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Make It Your Destiny To Accomplish Greatness In Your Life!

2013-11-19T23:53:00.000-08:00

From this moment on, choose not to let your past dictate your future. What is gone is gone – forever. Now is the time to move on, to do and become what you want: to be the best in any area that you choose, so you may design your own destiny.

Here are a few helpful suggestions that you may take on board, and below you will find a couple of simple tips that can quickly move you in the direction of manifesting your destiny to accomplish many great things in your life.

To join ranks with the most successful people in the field of your choice, or merely to achieve your dreams quietly, for yourself, you will need to take the journey toward a better more enlightened future; toward a more empowered and motivated you, toward a life that you will design and achieve. You will live your life as you want it. And you will become that person you have been dreaming of becoming.

Invest in life – in your life. No more wavering dreams, staring out the window and wishing and hoping. No more sleepless nights worrying about your future as you only see where you are now.

This time it is for real. What you are dreaming of will happen, and in abundance. From today, you will move forward in your life in a dramatic way. You will do what is required of you to accomplish your daily goals, big and small, and you will always expect to succeed at everything you do.

Embrace your unlimited power and build a life of excellence. Success is your one and only option. Fill all of your days with accomplishments, no matter how small you may think they are. It is important, at this point, to realise that most successes stem from your ability to feel certain that you can set out to achieve what it is that you desire – to accomplish great things in your life. And for you to feel certain, you need to become confident.

One of the principle prerequisites to achieving almost anything in life is confidence. Confidence is an indispensable requirement to your success and further development or betterment, be it for your personal or professional needs. Confidence is the doorway to success and fulfilment. With confidence you will have the courage, strength and motivation to tackle and overcome all life's setbacks and challenges.

The great news is that confidence is a learned skill, and anyone can learn the skills to having awesome and unstoppable confidence.

As promised, here are just a couple of confidence tips that I believe are easy to do and are extremely effective. By repeating the simple tips daily, they will retrain your thinking and become an automatic part of your new successful and confident habit. They will become your new way of life.

Challenge your thoughts that have been holding you back and stretch your mind to raise your limits to unlimited heights.

At the end of each day, put yourself into a confident and resourceful state of mind by jotting down in your diary or daily journal, all of the day's achievements, no matter how small.

Benefit: The mere act of writing them down reinforces the idea of success and confidence. It is extremely beneficial and motivating for you to feel the successes from deep within so your mind acknowledges them as confident achievements.

Just before going to bed, conceive and initiate your ideal day. Once you have gone through your diary and planned your next day, sit back and take a few minutes to imagine and visualise the entire day, from beginning to end. See it unfolding exactly how you would want it to be, in every situation. Feel the confident emotions that come from success, with the feeling that you have accomplished all that you wanted.

Benefit: When you go to sleep, your unconscious mind will work all night on ways to bring about that which you have just visualised.

Truly make it your destiny to accomplish many great things in your lifetime by adopting a vital ingredient to success, and that is confidence. With confidence you discard worry, hesitation and fear. With confidence you rise above challenges and failures. With confidence you have unlimited motivation and unrelenting persistence.

Do not underestimate the immense power of confidence. Go ahead, reap the rewards and accomplish many great things in your lifetime.

LIFE'S FOUR IMPORTANT & ENDURING TRUTHS

2013-11-19T06:17:00.000-08:00

There are enduring truths about ourselves that we sometimes don't see or remember. What are they? They are truths that were recognised thousands of years ago, and have stood the test of time. Here are a four of them, and some ideas about how to use this knowledge.

•Enduring Truths About Self Interest•

We are self interested. When we sacrifice for others, even this is motivated by our own desires. Those desires include good feelings and wanting to see or make the world the way we want it to be. Forget this, and we become bitter trying to "do the right thing." In order to avoid this bitterness that comes with "duty", we need to see how being a good person and doing the right thing is just self interest.

We can also point out the self-interest of others when we want to correct their behaviour. Tell a man he's wrong, and it isn't usually enough to change his behaviour. It's better to show him his true interest – that behaving in a better way is better for HIM. Don't forget the normal and healthy self-interest in dealing with others AND with yourself.

•Enduring Truths About Mistakes•

Salvador Dali said, "Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it." Maybe you see this as negativity, but recognising the truth is never a negative act. We all make mistakes. The greatest man or woman alive – whoever he or she is – has done some stupid things. This isn't an attack on human greatness, but a recognition that it isn't dependent on doing things perfectly. Perfectionists certainly suffer for their demands upon themselves, while others hesitate to act for fear of mistakes. Accept that making mistakes is normal, and don't dwell on the possibility or the reality of those mistakes.

•Enduring Truths About Learning•

Our mistakes give us a chance to learn, and so avoid even bigger mistakes. Of course, we also can learn from our successes, and from the successes of others. Why not view mistakes and successes – both our own and others – as the great opportunities they are. Just seize that chance to learn more and so live better.

•Enduring Truths About Change•

Probably you have seen people that appear to learn nothing from their mistakes, right? Haven't you also known and read about those who turned their lives around? A less important truth is that people often don't change. The far more important truth to remember, and the most important of these enduring truths, is that we CAN change.

-Thanks for your time....I hope you learnt something good today, please share this article and drop a comment. You might enlighten someone in the process *winks*

Expanding Your Confidence or Faith in God-16 Steps to Follow

2013-10-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

In the New Testament, Jesus said: "I let you know, whether anybody trusts in Me, he will do the [kind of] things that I do; and more stupendous things he will do, on the grounds that I head off to the Father."(john 14:12)

How would you develop confidence - to have expanding confidence in the direction of the Spirit of Christ. The main go between God and men, is the man Christ Jesus; He intercedes for you. So by what method would you be able to have expanding confidence? Here's the way.

Steps

•1 Sustain your confidence: accept a measure of confidence from God, through getting the Word of God - by concentrating on the Bible. Consistent with Romans 10:17, "So then confidence stops by listening to, and hearing by the Word of God."

Confidence does not come predominantly by supplicating, asking or fasting or Romans 10:17 would just be a proposal.

The Bible does say "ask dependably"; thus, a state of mind of request to God is key, however confidence stops by listening to and after that applying the Word of God.

You should press on to read and study the Word of God (The Bible) with the intention that your confidence will develop. II Thessalonians 1:3, "your confidence develops exceedingly." by living in God's guarantees in the Bible.

•2 Check the Bible where it says Jesus Christ had the [full] confidence of God without measure. He is the living expressions of God.[3]faith is known as a "products of the soil of the Holy Spirit" that Jesus guaranteed to send after he headed off to the Father. This may be recognized in the reborn individual's soul even at troublesome times; not just on your best days:

~ "...the products of the soil of the Holy Spirit is fondness, satisfaction, peace, quietness, consideration, goodness, reliability, ..."[4].

•3 Be conceived
again as a professor by contrition (turning around) and proceeding in Christ, with the goal that you will get inside you a measure of confidence and the Spirit of God. That implies that in the event that you have been conceived once more, then you will have some divide of the way of God as the Word says. So nobody has a reason: Do not consider yourself more exceedingly than you may as well, yet rather consider yourself solemnly, as per the measure of confidence God has given to [you] every individual. (Romans 12:3)[5]

Let confidence come up in you, and it can in the region of unseen things that you accept - inside God's will, so then it could be connected to you and completed by you. You will see comes about by confidence. This is not only a trust; it is the method for God for access to the things of God.

•4 Love your sibling.
In what capacity would you be able to affection God whom you have not seen - provided that you can't adore your sibling whom you have seen. God will uncover Himself to you through His individuals, His adoration, through His child, His Word, and by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ.

Galatians 5:6 says that confidence works by adoration.

•5 Having confidence
to move issues as mountains is basically trusting God to keep His Word. Accept that God can't lie. You can't trust God without knowing Him through association of God's vicinity. This partnership is quality time used alone in study, acclaim and request to God with God, getting to know Him and His existence, way and truth (displayed in The Bible).

Abraham in Romans 4:19-21 had amazingly solid confidence by 1) Not focusing on his circumstances, 2) assuming that God could do what God guaranteed and 3) by Praising God.

•6 Cooperation with Him
and as this improves you will come to concur with the individuals who trust God.

~ "Where a few concur together in my name as touching anything [in God's will] that they should require from, it ought be carried out them of my Father which is in paradise. For where there are a few assembled in my name, there am I amidst them."(matthew 18:20)[6]

•7 Grow your confidence
by giving Him the chance to uncover Himself to you. You will know Him as He lives in your existence. Partnership with the unobservable God conceives your soul with a measure of the sort of confidence that can change things in your noticeable, physical actuality.

•8 Follow up on your confidence
Confidence is communicated by activities not just musings and expressions, as you accept then you can gain through that, and after that you will look for effects like you want true results as you have desires of support with God. God told Joshua that we must be loyal to the scriptures:

~ "Never quit ruminating over these teachings. You should contemplate them night and day with the intention that you will steadfastly do what is in them.

At exactly that point will you thrive and succeed." (Joshua 1:8)[7].

Perceive in Mark 9:23 that Jesus said that all things are conceivable to him that accepts. "To accept" is a verb and requires activity. In the event that no activity were vital, Jesus might have said, "All things are conceivable to him that has confidence." Faith is a noun. Confidence is a blessing to us from God.

•9 Think on the Word of God.
That contemplation on the Word then uncovers how to follow up on the Word. Your admitting, affirming of the Word and things of God is part of that petition to God and contemplation. When you read, process and talk the Word to yourself, you are reflecting on the Word.

•10 Raise your confidence
by saying one thing and feeling that same thing and acting it out sincerely, not by simply imagining. God's Word is as of now event however not for you unless you sincerely accept it. What you think upon comprises (is shaped) of and constitutes (shapes) what you accept:

"Be watchful of what you consider.

What you suppose figures out your main thing.

Be watchful your main thing with your chance.

Those movements confirm your confidence, character and character.

Be cautious of the aforementioned parts of your character, for they confirm what possesses your being.

That substance possessing your being confirms who you are.

Along these lines, the reality of the matter is that: 'We come to be what we ponder.'" (Based on a regular platitude.)

•11 Illuminate yourself
through confidence which is likewise improved through begging in the dialect of the soul (Jude 20). *praying in different tongues is a sort of profound practicing consistent with the New Testament.

•12 Invest time every day
imploring and contemplating in the Word in your local dialect and additionally in different tongues, and you can keep your soul dynamic rather than being aloof. Scriptures say:

~ "But ye, favorite, advancing yourselves in your most heavenly confidence, imploring in the Holy Ghost." (Jude 1:20)[8]

•13 Let God
occupy your reflections and lauds and develop in your being. Reflecting on the Word and concurring together can make you have the ability to accept God's Word enough to follow up on it in confidence.

•14 Decline
to acknowledge mistrust. Start to acclaim God when negative thinking rings a bell then supplant that with lauding God. Assuming that you do accept Him, then you will have more than enough adulate for Him. He exists in and through His individuals who accept Him:

~ "God possesses the acclaims of Israel [his individuals, the professors who do His will]." [9]

•15 Research why God occupies the praises of His children: It was a distinction to God, that the sanctuary tent cleared a path for the sanctuary of stone, however now He is inside you.[10]

In this way, the sanctuary clears a path for the devoted soul as God's supported abode:

Anyhow the universe is God's sanctuary; thus, what explanation for why then is there for a sanctuary in the human soul?

Paradise is his throne, the earth is his stool; additionally, none of man's administration can benefit Him, yet he looks for the steadfast to serve him.

•16 Take after Jesus
by confidence into the animated nature of Christ in the picked and anointed life, way and reality: so the reclaimed, humble, reliable human soul might speak to his supported sanctuary that He needs to occupy.
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I SmilE

2013-10-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

There's an inclination to get caught up in the activities of our day, the direness of what's heading up, the diversions of being on the web and so we neglect to smile.

In the surge of the day, the anxiety of needing things to happen a certain way, we lose the happiness regarding every minute.

In each minute, there's the limit for bliss. It's not that we have to be overjoyed, full of delight, energized or even happy every single second of the day. Who needs that sort of force? Also its not that we can never feel misery or indignation or stress. It's that we can feel bliss, in some shape, any minute we like, even amidst anxiety or pity.

Also its exceedingly straightforward. We recently need to recollect to smile.

•You can smile in every single minute.

Possibly you don't require a smile all over throughout the day — your cheeks will feel tired. Anyway we can smile more, and in the middle of physical smiles, we can have an inward smile.

Attempt an inside smile now: have a smooth, unsmiling face, however think about the supernatural occurrence of this minute, and get a contemplated. Feel the smiling feeling inside. Isn't that astounding?

•What do you need to smile about in this minute?

A few thoughts:

You have somebody in your existence who thinks about you.

There is magnificence surrounding you, in numerous shapes.

You are liberal, empathetic, and exceptionally warm hearted.

You have somebody you can offer assistance.

You have consumed today.

You can move.

You can see the sun sparkling.

You can like the leaves of a tree, drizzle falling, wind blowing.

You can taste chocolate.

You get to invest time with somebody you adore.

You have music in your existence.

You get to make something.

You have GOD.

Et cetera. You most likely don't have the greater part of these, however you may have one or two, and assuming this is the case, that is a more than sufficient reason to smile.

You'll neglect to grin in a few minutes, since your psyche gets got up to speed in stories about the past, burdens about what may happen sometime later. None of this is occurring at this moment — its simply motion pictures playing in our heads.

Rather, help yourself to remember what's occurring at this moment, and see the magnificence in it, see the motivation to grin. And afterward grin, remotely and inside.

This changes your day, since now in place of being made up for lost time in anxiety and stories, we are available, and blissful. We could be substance with each minute.

It changes your existence, since time after time we miss the grin capacity of life
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The Resilience of All-Conquering Faith

2013-10-21T01:15:00.001-07:00

Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of His love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him, according to his need.
~John Newton

Most baby believers fall in love with the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ because they erroneously think such a life will save them, somehow miraculously, from many dastardly trials ahead. In fact, it will, but not for the reasons they think.

The more mature believer knows this as a trick for the younger player; perhaps one sown by the devil. Not only is it not true, the genuine believer can know their testing may be even more severe than the nonbeliever's is.

God, at our salvation, never does promise a silky smooth ride through the rest of our lives; indeed, the Bible is a litany of testimony for precisely the opposite. That is poignantly captured in the John Newton quote above.

FAITH IS WHAT SEPARATES EXPERIENCES OF HEAVEN AND HELL

Faith, which manifests the power and spiritual blessing of the Holy Spirit, is the thing that directs us, via our actions of trustful surrender before God, to a situation of relative heaven over the hellishness of the destination we're headed for without faith.

It really is, first, a matter of trust.

We cannot know the blessings consequent of faith without first giving it a go; when we see faith work we see how God is carrying us to a better destination, whilst we are thankful for what we have been saved from, despite the work and sacrifice of faith.

And if we have never experienced the blessings consequent of faith, we ought to simply try it; genuine courageous forays into the world of faith do not land without an encounter with the almighty, living God.

WHY THE BELIEVING LIFE IS SUPERIOR

When we consider that life is a struggle, whether we believe in God or not, and we also know that faith is the only tool combating, with decent effect, the great claims of such trials over us, we must surely not fail to see the importance of the believing life.

There are many reasons why the gospel is Good News, not least of which is the fact that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we have a way of understanding and overcoming life. Faith, here, is undeniably practical.

