Is There a Convergence of Business and Spirituality?
In order to understand whether business and spirituality mix we need to understand first what business and spirituality are. Obviously they are not simplistically what the terms business and spirituality mean in common parlance. Business is the operation of systems to make commerce possible.
Psychic Protection: A Good Idea For EveryoneEven if you aren’t psychic, it’s a good idea to use some kind of psychic protection. There are strange things out there that we are not always aware of. Such things can wreak havoc in our lives.
How to Use Karma to Your Advantage When Using the Law of AttractionThis article goes over some effective techniques for getting our karma back into good standing so that we can more effectively use the law of attraction. It offers tips and tricks that are NOT taught in The Secret, and using them will increase your attracting powers tenfold.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson XIVThe parable of the widow and the unjust judge taught the lesson of persevering in getting one specific thing. When God delays or appears to say no, don’t give up. Be instant and continuing in prayer, in faith and dependence, in desire and trusting expectation. Forgetting or putting aside selfish thoughts and desires, we must yield ourselves to God and His honor and glory. Thus our minds and hearts will focus on His will and see around us what God wishes to do among men that He may be glorified. That He may work through us as we pray and call down His blessings, or as we reach out to others in other ways.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson XIIIOne of the greatest difficulties in prayer is not knowing if you are praying in the will of God. This restricts the boldness to ask and the assurance of receiving. This doubt is the opposite of faith. This is the assumption that we cannot know the will of God, and therefore we cannot pray with certainty.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson XIIJesus reveals what their new life is to be like when the Holy Spirit is given. The branches will be joined in life-union with the vine. They will bear fruit as His witnesses, to live and to suffer for Him, even as He had lived and suffered. But also the blessings, one above all, true unlimited promises of power in prayer. He prays for them, that they may have the joy of knowing what His intercession as their High Priest will be like.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson XIFirst as a child to the Father. How much more than an earthly father, He rewards the trustful child. Then a transition stage of testing and conflict, then conquest. Third, the final stage, they have grown up into the Lord’s friends, whom He shares His secrets with. All things from the Father shared, and the promise of whatsoever you will to be answered.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson XOur relationship to God, as a child to a father, must be one of subjection, surrender to His authority, His will. This was the whole activity of Jesus on earth. This also brings the promise and gift of the Holy Spirit. We show our love for our Savior by keeping His words, and then the Father and the Savior will come and take up their abode in Him. To trust and obey is the only way to surrender to God and His will. Then God will be to them all He has promised to be.
Science Discovers New Life Form – Oh Really?This article talks about the recent discovery of a new type of bacteria living in Mono Lake California and how this special bacteria has evolved to utilize minerals previously unknown to science. The article also explains how life abounds throughout the universe and is not an anomaly as some seem to think. You are not alone.
Born of God – Once for AllWhat honours we bestow on our earthly founders, though the ones not redeeming due credit go without any honour. Jesus is not only the real founder, but he founded everything. And still he’s pinned to the Calvary tree! Would there be a more dubious honour?
Do We Really Need Baby Jesus?This is the season for Christmas programs. We love the carols and the cute costumes, but we often get so concerned with the presentation that we forget the meaning behind it. With my warped sense of humor, I imagine what the first Christmas might have looked like if humans produced it.
Things to Remember About Prayer – Lesson IXThe condition to ask is in abiding in Christ. Thereby only do we have the right to ask and depend on that being done. If one experiences continual prayer, with no answers, then the fault is with us or with God. We put in the condition “if it be Thy will.” Thus explaining the lack of answer as being that we don’t know God’s will.