tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59165870533772519662024-03-28T05:31:02.118-07:00Joseph Dubois 1's BlogPostThis Blog is to Please God: Go, Reach Out (to "Non-Christians"), Share, and Connect Hearts and Lives to the LOVE of Jesus Christ.Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-41019078552710235042020-03-16T09:06:00.329-07:002022-09-23T21:29:46.278-07:00COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PANDEMIC: Urgent Information<span id="docs-internal-guid-bdc51530-7fff-4b82-cd85-7d11315048f3"></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bdc51530-7fff-4b82-cd85-7d11315048f3"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">is an Invisible Spectre and a Merciless Disease that is Moving Rapidly and that is Spreading Very Quickly. This Blog Post is our Heartfelt Contribution to You, our "Loyal Reader", and provides you with Information and Resources gathered to "Keep You Informed", and to "Help You Face The Challenges" with Powerful Positivity, Self-Confidence, Great Determination, and Big Faith in this time of Unprecedented Crisis.</span><br></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>The Following List is Updated as the Information becomes Available</u>:</span><br>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>The Native and Inherent Tracking Information is being Automatically Updated "LIVE", and "In Real Time"</u>. <b>(*3)</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> <u><span style="color: red;">Please Click Emojis</span></u> (*4) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1490295526612426752/photo/1" target="_blank">π</a></b></span><a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1490295526612426752/photo/1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">πππ</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b></span></span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span> </div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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(Please, Click the "PLAYLISTS" Button to View the Options.)</b></span></span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Present our</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/JosephGDubois1/status/1244565875493089280/photo/1" target="_blank">FERVENT GRATITUDE</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and we Formulate our <a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1491027441271570435/photo/1" target="_blank"><b>GREAT LOVE and our ELEVATED APPRECIATION</b></a> <b>(*5)</b> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frontline Workers</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Their Heroism</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, to the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tireless Officials</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Decision Makers</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We Give a </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Very Big Shout-out</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Journalists</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, to the <b>Broadcasters</b>, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALL The Members Of The Media</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span><b><u><span style="color: red;">Please Click Here</span></u> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1532104750187130881/photo/1"><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><span style="color: #a00029; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">π</span><b> (*6)</b></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><u><br></u></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><u>Please Click Here</u> </b>π <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1571613677241114624?t=D6aDnO5KyJXijB4C1w14iA&s=19">πβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈπβ€οΈ<b> (*7)</b></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span><span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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</span></span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-813012770440866642020-02-14T00:45:00.029-08:002022-07-31T05:50:08.377-07:00The Power Of Forgiveness<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.23.34" target="_blank">Luke 23 Verse 34</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, in the Bible, relates and reminds us of the words of Jesus while agonizing on the cross after being crucified: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-6844adde-7fff-057e-4ced-f30a0c5e7060"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those that hurt us, wrong us, harm us, sabotage us, mess us up, rob us of our peace, and so on, have paved the way for God's Greater Glory in our lives, in our affairs, and in our circumstances by their purposeful actions. From their position of ("anticipated") victory, they would have never imagined or understood that they were, in fact, working for our own benefits, and that all their forceful and tricky actions were totally a <u>Pure Waste</u> and a <u>Vain Exercise</u>. What a fate for a presupposed victor that becomes a victim by their own hands, due to their own ("boomeranged") actions against us!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgiveness</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an "<u>Elevated Form of Self-Love</u>" that is based on what we know, based on what we have, based on who we know that we are, based on our Insight, based on our Foresight, based on our Divine Revelations that are individual and specific to us. Our Love for Ourselves is so High, so Elevated, so Rich, and so Substantial that we can afford the Magnanimous Decision and Gesture to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgive Wholly and Largely</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> without any limitation or restriction.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgive</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in order to conquer the odds, in order to soar, to "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>fly higher</u></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" as an eagle, and in order to <u>Reign and to Rule Our Territory</u> (i.e., our hearts, our minds, our lives, our thoughts, our space, our time, ...). The source, the reason, the instrument of our turmoil must know and got to witness that they are the catalysts for our Greater Divine Glory. Our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgiveness</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to them is our acknowledgement of our "<u>Newly-Generated Power</u>" (resulting from their actions), and is our way to say "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/10/our-thanksgiving-testimonial.html" target="_blank">Thank You</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" to them for putting us to the test, and for us passing the test with "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/696888" target="_blank">flying colors</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" and with "<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/696888" target="_blank">evident results</a>". (<u>While going through the test</u>, we Design, <a href="https://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/02/our-best-and-greatest-love.html" target="_blank">we Create by Choice</a>, we Innovate, we Build, we Develop, we Serve, we Work Hard, we Study with Passion out of Self-Love and out of Civic Duty, we Learn, we Teach Ourselves, <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/certificate/247656010205" target="_blank">we Educate Ourselves</a>, we Motivate, we Uplift, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNiLHV58ljbwump0ypHyXFQ?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">we Produce</a>, and <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/future/certificate/777852810200" target="_blank">we Achieve</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have passed the test not only because of our inherent ability to overcome, but mainly because of God who is with us, in us, ahead of us, and all around us forming an invisible shield that protects us. Therefore, our awareness, our conviction, and our acknowledgement of God's Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience are our Main Goal and our Top Priority.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgiveness</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is like a form of preemptive strike against self-defeat that can creep into, and that can invade our system and our being due to anger, grudge, long-held resentment, naivety, and more. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgiveness</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> gives us a heads-up advantage on our way to Victory that is an indication and a tangible proof of God's Power and Glory. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgiveness</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> coupled with our Prayers and with our Willingness to "Let Go" and to "Let God" take over and handle the file, is extremely powerful. It is like an investment that we make, and that surely and evidently yields unlimited dividend forever. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Forgiveness</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sets the stage for our Greater Rejoicing. It empties us of self-destructive feelings, of self-damaging emotions to make room for our unlimited freedom and for our bountiful joy right now, and that are to come. We cannot go wrong when we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forgive</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We are then able and ready to make way for, and to experience the "<u>Big Relief</u>" and the "<u>Happy Break</u>" that are reserved for those that have "<u>Endured</u>", and that have "<u>Persevered</u>" by Faith.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Forgiveness</b> is beneficial to the other side (the other party) for it releases them (the Recipient, the Beneficiary) from their captivity in our hearts, in our minds, and from our retaliatory and our revengeful thoughts towards them. <b>Forgiveness</b> is beneficial also to us (the Blessed Ones, the Blessing Providers) because we are delivered, liberated, and healed from our sickening thoughts to get even, and from our desire to avenge the wrong that we have experienced. <b>Forgiveness</b> is also therapeutic: It cleanses the acidity (the "<u>bitterness</u>"), and it exhausts the toxicity (the "<u>infectious contamination</u>") from our system.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we <b>Forgive</b>, God increases our innate and our inherent abilities, and grants us Special Favors in our dealings with others, and in our Relationship and our Communion with Him. I, the writer of this blog, am so convinced about this latter belief that I recently made a "very long list" of the names of all those that have wronged me and messed me up since my childhood up until now, all the names that I can remember, and that I am praying for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-686ade18-7fff-d0ef-1929-b2d85e5f67dc"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I am formulating <b>Forgiveness</b> towards them to free them up from my past and my sad memories, towards a mutual "</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.12.2" target="_blank">renewed mind</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">" (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.12.2" target="_blank">Romans 12 Verse 2</a>) and a new mindset, and towards my ascent to my next level with God (sort of speak), and in Life. In <b>Forgiving Them</b>, I am Blessing Them, I am Releasing Them, I am Erasing Them from my "<u>Grudge and Resentment </u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>List</u>". I am also genuinely <b>Forgiving Myself</b> and, subsequently, I am Blessing Myself in the process. Consequently and as a result, blockages are removed, the pipe / the conduit / the channel of our blessings is unclogged, our blessings are flowing freely and with ease, and the odds / the anomalies are reversed into Wonders, Divine Favors, and Miracles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We got to be Very Serious, Relevant, and Practical. That is why we have to <b>Forgive The Past </b>and we have to "<u>Make Peace with The Past</u>" in order to Eradicate Stagnation, in order to Alleviate (or to Eliminate) Our Struggles, in order to Consolidate The Tangible, in order to Activate Our Greater (Our "Next Level") Blessings, in order to Fully Progress, to Fully Advance, and to Fully Succeed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore, let us Trust God and Rest Assured that our battles are the Lord's, and that He is in Full Control of everything and of all outcome. Let us be the Indisputable Winners and the Mighty Conquerors due to our Compliance to Jesus's Prayer Teaching to His Disciples (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.12" target="_blank">Matthew 6 Verse 12</a>) / (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.6.NIV" target="_blank">Full Prayer, Matthew 6 Verses 9 to 13</a>), due to our Obedience to Jesus's Advice to His Disciples (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.14" target="_blank">Matthew 6 Verse 14</a> & <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.15" target="_blank">Verse 15</a>), and also due to our Genuine Willingness to <b>Forgive</b>. Let us Receive, Accept, and Enjoy our Victory and our Glorious Rewards that "<b>Only Forgiveness</b>" can bring.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Forgiveness</b> Authenticates our Good Will, Stimulates our Open Door, and Facilitates Genuine Reconciliation and Peace. <b>Forgiveness</b> is also a Tangible Way, a Concrete Form, a Practical Gesture, and an Evident Proof of Our Love for Our Neighbor (and of the Well-being of Our Brothers and Our Sisters). <b>Forgiving One Another</b> is Highly Recommended.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Let us Rejoice and Celebrate "<u>The Power Of Forgiveness</u>", Now and Forever! Cheers!</b></span></span></div>
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</span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-88434228423523036372019-12-09T16:19:00.000-08:002020-02-02T14:08:30.213-08:00Welcome Home<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following examples in the Bible are used to illustrate and to introduce a very important point.</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8652c3d1-7fff-81be-51fa-a1cddf5960b2"></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A certain man was giving a banquet. All the preparation was done, the table was set, and none of the invited guests showed up. The host master then asked his servants to go to all the streets and alleys, to invite and to bring in to the banquet the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame. (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.14.NIV" target="_blank">Bible/NIV/Luke 14:15-24</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.15.NIV" target="_blank">)</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A lame and handicapped man named Mephibosheth was living a normal life and a routine day when, suddenly, the King, King David, sent looking for him, and to bring him to the palace for him to eat at the King's table. (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2sa.9.7" target="_blank">2 Samuel 9:7</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">); (Bible/NIV/ 2 Samuel 9/ Whole Chapter).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The prodigal son, upon returning home after regaining his senses, was received jubilantly by his father who put on a feast and a big celebration for him. The father said: "</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.15.24.NIV">https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.15.24.NIV</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). (Bible/NIV/Luke 15:11-31).</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The shepherd that lost a sheep, left the ninety-nine sheep to go and look for the single sheep that was lost. When he finds it, he carries it on his shoulders to make sure that he brings the lost sheep back home to be with the other ninety-nine sheep where it belongs. (Bible/NIV/</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 15:3-7)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.15.NIV">https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.15.NIV</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The point to justify and to confirm the examples listed above is this: Each one of us is a VIP ("<u>Very Important Person</u>"), and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2013/03/highly-important.html" target="_blank">Highly Important</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to God. Whether we think and feel unworthy to fit in, whether we have wandered far away from our place of divine status and of strong standing, whether we carry any form of stigma, or guilt, whether we are stained, or stigmatized, we are still "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Very Precious To God</u>"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Jesus Christ, our Father, has left His Throne in Heaven to come to Earth looking for each one of us. Our current self-imposed status of unfit in our minds, our current unstable and shaky state due to our circumstance "<u>do not</u>" and "<u>will never</u>" deter Jesus from loving us. He is determined to make sure that we get uplifted, t</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hat we are restored, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">that we stand strong, that we make it, and that we get a sound way out of our turmoil and out of our hardships being imposed by our condition, and by our circumstance. He is our Beloved Father. He will "never" forsake us, or ignore us on purpose. He is eager to see us joyful and happy as we live our lives to the fullest in accordance with His Plan for us, as we come Home, and as we return Home where we belong.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like in the case of the lost sheep being carried back home on the shepherd's shoulders, like in the case of lame Mephibosheth being uplifted and honored by King David himself, like in the case of the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind being specifically searched for on the streets and being officially invited to partake at the Host's banquet, like in the case of the prodigal son that sparked great joy in the heart of his father upon his voluntary return home, Jesus Christ is saying joyfully to each and every one of us: "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome Home</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">". He came to Earth more than two thousand years ago to teach us, to guide us, and to usher us Home. Jesus Christ is still on the job today through His Faithful, His Tireless, His Passionate, His Loyal, His Devoted, and His Holy Spirit-Filled Servants to teach us, to guide us, and to usher us Home.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You cannot stop. Your cannot give up. You cannot quit. You cannot give in. You have to buckle up. You have to tighten your belt. You have to fasten your seat belt. You have to gird your heart. You have to ride the storms. You have to remain strong. Ultimately, you have to fly above the clouds, and you have to navigate as per the Powerful Conqueror that you are. You have to surround yourself with the Brave, the Street-Smart, the Faithful, the Prayerful, the Dedicated, and the Wise at heart. You have to have Faith in God. You have to nurture and to develop strong confidence in yourself. Above all, you have to be in clear conscience with God. And, you have to be in good standing with God. He will brighten your path, He will clarify your vision along the way. You are β<a href="https://youtu.be/yCQ2ZCL3s9U" target="_blank">In Godβs Good Hands</a>β. Godβs Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience cover you, defend you, protect you, shield you in all and through all. His Plans through you, His Chosen One, will prevail regardless and nevertheless. Simply, be alert, be wise, and be attentive to His Voice, to His Instructions, and to His Commands.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jos.1.5" target="_blank">God will never leave you or forsake you</a>. (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JOS.1.NIV" target="_blank">Bible/NIV/Joshua 1/Read Full Chapter</a>). He will never be ashamed of you. He will never stay away from you. He will never drop you. He will never reject you out of disdain, out of repulsion, out of disgust, out of being fed up with you, out of getting enough of you. He will never disappoint you. He is Omnipresent. He is Omnipotent. He is Omniscient. He is Compassionate. He is Tenderhearted. His LOVE is Unfailing. His arms are wide opened, ready to embrace you, eager to accept you, willing to hug you, happy to comfort you. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deep down, and very seriously, you know that you are right, and you know that you have done the right thing(s). Yet, the storms are raging around you and against you, circumstances and events seem to portray a cloudy and gloomy picture regarding you and concerning your deeds. You seem lost in the misunderstanding of others. Remember this: The mob around Jesus was shouting <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/LUK.23.21.NIV" target="_blank">βCrucify Him! Crucify Him!β</a>, Him, The Sent-One who came to save the World, and to redeem us all, the sinners and the lost.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You "<b>Stay The Course</b>", no matter what. Although you do good, yet your reward seems to be evil. Although you sow good, yet you seem to reap chaos and havoc. You mean good due to the fact that you have a different perspective as per your strategic standing point. Yet, nobody else sees what you see. Nobody else knows what you know. The people </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">are βnotβ in your shoes. There are things that they will βneverβ know, that they will βneverβ grasp, and that they will βneverβ understand. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They have abandoned Jesus. Therefore, who are we to think that we will always have smooth sailing, that we will be exempted from indifference, from coldness, from misunderstanding, that we will always have friends, co-operators, allies to support us, to encourage us, to motivate us, to sympathize and to empathize with us? The good news is that <b>God is with you, Sir</b>, <b>God is with you, Madam</b>. Therefore, You absorb the heat, You withstand the pressure, You ride the storms, You manage the adversity, You control the hostility, You anchor your Faith in God. You can do it. You were <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.27" target="_blank">created in Godβs image</a>. You have the <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.19" target="_blank">Holy Spirit</a> leading you, guiding you, teaching you, directing you. <b><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.20" target="_blank">You Are Not Alone</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When all is done and completed, when the blowing winds subside, when the roaring waters calm down, when the fury of the storm is gone, all will realize that you were right all along, that you have done the right thing. The truth will be revealed, the outcome will speak eloquently on your behalf, and the evident reality will do you justice. You will stand as the pro-active, the informed, the led, and the eminent Champion who foresaw the future, and who acted accordingly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>You are on the right track, Sir</u>. <u>You are on the right track, Madam</u>. You have been a Winner for the longest while. Therefore, remain grounded, steadfast, and anchored in your Faith, and in your confident belief. β<b>Stay The Course</b>β, and, β<b>All The Best</b>β towards your safe and secure destination, and towards your Glorious Accomplishments! You are still Loved regardless. You have Faithful Followers, Dedicated Fans, and even Secret Admirers. Be Encouraged! Remain Motivated! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shun Distraction! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stay Focused! Shield Yourself (Your Mind) From The Noise! Keep Working! Keep Moving Forward! You are Triumphant! God Is With You! You Cling To God! We Stand With You! We Love You!</span></div>
Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-91161333390378820962019-06-16T23:14:00.082-07:002021-06-26T10:39:27.338-07:00Loyalty And Dedication Of Our Fathers<span id="docs-internal-guid-7142d9bf-7fff-2b4f-9dfc-0105349e9354"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is with a Great Excitement, and with a Mega Enthusiasm that we say a Big "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day" target="_blank">Happy Father's Day</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to all the Fathers on the planet. This is your day to Celebrate. This is also your turn to Rejoice, to Relax, to Take It Easy, and to Have Fun on that Special Day dedicated Specially To You.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God, our <b>Heavenly Father</b>, has preordained you for your big mission, for your big calling. He has also appointed you, equipped you, anointed you, empowered you, and released you for your noble and multifaceted role here on Earth. He made sure that you do not walk alone in that journey by first sending His Son Jesus to Earth to practically lead us, to educate us on how to live among ourselves and with one another, and also to teach us how to pray.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13" target="_blank">"Our Father" Prayer, also known as "The Lord's Prayer", (Matthew 6:9-13 / Bible / NIV)</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that we know today, existed for more than two thousand years, and is the official prayer that Jesus Christ Himself taught His Disciples and left us as a Legacy on "<u>How To Pray</u>".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before he left to return to <b>God the Father</b>, Jesus Christ also promised that we will not be left alone as <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.18" target="_blank">orphans (John 14:18 / Bible / NIV)</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore, as part of His Love for us, He gave us the <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.15-21" target="_blank">Holy Spirit (John 14:15-21 / Bible / NIV)</a> to be with us, that we activate in us, and that we fully embrace as we accept Him into our hearts, and into our lives.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is encouraging to know, to acknowledge, and to note that we Greatly Love our <b>Fathers</b>, not only our <b>Biological Fathers</b>, not only our <b>Heavenly Father</b>, but also our <b>Ancestral Fathers</b> who envisioned a future where "<u>ALL The Nation's Inhabitants</u>", where "<u>ALL The People Of The Land</u>" would "<u><b>Live Happily Together</b></u>" as per the "<u><b>Legacy</b></u>" that we, "<u><b>Our Generation</b></u>", have "<b><u>Inherited From Them</u></b>".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1403974701337227265/photo/1" target="_blank">We Honor the Nation Founders, the Nation Builders, the Nation Defenders, the Nation Protectors.</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; 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font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">who fought with their Very Lives, who paid the Price, and who made the Utmost Sacrifice for our Peace and for our Freedom.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Revere the <b>Fathers</b> who were the First to create the essentials for our daily lives, i.e., electricity, boat, train, automobile, airplane, truck, road, subway, bridge, tunnel, telephone, refrigerator, and so on.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Applaud the <b>Fathers</b> who pioneered and invented <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" target="_blank">radio</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, television, typewriter, camera, cellphone, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target="_blank">internet</a>.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Uphold the <b>Fathers</b> who were the first in line, the first in their family to arrive, the first to make it, the first to initiate it, the first to create it, the first to generate it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Thank the <b>Fathers</b> whom, either nearly or distantly, we look up to as our Role Models, as our Teachers, as our Trailblazers, as our Trendsetters.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Highly Regard our <b>Fathers</b> who, by their stellar example, demonstrate and teach us Patriotism, Pride for our Nation and for our Flag, Civic Responsibility, and Social Duty.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Exalt the <b>Fathers</b> who give up all, who give us their all, and who give their all for that noble goal, for that noble ideal.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Love our <b>Fathers</b> who, through their silence, their determination, their resolve, continue to work hard and painstakingly, continue to persevere, to conquer the odds and to remain steadfast in their quest for that Dear Accomplishment, and for that Big Achievement.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Admire our <b>Iconic Fathers</b> who Safeguard and Protect our National Territories, who Monitor and Preserve our Space Integrity, who Secure and Consolidate our Airspace Authority and Stability.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Celebrate our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" target="_blank"><b>Fathers</b></a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who boldly conquered the frontiers of Space, and who continue to conduct multiple research, to explore, to study, to develop, to create new ways, new products, new methods in order to improve our lives, and to assure a better tomorrow for future generations.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Praise our <b>Fathers</b> who engineered "<u>New Industries</u>", who developed "<u>New Business Models</u>", who are constantly working towards "<u>Continuous Improvement</u>", and towards the "<u>Betterment Of Our Society</u>".</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Thank the <b>Fathers</b> that endlessly devote themselves to innovations, to inventions, and whose new products will continue to revolutionize the way that we are currently living.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Cherish our <b>Fathers</b> who motivate us to do better, who empower us to go higher, who boost our self-esteem, who teach us resilience, Faith in God, Faith in ourselves, intrinsic value, self-worth, perseverance, determination, and who also teach us to see large, to thing big, to strive, and to thrive.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Cheer up our <b>Fathers</b> for being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" target="_blank">Champions</a> in <a href="https://youtu.be/h3DwHg6ChmA" target="_blank">Sports</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winners in Arts, Icons in Society, Leaders of Breakthroughs, for promoting a "<u>Let's-Go</u>" Mindset, for cultivating Excellence, and for developing a Winning Attitude.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Congratulate our <b><a href="https://youtu.be/TA_sBJnan7U" target="_blank">Fathers</a></b> <b>(*2)</b> for their Encouragement, for their Acknowledgement, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">for their Moral Support, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">for their Pat On Our Back, and for Fostering Greatness, Elevation, Love, Magnanimity, and more.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our improved lives of today have been made possible by our <b>Forefathers</b> who tirelessly worked very hard, and who steadfastly created the foundations and the conditions of our current daily living. Our fulfilled living of tomorrow is secure and assured due to the <b>Visionary Fathers of Today</b> who are innovating, inventing, creating, and developing the advanced products, the thought-out principles, and the sophisticated technologies that are the basis and the foundations of the future.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Thank <b>Our Heavenly Father</b> for who He is, and for what He represents: The Alpha and the Omega, The Beginning and the End. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are Very Happy to take this Golden Opportunity to Shower and to Lavish the <b>Fathers</b>, <b>Our Fathers</b>, with "<u>Overly-Delayed</u>", "<u>Much-Overdue</u>", and "<u>Well-Deserved</u>" <b>Appreciation</b>, <b>Credits</b>, <b>and Praises</b>. This Duty and this Gesture are addressed and are applied first towards <b><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-10" target="_blank">Our Heavenly Father</a></b>, and specifically to the <b>Decision and Policy Makers</b>, to our <b>Defenders</b>, to our <b>Protectors</b>, to the <b>Teachers</b>, to the <b>Scientists</b>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">to the </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engineers</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">including the </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Altruists</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philanthropists</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>We Love You All, Dear Fathers</b>. You are Unique, Highly-Competent, Loving, Focused, Bold, Ingenious, Strong, Courageous, Risk-Takers, Creators, Builders, Hard and Passionate Workers, Great Teachers, Selfless, Generous, Empathetic, Highly-Classy, <a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1403974701337227265/photo/1" target="_blank">Greatly-Honorable</a>, and Very Powerful. You Reign High, Elevated, Tall, and Supreme in our hearts, in our minds, and in our lives. We are "</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Very Proud of You</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">", <b>Fathers</b> (and "</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Forefathers</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">"). <b>We Thank You ALL Profusely</b>. <b><a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1403974701337227265/photo/1" target="_blank">Happy Father's Day!</a></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Post Scriptum</b>: As a "<u>Very Special Treat to You</u>",<b> Fathers</b>, here is a "<a href="https://youtu.be/u8jImIjg4UY" target="_blank">Choir Version</a>" of <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13" target="_blank">"The Lord's Prayer" (Matthew 6:9-13 / Bible / NIV)</a> that is the "<u>Single Most Universal Prayer</u>" that Jesus Christ Himself taught His Disciples, and left us as His Legacy on "<u>How To Pray</u>". Please, Enjoy! </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><div><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">==============================================================</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Notes: </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1. This Blog Post is Updated & Fully Re-Formatted on June 9, 2021.</b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>(*2). New Update added on June 19, 2021.</b></span></div>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-53073828327974501502019-05-12T23:00:00.081-07:002022-05-09T04:44:02.489-07:00Special Tribute To My Mother And My Mothers<span id="docs-internal-guid-4f0277b9-7fff-6812-b7e6-9a5e2b8ce90d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This blog, although condensed in its essence and compound in its content, is a Tribute to some Great Icons that have meaningful importance and significant value in our lives.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First of all, I must give a big shout-out to </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All Mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and say: "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day" target="_blank">Happy Mother's Day!</a></b>". </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a Celebration that is Very Unique and Majestic for it represents the Power of Nations, the Basis and the Creator of Households, the Holder and the Carrier of Hope, the Giver of Human Lives. We Treasure our </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We Uphold our </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for their big role in our lives. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Love our Mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for our deep bond and for our multiple connections that we have inherited and developed with them. They are Unique in their Nature, they are Special in their Stature, and they occupy a Very Special Place in our hearts, in our lives, in our upbringing, and in many other areas.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biological</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mother</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Personally I have developed a great admiration for </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biological</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mother</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. She was powerful, hardworking, bold, risk taking, restless in her activities, and animated with an incomparable drive for work and for life. Her love for me was felt deeply. She wanted the absolute best for me. She always dreamed for me to be very smart. On this latter note, when the first man (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" target="_blank">Neil Armstrong</a>) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">landed on the moon in July 1969, she was living in Dominican Republic, and I was living with my Godmother in Haiti, my Native Land. My Mother was so overwhelmed and so mesmerized by the event that she wanted to share her excitement with me. She bought and sent me a book, an Encyclopedia called "</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Almanaque Mundial 1970</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" in Spanish. This particular publication had a dark green cover, related the big lunar exploit, and contained a photo of the first man on the moon. She wanted to make sure that I was in the loop of what was going on, and that I was informed and up-to-date regarding this great global event. My admiration and my interest for Space activities began and grew since then.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She has transferred by her gift of that book her fascination for the <a href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMUUi-XX8racPrJFic1HHI66YmKoUJOByJHw8NQ" target="_blank">Big Universe to me</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and I still carry this <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/?cn=684002144998" target="_blank">Enthusiasm</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and this <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/certificate/247656010205" target="_blank">Passion to this day</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is why I am "<u>Very Happy</u>" that, Thanks to <a href="https://store.google.com/ca/?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">Google</a></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://store.google.com/ca/?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">β’</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, I can continue to manifest my love for <a href="https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPu_HfoTNyYsMqozPtF7hQoXCU5autOxIYRtMjs" target="_blank">Space activities</a>, first by creating a rich Collection called "</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Science: Space</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" on G+ which is no longer available for consumer (personal) and brand accounts, and next by creating a Playlist also called "</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Science: Space</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" on my YouTube Channel ("<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNiLHV58ljbwump0ypHyXFQ" target="_blank">Joseph Dubois 1</a>")</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, where I keep my Subscribers, my Followers, my Friends, and my Connections informed and updated "weekly" about the latest information from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" target="_blank">NASA</a>,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center" target="_blank">NASA Johnson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" target="_blank">ESA (European Space Agency)</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Space_Agency" target="_blank">Canadian Space Agency (CSA / ASC)</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and where <a href="https://youtu.be/oLrOnEmy_GA" target="_blank">I continue the fascination and the legacy inherited from my late Mother</a>. <b>(*1)</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Greatest Pleasure is to use my <a href="https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">Google</a></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">β’</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast?hl=en-GB" target="_blank"> Chromecast</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/86YLFOog4GM" target="_blank">NASA Live Video</a> </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(*1) </b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/DDU-rZs-Ic4" target="_blank">NASA Live Stream</a> </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(*1)</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on my 60" TV. Thanks to NASA for "All The Glorious Work That They Do". Thank God for NASA, for Science, and for Technology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Mother</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passed away in May 2017. On Mother's Day 2017, I went shopping around for her casket while a nurse was taking care of her on her final moments, a few days prior to her passing. I had to bury her with a beautiful silk scarf with space pictures and motif that she kept secretly in one of her big travel suitcase full of clothes and personal items that was a backup storage to her wardrobe. I was amazed and mesmerized by my findings and by my discovery of her Space-related secrets. She was Haitian born. She moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" target="_blank">Dominican Republic</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when she was 4-years old. She met and married my father there as well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Godmother </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">intrinsically</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a very strong and a very courageous woman. After my father and my younger sister died, my mother left me with my Godmother to continue my Education in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and she returned to Dominican Republic. My Godmother had four sons, and I became the fifth son. This is where my intellectual education and my personal development blossomed, and I began to dive into great books that widened and deepened my knowledge. It was like "all-you-can-eat" reading buffet. I was hungry and thirsty for knowledge, I ate and drank with great curiosity, with a deep appetite, and I fed my avid mind to my great satiety.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Godmother</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was a deep Lover of Christ and Church. She was a Faithful and Loyal Roman Catholic Christian, and she went to Church seven days a week. On Sunday mornings, she took me with her to the 4:00 AM Mass. I was so deeply entrenched in my belief and in my devotion that I even attempted to become an Altar Boy. I did not make it to the end because I failed the admission test: I could not master and memorize all the Latin parts for the Church Mass at that time. Fortunately, a few years later, I did catch up on my Latin alongside with my Greek that became my </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Major Subjects</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Secondary School (the equivalent of North American High School). Thank God!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Native Motherland is "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a>"</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I Love my Native Motherland. She is rich in Cultural Resources, in Natural Resources, in Mining Resources, in Artistic Resources, and in many other things and areas. The people are loving, warm, passionate, friendly, with an innate sense of hospitality, with a great desire and passion for life, avid for knowledge, and full of knowledge, very intelligent, very laborious and industrious, very resilient and tough-minded, and very creative. They love life, they have deep roots and great respect for Family. I left Haiti forty-one (41) years ago. I went back once for less than a week to the funeral/burial of my Beloved Godmother. I was a full-time College Student, and I could not stay longer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Adoptive Motherland is "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>"</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This is the place of my Personal Propulsion. After my graduation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa" target="_blank">Ottawa</a>, I moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" target="_blank">Toronto</a> to work for a great Aerospace Company that designed and built Flight Simulators, and Flight Training Devices. I also worked as a Volunteer Broadcaster / Control Room Operator at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIUT-FM" target="_blank">CIUT-FM, the University of Toronto Radio</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for more than a decade, on three (3) distinct French-Speaking Radio Programs, Years 1988-2001. (<a href="http://www.potpourrishow.com/?fbclid=IwAR3akYAHnTuCYyZI3viNkeZ4jGF6wQXLYm0avnhKAa0EBKDbozEKpOVHEbI" target="_blank">Actual Link to One of the Three Radio Programs</a>). </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I learned to play and I became a musician, first playing Drums in a band, next playing Percussion in a Church. I now work for a Global and an Iconic Aviation Company operating at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Pearson_International_Airport" target="_blank">Toronto Person International Airport</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Spiritual Mother</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This is one of the most Dynamic and most Influential Church Pastor I know. She is giving, self-sacrificing, and caring. She raises Leaders, she changes many lives, and she is a Great Philanthropist. She deserves and earns her Credits for her Hard and Tireless Work, for her Long-Lasting Legacy, and for her Timeless Impact in our Society. "Two Thumbs Up", and "Praises to Her" for her Continuous Work, for her Remarkable Accomplishments, and for her Great Achievements!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Concisely, this is my journey within and through the different aspects, stages, upbringing, and influences of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in my life, namely, my Biological Mother, my Godmother, my Native Motherland, My Adoptive Motherland, and my Spiritual Mother. I consider myself complete due to the strong, the unique, the priceless, and the continuous contribution of all these </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1391269707970490370/photo/1" target="_blank">Mothers</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into my life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I use <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/PSA.139.NIV" target="_blank">Psalms 139:7-13</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the Bible to paraphrase and to formulate the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How far away can we go to be out of the Reach, the Touch, and the Love of our Mothers?</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We remember their voices, their laughter, their advice, their jokes, their worries, their concerns, their aspirations, their dreams, their joy, their love, their cooking, their baking, their hugs, their kisses, their embrace, their pilgrim walk, their Mister-Mom "strong" discipline, their forgiveness, their sacrifices, their boldness, their bravery, their gifts jealously kept, secretly hidden, and joyfully given, to name just a few. And the list continues. They embed the core fabric of our lives, and of our being. <b>We Love You, Mothers</b>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Dubois1/status/1391269707970490370/photo/1" target="_blank">I Love You All, My Influencing and Beloved Mothers</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Note</u>: This Blog Post is Updated on June 14, 2021. </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">_________________________________________________________________</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Updates List</u>:</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(*1) Updates added on May 9, 2022.</b></p><br /></span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-34185907355837299372019-04-14T16:00:00.018-07:002021-09-19T06:49:28.919-07:00GOD's LOVE: Our Endless Theme<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The following describes, reflects, and reveals additional Power and Attributes of GOD's LOVE as personally lived, learned, experienced, observed, and inspired.</span></div>
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> is Eternal: It is our Endless Theme, and the Main Reason for our Worship.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> leads us to truly β<u>Love Ourselves First</u>β in order to better understand, to better appreciate, to better "<u><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.10.27" target="_blank">Love Our Neighbor</a></u>", and in order to Live in Deeper Harmony, in Mutual Greatness, in Greater Acceptance, and in Exemplary Peace with our Neighbor.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.18.28" target="_blank">replaces our darkness with Light</a>, our obsolescence with Relevance, our limitations with Abundance.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GOD's LOVE</span> changes us to become salt that gives flavor to tastelessness, and that impacts lives for the better.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GOD's LOVE</span> commands our Usefulness, and recommends our <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.15.8" target="_blank">Fruitfulness</a>.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GOD's LOVE</span> stimulates our deep studies, motivates our self-development, activates our continuous improvement, propels us to "<u><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.2.11" target="_blank">Study More</a></u>" in order to build our individual self-confidence, and to intrinsically be Very Strong, Powerful, Mature, Secure, Respectable, and Responsible Citizens.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> grants us our Wealthy Minds, and our Rich Mindset to enjoy our abundance, to rejoice for our resources, to appreciate our surroundings, to protect, to preserve, to safeguard ALL Our Assets, and, like Job in the Bible, to design, to create, to work diligently, and to <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/job.1.3" target="_blank">treasure our substantial living</a> in "<u><b>Our Land of Great Wealth</b></u>".</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> makes us <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/neh.2.17" target="_blank">Trusted Builders</a> and Entrusted Creators with the Mission to Add Value, with the Mandate to Improve Lives, to Upgrade our Living, and to <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/NEH.3.NIV" target="_blank">Enhance our "Personal Status" and our "Collective Standing".</a></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> brings us Great Joyfulness to multiply our Happiness, and magnify God's Endless Joy in us, always, here, and everywhere.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> motivates us to be practical, to maximize our potentials, and to re-invest our benefits for continuous growth purposes.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> makes us Smart and Very Wise to <u><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.12.2" target="_blank">Renew our Minds in Greatness</a></u>, to <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.13.34" target="_blank">Upscale our Thinking</a>, to Invest in diversity, and to Harvest multiplicity, productivity, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jer.29.11" target="_blank">strong prosperity</a>, great publicity, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gen.9.7" target="_blank">fruitfulness</a>, and <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/ecc.10.19" target="_blank">Happy Results</a>.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> gives strength to the needy, and pulls up the weak to higher ground.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> stimulates us to do research, to learn from our Big-Brother Philanthropist, from our Big-Sister Altruistic-Developer, to Emulate Them (as our "<u>Role Models</u>"), to be Successful and Prosperous, to Practice and to Perpetuate Altruism, to Generate and to Provide Solutions, to Uplift and to Strengthen the World as per <b><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16" target="_blank">GOD's LOVE for the World</a></b>.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> dictates us to have <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.17.20" target="_blank">Big Faith</a>, to persist, to persevere, to <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mrk.11.24" target="_blank">Believe</a>, to cultivate Hope for Better Days, and for <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.7" target="_blank">Better Outcome</a> to prevail.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> compels us to step up, to seriously assess ourselves, to find ourselves, to develop ourselves, to correct and improve ourselves, to achieve Bigger Things, to do and accomplish <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.12" target="_blank">Greater Things</a>, to act in Due Diligence, to work with Great Excellence and with Full Competence, and to Be Happy about ourselves. (<u><b>Our Time for the Next Level is Now</b></u>).</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> surely opens our minds, illuminates our thoughts, and enlarges our hearts to accept and embrace our neighborβs progress, achievements, and success. <span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> makes us willing and ready to share with our neighbor, to rejoice for our brotherβs growth, improvements, and well-being, to celebrate for our sisterβs stepping-ups, accomplishments, advancements, and milestones.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> expands our creative imagination, our innovative minds, our pioneering abilities, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2sa.22.26" target="_blank">our developing capabilities</a> for the betterment of our surroundings, of our circles, and of Our Society as a whole.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> facilitates our awareness, initiates our discernment, and opens our eyes to be <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.25.1-13" target="_blank">alert, sharp, awake, proactive and vigilant</a>.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> leads us to think highly, to behave richly in accordance with our wealthy nature, our bountiful substance, our plentiful abundance, and in consistency with our <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.25.14-30" target="_blank">Prosperous Status</a> in Him.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> has blessed us <b>Abundantly</b>, <b>Profusely and Richly</b> with <a href="https://store.google.com/" target="_blank">Googleβ’</a>. <b>They Lavish Us Opulently</b> with: <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/" target="_blank">Chrome</a>, <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions" target="_blank">Chrome Web Store</a>, Gmail, YouTube, Blogger, the <a href="https://store.google.com/" target="_blank">Absolute Best of Android</a>, Google Play, <b>the Quintessence of Technology</b>, and the List goes on and on. <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.10.25-37" target="_blank">As Good Samaritan</a>, <b>They have "<u>Removed the Barriers and the Boundaries</u>" to our Capabilities</b>. They have made it possible for us to Try, to Decide, to "<u>Freely</u>" Create, to Innovate, and to "<u>Thrive Exceedingly and Endlessly</u>" far beyond what we could possibly Dream, Imagine, and Think.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> prevails in all, through all, in spite of all, and testifies of His Omnipresence, His Omnipotence, and His Omniscience.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE </span>deserves our Endless Praise, and is worthy of our Supreme and Infinite Worship.</span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">GODβs LOVE</span> is our Precious Gift that we uphold, that we treasure, and that confirms our <a href="https://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2013/03/highly-important.html" target="_blank">Important Status</a> in Him. <b>(*1)</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a great achievement to have one's own product. I have always dreamed to have my own products all my life. In a "eureka" moment some time ago, I saw the light, and my first product was born. The product consists of converting my published blog posts into an <span id="goog_931321148"></span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/696888" target="_blank">ebook</a> format.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a great feeling to see the results of the practical application of my technological skills. It is equally joyful for me to see the fruit of my love for God. My greatest joy ever is to share my knowledge, my creations, and my findings with you, my Reader and my Fan, one way or another, and from one format to the next. My intrinsic reward, however, is my ability and my willingness to use my skills to please and to glorify God, Jesus Christ, in my best way possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This blog post, in the form of a letter, is to inform you that all the blog posts that I have published to-date have made it into a book format. The first version is a self-published ebook that has just been released. The title of the ebook is "Thank You Very Much To God And To You". This is my Very First Venture in the book publishing field, and this is my Introduction <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="12b41c95-f681-4897-a489-da56ff094b6c" id="26190761-1d79-4e7a-afbc-2eb11edc70b2"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="63dba540-4fc8-4608-af31-c55d440160f8" id="cd2f17a6-e1a5-4a1d-a6ff-b60ae0d66bb6">with</gs></gs> the New Ebook Format. I Invite You to please Check It Out.</span><br />
