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		<title>We have eternal life</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (NIV)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ecclesiastes 3:11</strong><br />
<em>He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (NIV)</em></p>
<p>The King James says,  “<em>also he hath set the world in their heart.</em>”  The word translated world is owlam (<em>Strong&#8217;s Hebrew 5759</em>). In Hebrew, owlam signifies a far distance: and example being the distance to the horizon.  If I set out on a journey to reach the horizon, I will travel for days, months, years, a lifetime, but I will  never reach it. It will always be further out, beyond my reach.</p>
<div id="attachment_325" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 360px"><img class="size-full wp-image-325 " title="sunset" src="http://expectedend.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sunset.jpg" alt="Sunset at Myrtle Beach SC" width="350" height="261" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sunset at Myrtle Beach SC</p></div>
<p>God has placed this longing to reach  owlam, eternity, distant horizons, the end times, the Omega Point, the Convergence, Utopia, Paradise, The great awakening,  Cosmic Consciousness, Nirvana, the Age of Aquarius, The New Jerusalem, Heaven &#8211; or as the Vulcan&#8217;s say, Sha-Ka-Ree &#8211; within each of us.</p>
<p><strong>Romans 2:6,7</strong><br />
<em> 6 [GOD] Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:</em><br />
Two terms: Immortality, and eternal life</p>
<p>The Greek word translated <em>immortality</em> is Strong&#8217;s 861, arphtharsia meaning imperishableness, immortality, incorruption. 1 Corinthians 15 speaks of the resurrected, immortal,  spiritual,  incorruptible body.</p>
<p>Immortality is a future event for us. We will all have to die first before we get our spiritual bodies. But we who are believers in Jesus have eternal life right here, right now. We don&#8217;t have to wait for death or a rapture event to have the life of God in us. We have it now.</p>
<p><strong>John 6:47:</strong><br />
<em> Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.</em></p>
<p>There are 5 components of the Eternal Life:</p>
<ol>
<li>Knowing that our sins are forgiven.</li>
<li>Walking in holiness, the character of God</li>
<li>Knowledge that our prayers are answered.</li>
<li>Fellowship with God and our brothers and sisters.</li>
<li>Shalom, the peace of God.</li>
</ol>
<p>If we can but grasp this treasure we have in jars of clay, we will live this life on Earth as victorious, triumphant,  conquering, vanquishing, productive, and fruitful witnesses for Christ.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.49in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Ecclesiastes 3:11</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.49in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (NIV)</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The King James says “also he hath set the world in their heart” the word world is owlam. (Strong&#8217;s Hebrew 5759). the Hebrew world means a far distance as in from where I am to the horizon. I set out for the horizon, but I never reach it. God has placed this longing to reach owlam, the horizon, the end times, the Omega Point, the Convergence, Utopia, Paradise, The great awakening,  Cosmic Consciousness, Nirvana, The Age of Aquarius, The New Jerusalem, Heaven. Or as the Vulcan&#8217;s say, </span>Sha-Ka-Ree.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6 [GOD] Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and <em><strong>immortality</strong></em>, <span style="color: #800000;"><em><strong>eternal life:</strong></em></span> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Two terms: Immortality, and eternal life</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Immortality: Strong&#8217;s 861, arphtharsia meaning imperishableness, immortality, incorruption.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 Corinthians 15 speaks of the resurrected body, immortality,  spiritual body. An incorruptible body</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We now have everlasting life. We believe on Jesus.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.49in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">John 6:47:</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.49in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>5 components of the Eternal Life</strong></span></p>
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<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Knowing 	that our sins are forgiven. </strong></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Walking 	in holiness, the character of God </strong></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Knowledge 	that our prayers are answered. </strong></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Fellowship 	with God and our brothers and sisters. </strong></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Shalom, 	the peace of God.</strong></span></p>
</li>
