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2011 Myriam Callegarin
Business Leadership Coach
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Yesterday afternoon, 1 June 2011 was a very busy day as I had multiple transactions going on in business and had to interact with people locally and online. I decided to drop into my back office of the Whole Wellness Club which is my primary business. The company owners had already loaded the May 2011 commissions. There is a feature in the commission manager that allows you to load your commissions to a Global Cash Card which is a debit card available to all of our members around the world. I even get a free text message from Global Cash as soon as the funds are loaded onto my card!

Sometime today the owners will process my request for commissions and the funds will be on my card ready for use. If I want to withdraw to a bank account, I can do that as well for just $1.50. The days of waiting for a check are over. My testimony is that for the past 2 years, I have been paid commissions for the previous month the very first week of the new month. When does your company pay you? I have been in companies that don’t even let you know what you earn until about 3 weeks into the month. Come Join a Winning company with high quality products that will improve your health guaranteed!

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Granola

Ingredients

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 Cup Organic Flaxseed Oil
3/4 to 1 Cup Honey
4 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
3/4 Cup Peanut Butter ( grind your own in bulk section of your store )
1 Cup Pecans, chopped
1 Tablespoon Pumpkin Seeds
1 Cup Raisins
1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds
1 Tablespoon Sunflower Seeds

Preheat oven to 250 degrees Mix above ingredients together until you have a moist mixture. If the mixture is not moist enough at 1 cup of honey, add a little more peanut butter. Spray large cookie sheet with olive oil spray. Spread out granola evenly on sheet. Bake for 30 minutes at 250 then lower temperature to 200 and bake for another 30 minutes. Let air dry and then seal in a container until ready to serve. I use almond milk over mine with 1/2 cup of berries that are in season.

End Groundhog Days by Tricia Greaves

1. Identify your groundhog days – get clear – What are they?

Food Issues?
Blowing a Diet?
Start and Stop an Exercise Program?
Wasting Money on Gym Memberships When You Drop Out?
Jobs or Job Experience Burnout?
Relationships – not getting the support or love you need?
Anger Coming Out?
Paralyzed by Fears?

2. Stop Making Excuses

It is very common for someone to make excuses for our behavior. Are you blaming your parents? Blaming a spouse? Who is standing behind your justifications? Are you acting like a victim?

3. Patterns Can Change – Affirm That You Can Change

When people reach their 40’s, people become very set in their ways. However, people can change. It is never too late to adopt new behaviors.

4. Take a Look At What Does Not Work

Have you not been successful with will power? Do you read books about relationships? Are you trying to overcome the fear of attracting another difficult relationship? Knowledge is not enough to overcome your difficulty. Are you trying to overcome the problem on your own? You must find someone that has overcome a similar groundhog day issue. Support helps get rid of guilt and shame.

5. Look Beyond Groundhog Day Pattern

Alcohol, Diet, Anger and Self-Sabotage are symptoms of a deeper issue. Finding what needs to be addressed and what is going on at the root level is important for healing. There are hidden payoffs in our habits or behaviors. Are you running away from your feelings? Do you sabotage a relationship when someone gets close to us? Are you afraid of closeness? We want to be the victim of our habits.

6. Decide to Change

This is the final step and takes daily effort. As long as we have guilt, our addictions will drive us. Guilt requires punishment.

Tricia Greaves is the President of The Nelson Center for Emotional Healing, which offers workshops and concierge services for overcoming addictions, food issues, and emotional problems. To learn more about ending your Groundhog days, you are invited to join us for our upcoming workshop on June 4th, either in person or via live-streaming over the internet. For more information please visit www.TheNelsonCenter.com/workshops. Enter discount code SPECIAL FRIEND and attend for $100 instead of $495!

High Coffee Prices

The cost of commodities is going up. Gasoline is higher as a barrel of crude oil costs more. Every commodity is costing more due to several factors according to the Financial Times. The weather has an effect on prices. Increased demand from developing nations also is driving prices up. Starbucks, which is one of the largest coffee shops in the world announced that the cost of a latte is going up again. What can the consumer do to survive these rising costs in a tough economy?

Whole Wellness Club ( WWC ) has an answer that is much healthier. You can also get off caffeine which is a drug. See the paragraph at the bottom of this post for a safe way to wean yourself off the caffeine.

