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BANG! 
In the beginning Bang created the heavens and the earth and all that has resulted since. So reads the evolutionary genesis. You and I are the result of an event and a process. The creationist has no problem with this view, except that it makes... 
 
Religion ......There it is 
let me tell you something  1. God does not exist. 2. Allah does not exist. 3. Jesus does not exist. 4. Shiva does not exist.  almost 90% of the people reading this blog would not mind my first sentence, just dismissing me as an atheist,   However,... 
 
Seek God 
 God dwells within us. If God reveals something to us, according to scripture, that makes us a god (Jn. 10:35). However, we are not God. If the Spirit speaks through us, it is truth and it is God. It is God living through us. Yet, because another... 
 
The Blind Village and the Elephant 
 Robert Elias Najemy  Many of you will know this story and of course it is not mine, but it is worth remembering during these days of fear and fanaticism.  "Once there was a village of blind people (that is us). In this village lived a blind king,... 
 
When A Good Man Becomes A “God-Man” 
When A Good Man   Becomes A “God-Man”  By Doug Krieger     “And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he... 
 
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			Counting Them Happy
  
				  "Take ... the ... prophets for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience ... we count them happy which endure," Ja. 5 10-11.
   Satan has used this passage to rob us of a victorious life. Any happiness you see is likely just a cover.
   It is often thought we're to patiently endure whatever horrible things that come our way, to be victims of our circumstance. The only blessings we expect to see are in the life to come. 
   Occasionally, I've heard well intended Christians say, "We're never going to get through the trials of this life until we get to Heaven."
   I have this urge to respond, "Don't say that! IT ISN'T TRUE!" But, I also understand that they wouldn't say it except they don't know.
   The prophets weren't victims. They suffered more because they went through all the issues of the inner man so they could come back and teach the people how to overcome. And, they did so holding on to the  
				
				
 
				 promises of God!
   You can bet that, in each victorious adventure taken, the prophets were happy when all was said and done - in awe of what God had done for them. They believed God when He said we could be overcomers ... not only in the next life, but in this life, too. And, they weren't disappointed.
   The prophets suffered and endured (stayed the course), not because they liked it but, because they liked the end result. The end result is where they found happiness.
  © by Joyce C. Lock http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
  About the Author 
 In addition to being a published author and poet, Joyce C. Lock created the religion column, "Christianity Made Simple" for Peru Daily Tribune, continues to write inspirational articles for area newspapers, and shares further in online and e-mail ministries. 
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