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The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most fascinating <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ac7c8139-a7de-47a2-b691-d6c380f2eecf" id="b82ed48a-d05a-4c19-a5d4-9b6af80db704">example</gs> in the Bible. It teaches us and reminds us that it is commendable to help, to do good deeds, to give freely to others without any hope or expectations of getting something back from them, and with no strings attached. This is where divine nobility is born and formed, this is also where real intrinsic pleasure springs forth. The pleasure is not only intrinsic, but it is also <u>divinely-reciprocating</u>, meaning, it produces and generates great pleasure to God as well, for He knows that He can Fully count on the Good Samaritan to be Truly and Genuinely His hands extended <u>here</u> on Earth. Somebody got to embed, to embrace, and to <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a10b362e-2325-449d-aa08-1a831582c7fa" id="d3e9a9d3-365c-4a57-97be-959eff8d989e">fullfil</gs> the role of His Divine Representative here on Earth, and this is a calling that is open to as many human beings as possible.<br>
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This is a Very Special Calling to be a Good Samaritan, to submit our hearts, our will, our emotions, our resources, our money to the will of God, and to behave according to His Divine Purpose as per the special <u>statur</u>e, and as per the angelic status. His/her individual positioning will always be timely for the purposeful outcome of the benefit to the recipient, and for the blessings or rescue to the beneficiary, again truly and fully, without any strings attached, therefore, without any form of payback, compensation, award or reward in return.<br>
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The ability of the true Good Samaritan to fly above the earthly search for acknowledgement, recognition, and compensation is what makes them unique, is what differentiates them from others, and from those that are not called <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="db4f74e3-f575-413c-9617-4542a8af98bd" id="5b1a65c9-f1b5-456e-b843-23a9e160d284">to</gs> this status. They naturally understand that they are not seeking any personal gain, any individual satisfaction, any self-<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="520e806a-c5d9-4f22-8c6e-9e0dbd80e8dc" id="131bd3bc-34d1-4d96-b5ca-3bab0946caf4">fulfilment</gs>, or any <u><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="520e806a-c5d9-4f22-8c6e-9e0dbd80e8dc" id="e642f6c5-bc6e-4c04-8ede-025cc330e1b7">fame</gs></u>. They are here just to <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1445a666-6b12-49cf-b126-1f944fb02b77" id="a0d7898b-33ea-4e62-a3c3-24615f10e3a7">fullfil</gs> their mandate and move on. That is why they are never offended because they do not seek immediate appreciation, they do not expect manifestation or expression of gratitude. The so-called ungratefulness towards <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5a858588-e247-4471-8ba7-616e2de3ca2a" id="63cc7065-8f2e-4621-b024-a6e0ef6a068f">them which</gs> is often the case they live by, is never an issue for them. Like a Guardian Angel who rescues, <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d101e8c5-b9eb-4450-b83b-608afe1d6552" id="bc1ba1bc-9f1b-4e58-90f3-120ac5a762ec">fulfils</gs> their mission, moves on to the next assignment, and then disappears forever, the Good Samaritan, entrusted and bestowed with the same helping calling, just moves on, and disappears from the environment, from the territory, and from the scene of their good deeds forever.<br>
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Their behavior and their mindset are based on something unique to their understanding. They know that it is not about the here and now. It is rather about eternal rewards, about deposits made to the spiritual bank in Heaven, and about investments made in eternity. That is why, again, and time again, they do not fuss, and they never fume about the temporary things, the little passing stuff and token of the here and now, and of today, regardless of how big and how <u>gigantic</u> those things and stuff may seem, may appear, and may be to others. They <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bc34cce6-0e4f-4469-830e-f9ae74cd7b7a" id="fe59a29b-1ba8-425f-ae76-9d7894cf8bde">have the</gs> bigger picture of eternity in mind, where everything is grandiose in scale, immeasurable in size, incomparable in beauty and splendor, priceless in treasure and value, incomparable in terms of imagination, and in terms of what the mind can conceive.<br>
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One may wrongfully judge them, may laugh at them, may joke or make fun about <u>them</u>, may even think of them as fools, easy to be played, or easy to be manipulated, or easy to be conned <u>and</u> scammed, and so <u>on</u>. Nonetheless, their divinely-revealed knowledge of the existence of the bigger, the greater, and the better picture, makes them the true Champions that they are, faithful to their calling, fixed <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="91222041-53ad-4dcb-9223-5bcb2c00ca64" id="5e1498c0-7bd0-4497-a30f-0f01b13a39bd">to</gs> their mission, unwavering to their modus operandi. They are selfless, <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e7013388-cc65-42f0-8be5-988dc87b5219" id="6b79382c-62cd-4195-a8ce-ca16b4f548ba">spiritedly</gs>-large givers, unconditional helpers, transparent, with a "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" attitude, and they remain true to their altruistic devotion, and to their philanthropic mandate to do good at all costs, and no matter what it takes.<br>
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As a serious word of caution, and to avoid any blatant misinterpretation, the recipient or the beneficiary of the gesture of goodness, of generosity, or of kindness is by no means to be perceived or considered as an inferior individual, or as a subservient (or "less important") person to the Good Samaritan. Immature witnesses that are aware of the heroic act of kindness are not to consider the Good Samaritan "Giver" or "Helper" as Superior to the beneficiary who happens to be at a moment of weakness, of <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="54728701-b2d1-4106-accf-3305c659eab3" id="1e5b6f32-5f05-4ebf-a875-138f1f30fd1b">impotence</gs>, of dire and urgent need, of powerlessness, of despondency, and of vulnerability. Heartfelt Gratitude and Elevated Appreciation are Highly Sufficient enough without the compelling need, the tendency, and the impulse to place the Good Samaritan on an unexpected and unneeded pedestal above the recipient. Both recipient and Good Samaritan have been strategically and respectively placed by God, for a divine purpose, so that God's Glory may be manifested, and in order for God's name to be exalted. No one is superior or inferior to another. The understanding of the individual role, of each other's synchronized positioning at the specific time and moment, must be justly, maturely, and fairly managed and interpreted. We must also bear in mind and understand that their respective role of today could be inverted at any given time, in any other place, by other assigned and designated actors in the future. We just do not know. That is why inflated or derogatory comments or judgement must be vehemently silenced, and strongly avoided by all means.<br>
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In terms of an extended perspective, a woman in the Bible, Mark 12:41-44, has placed two very small coins in the Temple Treasury (that is the equivalent of what we would call today the Collections Plate, or the Offerings Bucket or Basket), which is all she had to give. Moved and touched by her sheer act of giving, by her obedient spirit, and by her magnanimous gesture, Jesus mentioned to His disciples that this woman has given more than everybody else. She has given her all out of her poverty, while the others have given out of their abundance. The story titled "The Widow's Offerings" is so <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cdb49437-4004-4947-89dd-ca514d4ffae6" id="99e72cc6-0e04-496e-b7f8-80b0af734ee6">educative</gs> and so timeless that it is mentioned in the Bible for us to still learn from it today and now in our generation, and for us to give it a serious consideration as per <u>its</u> significance. To <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="92389b77-1321-4d41-a3eb-69503ecc8fdf" id="ed2dfd05-09be-4437-be2a-becbe8728472">extrapolate we</gs> could say: "That woman has given largely, lavishly, and sacrificially out of her lack, and in consistency with her intrinsically-rich stature, while the others have given and contributed meagerly and poorly out of and with respect to their substantially-rich abundance". This story is also mentioned in Luke 21:1-4.<br>
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In other words, it is good and commendable to give, to help, and to do good. However, the spirit of humility, of selflessness, of self-sacrificing, and of heartfelt impulse with which we give is what makes the big difference between a mere giving routine exercise, and a genuine act of impulsive sharing and heartfelt giving, which we can also refer to as an act of pure and serious worship depending on the <u>context</u>. T<u>his</u> is the point where pure divine blessings abound, blessings that also encompass insights, inspiration, foresight, <u>revelations</u>. This is also the point where, by our genuine gesture of <u>giving</u>, praises go up, and where we manage to touch the heart of God.<br>
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One Entity and Technology Giant on the planet that I consider to be a Good Samaritan, and that I truly like because of their approach towards giving and sharing is Google. I mentioned about them <u>o</u>n my previous blog posts before. And, I will never stop referring to them as such.</div>
Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-61598558461370507572016-10-23T16:53:00.003-07:002020-07-24T19:15:41.364-07:00The Fruit Of Faith<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><u>Life</u></u>, as a God's creation, is full of beauty, and is a display of wonders. We have at our disposal all that we need to live and to sustain life. Greatly enough, we are also equipped with skills, knowledge, intelligence that enable us to create, to build, to innovate on a continuous basis. That is why we keep on developing products, writing books, writing new songs, composing new music, creating new software, generating new and improved apps to assure the continuity of our progress, and to confirm the flow and the establishment of our success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The good news is that the solution to a lot of our problems is already available to us and, most of the time, rests in our own hands, and resides in our own inner self. All it takes oftentimes is our determination to face the problem for what it is, and to decide to draw from our natural and innate resource in order to resolve it, and to be victorious. In some cases, the solution may require that we do the unusual, (or the publicly-misunderstood) out of sheer obedience, <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">in order to trigger, to activate, and </span></span>to bring about the crucial and vital results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The above cases are just some examples of faith coupled with obedience that triggers the positive outcome, that leads to the vital solution, and that produces wonders. In our days, we possess, as well, the same facul<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="59b18ef1-4e50-4eeb-9773-6dbc46cef954" id="fcb0760e-94a1-4841-a952-4776bffa53f3">t</gs>y to be obedient by faith, and the same ability to take the initiative that enables us to activate our potentials in order to achieve the optimistic outcome, and the positive results. The key to our success in many instances resides in our determination and in our willingness to make that decision, and to take action, at times, quick and prompt actions since fleeting time may work against us if we delay, or if we procrastinate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The skills, the talents, the unique expertise that we possess, the art that we practiced, the craft that we mastered, and that constitute the components of your inherent strength, must be put to work and be utilized when it is deeply required and urgently needed to generate and to produce the catalytic and life-saving results. That is why we must not keep them selfishly to ourselves, or hidden solely to ourselves, or buried within ourselves. We must share them by putting them to use for the benefit of others, either through Volunteering, or through any other opportunities that will present themselves to us, or that we will create, or in using any format or platform that will be available to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">By Faith, the people in Biblical times did use their obedience, their skills, their innate ability to bring forth the results and the outcome that they envisioned, that they anticipated, and that they needed. In our times, we are using our innate skills, our developed talents, our capabilities, our faith in God and in ourselves to resolve our issues, and to create the imperative solution to our problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This specific blog post is a prelude to greater things to come, and the precursor of my first-released <span style="background-color: white;">products</span>. I would like to request, for the first time, that you invest in my firstly-released products to come, and that you purchase my upcoming and soon-to-be-released book. It will include this current blog post, and it will represent the tool, the item that I have available in my hands, and that I am using diligently "by faith" towards an urgent solution. It will enable me to stand firm and strong, and to remain confident while I am passing through an extremely-challenging and a very demanding phase in my life. I "Thank You Very Much" in advance for your investment of money, for your reading time, and for your word of mouth to others. I also "Thank You Very Much" in advance for your encouragement, for your mutual exchange, for spreading the news, and for your <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558c6482-599e-4a9c-aea5-0b76117166a6" id="91a66541-434a-4015-a3ac-5d01deff29f4">officially</gs>-requested support.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniquely Wonderful</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to be here on planet Earth. It means that we are alive and living, and it implies that we individually have something to do, to undertake, to start, to complete, to accomplish. God reminds us in </span><a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=Jeremiah+29%3A11&version_id=111" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeremiah 29:11</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His plans for us are to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. To prosper us, in this context, is not only and simplistically in the area of money, finances, wealth, riches, although all being an integral part of it. To prosper us also means helping us, allowing us, and motivating us to achieve, to be successful, to study, to research, to explore, to discover, to develop, to create, to innovate, to build, to plant, to sow, to reap a harvest, to invest, to have returns on our investments, to have businesses, to be fruitful, to multiply, to expand, to be in good health, and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniquely Wonderful</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to represent God in the natural. It means that our job as human beings is to Love first and foremost. The Bible in </span><a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=John+3%3A16&version_id=111" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John 3:16</span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">states that: β</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.β Therefore, as Godβs representatives, as Godβs conduits, and as branches of the vine that Jesus Himself personifies (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=John+15%3A5&version_id=111" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John 15:5</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), we are responsible, obligated, expected, and mandated to love one another, to produce and to βbear much fruit of loveβ for our Mutual Benefit, for the sake of Progress, and for the sake of Peace, be it personal, or social, or both. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love is like the sunshine that sustains life, and that causes life to blossom and to flourish. Love is like a river that encourages growth, that stimulates fertility, greenery of grass, of trees, and continuity. That is why, for the purpose and for the sake of tangible progress, of gaining, of winning, of High Achievement through Christ, and of Mutual Elevation in Christ, we proclaim Love, and we solely choose to Love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above explains why it is great, very important, and highly imperative to accept and to embrace Jesus Christ in our lives. God is the answer, the universal solution to many of our problems. That is why we willfully and obediently choose to love. That is also why we adopt and we embrace the Unprecedented Love that Jesus Christ has come to offer. True Love and Genuine Peace begin with us in Jesus Christ, through Jesus Christ, and stem out of us to reach out, to touch, to heal, to mend, to comfort, to help, to be the solution, and to make the world a better place, all for the sake of Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniquely Wonderful</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imperative</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that our heart is</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fully in it, i.e., totally dedicated and absolutely committed to</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whatever we do, endeavor and undertake. In other words, it is Great to Love our Job so much, and to Enjoy what we Do so much that we are willing to Embrace, to Protect, to Defend, to Promote, and to Advance the Interests and the Values of the Enterprise. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">This way, we surely succeed individually first, and we ensure and definitely contribute to the success and the longevity of the Enterprise. 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id="e7e80b11-539f-4073-a8ba-cbf968ab7184">individually</gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs></gs><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as an employee and as a member of the Enterprise and within the Enterprise, while the Enterprise thrives corporately because of our commitment,<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="042cfbaf-6f2d-49db-93a7-18a28e45c85a" id="d4d36638-da64-4bf6-9811-b1f7e2c81be2"> our</gs> genuine involvement, our dedication, our decision to maintain and to preserve, our unwavering delivery, our seriousness, our extra-mile mindset as a valued employee, and as a valuable member. The Results: Safe, Secure, Progressive, Profitable Standing, and Successful Longevity of the Enterprise due to our Heartfelt Commitment, our Steadfast Loyalty, our Understanding and our Embrace of the Corporate Culture, due to our Synergy, our Positioning, our Actions, and our Behavior that </span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="516b70b0-8075-43f2-bbbc-52491c7a9055" id="d7c547ec-62cb-4ff5-bc0a-3332296f00ac" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ed1f28e8-de1f-407d-849b-99031ff800ee" id="a1624304-a3f1-41fd-b06a-2de7d23a183a"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="69807c55-9a48-4836-8533-dc7d38547d31" id="655f6ea2-da7d-48c6-8ab3-180372252174"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5dba2938-583c-4320-9bdf-a28721847603" id="6d7bf104-e244-4bad-990b-9e325731354f">are</gs></gs></gs></gs><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in line with and with respect to the Corporate Vision and the Corporate Interests, and due to our Sound and Ethical Protection that foster a Sound Environment and a Tangible Outcome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is "<u>Not Merely</u>" about the Status, the Position, and/or the Money. I<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a892123d-180c-49aa-912d-5a9a19ac8666" id="98428cca-0d36-42b2-9a5f-17313db22f23">n terms of Love, Dedication, and Commitment, we</gs> got to learn the <u>unique way of thinking</u>, and the <u>matchless modus operandi</u> of the <u>Altruistic </u></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>M</u></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>issionaries</u>, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Philanthropic Volunteers</u>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">They </span><u style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naturally, Sacrificially, Tirelessly, Passionately, and Genuinely Love what they Do</u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with all their "<u>self-motivated</u>" Heart, and they </span><u style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Request Absolutely No Money</u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at all for what they Do. They <u>Love</u> what they <u>Do</u> so much, and they Accept and Embrace their Calling so Willfully, that they <u>Keep On Doing</u> "<u>their version of the right thing</u>", which is to "Give (of Themselves) Endlessly and Impulsively" out of their "Loving Heart", out of their "Sheer Dedication", in a "Selfless Manner", in "Full Humility", with "No Strings Attached", and without "Any Expectations of Awards or Rewards in Return", year, after year, and after</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"> year. And, it is absolutely fine, normal, and okay with them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniquely Wonderful</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to know that the Omniscience of God is Real. That is why we conduct ourselves in a reverential way towards God, and in a respectful way towards each other. That way, we ensure our safety and our security in Godβs Heart and in Godβs Court. God knows our individual standing towards Him and towards each other by His absolute knowing and by His total knowledge of all things, of our thoughts, our deeds, our actions, our situations, our circumstances, and so on. Godβs Omniscience is a <u>Very Good Thing</u>, and constitutes a <u>Great Asset</u> for our genuine nature, and for our striving attitude. It makes us safe and confident in His divine process, in His divine plans for us as humans, and in His divine plans for mankind through us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although the application, the execution, and the realization</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the above will result in awards and rewards in the natural and in society as a whole, it is, however, primarily about creating, building, nurturing, strengthening, and maintaining a strong relationship with God first. It is also about the awareness of God's Omnipresence that keeps us in check and on track. Yet, it is mainly about our willingness to do the right thing, which is to be obedient to God, to be at peace with God, and to please God first in all and through all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<i><u>To obey is better than sacrifice</u></i>." (<a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=1+Samuel+15%3A22&version_id=111" target="_blank">1 Samuel 15:22</a>). (<a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=1+Samuel+15&version_id=111" target="_blank">1 Samuel 15</a> / Whole Chapter for Full Understanding, Context, and Example). </span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-53993599509627557732014-10-13T20:42:00.000-07:002014-11-08T03:19:07.448-08:00God Is Able<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you in a state of confusion? Is the weight of your pain so heavy that it keeps
you down? Are you sad and alone? Do you feel lonely with no trusted person to confide in to? Are you in some precarious situation that
seems to have no point of exit and no way out? Are you in a voluntary self-isolation and withdrawal due to your sadness, due to your trouble, due to your pain,
due to your deception, due to a betrayal, or due to your βthought or feeling of failure or guiltβ? Are you wondering where are you going to find
that money to go through that last-minute emergency, or to pay that bill, or to
meet that important and urgent obligation? <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f55d9464-d4ec-45e5-9bc3-121295fefaab" id="8f6d3a10-7417-482b-a18e-ecf833c33006"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="00054168-af8c-45b3-8388-acdfb893dd8c" id="26260110-4d77-466b-ad65-74fd72f712c9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="02680b9b-7c3f-49b3-9ba0-eb3c57fb08dd" id="dfca9e87-09d5-413c-bb4b-957317a4ac45"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1e6fc8e7-7b44-49af-84e5-c21e6892475d" id="39f8239d-a60a-4b64-aa34-86354840cd9a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6068c210-d1f4-4599-985e-6442896532f3" id="d55f3ab5-05c5-4123-82fb-21b574e88a32"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="19758208-4b4a-40fd-89ec-412e2d0f6171" id="e9abf1e2-5d14-4071-a6fa-c67aed10a65f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3ebabab6-0c66-4001-9834-cb1a8d3ec5b9" id="d643d975-783d-4c0a-91fc-92b701ea1b79"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="39abf23c-215b-4e13-8bb9-410421a453dc" id="f9027aaa-6a7d-449a-b96e-0c30ad80ebbf"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3836e3f8-8e10-4520-af01-31b06df10e1b" id="8f1573ec-be2a-4e1b-b850-ebbf67e46ec5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7f766d75-b37a-4f69-8ba1-e1a3d5ba9c8c" id="2a252f2d-d94e-4fa5-9ffb-dfc6703ee289"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8767e63c-30eb-4ddb-b43e-7def70a2ff03" id="551c4c87-1fcd-4051-a7bd-c6531da8745a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1e635f2c-5302-40df-a3c0-2087f06a25ce" id="7e89be61-eed6-4f29-b1db-708b83bc324d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b2d39a77-d5ff-4ff8-a2ca-ae94aa09eb1c" id="183dafe8-2d0c-470a-8a96-5ad388611b5c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="23766802-3cb4-4f11-b2e8-d4e2283ed8d7" id="212115ea-8ef2-44b6-abf1-bcb0b81b97e3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5d17c8b6-7d72-4490-8921-08d345493f4d" id="554bb72c-b29f-4dbf-a99f-039e231cb829"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5871dfb3-d554-43bc-a869-cf80f2f3f12b" id="9614e5ab-ce2e-4144-8d1f-de4888b15e22"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2dff7f30-164c-4917-9815-9da3e0c9e67a" id="051503b3-1473-4b0c-9e5e-30a41579590d">Is that challenge</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
so troublesome and so worrisome that you are about to quit?