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		<title>Healing Words: Financial Woes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abba Father,
Gracious, merciful Father in Heaven. To whom can we compare you? There is no other God. There is no other Power. You and you nature are the principle upon which this Universe is built. You are love. Love is built into the fabric of space-time. It is not limited by time nor distance.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abba Father,</strong></p>
<p>Gracious, merciful Father in Heaven. To whom can we compare you? There is no other God. There is no other Power. You and you nature are the principle upon which this Universe is built. You are love. Love is built into the fabric of space-time. It is not limited by time nor distance.</p>
<p>You are not remote from me. You are within me. You surround me. You are the ground upon which I step. You are the force which gives me life. Without your Spirit, I am just flesh and bones, dust and water.</p>
<p>I look about me at the beauty of your creation. I see you at work in the wonders of the universe. I see in the diversity of life upon this planet. I see you in the changing of the color of the leaves. I see in the process in which the seasons change but nature changes from one form of beauty to another.</p>
<p>I am honored that you have taken up residence within me.  I long to be a fit temple for your presence. I daily renew my mind that my affections are turned less towards the things this fleeting world has to offer me and more and more toward the eternal things of the Kingdom of Heaven.</p>
<p>It is my heart&#8217;s desire that your kingdom manifest on earth as it does in Heaven. My hope is that your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I seek after the treasure that is your presence, your righteousness, your shalom. You peace which I cannot get my mind around now, but I hope to. I hope to be able to grasp it if it is possible. I hope to be able to preach it as Jesus Did. That your peace, your shalom, your Kingdom is here, right now.</p>
<p>Father, I cast all my worries about my finances at your feet. Guide me in the way I should go to meet my obligations. Point me in the direction of the resources I need. Bless me with the power to get wealth that I may in turn be a blessing to others.</p>
<p>I thank you for your provision. I thank you that you care not just about my spiritual riches, but you desire that I prosper in this earth plane as well. I am confident that there is no limit to your ability or willingness to meet my every need. There are no shortages in the Kingdom. There is no rationing nor apportionments. Bless me father, Bless me Indeed.</p>
<p>I know however, that my true treasure is within this jar of clay. Your precious Holy Spirit. Thank you for your Son through whom this gift is made possible.</p>
<p>In Jesus name, Amen</p>
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		<title>Healing Prayer: Church Hurt</title>
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To you belong all the power and all the glory. There is no God but you. You are everything to me. Master, Saviour, Redeemer, Healer, Comforter, Teacher, Friend, Father, and Protector.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abba, Father</strong></p>
<p>To you belong all the power and all the glory. There is no God but you. You are everything to me. Master, Saviour, Redeemer, Healer, Comforter, Teacher, Friend, Father, and Protector.</p>
<p>I come before you with a heavy heart. Emotions well up inside me and I am afraid they may boil over into words and actions I do not intend. I place these at your feet. I place them at your feet knowing that you care for me and that You are touched by my wounds and my tears. In Jesus, you experienced hurt from those you loved. You know how it feels to be rejected by your own. Through Jesus, you  share in my sufferings.</p>
<p>Through Christ, you have borne my griefs and sorrows. Through your Spirit, you guide and instruct me. Through our word you console me. You have promised to fight my battles and I turn command over to you as Commander-In-Chief. You alone see beyond the visible. You know the fate of those who war against me.</p>
<p>In Christ, I am a new creature. The old way of living is gone. I no longer look to others for approval, status, or meaning, but I accept that I am who you say I am:  Beloved, a son or daughter, a priest, your righteousness, your heir, a citizen of your kingdom, the apple of your eye.</p>
<p>I accept who I am. A child of the God who is pure, unadulterated love. I will manifest this kind of  love everywhere, anytime, to everyone, and in every situation. I will never return evil for evil for I am  one who blesses rather than condemns.  I will not return curses for reviling, but I will pray for everyone. I will fight the impulse to retaliate when I am  stricken and wounded.  Instead, I will nurse the wounds of others – especially those in the family of God.</p>