How great an understanding it is to attribute everything - the good, the bad, and the ugly - to the Lord's hand: at the Spirit's direction. That is Joban theology, right there. God matured Job's faith through trial, just as the Lord's refining us through ours. When we approach life this way nothing is truly against us; everything is for our good. Everything can be seen, now, as beneficial from a later perspective.

The Good News at the hand of salvation is the gift of power in the Holy Spirit that sponsors faith. Such faith enables an all-conquering life through the strength of honest weakness and reliance on the all-sufficient grace of the Lord Jesus. The faith-life can be seen as winning every time.

Steve Wickham is a Registered Safety Practitioner (BSc, FSIA, RSP[Australia]) and a qualified, unordained Christian minister (GradDipBib&Min). His blogs are at: http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com/ and http://inspiringbetterlife.blogspot.com/

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Never Stop Trying

2013-10-20T06:20:00.001-07:00

1 - Recognize Success and Challenge Yourself to Achieve More

It's easy to play it safe - to stop when you are ahead and enjoy that moment.

Give yourself a moment to appreciate what you've achieved, but no more. When the time comes to move forward, success is but a single point on a much longer journey - it is not the end of that journey.

Imagine a company like Apple stopping after the iPod or Henry Ford deciding the Model T was good enough. Where would be today without people constantly striving to improve upon what they've already achieved?

2 - Learn from Failure and Find Things to Improve

If success is a marker on your journey, failure is the map.

When we fail, we discover something important about ourselves. We discover how to persevere, how to get better, and what does NOT work. We discover which paths to avoid and it fine tunes our approach.

Revel in failure and learn from it at every step. The most successful entrepreneurs in history are remembered for their triumphs but will tell you only of their failures and how they learned from them.

Recognize the potential in those moments and use them to propel yourself forward.

3 - Visualize the Positive You'll Discover in the Next Step

When the next step is unsure, imagine what it COULD be.

Imagine the successes you can have and how you will use those to get closer to your goal. Imagine the knowledge you will gain, even if you fail to achieve the results you are striving for.

Whatever you do, visualize yourself doing something. It might feel like you're looking out over a cliff, unsure of what's beyond the clouds but know that whatever you find beyond those clouds is exactly what you've been looking for.

The Path to Success

Every path is different and those who enjoy and learn from the steps in their personal path to success will thrive.

Be the one who finds joy in even the hardest moments and you will never dread what comes next on the arduous journey you've set yourself on.

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We Each Define Our Own Success in Life

2013-10-17T03:41:00.000-07:00

1 - What Are You Waiting for to be Happy?

Happiness is not out of reach. It is not a pot of gold at the end of an infinite rainbow. It is right in front of you, waiting to be grabbed and enjoyed.

We imagine men and women whose lives have lead them to success young and all the things they can do that we equate with happiness, but the truth is different. These people reach such a high level of success because they learned young how to be happy in everything they do.

They don't define themselves by material milestones - they enjoy the journey, success, failure and all.

2 - The Path to Success is Open and Waiting

For this reason, there is a path to success open in front of you right now. It is the same path taken by men and women before you who had amazing ideas and no clear idea how to get those ideas into the hands of people like us.

And yet they stepped foot out onto that path. Jobs and Wozniak in their garage. Page and Brin in their studio apartment. Zuckerberg in this dorm room. They succeeded because they had a vision and imagined success at the end of the path they had yet to start down.

We can do the same.

3 - Measuring in Achievements Is a Dead End

And yet measuring success in terms of how many times you cut costs or how many products you produce is not a healthy measure of self.

Will you remember a quarterly report on your death bed? Will your children?

Success and happiness are measured by the people we influence and joy we have in influencing them. The smartest men and women on earth find a way to influence the masses and find joy on a scale few of us can imagine.

And yet it is the same as what you can do on a small scale even today.

Living Up to Your Own Standards

Living up to your own standards takes time and commitment - a devotion to self and to the future you have set out to achieve.

If you have a vision, make it a reality and enjoy every step it takes to get there. Don't judge yourself on how you performed at any given point.

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We Each Define Our Own Success in Life

2013-10-17T03:38:00.001-07:00

Quit Talking, Start Doing

2013-10-17T03:36:00.001-07:00

1 - The Only Path to Success is through Action

What can you achieve if you don't act?

It's a simple question but I want you to ask it every time you find yourself stepping back and delaying action. When you could be doing something, why are you not?

Why are you asking questions, shying away from opportunities, and hiding from chances to be more active? Why are you afraid?

The answer may surprise you.

2 - Overcoming the Fear that Drives Inaction

To find success, you must act. Successful men and women don't need to think about why they are inactive. They never are.

But most people struggle - with the fear that they will lose what they already have.

You can't lose what you never have, though, and by remaining inactive, you're avoiding the opportunity to achieve something more than you've before dreamed possible.

Will you look back and regret your inaction for years to come. Will you start an empire from a drawing table like Walt Disney or work in the same job for 40 years and wonder what could have been?

How many people have wished they could remake that decision?

3 - What is the Worst That Could Happen?

Ask yourself this question and you will almost never dislike the answer. The worst that can happen - from embarrassment to rejection - these are short term things. They are learning experiences. They are chances for you to learn and get better.

The best salesman who ever lived probably heard no hundreds of times before he heard yes. But he never quit.

People have been calling entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Elon Musk crazy for years, and yet today they are billionaires who are changing society for the better. Because they never worried about what could go wrong - only what could go right.

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Using Your Skills to Find Success

2013-10-17T03:34:00.001-07:00

1 - Talent Does Not Mean Success

A single talent is not a ticket to success in life. It must be utilized. It must be nurtured and cared for and used on a daily basis.

You must challenge yourself and look for an opportunity to try new things and succeed in those things. It is with this kind of open mind and thirst for intellectual adventure that you will discover and push the limits of your true potential.

2 - Ambition Opens a World of Discovery to You

Imagine a world with no ambition. We would be without nearly everything we hold dear. The great thinkers, inventors and businesspeople of the 20th and 21st centuries would have sat back and continued to sell ice from carts and horses from stables.

We benefit from a society of ambitious overachievers who never stopped wondering "what can I do next?"

Be that person.

Always ask what you can do next and how you can achieve any goal you set for yourself if you only open your mind to the possibilities that success will give you.

Your ambition, however momentous, will drive you forward and unlock opportunities you never dreamed possible.

3 - Imagine What CAN Do Instead of What You CANNOT

Imagine a world in which your skills allow you to do anything you want - to push any boundary and discover any path to success.

Imagine you can live that life and become the person you've always dreamed of. Now why can't you do it?

We spend too much time imagining the things we cannot do that we forget how to be ambitious and push forward with the things we can. Don't try to be good at everything or nothing. Be very good at the things which you were born to do and enjoy that you live a life that allows you to do that.

Ambition Drives Dreamers

The great dreamers of our day and age - Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and until recently Steve Jobs - these people have ambition greater than even they need and yet they strive to do more, achieve more, fly higher.

Be like them and never let your ambition wane as you move towards your goals.

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Never Stop Trying

2013-10-17T03:30:00.001-07:00

1 - Recognize Success and Challenge Yourself to Achieve More

It's easy to play it safe - to stop when you are ahead and enjoy that moment.

Give yourself a moment to appreciate what you've achieved, but no more. When the time comes to move forward, success is but a single point on a much longer journey - it is not the end of that journey.

Imagine a company like Apple stopping after the iPod or Henry Ford deciding the Model T was good enough. Where would be today without people constantly striving to improve upon what they've already achieved?

2 - Learn from Failure and Find Things to Improve

If success is a marker on your journey, failure is the map.

