight resistance training 3 days a week. I have a webpage that you can use the videos showing how I exercise my entire body in just 10 days. I rest one day between each set of 10 minute exercises!

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Giving your body all of the Nutrients it needs is foundational to your long term success. Ever notice getting hungry a couple of hours after eating a hamburger and french fries? The reason is your body signals the hunger because it did not get the necessary nutrients it needs for good health. I found a really powerful product that I put in my Morning Smoothie. I get energy all day from these powerful greens. The greens are grown in volcanic soil in Utah.

Our Organic Caldera Greens product provides many nutrients and helps keep your appetite down.

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Little Tips for Weight LossOur Creator gave us the gift of stewardship. Taking care of our health by being careful what we put into our body is an act of self-care and self-esteem.

Don’t forget to tap into your spiritual being and ask God for help to make the necessary changes and you will get inspiration when you most need it.

This whole process worked for me in 2000 when I was 70 pounds over my ideal weight. I have kept the weight off since 2000 and have plenty of energy and feel much better about myself!

You will have more energy day by day and you will feel awesome each week as you safely lose 5 pounds or so. Hope you have enjoyed reading Little Tips for Weight Loss.

Weight Loss Resources

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Welcome to my Duplication with VelociTea post where I share how anyone can be successful with this business model. We have created a small 2 person wide by 2 person deep marketing system that allows people who have never succeeded in a home business to win.


Everyone wins with Detox Cash. There are many people that work full-time jobs and they use the Detox Cash system to help them with a side income stream. Some people call this having a Side Hussle.

The way Detox Cash works is simple. Order 8 sealed packages of VelociTea one time for $79.95. You can participate in the Detox Cash program from almost anywhere on the planet. The parent company is the Whole Wellness Club. The company started shipping VelociTea world wide in 2007.

Duplication with VelociTea
Duplication with VelociTea
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Because our VelociTea is a cleansing medicinal detox tonic product, this is a legitimate home based business. I have filed income taxes on my income here in the USA since 2007. This is not a scam or a ponzi scheme. This is a ticket to freedom for you. You can read more about the VelociTea product on my page:

VelociTea

You get FREE Shipping on your purchase of 8 packages of VelociTea any where in the world.

You have created your account in the Whole Wellness Club by joining our Detox Cash Duplication with VelociTea system.

Duplication With VelociTea

You now have a personalized website at no charge to share the Detox Cash 2 by 2 Cycler with other people. You are now working on your Fortune.

My personal website is http://parsons.detoxcash.com

Detox Cash Cycler

You can chose your username for your website just like I have done. My last name is ‘parsons’ so that is what I use. If you need help with that, I have a recorded video showing how to update it to the user name that you want to use.

Share your website with as many people as you can. Some people prefer using Social Media. I have free Marketing Training webinars every Monday that you can attend from anywhere in the world.

The first 2 people that join your Detox Cash Cycler are on what is known as your first level. You earn $10 for each of those first level spots for a total of $20. Now you want to help your 2 people by just sharing all the above information that I am giving you.

Duplication with VelociTea

I am more than happy to help you get your 2 people to also go and duplicate what you have done so they can get their 2 people.

On your second level, you have 2 spots underneath the 2 people you shared Detox Cash Cycler with and you earn $20 on each of those spots when someone joins for a total of $80 no matter who puts the new people there. If you fill those 4 spots on your second level yourself, you earn an additional $40 or $10 for each spot. So each 2 by 2 Cycler pays you from $80 to $140 depending on who puts the new people under you.

Remember that the first level pays $10 per spot and the second level pays $20 to $30 per spot depending on who sponsors the new people.

As soon as your 2 by 2 cycler is filled with the 6th person, you will cycle and receive for free another 8 weeks of VelociTea.  People cycle everyday. Imagine having $80 to $140 in your account every day and an endless supply of a great detox product.

Do you now see how the Duplication with VelociTea system is helping many people that have never made money in a home business become successful?

Many people start out in home based businesses every day. Their challenge is being able to build a team. I know from experience. That is why our Duplication with VelociTea is so powerful.

Many people lose weight by drinking VelociTea so our product is very effective. This will help you to share the product with other people. People need to detox their bodies. Some people have up to 50 or more pounds of waste trapped inside of their digestive system. Share the VelociTea with them and then show them how they can get the product over and over again for free.

