God Nice Sermon is a message that was given by Don Anderson at Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church. You can listen to the message on my Sound Cloud Account.

God Nice Sermon

Don asked the church two questions:

1. Are You Afraid Of God?
2. How Does Our View Of God Influence Our Lives?

Mark 4:35-41

Wind and Wave Obey Jesus

35 On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” 36 Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. 38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

Jesus never forces His Way into our lives. Jesus waits for us to allow Him to come into our hearts.

There are two sides of Fear of the Lord.

1. Reverence
2. Terror

Satan creates separation between man and God.

Mark 5:1-20

A Demon-Possessed Man Healed

Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. 7 And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.”

8 For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” 9 Then He asked him, “What is your name?”

And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” 10 Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.

11 Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains. 12 So all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.” 13 And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.

14 So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened. 15 Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. 16 And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine. 17 Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region.

18 And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. 19 However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” 20 And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.

In Mark 5, the demon possessed man is healed. He went to Jesus. He had not confessed or repented. Being able to plead our need to Jesus is a blessing from God.

Many people that are wealthy do not recognize their need. Many people in North America do not have needs. Satan’s plan is to gain control of our lives through lusts.

Satan only wants to cause pain because he hates God. The pig herd owners wanted Jesus to leave because they just lost 2000 pigs. People can identify when someone is worried about their material possessions.

Let us take another look at verse 19. The demoniac wanted to be with Jesus. How we view Jesus determines our relationship with Him. Do we need Jesus in our lives?

The safest place to hide from Jesus is in the church. We need to recognize God Is Love. God Is Nice.

Satan sends a conflicting message. Ever since Eve took the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, we have had to deal with conflict. Turn to Genesis 3.

Genesis 3:1-15

The Temptation and Fall of Man

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,

You are cursed more than all cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you shall go,

And you shall eat dust

All the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her Seed;

He shall bruise your head,

And you shall bruise His heel.”

Do not let any barrier keep you from Jesus. Recognize that Jesus is nice. Look at what HE did for us. The demon possessed man found comfort in God’s presence. We can as well.

Hope you have enjoyed reading God Nice Sermon by Don Anderson. For more Spiritual Messages, please visit my archived messages:

Spiritual Messages

 

Welcome to the Joseph’s Good Life post. This message was given by Alyssa Morauske at Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church on Sabbath, 8 August 2020. Alyssa said the main point is that times of crisis will happen in this life that we cannot control. We can only control our response to the crisis. You can listen to Alyssa’s message on my Sound Cloud channel.

Sermon By Alyssa Morauske

Joseph’s Good Life

Joseph’s father Jacob had 12 sons. Jacob’s favorite son was Joseph. Joseph got special privileges, attention and gifts. Joseph was blessed by God. Joseph’s Good Life was all about to change. Joseph experienced five different crisis in his life.

Five Crisis In Joseph’s Good Life

Identity Crisis

Genesis 37:18-20

Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! 20 Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!

Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers. The betrayal made Joseph question if he even has a family. The persons who would care believe that Joseph is dead.

Genesis 37:23-36

So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. 24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

25 And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. 26 So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 30 And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?”

31 So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”

33 And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

36 Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Joseph’s response to being sold into slavery is he surrendered to God. He asked God to be his God. Alyssa shared about a beautiful woman named Stephanie Nielson. Stephanie was burned over 80 percent of her body in a 2008 plane crash. Her burns were so bad that she was placed in a coma.

Stephanie’s physical beauty was restored to her over time by plastic surgeons. Her inner beauty arose during her crisis time in her life.

Moral Crisis

Genesis 39:1

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.

In verse 5, Joseph has transitioned into a position of responsibility. God blessed him there. Now Joseph’s Moral Crisis is when he is caught up in a scandal with  Potiphar’s Lying Wife.

Genesis 39:7-10

And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

Potiphar must have believed Joseph because Joseph is kept alive and sent to the King’s Prison. Joseph once again was surrendered to God’s Will.

Abandonment Crisis

Genesis 39:21

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

God once again blesses Joseph as he is put in charge of the prison. The King’s butler and baker are sent to prison. Joseph interprets dreams and asks the butler to remember him.

Genesis 40:14

But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.

Genesis 41:1

Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.

Let us review the Five Stages of Grief.

1. Shock: “What Happened?” Not sure what to feel
2. Bargaining: “What Could I Have Done?” Blames self
3. Depression: “What Happened?” Tired of feeling
4. Anger: “Why Did This Happen?” Blames others
5. Acceptance: “This Happened” Balance of feelings and thoughts

Natural Disaster Crisis

Genesis 41:16

So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
Seven years of famine are predicted. Joseph is again given a position of authority and God blesses him again.

Genesis 41:39-41

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

Family Crisis

Genesis 42:3

So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?”

And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

Joseph’s brothers are now standing before him. His brothers started a domino effect of crisis in his life. Look at Joseph’s response:

Genesis 45:5

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

Joseph comforts his brothers. He tells them to move past the grief and points them to a bigger picture.

Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Joseph’s response to the crisis revealed his understanding of God.

One of the most powerful verses in the Holy Bible is Romans 8:28:

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Joseph’s Good Life involved Five Crisis.

