Psalms 23 THIS IS AWESOME

                       The Lord is my Shepherd = That's Relationship!  

I shall not want = That's Supply!   He maketh me to lie down in green pastures = That's Rest!  He leadeth me beside the still waters = That's Refreshment!   He restoreth my soul = That's Healing!   He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness = That's Guidance!   For His name sake = That's Purpose!    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death = That's Testing!   I will fear no evil = That's Protection!  For Thou art with me = That's Faithfulness!   Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me = That's Discipline!   Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies = That's Hope!   Thou annointest my head with oil = That's Consecration!   My cup runneth over = That's Abundance!    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life = That's Blessing !   And I will dwell in the house of the Lord = That's Security!   Forever = That's Eternity!    Face it, the Lord is crazy about you.    Send this to people you are crazy about.  I thought this was pretty special, just like YOU!!!   What is most valuable,    is not what we have in our lives, but    WHO we have in our lives!    '  Do not ask the Lord to Guide your Footsteps if you are not

willing to move your Feet'         Peace. 

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A man was sick and tired
of going to work every day
while his wife stayed home.
He wanted her to see what he went
through so he prayed:
'Dear Lord:
I go to work every day and put
in 8 hours while my wife
merely stays at home.
I want her to know what
I go through.
So, please allow her body to
switch with mine for a day.
'

God, in his infinite wisdom,
granted the man's wish.
The next morning, sure enough,
the man awoke as a woman...
He arose, cooked breakfast
for his mate,
Awakened the kids,

Set out their school clothes,
Fed them breakfast,
Packed their lunches,
Drove them to school,
Came home and picked
up the dry cleaning,
Took it to the cleaners
And stopped at the bank
to make a deposit,

Went grocery shopping,
Then drove home to put
away the groceries,

Paid the bills and balanced
the check book.
He cleaned the cat's litter box
and bathed the dog..
Then, it was already 1 P.M.
And he hurried to make the beds,
Do the laundry, vacuum,
Dust, And sweep and mop
the kitchen floor.
Ran to the school to pick up
the kids and got into an argument
with them on the way home.
Set out milk and cookies and
got the kids organized to do
their homework.
Then, set up the ironing board
and watched TV while he
did the ironing
At 4:30 he began peeling
potatoes and washing
vegetables for salad,
breaded the pork chops
and snapped
fresh beans for supper.

After supper,
He cleaned the kitchen,
Ran the dishwasher,
Folded laundry,
Bathed the kids, And put
them to bed.
At 9 P.M. He was exhausted
and, though his daily chores
weren't finished, he went to
bed where he was expected to
make love, which he managed
to get through without complaint.

The next morning, he awoke
and immediately knelt by the
bed and said: -
Lord, I don't know what
I was thinking.
I was so wrong to envy my
wife's being able to stay
home all day.
Please, Oh! Please,
let us trade back.. Amen!'
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied:

'My son, I feel you have
learned your lesson and
I will be happy to change
things back to the way
they were.

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If God Created Everything, Who Created God?

Christianity's answer 

Christianity answers the question of who created God in the very first verse of the very first book, Genesis:

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)

This verse tells us that God was acting before time when He created the universe. Many other verses from the New Testament tells us that God was acting before time began, and so, He created time, along with the other dimensions of our universe:

• No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. (1 Corinthians 2:7)
• This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time (2 Timothy 1:9)
• The hope of eternal life, which God... promised before the beginning of time (Titus 1:2)
• To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 1:25)

The idea that God created time, along with the physical universe, is not just some wacky modern Christian interpretation of the Bible. Justin Martyr, a second century Christian apologist, in his Hortatory Address to the Greeks, said that Plato got the idea that time was created along with the universe from Moses:

"And from what source did Plato draw the information that time was created along with the heavens? For he wrote thus: �Time, accordingly, was created along with the heavens; in order that, coming into being together, they might also be together dissolved, if ever their dissolution should take place.� Had he not learned this from the divine history of Moses?"¹