The image below was one we made in 2012 when we were in our 5th year of business. We are still going strong in 2019. Get Stated today on your Fortune. Tap into our experience of working from home by feeling better with the detox tea and earn some income with our Duplication with VelociTea system.

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You can find me on Skype:

Daniel Parsons

Vancouver, Washington USA

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Welcome to my Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business article. Many people do not realize that having a side hussle or home based business is smart when it comes to saving on your income taxes.

Home Based Business In North America

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Below is an excellent article that will show you why it is smart to have a home based business to lower your income taxes. The picture is my home office as I like to stand at my computer all day.

Home Based Business

Written by Sandy Botkin in 2001

The past ten years may have been a decade of tremendous corporate profits and economic growth, but for the majority of North Americans, the 90’s were a dismal, uphill climb.  And many economists believe that this next, new millennium won’t be getting better any time soon.  Why?

Changing business and government attitudes are the reason.  There has seemingly been more anti-business legislation in the last decade than in any other this century.  Stronger employment and labor laws, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, which includes mandating health insurance for workers for a period of time after they leave employment), safety laws, much tougher laws for discharging workers, more liabilities for lawsuits, Family Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (which is creating immense numbers of lawsuits), along with higher minimum wages and fringe benefits.

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Just reading this list is exhausting.  While these acts have beneficial and protective aspects, they have also encouraged businesses to move their facilities.  That “sucking sound” popularized by Ross Perot is not just down to Mexico, but elsewhere as well.  The result has been a dramatic loss of heavy industry in the U.S.

The young and the middle-aged alike are realizing that their dream of “having a job with a company forever” is an illusion.  Companies have been downsizing, rightsizing, and capsizing for some time now, and they continue to do so – more now than ever before.  Even the federal and state governments are getting into the act with layoffs and attrition of jobs.

In addition to all this uncertainty and mutual lack of loyalty between companies and employees, even the workers who do not keep their jobs have no guarantee of promotions due to the shrinking number of management positions.  These circumstances aggravate the already tryingly long commutes in rush hour traffic and increasingly typical frustrated boss-spelled backwards, that double S-O-B.

Finally, if all this isn’t bad enough, under recent tax laws employees are shafted more than ever with limits and thresholds for their employee deductions and higher social security tax limits.  This results in more couples working than ever before and, on many occasions, working more than one job.  It is now almost impossible to have only one job in the family and make ends meet! Today, many households need three incomes just to survive.

Sadly, even having more than one job does not produce any major positive effect on most people’s bank accounts.  Why? Because of tax laws.  This was well illustrated in 1994 by Jane Bryant Quinn in her Woman’s Day article on “How to Live on One Salary.”

Where The Money Goes

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Ms.  Quinn’s example assumed that a man was earning $40,000 per year.  His wife (we will call her Lori) wasn’t working.  They had more month than money.  (Sound familiar?) Lori subsequently got an administrative job for $15,000 per year.  You would think this would improve the family’s financial situation, but when Ms.  Quinn examined the economics of getting this extra income, the results were startling!  Lori had to pay federal and state taxes on her new income.  Since they filed jointly, the family’s combined income was what established their tax bracket.  She paid $4,500 in new taxes, most of which was non-deductible, for federal and state income tax.

Lori had social security withheld from her paycheck at the rate of 7.65 percent, which amounted to an additional nondeductible amount of $1,148 being extracted from her salary.  She also had to commute to work 10 miles a day round trip, which is probably conservative for most people.  This resulted (in 1995) in nondeductible commuting costs of $696.

Lori also had some child care expenses, which give a partial tax credit.  Ms. Quinn figured that the amount spent over and beyond the tax credit was $4,250 per year.

Lori also ate out each day with colleagues, spending an average of $5 per day, five days a week.  This results in a nondeductible expense of $1,250 per year.  (I would love to know where she ate for only $5!)

Now that Lori has a job, she must have professional clothing; this means a hefty dry-cleaning bill.  Ms. Quinn assumed that Lori’s increased expenses here amounted to an extra $1,000 per year, nondeductible, of course.

Finally, with both spouses working, Lori wasn’t in the mood to cook dinner every night.  They bought more convenience foods and ate out more frequently.  This resulted in increased food costs of a nondeductible $1,000 per year in minimum.

Add it all up and Lori’s take home pay was a paltry $1,156 a year, for which she had to put up with a daily commute, an unpleasant boss, and corporate hassles.  (See the following summary of all these numbers, so you can do the math for yourself.)  No wonder more and more people are starting home- based businesses.  In fact, there are currently an estimated 30 million people working from their homes.  This number is expected to more than triple, to 97 million, by the year 2020, and to keep on growing.  This has become and will continue to be one of the greatest mass movements in the U.S.