Samuel Brengle was a worker with the Salvation Army in Boston. As he passed by a saloon, a man threw a brick at his head. The man’s aim was good as Brengle nearly died. As it was, he spent eighteen months in recovery. During that time, he wrote a little book entitled Helps to Holiness. Thousands of copies were published.

After Brengle was able to begin preaching again, people would often thank him for the book. He would respond by saying: “If there had been no little brick, there would be no little book.”

Brengle’s wife saved the brick and had Genesis 50:20 engraved on it:

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

The good life is not good because of us, but because of God. Sin always brings crisis. What makes our life good is our response and acceptance of a Good God. It is an attitude that says this does not feel good, but you are good, and I know you can bring good out of this.

For more spiritual messages, please visit our Spiritual Category Link below:

Spiritual Messages

 

How to Live to 100 years or more is a passion of mine.

The last century’s technological improvements tended to reform the focus of medicine from a service-oriented, caring model to a cure-oriented, technological model.

The latest research on Americans’ daily lives claimed that highly spiritual people are more concerned about their families, more likely to volunteer and more participating in their communities and thus, usually happier with each and everything going in their lives.

For instance, almost half of the highly religious people who advise praying every day and attend religious events every week – get together to meet their relatives at least once a month.

Life expectancy can be enhanced with little changes and simple steps. Follow this guide to living 100 years or more.

1. Eat Organic foods

Life expectancy is linked to three elements; eat more vegetables, consume more antioxidants, and maintain a healthy weight. Before we dig into how you can increase your lifespan being vegetarian, we have to explain what does a vegetarian means?

A person who eats lots of vegetables cooked in healthy fats while restricting animal products, like cheese, fast food, and ice creams. The primary cause of death and shorter life expectancy is poor cardiovascular health. With the increase in your age, there can be an accumulation of gunk in your arteries and vessels to become stiff.

This can increase your blood pressure and makes it hard for your heart to work efficiently. Vegetarians have low chances of building a gunk because eating vegetables can help you avoid unhealthy foods and bad fats. People who are vegetarian take in a fair proportion of antioxidants. Antioxidants aid in repairing the damage caused by aging. The more vegetables you consume, the more raw material your body can repair.

Lastly, vegetables satisfy your hunger, and a healthy vegetarian diet can help you lose weight. A healthy diet and a healthy weight can make you live 100 years or more.

2. Do regular workout

Increase your life expectancy with a promise to a daily workout. The research claimed that people who do daily exercise for around three to four hours a week had younger DNA cells than the nonexercisers.

The simplest way to build an exercise habit is by repeating it daily. When you commit yourself for daily workout, you may take off for one day but then get back on the program the next day.

If you exercise three times a week and skip one day, then you would have to maintain the habit by joining it from the very next day. Daily exercise will also aid in amending your sleep and energy. It is crucial to speed up your entire day each day.

Keep in mind that daily exercise doesn’t have to include the gym every day. You can do free weights, stretching, yoga, or other home exercises.

3. Don’t take too much stress.

Life longevity can be screwed up by stress in two basic ways. The primary method is through the unhealthy and direct effects of stress on you in the long run.

The other way stress may reduce your life longevity is by the wrong behaviors that being stress activators. These behaviors involve smoking and comfort eating. Learn to stay calm by meditation or de-stressing methods to keep your life longevity up where it should be.

Stress is associated with several health issues like cancer or heart disease. Stress has been associated with not feeling well or feeling irritated. By concentrating on stress, you can enhance your quality of life from now while amending your health in the long-run and also your life expectancy. That’s an incredible deal.

You can de-stress by following a massive range of stress reduction methods. Meditation and breathing technique helps you in calming and training your mind. These are just perfect for improving your focus, mental fitness, relaxation and to fulfill your desire about how to live to 100 years or more.

4. Have faith in God

A rising body of studies has started explaining the complicated link between spiritual and religious beliefs and feelings and a person’s psychological and physical health. Nobody says it’s as simple as attending some event in church or being religious later in life. It may be that people who are more involved in spiritual activities feel better emotionally, and that helps them live a healthier and longer life.

Among the latest findings in this field: individuals who attend religious events at least once in a week are less likely to die early.

Some other reports have also confirmed that spirituality may be advantageous because people feel calm; they experience less stress and depression and show signs of good health, such as fewer strokes and low blood pressure.

For instance, this could mean linking up to small prayer groups, writing your story, practicing personal meditation, and staying optimistic can help expand your lifespan to 100 years or more.

Welcome to the How to Be Healthy & Wealthy In 2020 post. Click on the video below to learn about our powerful organic Whole Food Products and the income plan that helps people make money around the world.

How to Be Healthy & Wealthy In 2020

All successful businesses have either a product or service that people want to buy month after month. I pay Comcast every month for my internet service. The agent that signed me up for service created a long term revenue stream for Comcast.

Did you know you can create the same long term income streams? All you need is a product or service that is effective. Whole Wellness Club is a company that offers you the ability to create ongoing income streams just like an insurance agent or an internet service provider earns.

Whole Wellness Club is a company based in Wisconsin in the USA. The company has been shipping products to over 85,000 clients since 2007. The company is global so people can live in just about all the countries of the world and have a small business as an independent affiliate of the company.