Are you wondering where is God in all of this?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, <u>Good News</u>! <u>God is here with you right now</u>, in
that moment of panic, in the midst of your confusion, and in that state of despair. The decision you are about to make is being
guided by Him. The provisions that you
need to go through today, to go through the next day, and beyond, are already taken
care of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is to tell you to hang
in there, to have faith, to pray for the vital answer that you need, to be
prepared for that crucial and precious outcome that you expect and depend
on. <u>God is here with you</u>. He will make sure that you do not give up,
and that you confirm His Omnipotence, His Omnipresence, and His Omniscience by
the miracles He is going to operate in your life, by the outcome He is going to
orchestrate in your situation, by the turnaround He is going to generate in
your business, in your finances, in your affairs, and by the restoration He is
going to implement in your life and in your family. He is going to save your life, to spare your
neck, to avoid the chaos and the fiasco, to assure your protection, to prevent you from failing and from falling, and to shield you from experiencing shame and disgrace. He is going to provide you with a way of escape from that entrapping trouble, from that malicious setup. He is going to deliver you from pain, from
the uncertainty of tomorrow. He is going
to free you up from doubt, and even from guilt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The same way that Jesus was
able to raise Himself from the dead three days after His burial, the same way that Jesus was able to calm the fury of the storm while He was in the boat with His
disciples, the same way that Jesus was able to feed the multitude that came to
listen to His teaching, the same way that Jesus was able to give sight to the blind
man, <u>this is the same way that</u> <b>God,
Jesus Christ, is able</b> today to handle your case, your situation, your circumstance, and to give
you peace, victory, relief, provisions, answers, and solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, <b>God is able</b> to restore your smile and your laughter. <b>God is
able</b> to fill your life with liveliness.
<b>God is able</b> to blossom your
finances. <b>God is able</b> and capable to give you insights and strategies that make your business flourish, very competitive, and very profitable. <b>God is able</b> to heal your <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="795b6a3f-291a-4e0f-b599-dc435f7f2fd3" id="a1365eb9-3461-4ef1-ba73-2865ed155a81"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="605abc31-4cd8-426e-9236-b482b504d2dc" id="bdbc6229-9bb1-4420-92bb-6cf90c4d5585"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6e0de9b6-28f7-41c4-b60e-20845f46c51b" id="0439b375-548d-434a-a8ce-d4ec914277cb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0469da26-0444-488e-83ce-37c752221817" id="99e81f06-7bf1-4ff4-9185-43abd8306d31"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="365ad9e4-f31e-47c0-8264-e554e21275ad" id="b633d4bc-ab9f-4544-bb51-c4ad08694c2c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9cdcbff3-46af-47c3-878a-7a369f7b5507" id="2a250845-d870-4209-932c-f10c2f7a83e4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="68579d0f-2be7-4c8d-ae96-37f2845f0319" id="1d58e4ec-c7ae-4f02-acee-732caac40830"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="24ee26e2-4bea-4b6c-9a83-9d333f389d73" id="bef558bb-e320-41ea-a4a0-f3c682c36652"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1d7fa7af-3f66-45c9-ad0a-c07800ef2dcc" id="ba7505ca-51ea-41d5-9889-4571827cfced"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bb4fef7b-985b-41c1-afbd-dde7839258bd" id="0a60b47e-8514-4fa4-8e70-22470f6b118a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a134996f-6ef8-4097-86bb-21b37c5c9735" id="eb49491c-4570-49ff-ba64-b12b8abaf125"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d06328be-9cbf-497f-88f1-409e7a714dee" id="a3c32e77-4772-4db0-b943-be7b7a578231"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="21335a28-2b7f-4c1e-9af2-88c944e6e66c" id="5601c6dd-0394-47c7-953c-a3b5edf196fb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b278e4c-74c7-47d0-a6c4-fc8b0a839201" id="cf535714-0776-4c94-8c80-03b680112287"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="14c98a97-5dd6-4f65-a79e-07f537e186d4" id="0d4a3cf7-5132-4b35-b90e-229b9ea67bc6">hurt</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and your wound. <b>God is able</b> to cure your nagging ailment and your stubborn illness. <b>God is able</b> to end the crisis. <b>God</b><b> is able</b> to bring new life to your relationship. <b>God is
able</b> to spark your joy again. <b>God is able</b> to fill your life with <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3fc9797d-c751-4ff0-877c-7967414b5fe3" id="f2ec88fc-14cf-4850-a214-a46990b1d4db"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="78630978-79ac-4eea-8cfb-7310aa9594e5" id="46d66607-eef5-4920-b3ea-c5e59bd7d750"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="975f9719-dc24-492c-8a53-89fdb8aeb8e2" id="a939daa9-b4d4-47ee-9d9d-d980b0067e34"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="eb34b18c-e6f4-4753-b7b8-0ff8626cfacf" id="3ed772c4-45c6-45dd-90ba-3bbd688d50c3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="329ed260-81d4-4ffc-9a5d-60ad7dc1ac82" id="f85b468d-1e7b-4df3-a57d-0a4100c47488"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="faee627f-3f3d-41f9-b355-9102da409fca" id="627b8d16-3ff9-46ee-b528-12f9796c2fbc"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7dc989d8-7a6a-4da9-ab1e-fbe5ad23a691" id="f79fc89c-33dd-42a2-b60f-a007f9777231"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36c3b03b-7727-4fe0-8d56-a96eeed387c0" id="c1d7908f-a1e8-4f75-9048-74e52a0f02a1"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="caaf8e8d-7a38-417a-a4ce-767b95b3d20a" id="4673c5d5-2daa-48a2-a28f-026acacff547"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bfe4f823-e121-4a3b-96f5-691554eeb31f" id="2a65c20e-a1fc-453b-a23f-4885ca8ce52e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="68f0e311-34b6-48c6-9b75-2417e41e0e62" id="0d7fe27f-125d-4d00-b992-209f6eaa89a7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a2b460bd-ce64-4228-8926-e52e83ce90be" id="672b3996-e181-44f7-9e5e-c2230eb12993"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f8c372eb-419f-4308-8e8b-bfeb24e4efe2" id="c38c0dcc-b1c7-4cd7-a9f0-ab11b7caec19"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2205dbc8-a03c-45ae-9293-833eca91a64f" id="1b74be78-7c76-4e50-b9ec-84c62beb2bac"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="87fd86fe-7837-4f3c-9a62-ab6fa1d0be1a" id="38824da4-c5d7-4a1e-a82c-c82177f522ff"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4c37a87f-a2a1-45cc-9a0e-8f473d4e09a0" id="8fd1a615-797d-4da4-a507-a7457d6644e3">new
level</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> of entertainment, and your heart with <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3fc9797d-c751-4ff0-877c-7967414b5fe3" id="5f59f207-0b15-4189-82dc-12bdaceb709b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="78630978-79ac-4eea-8cfb-7310aa9594e5" id="6774b9f3-0e60-424b-87e5-1c61f8dcd09a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="975f9719-dc24-492c-8a53-89fdb8aeb8e2" id="07c3cb11-5e7d-4842-b510-ca29f7f6c784"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="eb34b18c-e6f4-4753-b7b8-0ff8626cfacf" id="ceb5cdf5-9226-430f-b186-af5c43081238"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="329ed260-81d4-4ffc-9a5d-60ad7dc1ac82" id="3a9f000b-12d8-41da-80f1-0317d812871b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="faee627f-3f3d-41f9-b355-9102da409fca" id="1fd92c6c-3cf3-47ec-ac12-680bdd59339d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7dc989d8-7a6a-4da9-ab1e-fbe5ad23a691" id="34ef8d96-3326-4f28-8ea3-8b7fd1ab3388"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36c3b03b-7727-4fe0-8d56-a96eeed387c0" id="ff2b6db9-8917-48f4-af0e-dc47b5d33e98"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="caaf8e8d-7a38-417a-a4ce-767b95b3d20a" id="d70e633b-77db-45cd-b8e2-571e93f3463e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bfe4f823-e121-4a3b-96f5-691554eeb31f" id="5a4a6a80-5873-47db-85c6-93581851c911"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="68f0e311-34b6-48c6-9b75-2417e41e0e62" id="ea52ea95-d0d6-4c13-9a6c-6da70463e942"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a2b460bd-ce64-4228-8926-e52e83ce90be" id="15295722-8b80-45eb-8191-b28ed58be41b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f8c372eb-419f-4308-8e8b-bfeb24e4efe2" id="b1aabd6a-2200-40d8-a6a8-f3e4a249fd7b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2205dbc8-a03c-45ae-9293-833eca91a64f" id="9a807faf-6434-48da-beec-df7ecad4309e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="87fd86fe-7837-4f3c-9a62-ab6fa1d0be1a" id="ce7a47a4-fa7b-43d6-912e-78827e3e48fa"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4c37a87f-a2a1-45cc-9a0e-8f473d4e09a0" id="7227dc9a-a692-4b07-b8aa-d8d2203feecd">new desire</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> for happiness. Since He created you and has placed you here
on Earth, <b>God is able</b> to make you happy,
joyful, self-sufficient, and subsequently, helpful to others. <b>God is
able</b> to remove and to reverse all inadequacies, all anomalies, and all deficiencies. <b>God is
able</b> to make your dreams come true.
And, because of His faithfulness and of His Big Love for you, <b>God is able</b> to give you the legitimate
desires of your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore, once again, be hopeful,
be faithful, and be prayerful. God will
give you joy, victory, peace, provisions, the answer, the clarity, the way out,
the zest for life, the joy of living, the freedom in your mind, the free flow of
your heart. He will grant you your
desire to stand tall, strong, confident, and liberated within yourself, in your
heart, and in your mind. He will make sure
that you realize that great dream, that seemingly-utopian accomplishment, and
that you complete that dreamed project.
Why? <b>God is Able</b>. He is also loving
and caring. Your joy is His joy. Your success is His success. Your happiness is His happiness. Nothing is too big for God. With God, all things are possible. And, this is a Guarantee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Afterwards, and in the end, when
all the odds, the turmoil, and the ordeals are over, your multiple forms of Praise to Him, and of Worship
of Him will be His delight. Your various
forms of Thanksgiving to Him will be like a treasured <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e336b431-2e10-429a-b499-8bacf1b8fbc6" id="adad95a4-c7c0-423a-a66e-722949b3159f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fa5f156f-a28d-4f81-a0ac-038ea67780c5" id="4dbcff7b-a023-4815-b036-738f3d028b4d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cbf94a35-5e43-48a6-95d5-3dea97e42fed" id="dd93fc64-1fee-454a-b484-7fa0fd73aa8a">fragrance</span></span></span> to his nostrils. That is why God is pleased, willing, and
eager to see you happy, healthy, prosperous, joyful, successful, having peace, enjoying
a great life, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="05ad547b-b425-4896-9fe1-e2063a5e3b7d" id="d3ab5710-4d89-499d-ab56-f31745d87325"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="30db3ab2-19b7-4910-b07d-6c39e6514c8b" id="ab3470d3-d810-47f4-b7f1-0f2412302f84"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="523171d7-1f3c-492e-9795-a859823add07" id="ff2b6f19-78d9-4360-bc0f-6a2b9223e763"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d0e8debf-4acf-4000-8c98-0fcc2d985c0d" id="a38e2f50-1c0b-4da9-9d29-261f704e75a3">wealthy</span></span></span></span>, and overflowing with surplus.
As His hands extended here on Earth, you are His Chosen Solution to others, His Assigned Comforter to your neighbor, His Designated E<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1d41af85-4a90-4317-8e31-d766deb4bfcc" id="2ad68537-4df5-47da-aee8-4b7bca5aa17b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3a703bc2-cb84-4ba5-87a4-740c51d1bf83" id="6d8eaf0c-25c1-4e79-9917-b2a9f2dbaf10"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bf69f8ed-7cbf-46a7-9440-1cc8175ca16d" id="9e75a626-fc94-4e72-b5c4-8839cb608f91"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e0679953-299a-4bd5-baa4-3e81c156a5b4" id="1cb3d96a-4e29-4095-8c80-724a3d26bbe3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3c62a521-bbff-4f6f-8068-9570509f3b62" id="1c80db9a-ab8c-4dc2-81ad-45d6d095eb12"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ea580cc0-db8c-4482-8006-5edd4325a647" id="d00fd1d0-f9fb-496b-8882-bd4d757422ed"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a15b333c-07ba-4b79-9cd7-ab38fef3be7c" id="ab9b5eae-3c6c-4fd2-b051-b7e0bb076fe5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c629e936-9288-477e-90df-035b57b29fc4" id="55ddf7e2-eb0f-44f7-8d31-e3031c1b7da9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c19e2b8d-919e-4386-b139-d9e8af10a10f" id="475970fe-7ed9-45ad-a844-2fafd9a1a8a8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="202ba636-d12b-433b-8ffb-e54fe43f2fd1" id="3d16d97d-054c-41b3-92bc-edaa3f218597">ncourager</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> to many, His Trusted, His Mandated, and His Secure Eradic<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1d41af85-4a90-4317-8e31-d766deb4bfcc" id="7089d49a-79b4-42a5-afc9-ab1c9d1c790a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3a703bc2-cb84-4ba5-87a4-740c51d1bf83" id="32707ec1-5492-4954-9d7f-49c5260fd771"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bf69f8ed-7cbf-46a7-9440-1cc8175ca16d" id="5e5252a2-94f5-47cd-be9e-6d3fca1a0569"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e0679953-299a-4bd5-baa4-3e81c156a5b4" id="060f668c-9bdd-469e-973f-0d100f40d608">ator</span></span></span></span> of
the crisis of others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Be Persistent, and Be Comforted! And, always remember, and constantly remind yourself the convincing fact that: <b>God Is Able</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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specific blog post that is published today on Thanksgiving Day (Canada) is my form of Thanksgiving to God <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d5e23b46-4ffe-406f-91cf-6a2acc9b5c9a" id="f7301f89-e265-40c1-bb5d-2cc9adc5298e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4a62ef30-92e9-45e6-8ad0-456744edec3f" id="d46971cf-5dae-4fa4-b6c3-236ab82df06e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c90a0a01-b532-4c60-aebb-4a644359471e" id="017b5c4a-4e0d-43c7-bff6-5eab1e1d556b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1e244abd-eba8-4ede-966d-27cfc06aef42" id="cce9e441-7f4f-46ce-9e01-963a50a8ea0c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="afb2f11a-87a3-4cc3-80ac-60830368eb55" id="5d04e33d-75d4-4843-9b96-509bd70dcdeb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bc7c7a1f-1906-4554-a5a8-044a1822b8d7" id="903d61a3-f6c3-4bd5-afb7-a880d8123b4b">after</span></span></span></span></span></span> a long period (several months) of
trials, testing, challenges, including bodily harm, and my recent severe foot injury (I
am still going for physiotherapy, tests, and massage sessions) that could have left me <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d5e23b46-4ffe-406f-91cf-6a2acc9b5c9a" id="a9d05945-9916-448c-9815-583938078061"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4a62ef30-92e9-45e6-8ad0-456744edec3f" id="4b45960b-56d8-4ea0-bc39-61d282c1c904"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c90a0a01-b532-4c60-aebb-4a644359471e" id="5b58699e-49e5-4a2e-bade-706b0f28d82a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1e244abd-eba8-4ede-966d-27cfc06aef42" id="4523b9bf-94cc-40d3-9e2b-059f2e0e82ce"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="afb2f11a-87a3-4cc3-80ac-60830368eb55" id="a85c6aaa-c80d-492a-bc0c-644d309d4470"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bc7c7a1f-1906-4554-a5a8-044a1822b8d7" id="5cd6353c-af9c-4e31-80a4-f83c2da969eb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0b403e57-04a8-462c-8126-6becc0493eda" id="162f6a41-70f2-4f50-816a-fdaf403ec165"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b28ca019-484f-47e2-b6f3-fd2151b619ac" id="09107a59-9b31-4676-9e43-a1033748c6b7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="167197c8-c0a0-45e7-ae9a-b93b5a786d31" id="1162ec20-f4fd-4070-9e84-a44dbe5969c2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="213a7214-0d30-4561-80d9-76b787395e9b" id="be1eedeb-a86e-4782-8cc0-19be52a97832"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6e32eac2-f790-4d8f-bee7-3f43077ee4e8" id="e56ff6e7-8082-4f70-99c6-a43962ee92be"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dd60b2b9-fdc6-44cd-a815-3e93484fe611" id="e0fe33ed-4cf5-458b-a454-2071d603499e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="16cffcd2-44a4-48fb-87a7-fb1993240f29" id="c6d50328-2f80-4b8b-99ac-a370bb0bfb08"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3815f86f-f8b3-4f0f-84fb-cd2c74978204" id="733b7341-e308-45a3-928f-ad982d01656c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b55565a1-c94c-480f-b025-98baca02248c" id="cee1866f-89f8-44a7-85cb-ef0767cc529a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ce29dab8-5a15-42f1-89fe-04fe7e86a647" id="9027f321-c5e4-463f-a631-06db9688c3d8">paralysed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> for life, and that could have forced me to <u>give up all</u> and to quit.