WWC has an organic greens product that give the body some concentrated nutrition and your energy level will be abundant. By giving your body enzymes, minerals, and vitamins from Caldera Greens, you will have a natural way to get through each day without harmful caffeine.

The alfalfa, barley, oats, and wheat are grown on a caldera that is rich in Fulvic Acid. This is a convex volcanic crater much like Yellowstone Park.  Fulvic Acid is the electrolyte that enables our cells to absorb nutrients and is a multi-directional antioxidant. Here are the ingredients:

25 percent Alfalfa grass juice powder
25 percent Barley grass juice powder
25 percent Wheat grass juice powder
10 percent Oat grass juice powder
15 percent Proprietary blend of Spirulina and Sea Vegetation

Many people are getting incredible results from using the Caldera Greens. An independent lab has reported to WWC that the ORAC score is 389 per gram.There are testimonial calls on the website link below. Some people are getting relief from arthritis, diabetes, and inflammation. The product also helps the body fight cancer.

You can read more about our supplier who grows the greens, harvests the juice powders through an exclusive  patented technology, and supplies WWC with the Caldera Greens on my website below:

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How I Got Off Coffee and Caffeine

In 2004, I decided to give up coffee and caffeine. I was drinking a pot of home made coffee each day at home and then a couple of cups out during the day. I started weaning myself by reducing the scoop size that I put in the filter basket each morning. Instead of a whole scoop, I went down to 3/4 and stayed there for 2 or 3 days. The I went down to 1/2 scoop and then after a couple of days was down to 1/4 scoop.

I did have slight headaches and remember drinking a hot green tea for a few days to adjust to being without coffee. I got off that last hot green tea with caffeine and then started buying decaf green tea since then. I sleep like a baby now. I don’t drink any carbonated beverages. I do make my own distilled water each day and add 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt to add minerals to the water.

Looking at Giving

Deuteronomy 16:16-17
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

Tithe is not an option for a Christian. We don’t give tithe after paying our bills-tithe comes First! Both the Old and New Testament give Biblical instructions about how to tithe. No faithful family has ever said that they should not have tithed what they gave to the Lord’s work.

Most significant financial factor for life management is tithe. God sustains us when we first give our tithe. Non-Christian financial planners say pay yourself first. This philosophy puts God second.

Giving tithe and offerings mean different things to different people. Giving for a Christian is an act of worship. Recognize that God is the Creator and integrate God into your life and have a partnership with God. We give in Thanksgiving for our blessings and to make contributions to advance His Cause. All we have and are belong to God.

Numbers 18:21
Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

Some people get upset about the tithe going to the storehouse. When people get upset they tend to keep or hold back tithe. God cannot bless you when you hold back on giving what belongs to Him.

The reason churches have to share pastors is there is not enough money in the storehouse ( Conference ) to pay for a pastor at every church.

Our offerings come from the 90% that we have after giving the 10% tithe to the Lord. Here are some of the types of offerings mentioned in the Old Testament. We also need to consider giving offerings for:

Blessing
Build a Church
Church Maintenance
Poor
Thanks

In many cases the offering would exceed the tithe. Failure to bring an offering along with tithe was considered as not honoring God.

2 Corinthians 9:6-11
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 9 As it is written:

      He has dispersed abroad,
      He has given to the poor;
      His righteousness endures forever.

10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.

1 Corinthians 16:1-2
Collection for the Saints
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

It is irresponsible to give everything that God blesses you with. You have to take care of your needs. Returning tithe is not sacrificial giving.

2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Excel in Giving
1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: 2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. 3 For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, 4 imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

Genesis 14:17-20
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
Abram and Melchizedek
  
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:

      “ Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
      Possessor of heaven and earth;

 20 And blessed be God Most High,
      Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

   And he gave him a tithe of all.
  
Genesis 28:10-22
Jacob’s Vow at Bethel
  
10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: “I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21 so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. 22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.

God’s secret to financial success is the tithe. God will bless you.

Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your possessions,
      And with the first fruits of all your increase;
       10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
      And your vats will overflow with new wine.
     
We should give 10% of our gross income as tithe. Who should get paid first, Jesus or the government?

Acts 20:35
35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

10 Cognitive Traps

1. ALL-OR-NOTHING THINKING:
 You see things in black-or-white categories. If a situation is anything less than perfect, you see it as a total failure.

2. OVERGENERALIZATION:
 You see a single event as a never-ending pattern of defeat by using the word always or never when you think about it.