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Why a Home-Based Business Makes So Much “Cents”

There are many reasons why so many people are favoring home-based over traditional business.

There is no commute (unless you have a big home), no boss, little if any chance of lawsuits, must lower overhead, no employees, (or few), and far fewer government restrictions.  In fact, many of the laws previously cited don’t apply to small firms with few or no employees.  It is for these reasons, according to Entrepreneur magazine, that 95 percent of home-based businesses succeed in their first year and achieve an average income of $50,250 per year with many earning much more.

There are really two sets of tax laws in this country.  One is for employees, and it allows deductions for individual retirement accounts, 401(k)s (if you have one set up by your company), interest and property taxes on your home (which some in Congress want to do away with ), and charity.  Then there are the laws for home-based business people who conduct their business either full-time or part- time.  They can deduct, with proper documentation, their house, their spouse, and even children (by hiring them), their business vacations, their cars, and their food with colleagues.  They can also set up a pension plan that makes any government plan seem paltry by comparison.

For Lori – and for you – the meaning of all this is simple:  Lori earned $15,000 in salary as an employee but took home only $1,156.  She could have netted the entire $15,000 had she earned it in a home-based business!

This is an increase of almost 13 times her take- home pay as an employee.

Notice that Lori is not spending dramatically more money than she is currently spending.  She would eat out anyway, go on trips and drive her car the same as before.  By having a home- based business, however, many of their expenses become deductible.  This concept is known as “redirecting expenses.” With a home- based business, she can now deduct some of the expenses that she is incurring anyway.

Renegade Strategy: If you don’t have a home- based business, start one!

In addition to all the benefits mentioned above, Congress will subsidize you while you are growing your home-based business.  If your home-based business produces a tax loss in the first year or so, you can use that tax loss against any other income you have.  It can be used against wages earned as an employee, dividends, pensions, or interest income-or you can use the loss against your spouse’s earnings if you file a joint return.

If the tax loss exceeds all your income for this year, no problem.  You can carry back the loss two years and get a refund from the IRS for up to the last two years of income taxes paid, or you can carry over the loss twenty years.  You read it right: You can offset up to 20 years of income!

Here’s an example:

Mike earns $50,000 in a job with the government.  If he starts a home-based business that generates a tax loss of 10,000, he only pays tax on $40,000.

Tax Benefits of a Home Based Business

Renegade Tip: You can never lose a properly documented business deduction.

In fact, if everyone in the U.S., who is employed full-time began a home-based business, used the strategies I suggest, each household could easily save between $2000 and $10,000 in taxes each year.  If all employees in the U.S.  did this, the tax bite of the IRS would be reduced by a whopping estimated 300 billion dollars annually.  Of course, Congress would have to change the laws for this to occur.

Renegade Strategy:  Get LUCK – Labor Under Correct Knowledge.

Can You Succeed In a Home-Based Business?  Research has constantly shown that it rarely the business that determines success or failure.  It is usually the business owner.  Why does one person succeed and another fail at the same business?

Two words – Knowledge and Action.

Some people want the benefits of having their own business, but they don’t act.  The result is business failure.  Then there are the people who are always working.  They take action but still fail.  The reason is that they are not taking the correct actions, the knowledgeable actions that will bring the desired results.  Again, business failure.

It’s like drilling for oil.  If you set up a drilling rig in your back yard, it is going to fail at producing oil unless your back yard is in Texas or Alaska.  The same rig in a good field will produce a gusher, because it was placed where oil was known to exist.  The point is that most people who get excited about starting their own home-based business do so without all the necessary knowledge.  Consequently, many people quit before they acquire, through experience, the knowledge they need, without realizing that they are getting substantial tax breaks.  This leads to another strategy….

Renegade Strategy: Learn to duplicate the success of others.

Duplicating the strategy of others is much quicker and more effective than going to the school of hard knocks.  It is also known as modeling, which is well- illustrated by the way The McDonalds Corporation blazed a trail to success that many have since followed.