But God miraculously intervened, spared me, kept me going strong, and moving forward with the sheer assurance of complete
recovery, and with the sure confidence of total restoration. That is how I
am able to know and to confirm again today that <b>God is Able</b> to
preserve lives, to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6dd90647-4b52-4690-a291-a19bfaf3acd4" id="3ec38545-191b-40fd-aa1d-c0d9f6a048f4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dfc8e2cb-c27f-42ee-9c69-748c1b97256b" id="f046397f-7adf-4a7c-882c-c118ea36e456">protect</span></span> people in the midst of storms, of hardships, of challenges, of accidents, of dangers, and to operate miracles. That is why I am able to persevere in spite of all, in the midst of all, and through it all. That is also why I am able to say confidently to <u>you who are
reading this blog post</u> to persevere, to be patient, to be persistent, to be
prayerful, to remain positive. <u>Do Not Give Up</u>! <b>God Is
Able</b>.</span><br />
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Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-74817762985714429592014-04-10T12:07:00.000-07:002019-08-20T20:08:58.801-07:00Congratulations, Great Champion!<div style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By now </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we know for sure, we fully agree, and we concur with the fact that, the moment we begin to seek God, God is there with us, leading us, and guiding us. </span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.9.10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psalm 9:10</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> illustrates that very fact in stating: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With that firm assurance, we pray, we research, we inquire, we study the Word of God. This is all great for it reveals our acknowledgement that there is a God, that we believe in Him, that we can do, achieve, and accomplish great things, that we can display and manifest altruistic kindness, that we can come up with great products, and so on. Yet, it is still about the here and the now on Earth, as it is also about the earthly level, the earthly deeds, and the earthly legacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, the ultimate, the absolute best, the preferred, the unique, and the greatest accomplishment ever is to have "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1cf1cb40-3f2f-4081-a836-bb7488ded601" id="0f3632c5-c993-4317-80e9-bfd03abb559f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f3912cf3-5f7e-4eb1-bb37-02ac7200baa2" id="41bd808c-1b44-4e5b-87a7-ecebc2d46d65"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f746ab4c-7bee-4317-bb7f-05916de076a6" id="0faf4231-67c4-4594-b339-90d57ee559e5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f743203e-41e9-44e3-8fdf-b032be426e46" id="8c3715eb-3148-4646-b3aa-ef7fe242da67"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6fe2ecd0-dea2-43b8-a411-52bc32348767" id="f99e9745-72f3-4988-b137-37c4fd02d705"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e5f8ff86-aacb-408c-8ab0-fc348e5feb6c" id="82416401-8de4-449e-b845-d236a226122e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c5dbff3f-d8a0-4aa7-a347-749bdac8ecac" id="9266997a-cc42-4e6d-9ed1-17c2e9d0f0b1">in</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> us</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">", and that is being achieved automatically when we become a Christian. As part of the process and of the complete package, we repent of our sins, we believe in our heart, we confess with our mouth, and we declare solemnly that we accept Jesus Christ in our lives and in our hearts as our Lord and Savior, we get water baptized, we walk under the spiritual covering, upbringing, teaching, mentorship, and Leadership of a Shepherd, a Spiritual Leader (i.e., an Apostle, or a Pastor, or a Doctor of the Word, or a Bishop, or a Reverend, or a Chaplain, and so on). We also become a member of a congregation, an integral part of a Church where the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ are being taught, where the Bible is the only authority, and where water baptism by immersion is administered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="25c7ef40-ed08-4106-b0af-ea1b8e4bcc17" id="104b29bd-f1de-441f-9472-bc9b73a3a4bb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ff02d399-b5d8-44db-986f-0ad2b18c5828" id="9653f68b-c3b7-4dc9-8ff6-63cbd722a062"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3e686492-ba20-4877-a77b-7c67d85c8337" id="d1f4450f-53af-49a9-a81f-a7328f5f42a9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e7d7d87f-6987-4dd2-9350-d8fc2ee37ffc" id="52197975-839d-4931-a484-8c88d959ed96"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36e7886d-c5cb-46eb-9bf2-d8ece37dd341" id="4db7efaa-850e-4700-96d1-17e965d83982"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6043b23f-61ba-45b9-88e5-d9020bd7d133" id="bd2da143-e662-445a-b938-7bb7393b07b8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="83ac0bff-8106-4b81-a02e-6c32c0438269" id="f74f6dce-c696-4168-9e39-ff2439b3ec89">Having God walking</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> with us is great <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="25c7ef40-ed08-4106-b0af-ea1b8e4bcc17" id="ab549a82-e5fb-4ed5-93c5-0fb054e0e72d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ff02d399-b5d8-44db-986f-0ad2b18c5828" id="02241975-3f5f-40d9-84d8-e3236fdd6ce9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3e686492-ba20-4877-a77b-7c67d85c8337" id="2dd071a2-1055-433b-961a-cee40f764c60"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e7d7d87f-6987-4dd2-9350-d8fc2ee37ffc" id="c5b9aa6b-5506-40ce-9071-7b1442b759a4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="36e7886d-c5cb-46eb-9bf2-d8ece37dd341" id="ed33e165-b763-4b71-8832-b35bf6c793b6"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6043b23f-61ba-45b9-88e5-d9020bd7d133" id="e0ea9fce-1523-43b7-bd24-ae80c9b62cf0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="83ac0bff-8106-4b81-a02e-6c32c0438269" id="3a3facb5-adb8-4db1-9ad2-88aa88b039a9">for</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> we are being guided, mentored, and groomed. However, having God inhabited in us, i.e., having His Spirit living in us, dwelling in perfect synergy, intimacy, and communion with us, is the ideal, the recommended, the greatest, and the highest achievement. This is the state where we get the spiritual insights, the spiritual revelations, the dreamed status of a true God's Son and of a true God's Daughter by our obedience, our compliance, our acceptance, our resistance against the odds, our resilience, our perseverance, our strength, our activated ability to ascend, our willful decision to transcend, our elevated motivation to withstand, to move decisively, to embrace our worthy, our individual, and our personal cause of our Eternal Life in Jesus Christ and through Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Bible says "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.7" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 7:7</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Through your seeking, your research, your meditation on the Word of God, and your pondering of your finding, you have finally come to know, to understand, and to be persuaded that God truly loves you, that He loves you so much that He has exchanged the life of His own Son for your life, that He has traded the life of His own Son to rescue you, to redeem you, and to save you. You have also discovered that God has always had you in His mind and in His plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">The good news is, during your grooming and your upbringing process <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="345c9f73-32dc-4552-9dab-2b426642cfa2" id="f72b9a25-d364-416b-a8e8-2673ab553330"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4585ea25-baf6-4b04-a0c5-3d086c8ceb2b" id="c333a5a3-78b4-4550-b9a8-b5ca9e6ed697"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cdd5fdb0-79e9-4ae4-880c-7cf28901c408" id="e3532a0e-311d-4ad0-86ac-474fd9143271"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7c8f41ed-295e-4e4b-b664-63a8aeea3f16" id="1e363c77-d10a-4b5a-ad6c-d3c2f5d069b2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="60b1f994-4ba3-4c5c-8eb2-5bf8eb642815" id="99773826-1689-431c-b1b4-5dee7e5df5ed"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="78d405d4-9b31-487a-94f2-c938bad73738" id="c1f5f82d-e881-41a4-8870-7502b9ce5c32">by</span></span></span></span></span></span> the Holy Spirit, since you are so serious about God, He (God) has allowed you, and has given you the ability to have some degree of insight. Your heart has then become open and receptive to His Love for you, His Divine Word has begun to germinate and to take <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bf0bbf71-7aba-43e4-aff6-ca91fc650833" id="ced33628-206f-449c-af4d-4a478c51bc00"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="286081bf-1567-4265-b909-0d4f6e14871e" id="e1ae5ffa-b04e-420d-b939-2a00856b36e8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="90bbe211-4fac-4e3f-b61a-ba57fafa6271" id="e9e6bd91-58ec-4f2b-a223-7f21bee029f9"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8b54039a-5ea3-4381-95a2-626c42733981" id="c4e03580-918a-4710-a103-2328a8b5227c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9fe1c050-5cff-43d7-a518-b9c4a34d8906" id="693a49a1-d43e-4e3a-a462-acde78d96054"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0d8fc3a4-9cff-43dc-9f73-277893e1459e" id="d4a92b2c-df0f-4e9a-8d3f-b9890e28e9a7">roots</span></span></span></span></span></span> into your heart, your research has begun to bring forth <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bf0bbf71-7aba-43e4-aff6-ca91fc650833" id="f8e90177-f1b1-4e59-8145-b92451d64891"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="286081bf-1567-4265-b909-0d4f6e14871e" id="e5b51d36-0844-405f-952a-4eed097d1037"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="90bbe211-4fac-4e3f-b61a-ba57fafa6271" id="72786ba5-5ea3-403c-9fb1-d3b498412dbd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8b54039a-5ea3-4381-95a2-626c42733981" id="276ec085-a643-4b53-8b88-0576e32a124e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9fe1c050-5cff-43d7-a518-b9c4a34d8906" id="66ff519e-8e5b-4ca4-85b5-2d6eb0b0b947"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0d8fc3a4-9cff-43dc-9f73-277893e1459e" id="96eccefe-e85f-48f4-9202-d0f1ce6ef1b2">fruit and</span></span></span></span></span></span> to produce fruitful results, and darkness has begun to dissipate to make way for light. You have come to realize and to be convinced that this is it: you have found what you have been seeking and longing for all along. And, in that β<u>Eureka Moment</u>β, since you were basically and practically ready, you have answered the Divine Call, you have crossed the line from confusion, doubt, and uncertainty to reality, illumination, and clarity. You have come forward to the altar, and you have officially done it. You have become a Christian.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have decided to go from being a distant spectator, a confused <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9aae264a-0a13-4407-8a61-f131ac179545" id="4aef6d50-eaef-45fa-bea9-76b1b58bc05e"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b69d2900-3bd8-4f7f-bef4-71403f9743c4" id="faf83d7e-dbd1-4e95-84fb-f5b287732555"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4d059ff9-645a-4759-9a2d-68bd748df77f" id="f977d855-6ee0-4b78-960c-0b661093de4c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2882acdf-7cac-451b-b9ea-eb0dd70e2f04" id="cf230a09-3285-47a5-b94a-53ff01b8a2e5"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="62f13a4b-23a2-491c-ba25-6291d52e3974" id="a9e40e8e-28e3-4993-ba3f-2eee0b15cd6f">by-stander</span></span></span></span></span>, a sideline observer, and just a visiting guest to becoming an insider, an inner-circle participant in the Church with your full and your rightful Son and Daughter Status.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On a very encouraging note, you have decided not to procrastinate any longer. You have made up your mind to do the life-saving thing, to take the life-saving step, to follow Jesus Christ wholeheartedly and boldly, to accept Him as your Lord and Savior, to break free from all forms of bondage, to lay hold of your personal, your uniquely-true, and your single-filed inheritance, i.e., your Eternal Life. The Bible says: β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John 3:16</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). By Faith, you have believed that verse. You also have embraced β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the way and the truth and the life</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β that Jesus Christ personifies. (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.6" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J</span><span style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ohn 14:6</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/pro.20.24" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Proverbs 20:24</span></a> says that: β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A personβs steps are directed by the Lord. How can anyone understand their own way?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β Therefore, we can sincerely say, and honestly assure you that you have done the right thing.</span><span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is Great, Beautiful, and Wonderful to be a Christian. You can only win by taking that magnificent step.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a500bed6-9915-4049-8411-dc58f74bd121" id="48c0fb1a-9c76-41ad-a1b6-2b2ed3ad501b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="81448cf6-2364-4262-a5c1-2e665b7b3137" id="e48ea9d5-6d5e-4528-a529-48256f98545d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d35be004-6263-4a53-8ea4-b346c1d03755" id="9b9ee529-3434-4daa-9cd5-6a89cc54745c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="903c2ea9-d024-43d5-8130-994a1ada5f1d" id="a1a29095-d10a-4c2d-ae4d-29f7b7733dbc"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3e6ac467-50b9-4e89-b13f-266615c64d8d" id="fbbbcfcd-4d01-4b1c-b018-1c9923056ceb">Contrarily</span></span></span></span></span> to wrongful misconceptions, to finger-pointing tendencies, to derogatory insinuations where Christianity may have been portrayed as unfriendly, boring, equated with joyless, no-brain people that display strange behavior, people with covert (or stealthy) hostility, and with double-faced hypocrisy, we can passionately reassure you that </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this is Totally, Flatly, and Bluntly a Fabricated Lie, and that this is the Absolute Opposite</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Christianity is rather Joy, Liveliness, Loveliness, Joviality, Happy Sharing, Healthy Exchange, Exceptional Caring, Being a Good Samaritan, Resilience, Steadfastness, Prompt Uplifting, Diligent Encouragement, Resolve, Matchless Philanthropy, Single-Minded and Genuine Giving, Altruistic Respect, <u>Mutual LOVE</u>, Loving Heart, Good Rapport, Kind Fellowship, Loving Interaction, <u>Great PEACE</u>, Mindful Endurance, Smart Mind, Sound Mind, Peaceful Spirit, Great Intelligence, Rich and Substantial Education. It is Glorious Celebrations, Genuine Fun, Happy Rejoicing, and Joyful Dancing<b> [</b><u>like King David danced before the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ea7873eb-6c1e-483b-80a1-bd73ad303a9a" id="f7fe0e0b-c9fc-4a93-8219-65ab29f508c3"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0ce8226a-5750-4a48-ab83-d9b1f8a56fa7" id="401a452c-9fde-4f34-86dc-a7f61c79ec18"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4159f966-af7a-4ef8-988d-f47640f9b2b9" id="627d4fef-80ad-4802-9e99-04c17b722108"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="18caebf4-a212-4f4f-93a2-0585286281a4" id="af1745a1-b48c-481e-b036-b8802ae756a7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7f9b2268-41da-485c-8bb2-46068b4eb7c0" id="8fb880b3-adb0-4c94-b77c-dd736d8c4522">Lord when</span></span></span></span></span> the "Ark of the Lord" was being brought from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David, as reported in the Bible</u> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2sa.6.14" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">2 Samuel 6:14</span></a>), (Full Context: <a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=2+Samuel+6" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">2 Samuel 6</span></a> /<u>Whole Chapter</u>; <a href="https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=1+Chronicles+15" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">1 Chronicles 15</span></a> /<u>Whole Chapter</u>)<b>]</b>. Christianity is also being Entrepreneurship-Oriented, Development-Inclined, and Business-Minded. It is being a Loving, Alert, Concerned, Prayerful, Peaceful and Respectful Citizen. It is also being a Valuable and a Productive Asset for your Employer and for your Country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christianity is also the embodiment of the willingness and of the readiness to go the extra mile. It is the Joy of knowing that Wholesome, Progressive, Committed, Hard Work, and Conscientious Productivity <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="477f3a03-3f76-4e93-bdfa-bb0e33d3c699" id="3f06d577-706d-4e3b-8715-403c3585a306"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3d9e381-0860-4892-80ef-e2d31b46377d" id="ec6c10d0-c8ec-41b6-90c4-07ab02f1701c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6ad93dbe-6d7b-49d7-abcc-40603c81c0e4" id="b1a9a0b8-1863-4aec-a2e8-1f8c8b7a6daf"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="85eea44a-0091-4dbc-a20d-6aabc9184bdd" id="c4cb9da0-05be-410e-854f-88fd1b442ed0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f0038838-7bb3-4c2f-b9fe-e9a48aada5ef" id="43c31601-a643-4a8a-99a8-1c06801a17c2">are assured</span></span></span></span></span>, maintained and guaranteed no matter what, without wavering, and without any compromise. That is why your divinely-infused seriousness, your dedicated loyalty, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d58be055-45d9-4de4-a308-c26e313710f2" id="99246393-83d1-40f2-ace2-842ff0b050e2"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dc068338-d18c-425a-b6d8-e1acf98c7bf6" id="7c8445d9-e102-477f-b89f-668a8ad7659d"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="88b0ca36-9312-4e21-98b8-47549818679c" id="6c330d8d-7cb1-471c-8d96-e6a03176554a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="88a1a65c-5455-41ac-b1c9-7d62e51afe42" id="8726a3b0-3313-4f4f-b121-d7441ca885a1">your</span></span></span></span> agreed commitment, and your delivered productivity <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d58be055-45d9-4de4-a308-c26e313710f2" id="154720dc-6dd2-4e5d-ab0e-58938253a95a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="dc068338-d18c-425a-b6d8-e1acf98c7bf6" id="04055bca-74be-4113-b563-c4a46ede2558"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="88b0ca36-9312-4e21-98b8-47549818679c" id="98ea31ca-5194-48fd-b59a-00da849c34c8"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="88a1a65c-5455-41ac-b1c9-7d62e51afe42" id="a1572413-a844-4e72-8ea6-9b8bfa670f7c">to</span></span></span></span> your job will naturally prompt your boss to be certain, to rest assured, to relax, and to sleep securely and peacefully on his/her feather pillow. Why? You are there, you are constantly and continuously on the ball, you pull your weight with passion, you alleviate the burden for your fellow co-workers, and you contribute actively to keep your company profitable, competitive, and soaring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/pro.9.10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psalm 9:10</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Therefore, out of genuine fear of the Lord, which in this case and context means "Reverential Respect for Godβ (that is a principle being taught, recommended, and good for you), and out of your awareness of the Lordβs omnipresence watching over you, over your heart, your thoughts, your behavior, your actions, your decision, and so on, you will be kept in check and on track with your job, and with your performance of the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="44007ae1-ff41-4dd3-a0f7-b771438b200a" id="3731181b-9957-449d-b8ef-567220b4fca7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8cf469b9-cf90-4f52-b3d0-8aadf2e774dc" id="b5111368-e4da-4e81-b462-da206d510deb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0e904ee7-b861-49c3-b903-d6dea65695e0" id="68a5af09-234c-46ca-9914-3df924ece76a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b7cdf559-cafd-40ad-8dbd-46e773c1eb00" id="b12486e6-fc6b-43ac-870b-b3ae1708ef3e">set</span></span></span></span>, the assigned, and the mandated tasks even in the very absence of your natural Boss and of your physical Supervisor (or Monitor). The Lord Jesus Christ is your Primary Boss and Supervisor in the Spiritual. Therefore, you have to prove, to justify, to convince "Him First" that you are wholeheartedly serious, that you care, that you really mean business for the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7df03022-ebfc-466f-ae82-8bc098204a2c" id="93aa3aad-772d-4ca4-848f-dd96f1486e85"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="be0ac833-645b-4231-ac2b-db3d668208b4" id="92a370e1-6b7b-4a0f-bfc3-3b8679e0cceb"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b5931b01-2e39-4f2b-a9a0-25df9f76d543" id="10efcb97-2a51-4552-8b5d-d4a851cb5dfd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="193db4a4-548b-4687-9cca-045f2ebf44cc" id="bb70bf64-f043-4958-bd0b-579e4a22da12">stability</span></span></span></span>, for the strong standing, for the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7df03022-ebfc-466f-ae82-8bc098204a2c" id="31b303a2-d002-4691-ad05-2aba2ec113ea"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="be0ac833-645b-4231-ac2b-db3d668208b4" id="f52946dc-5bb6-462c-8f11-63d7217c12cf"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b5931b01-2e39-4f2b-a9a0-25df9f76d543" id="16f4054d-348d-46b9-bc32-12f1ae247126"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="193db4a4-548b-4687-9cca-045f2ebf44cc" id="4be4a25c-8d0c-4823-ad7a-c5cfe400ab1e">long standing</span></span></span></span>, and for the profitability of the Enterprise that you work for in order for Him (Jesus Christ) to assure, to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7df03022-ebfc-466f-ae82-8bc098204a2c" id="3ea7fdb9-a809-431f-aefd-12acce310564"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="be0ac833-645b-4231-ac2b-db3d668208b4" id="53c8f240-4952-4eb8-a621-53cfe9266df7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b5931b01-2e39-4f2b-a9a0-25df9f76d543" id="f7a42887-3df2-4866-ad85-0e92b57569a0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="193db4a4-548b-4687-9cca-045f2ebf44cc" id="dad7e1de-752a-491e-b72b-6381c4c56bb5">ensure</span></span></span></span>, and to secure your longevity on the job where He has placed you, and your longevity in the position where He has promoted you to. And, with that practical mindset coupled with your forward-thinking attribute and your proactive "modus operandi", you will surely contribute to the advancement of the Business and of the Enterprise that will naturally and strongly move </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">ahead, forward, and upward. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">"<u>Modus operandi</u>" is a Latin expression used in English to signify: "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>manner of operating</u>"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">, or "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>way of doing things</u>"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">, or "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>method of functioning</u>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the Lord's Prayer, it is written: "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">." (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 6:10</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Therefore, the immense and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d20515ce-0314-4f40-970a-7327a3a56cae" id="66a2168f-e2d9-43f8-bf5b-04107871f9bf"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3333e0a1-d448-4965-b7b5-aa900e4c5fdb" id="f1d2e596-8b47-4a46-bba6-3af86781bc95"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5549c153-5612-4973-864b-6f29cd588f9b" id="9d926657-97fb-4e83-90d4-139c3570400a"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c3eaa4b1-b8d9-4f3c-9896-7e11cc9a2391" id="56d6445a-6b3d-4119-b1a8-195c103162d8">utmost value</span></span></span></span> of your significant achievement, of your remarkable milestone, of your pro-activity, and of your great success is approved, accepted, appreciated, and sealed both by men and by God for now and for eternity. Your ability and your decision to overcome the obstacles, the oppositions, the challenges, the adverse circumstances, and to persevere, make you the "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indisputable Champion</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" that you are. Therefore, you are able and capable to undertake and to achieve β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greater Things</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β with God operating not only primarily with you, but </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">now</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> through you by your water baptism, and by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your equally-treasured ability to hear the voice of the Lord through your spiritual grooming and your upbringing by the Holy Spirit, and your wisdom to follow through, have carved you a preferred place of honor in the heart of the King, our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your guided decision to become a full-fledged Christian and to be water baptized has made you unique in your standing, because it is "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not by <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="40ad6ccd-eb75-4bf4-b45c-f4ee4be20db9" id="b75b9c97-8fb5-4d6c-bd60-475770591362"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3df44219-8265-4872-8cee-04c55fc268fc" id="f8a86a07-bd13-4ada-9545-88f8a9ca0810"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="646c9afe-aafc-4d79-90b1-de776d8eb085" id="3ea741b5-63b8-4617-b72f-6a2fd18742c4"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0af64129-d566-4191-ae29-0f83c7357a98" id="59e37b90-80fb-4d9f-9d58-44ac858aabdf">might nor</span></span></span></span> by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/zec.4.6" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zechariah 4:6</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). The Spirit of the Lord has ushered you around and in.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is why you are able to fly high above and to transcend all the temptations, to resist the devil, to avoid all the devil's baits, snares, enticements, and traps, to overcome those β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hard-to-control</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β addictions, to be protected and shielded from the devil's further harmful and destructive setups, to be exempted from your own self-destroying habits, to stand firm, renewed, high, elevated, and to finish confident, bold, joyful, and strong. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have achieved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have conquered, and you have received your β<u>Triumphant Trophy</u>β that is solely yours as per your βdivinely-free giftβ, and as per the great evidence of your priceless embrace of the Divine Love that was specifically designed, securely stored, timelessly provisioned, jealously preserved, and βnowβ happily granted and handed out to</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you by our Lord Jesus Christ because of your readiness and your acceptance of Him. Fortunately, "</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this time</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">", your heart was ready, your womb was fertile, your mind was set, and you were able to capitalize on the occasion, to maximize on the opportunity, and to seize the moment because you have come to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5d2c61fb-c8c0-466a-bf40-da4ce2187b88" id="bc34ab9c-b034-463a-9fdc-ebe39d4ee422"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="be594e89-5e12-48b5-98e0-e03a53f8c49b" id="fdcbc43a-1816-4f96-8417-1f5e3f1a49e6"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="345a0e9d-8ffe-4676-a0df-0754b4b4d4ff" id="d968e913-ff22-4f0d-bc8c-c937c69c8ea7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="227b9d00-6ff5-46c7-bfdf-241afbe83f45" id="735c386c-b429-404c-98ab-9ca2362031ea">grip</span></span></span></span> that coming forward to become a Christian was definitely the right and crucial thing to do, and the right way to go. And, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you have done it</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have got it</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have entered the realm of Everlasting Life through the death of Jesus on the cross for your sins, through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead for your redemption, and through your decisive acceptance, your enthusiastic adoption, your bold embrace of your heavenly inheritance. It is Noble. It is Priceless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">The growing number of local, in-house resources, the variety of teaching networks, the multiple delivery methods, formats, and media available with respect to biblical follow-up, Daily Inspiration, continuous study of the Word of God being delivered profusely for your spiritual growth, have prompted us to say with great confidence that you are safe, rich, covered, and set for your steady <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3ff007d8-1461-4245-bf5f-861dc4d5c96d" id="c6807922-ebd7-48ad-95dc-9f3cd7e2c99b"></span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3ff007d8-1461-4245-bf5f-861dc4d5c96d" id="c6807922-ebd7-48ad-95dc-9f3cd7e2c99b"></span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3ff007d8-1461-4245-bf5f-861dc4d5c96d" id="c6807922-ebd7-48ad-95dc-9f3cd7e2c99b"></span><span 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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8dd43f34-2118-442b-93ca-914a3a309f15" id="3a37ddd0-f9ce-49e4-8880-fffef6268253"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="293a72a0-a2d4-435d-85d6-46ffdcc2f65d" id="f350ba71-d12f-4db6-a1d0-27f9a1b942bd"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e7e900e3-a70e-4a1f-8d3c-defec954a6a0" id="f85b8042-bd6d-4ae0-81ed-db518adb3150">an</span></span></span> imperative reminder, Christianity is: "diligently putting our hands to the plow, and decisively putting out our best efforts to get the job done." Jesus said to His disciples: β</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">β (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.9.37" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 9:37</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Christianity is Divine Love, Mutual Sharing, and Healthy Exchange. What you have inherited, and the person that you have become are too awesome, too beautiful, too glorious, and too uplifting to keep it all solely to yourself. That is why you will be normally motivated and prompted to share, to talk about them with others, and to transparently help others as you are being led by the Holy Spirit. This blog is a prime example of someone who is being motivated and led to perform a specific reaching-out and sharing task, and who obediently took the initiative to execute the command as directed. Your sharing might take a totally different form, format, approach, in different settings, using different tool(s) that will be revealed to you by God. Encouraging others, and inviting others to come to Church with you and to learn what you have learnt about Jesus Christ are also an integral part of your sharing, and of your reaching-out endeavor. Jesus, in <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.10.20" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Luke 10:20</span></a>, </span> exhorts us in the following terms: "Do <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="58dd77ca-990e-49d5-b0b7-ee528cd9bd0a" id="e0d154a6-f6b5-4f10-9d6e-4df701554758"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b0fbb49-ffe3-4497-bd9d-aadf2fb05c15" id="668f9f13-dcf3-4626-8c37-7d42c502dec7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="95981893-90fb-4eb1-b173-c4a5301dba64" id="422f13d1-5a9a-4cd5-8f23-e738487fa253">no</span></span></span> rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are Extremely Happy for you, <b>Great Champion!</b> We are also Very Happy to say that we are Celebrating that Great achievement, we are Cheering that Significant Milestone, and we are Rejoicing over the fact that your <b>Divinely-Granted Christian Status is well accepted</b> by your Friends, your Fans, your Admirers, your Followers, your Supporters, your Family, your Team Members, your Club Membership Buddies, your Work Colleagues, your Business Partners, your Enterprise Associates, your Circle Folks, your Equally-Famous Peers, your Prominent Counterparts, and by an Army of Angels that are clapping you, applauding you, and rejoicing in Heaven, and all around you. Therefore, Be Uplifted, Be Happy, and Feel Good about Yourself, and about your Great Accomplishment. You are "<u>Truly</u>" our Acknowledged, our Victorious, our Full-Fledged, our Fully-Accepted, and our <b>Triumphant </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Champion</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in our midst here on Earth, as you will be in your β<u>Glorious and Timely Walk of Fame</u>β in Heaven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once again, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations, Great Champion!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You Made It. Therefore, Enjoy and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rejoice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This blog, although