3. MENTAL FILTER:
 You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively. One word of criticism erases all the praise you’ve received.

4. DISCOUNTING THE POSITIVE:
 You reject positive experiences by insisting they “don’t count.” If you do a good job, you tell yourself that anyone could have done as well.

5. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS:
 You interpret things negatively when there are no facts to support your conclusion. Two common variations are mind-reading ( you arbitrarily conclude that someone is reacting negatively to you ) and fortune-telling ( you assume and predict that things will turn out badly ).

6. MAGNIFICATION:
 You exaggerate the importance of your problems and shortcomings, or you minimize your desirable qualities. This is also called the “binocular trick.”

7. EMOTIONAL REASONING:
 You assume that your negative emotions reflect the way things really are: “I feel guilty. I must be a rotten person.”

8. “SHOULD” STATEMENTS:
 You tell yourself that things should be the way you hoped or expected them to be. Many people try to motivate themselves with shoulds and shouldn’ts, as if they had to be punished before they could be expected to do anything.

9. LABELING:
 This is an extreme form, of all-or-nothing thinking. Instead of saying “I made a mistake,” you attach a negative label to yourself: “I’m a loser.”

10. PERSONALIZATION AND BLAME:
 You hold yourself personally responsible for events that aren’t entirely under your control.

Adapted from The Good Feeling Handbook
By David Burns, MD

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Here We Stand!

According to a group of people, today is going to be the end of the world. Newscasts covered the story. News anchors are making fun of the prediction of the end of the world. We as Christians need to share where we stand.

Have you ever lost your wallet? People will ask you “where did you last remember having it or where did you last use your wallet”? When something precious is lost, it gets our full attention. Jesus told stories of a lost coin, lost sheep and a lost son.

No matter what you feel like, Jesus loves you. The truth is very valuable and precious. Truth should be cherished. How much do we value the truth? Please hear me this morning-the Truth is Jesus Christ!

What do you consider is treasure? What is the greatest treasure? Turn in your Bible to:

Revelation 12:1-4
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
 1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

The devil understands this truth very well. The greatest truth is Jesus Christ and the truth that comes from Him. There is so much confusion in our culture about truth. Our society doesn’t want to hear about absolute truth. God is calling on us to take a stand for truth. Is it something we are really willing to do and value?

There is a well known saying that “the truth hurts”. In reality, the truth saves us and brings us liberty and freedom. Are we running from the very thing we want? The devil is very subtle by trying to convince people they will lose something or miss out on something if they follow Jesus. Jesus left us a treasure-God’s truth.

Many centuries ago, the truth began to be covered by layers of error.

Truth of salvation as a free gift was replaced by false teaching of salvation by human effort.

Truth of Jesus as our only access to God was replaced by access only by human priests.

The authority of the Bible was replaced by the authority of the Pope and of human tradition.

Forgiveness was no longer a free gift to be received but was a payment to be earned.

The Sabbath day, a holy and sanctified day and a memorial of Creation was replaced by Sunday, a day of human choosing.

Confession only to God was replaced by confession to priests.

The Bible is God’s gift to everyone was forbidden to be read or even possessed by any except church leaders.

Ten commandment Law of God was changed to suit a church that had lost its way. ( Removed the third commandment-you shall not make for yourself any carved image ).

God is calling for us to take a stand. Ever since the Garden of Eden, Satan has done his best to hide the truth of God. The Waldenses in Italy stood for truth even at the cost of their lives.

All through time God has had a people on earth that were faithful and followed Him. On 31. October 1517 Martin Luther wrote and submitted 95 Theses that directly confronted error that had begun centuries before. He grew up in the Catholic church and was a priest. Luther was asked on 16. April 1521 in Germany if he would recant his statement. He replied to the council that he was standing on what is in the Bible and not the teaching of the Pope and the Catholic church. Luther was cast out of the Catholic church  and declared a heretic.

If we forget where we have come from, we won’t know where we are headed. If we forget all that God has done throughout history, the reformation, and in the recent past, we will lose our purpose and reason we are who we are today!