Here are some of the advantages that our company has over other companies in the direct selling industry:

1. No Website Fee
2. Marketing System Is Free
3. No Complicated Income Plan
4. Earn 10% On Six Levels In Simplicity Pay Plan
5. Customers Earn Income By Sharing With Other Customers
6. Commissions Posted On 1st Day of Month
7. Get Paid By Check Or On Your Wisely Pay Debit Card
8. Accredited By Better Business Bureau Since 2008

The best selling product in the company is a medicinal tonic that cleans the soft tissues inside your body including your colon, digestive tract, kidneys, liver and lungs. Nine out of ten people experience a significant result in just a day of using the VelociTea product.

Caldera Greens are organic vegetable juice powders that are grown in volcanic soil and processed so that all of the powerful nutrients are in tact. The young alfalfa, barley, oat and wheat grass greens are harvested by the farmer and sent through a drying chute. The farmer keeps the temperature below 88 degrees which means all of the nutrients are in the canister when you open it up. You will feel the energy surge when you use this product.

Many people are looking for a way to earn some money now that our nation has had to deal with the COVID19 or Corona Virus pandemic. Jobs have been lost. People are struggling to feed their families.

You can register an account for free in the company. Right now, the company has a Health and Energy Package ( PKG 610 ) on sale. You are getting $170 of products for $130. You qualify for four levels of income by purchasing this package. Every person that you refer to this package will result in you being paid a $30 commission. You can share with people every day How to Be Healthy & Wealthy In 2020. Just plug into our marketing system.

Come join our global team and let’s finish 2020 strong. This year has been difficult for many of us. We all are affected by the conditions. Strong people pick themselves up when the going gets tough. It is my sincere desire that as many people as possible can learn How to Be Healthy & Wealthy In 2020. Contact me below if you have questions.

Daniel Parsons Ministry

 

Who Is Responsible For All the Troubles In the World was the message given by Marcia Plotner at Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church on Sabbath, 1 August 2020. To listen to the message, please visit my Sound Cloud account. Who Is Responsible Message

Who Is Responsible For All the Troubles In the World

We are all muggers. In the Garden of Eden, all the animals were tame. When sin began, everything changed. Death, decay and disease have been our reality since. Turn in your Bibles to 1 John 3:8.

1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Someone is out to kill, steal and destroy. Jesus wants to save us.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Revelation 12:7-9
Satan Thrown Out of Heaven
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Lucifer was created a perfect angel.

Turn to Ezekiel 28:14:
You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.

Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
People were created to be happy and fulfilled. We were designed to worship God. Some people worship money, idols, or self. The First Commandment says: “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
Who is number one on your throne? We miss blessings if we do not worship God. Imagine you have a lawyer who will help you pick who you allow on your throne, God or Self?

Turn to Isaiah 14:12-15
The Fall of Lucifer
12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.”
Lucifer chose self. Pride caused his fall. Satan spends his time inflicting his anger on people. Satan clearly is Who Is Responsible For All the Troubles In the World.

Turn to Revelation 12:12
12 “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
It is not a pleasant experience to be mugged. Mankind has been mugged by Satan. Turn to Romans 6:23 and we see the results of mankind being mugged.

Romans 6:23
23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Turn back to Romans 5:6-8
Christ in Our Place
6 “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

What a powerful display of God’s Love is the fact that even while we were yet sinners, Jesus Christ died for us. Turn to Titus 2:14

Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.”

Now turn to Philippians 2:13
13 “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.”
Our part in the process or job is to simply give up and surrender our will to God. Righteousness only comes from Grace.

Today Christianity is dealing with a compromised church because Satan joined the church. Here are the major pagan beliefs that have crept into the church:

1. Infant Baptism
2. Praying to Dead Saints
3. Crawl Up Stairs On Your Knees
4. Pay Penitence
5. Tell People They Will Burn In Hell Forever

God has always had a faithful people. Waldenses in Italy were the people who started a Christian movement that originated in 12th-century France, the devotees of which sought to follow Christ in poverty and simplicity. The movement is sometimes viewed as an early forerunner of the Reformation for its rejection of various Catholic tenets. In modern times the name has been applied to members of a Protestant church.

Marcia’s family came from Turin, Italy. Her great grandfather Segundo Musso was thrown into prison for believing in the Bible. Catholic priests beat Segundo. He started underground churches. The Protestant movement flourished.

Segundo planted churches in Italy that taught liberty of conscious. He came to California in 1866 and taught that the just shall live by faith and Jesus’s Promises everywhere he went.

Hope you have been blessed in reading the Who Is Responsible For All the Troubles In the World post. Please leave comments below about how you have been blessed by Jesus Christ and His Promises to a world that has been mugged.

For more spiritual messages, please visit our archived messages link below. There are hundreds of messages from all over the world that I have recorded or taken sermon notes and asked permission to publish here.

Spiritual Messages

This Banana Bread recipe is a delicious option for breakfast or light dessert. It’s not too sweet and the nuttiness of the walnuts is a compliment to tea or coffee.

Banana Bread Ingredients

Makes 16 servings

1 cup – 2 bananas
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 1/4 cup soy or almond milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
non-stick cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mist an 8-inch square glass baking pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. Combine bananas, syrup, oil, plant milk, and vanilla in a large bowl and mix well. Place remaining ingredients, except walnuts, in a separate large bowl and stir together. Gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients, sprinkling in about 1/3 at a time. Mix until well combined. Batter will be very thick. Stir in walnuts.

