Christian Combat - One Man's Struggle to Live a Full Life!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Amelia Earhart Quotes

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Amelia Earhart

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Resolve to be thyself; and know that who finds himself, loses his misery.” -- Matthew Arnold

"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances." -- Martha Washington

”In our lives, trouble is inevitable, misery is optional.”
“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.” -- Victor Hugo

”I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” -- Anne Frank

”I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.” -- Albert Schweitzer

”It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.” -- William Glasser

”When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery. He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.” -- Thornton Wilder

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hosea 6:6

No matter how it is translated, it all means the samething:

Hosea 6:4-7 (MSG)

4-7 "What am I to do with you, Ephraim?
What do I make of you, Judah?
Your declarations of love last no longer
than morning mist and predawn dew.
That's why I use prophets to shake you to attention,
why my words cut you to the quick:
To wake you up to my judgment
blazing like light.
I'm after love that lasts, not more religion.
I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.
You broke the covenant—just like Adam!
You broke faith with me—ungrateful wretches!

Hosea 6:6 NIV

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Hosea 6:6 NLT

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

English Standard Version

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.

King James Bible

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

American King James Version

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

American Standard Version

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Bible in Basic English

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Darby Bible Translation

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

English Revised Version

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Webster's Bible Translation

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

World English Bible

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Young's Literal Translation

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Geneva Study Bible

For I desired {f} mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Wesley's Notes

6:6 For - I so hewed and slew them, because they did not what I most of all required; they were full of sacrifices, but either to idols, or else in formality and pride. Mercy - Compassion and charity towards men, this one principal duty of the second table put for all. In this I delight, I have found little of this among you. Not sacrifice - Rather than sacrifice. The knowledge of God - The affectionate knowledge of God, which fills the mind with reverence of his majesty, fear of his goodness, love of his holiness, trust in his promise, and submission to his will.

This passage hit me as so profound and yet so simple, as Jesus put it, love God and love your neighbor. It is not about putting on a religious show - outward appearances, all God wants is for us to know him intimately to live our lives with him. To have a dialogue with him, to live our life in his presence and to be one with him. I do not know how to do this, but I do have a better understanding of what God wants. As Jesus so clearly stated he is the way, love is the way to God.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

FREEDOM

Freedom is not where you live
Freedom is not where you work
Freedom is not who your family is
Freedom is not your body
Freedom is not money

Freedom is only found in your mind - Soul!

So, you have freedom if your Soul is free.

How do we have a free Soul?

We ask for it!

How?

Just ask Jesus Christ to free your Soul!

We can be free, just ask!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

I AM

Moses was a shephard in the desert and he came to know God and God spoke to him!

Exodus 13:13-14
13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

John 10:34-38
34Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'[e]? 35If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken— 36what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 37Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

Psalm 82:6

"I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.'

As Christians we are children of Christ, Jesus was God on earth, so we are children of God. God is everywhere and in everything, so God is in us.

Mellon-Thomas Benedict

Journey Through the Light and Back

After suffering from a terminal illness, in 1982 Mellen-Thomas Benedict ‘died’ and for an hour and a half he was monitored showing no vital signs. Miraculously he returned to his body with a complete remission of the disease – and what may be the most inspirational near-death experience story known to date.

While on the “other side” Mellen journeyed through several realms of consciousness and beyond the “light at the end of the tunnel”. He was shown during his NDE, in holographic detail, Earth’s past and a beautiful vision of mankind’s future for the next 400 years. He experienced the cosmology of our soul’s connection to Mother Earth (Gaia), our role in the Universe, and was gifted with access to Universal Intelligence.

Since his near-death experience, Mellen-Thomas has maintained his direct access to Universal Intelligence, and returns to the light at will, enabling him to be a bridge between science and spirit. He has been involved in research programs on life after death experiences and has developed new technologies for health and wellness. With humility, insight, and depth of feeling he shares his experience and insights.

He brings back a message of hope and inspiration for humanity about Life After Death and Reincarnation delivered with a joy and clarity that is refreshing. His depth of feeling and passion for life is a gift to be shared.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Fear and Living - Quotes

"Ulimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom." Marilyn Fergusen

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death." James F. Bymes

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience on which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years." Abraham Lincoln

"How we spend our days is. of course, how spend our lives" Annie Dillard

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squandor time, for that the stuff life is made of." Ben Franklin

"Every man dies - Not every man lives" William Ross Wallace

"God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgement Day - our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since, fear is crippling , a fearful life - fear of death, fear of judgment - is one not fully formed in love." 1 John 4:17-18 MSG Emphases Added

IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling

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The Armor of God - Ephesians 6:10-18

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Matthew 6:5-15 "How to Pray"

Prayer 5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.[a]' 14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Psalm 23 NIV

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings....If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau