My LIfe Review in Encouraging Stories

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Died and was Resurrected - Movie 2

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:00 +0000

One more testimony of a man who died and was resurrected from death. He was a non-believer and happened to be in a plane crash. He was seriously burnt and had deadly injuries. But he started to pray to God and He answered him - he was taken back to life. Now he is an active preacher of Gospel and changed by the grace of God.

I took it from Russian source, so there are subtitles in Russian. But the movie itself is in English. So be inspired!

Died and was Resurrected - Movie 1

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:00 +0000

This is a video of a man's testimony, who died and was taken back to life by God. Very inspired movie from the point of view that it reminds us about our purpose in life - to live for God and be devoted to Him.

A celebration in Muslim kindergarten in Palestine

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:03:00 +0000

A shocking video of a celebration in Muslim kindergarten. Children show what they were taught by their teachers. The very shocking is what the boys say in the end of the video! It is highly recommended to watch till the end.

May God of peace be with all children and help them grow in peaceful spirit.

A shocking video about abortion

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Before you watch this movie about abortion, I want to warn you that it consists of really shocking pictures. But this is a truth, so the truth can be a shocking one.

So please, give this video to people that you know may need to watch it and stop that BIG CRIME and SIN - Abortion!

The Bridge - a video about father and his son

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:19:00 +0000

From the author:
A video I created for my church. It features scenes from the short film "Most", the story of a bridge operator who is forced to choose between the life of the son he loves dearly and a train filled with people. "Most" received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Live-Action Short Film. For more information on the film, or to order a copy for your church, visit MostTheMovie.com. This is a fan-made video, and not affiliated with the producers, director, or actors in any way. I simply loved the message of this film and wanted to share it with as many people as possible to give it the recognition it deserves.

I couldn't post the video itself, so just posting a link of this incredible video.

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=13a4a045cd290bc2ae2d

A flash about a father and his crippled son - 2

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:12:00 +0000

Again inspiring video about Dick & Rick Hoyt - a father with a paralyzed son. It is really a team, that overcome their sorrow!

Very inspiring story!

A flash about a father and his crippled son

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0000

My Redeemer Lives - Team Hoyt

Incredible video about the relationship between a father and son.... it should remind us about God's relationship with us. Whoever we are, God still cares for us.

Job 19:25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth

Jimmy Jimmy Aaja-Aaja

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:16:00 +0000

This is a song from a famous Indian movie " Disco Dancer". I am sure it is known by almost everyone, especially by those who remember Soviet Union time. Indian movies were very popular all over Soviet Union, and therefore there was a special friendship between these two countries - Soviet Union and India.

I posted it as it is a nice and funny song, that brings good emotions. Hope, you will enjoy too.

Cardboard Testimony by Hillsidewired

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:52:00 +0000

A testimony of real people, written on simple pieces of cardboard. I bet you would be touched by it.

Real people, real life, real love and forgiveness and healing.

A dance skit of Christ's victorious battle for us

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:18:00 +0000

This powerful dance skit shows us the struggle that exists in the world that we don't see, for each unsaved soul between Christ and satan. This is a way to God of almost everyone of us.

A powerful journey through life inside and outside of the Lord using interpretive dance and set to Lifehouse’s song Everything. More than six million views and 6,000 comments on GodTube alone.

CBN story about Logan,The Sky Angel Cowboy

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:52:00 +0000

Some time ago I saw this famous clip with the phone talk of a small boy about the loss of his fiend, calf. Now i have found a clip with more news from CBN about that phone talk, and want to share with you.

Logan, a young boy who lives on a ranch, shares a touching personal experience and his outlook on faith that shows wisdom far beyond his years. View the follow-up feature story from CBN.

Fake bus stop keeps Alzheimer's patients from wandering off

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:02:00 +0000

German nursing homes are using a novel strategy to stop Alzheimer's patients from wandering off: phantom bus stops.

The idea was first tried at Benrath Senior Centre in Düsseldorf, which pitched an exact replica of a standard stop outside, with one small difference: buses do not use it.

The centre had been forced to rely on police to retrieve patients who wanted to return to their often non-existent homes and families.

Then Benrath teamed up with a local care association called the "Old Lions". They went to the Rheinbahn transport network which supplied the bus stop.

"It sounds funny but it helps," said Franz-Josef Goebel, the chairman of the "Old Lions" association.