God exists in timeless eternity

How does God acting before time began get around the problem of God's creation? There are two possible interpretations of these verses. One is that God exists outside of time. Since we live in a universe of cause and effect, we naturally assume that this is the only way in which any kind of existence can function. However, the premise is false. Without the dimension of time, there is no cause and effect, and all things that could exist in such a realm would have no need of being caused, but would have always existed. Therefore, God has no need of being created, but, in fact, created the time dimension of our universe specifically for a reason - so that cause and effect would exist for us. However, since God created time, cause and effect would never apply to His existence.

God exists in multiple dimension of time

The second interpretation is that God exists in more than one dimension of time. Things that exist in one dimension of time are restricted to time's arrow and are confined to cause and effect. However, two dimensions of time form a plane of time, which has no beginning and no end and is not restricted to any single direction. A being that exists in at least two dimension of time can travel anywhere in time and yet never had a beginning, since a plane of time has no starting point. Either interpretation leads one to the conclusion that God has no need of having been created.

Why can't the universe be eternal?

 The idea that God can be eternal leads us to the idea that maybe the universe is eternal, and, therefore, God doesn't need to exist at all. Actually, this was the prevalent belief of atheists before the observational data of the 20^th century strongly refuted the idea that the universe was eternal. This fact presented a big dilemma for atheists, since a non-eternal universe implied that it must have been caused. MaybeGenesis 1:1 was correct! Not to be dismayed by the facts, atheists have invented some metaphysical "science" that attempt to explain away the existence of God. Hence, most atheistic cosmologists believe that we see only the visible part of a much larger "multiverse" that randomly spews out universes with different physical parameters.² Since there is no evidence supporting this idea (nor can there be, according to the laws of the universe), it is really just a substitute "god" for atheists. And, since this "god" is non-intelligent by definition, it requires a complex hypothesis, which would be ruled out if we use Occam's razor, which states that one should use the simplest logical explanation for any phenomenon. Purposeful intelligent design of the universe makes much more sense, especially based upon what we know about the design of the universe.

What does science say about time?

When Stephen Hawking, George Ellis, and Roger Penrose extended the equations for general relativity to include space and time, the results showed that time has a beginning - at the moment of creation (i.e., the Big Bang).³ In fact, if you examine university websites, you will find that many professors make such a claim - that the universe had a beginning and that this beginning marked the beginning of time (see The Universe is Not Eternal, But Had A Beginning). Such assertions support the Bible's claim that time began at the creation of the universe.

Conclusion 

God has no need to have been created, since He exists either outside time (where cause and effect do not operate) or within multiple dimensions of time (such that there is no beginning of God's plane of time). Hence God is eternal, having never been created. Although it is possible that the universe itself is eternal, eliminating the need for its creation, observational evidence contradicts this hypothesis, since the universe began to exist a finite ~13.7 billion years ago. The only possible escape for the atheist is the invention of a kind of super universe, which can never be confirmed experimentally (hence it is metaphysical in nature, and not scientific). source ....
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/who_created_god.html 

by Rich Deem 

A BIBLE STUDY ON DIET & HEALTH

Are Health Principles part of Bible religion?

3John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in HEALTH, even as thy soul prospereth.”

Why did God give health rules?

Exo 23:25 “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will TAKE SICKNESS AWAY from the midst of thee.”

Do God’s Health rules have anything to do with eating and drinking?

1Cor 10:31 “Whether therefore ye EAT, or DRINK, or whatsoever ye do, do all TO THE GLORY OF GOD.”

What perfect diet did God give people to eat when He created them?

Gen 1:29 “And God said, Behold, I have given you every HERB BEARING SEED, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the FRUIT of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”

Gen 2:16 “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every TREE of the garden thou mayest freely eat.”