<p>This is hard for me. I can not do it on my own. I await a quickening from your Holy Spirit. I await your power from on high to fill me and strengthen me to resist the temptations of Satan. I even have power  over my tongue. That small but powerful lump of flesh which can destroy or build up,  agitate or comfort, wound or heal.</p>
<p>I am aware of the deceitful ways of Satan. I have only to resist him and he will flee. He is defeated. Christ crushed his head. Like Jesus, he has nothing over me. Let him slither away to wait for that opportune time which I know will never come.</p>
<p>I have three weapons against which Satan is powerless. I can have <strong>compassion</strong> upon those who mistreat me. I <strong>forgive</strong> those who have wounded me, and I <strong>pray</strong> for those who curse and use me.</p>
<p>Abba Father, if there is anything within me which is holding me back from walking in the Spirit fully, reveal it to me. Purge me. Wash me with hyssop. Not for my sins – praise you, they were dealt with on the cross – but renew in me a right mind and spirit. Let no bitter root take hold in me.</p>
<p>I will guard my heart. I will not let the self  the flesh rule over me. Anger will not rule. Shame will not rule. Hurt will not rule, Disappointment with mere men will not move me. But I will manifest the fruit of the spirit:<br />
Love,  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and  self-control.</p>
<p>I will be: patient, kind,  not envious. not a braggart,  not puffed up or self absorbed; not rude, not self-serving,  not easily angered nor resentful.</p>
<p>I will look beyond me and fight any injustice with love. I will rejoice in the truth.  I will bear, believe, hope and, endure all things.</p>
<p>Your Love for me is long and wide and deep and high and it never ends. I thank you. I am grateful for your mercy and kindness because you have not dealt with me as I deserve but according to your grace.</p>
<p>In Jesus Name, Amen</p>
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		<title>The Kingdom of Heaven is Like:</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man
Struggling past and present associations who try to replace the dominate role God and family should have in his life.
One day he yields to the gentle prodding of the Spirit and who, though  late in life, begins to live a fulfilling, abundant, and rewarding life he could never [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man</strong><br />
Struggling past and present associations who try to replace the dominate role God and family should have in his life.<br />
One day he yields to the gentle prodding of the Spirit and who, though  late in life, begins to live a fulfilling, abundant, and rewarding life he could never have dreamed of.</p>
<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman </strong><br />
A woman who was hurt and torn by parents and siblings who seemed to be so needy but beyond her ability to help. But who resolves to raise her children up in the fear and admonition of the Lord</p>
<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a young woman </strong><br />
who has witness devastating turmoil in her family. Unfaithfulness, selfishness, bitterness, lack of love. But she looks within finds the God given strength to smile. To excel at school. To pray and meditate upon the word. She has learned that there is one who will never leave her nor forsake her. Who has nothing but thoughts of love and peace towards her and promises her a future and a hope.</p>
<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman</strong><br />
who is little in her own eyes but who allows the very big God within her to guide here and direct her as she works as a resource and a consolation to people all over the community.</p>
<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man </strong><br />
who faces a number of mountain high obstacles to enjoying a peaceful, productive, and spiritual life for himself and his children. Though at times the the way seems dim, he does not give up. He trusts in God who is working within and so he keeps fighting, he keeps struggling. As as he does, the light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter and brighter and larger and larger and nearer and nearer.</p>
<p><strong>The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman</strong><br />
who as struggled with past relationships and been hurt. Though the hurt was in a public fashion, she did not withdraw into the shadows, but launched a church and a ministry which is poised to bless the world.</p>
<p>What is your parable of the Kingdom?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ephesians 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers (kosmokrator skotos vs helios kosmokrator) of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (light phos)


Recruited

Before the foundations of the world. Ephesians 1:4 he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Ephesians 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers (kosmokrator skotos vs helios kosmokrator) of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (light phos)</p>
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<ul>
<li><strong>Recruited</strong>
<ul>