"Our members are 84 years old on average. Their short-term memory hardly works, but the long-term memory is still active.

"They know the green and yellow bus sign and remember that waiting there means they will go home."

The result is that errant patients now wait for their trip home at the bus stop, before quickly forgetting why they were there in the first place.

"We will approach them and say that the bus is coming later and invite them in for a coffee," said Richard Neureither, Benrath's director. "Five minutes later they have completely forgotten they wanted to leave."

The idea has proved so successful that it has now been adopted by several other homes across Germany.

To find this article on a web, please follow a link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2071319/Fake-bus-stop-keeps-Alzheimer's-patients-from-wandering-off.html#continue

Letters To God

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:31:00 +0000

I continue the children' wisdom topic and I am posting some great letters of our little ones to God..."unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven".

Dear God,
In Sunday School they told us what You do. Who does it when You are on vacation? ? - Jane

Dear God,
I think about You sometimes even when I'm not praying.? - Elliot

Dear God,
Did You really mean "do unto others as they do unto you?" Because if you did, then I'm going to fix my brother. - Darla

Dear God,
I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool!? - Eugene

Dear God,
I read the Bible. What does "begat" mean? Nobody will tell me.? - Allison

Dear God,
Are you really invisible or is that a trick?? - Lucy

Dear God,
Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house? ? - Anita

Dear God,
Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?? - Norma

Dear God,
Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't You just keep the ones You have now?? - Cindy

Dear God,
Who draws the lines around countries?? - Nan

Dear God,
The bad people laughed at Noah - "You made an ark on dry land you fool". But he was smart, he stuck with You. That's what I would do. - Edward

Dear God,
I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?? - Neil

Dear God,
What does it mean You are a Jealous God? I thought You had everything.? - Robert

Dear God,
Thank You for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy. - Joyce

Dear God,
Why is Sunday School on Sunday? I thought it was supposed to be our day of rest. ? - Tom

A story about a soldier and his friend

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0000

Love to those who are different from us

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home from the war. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know" the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."

"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home
and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from
him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully there's someone who won't treat us that way.

Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are. Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!!

How Ukrainian road police treat Dutch citizens

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:14:00 +0000

Recently I was a witness of one funny and at the same time absurd event that happened in a city of Ternopil, West of Ukraine. I was driving in the center of the city and saw a road police loading a Mercedes car on their wrecker truck.

It was a regular event that happens often in Ternopil, as our road police set a lot of forbidden parking places ( that were allowed before) and in case of driver's violation, they come with the special wrecker and take a car to their parking place. Then a driver needs to pay money (fine) to take his/her car back. It is a regular driving rule that exists in almost every country..with the exception, that here there are no signs that tells about forbidden parking, not enough parking zones( or better to say almost not at all and that police acts like "thefts" when they take a car. They look first if the driver is not around, then "sneak" , load a car and then - " run away". Usually if a driver is back, he makes them give his/her car back, as their action are not fully legally.

So when I drove closer, I saw familiar car tags and they were not Ukrainian ones. This year we visited Holland and I recognized Dutch tags! It was so ridiculous for me that I felt sorry for my country. It was ok, when we punish our drivers ( as I mentioned before not on a " legal and true base", but it looked too awful that the police did it to foreigners, who came to Ternopil to be guests and expect to warm acceptance. Here you are warm Ukrainian police acceptance!!!

I took my mobile phone and took some photos with that event. Then drove further and stopped, as wanted to help somehow.

It was a Dutch man with Ukrainian lady ( I couldn't make photos of any of them), and the lady was making calls somewhere, explaining what happened with them. Probably they could be her friends of family. Meanwhile a Dutch man tried to explain to police using his hands and broken English that he was sorry and he needed his car. The answer of police was in Ukrainian and rude manner - " it is your problem, you were not supposed to park a car here". It was such a sad picture and seeing that I was so sorry for our rudeness toward other people!!

Then me and my coworker came to that couple, trying to help. As soon as we started to talk, Ukrainian lady thanked us for help and told they didn't need any help, as she informed her friends already, who were supposed to help. The Dutch man, just stood close, observing conversation. We wished them the best and went away. Finally the car was loaded on a police truck and taken away.

There is a moral in this story. If you are in Ukraine - watch the policemen and their truck, as they will appear "sneaking around" and want to take a foreign car, as they can charge more for it..

P.S. Next day I saw accidentally the same car, from the direction of police parking place , so I made conclusion that they were able to take their car just on the next day. But glad that they were able to take it anyway...

