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“…one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice, for all.”

I can recall the days of my youth when I would be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, “religiously,” in elementary school. Back then it seemed like a formative nuisance - just one of those things that was part of the school day. I am not saying that I totally despised reciting the pledge. I just accepted the fact that every morning at the beginning of the school day, the entire school, as a unit, recited the pledge with no complaints or issues. Yes, there were students that did not have to stand and recite the pledge due to various religious beliefs. But this never became an issue that was totally blown out of proportion. I mean, we do live in a country that promotes liberty and freedom for all. Right?

One nation, Under God - In God we trust.

These are just a few phrases that have framed the existence of this great country, America, since its conception. The fingerprints of God are on this country, allowing the favor and anointing of God to rest and inhabit the land. Prosperity and favor have been the mantras of America because of its acknowledgement of the laws of God (Ten Commandments) and God Himself as the Supreme Being and source of all good things.

Times have changed drastically, however. In a land that once revered God and held the Holy Bible in high standards, there has arisen an Anti-God spirit in which is virtually responsible for the downward spiral of the nation as a whole. In a land that once respected various commandments such as “thou shalt not kill”, or “thou shalt not commit adultery,” secular opinion openly glorifies violence, murder and sexual perversion, as if these things are the new age “gospel” of America.

What has happened?

The children of Israel, as depicted throughout the entire old testament of the bible, is a great foreshadow, or mirror image of today’s America. A people that were delivered from bondage and given freedom, the children of Israel habitually turned their backs on God and decided that their ways were better than God’s ways. A God that brought them out of Egypt and Babylon did not receive the respect and love from His children that He rightfully deserved.

Hosea 4:1-6
1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the Land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove, another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

The situation is most definitely the same with today’s America. Throughout the years, secular opinion has tried to subliminally erase the knowledge of God and any representation of God in America. Unfortunately, because of the lack of knowledge of who God is and His commandments, wickedness and unrighteousness has been able to abound and fester. The voice of the Lord has not been given attention and has subsequently been drowned out by the perverseness and lack of holiness in this land - America.

If it were not for the abundant grace and mercy of God, America would possibly be the modern example of Sodom and Gomorrah, utterly destroyed by fire, brimstone, His anger and wrath. Nonetheless, God is becoming extremely fed up with a stiff necked people that refuse to honor Him and give Him glory. And because of this, the wrath of God is inevitable for this nation. Though America is the leading nation in mission work, and despite the fact that America has been the greatest supporter of the nation of Israel, and even though America gives more money to struggling nations than any other nation, all of these things cannot, and will not stop the coming judgment and wrath of God. These humanitarian efforts may delay the wrath, but in no way will it cancel the wrath and judgment.

Just as the children of Israel rejected God, so has America. Hence, there will come a time of mourning - moreso than the period of time that immediately followed September 11, 2001. 9/11 will be a hiccup compared to the judgment and wrath of God that is coming. So severe will the judgment be that even the birds of the air, the beasts of the field and the fish of the sea will be removed!

I strongly believe that we are heading for a time in the near future where all that we will have is God. This is what God wants anyways. But unfortunately, it will only be through tragedy, persecution, tribulation and travail that the citizens of America will recognize God again, turn away from the sinful ways of the culture, and serve God unconditionally.

If we look back at 9/11 briefly, we can remember how there was a great influx of souls to local churches. Ministries throughout the country experienced exponential growth for a short period of time. This was just a microcosm of what is to come. There is a great awakening that will come - an awakening that will be triggered by the hand of God - an awakening that pulls on the heartstrings of Americans nationwide. This awakening will strip everything Americans lean on and force them to lean on none other than God Almighty.

God wants America to know Him again. He wants us to return to the days of our youth when prayer in schools was commonplace. He wants us to return to the days where we acknowledged who He was.

If we do not acknowledge God now, we will be forced to do so in the days to come (every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess). I do not believe that it would be wise for people to try to test God and not accept Him into their heart. Jesus Christ is waiting to take each and everyone of us by the hand and escort us to Father God. It is the knowledge of the Son that leads us to the love of God. God wants to continue to bless America. But we are making it increasingly difficult for Him to find a reason to do so.

About the Author

Maurice Perry is an up and coming author in the kingdom of God. He is currently writing his first two books on spiritual warfare in the urban community.