In the early 1950’s McDonald’s and other start-up companies discovered that they could grow many times faster than the conventional firms through franchising.  Instead of the company investing millions of dollars to build new stores, they let independent franchise do it for them. It seemed like a great idea, but at first no one figured out how to make it succeed on a consistent basis; therefore, the media attacked relentlessly and continually.  News articles featured destitute families who had lost their life savings through franchising schemes.  Virtually every state attorney general in the U.S. condemned the new marketing method.  Some congressmen even tried to outlaw franchising entirely.

Over the years, however, Ray Kroc and his management team at McDonald’s developed a turnkey franchise business team at McDonald’s franchise.  The newfound success-from the system-turned public perception of franchising around.  Today, virtually every franchise business models-to some extent-the franchise business system created by McDonald’s, making franchising one of the most respected ways of doing business in the world.

Modeling is simply learning what other successful people have done to achieve success in a specific area, and then doing the same thing.  Someone said that “education is the shortcut to experience.” With modeling, you literally leverage your own learning with the collective years of learning through experience of many others.  Modeling the success of others saves both time and money and reduces frustration and stress.

The light at the end of the tunnel, for you and millions of others today, is the financial opportunity that starting your own business offers.  If you have one going already, then make sure you are enjoying the many financial advantages to which your smart choice entitles you.  The tax advantage alone can make a home-based business the single best financial move you could ever make.

–Sandy Botkin

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a healthy dessert when you modify the sugar you use. I substitute some stevia powder for the Florida crystals sugar ingredient below.

By using healthy alternatives, you can enjoy eating things that many people avoid when they are trying to lose weight or maintain their weight. You can also teach your children, family members & friends that having a healthy diet is not bland or boring.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

If you want to increase the protein you get in your diet, add some vegan raw protein powder to the dry ingredients. Oatmeal has some protein itself and is a healthy source of fiber also.

Dry Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

Mix together:

1/4 Cup hot water and 2 Tbsp ground flax seed. Set aside.
Wet ingredients

1/2 cup Earth balance, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup natural sugar, Florida Crystals

Add Ins

1 cup regular rolled oatmeal
1 cup chopped chocolate
1 cup raisins
1 Tbsp Orange zest

Directions
Preheat oven to 350
Mix all the dry ingredients together.

Mix all the wet ingredients together until smooth.

Add the flax seed and water, mix until smooth.

Combined the wet and dry ingredients together well.

Add the oatmeal, white chocolate,raisins and stir gently.

On a greased cookie sheet, form cookies about 3 inches across and 1/2 inch high. I just press them onto the pan with my fingers.

Bake in the oven for 12 minutes. Do not over-cook. they will appear to be under-cooked, but as they cool, they will tighten up into a chewy cookie.

Allow to cool.

yield: 16 cookies

Recipe from Chef Mark Anthony

Hope you like the Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe and have enjoyed this post. Eating healthy does not mean you will have to do without having nice desserts or treats.

There are many more healthy recipes on my blog under the

Healthy Living Category.

buckwheat and oatmeal pancakesBuckwheat and Oatmeal Pancakes are a healthy alternative that tastes great. You can use Ener-G egg replacer for Vegan Pancakes. Buckwheat is an analyzing grain that is good for your body.

It is easy to just combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl then do the same with all the wet ingredients. Stir both well then stir the wet ingredients into the large mixing bowl.

I like to add Organic Blackstrap Molasses to my wet ingredients. It makes your Buckwheat and Oatmeal Pancakes a little darker in color but adds many nutrients your body needs. This Recipe makes either Pancakes or Waffles. I just add a small amount of Safflower Seed Oil into the skillet or waffle iron to prevent sticking of the pancakes.

If you want to use a lighter flour, get the Unbleached White Flour so you are getting the nutrients your body needs. Bob’s Red Mill makes many different healthy flours that you can experiment with to find the right combination for you.

Oatmeal is loaded with soluble fiber so adding oatmeal to pancakes helps your body be regular. You can either use quick oats or rolled oats depending on what you prefer.

One health tip that is easy to remember is:

Good Food will make Good Blood which will give you Good Health.

1 cup Coconut Flakes
1 cup Buckwheat Flour
1 cup Rolled Oats
1 cup Multigrain Pancake Mix
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1/2 cup Flax Seed
1/2 cup Applesauce
1/2 cup Olive Oil – optional
1/4 cup Honey or Pure Maple Syrup
1 Banana mashed – Optional – ripe is best

Mix all ingredients with water or soy milk until a lightly stiff consistency and then put in your waffle iron or skillet. Enjoy with pure maple syrup and either blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or your favorite fruit.