A great Dutch website with Christian cards, posters, etc

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:16:00 +0000

http://www.visjeposters.nl/

Wanted to share with you with this great powerful resource for inspiration. This is a Dutch website with great Christian cards that are really awesome. Some of them I have posted on this blog and think that will post more.

Even it is Dutch resource, there are many posters, cards in English. So be encouraged!

A verse translated from a postcard

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:40:00 +0000

What feelings say, what Jesus says.

Feeling says: You are so weak
Jesus says: That's how you can show my power

Feeling says: Build a wall
Jesus says: Nothing can separate My love from you

Feeling says: You should bow down
Jesus says: Lift your head up

Feeling says: How can you carry on?
Jesus says: If you expect from Me

Feeling says: Look around you
Jesus says: Look at Me

Feeling says: You will never overcome this
Jesus says: I set you free

Feeling says: People don't like you
Jesus says: I'm FOR you, who will be against you?

Feeling says: You stumble again and again
Jesus says: I hold you

Feeling says: You have so many cares
Jesus says: Give Me your burdens

Feeling says: You always have shortcomings
Jesus says: In Me you are perfect

Feeling says: You can only cry
Jesus says: Rejoice always

Feeling says: You are inferior
Jesus says: You are precious for Me

Feeling says: Again you didn't pray enough
Jesus says: Sleep, and rest in my peace

If you like this verse, please click on the link below and you'll have an address to the website, that has tonnes of such verses and cards (unfortunately, it is in Dutch, but there are in English too).

http://vitalyshalom.blogspot.com/2008/05/great-dutch-website-with-christian.html

A great inspiring song with a great singer

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:55:00 +0000

What if God was one of us? This flash can bring double meaning to those who see it. One group of Christians criticized it as it was accepted as mockery over God. Another groups thinks that the author wants to say that people are mean, but God is good.

I personally was encouraged by this flash, so you, please, decide yourself.

The written words to this songs helped me to understand what the singer sings about. So have put the lyric for this song on My LIfe Review in Encouraging Stories, so if you need, use this link:

http://vitalyshalom.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-if-god-was-one-of-us.html

A great program that cleans your monitor

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:45:00 +0000

I was sent this wonderful program that I enjoyed very much. It is a light and easy to use. All you need is Adobe Flash Player installed in your browser. Just click on a link below. Waiting for your comments.

http://www.libo.ru/i447.html

What if God was one of us

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:40:00 +0000

Joan Osborne - One of us

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with him in all his glory
what would you ask if you had just one question?

Yeah, Yeah, God is great
Yeah, Yeah, God is good
Yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face
What would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and Jesus and the saints
and all the Prophets

Yeah Yeah God is great
Yeah Yeah God is good
Yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
cept for the Pope maybe in Rome

A joke on Adam and Eve 's story

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:23:00 +0000

       God the Parent
     Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was: "Don't."
      "Don't what?" Adam asked.
      "Don't eat the Forbidden Fruit." God replied.
      "Forbidden fruit? We got Forbidden Fruit?
      Hey, Eve..we got Forbidden Fruit!"
      "No way!"
      "Where?"
      "Don't eat that fruit!" said God.
      "Why?"
      "Because I am your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants.
      A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry.
      "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the 'First Parent' asked.
      "Uh huh," Adam replied.
      "Then why did you?"
      "I dunno," Eve answered.
      "She started it!" Adam said.
      "Did not!"
      "DID so!"
      "DID NOT!"
      Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own...thus the pattern was set, and it has never changed.

Devotionals about Faith (part2)

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:09:00 +0000

Overcoming Swaying Faith Matthew 14:22-32
The Lord wants to do far more in believers' lives and through their witness than most are willing to allow. We believe that He can do great things, but the problem is that we are not sure He will act on our behalf. Consequently, we feel we are unable to trust Him fully for personal answers.

Vacillating between faith and doubt like a boat in a storm makes for a sick and tired Christian. If we desire to calm the sea of faith, we must first act on our will rather than simply making choices according to feelings or sight. Peter walked on water because he proceeded in trust instead of by reason. As believers, we will not become stable in our faith until we recognize that believing God is a choice.