humble in its essence, and light-shedding in its mandate, is to inform you
officially and to declare convincingly to each and every person reading this
blog post that you are βUniqueβ, "Very Preciousβ, βWorthyβ, and β<b>Very
Special</b>β.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lot of people go through life like through a dull stream, a sad flow, a
series of joyless events and occurrences. They are living because they
are breathing, eating, moving around, interacting routinely with others and
with their environment. Yet, it is as if the essence of life, the reason
for living, the joy of living, or something βvaluableβ to them is missing. They miss the
affirmation and the confirmation that their lives are worth living, that they
were born for a Divine Purpose, that they are βPreciousβ, that they are
βWorthyβ, that they are β<b>Very Special</b>β.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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After Jesus was water baptized by John the Baptist, a voice from Heaven
affirmed Him and said: β<i>This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am
well pleased</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.3.16-17.niv"><span style="color: blue;">Matthew 3:16-17</span></a>) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Likewise, as you are
reading this blog, we want you to know and to be seriously reminded that <b><u>You Are Very
Special</u></b>. You are so <b>Very Special</b> that the whole <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2011/12/our-christmas-celebration.html"><span style="color: blue;">Christmas Celebrations</span></a> are with you particularly
in mind. Christmas is about Jesus Christ. Christmas is also about
all of us being in Godβs mind. The <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2011/12/our-christmas-celebration.html?view=classic"><span style="color: blue;">Christmas Celebrations</span></a> remind us that Jesus
Christ left His Royal Throne in Heaven, came to Earth with the ultimate goal to
die on a cross, and to be resurrected three days later for the sole purpose of
redeeming us, of saving us, you and me, and for us to have Eternal Life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are so <b>Very
Special</b> that <u>you are on the mind of many people</u> that are <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Praying</span></a> for you, and to
see you through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Bible says in <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.9.10.niv"><span style="color: blue;">Psalm 9:</span></a><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.9.10.niv"><span style="color: blue;">10</span></a>
</span>: "<i>Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have
never forsaken those who seek you</i>". Which also means that, as soon as
you begin to seek God, <u>you are not alone anymore</u>. <u>God is with you</u> in all and
through all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is also to say and to explain why you have the desire <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html"><span style="color: blue;">to Pray</span></a>, to seek, to inquire, to ask questions
about God, to do research regarding God, to watch <u>additional</u> Church Services on Television
or on the Internet, to listen to <u>additional</u> Sermons on CD's, on USB Drive (USB Stick), or on the Radio, to watch Preachers' Teaching
Videos on DVD's, to read the Bible, to read other Revealing, Insightful, Enlightening, and Divinely-Inspiring Books written by Preachers, Pastors and Teachers, and so on. That is because God "<u>with you</u>" is leading you, is stirring in your
heart your interest, your desire, your own motivational fire for Him. Therefore,
<u>you are on the right track</u>. You are being groomed and mobilized to come closer, and to
eventually be part of the Divine Family. You are strongly encouraged "<u>NOT
TO DELAY THE PROCESS</u>". The Sooner you Act, the Faster you Move, the
Better It Is. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now that you know that
you are Unique, Worthy, Very Precious, and <b>Very Special</b>, you are urged
to begin to "<u>think of yourself</u>" on a different light, with a different view, from
a different perspective, with a purposeful focus, with a mission-focused
mindset. You are here on Earth to live fully, purposefully, successfully,
happily, laboriously, productively, and prosperously. You are here because God wants you
to be here, in this specific geographical location, in this specific country,
in this exactly-selected city, at this very crucial hour. You are here
because you are the brainchild of God who loved you long before you were born,
and who made plans to rescue you after you falter, after you stumble, and after
you mess up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yes, the world, society, those around you, and (or) those close to you
<u>may have either</u> scorned you, pointed the finger at you, blamed you, laughed at
you, ridiculed you, mocked you, accused you, criticized you, shamed you, played you, put you down, pulled you down, let you down, dropped you, <u>or</u>
dumped you. Nevertheless, in spite of all the tumult, all the turmoil,
and all the effervescence, in spite of being either singled out or shunned, <u>you
are not alone</u>. <u>God is with you</u>. And, the good news also is that you are <u>still</u> Very Unique, Very
Precious, Very Worthy, Very Valuable, and "<b>Very Special</b>".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To some extent, you may even be at the furthest extreme of being financially
broke, or unemployed, or homeless, or bankrupt, or without a car, or penniless, or despondent, or hopeless, or shaken, or broken, or struggling, or without food to eat, or abandoned and left to
yourself. Nevertheless, <u>God is still your Companion who is there with
you</u>, and who will make sure </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">that you focus, that you gird yourself, that you work hard, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">that you persevere, that you overcome your unwanted situation, your
unexpected circumstance, your state of despair, or your losses, that you
triumph, that you conquer, and that you become Prosperous, Strong, Powerfully-Standing, Victorious, Successful, and Happy "</span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">AGAIN</u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is Power in the <u>Name</u> of Jesus Christ. In Him also there is Salvation, Joy, Peace, Healing, Moral Support, Hugging Arms, Comfort, Hope, Restoration,
Elevation, and Eternal Life for ALL who Believe in Him <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/heb.11.niv" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">by Faith</span></a>. (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/heb.11.niv" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hebrews 11/Whole Chapter</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We wish you receive this word of encouragement "<u>now</u>" knowing with firm assurance
that:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You are beautifully "<i>created in the image of God</i>" (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.27.niv" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Genesis 1:27</span></a>); "<i>fearfully
and wonderfully made</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.139.14.niv"><span style="color: blue;">Psalm 139:1</span></a><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.139.14.niv"><span style="color: blue;">4</span></a></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God's plans for you are "<i>to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give hope and a future</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jer.29.11.niv"><span style="color: blue;">Jeremiah 29:1<span style="background: white;">1</span></span></a>). <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2011/12/our-christmas-celebration.html"><span style="color: blue;">Christmas Celebrations</span></a> that commemorate the
advent of Jesus Christ into this world are about us, you and me. β<i>For God did
not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world
through Him</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.17.niv"><span style="color: blue;">John 3:1<span style="background: white;">7</span></span></a>). The subsequent death of Jesus Christ on the cross and the triumphant
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which confirms His Majestic Power
and His Divine Glory, are also about us (<u>you and me</u>), and for us (<u>you
and me</u>) to have Eternal Life. (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16.niv"><span style="color: blue;">John
3:1<span style="background: white;">6</span></span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We urge you to Rejoice in
the Lord for your Divine Status of being <b>Very Special</b>. You are,
indeed, <b>Very Special to God</b>. And God did not spare even His own
Son to prove it and to confirm it to you. Therefore, Enjoy your Great Privilege and
your Unique Status! There is "<u>Nobody Else</u>" like you on Earth.
You are God's Unique Masterpiece. <b>You
are Very Special!</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At your own leisure, or
whenever you prefer, or as often as you please, you may begin to declare and to
say to yourself the following words: "</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am Very Special to God who
Loves Me</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">."</span><br />
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We hope you <u>Believe It</u>. We wish you <u>All The Best</u>.</span><br />
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Bible App is downloadable for free at: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.youversion.com/"><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.youversion.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. This is our voluntary publicity to say
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">βWe are <b>Going
Boldly</b> into the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/"><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/"><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">world wide web</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.18-20.niv"><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">into the world</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in accordance with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16.niv"><b><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Godβs LOVE for the World</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.β </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/110675776420860976749/about"><span style="color: #009eb8; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">+Joseph Dubois</span></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></li>
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Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-79624174547687837222013-08-31T10:07:00.002-07:002013-11-25T14:56:32.160-08:00Strengthen Our Bond <div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our existence is full of
elements, full of ties, full of circumstances and full of attachments that
cause us to drift away from the center, from the core, and from the Source of
Life and Power. Consequently, we end up missing out, we end up missing
the mark, we end up losing on the very essence of what we were originally
designed for, of what we were created and entitled to be, to do, to inherit, to
accomplish, to carry through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jesus said: "<i>I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me
you can do nothing</i>" (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.15.5.niv" target="_blank">John 15:5</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">). And, in the light of that quote, we confidently suggest
the reading of the whole section of </span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.15.niv" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">John </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">15:1-17</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> which is highly-recommended,
greatly-insightful, and that is an absolute "<u>must-read</u>".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is a remarkable
teaching and a very serious</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">reminder from Jesus Himself to His disciples to stick to Him at
all costs, to remain close to Him, attached to Him in order for them to grow,
to remain alive, to continue to have life spiritually, and also for them to be
able to bear fruit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As Jesusβ present-day
disciples, our lives are certainly full of circumstances that have the main
plan to uproot, to sever, to tear apart, to rip apart, to break, to distort, to distract, to destroy, to choke life, to clog the flow of substance, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to hinder progress. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to impede advancement, to block vitality, to
prevent creativity, and to sap productivity. The list of
negatively-impacting consequences can go endlessly. Therefore, inversely, this </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">statement<span style="color: red;"> </span>from Jesus is also a cautious warning for us not to
sidetrack, not to be flaky, not to fume, not to fret, not to give up, not to
backslide, nor to quit because of a little futility, or because of a futile, a senseless
or a trivial incident that may be easily brushed off
due to our Elevated Standing in the Light with Jesus. We then remain firm, strong, confident, faithful,
steadfast, prayerful, resolute, and immovable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">One of the greatest benefits
of remaining in Jesus Christ is this: by staying solidly and strongly
attached to Jesus we become immune from being dead spiritually although, in our
body, we are alive, living and breathing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When we are strongly
connected to Jesus, i.e., us in Him and Him in us, the constant and continuous
flow of life, of productive action, of positive outcome, of recurrent vitality,
and of helping and saving power, is definitely and infinitely guaranteed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Because we are seriously
and genuinely in Him as He is truly in us, His Love in us and flowing perfectly
and powerfully through us allows us to begin to love others naturally. We
then feel compelled to be caring, to show kindness, to display and to manifest
courtesy, to accept our responsibility to be peacemakers, to manifest great
interest in the well-being of others and of our society. We begin to
create ways to make a positive difference, to make a long-lasting impression,
to have a positive impact, to build a safe, peaceful and sound present, to lay
the strong foundations of a great future, to construct a solid and worthwhile
legacy. We are always looking for ways to reach out, to mend, to nurture,
to support, to encourage, and to uplift. We are always creating
opportunities to be light, to shed light, to manifest light. Life with
all its precious elements and components becomes our utmost priority. As a perfect analogy, and for the sake of
comparison, that connection is like a symbiotic connection as opposed to an
osmotic connection, or like the tight connection of a fire hose to a fire
hydrant with its valve fully open. In the latter comparison, we (humans)
would then be the fire hose, and Jesus would be the fire hydrant with His valve
of perfectly-flowing Love and Power totally open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Since God who created this
world has placed us in the world, and since we gradually understand more and
more that we are His representatives here on Earth, our role then has taken a
totally-different meaning and a totally-responsible turn towards serving Him
and towards fulfilling our mission here on Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our connection to Jesus is
the state where substance abounds, where peace blossoms, where confidence is
evident, where creativity is eminent, where growth is achieved, where love is
profusely generated, and where power prevails. We are then able to just
"</span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">be fully</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">" all we are meant to
be. Therefore, this is the state of full self-acceptance, and also the
state where we naturally share the love that has been generated, imparted and
stored in us. That is why, as a vital reminder, we individually have no need
for strife, for dread, and no necessity to envy or to hate out of fear, out of
jealousy, out of intimidation, out of lack of awareness of "<u><a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/02/our-best-and-greatest-love.html" target="_blank">one's own loving supply</a></u>", or out of insecurity (due to lack of self-confidence) because, as we are in
Jesus, we are automatically in the source of light, in the generator of life,
of joy, of substance, of confidence, of faith, of creativity, and much more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On a more beneficial side
and connotation, what apparently is bad, negative, harmful, tricky, and what
normally was supposed to mess us up end up being a blessing in disguise. They have become the cause of new
possibilities, of renewed power, of endless opportunities, the new source of
inspiration and of creativity, the realization and the awareness of hidden,
innate, inherent, and intrinsic capabilities and potentials, and, more importantly, the confirmation of God's power, protection and preservation at work. Since we are connected to the Master Creator
of Life, we are, therefore, constantly in the automatic state of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">fully-being,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
overcoming, of self-renewal, of self-development, of victorious living, of self-growth, and of divine covering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Some additional points for
us to remember and to remind ourselves as part of being connected to Jesus are</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We have increased motivation to love fully, to live joyfully and
to create productively in spite of, and in the midst of any forms of short-term,
passing, temporary, and fading adversity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We know that sunny and better days will always supersede and will
always replace cloudy moments.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Worrisome events and circumstances are allowed by God for the
purpose of testing, of buffeting our faith in Him, and for our sheer growth
(spiritual, emotional, personal, and so on).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Our current exuberant joy will always outweigh all instances of
past pain, of previous disappointment, and of outdated sadness of yesterday.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Our optimism and our </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">forward-going
attitude, although mysterious and puzzling to many,
always triumph, always prevail, always succeed, and always conquer in the face
of uncertainty and in the midst of trials and testing.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We always have a reserved supply of happiness inside of us that is
available and ready to be tapped into at any time, and at any short-moment
notice. It is up to us to be aware of it, to draw from it, to activate
it, and to utilize it on due times, and as it is required.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Renewing our mind is the key to our victory in our God, Jesus
Christ, and is the essential element to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">overcoming,
to prospering in peace, and to winning at all times. Renewing our mind also prepares us for <u>higher
level</u> of unprecedented accomplishment, achievement, miracles, insight, understanding and revelations.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Education is the greatest tool that is available, the most valuable
asset that we possess and that should be maximized, updated, upgraded and upheld for
our self-protection, for our strong standing, for our self-defense, for our
self-worth, for our personal happiness, and for our self-advancement.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Since we are so individually loaded and so personally blessed in Christ and through Christ, there is absolutely no need for irrelevant competition against one another. Instead, we focus on <u>completing each other</u> for the sake of togetherness, for our Love for Christ, for our tangible progress, and for the sake of our Mutual <b>Love</b> and our Long-Lasting <b>Peace</b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God is the Creator of the whole universe. Therefore, being
connected to Him makes it "</span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">absolutely normal and
totally acceptable</u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">" to prosper in all things, to be great,
to think big and rich, to have big dreams, to entertain big ideas, to have and
to work on great designs, on great products, on big projects, to be bountifully
fruitful, to consider building cities with large highways, subways and tunnels,
to build churches in order to teach </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Peace</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">,
in order to be an additional solution to communities, in order to rescue
innocent people and the lost that deserve to know better, and that deserve a
better life with </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Secure</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Peace</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, with </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Greater Sense of Self</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, with </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Elevated
Hope</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, and with </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Secure Access to the
Light and Additional Education</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God has not put any limitations or boundaries to our capabilities.
The proof is, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">Jesus
Himself said to His disciples: "<i>Very
truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing,
and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the
Father.</i>"
(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.12.niv" target="_blank">John 14:12</a>)
(<u>Full Context</u>, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.niv" target="_blank">John 14:5-14</a>). Therefore, we will consciously maximize and
expand ourselves in many ways, shapes and forms by increasing our faith, by
boosting our self-confidence, by igniting our passion, by widening our vision,
by sharpening our focus, by activating our determination, by exercising our
capabilities, and by applying our positive actions.</span></li>
</ul>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We <b>Strengthen Our Bond </b>with God in doing the following:</span></u><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By reading, meditating on, and studying the Word of God, the
Bible.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By praying to God, and by expressing our gratitude to God for </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">ALL</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> He has granted to us, for </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">ALL</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> He has blessed us with, and for </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">ALL</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> He has done for us, from the
smallest, the minute, to the biggest things.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By acknowledging God at all times, and by not taking Him for
granted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By pleasing God in all our ways.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/02/our-best-and-greatest-love.html" target="_blank">By loving our neighbor as ourselves.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By reaching out to our neighbor in <b>Peace</b> and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">with
the intention to interact, to support, to encourage, to help, to create
relationships, to bridge differences, to establish connections, and to build togetherness.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By assessing ourselves constantly, and by correcting ourselves always to
allow for God's greater intimacy with us.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By asking God for forgiveness for our sins, by repenting always,
and by being in good terms with God to the best of our abilities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By being a Good Samaritan, i.e., a voluntary solution to someone
else in their crucial moment of need for help. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is found in the Bible in <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.10.niv" target="_blank">Luke 10:25-37</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By
apologizing to our neighbor, to our brother, to that stranger when we are
wrong, or when we have wronged them. It is real, noble, and commendable to
admit and to acknowledge our mistake, our wrongdoing, to submit ourselves to
godly humility, and to take the concrete, the positive and the mending action
to apologize for the sake of </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Peace</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">, faster healing, psychological and emotional restoration, forgiveness, divine mercy, reconciliation and moving forward.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By being attentive to God's voice, by being obedient to
His instructions, and by following through.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By being willing to serve Him with all our skills, gifts,
talents, and with whichever tool He has placed in our hands, to work for Him,
to be His hands extended, to love on His behalf, to be <b>Peacemakers</b>, <b>Instruments of Peace</b>,
and by focusing </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">on Him.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By showing Renewed Appreciation for the Governance, by having High Respect
and High Regards for Authorities, and by Showing the Utmost Respect for God:
"</span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So give back to Caesar what is Caesarβs,
and to God what is Godβs.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">" (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.22.21.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 22:21</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">) (Full Context, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.22.15-22.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 22:15-22</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">). <u>Our Love for God and our Love for our Country are of Highest Value, and of Significant and Noble Importance</u>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By practicing humility, by showing kindness, goodness, gentleness
to all at all times. Kindness, goodness, and gentleness are also called
and referred to in the Bible as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;">fruit of the Spirit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gal.5.22-23.niv" target="_blank">Galatians 5:22-23</a>) (<u>Full
Context</u>, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gal.5.niv" target="_blank">Galatians 5:13-26</a>).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By interceding, by manifesting compassion, by lifting up, and by
boosting up the destitute, the outcast, the fallen, the sick, the needy and the poor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By sharing and by giving to others with βno strings attachedβ.