When we fail, we discover something important about ourselves. We discover how to persevere, how to get better, and what does NOT work. We discover which paths to avoid and it fine tunes our approach.

Revel in failure and learn from it at every step. The most successful entrepreneurs in history are remembered for their triumphs but will tell you only of their failures and how they learned from them.

Recognize the potential in those moments and use them to propel yourself forward.

3 - Visualize the Positive You'll Discover in the Next Step

When the next step is unsure, imagine what it COULD be.

Imagine the successes you can have and how you will use those to get closer to your goal. Imagine the knowledge you will gain, even if you fail to achieve the results you are striving for.

Whatever you do, visualize yourself doing something. It might feel like you're looking out over a cliff, unsure of what's beyond the clouds but know that whatever you find beyond those clouds is exactly what you've been looking for.

The Path to Success

Every path is different and those who enjoy and learn from the steps in their personal path to success will thrive.

Be the one who finds joy in even the hardest moments and you will never dread what comes next on the arduous journey you've set yourself on.

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The Most Inspirational Disability Stories of Success

2013-10-11T17:11:00.001-07:00

Many people who have a disability don't let it prevent them from leading full and rich lives, indeed some are an inspiration to both disabled and non-disabled people alike. Below is a list of disabled people who have achieved outstanding success despite their disability.

1. Stephen Hawking is probably one of the world's best known high achievers with a disability. He is an internationally renowned physicist / mathematician who suffers from Motor Neurone Disease. At 35 he was Cambridge's first Gravitational Physics Professor and received the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics Award. He has written a best selling book which was later made into a film called A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He contracted Polio in 1921 which left him paralysed from the waist down. Refusing to accept his paralysis he tried different therapies and methods to try and walk and did master walking short distances using iron braces and a cane. He was careful not to be seen in a wheelchair in public. He established a foundation to help others with Polio and directed the March of Dimes program which eventually funded an effective vaccine.

3. Another successful politician, Pat Stack is a left wing revolutionary and part of the Socialist Workers Party committee. A child born from a Thalidomide pregnancy he uses a wheelchair. A great political mind and brilliant orator he holds meetings every year at Marxism in London and wrote 'Stack on the Back' for the Socialist Review until 2004.

4. David Blunkett was an MP, Education Secretary, Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at various times. He has been blind since birth and has never let this fact hold him back in any aspect of his life.

5. Tanni Grey Thompson OBE is probably the best known disabled athlete, representing Britain in distances from 100m to 800m. She has won 14 Paralympic medals including 9 gold's and she has broken over 20 records. She has also won 5 London Marathons as a wheelchair athlete and has become a TV presenter.

6. Marla Runyan is a legally blind marathon runner and has set several track and field records at the Paralympics in Atlanta, 1996. She has represented the US at the 2000 Olympics and became the first legally blind athlete to compete in an Olympics.

7. Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor and teacher. He is a renowned musician who contracted Polio at age four and today uses crutches or a wheelchair and plays the violin while seated. In 1986 he received the Medal of Liberty from President Reagan. He is also an advocate for people with disabilities and promotes laws to allow easier access to buildings and transport.

8. Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter who suffered an illness which left him deaf at 46. He went on to create some of the best known Spanish art of the 19th Century. He provided inspiration for the work of later artists including Picasso and Monet.

9. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer who was blind, deaf and mute. She was the first deaf and blind person to be awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree.

10. Albert Einstein, the famous mathematician and physicist, had a learning disability and did not speak until he was three years old. He found maths and writing difficult at school but went on to become one of the best known scientists of all time winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

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Famous Bible Qoutes And Verses About Love,Family And Forgiveness

2013-10-09T05:11:00.001-07:00

Bible Verses About Family
Read verses that give the biblical perspective on subjects relating to families, such as love, family relationships, family problems, family values, children, strength, and death. Read verses from the Holy Bible about family in relation to God, Jesus Christ, and the Christian faith.
Deuteronomy 5:16
"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Matthew 15:4
For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
Genesis 18:17-19
The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
Genesis 30:22-24
Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!"
Ephesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"–which is the first commandment with a promise.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Psalm 103:17
But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children.
Joshua 24:15
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Proverbs 11:29
He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 15:27
A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 31:15-17
She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
Bible Quotes About Love
Below you will find some popular quotes from the biblical verses on love that are in context to the concept of love and affection.
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
John 8:13
The Pharisees challenged him, "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."
John 8:34
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Romans 12:9
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:18-19
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.
1 John 3:16-18
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Psalm 18:1
I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Matthew 22:27-29
Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?" Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
Song of Solomon 8:4-8
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
Matthew 6:24
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Matthew 23:6-8
they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.' "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
Bible Verses About Forgiveness
Read passages that offer biblical guidance on forgiveness and how important it is to forgive others as we have been forgiven by the blood of Christ. Read verses from the Holy Bible about forgiveness in relation to God, Jesus Christ, and the Christian faith.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Isaiah 43:25-26
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
Hebrews 10:17
Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."
Daniel 9:9
The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Colossians 1:13-14
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Numbers 14:19-21
In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now." The LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked. Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
Matthew 6:9-15
"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ' For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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Cultivate Big Dreams To Attract A Better Life

2013-10-09T05:00:00.000-07:00

Core Beliefs Govern Life
Very few of us ever place a correlation upon the images we store in our hearts and the life potential each of us attains! The fact remains, however, that each of us experience the life that our core beliefs maintain. Out of the core of a human heart will pour the very perceptions that govern that individuals life!
The Heart Of A Human Determines Life Experience
One of my closest friends, during elementary school, was the son of a specialist surgeon. He was a below average student yet he now lives an above average lifestyle in the small outback town where he dwells in Australia.
As a young man, he enjoyed living in a large house and traveling with his family on holidays to exotic locations. His heart was acclimatized to being wealthy.
When this man completed a diploma in agricultural studies he gained a position as a farm hand on an outback property. He is now married to the local veterinarian and is seen by other residents in his local town as being a wealthy man!
My friend was not an overly attractive man. What helped him maintain the confidence to pursue a successful professional in a small outback town? The answer is, his upbringing. As the son of a specialist surgeon, he was comfortable in elite circles in society. As a result, he was not intimidated by this woman. He simply believed that he had a fair chance with her. He was right!
This man's heart determined the experience of his life. From this brief introductory illustration, we may gain five helpful facts about dreams that will aid in attracting wealth.
5 Helpful Facts About Dreams
1. The Capacity To Dream Is Restricted By Our Life Experiences
Donald J. Trump advises, "Ask yourself why your plans are so small. Then begin to expand your horizons."
The man in our illustration lived with greater dreams because his past life governed his ability to dream for more. He had higher dreams than other men in his small outback town in Australia as he was raised by wealthy parents, in a wealthy environment; the others were not. Their dreams were restricted!
Though other men in his town may have wanted to marry a successful woman, my friend was the one who achieved his dream. Each man in the town had a capacity to dream but only one of them was raised by a specialist surgeon. He was an outsider who had not grown up in that town. His horizons were set at a different level.
2. The Extent Of Our Capacity To Dream Influences Life Outcomes
Dexter Yeager comments, "Every building you see has sprung from someone's imagination. Every shopping center and the stores in them, every vehicle has first been someone's vision."
My friend had a greater capacity to dream that he had a chance to be successful in a relationship with the veterinarian in his town! This heightened perception afforded greater confidence in his approach towards this lady. He achieved results that others failed to experience.
3. Dream Capacity Is Cultivated By Our Environment
Dr. Peter J. Daniels affirms, "There is absolutely no point in wasting a good life, full of years and bursting with promise, on little dreams."
As a young boy, our successful example was surrounded by objects, situations, people, and experiences that fashioned his self-perception. His ability to dream received an elevated focus compared to individuals in his present locality. Thus, he had a greater potential to believe that he could marry the woman of his dreams. His focus was higher because he came from a different environment!
4. Change Your Dream Capacity And You Change Your Life
Victor Hugo announces that, "There is nothing like a dream to create the future."
A logical conclusion to be drawn from the illustration about my childhood friend is that if we alter our dream capacity, our life experience will follow. This powerful point will revolutionize our lives if we apply it and begin to expand our capacity to believe for bigger dreams to become our reality.
5. There Is A Process To Cultivating A Greater Dream Capacity
Dexter Yeager indicates that, "... fulfillment of dreams is a gradual process... "
Each of us has the ability to change our dream capacity to attract a better life. We do this by following a few simple steps.
a) Know that your dream capacity is stored within your core beliefs
b) Believe that your imagination is a sponge that soaks real and imposed images alike
c) Reformat your core beliefs by displacing small ideas with larger information
d) Project new images onto the screen of your imagination as fuel for bigger dreams
e) Think often about the new pictures and information placed into your core beliefs
f) Allow creative new thoughts to emerge as you dream of a better life
g) Write these thoughts down
h) Create a visual aid (collage of magazine pictures) to reflect your new life
i) View this new life collage regularly
j) Imagine yourself in the middle of this collage experiencing your dreams
k) Take steps towards these dreams as opportunities inevitably present themselves
l) Live your dreams
It is important to note that this exercise is designed to reestablish a new life pattern that will be attracted to you simply because your dreams have enlarged. This exercise is not a waste of time. As you work the process, the process works!
Your dreams will actually gravitate towards you as you subconsciously take new and better life pathways. Your confidence will rise, your boldness will soar, and you will experience a better life.
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Staying Motivated - 3 Tips To Maintain Your Motivation And Focus