<li>Before the foundations of the world. Ephesians 1:4 he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love</li>
<li>In our mothers womb Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 49:1</li>
<li>While we were yet in our sins. (Romans 5:6-11)</li>
<li>Called and drawn by God John 6:44</li>
<li>At the right time</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Inducted</strong> &#8211;Federal law requires everyone who enlists or re-enlists in the Armed Forces of the United States to take the enlistment oath. <span id="more-124"></span>
<ul>
<li>Baptized in water and the Spirit Matthew 28:19</li>
<li>Receiving the Holy Spirit as an earnest Ephesians 1:13,14</li>
<li>Becoming Sons and Daughters of God, subjects of the Kingdom John 1:12,13</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Trained</strong>
<ul>
<li>Taught by the Holy Spirit 1 John 2:27</li>
<li>Taught by trials and sufferings James 1:2-4 (esprit de corps group spirit; sense of pride)</li>
<li>Taught by the elders in the faith Ephesians 4:11-16</li>
<li>Taught by obedience though and through suffering Hebrews 5:8 *Jesus&#8217; example</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Commissioned</strong>
<ul>
<li>Disciples given &#8220;Great Commission&#8221; to preach the gospel of the Kingdom throughout the world. (Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) varies)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Equipped</strong>
<ul>
<li>Weapons II Corinthians 10:3-4 (Kathairesis destruction/extinction)</li>
<li>Signs and wonders follow verifying the word Mark 16:15-18,Acts 4:30</li>
<li>God equips us for the work He commissions us for</li>
<li>Spirit guides us into truth, directs, shows us things to come John 16:13,  Isaiah 30:21 (errors to the left)</li>
<li>Spirit gives us word to speak Matthew 10:19,20  1 Corinthians 2:4</li>
<li>The scriptures our guide II Timothy 3:16,17  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.</li>
<li>Elder members of the body as guides</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Deployed</strong>
<ul>
<li>Everyone a mission field determined by God Acts 1:8 ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</li>
<li>Jerusalem
<ul>
<li> The home front</li>
<li> Churchianity</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Judea
<ul>
<li> Believers who need the their faith fanned</li>
<li> Babes in Christ</li>
<li> Those wandering from the faith</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Samaria
<ul>
<li> The so-called heretics, apostates</li>
<li> The pseudo-Christian faiths (JW, SDA, Mormons)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The ends of the earth
<ul>
<li> The unsaved</li>
<li> The new age, the Muslim, Hindu, animist, pagan, Wiccan, Buddhist, the atheist/agnostic</li>
<li> or those with no religion at all</li>
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<li><strong>Promoted</strong>
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<li>Humility rather than aggressiveness or a competitive spirit is rewarded
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<li>Luke 14:11, For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled. And he who humbles himself shall be promoted.</li>
<li>James 4:10, &#8220;Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will promote you.&#8221;</li>
<li>1 Pet. 5:5-6, God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:</li>
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<li>Self-control
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<li>1 Corinthians 9:24,25  Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible</li>
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<li>Endurance
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<li>Endurance and patience are attributes of a winner</li>
<li>&#8221;The race is not given to the swift nor the strong but to those who endureth to the end.&#8221; ??? no such bible verse, but</li>
<li>Ecclesiastes 9:11 11 ¶I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.</li>
<li>Zechariah 4:6: &#8230; Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Obedience
<ul>
<li>I Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.</li>
<li>1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:</li>
<li>God does the exalting (Thou shalt toot thine own horn lest it shall  be tooted not)</li>
<li>Joshua 3:7  &#8220;And the LORD said to Joshua, &#8220;Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.&#8221;</li>
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<li><strong>Commended</strong>
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<li>II Timothy 4:7-8  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing</li>
<li>God is glorified in promotion: Revelation 4:9-11  9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.</li>
<li>Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24</li>
<li>Matthew 24:14:And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.</li>