The devil is a master at deception. People that don’t stand for truth will be deceived. There are 2 ways to be deceived:

1. Hang on and cherish sin in your life.
2. Do not read and study the Word of God in the Bible.

There are confused Seventh-day Adventist Protestant Christians who say is there really something to all this? Is this something that is unique, special and Biblical? Or is it something where we can just make our own choice? The devil is very clever at confusing us. He doesn’t want us to look back at where we have come from. We are no better than anyone else. It is easy to look at what everyone else is doing. We may say that is so attractive! Why can’t we be like them? What’s wrong with us? We are not like them!

There is a reason why. What is it that compels people to live like these incredible people? The following people loved Jesus and had a deep understanding of what Jesus did on the cross.

The Early Christian Church
The Waldenses
The Albigenses
Martin Luther

Do you think these people had a fancy church? Did they judge their church or what services the church could give? Or was it their love of truth and their preaching from the Bible?

God has brought us here for a reason. God loves people that love the truth. There will be no power in our lives if we aren’t looking for truth. Truth won’t move you or change you unless you are sincerely looking for truth.

Truth is more than just what is in the Bible. Every area of our life needs to be based on Truth. The Bible will change your life when the heart is sincere. The truth in the Bible will become a part of you.

In Revelation 12:4, who is the woman? The Church is the woman. Who is the Church? You and I are the church. The devil wants to devour Jesus in our hearts. As soon as Jesus is born in our hearts, the devil seeks to destroy our connection to Christ.

The following men stood up for truth and found a friend in Jesus:

Ulrich Zwingli
John Calvin
John Huss
John Tyler
Martin Luther
William Miller

Have you found Jesus? Everything is centered in Jesus. Don’t be concerned about mega churches. The devil knows he cannot attack the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist ( SDA ) Protestant Christian church because he knows the theology is right. The pastor says he preaches this in the utmost humility and not in arrogance.

The devil is deceptive and clever. He attacks the SDA church through people in the church. Here is how the devil thinks: If I can get people in the church to be unkind, unloving and bitter, I can destroy that church.

Like William Miller, if you have found a friend in Jesus, you will be a loving, compassionate person for Jesus Christ. To stand for Jesus will invite anger by those that oppose Jesus. Are we building a will to save ourselves? There is a time coming when we won’t have the freedom to worship and share the truth. We must humble ourselves before the cross so the shed blood of Jesus can be victorious in our lives.

Many people are making fun of those that say the end of the world is coming today on 21. May 2011. We also are a movement that teaches and preaches that the end of the world is coming. Apocalyptic truth is Jesus is coming again. Are you willing to say: “Jesus, here I stand”!

This sermon was preached on Sabbath, 21 May 2011 at Bellingham, Washington Seventh-day Adventist Protestant Christian Church by Pastor Brandon Korter.

Planning for the Cycle of Life

Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your possessions,
      And with the first fruits of all your increase;
       10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
      And your vats will overflow with new wine.

The area of money is where we will see a blessing in our lives. This does not necessarily mean more money. The principle is that God will take care of our needs. An old adage states there is nothing certain except for death and taxes.

As Christians, we also know of our salvation in Christ. Jesus wants us to work until His Coming.

Luke 19:13
So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

We need to plan for 4 sections of about 20 years each in our lives. The sections are:

Learning Years
Earning Years
Conserving Years
Retiring Years

A financial planner calls these sections of life:

Accumulation, Conservation, and Distribution.

There are seven Biblical principles as you plan in the cycles of life.

1. God owns Everything.

1 Chronicles 29:13-14
 13 “Now therefore, our God,
      We thank You
      And praise Your glorious name.

 14 But who am I, and who are my people,
      That we should be able to offer so willingly as this?
      For all things come from You,
      And of Your own we have given You.
     
No one will take anything out of this world. While we live on this earth, we are but managers. Faithfulness is what is important. Here is an example of faithfulness and the blessing that comes to the faithful.

Garwin McNeilus built garbage and cement trucks in Michigan. The man is a Seventh-day Adventist Christian and he prayed and committed 30 % of the profits of his business to the Lord’s work. Mr. McNeilus became the largest garbage truck manufacturer in the world. He sold the company for $250 million and bought banks in Minnesota.

Another example of faithfulness is the owners of the Little Debbie snack cake company. McKee Foods Corporation was founded in Chattanooga, TN in 1934 when a young couple with a big dream pawned their new truck and bought Jack’s Cookie Company with a down payment of $288 and a lot of hope. The couple was O.D. and Ruth McKee, and their small bakery is now McKee Foods Corporation, the manufacturer of America’s number-one snack cake, the Little Debbie® brand. How this bakery grew from five employees and a few thousand dollars in yearly sales to more than 6,000 employees and more than $930 million in annual sales, is an inspirational story of determination, focus, confidence, faith and family.