Spoon batter into prepared baking pan. Bake on center rack of oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool in the pan on a cooling rack. Serve warm.

Per serving (1/16 cake): 109 calories; 2.2 g fat; 17.1% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 20.4 g carbohydrates; 2.8 g fiber; 343 mg sodium

In 1999, I weighed 75 pounds more than I do now. I started eliminating animal products from my diet and I quickly lost the excess weight in just 6 months. I was working as a Lead Ramp Service Agent at Alaska Airlines in Seattle and the exercise I did at work and at the fitness facility near my home helped me drop the excess weight. You can still enjoy eating by simply modifying what you eat.

The Banana Bread Recipe is from Breaking the Food Seduction by Neal Barnard, M.D. adapted from Jo Stepaniak’s original recipe, Banana Snack Cake with Creamy Fudge Frosting. Hope you enjoy your Banana Bread. Please share comments below. Do you modify the recipe?

For more Healthy Living Recipes, please visit my archives. You can search for your favorite foods in the search feature.

Healthy Living Recipes

Time to Go Home Message July 2020 Message was given by Marcia Plotner on Sabbath, 18 July 2020 at Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church. You can listen to the audio broadcast on my Sound Cloud Channel.

Time to Go Home Message July 2020

Turn in your Bibles to John 14:1-3.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

John 14 Verse 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

Heaven is a wonderful place according to the Bible. The following scripture details many precious stones. Turn to Revelation 21:15-20.

Revelation 21 Verse 15 And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Now turn to Mark 13:32

Mark 13 Verse 32 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew Chapter 24 has many verses that instruct us on the time we are living in. Turn to Matthew 24:42-44.

Matthew 24 Verse 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Let us also look at Verses 32-33

The Parable of the Fig Tree

Matthew 24 Verse 32 Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!

We see there will be deceptions in Religions in Matthew 24 Verses 4 to 8.

Matthew 24 Verse 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

Look at the huge upsurge in Disasters since 1950.

Matthew 24 Verse 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

The world has been dealing with ongoing wars for a long time. Millions of people have been killed in wars.

Matthew 24 Verse 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Turn to Exodus 15:26

Exodus 15 Verse 26 He Said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Leviticus is a chapter that shares God’s Health Laws.

COVID19 is a disease from a bat which is labeled an unclean animal in the Bible. All diseases that spread from human to human are sourced from unclean animals. Moses is the father of infection control. All of the Quarantine rules can be found in Leviticus 13.

How will man act in the end times?

Turn to 2 Timothy 3:1-2

Perilous Times and Perilous Men

2 Timothy 3 Verse 1 3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

Love of money is the root of all evil. There is nothing wrong with having money, it is a problem when we are laying up treasures on earth and Jesus warned us to not lay up treasures on earth.

Turn to Luke 21:25

The Coming of the Son of Man

Luke 21 Verse 25 And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring.

Revelation 6:12-13

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

Revelation 6 Verse 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in Portugal on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.

Seismologists today estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale, with its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 km west-southwest of Cape St. Vincent. Chronologically it was the third known large scale earthquake to hit the city. Estimates place the death toll in Lisbon alone between 10,000 and 30,000 people, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes in history.

New England’s Dark Day occurred on 19 May 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. The darkness was so complete that candles were required from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.

On 13 November 1833, over 70,000 meteors were falling from the sky per hour for 9 hours. Our world has seen events that the Bible authors wrote about 2,000 years before.

Moral Decay

All around us, we see violence. Portland, Oregon has experienced nightly violent protests since May 2020. Some cities are calling for police departments to no longer be funded. Crime has gone through the roof with murders, thefts and destruction of private property.

Turn to Matthew 24:14

Matthew 24 Verse 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Turn to Revelation 22:12

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

Revelation 22 Verse 12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”

No longer will there be any curse, tears, death or sadness. Hope you have enjoyed reading the Time to Go Home Message July 2020. For more spiritual messages from Bible Teachers Around the World, please visit my link below.

Spiritual Messages

 

 

 

Welcome to the Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe. Click my short video below to see how easy this recipe is.

Vegan Chocolate Cake Ingredients

1 and 3/4 Cups Organic Whole Wheat Flour

2 Cups Sugar

( We Use 1 Cup of Pure Maple Syrup & 2 Teaspoons of Pure Via Stevia Concentrate Drops ) You Could Also Use Honey Or Agave

1 and 1/2 Teaspoon of Baking Powder

1 and 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda

3/4 Cup Hershey’s Cocoa

( We Like Carob Powder ) Carob Is a Healthy Alternative to Cocoa. Carob Is Caffeine Free, Low In Fat and Sodium, High In Fiber, Has Minerals and Antioxidants.

1 Teaspoon Salt

( We Use Sea Salt Or Pink Himalayan Salt )

2 Eggs

( We Use Egg Replacer Powder Instead Of Eggs )

1 Cup Milk

( We Use Almond Milk )

1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil

( We Use Organic Coconut Oil )

2 Teaspoons Of Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Of Boiling Water

Directions For Vegan Chocolate Cake

Heat your oven to 350 degrees Farenheit Or 175 Celsius. Grease and lightly flour two 9 inch round baking pans. You could also just use a loaf baking pan if you wanted to like I did in the picture above.