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		<description><![CDATA[My topic to day is Male Enhancement. I have given this topic more thought than perhaps I should. As I get older,  I often look over my life: where I am now, and I see that  not only am I not the man I once was. Actually, I probably never was the man I once [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My topic to day is Male Enhancement. I have given this topic more thought than perhaps I should. As I get older,  I often look over my life: where I am now, and I see that  not only am I not the man I once was. Actually, I probably never was the man I once was. I often compared myself to certain public figures I admired: Muhammad Ali, Wilt Chamberlain, Jimi Hendrix.  Larger than life figures. By comparison to them, I always came up short.</p>
<p>But then I saw these Ads on TV and in the magazines Ads for “Male enhancement  pills.” You know the ones I mean. They promise to enlarge my appeal with women and my standing among men. A Chrysler 300M or an Escalade with 22 inch rims.  Fine homes, fine cars, fine clothing, big screen TV. Must haves for a player ( retired player I might add) A beautiful Beyonce-style trophy wife or girlfriend. A few  women on the side.  All this I needed to be a real man in this society. And it could all  be mine if I would just take that little pill.<span id="more-102"></span></p>
<p>And I bought it and I swallowed it. It promised &#8220;natural male enhancement&#8221; and sure enough I gave me  the strength, the stamina, the endurance, and the desire to grab life by the&#8230;. horns and be  all that I could be. Have all the things I desired. To live life to the max. Of course, I would need to work some over time or take another job. I had to develop my hustle skills to earn some money on the side. Maybe I&#8217;d turn over a little weed and picked up a few extra bucks. Did some side jobs and took money under the table. Did not miss an opportunity to turn a profit. I did have less time  for my wife and kids, but they say it is not the quantity, but the quality of the time that matters.</p>
<p>I planned the work and worked the plan. And it worked. The pill worked just as advertised. It seemed of. Well, heres what really happened..  The pill  promised hours of satisfaction and it delivered  &#8211; at first, but over time, those hours became filled with tedium and exhaustion. That feeling become just friction. Pain and weariness took the place of any pleasure I derived from having all the things the   media said I had to have to be considered a successful man.</p>
<p>Working 50, 60 hours a week. Too tired to enjoy my quality time with my family. Seeing  my children  grow up and away from me. Things are going on in their lives that I never knew about. Issues my son or my daughter was dealing with that I could have helped with if I only knew: or had the time. I wanted to teach my son about women, about life,  but he has had to learn it  from the streets..</p>
<p>I wanted to protect my daughter from boys who would use her and toss her away.  I bought her designer clothes. She has her own room. I-Phone, laptop, a credit card.  And a car for her 16th birthday. But she is seeing this lowlife loser who is too lazy to buy the pill and take it himself. He would probably try to talk her into taking it instead.</p>
<p>When my wife and I married, I had nothing. She has to be proud of the man I&#8217;ve become. I provide for my family well. I am a man&#8217;s man. I am dead tired some nights. The mortgage on the house and the car payments make the end of the month very stressful I know.  It&#8217;d be nice if she had a full time job.</p>
<p>Sometimes though. When I  drive from my first shift job to my part time job or at 4:30 in the  morning when I&#8217;m delivering papers, a wave of tiredness hits me.  A literal wave of fatigue sweeps over my whole body. And for a moment,  I wonder,  what  am I doing? What&#8217;s going on? How did I end up here?<br />
I think: Even though I have all the  things I  ever wanted &#8212; somehow, it isn&#8217;t  enough.  My garage is so  full of stuff there is no room for my car. Closets overflowing.  I am not satisfied. I  feel empty. I feel numb. I feel a sense of loss. Though  I am gaining things but I&#8217;m losing  relationships. My relationships are  hemorrhaging, rotting, drying up.</p>
<p>I suspect I been lied to. I&#8217;ve been hoodwinked. I&#8217;ve been had. I&#8217;ve been took. I&#8217;ve been led astray, led amok. I&#8217;ve been bamboozled. And now I am  hearing  voices. Two voices like those of angels. One on each shoulder.</p>
<p>One angel says, &#8220;Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.  Go for it. You need a pool. And a Porsche you need to become a mason. &#8221; And this angel holds another pill out for me to take.</p>
<p>And the other voice, the other angel says:</p>
<p><strong><em>16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. Ecclesiastes 5:16,17</em></strong></p>
<p><em><strong>15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man&#8217;s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15</strong></em></p>