We are blessed in order to have the ability and the willingness to bless
others as well. Otherwise, we somehow block and clog the flow of supplies
coming to us and that were intended to flow continuously through us. Jesus
said: "</span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Give, and it will be given to
you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken
together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it
will be measured to you</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">". (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.6.38.niv" target="_blank">Luke 6:38</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">By becoming Godβs Sons and Daughters ready to live fully, ready to
<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.18-20.niv" target="_blank">go into the world</a>, and prepared for <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16.niv" target="_blank">our full heavenly inheritance</a>.
Therefore, we accept Jesus Christ in our lives as our Lord and Savior,
we go to Church as full participants, we receive the Water Baptism, we shape up
our lives, we live our lives in compliance with our Sons and Daughters High Standards,
High Class, High Quality, Growing Maturity and Self-Respect. The Church Pastor and the Church officials are ready
to embrace us royally, are rejoicing for our decision to participate and to integrate, and are happy to welcome
us βHomeβ where we truly belong.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This above list is very concise
and comprises a reduced number of what can be done to <b>Strengthen Our Bond</b> with God.
Much more remain to be done as we take on our responsibility to improve, to correct or to change the
course of our lives, and as we decide to live effectively and richly in God as per
His original plan for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It is a very beneficial
and a great phenomenon to be connected to the Generator of Life and to the
Source of Light. That is why we must and we shall <b>Strengthen Our Bond</b> with God, Jesus Christ, who is the KING of
kings, and the LORD of lords. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and
the End (of life and of all things). In Him there is Love, Peace,
Restoration, Security, Life, Light, Solace, New Beginnings, Strength, Perseverance, Reconciliation, Protection, Confidence,
Forgiveness, Courage, Compassion, Hope, Prosperity, Bright Future, Direction, Empowerment, Focus, Wealth, Joy, Passion, Purpose, Growth, Everlasting Life, and much more. In
Him we are completely whole and greatly powerful as we remain receptive to His
Love, grateful for His provisions, obedient to His instructions, submissive to
His commands, attentive to His voice, and in absolute synergy with the Holy
Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-26983794161728242152013-05-29T16:48:00.000-07:002020-01-11T03:29:57.478-08:00ONLY GOD<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following is the result of insightful meditation, of conclusive observation, of spiritual revelations, to our inquisitive search and quest for answers. We have come to realize, to be convinced, and to concur that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ONLY GOD</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Capable</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Able</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. To Fill One's Void with His </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16.niv" target="_blank">GREAT LOVE</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALL THE ABOVE (And Much More) Will HE GRANT</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Naturally and Effortlessly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Again, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Only God</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus Christ</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Capable</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Able</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to Give Such Provisions, to Guarantee Such Fulfillment, to Dispense Such Healing, and to Perform Such Miracles. The Bible says:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.37.4" target="_blank">Psalm 37:4</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.33" target="_blank">Matthew 6:33</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/Full Context </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/MAT.6.NIV" target="_blank">Matthew 6</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:25-34).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/heb.11.6" target="_blank">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore, one's Faithful Decision to Cooperate, to Yield, to Connect, to Believe, to Accept, and to Embrace Jesus Christ in one's Life constitutes in itself the "</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tangible Proof</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" of Illuminated Wisdom Elevated at its Highest. Subsequently, the Gain, the Victory, the Satisfaction, the Joy, the Completeness, and the Peace of Mind (to name just a few elements and blessings that form the whole divine package) are Immeasurable and Absolutely Priceless.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said: "</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.11.28-29" target="_blank">Matthew 11:28,29</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In other words, what humanity is diligently seeking and is deeply longing for is readily available in Jesus Christ. Humanity has simply to connect, by Faith, to Jesus' LOVE, to lay hold of, to take possession of what is already theirs, which has been made available to them and for them, and that has been awaiting all along, free of charge, and without any hassle or sorrow, i.e., Joy, Peace, Truth, Life, Light, Salvation, their Inheritance of the Eternal Life (</span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16" target="_blank">John 3:16</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore, let us Be like a Faithful, a Skillful and an Informed Diver, and, by Faith, let us </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take the Plunge</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into Deeper Life, and let us </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Immerse</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ourselves</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into Greater, Better, Larger and Richer Living with Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.5973940051626414"></span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-72189945586086181602013-03-30T12:43:00.024-07:002022-04-28T05:09:38.784-07:00Highly Important<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Life is the Most Precious Gift
that we have ever received from God. We are
uniquely blessed, greatly honored, and awesomely privileged to be alive, and to
know that someway, somehow, somebody, </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">God</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">,
thought greatly about us, had us in His mind and in His plan, made sure that we
came to life, and that we came fully to be just as He has designed His intricate
blueprint of us.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Bible, it is written
in Psalm 139:16, β<b><i>All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of
them came to be</i></b>.β<span style="color: red;"> </span>Needless
to say that we have Great Value, Great Significance and Great Importance to God
our Creator Himself. Everything in us
and about us is Very Good in its essence for God only creates the Absolute Best. That is why, since we are a true, a real and a
pure Godβs Product, and since He created us in His image and in His likeness (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.26-27" target="_blank">Genesis 1:26, 27</a>), we have the Power, the Ability, the
Liberty, the Freedom to create, to innovate, to make things, to improve things,
to change things, to decide, to work hard, to build, to <u>Rule</u> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.26" target="_blank">Genesis 1:26</a>).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.8.3-6" target="_blank">Psalm 8:3-6</a></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">refers
to Godβs Trust<span style="color: red;"> </span>in<span style="color: red;"> </span>mankind
and to manβs bestowed prominence in the following terms: (<u><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.8.3" target="_blank">Verse 3</a></u>) β<i>When I consider your heavens, the work of
your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place</i>, (<u><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.8.4" target="_blank">Verse 4</a></u>) <i>what is mankind that you are mindful
of them, human beings that you care for them?</i> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.8.5" target="_blank">Verse 5</a>) <i>You have made them a little lower than the
angels and crowned them with glory and honor</i>. (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.8.6" target="_blank">Verse 6</a>) <i>You
made them <u>rulers</u> over the works of your hands; you put everything under
their feet</i>.β <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With this Great Honor, with this
Great Trust, and because of this Great Responsibility attributed to and placed
upon mankind, comes the sudden jealousy from begrudged Satan that purposefully seduced
and deceived man, and caused man to disobey God, to sin against God, to fail, to
fall, therefore to lose his anointing of glory and honor that he has originally
received from God (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.3.NIV" target="_blank">Genesis 3/Whole Chapter</a>). Subsequently, God, full of Love, full of
Mercy, full of Compassion for mankind, had to send His one and only Son, Jesus
Christ, to come down from Heaven to Earth, for Him to die on the cross, to shed
His blood, so that His blood may be used as a redeeming ransom that would pay
the price for our sins, and that would reconcile mankind to God again. The only difference this time around is that,
although mankindβs restored prominence in God would <u>still</u> be an automatic
giveaway freely dispensed by God<span style="color: red;"> </span>as it was before
the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, it would <u>yet</u> be in the form of our
β<u>more mature acceptance</u>β of our Eternal Life through our unconditional comeback
to God, through our free-willed invitation of Jesus Christ into our lives and
into our hearts, through our willful repentance for our sins committed all
along, and through mandatory water baptism that seals our decision and our genuine
acceptance of Godβs Love provisioning and offering.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since God does not want and
does not wish to see that anyone of us perish, but that all of us have
Eternal Life, His decision to sacrifice His own Son for your sake and for my sake
is the <b>Utmost Evidence</b> of how <b>Greatly Precious</b> <b>We ALL Are To Him</b>. Each and
every one of us is <b>Extremely Valuable,
Jealously Treasured and Highly Important to God</b>. <b>We are
Godβs most Precious Possessions</b>. We (<u>mankind</u>)
are so <b>Highly Important</b> that:</span></div>
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<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus came down from Heaven, took on human
form in order to be and to live </span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Personally</u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
with us, and to dwell </span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lovingly</u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> among us. </span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus Himself taught us directly how to pray
(</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13" target="_blank">Matthew 6:9-13</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">), (Full Context, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.5-15" target="_blank">Matthew 6:5-15</a>)</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus performed many miracles to convince us
that </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He was truly the Sent One</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus taught us to Love one another, to Have
Compassion for one another, to Forgive one another, to Care for and to Share
with one another. (<u>The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand is a perfect
example of bountiful sharing</u>). (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.6.1-14" target="_blank">John 6:1-14</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">).</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus said that β</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>I am the resurrection and the life</u></i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.11.25-26" target="_blank">John 11:25, 26</a>), </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and performed
the miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead to convincingly confirm His
omnipotence (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.11.1-44" target="_blank">John 11:1-44</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">).</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus, out of Great Compassion and Great Care
for us, gave us the Holy Spirit to be with us so that, </span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">as He promised</u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, we
are not left alone as βorphansβ after He is gone to be with His Father in
Heaven. (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.15-31" target="_blank">John 14:15-31</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">).</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus promised us that He was going to prepare
a place for us in His Fatherβs house (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.1-4" target="_blank">John 14:1-4</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Therefore, we have the Solemn Assurance and the
Sure Hope of meeting Him again and of being with Him again.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus died crucified (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.19.16-37" target="_blank">John 19:16-37</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). On the third day, He rose again (</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.1-10" target="_blank">Matthew 28:1-10</a>;</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.20.NIV" target="_blank">John 20/Whole Chapter</a></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">) so that we may
<b>strongly know</b>, <b>substantially confirm</b>, and <b>evidently believe</b> that He is God, our
God, and so that our faith in Him may be made strong, tangible, unbreakable, and
unshakable.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All this is to say that when
the Love of Jesus Christ for you gets a hold of you, and when you get caught up
in the spur and in the midst of His Divine Glory, you are not the same person anymore. Your Best Options are then to embrace that Overwhelming
Zeal, to maximize that Uncontrollable Passion to talk about him, to share His Unique Love with others, and to spread the Great News about the Awesomeness of His Majesty. <b>Jesus
Christ is Majestic</b>. That is why, as the writer of this blog, I encourage you β<b>NOT</b>β to let Him pass you by.
I strongly recommend that you seize β<u>quickly</u>β the opportunity to
accept Him as your Lord and Savior in your Lives. Therefore, I urge you to <b>Go to Church</b> in order to grow in Him, in order to be taught about
the Bible, about the Gospel, and also in order to be water baptized. Church is the place where it all blooms, blossoms,
culminates, where you get affirmed as full-fledged Christians like Jesus was
affirmed by God the Father after He was water baptized by John the Baptist (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.3.13-17" target="_blank">Matthew 3:13-17</a></span>).
(β<i><u>This is my son, whom I love;
with him I am well pleased</u></i>.β)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our passionate and undaunted
Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ makes us the genuine, the willing and the true Christians who say β<b>YES</b>β to His command to β<b><i>Go
and Make Disciples</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.16-20" target="_blank">Matthew 28:16-20</a>/Also Called "<u>The Great Commission</u>"). Our willingness to see and to make sure that as
many people as possible being saved and being water baptized is <b>Our Main Goal</b>. That is why, without any shame and without
any embarrassment, we are confident to talk openly about Him, and we are committed
and decisive about sharing Jesusβ Love for humanity with all. Since we are so <b>Highly Important</b> that He came down to Earth, and died on the cross in
order to redeem us, our Best Way to say β<b>Thank
You</b>β to Him for His Great Sacrifice is to spread the awesome message of His
Unthinkable Love with others and with all.
Truly, individually and collectively, we cannot repay the debt that we owe Jesus Christ. However, we can only
express and manifest our Gratitude and our Thanksgiving by opening other
peoplesβ eyes, by attracting other peoplesβ attention to His Love, and by making them aware
that this <b>Free Gift of Eternal Life </b>is
readily available to all those who say β<b>YES</b>β, who believe, and who accept Him (<b>Jesus Christ</b>) in
their lives and in their hearts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I personally said β<b>YES</b>β to Jesus Christ more than a decade
ago and I am reaping daily the great benefits for my decision by His allowing
me to reach out to you, and to remind you personally about His Great Love for you. By saying β<b>YES</b>β, you as well will inherit and possess something that is
<u>Priceless in its Value</u>, and <u>Unique in its Essence</u>, i.e., <b>The Eternal Life</b>. By saying
β<b>YES</b>β, you will be the <b>Great</b> <b>Living Testimony</b> that <b>Jesus
Christ is LORD</b>. You will also make
sure to bring with you, to invite and to direct as many people as possible to
come to Church, like the Samaritan woman who, full of zeal, spread the news in
her whole town about Jesus after her overwhelming encounter with Jesus. The people came to see Jesus for themselves, they heard Jesus' words, and they also believed (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.4.1-42" target="_blank">John 4:1-42</a>). </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In
return, these people that you β<b>HELP,
INVITE and GUIDE</b>β will come to know Jesus Christ for themselves because <b>You and I have</b> <b>done exactly what Jesus Christ expects seriously from each and every
one of us to do, i.e., to diligently reach out to others on His behalf and for His
sake</b>. And the cycle will continue to
reproduce itself bountifully where one will follow enthusiastically the good example of the other until the whole world comes to hear and to know <b>about</b> <b>this</b> <b>Unsurpassed Care</b>, <b>and about this Great and Unique Love of
Jesus Christ for Them</b>. <b>They will then</b> <b>be
directed to Church where the Church Leaders will take over and will continue the process as per their Divine Mandate, and as per their Spiritual Calling and Responsibilities</b>. Jesus Himself said that: β<b><i>The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few</i></b>.β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.9.35-38" target="_blank">Matthew 9:35-38</a>; <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.10.1-2" target="_blank">Luke 10:1, 2</a>). Jesus also said: "<b style="font-style: italic;">I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest." </b>(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.4.35" target="_blank">John 4:35</a>). </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>In other words, Jesus' LOVE in us for our neighbor must bear fruit and must bring forth effective results for Jesus' sake, and for the benefit and the well-being of the Seekers and their Whole Families</b>. We must remember that Jesus mentioned: "<i><b><u>I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen</u>. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.</b></i>" (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.10.16" target="_blank">John 10:16</a>), (Full Context, <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.10.1-18" target="_blank">John 10:1-18</a>). Therefore, the fields are vast for <b>the</b> <b>Serious and the Willing Workers that We Are</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You
are Highly Important</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b>This crucial reminder is also Highly
Important</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
Thank You Wholeheartedly</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> for reading this blog, for starting the
conversation, and for sharing this <b>Highly
Important Reminder</b> about <b>Jesus Christβs LOVE, Compassion and Care</b> with
others and without ceasing.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In case you are shy, uncomfortable, or do not know how to start the conversation with others about Jesus Christ, simply mention to them about your discovery of this blog, encourage them to visit this blog to see for themselves, and suggest to them that you will talk to them for their comments and their opinions after they have read at least one or more topics listed on this blog. For this specific purpose, I would recommend the following three blog titles: (1) <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/02/our-best-and-greatest-love.html" target="_blank">Our Best and Greatest Love</a>; (2) <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/03/new-beginning.html" target="_blank">New Beginning</a>; (3) <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2013/03/highly-important.html" target="_blank">Highly Important</a>. That would be a very easy way to initiate the conversation. I am confident that you can try this easy approach (or any other approach of your own that you may be comfortable with) for Jesus' sake and for your guests' sake. </span><br />
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Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-58399771851266418602013-02-02T10:01:00.000-08:002014-02-01T00:18:14.145-08:00Focused and Vigilant<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here we are, joyful, happy
and excited. We are outside of the
tunnel. Things are going great in our
lives. Our families are doing very well,
are celebrating and are having fun. We
have reached the significant milestone that we have long envisioned, and we are
living in the Glory of our God Jesus Christ.
Everything is in β<u>perfect divine order</u>β, and we could not ask God
for any better. Our days are filled with
joy, with sigh of relief, with satisfaction, and with rejoicing. We are singing and humming great songs all
day long. The air is filled with
celebration. We are happy. We are βin heavenβ on earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On a spiritual level, we are
<a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html" target="_blank">praying</a>, we are fasting. We are giving
thanks to God, and we are asking God for directions, for deliverance, for more covering,
for insights, and for many other things, including for healing for the sick,
and for β<i>our daily bread</i>β (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.6.11.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 6:11</a></span>). We
are getting great dreams, great visions, great revelations, and great
testimonies. Life is great. Life is beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ding-Dong! Ding!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the alerting Sound
of Alarm. <b>Watch out</b> and <b>Be Careful!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is exactly the time and
the moment to be watchful, to be vigilant, to be on guard, to keep our (β<u>spiritualβ</u>)
guard up, and <u>not to be naΓ―ve</u>. When it is the least expected, anything can
happen as per the devilβs plan and timing.
Our laurels, our celebrations, our accomplishments, our rejoicing, our
achievements, our good times should not sidetrack us, should not diminish our
vigilance, and should not hinder our forward thinking. This is a very realistic perspective based on
the current and daily realities all around us.