2013-10-09T04:53:00.000-07:00

Whatever goal you set out to achieve, staying motivated is not always easy.
It's sometimes claimed that if the goal is big enough and important enough than that is all the motivation needed to getting out there and achieving it. This theory does have merits. However, regardless of what kind of goal we may set ourselves, the challenges and obstacles we will inevitably face along the way can sometimes affect our focus and motivation.
If it's a job promotion you want; you want to lose weight and get fit; or maybe you want to start and grow your own successful business, whatever your goal, staying motivated is one of the keys to achieving it.
Below are three tips that you can follow to help you stay motivated and focused on accomplishing any goal you set yourself.
Visualize Your Success
"If you've been there in the mind you'll go there in the body.". Dr Denis Waitley
Visualization is very powerful technique where you purposefully create images within your mind to help speed up the manifestation of your goals.
If your goal was to lose weight and get fitter, then seeing yourself looking slimmer, fitter, healthier and more confident will serve as a great motivation to keep working hard and moving forward toward that desired outcome.
Sometimes people have difficulty visualizing images in their mind. If this is something you experience then what has proved very helpful for many people is to create a 'vision board'. Basically this is a collage of images that are representative of all the things you want and achieve in life. If for example you wanted to become an Olympic champion athlete then your images will symbolic of all things associated with the Olympics and winning i.e. the Olympic rings, a gold medal, standing on the podium, the stadium and the track.
Break Down Your Goals And Celebrate Mini Victories
Important goals are very rarely achieved overnight. The bigger and more meaningful the goal the more time and effort will be required before it is realized. Big goals can often overwhelm and de-motivate people. To prevent this from happening, break down your goals into smaller more manageable steps.
Also it's very important to remember to celebrate each successful step of your goal journey. Acknowledging the mini-victories and rewarding yourself when milestones are reached will help keep you excited, motivated and disciplined.
Get Inspired By Others
Personally I draw a great deal of inspiration from motivational quotes and also success stories of people, who through hard work, grit and determination have overcome the odds to attain unrivalled success. The journeys of people like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and more recently Harland David "Colonel" Sanders (Founder Of KFC) to name just a few, are success stories that in my opinion can't fail to inspire and motivate you to keep chasing your dreams.
It's also very helpful to seek the advice of people you admire and who have achieved all the things that you're working toward. They'll be able to give you insights on overcoming challenges and staying motivated in life to keep pursuing your most prized goals.
Another real effective way of maintaining your focus and preventing discouragement taking a grip is to team up with someone who is similarly striving to accomplish an important goal or dream. Working closely together will serve as a great motivational tool that will help lead you both to success. Also each of you can hold the other accountable when there's a loss of focus or a wane in commitment.
Achieving goals and living the life you want can easily be yours if you're prepared to roll up your sleeves and put in some work. By applying these three simple but powerful methods of staying motivated you'll be well on the way to realizing incredible success.
Your ability to motivate yourself is crucial to you realizing your goals. Motivation is the force that keeps driving you forward toward achievement and success. Go and discover some more powerful ways to staying motivated to inspire you toward achieving your every goal.
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Staying Motivated - The Benefits of Being Proactive

2013-10-09T04:22:00.001-07:00

Motivation gives us that central power to conquer negligence. Have you ever had a time were you just have this central drive to complete stuff?

I have.

Typically when ever it comes to wow a lady. Man, the extreme conditions we males would go to woo a female.

What is Motivation?

Motivation is the inborn want to achieve an aim, mixed with the dream and energy to work towards carrying out that aim. Most people who are stimulated have a want to carry on brand new ventures and please the demands crucial to accomplish the challenge.

Motivation is an element that every one of us want as a way to achieve something in our lifetimes. Lacking motivation, we will all simply throw in the towel at the slimmest temptation of trouble. Motivation could be the initiator that inspires and encourages us to be our best.

Anyone who's motivated will do anything at all it normally takes to be highly effective in completing an individual's desired goals. Motivation may possibly transform your lifestyle by motivating people to have all you need out of life, regardless what many others make an effort to inform you.

It's actually possible for a person who's troubled by poverty to grow to be motivated and turn almost everything all around directly into a life of wealth. Motivation gives you us the passion that we all have to have to start researching our selections in everyday life as well as the courage to view these aspirations through to reality.

If that you're distressed together with your existing scenario, it's most probably due to the actuality that your current scenario doesn't motivate you. You have got to bring it upon yourself to ascertain what it is that you actually want out of existence.

Be concerned about the sort of life-style that you would like to lead and the sort of work you need.
When you learn what helps make you satisfied and adjust your life center, you'll be enthusiastic to jump away from mattress each day.

Why we get frustrated

Here are 3 factors why we eliminate motivation:

1. Lack of Direction. You will need to comprehend where you are going in order to thrill your self up. I desire about driving a 2011 Ford Mustang. And even merely by looking at one out on the street I become all soft and motivated. Because I fully understand my personal recent goals will get me the vehicle some day.

2. Lack of self-confidence. You will need to have belief you'll achieve your goals. Faith will unlock the doors. Numerous individuals come across choices but never take action considering that they never believe they might succeed.

3. Lack of focus. You have to possess specific targets if you wish to remove confusion. It's like attempting to carry out numerous things at once, you'll certainly not get anything done trying to complete every thing. My issue was I could by no means choose what I desired to do. If I knew my passion I could become a master of what I loved to do. That's why popular sportsmen are so excellent at what they do, they've mastered their own purpose.

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Stay Strong When You Are Stressed - Don't Look for a Rescuer

2013-10-09T04:00:00.001-07:00

When you're stressed or unhappy and it feels as if life is too much to handle, it can be comfortable to imagine that all your problems would vanish if only someone would rescue you. If you do find another person to take charge, you will soon discover, however, that you have inadvertently invited additional problems into your life along with the rescuer.

It's ironic what often happens, even to a strong and independent person, when overwhelmed by stress and unsure how to cope with a financial downturn, unemployment or other disasters. It's as if the person instantly goes into a "child" mode and anxiously look for Mom or Dad (or their proxy) to swoop in, pick them up and get rid of the monsters.