<p>I know what Covetousness is. The selfish desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, power, food, or other possessions.  We can never get enough things. Is Bill Gates satisfied with his billions? Is Warren Buffet, David Murdock, Donald Trump? The second angel says:</p>
<p><strong><em>He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10</em></strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m caught up under the influence of this pill. I am not thinking straight. I need something: but what. The second angel says again:</p>
<p><em><strong>For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36</strong></em></p>
<p>I found out about a better way. Who can rescue me from this emptiness and futility? There is a way  offering True Male Enhancement. And God can show us the way.</p>
<p><em><strong>33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  Matthew 6:33</strong></em></p>
<p>Seeking the Kingdom. The Kingdom includes that part of space and time where the will of God reigns supreme. Not just in the physical world but in the spiritual world. Not just among the angels but among the people of God. There is a a true synchronicity because the Spirit of God is the underlying force, the motivator through which everybody and everything works together to manifest the nature of God and His nature.: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.</p>
<p>Peace. Shabbat. The Sabbath where man rests from his work. God rested on the 7th day according to Genesis 2:3. But Jesus said that God is still at work even on the sabbath.</p>
<p><strong><em>John 5:16,17. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 17 ¶But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.</em></strong></p>
<p>Is this a contradiction? Resting? Working? Which? Both!<br />
The rest I am speaking of is that kind where your spirit is quiet and attentive to God. Where you can hear Him speak and can see Him at work. At work in your life, your family&#8217;s lives and in the world as comforter, guide, healer,  provider, teacher and protector. “Be still and know that I am God”, He says . He is not in the rat race. The long hours, the travel, the putting up with bosses who disrespect you or customers who wear and grind away at your last nerve. The seemingly endless pursuit of prosperity with little true and lasting reward or purpose. He is not in any of this. He is not motivating you to do any of this, but He is in that still small voice that you are either too burned-out or  too distracted to hear.</p>
<p>We are seeking the Kingdom. I&#8217;m not talking about joining a monastery. Or quitting work. Paul says the man who won&#8217;t work, shouldn&#8217;t eat.. In the midst of our work: in the hustle and bustle we listen.  As we listen, We see God at work and  our work takes on a new dimension. We work not for a paycheck but for true, lasting  rewards.  If we listen, through our work, God develops within us at least 5 things:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Godly Strength:</strong></li>
<li><strong> Godly Adornment:</strong></li>
<li><strong> Godly Confidence:</strong></li>
<li><strong> Godly Provision:</strong></li>
<li><strong> Godly Service:</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>What do I mean by this.</p>
<p><strong>Godly Strength:</strong> When we work as if we are working unto the Lord, we are strengthened in the inner man. We learn to deal with the stress and pressures of the workplace. We learn to develop an excellent spirit.<br />
<strong><em>Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Daniel 6:3</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><br />
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean (obscure) men Proverbs 22:29</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Godly Adornment:</strong> We represent Christ in all our dealings at work. When our co-workers or our customers or clients see us, they see Jesus manifested in us.  No need to ask WWJD, they see us in action.<br />
<strong><em>Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians 2:14-16</em></strong><br />
<strong>Godly Confidence:</strong> God is our sure foundation. We know that He is working for us, with us and in us. We can boldly work as unto the Lord. Loving but Uncompromising. Again with a spirit of excellence.</p>
<p><em><strong>¶Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Matthew 7:24-27</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Godly Provision:</strong> We know that it is God who gives us the power to get wealth. It is God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Our God is able to supply all our needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. It is God who is ever attentive to our needs – even before we pray, even if we  don&#8217;t know how to pray.<br />
<strong><em>Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Matthew 6:31,32</em></strong><br />
<strong>Godly Service:</strong> We are not slaves, but in a way, we are if we work for others. Our bosses tell us when to come to work, when to leave, when we can eat lunch and where. They set our pay and benefits and we work for them at their pleasure.</p>
<p><strong><em><br />
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:22-24</em></strong></p>