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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Glimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock
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About the Author

Joyce C. Lock is a published author, poet, and columnist. In addition, she founded and maintains the e-mail ministries “Heavenly Inspirations” http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and “Share a Smile” http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/. Joyce’s writings encourage us in our relationship with God and each other.

The Apolitic Nature of The Revelations.pt. 1.
Many are taking Revelations as a book of the Past, a Book of unknown elements and as a Book with little or no meaning to present day life. Some of the questions we will get answers to are;
1. Is Revelations just an Allegory ?
2. Is the events in Revelations just the imagination of Clergy trying to gain popularity as with the early American Evangelical-s ?
3. Will the events of Revelations actually happen and Why ?
4.Is The Anti-Christ a Man or Religion ?
5. Why are so many interested and captivated by the Book of Revelations ?
In this world of uncertainty, people are desperately looking for answers. Fear and anxiety have griped many from many different nations.
The Book of Revelations was written by John in approximately 60 A.D.on the Isle of Patmos. Many theologians believe that this Book of Prophecy was written because of the events of Rome at the time and was intended to be used to help the early church hang on to what faith they had left. In part this is true but there comes a devideing point after the letters to the 7 Churches of Asia. In The Fox’s Book of Martyrs John is described as the only Disciple to escape a violent Death. The “beloved disciple,” was brother to James the Great. The churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Thyatira, were founded by him. From Ephesus he was ordered to be sent to Rome, where it is affirmed he was cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. He escaped by miracle, without injury. Domitian afterwards banished him to the Isle of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Nerva, the successor of Domitian, recalled him. Why was John such a threat to Domitian ? It wast John, but His message of Jesus Christ. The Roman Emperiors had the people believing that they were God, John preaching was contridicting these ideas.
The events in Rome had very little to do with the writing of the Book of Revelations. Revelations, as many are teaching, was not a political commentary on the times as is the book of Nostradamus.[Originally Michel de Notredame. 1503-1566. French physician and astrologer who wrote Centuries (1555), a book of prophecies.] The Book of Revelations has no Apolitic nature to it. [Apolitic; Having no interest in or association with politics. Having no political relevance or importance.]
The word Apocalypse means Revelations. Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second century b.c. to the second century a.d. containing prophetic or symbolic visions, especially of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. Great or total devastation; doom. A prophetic disclosure; a revelation. What seperates the Bible & The Book of Revelations from every other Book ever written is that it is A prophetic disclosure from visions directed to man by God. Every other Book such as Nostradamus is fiction.
1. Is Revelations just an Allegory ?
[Allegory; The representation of abstract ideas{Considered apart from concrete existence: ie; an abstract concept.} or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. A symbolic representation.] So is Revelations just an Allegory ?
No. The Book of Revelations is a continuance of the prophetic writings as such prophets as, Daniel, Isaiah, Zechariah and Ezekiel. Lets Read. Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Dan 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. [Ref; 1Sa_24:13; Isa_32:6, Isa_32:7; Eze_47:11; Hos_14:9; Rom_11:8-10; 2Th_2:10-12; Rev_9:20,Rev_9:21, Rev_16:11, Rev_22:11] Isa 57:1-4; The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Isa 66:22-24; For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. {carcasses, etc. (Isa_66:16), those slain by the Lord in the last great battle near Jerusalem (Zec_12:2-9; Zec_14:2-4); type of the final destruction of all sinners.} Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. Eze 43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Eze 43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
2. Is the events in Revelations just the imagination of Clergy trying to gain popularity as with the early American Evangelical-s ?
Many in the past have tried to set dates as to when the Apocalypse will take place and there are many more today, that try and are, making millions of dollars, off the inquisitiveness of many others, the unlearned in scripture. W.Applegate, Jim Jones, David Corresh and even Popes of Rome have been able to draw many a person into their trap of self awarness, self revelation, as to the end of the world. Each and every one was wrong. Others write fantasy books, one after another, feeding off the fear of people.
So then, Is the events in Revelations just the imagination of Clergy ? No. Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Apokalupsis, whence we have derived our word “Apocalypse” - means properly an that is, nakedness; from apokalupto?, to uncover. (Barnes)It would apply to anything which had been covered up so as to be bidden from the view, as by a veil, a darkness, in an ark or chest, and then made manifest by removing the covering. It comes then to be used in the sense of disclosing or revealing, by removing the veil of darkness or ignorance. “There is nothing covered that shall not be revealed.” It may be applied to the disclosing or manifesting of anything which was before obscure or unknown. This may be done: (a) by instruction in regard to what was before obscure; that is, by statements of what was unknown before the statements were made; as in Luk_2:32, where it is said that Christ would be “a light to lighten the Gentiles” end pt. 1.