When the sun begins to set on Friday evening, all of Little Debbie employees stop working so they can have the Sabbath day to rest. Seventh-day Adventists believe in the Bible Sabbath that begins at Friday sunset and lasts until Saturday evening sunset.

2. God is first in Everything in Your Life!

Proverbs 3:5-9
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
      And lean not on your own understanding;
       6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
      And He shall direct your paths.
       7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
      Fear the LORD and depart from evil.
       8 It will be health to your flesh,
      And strength to your bones.
       9 Honor the LORD with your possessions,
      And with the first fruits of all your increase.
     
Job understood this principle. Job suffered severe setbacks but his wealth was restored. There is nothing wrong with wealth or being wealthy. Abraham, Job, and Solomon and many other of our ancestors were wealthy. God sees our lives from the beginning to the end. God wants us to prosper.

3. Your purpose in life is to Glorify God!

Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

If you are serious about God you should bring glory to God! Pray, seek and live to the glory of God!

4. Prosperity is Having What You Need When You Need It!

Philippians 4:19
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Often times we think our wants are needs. If you live for God-He will take care of you. Our society has become an instant gratification environment. God is with you everywhere you go and puts peace in your heart.

5. Debt is BAD.

Never buy a home with a variable interest rate. Take one house payment and make your regular mortgage payment and also make a principal only payment and you can pay off a home loan fast. Pay off a house first then work on saving for your retirement is sound financial advice.

Proverbs 22:7
The rich rules over the poor,
      And the borrower is servant to the lender.
     
By paying off debts, you are honoring God. If you recognize this principle and get out of debt, you will bring peace to yourself and your family and bring honor to God.

6. Tithe is the Minimum Testimony of Our Christian Commitment

Leviticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.

The Tithe is holy to the Lord. It does not belong to us. We are not sacrificially giving when we return tithe. People get mad about this principle. Many churches have tithe staying within the local church and this can breed contempt amongst the people. Pastor Korter’s salary comes from the Washington Conference of Seventh-day Adventist. He makes the same salary as elder Ted Wilson who is the president of the World Seventh-day Adventist church.

The Seventh-day Adventist church is the only church that operates this way. The tithe is holy as the Sabbath is Holy. When we refuse to return 10% as we are called to do we are cutting off ourselves from God’s wisdom and blessing in our lives. The devil doesn’t want people to know about this principle.

7. Everyone Must Give An Account to God for His Money Management

Matthew 25:19
After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

We are held accountable for what we do with our money.

There are several reasons for Financial Problems.

1. Ignorance is when someone is financially illiterate and has never been introduced to money management.
2. Greed is living beyond our means. When someone says they are just too poor to tithe, they are living without God’s promise and blessing. The gift of contentment is the best blessing from God
3. Unfortunate tragedy is a serious illness, or being abandoned or having a natural disaster wipe out your home.

There is hope for all by turning to God. There will be a time when we don’t have earthly things.

What did God do for Elijah? One time an angel woke him up and fed him. Another time ravens brought him food.

Carrot Ginger Soup

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons sweet cream butter *
2 Onions, peeled and chopped
6 Cups chicken broth
2 pounds of carrots, peeled and sliced

2 Tablespoons grated fresh ginger
1 Cup whipping cream
Salt and white pepper
Sour Cream **
Parsley sprigs, for garnish

Directions
In a 6-quart pan, over medium high heat, add butter and onions and cook, stirring often, until onions are limp. Add broth, carrots, and ginger. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced.

Remove from heat and transfer to a blender. Don’t fill the blender more than half way. Do it in batches if you have to. Be careful when blending hot liquids as the mixture can spurt out of the blender. Pulse the blender to start it and then puree until smooth. Return to the pan and add cream, stir over high heat until hot. For a smoother flavor bring soup to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Ladle into bowls and garnish with sour cream and parsley sprigs.

* Butter alternative
3/4 cup coconut milk *
1/2 cup water
2 Tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt

* May use 1/4 cup unsweetened finely shredded coconut or raw cashew nuts instead of coconut milk, and increase water to 1 1/4 cups. If you have only sweetened coconut, the sugar can be rinsed out with hot water, using a sieve.