The problem with expecting that to still happen when you're an adult, is that you become prey to sick relationships. The term "codependency" describes a relationship that is imbalanced, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Someone who stays in an abusive relationship is "codependent" but so is the abuser. Both feel they "need" the particular synergy of the give-and-take they've established. When one party -- usually the one being abused -- seeks to change, the other will do anything to keep them trapped so that the synergy of the sick relationship does not get upset.

Instead of seeking out someone to save you from your life circumstances, look for ways that you can take charge of what is going on and make all the various changes that you need. Empower yourself by learning how to handle your finances, for example, by taking a course online or at your local community college.

If you give up control of your life to someone else by depending on them to make important decisions on your behalf, it might seem like a fantasy come true at first. Unfortunately, the fantasy is a false one and carries its own troubles. When you make a bid for a savior to rescue you, you'll often find someone who wants to dominate and control you so that they feel powerful. They will lure you into the trap of a bad relationship. It will not be a healthy and emotionally nurturing relationship, but rather will be closer to a master-slave dominance that will crush your spirit and make your stress even worse.

Look to your own inner resources when you feel down, sad and stressed. Don't expect someone else to fix your feelings, or you will soon grow to resent their taking over and telling you what to do. On the other hand, seek out friends and mentors who can help you with good advice, while allowing you to be the one who makes your own decisions, as an adult should.

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Trust God and Stay in Faith During Challenging Times

2013-10-09T01:34:00.000-07:00

Trusting in God is the only option that we can count on in hard times. This year either start or develop a closer relationship with God. The only one you can totally trust and have complete faith in is God. God is our constant companion, who leads us on a sure and steady path. The God who delivered you yesterday will deliver you from your hard times and circumstances today and tomorrow. God's love and power and mighty presence empowers us to win over worry, doubt, fear and hard times. God said, "that I will never leave you nor forsake you."
"Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you" -- 1 Peter 5:7
God said that I am :
Jehovah Jury: "I am your provider"
Jehovah Sham ah: "I am there"
Jehovah Shalom: "I am your peace"
God's mighty presence is with us in all circumstances and conditions at all times and in all places. Any adversity that we may face gives God the opportunity for us to experience a greater peace, love and understanding.
God never promised that we would be exempt from pain, sorrow or hard times, but He did promise to help us through those times if we place our trust in Him.
"Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord is the one who goes before you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor forsake you." ---Deutsch 31:8
God is faithful, reliable and dependable. Where God guides He will provide. You can't count on anybody but God. He is our rescuer, protection, and provider. When we experience hard times and struggle in our lives, God ask us to trust and honour Him as Jehovah Jury the God who provides all that we truly need.
When we experience hard times and difficult situations it is very important to focus. It is human nature to focus on the words "Why", "How", "When" during challenging times in our lives. God want you to focus on Him- the "Who" that will help and see you through hard times and struggle.
No matter what you may be going through trust in God "Who" knows the end from the beginning and is the ultimate problem-solver and way maker. Focus on the "Who" which is God because our best days are ahead of us . God is still in control.
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God Keeps His Promises

2013-10-08T12:17:00.001-07:00

God keeps His promises, always! No matter what is happening (or not happening) in your life, God's promises are reliable.
If sickness is stealing your energy, disappointment is draining your hope, infertility is knocking at the door of your womb and saying, you will not carry a baby in your womb, or creditors are calling, you may find it difficult to believe the promise that was once so alive in your heart. You may even be tempted to give in to the pressure and let go of the promise of God.
Here is some great news: neither God nor His promise are weakened by
Trials, and if you have loosened your grip on what God has promised you,
You can still go forward with Him. If God has promised you a child then it must come to pass, except you give up on His word. The bible says, even when we are unfaithful God remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
The bible says this about God's faithfulness:
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:19
The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:13.
To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. Psalm 18:25.
My eyes will be on the faithful in the land; that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. Psalm 101:6
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:4.
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. Deuteronomy 7:9
Tenacious Trust Produces the Promise
Often, seeing the promise through to its fulfillment requires relentless faith. So, what do you do when darkness is closing in and your faith is failing?
Simply this, remember that without God we are hopeless. Yet, if Jesus is your Lord, He is your Light. Isaiah 50:10 says, "Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God".
To walk in the light you have to keep looking to God.
Only He can fulfill the promise he made to you. If you try to "help" him, you will get something, but it will be a mere shadow of what God has in store for you.
Many times we are all tempted to help God, but we must remember that God does not need our help and any attempt to help him may get in his way or even delay our promise.
God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, but after years of waiting they grew impatient. They "helped" God to produce the promise. The result was Ishmael born of the union of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's maidservant. Read Genesis 16. Ishmael was born outside of God's promise. His birth complicated his parents' lives. He became a source of strife contention while still in the womb.
You Can Finish Strong With the Promise
Abraham and Sarah were tenacious and did not quit just because they "missed it." Neither should we. In time, Sarah gave birth to Isaac, the child God promised them when he said, "a son coming from your will be your heir. Look up at the heavens and count the stars, if indeed you can count them, so shall your offspring be" Genesis 15, 4-5.
Years later, Abraham's faith in God was challenged yet again, God, commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to Him. (See Genesis 22:2.)
Now it looked like the promise of countless descendants would perish with Isaac If God required his life.
Abraham saw beyond the threat of loss. His faith assured him that God
Would fulfill the promise, one way or another. Abraham obeyed God. He
Made all the necessary preparations and traveled to the place God had chosen For Isaac to be sacrificed.
All the way there, Abraham held fast to the promise God had given him so
Many years before. Abraham told his servant, "Stay here with the donkey
While me and the boy go over there. We will worship and then WE will come
back to you" Genesis 22:5.
A Promise IS a Promise.
Abraham trusted God even as be raised the knife over his precious Isaac. God stopped him from harming the boy, and just as Abraham had foretold, the two returned together. Abraham's tenacity paid off. The promise that he would father a nation was intact. It was spoken and assured by God, and it continues to operate today.
The bible says God has exalted his word above his name, this means if God gives you a promise he has staked his whole reputation on his word and there is no way that word can fail to come to pass.
It may look like the promise God gave you for a child is taking so long, I encourage you to still put your hope in God and his word. Leave it there! Keep on speaking it out of your mouth in faith everyday. Even though it may look a million miles away, still keep on speaking it daily. God is 100% faithful to keep his word. Trust Him and SOON you will see that He always keeps His promises!
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ONE GOD FOR ALL

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Our ability, to assist in bringing forth the Kingdom of God within ourselves and on our planet, depends first and foremost on understanding who God is (to the best of our present ability to do so). The Apostle Paul explained his concept of God to the people of Athens. Metaphysically, Athens signifies the intellectual center within humankind. The people in Athens had erected an altar inscribed: "This is the altar of the unknown God." Paul recognized that even though the Athenians did not know God, they felt the urge to worship something greater than they could conceive with their intellectual minds. Paul explains in Acts 17:24-28:

"For the God who made the world and all things therein, and who is the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; neither is he ministered to by human hands, nor is he in need of anything, for it is he who gave life and breath to all humankind. And he has made of one blood all nations of human beings to dwell on all the face of the earth, and he has appointed seasons by his command, and has set limits to the age of men and women; for in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your wise men have said, 'For we are his kindred.'"
God is above and beyond all else and present everywhere. As omnipresent Spirit, God created all that is, in its original manifestation; God is First Cause and original Source. The allegorical story of the Garden of Eden is an example of the Goodness and Love with which God creates. God provided for all of Adam and Eve's needs; they lived in the natural luxury and beauty of paradise. God figuratively walked with and talked with them. The channels of vision and direct hearing were open to Adam and Eve. The omnipresence spirit of God was their companion and friend. Negativity and pain were unknown. They had no doubt as to their origin: they came forth from the heart and mind of God. They wore the clothes of spirit; they were spirit.
In this Garden of Eden, all things were created from the divine substance. God beheld all of creation and declared, "It is Good." God creates because God is Creator. All that God creates become co-creators. Creation is an on-going process and the energy of creation is within all things. Look at nature: seeds create plants ... plants create leaves, flowers, and fruit ... stars create new stars ... stars create light ... rivers create beds through which to flow ... birds create nests ... animals create offspring according to their kind ... human beings create children ... the process of creation stretches throughout eternity. All things are interconnected; all of creation impacts upon all other facets of creation. The life-giving energy within all things is God energy ... divine energy ... love energy. GOD IS ALL THAT IS. SEPARATION DOES NOT EXIST. BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE, ALL THINGS ARE LOVED.
God needs nothing. In the words of Paul: "Neither is he ministered to by human hands, nor is he in need of anything." God's life-giving breath dwells within all creation. God is life; without God, there is no life. God needs nothing from humankind. God is not dependent upon humanity or any other part of creation. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, whether or not human beings worship him, obey his commandments, or allow him to manifest through them. God simply IS.
"God ... appointed seasons by his command." God created universal laws by which all of creation is bound. The Sun rises every morning. The stars are visible at night. The Moon reflects the Sun's light. Spring always follows winter. All of life moves through cycles or seasons. Creation is an orderly process. Corn seeds produce corn, not tomatoes. Oak trees produce acorns, not fragrant roses. Universal laws do not change. We can count on them to manifest in our lives according to the way we use them. It is by these universal laws that human beings create, whether consciously or unconsciously.
"And he has made of one blood all nations of humankind to dwell on all the face of the earth...." God created humanity as one family; we are all offspring of the One Mother/Father God. We were created to live together on this planet in the Garden of Eden. God created humanity as Daughters and Sons in her/his image and likeness. That means we were created to love, to live in paradise, to live in obedience to universal laws, to express our divinity.
What happened?
Humanity was created in the image of God and given the gift of freewill. That means we possess the freedom to choose. The gift of freewill was granted so that we could grow up to be gods and goddesses, true offspring of God. Needless to say, humanity has made some mistakes.
We have created a world in which we believe in separation—all kinds of separation. We have forgotten who we are and why we are in physical bodies on this planet. We have created a relationship with God that is based on fear: fear of not going to heaven, fear of being punished for eternity in hell, fear that God will zap us unexpectedly, fear that God will not hear and answer our prayers, and fear of surrendering to the unfolding of God's divine will in our lives. We attempt to camouflage this fear; but, as long as we can sincerely state, "God can do anything God chooses to do," we have not allowed Truth to erase our fear. God cannot do anything God chooses. God is a God of Love and therefore, can do nothing that is not loving. God gave us the gift of freewill, therefore, God cannot take away that gift or punish us for our mistaken decisions. GOD CAN ONLY LOVE US.   In that love, God patiently awaits our awakening to the true nature of all that is.   When we finally call out for help, God's grace flows forth unimpeded, except by our own resistance to change. We are loved beyond our capacity to conceive. The problem is: we have created a concept of God in our own image or worse. We blame God for our suffering, pain, and limitations. We have it all wrong.
During my days as a traditional minister, I sometimes presented the Children's Lesson. Heretofore, the youngest children had seen only male ministers dressed in a black robe. One Sunday, when the children came to the front of the church for the lesson, I—a female minister wearing a white robe—met them. One little boy looked up at me and said, "Are you God?" I smile at his innocence and shudder to realize that all too often, we consider God "the man upstairs … the man who physically looks like us."
This "man upstairs" concept of God leaves humanity feeling separated, and sometimes, even estranged from God. We know all too well the unpredictability of humankind. The "man upstairs" can be absent from our lives; he can fail to hear our prayers. He can be preoccupied with other things. It is easier to get angry with the "man upstairs" than it is to love him.
On the other hand, many call God "First Cause" or the "Source." Even though the titles are true, many then proceed to view God as far away and unattached to what happens to human beings. The sense of separation becomes a chasm too great to cross. We hear people say, "God doesn't need me" or "God is too vast (or great) to pay attention to little me." In other words, "Why would First Cause love me?" "Why would the Source consider me worth listening to?" Either way, God is seen as far away and unrelated to our daily lives.
In Truth, God is that energy of love that is everywhere present. God is the divine substance from which all things are made. There is nowhere where God is not. In an effort to reveal our true relationship to God, Jesus taught us to address him as "Abba." Abba translates from the Aramaic as "father," but possesses the connotation of the intimate relationship we share with "daddy or dad."   To the western ear, "father" sounds more formal. It is a term of respect, whereas "daddy or dad" is most often a term of affection and close relationship. The term "mom" will work just as well. The important issue is that we learn to communicate with God as a being of infinite love for us, his/her divine offspring.
Knowing God as our loving parent ... as that being of love that is always present with us ... who is all-powerful ... and who wants only the Garden of Eden for us creates a tremendous shift in our view of life and of ourselves. As God's offspring, we realize we are never alone ... we are all-powerful ... and that the Garden of Eden is already ours. Our task becomes allowing that paradise to manifest in our daily lives.
God is the Mind of the Universe. Just as our hearts are directly linked to the Heart of God through love, so our minds are directly linked to the Mind of God through our capacity to think and to intuit. This link to the Mind of God is how we create; we create with our thoughts. It is how we receive inspiration: we are inspired via our intuitive insights.   We often see evidence of our connectedness to the Mind of God or the One Mind, in the synchronicities that occur in our lives. For example: we think of a friend and she appears on our doorstep unannounced. Or, we pray for a wheelchair ramp and a member of our church announces he has one for sale. We are all connected to the Heart and Mind of God and thereby, to each other. Wherever we are, there is no separation. Death does not exist, so those in spirit are not separated from those of us presently residing on the physical plane. We feel separated because we lost our original ability to see into the world of spirit as easily as we perceive the physical plane. We can be separated only by belief in separation.
Within the One Mind and Heart of God, "we live and move and have our being." As offspring of God, we have the capacity to be all that our Mother/Father God is: all loving and all powerful, possessing the ability to create all Good in our lives, and holding the potential to transform our world. We, the offspring of Mother/Father God, can bring forth the Kingdom of God within ourselves and on Earth.
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Ridding Oneself Of The Thorn Of Worry

2013-10-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

Worry is an idle word that causes stagnancy and instability in a believer's life. It is an emotion, which demands constant attention that breeds confusion, ferments fear, and reccessitates doubt. Worry is unrelenting and can quickly wreak havoc as its unyielding tendrils of confusion seep into the relationship one has with God. As hard as it seems to not give into worry, applying these scriptural verses to your daily life will help you to surrender yourself to the hope that is in Christ Jesus, and not the wishful thinking that is often disguised by the distractions of worry.

• "Do not worry about your life; what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? " Matthew 6:25 NIV

As hard as these economic times are, God has not forsaken His own. The above words from Jesus show us that God considers life precious. God will provide our basic needs. It will come in the exact amount that He knows we need, not in the amount that we want or think we need.

Sometimes within God's provision, one may have to juggle resources around to meet the needs of those involved and one may suffer for a time, but no situation calls for martyrdom.

Remembering the blessings that are apparent instead of the curses that are not, helps to keep things in proper perspective, and allows ones heart to receive and recognize God's goodness.

• "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men." Colossians 3:25 NIV

Although this scripture has little to do with the subject of worry, applying this mindset to everyday living is useful as it helps to keep the situation in its proper perspective. Even if one may worry about job prospects, or job insecurity, investing ones all into even the menial tasks gets God's attention and will do to serve one well against worrying.