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“Need to change something?” you ask. “Isn’t it enough that everything around me is changing so fast I can’t keep up?”

I see and hear it all the time. People starting to say something, then stopping, shaking their head and saying, “It isn’t like it used to be.” You may agree with Michael Fry and T. Lewis who said, in “Over the Hedge, ” “the more things change, the more they remain … insane.”

A common reaction to this is to knuckle down and try and keep as much the same as you can, while at the same time, lamenting the changes going on around you. It leaves us, I’m afraid, beating out heads against a brick wall. We become rigid in reaction to all the change going around. More determined than ever to fight it.

But isn’t there a better way? If change has become the norm, wouldn’t it be wise to become change proficient? Isn’t it better to light a candle than to curse the darkness?

To become change-proficient, first of all you have to want to. This may be the hardest part of all. It means recognizing that things are changing, and are going to, and accepting the idea. Eventually you can come to embrace it. It requires developing some Emotional Intelligence skills, such as resilience. This means being able to bounce back! Yes, you can want things to stay the same, and will them to, and do what you can about it, but some things won’t, and that’s when resilience comes in. It means being able to face loss, rejection and setbacks - which is one way to define “change” - with aplomb. Dealing with the loss, but coming back with enthusiasm and hope for the future.

Change as loss? Well, if it’s a good change, we don’t have as much trouble dealing with it. Or do we? You’d think that winning the lottery would be a “good” change, but studies show that many people simply can’t adjust to it. See what I mean about becoming change-proficient? Wouldn’t it be a shame to win the lottery and go under from the stress of it?

And the changes we don’t want, that signal the loss of something important to us, or beloved by us, require all the courage, skills and buoyancy we can muster.

The goal is not to sink into resolute self-pity or bitterness, but to rise again. “Affliction comes to us, “said H. G. Wells, British philosopher, “not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.”

If you decide to develop resilience keep in mind the stretch may cause some growing pains at first. To quote Wells again, “You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.”

When you give up the idea that things are going to be the same, you will have lost something. What will you have gained?

Most people who begin to work mindfully on their Emotional Intelligence experience immediate beneficial changes. Some are even exhilarated. Managing the emotional component of any circumstance or event may well be the crucial feature to how you cope. Notice it’s “manage,” not “control.”

If things are changing all the time, and it’s getting to you, you can learn how to not let it get to you. And then you will have lost something … but what will you have gained?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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At the beginning of this scientific solar adventure, the cost was astronomical and only the
privileged were able to afford the use of the sun’s bounty. However, by the end of the 1900’s,
the cost of producing solar energy dropped, allowing its power source available and affordable
to anyone who wished to use it.

Germany and Japan were the first countries that benefited from the sun’s energy by installing
solar powered equipment to 25,000 roof tops.

With the surprising and unexpected energy crises and oil embargo that took place in the 1970’s;
many nations began looking for other options to incorporate new energy resources. They found
other alternatives that worked well; resources such as wind power or wind turbines, better
known as wind mills. They also used geometrical power, which are power lines and electric
fields. At this point, the energy crisis dilemma began to look brighter because of the
experiments in the above mentioned power resources, including that of solar power. Three
different solutions to the world’s energy crisis were available now and all of which were in form
of renewable energy.

In the United States, on June 20th, 1979, the first solar energy system was installed on the roof
top of the White House under the presidency of Jimmy Carter, in the Nations Capital of
Washington DC. During this period, everyone was affected and doing their part in conserving
energy as well as using alternative options - “going green” as they say today.

Pain and suffering have become a reality no one escapes, as sad result of living in a fallen world. We all experience it in many forms. It manifests differently for each person. Many try to compare pain and list it hierarchically in terms of worst levels of suffering, but when it comes down to it, pain is pain, mo matter its face, and Jesus died for our sins and suffering, and he doesn’t differentiate between types of pain. He is here to comfort us all.

