6 Characteristics Among Successful Christians
June 22, 2008
How does one become a truly successful Christian? Even though people are diverse, the successful ones share some things in common. Here are six common traits that all successful Christian people have in common… 1. Successful people know themselves. They understand their talents and strengths, and they know how to use them to their advantage. 2. Successful people are open to feedback. They learn from the opinions of others. Even the opinions of less successful people. 3. Successful people are... Read more »
Communicating With God - Communicating With God to Receive His Plans For You is Good Communication
June 20, 2008
Help me to communicate with God? Please help me communicate with God much more easily. Help me be able to hear God’s voice? These are quesitons that I’ve asked others in the past as I was trying to get to know God more and more. But when God revealed to me The Truth in His Word, I reached out in faith and today I’ hear and communicate with God for just about everything. What’s this truth? The Truth is: all those who belong to the Lord, those who have the Spirit of Christ dwelling... Read more »
Leading UFO Researchers Confirm Christian View
June 19, 2008
A general consensus has emerged among serious, science oriented UFO researchers that a certain small percentage of UFOs are real and are not figments of anyone’s imagination. Furthermore, it is well known that many individuals claim to receive messages from alleged extra-terrestials aboard UFOs. The messages received from UFOs are generally occultic and steer people away from belief in Christian doctrine. Extra-terrestials tend to undermine or attack the Christian faith. Christian scholars... Read more »
More Knowledge Leads to Frustration
June 13, 2008
Have you gone through book after book, sermon after sermon, or article after article looking for answers that will bring you success for your life, but found yourself only coming up with more questions? Does it seem like the more you study, the more frustrated you become? There’s an interested Scripture I would like to direct you to found in Ecclesiastes 1:16-18. This is written by Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived… “I said to myself, “Look, I am better educated than... Read more »
The Stages of Ministry
June 12, 2008
It has been said, “Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.” Stages are simply the acknowledgement of certain points of passage that one experiences on his or her journey. Understanding these passages, whether they relate to learning, aging, or grieving, brings us a sense of perspective and provides us insight into how we react while in the midst... Read more »
Unconditional Love: Why Everybody Needs It and How to Give It Away
June 11, 2008
Is unconditional love a part of your daily living? Many relationship experts, marriage counselors, psychologists and therapists agree on one thing. Love offers the most powerful healing force in relationships. However, love is an often misunderstood. Love means many things. Love of friends often means being nice to those who are nice to us. Boyfriends and girlfriends say, “I love you” when they start to get serious with each other. Married love implies a lifelong commitment to one spouse... Read more »
3 Ways to Change Your Mindset for Christian Prosperity
June 10, 2008
I’ve heard a lot middle class people say, “I can’t do this or that financially… I’m poor,” and laugh about it as if they’re taking some kind of pride in being broke. Do you realize if a person has the mindset of being poor and acts poor, he or she will be poor? Thinking you are poor and acting like you’re poor will keep you poor! You will never rise above the way you see yourself. “As a man thinketh, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). If you say... Read more »
Spiritual Fasting & The Demolition of Strongholds
June 6, 2008
For thousands of years religions worldwide have used the discipline of spiritual fasting as a means to pound on the doors of heaven for breakthrough. The concept is that fasting weakens the body and allows the spirit to become more awake and in control-therefore allowing it to receive God’s power and direction. Flesh Domination Overall, spiritual fasting centers on putting aside the domination of the flesh in favor of the spirit which, in essence, is the true source of power that can solve... Read more »
Holy Spirit Bears Fruit to Help Christians
June 3, 2008
After a candidate received the Sacrament of Confirmation, and he receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Church teaches that these gifts bear fruits, the Fruits of the Spirits. These fruits are Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Generosity, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Modesty, Self-Control and Chastiy. The Fruits of the Spirit is a concept found in Chapter 5 :22 of Galatians and given the name Fruit because it was meant to imply harvest or the result of the Gifts the Holy Spirit gives... Read more »
Holy Spirit Bestows Seven Gifts at Confirmation
June 2, 2008
One of the major aspects of the Sacrament of Confirmation are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit that are bestowed on the candidate when they are sealed with the Holy Spirit. The candidate when participating in Confirmation accepts that their mission is to be witnesses of Jesus in their families and communities. And, the reception of those gifts helps each candidate succeed on their mission. The gifts are wisdom, understanding, knowledge, fortitude, counsel, piety and fear of the Lord are the seven... Read more »