• "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:27 NIV

Worry has no benefit. In fact, it is a waste of time and instead of walking with confidence in the moment, and dealing with conflicts accordingly, worry can cause one to stand still.

Worry is void of the expectant hope living in each moment creates, it instead brings a cup that is overflowing with wishful thinking that is devoid of any promise given to us through Christ Jesus.

• "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 NIV

This is essential to ridding oneself of worry. While we fall victim to circumstances daily, seeking out God's kingdom of righteousness first allows one to develop character to walk upright among tumultuous situations.

• "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 NIV

Worry is a choice, and it is not something that a believer needs to give into. We have freedom in Christ Jesus through the means of the cross. When we place Him in front of all we do, He becomes all of who we are. We then begin to see the effects of the victory of the cross, which forces worry back into its rightful place of dormancy.

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self- discipline." 2 Tim 1:7 NIV

So how does one go about ridding oneself of the nagging constant thorn of worry?

It is a process. Worry is such a big part of who we are that it often comes naturally. It is easy to say or hear the words 'don't worry' but to put them into practice is another feat altogether.

In order to put worry in its rightful place, begin tackling situations from a different perspective or mindset. Each situation has many angles of approach. Success is all-dependent on finding the ideal counter attack in order to achieve optimal results. Those optimal results can only be achieved when the above scriptures are applied to one's life with the accuracy and dependency of trust.

Trust is the essential tool in order to head off the debilitating crutch of worry. One way to build trust in a relationship with God is to commit and dedicate oneself to prayer.

Prayer is another way to reap the healthy benefits of God's word that will allow one to find freedom from worry and all aspects of it.

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Shannon Gilmour is a motivational speaker and inspirational author helping others discover themselves naturally through the word of God.

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The Best Thing I've Ever Done

2013-10-08T11:42:00.001-07:00

At the young age of 33 I have done a lot of things both good and bad. Some of the things I have done in my life include: alcohol, drugs, sex, money/shopping, eating, music, movies, roller coaster rides, traveling to 5 different countries, and lots, lots more.

Anyone of these things can give you a thrill, a high, something that makes you feel good. Some of these things are bad like alcohol and drugs and some are good like eating, sex (within marriage), and more. Of all the things that I have ever done, there is one thing that stands out by far as being the best thing I have ever done and it is this: falling in love with Jesus!

Yes, that's it my friend, falling in love with Jesus. There is nothing in all my life that even compares to falling in love with Jesus, nothing. As you can see in the list above I have done a lot of things in my life, most of them being very pleasurable and fulfilling to some extent, at least for the moment. But truly, falling in love with Jesus is the best thing I have ever done.

You may ask, "Why has falling in love with Jesus been the best thing you have ever done?" I could attempt to explain this to you but until you fall in love with Jesus yourself you'll never really know. It will be just another interesting idea to add to your stack of interesting ideas, but if you were to risk losing yourself and surrender your life completely to Jesus, then you would know exactly what I am talking about.

When the love of God comes over you there is absolutely nothing like it! It fills the room! It is so real! His Spirit is so very alive! My life has been so dramatically changed by His love! I would be completely lost without it. God delivered me from drugs, alcohol, and a destiny that had prison or death written all over it. I am changed because of His love.

Stevie Wonder seems to agree with me. He sang a song at Bishop Noel Jones' church in Los Angeles about this very thing. I feel like crying every time I watch it. If you would like to watch this video just go to YouTube and type Stevie Wonder, Falling in Love with Jesus. It's probably one of my favorite videos on YouTube.

My friend there is absolutely nothing in this world that even compares to the love of Jesus! He is so very wonderful! If you don't know Him I recommend for you to give your life to him. I recommend for you to fall in love with Jesus. It will be the best thing you have ever done.

If you are already a Christian, maybe you need to fall in love with Him all over again. Maybe the oil in your lamp has run dry. That's O.K. Jesus said I stand at the door and knock and if any man would open I will come in unto him. Jesus is ready to come and give you something new and fresh in your life! Fall in love with Jesus all over again my dear brother/sister, it will be the best thing you have ever done!

James Robor is an anointed and gifted minister, speaker, and author. James has ministered to countless hundreds and thousands the saving and healing gospel of Jesus Christ. He desires to help take people to a higher level. To see the lost saved, the saved set free, and the free set on fire for Jesus.

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Use Faith to Move the Mountains in Your Life

2013-10-08T11:36:00.001-07:00

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea: and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. ~ Mark 11:22-23

Jesus told us to have faith in God. Other translations tell us to "have the faith of God" or to "have the God-kind of faith".

Not doubt... Not 'hope so'... Not 'if it be Thy will'...

His will is His Word. If He said it, you can have it!

Faith steps forward with conviction and plants both feet firmly. It stands without wavering until the desired result appears.

I wish I could just open your brain and pour in the faith you need to always stay positive and God-focused. I wish I could convince you that no matter what is going on in your life, it's temporary. The Bible calls it 'temporal'. As long as we are here on this earth, everything is subject to change! And you have more to do with that change than you think.

You see, God told us to 'have dominion' (Gen. 1:27). He told us to choose between the blessing and the curse (Deut. 30:19). In great measure, our lives here are not determined by God. They are determined by our faith. We choose...

Let's look at the process more closely.

First, understand that you cannot be without faith. Faith is a force of the universe. It is present in every person. You are believing something, all the time. You believe the chair will hold you, that the lights will work, that you'll get a paycheck at the end of the week. Faith is the power behind your habits, preferences, thoughts, words and actions.

Atheists say they do not 'believe' in God. That means they do believe there is not a God. You cannot NOT believe. Your mind is always believing something. As the saying goes, 'If you believe you can, or believe you can't, you're right!' It's all about what you believe, not what you want to believe, or hope will happen. Faith requires conviction.

What are you thinking?...

Faith in negative circumstances is called 'fear'. Fear is belief in the power of something to harm you in some way. We fear the loss of a job because we 'believe', rightly or wrongly, that our position is in jeopardy, and that the loss will be painful and harmful. People have 'faith' that snakes, spiders, airplanes, oceans, and heights are harmful. That snake or spider is sleeping peacefully in the sun, but your negative faith triggers a reaction of apprehension or fright. Hundreds of people fly or sail on cruise ships every day, but the mere thought of doing so makes your heart pound and your stomach flop. All of it happens only IN YOUR HEAD. Your world is governed by your thoughts!

Choose faith.

From Genesis to Revelation, God reminds you to trust Him. "Believe only", He tells you. "Fear not."

Why do you think He stresses that? John explains it this way. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love (I John 4:18). Remember that God is love, so there is no fear in God. His very presence reduces fear to nothing.

It's a measuring stick of sorts. If you're afraid of something, you've excluded God's presence in that situation. He wants to help, but you're letting fear take precedence. If you allow fear and doubt, God will not interfere. You have to choose to 'fear not, believe only' (Luke 8:50). The results you want are on the other side of your faith.

Move that mountain!

See that mountain? It might be a mountain of debt. It could be a pile of pain. Or maybe it's a seemingly insurmountable (no pun intended!) problem. Fear not! Instead, speak to it. Mark 11:23 says 'say to the mountain'. Don't beg and plead with God. He gave you His Word and faith. He told you to 'have dominion' (Gen. 1:26). He said that He has already given you the victory (I Cor. 15:57) and John explained that the victory that overcomes anything in the world is your faith! (I John 5:4).

Use it. Stretch it. Strengthen it with practice and determination. Hang on to the promises of God and speak only what you want, not what you already have. What you have is right in front of you - no faith needed. It already IS.

Faith - your faith - will move heaven and earth to create what you believe, to move and re-order your experiences, your mountains, into what you desire. God has promised to give you 'the desires of your heart' (Ps. 37:4). All it takes is faith - unmovable, unshakable unstoppable mountain-moving faith.

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