Combine your dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add your eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat with a mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in the boiling water. The batter will be thin. Pour into your pans.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cool for 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and place on a wire rack so the cake is raised up off your counter a little. This will help the cake cool and settle. We leave ours out over night if you make the cake in the evening. Put in an air tight container and enjoy for at least 4 days.

You can make a healthy frosting also.

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 Cup Earth Balance Vegan Soy Spread

2/3 Cup Carob Powder

2 Cups Panela Organic Cane Sugar

1/3 Cup Almond Milk

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions:

Melt the Soy Butter. Stir in the Carob Powder. Now add half the sugar then half the milk and alternate while you stir the ingredients until you have all mixed together. If you need the frosting to be more moist, add a little more almond milk. Stir in the vanilla extract and then you can frost your cake.

Hope you have enjoyed reading our Vegan Chocolate Cake post. Please share in the comments below if you have a better recipe. Patricia and I satisfy our sweet teeth with this delicious healthy cake. For more healthy recipes, please visit our Healthy Living archives with hundreds of plant based recipes.

Healthy Living Recipes

Welcome to the Health Benefits of Camucin Product post. Click on the video below to learn how to naturally improve your health and avoid many health issues.

Dr Peter Josling is a British Biochemist. He is the Stabilized Allicin Expert and the Founder of the Garlic Centre in the United Kingdom.

Dr Josling was able to extract the healthy chemical allicin that is released when you crush raw cloves of organic garlic. He is then able to freeze dry the powder and adds this to organic Camu Camu powder to make a very potent natural medicine.

Whole Wellness Club is the exclusive provider of the Camucin product. Camucin Is Dr Josling’s Latest Stabilized Allicin Product.

What makes Camucin different than all of the Garlic products that you find in the store or on shopping sites like Amazon? Camucin delivers 100 percent allicin yield and a leading brand in the market has a 4 percent allicin yield.

Garlic

An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of alliin to allicin in plants of the genus Allium (such as garlic and onion). But as soon as you crush or cut a clove of garlic, an enzyme called alliinase is released, converting alliin into allicin. Dr Josling is able to stabilize the allicin and that is the difference.

Camu Camu

Camu Camu is a super fruit berry. These berries grow in abundance in South America. Camu Camu is definitely the Superfood that contains the highest percentage of vitamin C ever known, 2,000 mg per 100 grams of fruit.

Organic Super Fruit Camu Camu Is a Powerful Source of Nutrients. The Berries Contain Up to 60 Times More Vitamin C Than An Orange.

Excellent Source of Antioxidants
Aids In Weight Loss
Anti-Inflammatory
Helps Body’s Immune System
Guards Against Cancer
Increases Liver Health
Reduces Risk of Diabetes
Supports Healthy Blood Pressure

Each Veggie Capsule Yields Allicin Equivalent of 37 Cloves of Raw Garlic
Serving Size Is One Veggie Capsule
300 MG of Stabilized Allicin Powder
150 MG of Organic Camu Camu Powder
Get Results With the Power of Natural Vitamin C and Potentiated Garlic

Health Benefits of Camucin Product

Camucin is a product that should be in everyone’s medicine cabinet because one veggie capsule a day helps boost your immune system. In 2020, the world has been shut down due to the Corona Virus or COVID 19 pandemic. There has never been a more important time to keep your immune system strong.

When your immune system is working, your body has the ability to fight off viral infections like the recent viral outbreak the world has experienced.

Camucin can also help your body with these medical conditions:

Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
Inflammatory Disease
Obesity
Psoriasis

These statements have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The Camucin product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

You can order Camucin on my secure shop below:

Buy Camucin

 

 

Welcome to The Problem of the Pandemic Predicament message post that was given by Dr Edward Allen on 9 May 2020 in an online zoom room for the Church of the Advent Hope based in Manhattan, New York City. Dr Allen is the Chair of the Department of Religion at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Dr Allen has this statement in the PowerPoint slides he used for the meeting.

Our Mission:
To cultivate a community that learns and teaches how to follow Jesus.

Our Predicament:
We Are Afraid
We Are Anxious
We Are In Pain
We Are In Mourning

It feels like a bomb has exploded in our midst and blown us all apart.
Our Predicament?
How do we face trauma and death?
With fear?
Anxiety?
Foreboding?
Is it also possible to face trauma and death with Power, Grace, and Gratitude?

Psalms 1
The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

The Problem of the Pandemic Predicament

How do we face trauma and death?
With Fear? Anxiety? Foreboding?
Is it also possible to face trauma and death with Power? Grace? Gratitude?
God is the hidden source of power that enables us to flourish in difficult times, the pandemic places of our lives.

The heart of Biblical Religion is an experience with God.
The Psalms are the Hymnbook of the Hebrews.
The Psalmists are not just venting.
They express themselves within a trusting relationship with God.

Dr Allen chose Psalm 1 for his message because the psalm reveals:
1. Sin
2. The Hidden Source of Power
3. Flourishing

The above image is an older man that has lived a blessed life. His life has flourished. It is possible to live a blessed life. He has experienced:
1. Abundance
2. Affirmation
3. Empowerment

Some people fail at life and some people flourish.
Illustration of this principle is that Edward went to the farmer’s market with his wife. She bought some herbs. She planted the herbs and watered them. Some of the herbs dried up and died. Other herbs flourished.