Everything was vegetarian before sin and death. God gave man fruits, nuts and seeds for food, which were harvested without killing the plant. After sin man lost access to the tree of life and God added vegetables, “the herb of the field.” (Gen 3:18), which lose their life to feed us. 

When was meat eating permitted?

Though God never intended meat to be eaten,  He permitted it after the Flood “even as the green herb,”  (i.e. an addition given because of sin, but which God never intended. Gen 9:3). Therefore, from Adam till meat eating was permitted after the Flood, a period of over 1600 years, all of God’s people were vegetarian. 

Did God allow men to eat all kinds of animals?

No. God made a distinction between clean and unclean animals and made this known to Noah from whom all races come (Gen 7:1-2). The distinction between clean and unclean did not originate with the Jews or the Mosaic law. 

Milk and eggs, which were always intended as foods - for baby animals - were also permitted. However meat requires death, and as death is the result of sin, meat was never intended as food.

Note: Cow’s milk is for growing calves. Cows don’t even drink milk. Where do cows get the calcium that is found in their milk? From plants. Milk contains lactose. Most human beings are lactose intolerant beyond the age of weaning. Many people are also allergic to milk. There is no need to drink milk if one is on a balanced vegetarian diet.

See Vegetarian Christians at the top of this page.

Because God loves us and knows how our bodies work, what items did He call unclean and forbid us to eat?

Lev 11:4 “Nevertheless these shall ye not eat...the camel...the coney...the hare...the swine...Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you.”

Could eating Pork, when one knows what God commands, jeopardize one’s salvation?

Isa 66:15-17 “For, behold, the LORD will come with fire...They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one [tree] in the midst, eating SWINE’S FLESH, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

Didn’t the distinction between clean and unclean end at the cross?

Rev 18:2 “And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every UNCLEAN and hateful bird.”

Acts 10:14 “But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or UNCLEAN.”

Note: These passages were written long after Calvary and the distinction between clean and unclean still exists. Isa 66:15-17 shows the distinction will exist till the Second Coming.

Does the Bible forbid Alcohol?

The word “wine” in the English Bible is usually translated from the Hebrew “Yayin” and the Greek “Oinos” and can refer to fermented OR unfermented grape juice. Those texts speaking favourably of wine, or using it to symbolize good things, refer to UNFERMENTED wine (grape juice). Those texts condemning wine, or using it to symbolize evil, refer to fermented intoxicating wine. 

Prov 20:1 “Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

Prov 23:31-32 “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”

Christ’s pure truth is represented by the pure uncorrupted juice of the grape. Corrupted teachings are represented by fermented grape juice:

Rev 17:2 “With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made DRUNK with the WINE of her fornication.”

See study on Alcohol and the Christian above.

Does the Bible condemn Tobacco?

1Cor 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”

What else should Christians avoid?

Caffeine is one of the world’s most widely used addictive mind-altering drugs. 

Caffeine:

Increases the risk of developing many cancers. Increases the risk of miscarriages. 

Increases blood pressure and the risk of heart attack. 

Increases calcium loss leading to osteoporosis. 

One cup of tea or coffee reduces iron absorption by 39-72%. Am. J of Clinical Nutr 37:416-420, 1983.

We should not harm our body temples (1Cor 6:19) by using Caffeine products.

What solemn reminder is given to those who ignore God’s Health Rules?

Gal 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

What fearful and shocking truth about health involves our children?

Deut 12:25 “ Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.”

Exo 20:5 “...visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me.”

What more fearful, sobering fact does the Word of God reveal?

Rev 21:27 “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

Eze 11:21 “But [as for them] whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.”

What should every sincere Christian do at once?

2Cor 7:1 “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

1John 3:3 “And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

John 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”

Can I really give up these bad health habits I have?

John 1:12 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:”

Php 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

What thrilling promises are given about God’s new Kingdom?

Isa 33:24 “And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity.”

Rev 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

Since Health is truly a part of Christian living, are you willing to follow God’s Health rules?