The second action of a faithful believer is to focus attention on God.When we look at our circumstances, we are restricted to our own limited view of the situation. As long as Peter was staring at Jesus, his feet stayed on the water's surface, but the moment he looked at the wind-whipped waves, he began to sink.
Finally, we are to maintain our focus on the Lord by keeping our mind in the Word. We cannot trust our sight, reason, or knowledge to steer us through a storm of doubt. All we can truly depend upon is Scripture.

Choose to believe that the Lord will work on your behalf. Then focus your attention upon Him, and claim a promise from Scripture that applies to the situation challenging you. When those three actions regularly become a part of your life, you will stop swaying. The heavenly Father will honor your steadfast faith.

The Faith to Hold Out
Hebrews 12:1-3
Sometimes our life seems like a long, dark tunnel. Perhaps we are unable to discover a solution for a problem, or we cannot find relief from pain. Regardless of the direction we turn, we find no hope for anything better than our present circumstances.

Thankfully, we serve a God who feels our pain and knows our limitations first-hand. Jesus Christ walked through the valley of the shadow of death and cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"(Mark 15:34). This means that when our faith is stretched to the breaking point, our strength is exhausted, and our dreams are broken like shattered glass, Jesus understands. And He asks us to hold out when everything in us screams to give up.
Giving up means abandoning God's help for our own puny strength.We try to manipulate a situation or simply avoid pain. In essence, we're choosing to believe that Satan in his worldly power is stronger than Christ within us—which is the exact opposite of what the Bible says is true. (1 John 4:4) Of course, the Devil is not more powerful, but we let him win a battle if we give up on the assurance that God will see us through difficulty. When we have that attitude, we miss the Father's blessing and limit our usefulness in His kingdom.

Even when we cannot detect His involvement, God is working every moment on our problem. But we must trust His perfect timing for revealing the answer. Your Father knows your hurt, and He will bring you through that dark tunnel. Do not give up before reaching His blessing

Devotionals about Faith (part1)

noreply@blogger.com (vitalyshalom) — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:59:00 +0000

The Swaying Battle of Faith
James 1:1-8
It is easy to have faith that God is going to do something in the distant future. For example, if you were to walk into a church service and ask the congregation, "Who believes that Jesus Christ is returning?" nearly every hand would go up. But if you ask an indebted man whether he thinks God will reduce his liability in three months, he is likely to express doubts. And yet our day-to-day life is where we must practice unswerving faith if we hope to be effective for the Lord.

James tells us that our faith cannot be like the waves of the sea. Stormy waters rush first in one direction and then seem to double back on themselves and race the opposite way. In the Christian life, we rush forward to do the Lord's will until He makes a difficult request or allows a painful experience to confront us. Suddenly we are driven in the other direction by our doubts.
The reason we hesitate to trust God fully is that we judge our circumstances by what we see. Sight is often the enemy of faith because our eyes and brains cannot envision a method for the Lord to do what He promises. Our scriptural knowledge that God can do anything and our experience of His past faithfulness make us want to follow His will. But the obvious impracticality of our situation fills us with doubt. And so we are tossed like a sea wave.

Faith can overcome doubt only through action. We turn a blind eye to circumstances and make the first step toward doing God's work. If we exercise our faith every day, those seas of doubt cannot rage so fiercely.

Why We Hesitate to Trust
Luke 5:1-11
On the Sea of Galilee, the optimal time for fishing had passed hours earlier, so the fishermen cleaned their nets instead. But one lowered his into the water at the request of an itinerant preacher. The reward for Peter's trust was a net-breaking catch.

As believers, we want equal success in over-coming doubts so that we can courageously follow God. But sometimes we rely on our own faculties to decide whether or not we will trust Him. Perhaps what He is asking of us seems unreasonable. For instance, the principle of tithing goes against human wisdom: When we give God one-tenth of our income, He makes the remaining 90 percent spread farther than a hoarded 100 percent could.
In other situations, we hesitate to trust the Lord because our knowledge or experience contradicts His plan. All of Peter's expertise indicated that fishing at such an hour would be useless. Sometimes God challenges believers to act even when they do not understand how they can be successful.

Listening to others' opinions is another stumbling block to unswerving faith. There is a time for seeking godly counsel, but when the Lord makes His will clear, we are to act. We are not to pick up the phone to ask a few friends what they think. No opinion matters except that of Jehovah, who does not make mistakes in presenting His plan.
The next time you find yourself in doubt, think about what is causing you to hesitate. Then you can pray specifically to overcome the faith hurdle and move on to receive your reward.