There Are Two Paths In Life

Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers.

I never thought I would upload a photo of Hitler on my blog but Adolph Hitler is an example of a man that walked in step with the wicked of the world. These people are not people whose sin is momentary or just a bad choice. Hitler stands in the way of sinners. It was necessary to add his photo to my site for The Problem of the Pandemic Predicament post.

To begin with, it might have seemed like their lives were flourishing. The problem with a life preoccupied by living in sin is that people that take the wrong path are dealing with sin in the flesh.

Flesh is human nature apart from God. Living in the flesh is relying on self and our own resources.

Sin Brings:
1. Death
2. Decay
3. Wickedness

Natural human life lived apart from God.

Not necessarily evil, wicked, or pathological.
Rather, it is whatever we do that brings decay, destruction, and death.

The wicked see sin as a means of reaching “The good Life.”
The religious person struggling with sin sees it as the great enemy to be conquered. They are both dealing with sin “in the flesh.”

Romans 8:7-8
7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

People most eager to get rid of sin can perpetuate the greatest evil.

Saul was a devout Jew. In Saul’s mind, he was doing God service by stoning the Apostle Stephen. Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit and sharing the Gospel message of Salvation by Faith Alone in Jesus Christ.

Remember the photo of the older man above? He had a goal of riding his bicycle a million miles. He reached his goal. His life has flourished. He has abundance, affirmation and empowerment.

What is the source of flourishing?

How can we thrive in the face of the pandemic of evil?

Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

The Law is the entire revealed will of God.
Psalms 119
Never is the law separate from the Lord Himself.
Delighting in the law of the Lord means coming to understand the big picture of what God is doing in our world and why He is doing it.
The Psalmist is delighted with God because His way of doing things is so much better than the ways of the wicked, the sinner, and the mocker.

The world is about getting ahead, getting wealthy and destroying your opponents. God cares for the oppressed, disabled, and the hungry.
Wicked ways lead to destruction and death.

Psalm 1:4
The wicked “are like the chaff that the wind blows away.”

Psalm 1:2
The blessed person meditates on God’s will and His ways day and night.

The more you take in and practice God’s ways, the more abundance, affirmation, and empowerment you will experience. A blessed person is focused on God’s will.

Psalm 1:3
The blessed person is like a tree planted beside streams of water.

David showed Saul grace and mercy. He could have taken the wicked path.

David was motivated by God’s Grace. He was connected to God’s power.

He accomplished God’s goals and flourished.

Remember that the Apostle Paul had a thorn in the flesh. Paul prayed 3 times for God to take the thorn away from his flesh. Paul said: “When I am weak, I am strong”.

The Bible teaches functional perfection. Any one can have it at any time.

Psalm 1:3
It “yields its fruit in season and [its] leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”

When you plant a seed, a green shoot of the plant comes up. Nature is designed perfectly by God. The plant ends up a healthy and flourishing plant. It started from a seed that was watered.

Meditate on God’s word day and night.

If I desire God’s ways and if I treasure other humans around me, I don’t have to think about not hating them or not calling them idiots.

Not sinning is a very poor plan for truly flourishing. Example of not going to Philadelphia is a poor plan for getting to New Haven.

Martin Seligman is the author of the book “Flourish”. He spent his life trying to remove disabling conditions and habits from his patients.

Martin shifted his focus to enable people to focus on what you can do to flourish. In his book he writes about Creating the Enabling conditions for people to flourish.

The Bible has the power to help you flourish. Take your focus off sin and connect to the hidden source of power.

Hope you have enjoyed reading the The Problem of the Pandemic Predicament post. There are hundreds of other spiritual messages in my Spiritual Category below.

Spiritual Messages

Welcome to The Real Sabbath Is Saturday post. Here is a great step by step Bible Study showing that Saturday is the Sabbath for all of mankind. Follow God’s Holy Book the Bible and you will not get distracted by false teachings. Click on the video below for the study.

Genesis 2:1-3
The Seventh Day, God Rests
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that He had done in creation.

The Real Sabbath Is Saturday

God sanctified and made holy His Seventh Day. Man cannot make a day Holy. God did this 2,000 years before Abraham who was the first Jew. So, the Sabbath is for all of mankind. All mankind will worship God on the Sabbath day in heaven. according to the prophet Isaiah.

Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord,
So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord.

A supernatural act of God was when HE dropped manna from heaven to feed the people. The Bible is full of similar events where God provided for the people.

Exodus 16:25-28
25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.” 27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?”

This verse in Exodus is before the Ten Commandments were written on stone by God’s finger.

Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Keyword here is to ‘Remember’. God is pointing back to creation which cannot be changed.

Let us skip forward into the New Testament and read God’s last warning to mankind which is known as the Three Angels Messages.

Revelation 14:6-7
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

God is calling mankind to worship His Creation in the First Angels message. Now let us return to the Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 9:10
And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

Psalms 89:34
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I do not change.

Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain. 23 From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the Lord.

Matthew 5:17-19
Christ Came to Fulfill the Law
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

Matthew 24:20
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
Keyword here is ‘the’. Jesus does not say ‘a’ Sabbath but ‘the’ Sabbath.

Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Romans 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

Colossians 2:14
Having wiped out the hand writing of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Paul is referring to Moses’ Law being nailed to the cross when Jesus died for us at Calvary. Hope you have enjoyed reading The Real Sabbath Is Saturday post. Click on the link below for hundreds of other spiritual messages that I have from pastors, elders, evangelists, and myself from around the world.

Spiritual Messages

Welcome to the Flat Earth Impossible According to Science post.
Many people believe in a flat earth. I believe we live on a round earth.

I have traveled at least 3 or 4 million miles by air to many parts of the world at different seasons of the year. I worked in the airline business most of my life.

If the earth was flat, I would not be able to observe the dawn on the horizon shortly after we reach altitude on a summer solstice day traveling on an Air Canada 787 Dream Liner to Europe from Montreal, Canada where the sun had just set an hour before. We were able to see the fading sunset on our climb out of Montreal up to altitude. Here is my sunset photo.

I have also seen the early morning dawn en route from Dallas, Texas to Santiago, Chile in the winter time when it is summer in South America. So I have experienced summer solstice sunrises at altitude in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

The photo below is just 2 hours after departing Montreal, Canada on the Air Canada 787 DreamLiner. We were about 1100 miles out over the North Atlantic Ocean en route to Frankfurt, Germany. You can see the sun is rising in the northern sky. The flight patterns swing on a semi polar route because the distance around the spherical earth is shorter the closer you get to the North or South Pole.

Don’t take my word for your flat earth belief. Here is an article written by Ethan Siegel in Forbes Magazine. The article link is at the bottom of the post. Ethan wrote a short bio here:

“I am a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, who professes physics and astronomy at various colleges. I have won numerous awards for science writing.” Ethan Siegel

Flat Earth Impossible According to Science

1.) Lunar Eclipses don’t occur only at midnight. Take a look at the shape of the Earth’s shadow during a lunar eclipse, particularly during a partial phase. Do you notice how the Earth’s shadow always appears to be a piece of a near-perfect circle?

If the Earth were a flat disk, that means there’s only one possible orientation that the Sun-Earth-Moon alignment can take place in to create a circular (rather than elliptical) shadow: with the Earth’s “disk” perpendicular to the Sun-Moon plane. This means the Sun would need to be at the “midnight” position relative to the night side of Earth, and yet lunar eclipses occur at all different times depending on where you are on Earth. The flat Earth can’t explain that.

2.) Different locations on Earth experience seasons at different times. Ever notice how the summer in the United States corresponds to winter in Australia? Or how winter in Italy lines up with summer in Argentina? This is because the Sun’s rays, which are almost perfectly parallel, strike Earth at different angles during different parts of the year. If the Earth were flat, the Sun’s rays would always come in at the same angle, meaning that the USA, Australia, Italy, and Argentina would all experience the seasons the same exact way. The flat Earth idea can’t explain this.

3.) Different stars are visible from different latitudes. Look up at the night sky from a very high (northern) latitude location, and you’ll see the Big and Little Dippers, the bright orange giant Arcturus, and the Pleiades, among other sights. Yet if you head to the south pole, none of these celestial sights are visible, but you can see Alpha Centauri, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Southern Cross, all of which are never visible to most northern hemisphere skywatchers. If the Earth were flat, everyone on the night side of the Earth would see the same sky; this is another observation that the flat Earth can’t account for.

4.) You cannot see Kawaikini from the peak of Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea, the highest peak in Hawaii (the summit of the Big Island), offers incredible views. With nothing but the ocean around it, and a few other nearby islands, you should be able to see extremely far away. The island of Kauai has the seventh highest point in the Hawaiian islands: the peak known as Kawaikini. If you were to draw a straight line from Mauna Kea (elevation: 13,796 ft.) to Kawaikini (elevation: 5226 ft.) it would span a distance of 303 miles.

However, you cannot see one from the other, which you would absolutely be able to do if the Earth were flat. With a curved Earth of its measured radius, the line-of-sight limit for those two elevations caps out at 233 miles. Only with a curved Earth is one invisible from the other, and this is true for any two mountain peaks with clear line-of-sights from one to the other.

5.) Sunsets and sunrises happen at different times depending on your longitude. If the Earth were flat, then someone in New York and someone in Los Angeles would see the sun rise and set at exactly the same time as one another. But in practice, the difference is approximately three hours. Not only that, but at every point in between, the Sun rises/sets at a different time, something that could not happen if the Earth were flat. The fact that it can be evening in New York and late afternoon in Los Angeles, or morning in New York while it’s still before dawn in Los Angeles, is something that a flat Earth can’t account for.

If the Earth were flat, these five phenomena would be very different, and yet they are so simple to verify that any flat Earth believer cannot possibly doubt their veracity. Whether it changes anyone’s mind is up for debate, but without resorting to space, circumnavigation, or any advanced scientific experiments, you can experience a whole handful of phenomena that a flat Earth can’t account for.

With a flat Earth, we’d only get lunar eclipses at midnight, everywhere would have the same seasons, every location would see the same stars, all high mountain peaks would be visible from one another, and every place on your “side” of the Earth would see sunrise and sunset at the same time. Since these are false, so is the flat Earth.

If this helps even one person challenge their belief that the Earth is flat, it’s a remarkable win for knowledge. But don’t bet on it. Like the old saying goes, you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.

Hope you have enjoyed reading the Flat Earth Impossible According to Science post. My blog has a thousand different posts about Health, Healthy Living and Spiritual Messages.