You can find many more healthy recipes on my blog here under the Menu Tab:

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Daniel Parsons

Vancouver, Washington

USA

Skype: missionarydanielparsons

How to Live Without Fear, Guilt and Shame

Welcome to my How to Live Without Fear, Guilt and Shame post. Our emotions are a core part of our humanity. Learning emotional intelligence is paramount for our happiness in this world. We are created to be happy, joyous and free.

How to Live Without Fear Guilt and Shame

The negative emotions of Fear, Guilt and Shame can weight a person down. I have experienced them myself in my life journey. Here is a short introduction to what these emotions are and how to not be dominated by them.

Fear

Fear is part of our human condition as we are given a fight or flight awareness in the event we feel unsafe in a situation. If you were walking on the river bank in Alaska and came across some bears that were catching salmon to eat, you would naturally keep yourself a distance away from the bears if you do not want to be hurt.

Here are some common Fears:

Death

Flying

Heights

Public Speaking

Snakes or Spiders

Guilt

Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes—accurately or not—that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated a universal moral standard and bear significant responsibility for that violation. Guilt is closely related to the concept of remorse.

I suffered from guilt for many years because my behavior was less than stellar. When I hit my emotional bottom, I had to work through my feeling of guilt. Sometimes today I can come home and feel the guilt emotion if I was overly concerned with myself instead of being interested in how I can help other people. I keep bible tracts and other positive messages handy to hopefully be a blessing to someone that I meet each day. I don’t always remember to have these tracts handy if I need them.

Shame

Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion typically associated with a negative evaluation of the self, withdrawal motivations, and feelings of distress, exposure, mistrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.

As a child, many of us probably heard out parents say: “Shame on you”. I seemed to get more than my share of that statement from my mother when I was young. I have had to work on healing the shame from my past.

One of the best resources that I can share is John Bradshaw’s Book: Healing the Shame That Binds You. You can check your local library or find an electronic copy on the internet.

The fastest way to healing Fear, Guilt and Shame that I have found is giving my heart to Jesus Christ. Here are the  seven simple steps to freedom.

1. Repent and Confess Our Sins
2. Allow His Blood to Cleanse You
3. Allow Him to Justify You
4. Allow Him to Wash You
5. Allow His Word to Cleanse You
6. Allow His Word to Be Written In Your Heart and Mind
7. Chose to Make Choices for HIM

Every day Jesus heals broken hearts and hurting people just like HE did when he was walking on this earth. I recommend reading the following books to learn about Jesus and His Life:

Desire of Ages

Great Controversy

Steps to Christ

You can access some digital copies here: Sharing Hope

I do hope this How to Live Without Fear, Guilt and Shame post has helped you. I have over 900 articles on my blog to help you live a Healthy Life and be assured of abundant life now and in the future. Contact me if I can help you.


Battle of the Mind by Colby Maier

Welcome to my Battle of the Mind by Colby Maier post. Colby preached this message at Adventist Community Church of Vancouver on Sabbath, 20 October 2018. He has recently joined the pastoral staff at the church. Colby opened his sermon with: “Be not conformed to this world.”

Battle of the Mind by Colby Maier

Romans 12:1-2
Living Sacrifices to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Most Christians have enough God in their life to not fully enjoy the world. Many Christians also have enough of the world in them to not fully enjoy God. To be born again and transformed really means a changed nature.

We need to constantly renew our minds, otherwise we will go back to the pattern of this world. Jesus says: “You Are Justified, Declared Righteous, That Is Who You Are. Be Transformed”.

Battle of the Mind by Colby Maier

Isaiah 44:1-2

God’s Blessing on Israel

“Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant,
And Israel whom I have chosen.
Thus says the Lord who made you
And formed you from the womb, who will help you:
‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant;
And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

We do not have to fight to conform to this world. The World is full of deceptions and lies. We need to preach the Gospel to ourselves every single morning. Bring His Promises into your mind first thing in the morning.
Self-identification changes how we view the Gospel. Our mind dictates our nature. Trust in His Word.

Are you suffering from any of the following?

  1. Anxiety
  2. Depression
  3. Fear

Discerning the Will of God becomes automatic when you are in congruence with Jesus.

Let us return and look at the last part of Romans 12:2.

The Love of God is just waiting to change your nature.

Preach the Gospel to Yourself Every Morning. Hope you have enjoyed reading my Battle of the Mind by Colby Maier post. There are many more messages under the Spiritual Category of my website.