<p>Seeking the Kingdom. In this true rest, we strive for Kingdom things. We toil to renew our minds. We labor to crucify the flesh. We work overtime – not to pay a debt of the financial kind but a debt of  love – especially towards the family of God. We don&#8217;t hustle to posses, we consent to become: To manifest in our bodies in our souls and in our minds the new man, the new spirit God has created within us. This spirit is in perfect agreement with God&#8217;s will and God&#8217;s ways. Our  spirits are made in the image of God.</p>
<p>We trust. We believe that as we seek first the Kingdom of God all things we need to live in this world will be provided for. God knows we have need of them. But He wants more for us</p>
<p><strong><em>I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10</em></strong><br />
That word  abundant in Greek is perissos ; superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly,  beyond measure, even wastefully beyond needs( superfluous)</p>
<p><strong><em>Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us Ephesians 3:20</em></strong></p>
<p>More than enough. Excessive. Large Life. Larger than Large life. However, we don&#8217;t think about these things as the world thinks about them. We no longer seek things to fulfill. We seek things to enjoy. We no longer pursue status symbols. We are kings and priests. God said so. I believe it. My spirit gives witness. That settles it. We are His beloved. Status beyond any rap star, rock star, pro athlete, politician, or billionaire. We can enjoy our blessings with His approval.</p>
<p>Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:19,20</p>
<p>Seeking the Kingdom. True male enhancement. In the Kingdom,  we trust that God is working in us, through us, for us. All things are working together for our good because we are the called. He places people and circumstances in our lives for our benefit. He did not stop me from marrying that woman or taking that job. He did not stop that salesman from selling me that car, or that house that I can barely afford. He allowed it. It is all that I might learn and grow. To  be made perfect and complete through suffering, trial and error, successes and failures.</p>
<p>But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Peter 5:10</p>
<p>So I do want to sell you a pill  alright: the GOSPILL. Seeking the Kingdom of God  is True Spiritual Male Enhancement. Its not found in a little, blue pill, but in a transformed mind. It doesn&#8217;t promise material assets, but spiritual riches. It is not an enlargement of the outer man, but the growth and expansion of the inner man. God&#8217;s Spiritual Male Enhancement Program gives you the ability to overcome in this society, which  puts so much pressure on men to perform at artificial and unrealistic levels for rewards which are as solid as smoke, as durable as pudding, and as long-lasting as an eight ball.</p>
<p>In conclusion, Spiritual Male Enhancement raises the whole man, mind, body, soul, and spirit. It leaves you with a  new, larger perspective  of what  life is really about. God is not out to take you r things from you. From the Kingdom viewpoint it is not the size of the paycheck, square footage of your house,  or the rims on your car, that you are working for. It is the enjoyment you get from these things and the gratitude you feel to the God who gave you the power to get them in the first place. Spiritual Male enhancement says it is not how many hours you can work it,  but whether or not, after all the hours of work you put in, God is glorified, your family blessed, and you can enjoy the fruit of your labor and  peace of mind .</p>
<p>The beloved disciple, filled with the Holy Spirit said this:</p>
<p><em><strong>Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth III John 2</strong></em></p>
<p>The wise king who experienced the rat-race himself had this to say:</p>
<p><strong><em>Then I commended mirth (praised exceeding gladness), because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. Ecclesiastes 8:15</em></strong></p>
<p>All that I have been talking about is for the believer. You a believer needs to do is go to God in prayer and asking if there is anything to what you just heard. God will answer. Just listen.</p>
<p>For the non-believer, someone who does not know Jesus son of Mary,son of God as your savior, you need to learn of him.  He was actual man who was born over 2 thousand years ago. At the age of 30, he began his ministry teaching the presence of the Kingdom of God, the mercy and forgivess of God. He healed the sick, raised the dead. By word and deed he should that God was with him, that he was the Son of God, the Messiah promised to Israel.  He was kill by the Romans at the instigation of the Jewish leaders. But after 3 days, he was resurrected. He was seen by hundreds of people including his chosen disciples who spread the good news of salvation: deliverance from bondage to sin, forgiveness of sins, the Holy Spirit within all believers, and everlasting life. Accept Him today!</p>
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