Healthy Living

Ethan Siegel’s post on Forbes is below:

Forbes Flat Earth Article

 

Welcome to the Supernatural Acts of God 2020 post. Click on my video below to hear the message.

Supernatural Acts of God 2020

This morning around 06:30, my wife and I witnessed a thunder bolt directly over where we live near Camas, Washington.

I told Patricia that this weather event rarely happens here. The science behind thunderstorms is cold air meeting hot air.

I told Patricia that the supernatural event is similar to what happened when Elijah offered the sacrifice to God in 1 Kings 18 in the Bible. To give you a little background, Elijah was called by God. There had been a drought in the land for several years.

Elijah’s Message to Ahab
18 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” 32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
40 And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.

The Drought Ends
41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”
So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”
44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”
45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 46 Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

This week in our Bible Study, we studied Supernatural Acts.

Bible Study Lesson

I have no problem believing that the Creation account revealed in the Bible is real. I have personally experienced the Holy Spirit in my own life.

I fly often. For 8 months of the year, we have many cloudy days here in the Pacific Northwest. On those cloudy days, it may appear that there is no sun.

Once the airplane climbs up over the clouds, you suddenly experience the sun. It was there all the time even though on the cloudy days on the ground, you did not see it.

When the wind is blowing, you can feel the wind even though you do not see the wind. You experience the effects. God is like that. You do not see God but if you open your mind, you will experience God.

God gave us free will when HE created human beings. That act of creation when HE formed Adam from the dust of the ground is the greatest expression of love.

God asks us to love HIM by faith. Spiritual Faith is believing in what you cannot see.

People of faith are better able to handle difficult times like we have experienced in 2020 with the corona virus or COVID 19 pandemic.

The same power that created the world is in the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible was created as God spoke to inspired Holy Men thousands of years ago now.

The Bible is real my friend. It is the most read book ever even though sinful man has spit on it, burned it and even banned it during the Dark Ages.

The Bible has super natural power. The Bible changes lives every single day. The Bible is the most authentic ancient manuscript available. Archaeological excavations use the Bible to discover ancient artifacts.

If you want to experience the Bible in a special way, I made a Life Journal Reading Plan. You can either listen via audio on my Sound Cloud account or subscribe to my You Tube account to hear the Bible read every day.

Sound Cloud

You Tube

God bless you as you walk by Faith and not fear. Hope you have enjoyed reading the Supernatural Acts of God 2020 post. There are hundreds of spiritual messages in my spiritual category. Just click the link below to access them.

Spiritual Messages

Welcome to our Healthy Organic Homemade Bread With Seeds post. Complete directions and ingredients are below and click on the video below to learn more.

Healthy Organic Homemade Bread With Seeds Ingredients

We make 2 loaf pans of bread a week. If you just one one bread pan, cut the following recipe in half.

Measure Out the following amount of organic grains and seeds and put in a medium sized bowl:

Amaranth 25 grams

Chia Seeds 20 grams

Flax Seeds 25 grams

Quinoa 30 grams

Rolled Oats 50 grams

Put in a blender, vita mix or blendtec. We get great results from a blendtec machine. Pulse until thoroughly mixed together. Put in your medium size bowl.

Now measure out the following Organic Whole Grains in a large mixing bowl:

Brown Wheat 500 grams

Buckwheat 100 grams

Red Wheat 150 grams

Spelt Flour 100 grams

White Wheat Flour 150 grams

Stir these five grains thoroughly, then combine the other grains in the medium sized bowl. Stir until mixed together.

With a spatula, put the flour around the outside edge of your large mixing bowl. Create a bare spot in the center of your bowl. Put 1 Tablespoon of Yeast. Now put 1 Tablespoon of Honey on top of the Yeast. Now pour a 1/2 cup of room temperature water over your yeast and honey and stir in the center.

Look at the top photo to see what your consistency should look like. Let the yeast, honey and water sit for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.

Now add 3/4 teaspoon of pink himalayan salt or sea salt  to the outer rim of your large bowl where the flour is. Add 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil in the middle with the yeast and honey.

Now add 1 cup of room temperature water and start mixing the dough with one hand only. You need to keep your other hand clean to turn your bowl as you mix with the other hand. If you need to add a little more of room temperature water to the dough so the dough sticks a little.

Now start rolling your dough out for 5 minutes. My wife Patricia does a great job showing you how to do this in the You Tube Video above. The dough should get a little hard after 5 minutes. Set the dough in your large bowl and rest for 5 minutes. Repeat the process 2 more times to completely work the dough.

Now set the dough in the large bowl and cover with plastic for one hour. The photo above is what your dough will look like as it rises.

Now take the dough and roll out any air that may be in the dough. Patricia says it only takes a couple of minutes. Form the dough into any shape you desire your bread to be. Put in your greased loaf pan and cover for 25 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and put your loaf pan in the oven and bake for one hour. The loaf picture is what the recipe created today. Please share any ideas you have that might improve on this recipe in the comments section below.

Hope you enjoyed reading our Healthy Organic Homemade Bread With Seeds post. Tell us how your recipe turned out.

There are over 200 other healthy recipes and desserts on my Healthy Living category below:

Healthy Living

You can also get many other healthy recipes from the Life and Health site below:

Life and Health