I was raised in a middle class household. I wasn’t physically abused or sexually molested, but we’re all broken, and my parents weren’t perfect, and I suffered tremendous emotional abuse as a result of their brokenness. I didn’t feel entitled to feel this pain because I hadn’t been badly beaten, etc. But, then I started hearing people say that emotional abuse can be the most damaging. I didn’t quite believe it as I had heard stories of women who had been raped, others whom were victims of incest, and other horror stories. I didn’t feel that I had a right to feel my pain - that it didn’t seem to compare to some others sufferings, so I stuffed my hurts deep inside. Despite all efforts, however, pain comes out in other forms. It’s like a disease - it infects every relationship and action. One wise person told me - pain is pain. The Lord doesn’t differentiate between hurts, and only help those dealing with certain types of pain. We’re all in need of healing from our brokenness, whatever form it takes. Sometimes, I still don’t feel entitled or worthy of healing when I look at the poor and impoverished, the oppressed in third world countries. I keep thinking, I should be able to cope, as I have not suffered those atrocities, but I still have my own pain that must be healed, and masking it only keeps me in the same state of brokenness, and I have lived with the curse of bad relationships stemming from stuffed pain.

We all have our Goliaths in our lives to face. They may be different for each person, the same for some. But no one is immune from the trials of life. We all dream of living in the Garden of Eden. It’s the life we were designed for, but cannot have, until the Lord’s second coming. There is, however, healing available to all of us, and help in those fiery trials. Each victory demonstrates how real Jesus is in our life, and that living in the promise land can happen in each of our lives. The Israelites had to fight to live in the promise land. It wasn’t just handed to them on a silver platter. We all have to bring our problems to the foot of the cross. All healing starts there. We need forgiveness for sins, and to forgive ourselves and our human failings and brokenness, and we need to forgive others for what they’ve done to us. There’s freedom in forgiveness. Prayer and community can help us with this process. When we’re in pain and really suffering, our faith can waiver under all the pressures. Sometimes, we need to have others to have faith for us during these times, to see us through. Sometimes we just need to be carried, til we can walk ourselves.

Like Job, we all need an unwavering perseverance. The only way to deal with the pain and suffering is to go through it, not around it, or away from it. One must remember, however, that we need not go through it alone. Jesus is with us, and we also need to reach out to our church community. We need prayers, assistance and lots of hugs from other prayer warriors, who have likewise, have met their Goliaths. Trials strengthens and stretches all of us. If life was always easy, we’d be weak and superficial. I’m a single mother of two children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, rarely get child support on a regular basis, and suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Raynaud’s Disease. My pain is as real as the next person’s, and I’m just as deserving of the Lord’s comfort and help, and I now can embrace it for myself, and receive His help. God doesn’t differentiate between types of pain. His love and healing are available to all indiscriminately. All we have to do is call on Him, and He’s there in the pain with us. He understands human suffering because He lived it, and suffered one of the worse deaths imaginable. He truly knows pain and suffering, but by His stripes, we are healed, and we need to embrace that for ourselves, and never give up hoping, even during the times when there seems like there’s no reason for hope. We must persevere, and if we do, the Lord in all His mercy, will transform us, and we will walk into the promise land here on Earth.

No one said the journey was easy, but those who push through, do make it, but we have to have faith and trust in the Lord, and when we don’t have that faith, we need to call on friends to have faith for us. God only requires us to have faith the size of a mustard seed. He grants us wide berth. How lucky we are to have such a loving God that truly knows our suffering, and is more than willing to dry our tears.

Those who sow in tears

Shall reap in joy.

He who continually goes

Forth weeping,

Bearing seed for sowing,

Shall doubtless come again

With rejoicing

Bringing his sheaves with him (Psalm 126:5-6)

About the Author

At age 41, I am trying to reinvent myself and follow my passion to write. For years, I’ve had the responsible job to pay the bills, discounting the possibility that I could make money at something I love. Now I’m hoping for a new life and a new career.

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IS JESUS CHRIST STILL THE SAME TODAY AS YESTERDAY? Does He really care about our daily lives? My book, My Walk with the Lord, gives true examples of how He works in our daily lives.

Summary
This book of true stories based on scriptural fact is a modern day book of the Acts. You will be amazed, you will laugh, you will cry as your eyes are opened to see how much Jesus loves and cares for you.