1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes.

It should begin to thicken, about the consistency of thin porridge. I’ve learned that this can vary with the cornmeal used, so if it isn’t getting thick, add another teaspoon of cornmeal and cook a few more minutes until it is like thin pancake batter or porridge.

2. Place in blender, cover, can turn on low, then increase to high. Blend for about 1 minute until as smooth as possible. (If using shredded coconut or cashews nuts, blend for 2 minutes.)

3. Pour into a container; cover and chill. It will be runny, but sets up when cold.

This will keep for about 10 days in the refrigerator, but after a few days it gets stiffer. If this happens, just add a bit of water and stir briskly until soft. I like to make a new batch every week. If there is any of the old still remaining, I stir it into a frozen vegetable dish, such as frozen corn.

Makes One Cup

** Sour Cream
You can get an alternative sour cream product. I buy Tofutti Sour Cream and it is made from tofu and not dairy.

This recipe is found in the Washington State University Alumni Magazine Summer 2011 edition. You can find more carrot recipes at Washington State Magazine

Nizhniy Novgorod Meeting

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Life List

John Wooden lived to be 99 years of age. John was a very successful basketball coach as his teams won ten national championships. John was inspired by his father. He gave John a life list at the age of twelve and expected John to achieve the principles on that life list. Here is the list:

Make the most of one's self

Be true to yourself

Make everyday a masterpiece

Help others

Drink deeply from good books

Make friendship a fine art

Build shelter against a rainy day

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Faith and Finances Bible Study

Why Money Management Is Important to the Christian

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Righteousness is obedience. Humans have a strange sense of security when they have enough money. This security often causes you to think if only I had a little more money, all would be well.

Let us focus on how our society is driven to acquire more money. Our society equates having money as being successful and powerful. A lack of money produces a sense of failure and weakness. What if you had to chose between money or God?

Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Money competes with us for our time, energy and focus. Love is the most used word in the Bible. Money is the second. Two-thirds of Jesus parables are about money. Jesus wants us to understand financial principles.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Remember when the earth came into view on the lunar horizon and the Apollo mission astronauts quoted this verse about God creating?

Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

The first text of the Bible tells us that God is in charge! If God creates, does He have the ability to supply? The second verse shows us man is dependent on God. God’s role is to sustain man. We are to be productive-to multiply and be fruitful.

God wants us to also produce in our occupations. We are called to not be lazy. In the fourth commandment, we are told to work six days a week. Lazy Christians bring dishonor to God. Shine as a light for God!

Psalms 24:1-2
The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness,
         The world and those who dwell therein.
 2 For He has founded it upon the seas,
         And established it upon the waters.
        
God owns everything-including you!

Deuteronomy 10:14
Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

Materialism is wreaking havoc on our society! People have an “I want it now” mentality. Popular teaching going around Christian churches is the Prosperity Gospel. This teaching is not biblical. The Bible does not teach being wealthy is a goal. God does want us to prosper and reach other people for Christ.

Mark 12:30
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.

God wants us to be free, not in bondage. Borrower is servant to the lender. Debt is killing our society. God wants us to plan for the future. Put God first, above money and everything else. What does it mean to offer ourselves to God? We should surrender our will and abandon our selfish desires.

1 Corinthians 10:31
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Are my actions God Honoring? What lessons can we learn from the parable in Matthew 25:14-30?

The Parable of the Talents
  
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Use the money He has given us wisely! True wisdom comes from God. Gambling is not pleasing to the Lord. Casinos are not built on winners. Gambling induces organized crime, deaths, corruption and ruins people.

Matthew 6:19-24
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
  
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Lamp of the Body

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches

24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

What are ways money becomes your Master? Many people refuse to keep Sabbath because of money. Money keeps people from following God’s commandments. Money will keep people out of God’s Kingdom. Money affects every aspect of our lives. Everything revolves around money.

Knowledge is Power. How do we chose to serve God over Money? It’s all about worship-putting God first everyday. Everyone experiences financial problems. It is not God’s will for His Children to suffer. God wants us to put our priorities in order. We should have balance in our lives. What areas of your life has God made new, and how do you see Him working in those around you?

Ezekiel 36:26-27
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

God will take a hard heart and make it right. We just need to surrender our will in our finances and God will lead us.

Romans 13:8
Love Your Neighbor
  
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.