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I recently wrote and had published my first book, My Walk with the Lord. This book contains short testimonies of how the Lord has led me, guided me, and used me for the past 17+ years. The local newspaper editor wrote an article about it and said “This book is well worth reading. This publisher read the manuscript before it was published and wept…..the vignettes in the book will appeal to everyone in their varied walks in life. Some of the stories are accounts that are nothing short of miraculous.”President George Bush wrote upon receipt of my book “Thank you for your kind gesture”.Georgia Governor Perdue wrote “……I especially appreciate the way that you have allowed God to use you and your gift of writing to help others. Thank you for sharing your writings with me.”Major General Eric Olson wrote “…your book will be placed in the base library for service members and their families. Your life experiences are an inspiration to everyone.”Elsie from Florida wrote “…I couldn’t put it down until I had read the whole book!!!”From Dr Reed, a friend of John Hagee, San Antonio Texas…”It means so much to me!”From Tennessee…”Your book has been a great blessing!”From Florida “..I was so excited to get your book..I read it all the first night! I feel truly blessed”From Texas “If anyone hasn’t yet read this book, it is a must read! Once I began to read, I couldn’t put it down!”From a reader from Barnes and Noble “..I don’t read many books, but reading this book I could not put it down until I finished.”From Texas “received the book and began reading…I can’t hardly put it down..”From South Carolina “…you caused me to stay up until 3AM reading your book…I couldn’t put down the book.”A reviewer from Writer’s Digest wrote “…This is a very lively book and nicely produced in all respects. The author’s voice is friendly and down-to-earth and the material is very personal in a way that invites readers into the book as well as entertains…..The author’s stories, taken from real life, are the kind of reading we all can enjoy since they involve people and people’s experiences. Certainly his life of prayer will provide an inspiration to all.”My book was released on 18 November 2003, and over 350 copies have been distributed. One man bought 20 copies to give as gifts to his friends. It has spread across the United States and is in England, Iraq, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland.

Many of the short stories have been distributed to other people, and they have been blessed.

Some of the stories can be viewed at http://www.goarticles.com/ or http://www.faithwriters.com/ or http://www.authorzone.com/ . My book is listed on http://www.campusi.com/ www.selahbooks.com and amazon, booksamillion and barnes and noble. The ISBN code is 1589301137

Irvin L. Rozier

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About the Author

author, preacher, retired military

The Bible says the just shall live by faith, and without faith,
we cannot please God. (Romans 1:17; Hebrews 11:6)

Operating in faith is taking God at His Word by believing what He
says is true. We can know that we believe what He says is true if
we are acting like it is, for faith without works is dead. (James
2:20)

Sometimes we can become so weary in waiting for our dreams to
come to pass that it becomes discouraging. Just like I said last
week, the devil will not just stand by and watch while God
prospers us. 1 Timothy 6:12 says, “Fight the good fight of
faith.”

We must not allow discouragement to dim our hope! There will
always be many reasons to feel discouraged, but better reasons to
reject discouragement. It is promised in Galations 6:9 that we
are to not grow weary in well doing, for in due season we shall
reap if we do not lose heart.

If we become gloomy and hopeless, it shows a lack of confidence
in God’s presence, power, and promises. Try to keep in mind that
God’s glory is real even when we don’t see it. On gray, gloomy,
rainy days, high above the overcast sky, the sun continues to
shine. We can’t feel its warmth or see its beauty, but it still
exists.

God’s promises are forever established. So even if our
circumstances are difficult we must think “above the clouds” and
know that God is still there.

Just as gray, gloomy, overcast skies are temporary, so are our
difficulties. If you are facing a discouraging situation in your
life right now, remember that God is still there and rejoice in
the fact that this too shall pass.

2 Timothy 2:3 says, “You therefore must endure hardship as a
soldier of Jesus Christ.” No one said the Christian life would be
easy. Just look what they did to Jesus. If you are a follower of
Christ the devil will fight you every step of the way, so fight
the good fight of faith so that God may fulfill His plan for your
life.

About the Author

Daniel N. Brown is the publisher of the “Living the Abundant and
Prosperous Christian Life” Newsletter. A free weekly publication
that teaches how to live the abundant and prosperous Christian
life. Receieve a free copy of Dan’s 14 page report entitled, “5
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Existence of God: facts and figures Does god exist?

If you are a theist… you already believe in the Existence of God! If you are an atheist… you look forward to clues which would scientifically or otherwise prove the Existence of God.

Both the theories are correct. It is only saying that the glass is half full and the other half empty! Belief in the Existence of God stems from extreme faith in the system of God the Almighty Creator. Being on the highest level of manifestation… human beings understand that nothing gets created on its own.

If we believe in the fact that the whole cosmos is the creation of God then we believe in the surmise that “God Does Exist”. On the contrary atheists desire a proof of Existence of God. As per Jainism beliefs there is no Existence of God and they do not believe in the existence of a Creator. According to Jainism the Cosmos exists from times immemorial.

Believing in the Existence of God is like believing in the existence of a flower. Even though a flower may not be directly visible to us but we can feel its presence by the fragrance it emits… God also exists but we cannot see it due to the limitations of the senses. God the Almighty is beyond the capture of the senses and the mind.

Why is it so that strong nonbelievers of God tend to believe in God the moment they face abnormal adversities in life. The sweet small voice which seems to come from within the body… the voice of our Soul (the Atman within)… is it not God in its miniscule form guiding us always and ever? Does it not confirm the Existence of God in its entirety?

Why do we at all require more proofs regarding Existence of God? The movement of the stars, the planets and the cosmic system as a whole… is it not governed by the invisible hands of God the Almighty Creator of the Cosmos.

Bhagavad Gita… the most sacred of all Scriptures existing on Mother Earth confirms the existence of the Almighty God. As narrated in Bhagavad Gita… God the Almighty explains the reasons of exploding the self… the start of the journey of the various souls (Atmans)… and creation of the Cosmos itself.

If there was no God the Almighty Creator… then the concept of big bang theory itself would have failed prematurely. No God… no big bang theory… no creation of the Cosmos and there would never have been a solar system nor our Mother Earth and even us.

If we do not believe in the Existence of God it is for the reason that senses and the mind are unable to provide a logistical end to our arguments… we need to believe in the fact that God the Almighty Creator is not the form of a human being… neither it has any other form whatsoever.

God the Almighty Creator has to be a gaseous formation! Looked upon from the angle of the senses and the mind we perceive the whole cosmos to be made up of solid matter and it is this surmise which does not allow us to peep beyond the limitations of the senses and the mind.

If we are to believe in the Existence of God… we need to remember that the whole cosmos is made up of the basic building block of the nature… the atoms and the molecules. And beyond the clusters of the atoms and the molecules nothing else exists in the whole Cosmos except Ether which accounts for the empty black space in the Cosmos.

Whatever be the form of God… it is definitely in the form of energy and that too pure energy. It is a different matter that during the time of the big bang… this cluster of pure energy we know as God (the combined power of all the purified souls Atmans in their pristine state is what we know as God the Almighty Creator) scatters all over the Cosmos.

All souls start their cosmic journey of 8.4 million manifestations and it is at the fag end of the cosmic life that the Soul (Atman) comes back to is pristine pure form. At the time of dissolution of the Cosmos all these purified souls combine together to form what we know as God the Almighty Creator.

We may not believe in the fact that God does not have power to create… but not to believe in the Existence of God would be an anomaly. The whole creation of God is like a mighty computer which runs on a system of predefined parameters. As you perform so shall you get… nothing more or less! As we pray… accordingly be with the results of the prayers!

Sinners cannot expect to be gain Punya Karma (positive balance of Karma) and those indulging in pious deeds do not seem to face the wrath of God most of the time. Everything in the cosmic system is balanced. We may or may not believe in the Existence of God… our journey of life continues unabated.

As we cannot see the smell of a flower but believe the fact after seeing the flower… we do not and cannot hope to see God with the limitations of the senses and the mind. It is only when one reaches the stage of Nirvikalpa samadhi can one come across face-to-face with God the Almighty.

It is this stage of Nirvikalpa samadhi which confirms the Existence of God. Every enlightened soul like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed never had any doubts about the Existence of God (it is a different matter that the moment they got enlightened they were able to perceive the truth in its entirety!

All anomalies fail to exist the moment one realizes God… all doubts about the Existence of God come to an end the moment one becomes enlightened. One may or not believe in the Existence of God but the fact remains is that “the God Does Exist”.

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Vijay Kumar… The Man who Realized God in 1993 facts and figures on the Existence of God. Subscribe free Newsletter “Spiritual Secrets Unveiled” - Explore hidden cosmic truths - Read Glossary of Words in Hinduism at http://www.godrealized.com