That is why, on a very serious and proactive note, the sooner we accept
Jesus Christ in our lives as our Lord and Savior, the sooner we get water
baptized, and the sooner we secure our eternal place with Him in Heaven, the
better it is for us. There is no other βwise
choiceβ, and there is no βbetter alternativeβ or βbetter guaranteeβ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prime example to illustrate the previous statements. The Bible describes Job as a blameless,
upright, God-fearing, evil-shunning, and the greatest man among all the people
of the East. Based on the size of Jobβs
wealth and possessions, we may confidently say that he was also a very hard
worker (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/job.1.3.niv" target="_blank">Job 1:3</a></span>). Job found himself as Satanβs testing prey and
destruction spree, and in one day, he lost all his possessions, including his
children and his servants (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/job.1.niv" target="_blank">Job 1</a> / Whole Chapter). Later, Job was afflicted by
some serious illness that has kept him in an extremely lamentable condition (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/job.2.niv" target="_blank">Job 2</a> </span>/ Whole Chapter). The Lord has, without any doubt, granted
permission and the liberty to Satan to put Job to the test because the Lord was
very sure and very confident about Jobβs wholehearted position with respect to Him, and also
about Jobβs faithful heart condition and his loyal connection to His Divine Love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us examine, for example,
this hypothetic scenario</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
Let us suppose that one of us, right after accepting the Lord as our
Lord and Savior, right after being filled with the Holy Spirit, and right after being
full of the overwhelming joy of the Lord in our lives, finds oneself <b><u>innocently and randomly</u></b> on the
devilβs roaming path, persecution list, and testing spree <b><u>for absolutely no reason at all</u></b> (β<u>like in Jobβs case</u>β). What would our normal human reaction be? What shape would our prompt frustration take? What would our spontaneous and impulsive decision
be? Perhaps some of us would simply give
up and flatly backslide at the β<u>early stage</u>β of their β<u>initial walk</u>β
with the Lord. Perhaps some would begin
to resent and to doubt God out of their β<u>tender faith</u>.β Perhaps some would even begin to question
Godβs promised protection and His anticipated willingness to shield us. Our multiple, unthinkable and indescribable
thoughts, reaction and decision throughout the whole ordeal go far beyond our
human imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bible, in <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/1pe.5.8.niv" target="_blank">1 Peter 5:8</a></span>, warns us to β<b><i><u>Be alert and of sober
mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.</u></i></b>β Based on that powerful reminder, and in the
light of that insightful teaching, we have to be on guard against all the devilβs
sneaky tricks, subtle baits, soothed tactics, smooth approach, scheming language, crafty advice, flattering strategies, enticing offers, illusory propositions, vain and void proposals. All of these are to cause us to stagnate (or worse, to go backward), and to be fruitless, and to be without success, and to literally fail. In <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jhn.10.10.niv" target="_blank">John 10:10</a></span>,
Jesus said: β<b><i><u>The thief comes only to steal
and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the
full.</u></i></b>β In <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jhn.16.33.niv" target="_blank">John 16:33</a></span>,<span style="color: red;"> </span>Jesus also said: β<b><i><u>I have told you these things,
so that in me you may have peace. In
this world you will have trouble. But
take heart! I have overcome the world</u></i></b><i>.β </i> Therefore, by deduction,
we also shall overcome. In <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jas.4.7.niv" target="_blank">James 4:7</a></span>, it is written: β<b><i><u>Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.</u></i></b>β<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is very important to note that this thing, that
circumstance, that situation, that condition, that accident, that cancer, that
tragedy, that disease, that specific person, that hospital case <b>that</b> <b>would be</b> the instrument, or the bad tormenting spirit, or
the unwanted sickness, or the parasite/bullying/controlling spirit, or the disturbing element, <b>that</b> <b>would come</b> to mess
us up, to destroy our peace, to steal our joy, to shake our confidence and our
belief in the Lord, to be the tool used in our testing, and that are assigned and sent against our strong standing, against our strong establishment in the Lord, against our real advancement, and against our evident prosperity, <b>could be</b> in our immediate environment, in
our own surrounding, in our own backyard, in our own families, in our own bodies, in our bloodline, or wherever we may happen to be, to dwell, to attend, or to shop. That is why we shall be on guard, we shall always
be protected by the <b>Shield of Faith</b>,
we shall be armed with the <b>Sword of the
Spirit</b><span style="color: red;"> </span>that is the <b>Word of God</b>, we shall be constantly and continually <b>in Prayer</b>, and we shall be ready to <b>trigger our Potent, our Reacting, our Passionate and our Vehement
Prayers </b>in any split-second notice as per the Holy Spiritβs warning and
alarm sounding. Our key to Victory and
our main course of action in our daily walk with the Lord are to be aware, to
be impregnated with <b>Faith</b>, to be prepared
to face, to cancel any burst or any attack, and to be <b>Spiritual/Prayer Warriors</b> ready to smash, to paralyze, to pulverize, to
nullify <b><u>by Faith and with our Prayers</u></b>
any (β<u>malicious</u>β) schemes, any (βsneakyβ) intrusions and any (βsuddenβ) attacks
of the devil in our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of strengthening us, of invigorating us, of empowering us to our divinely-predestined
Position of Conquest and Victory, and to our divinely-bestowed Anointing of
Power, of Authority, of Motivation, of <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/deu.28.13.niv" target="_blank">Superiority (i.e., the Best, the Highest, the Top) (Deuteronomy 28:13)</a>, of Determination, of
Elevation, of Inspiration, of Increased Productivity, of Enhanced Skills and Trades, of Higher Education, of Greater Performance, of
Higher Abilities to create and to innovate, of <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/deu.28.niv" target="_blank">Divine Blessings (Deuteronomy 28:1-14)</a>, and of <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jer.29.11.niv" target="_blank">Blessed Prosperity (Jeremiah 29:11)</a>.
Like in Jobβs case, all this is possible and is consistent with our
godly nature and with our divine capabilities to withstand, to endure, to
persevere, to strive and to triumph in spite of extreme adversities and in the
midst of extremely adverse conditions, situations and circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Glory of the Lord</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> that we are carrying makes us a prime attraction
for the devilβs multiple forms of distraction due to his covetousness, due to his envy, and due
to his laziness. If we take the bait and
fall into the devilβs net or trap, we are finished and done with. However, and on a highly positive note, our
ability to avoid the devilβs traps, to stand firm, to remain unshakable, and to
rise up above the devilβs multiple forms of snares and pettiness, makes us
invulnerable. This is also where the
battle for the Lord is gloriously won in full confidence, in absolute
conviction, in our total surrendering to the Holy Spirit instructions and
Leading, and in the steadfast assurance of our Complete Victory. <b><u>The
Spirit of the Lord</u></b> that we are carrying in us makes us invincible, and
enables us to shame the devil and to nullify his wicked attempts to destabilize us
from our strong standing in the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farthest extreme to suggest to him to β<i><u>curse
God and die</u></i>β (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/job.2.9.niv" target="_blank">Job 2:9</a></span>). Jobβs friends have themselves widely speculated
on the reasons and the causes of his afflictions. Job himself had some (βrespectfulβ) ideas and
comments of his own regarding his turmoil.
Yet, above all, <b>Job did not sin
against God</b>. <b> He kept his Upright Faith in God, he nurtured
Great Hope, and he lived with the Firm Confidence of a Better Tomorrow while he
maintained his Faithful and his Fearful Connection to God</b>. Surely, Job was not disappointed. The Lord, obviously, was very angry with Jobβs
three friends (Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite). In the end, The Lord has doubled Jobβs previous possessions, and has given
him twice as much as he had before his ordeal.
God also increased Job's life with longevity, and blessed him with new and
beautiful children (the βtalk-of-the-townβ type children) (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/job.42.niv" target="_blank">Job 42</a> </span>/ Whole Chapter).<span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like Job, we will be
victorious at the end of any ordeal that we are facing, and at the end of any
testing that we are undergoing. We have
to truly understand that our current testing is β<b><u>just a drill</u></b>β, β<b><u>just
a temporary phase</u></b>β, <b><u>and it is
NOT a long term or permanent losing battle</u></b>. That is why we are fortunate to have the Bible,
to be able to read the stories in the Bible, and to remind ourselves that our
valiant, faithful, fearless and powerful Biblical Patriarchs and Ancestors have gone through
the same testing long before us, and they have overcome, they have conquered
and they have emerged victorious. We also,
with the Power of Jesus Christ in us, and with the Leading of the Holy Spirit, <b>we can</b>, <b>we will and we shall overcome and conquer</b> above all the devilβs battle
against us to crush our spirit, to subdue us, to mess us up, and to gain
control over us. The devil is already
defeated in our lives because, fortunately, we know better, and because Jesus
Christ has made a public spectacle of him by conquering the grave, by His
resurrection from the dead, and by proving and confirming that He (<b>Jesus Christ</b>) is higher than any
opposition, stronger than any opponents, and more powerful than any opposing
forces in our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our tears, our sorrows, our
sufferings, our miseries, our losses today, although very sad and very painful, will slowly
and surely decrease, diminish, disappear, and will make way for brighter days
and for greater moments of contentment and of rejoicing in the Lord. Like in Jobβs case, God will bless us manyfold: our losses will be compensated, our torment will cease, and our discomforting sickness will vanish by faith and will be replaced by our
total healing. They are the prelude to our greater happiness in the Lord, to our deeper rejoicing, and to nicer and
greater things to come tomorrow. God
will give us solace, the encouragement and the comfort that are required for us
to remain strong and to go forward in <b>Complete
Peace</b>. In <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/isa.9.6.niv" target="_blank">Isaiah 9:6</a></span>, Jesus Christ is also called the <b>Prince of Peace</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We will learn and train
ourselves to <b>be</b> <b>focused</b> and to <b>keep
our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ</b> without wavering. We will also practice to be on guard, to be
vigilant<span style="color: red;"> </span>against any attempts, and against any
forms of distraction from the evil one.
In Jesusβ <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html" target="_blank">prayer</a> legacy to His disciples (<u>and also to us</u>), it is
written, β<b><i>Deliver us from the evil one</i></b>β (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.6.13.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 6:13</a></span>) because Jesus knew of the power of the devil to shipwreck us and
to destroy us. Fortunately, we have Jesus
Christ to be with us, we have the Holy Spirit to guide us, to warn us, to lead
us, to protect us, to prevent us from falling into the devilβs traps, to stop
us from taking the devilβs bait, to avoid us from falling into the devilβs temptations,
and to make us the <b>Valiant Conquerors</b>
that we are in Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is reassuring to know the end long before the beginning. It is also encouraging to foresee the
victorious outcome while we are being tested, and while we are in the midst of
it all. The end is that the devil is defeated
long before he even begins his battle against us. The end also is that, as we <b>remain</b> <b>focused</b> on Jesus Christ, <b>faithful</b>
to our calling, and <b>steadfast</b> to our
mandate and to our duties, we have already won against all the unforeseen, derailing
and upcoming attempts from the devil. <b>We Have Won</b>, not by being naΓ―ve, but by
being aware, prepared, and ready to put the devil endlessly to shame and under
our feet where he belongs (<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/psa.110.1.niv" target="_blank">Psalms 110:1</a></span>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us enjoy our well-deserved <b>Victory in
the Lord</b>. Yet, we got to remember
and to remind ourselves constantly and always to <b>be Alert</b>, to <b>be Focused, </b>to
<b>be Vigilant</b>, to <b>remain Steadfast</b>, and to<b>
stand Firm in our Lord Jesus Christ</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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accordance with <b><u>GODβs LOVE</u></b><u> for the <b>World</b></u>.β </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/110675776420860976749/about"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joseph Dubois</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-73909660956300427822012-12-16T01:49:00.000-08:002014-02-01T01:44:29.472-08:00Joyfully Excited<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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me: βHow come, Joseph, unlike everybody else, you seem to be always happy and always
excited?β Some other people even push
their gutsy boldness a little further to bluntly ask me: βWhat kind of special drug are you on, Joseph,
to keep you so excited, so decisive, so motivated, so joyful, so enthusiastic, and
so energetic all the time? In these listed cases, and on all the other unlisted
occasions, my reply to them is straightforward, plain and simple: β<b><u>The
Power of Jesus Christ in me is the Motivating Factor of my Constant Joy</u></b>β. My answer to them has then become my daily
mantra. I go on to explain to them that,
since I have Jesus Christ in my life, the Holy Spirit dwelling in me becomes
the Generator of my Joy at all times, regardless of the moment, regardless of what
I am facing, and regardless of what I am going through. The Bible says in <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/act.1.8.niv" target="_blank">Acts1:8</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>that: β<i>You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you</i>.β<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore, I remain confident,
bold, anchored, full of faith, full of trust, and full of assurance in the LORD. I do not see problems, or challenges. I only see β<u>New Opportunities</u>β to
confirm again and again that, in fact, Jesus Christ is The LORD Almighty. With that in mind, my confidence and my faith
grow constantly in Him. He has never failed
or lost a battle in my life. He is
always the Indisputable Winner, the All-Time Champion above the competition,
i.e., the odds, the sins, the tricky situations, the entangling<span style="color: red;"> </span>circumstances,
and so on. He is The Great I AM, The
LORD Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient in my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus Christ is, indeed, the God of Joy, the God of Happiness, the God of Excitement, the God of Motivation, the God of
Passion, and the God of Peace. He is the God of Compassion, the God of Forgiveness, the God of Beautification, the God of Elevation, the God of Second Chance, the God of New Life, and the God of New Beginning. Jesus Christ is also the God of
Resilience, the God of Boldness, the God of
Resolve, the God of Determination, the God of Strong Heart, the God of Power, the God of Gutsy Confidence, and the <u>God of Strong and Powerful Faith</u> (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.17.20.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 17:20</a>/Full Context: <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.17.14-20.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 17:14-20</a>), (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/luk.17.6.niv" target="_blank">Luke 17:6</a>/Also Read: <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/luk.17.1-10.niv" target="_blank">Luke 17:1-10</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you have a battle, or something
seemingly too big for you to handle? Do
you have a sickness or a condition that is tormenting you? Do you have some troubling
circumstance that refuses to subside or to go away? Are you struggling with some tricky situation,
or with some powerful addiction that seems to overpower you all the time? Then, take heart, hang in there, have faith
in God, be strong, be patient and be courageous. Jesus Christ is β<b>The Answer</b>β you have been seeking all along. With Jesus Christ on your side, <b>you are not
alone anymore</b>. He is your own Strengthening Partner, your Constant Companion, your Greatest Confidant whom you can talk to at any time, in complete freedom, in total openness, in absolute trust, without any shame, without any embarrassment, without any reservation, and without any fear of being wrongly judged or criticized. He
is also your own Faith Booster and your own "<u>Faithful</u>" Power Supply.
Begin to <b>Trust in the LORD</b>, <b>Commit Yourself fervently to prayer</b>, <b>Present
your case adamantly to God</b> with confidence and with expectations, and <b>Let Him strengthen
you</b> while He deals with that which seems too big or too strong for you to handle,
or to bear, or to control, or to master.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For those of you who do not
know how to pray β<u>yet</u>β, begin to use and to practice βThe Lordβs
Prayerβ, that is the prayer model that Jesus taught His disciples (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 6:9-13</a>) and that is also posted on my previous
blog entitled β<a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html" target="_blank">Prayer: Our Duty, Our Mandate</a>β. It is powerful, it is effective. Therefore, as you practice reading it and
reciting it constantly, you will also learn to memorize it. Next, since you may already own a Holy Bible,
or since you may have <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/gen.1.niv" target="_blank">downloaded a Holy Bible App</a>,
you now can also begin to read the<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/psa.1.niv" target="_blank"> Psalms of David</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>that
are also prayers that David wrote in many occasions and in his many personal circumstances
in his life. Encouragingly, if you are new
to the field of prayer, in addition to the βLordβs Prayerβ (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 6:9-13</a>), the <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/psa.1.niv" target="_blank">Psalms</a>
are also a vast example to learn from and to adopt in order to suit your own
circumstances until you are able to pray freely, easily and more elaborately on
your own by using your own words through the Leading and through the Inspiration
of the Holy Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fortunately, if you have
someone else (or a group of people) to pray with you, it is also very
good. Jesus said: β<i><u>For
where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them</u></i>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.18.20.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 18:20</a>).
In <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/ecc.4.12.niv" target="_blank">Ecclesiastes 4:12</a>, it is written: β<i><u>Though one may be overpowered, two can
defend themselves, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken</u></i>.β We
may therefore conclude that you, plus a prayer partner, plus Jesus Christ as
the third Entity (or the third partner, or the third strand) with you when you
pray, constitute together a very powerful team and a very dynamic combination. However, if, due to the private nature of the moment
(in your bedroom for example), or due to the personal singularity, or to the critical,
the timely need, or to the impromptu urgency of the circumstance, you are just one
and alone to pray, it is also fine as well.
Since God is omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time), <b>you are
never alone</b>. <b>Jesus Christ is always with
you through the Holy Spirit</b>.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus Christ is "<b>The Definite Answer</b>" to everything we are facing in life.
Jesus Christ is also the cause and the source of our joy, of our victory
and of our celebration. That is why I strongly
recommend that you get quickly acquainted with Him, that you receive Him as your
LORD and Savior in your lives as soon as possible, that you go to Church at
your earliest (and mandatory) convenience where the Pastor, your Spiritual
Leader, (or your Chaplain on-site and on location) will take you through the
Salvation process, will teach you the basics and the fundamentals of the Bible and of the Gospel,
will explain to you the endless and the priceless benefits for making your
Great and Crucial Decision, and will arrange and proceed with your Water Baptism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is β<b>A MUST</b>β that you <b><u>get
water baptized</u></b> to complete and to seal your Acceptance of the LORD
Jesus Christ, to confirm and to consolidate the Salvation process that, in
turn, gives you and grants you access to greater power, to higher confidence,
to closer relationship, and to more intimate communion with the LORD. Instead of being a Year-End's Resolution, or a
New Year's Resolution, your Great Decision to Accept Jesus Christ as your LORD
and Savior, to Believe in Him and to Trust in Him, to Repent of your sins and
to Be Water Baptized, shall be your <b>Today
Resolution</b> and your <b>Now Resolution</b>. It is imperative, and it is fully and
absolutely recommended. In <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mrk.16.16.niv" target="_blank">Mark 16:16</a>, the Bible says: β<b><i><u>Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned</u></i></b>β. That is why I, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/110675776420860976749/about" target="_blank">+Joseph Dubois</a>, this writer of
this blog, personally encourage you to begin the process right away, as soon as
possible, and without any delay. This is
my urgent request, my best advice, my urgent and my utmost recommendation to
you, β<u><b>Beloved Blog Reader</b></u>β.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the meantime, β<i><u>Rejoice in the LORD always</u></i>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/php.4.4.niv" target="_blank">Philippians 4:4</a>) and as often as possible. Cultivate and maintain your <u>Growing Faith</u> in
Him, and know with firm assurance and with strong conviction that, in all our
experiences, β<i><u>we are more than conquerors through him who loved us</u></i>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/rom.8.37.niv" target="_blank">Romans 8:37</a>). β<i><u>With God</u></i><u> <i>all things
are possible</i></u>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.19.26.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 19:26</a>/Also Read: <a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/mat.19.16-30.niv" target="_blank">Matthew 19:16-30</a>). By Faith, your lives will
take the positive, the fruitful, the purposeful and the intended turn as per β<i><u>Godβs plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future</u></i>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jer.29.11.niv" target="_blank">Jeremiah 29:11</a>). God will
also grant you <b>Peace</b>: β<i><u>Peace
I leave with you; my peace I give you. I
do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid</u></i>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jhn.14.27.niv" target="_blank">John 14:27</a>).<span style="color: red;"> </span>Your <b>Peace</b> will then culminate to generate and to produce <b>Joy</b>, the kind of<span style="color: red;"> </span><b>Lively<span style="color: red;"> </span>Joy</b>
that causes us to be <b>Joyfully Excited</b>
all the time, regardless of the seasons of our lives, regardless of the moment,
and to the surprising amazement of many.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are <b>Joyfully Excited</b> because of our God Jesus Christ who dwells in us, and
because He is <b>the Best and the Greatest
Gift that we have ever received in our lives</b>. Jesus Christ is real. That is why, we are confidently sharing Him
with all so that all may also personally know Him in order to increasingly believe
that He is, in fact, <b>Joy</b>, <b>Life overflowing</b>, <b>the Light and the Savior of the world</b>. I urge you to trust in Jesus Christ, to open
and to offer your hearts as His dwelling place, to accept Him and to embrace
Him in your lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Furthermore, I can also guarantee
you that your encounter, your knowledge and your experience in Him will be so overwhelming that you will be as <b>Joyfully Excited</b> as I am. In return, your Great Joy and your Joyful
Excitement will be so tangible, so convincing, so amazing and so cascading,
that you will also be full of zeal and full of passion as I am right now. As a result, you will begin to spread the <b>Love of Jesus Christ</b>, and to share your
experience in Him with others passionately and diligently, as I am doing right
now through this blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To share that <b>Great and Priceless Love</b>, you will
begin to create new opportunities, you will come up with new means, you will utilize
either conventional and readily-available tools or new tools, you will employ new
approach or new method, you will use<span style="color: red;"> </span>your skills, your gifts and your talents. <u>You will also practice
and exercise respectful manners, dignified ethics, and exemplary conduct</u>, <u>in
full territorial respect,</u> <u>and within your available, your permissible
and your respectable boundaries</u>. <u>The
dignified image of our LORD Jesus Christ here on Earth shall remain Divinely
Respectable, and shall retain and maintain its Fully-Deserved Protocol</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus
Christ has been patiently waiting for you, "<u><b>Dear Blog Reader</b></u>". Therefore, do not delay any longer. Just Go For Your Divine Inheritance! It Is Solely and One Hundred Percent (100%) Yours. I encourage you to <b>Receive</b> and to <b>Enjoy</b> the <b>Best Gift </b>that is being offered to you, that is, the <b>Free Gift</b> of β<b>Eternal Life</b>β (<a href="https://www.youversion.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16.niv" target="_blank">John 3:16</a>). I know you will agree with me that this is the <b><u>Very Best Decision</u></b> you have ever made in your life. I wish you <b><u>All The Best</u></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rejoice! Celebrate!
Enjoy! And, Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Am</u></b>β by the 7-year-old Gospel singer </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">@Rhema Marvanne may be found on her
website at: </span><a href="http://www.rhemamarvanne.com/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.rhemamarvanne.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">. (<u>Reference used with Granted Permission</u>).</span></div>
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accordance with <b><u>GODβs LOVE</u></b><u> for the <b>World</b></u>.β+</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/110675776420860976749/about"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joseph Dubois</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-50465895998321797272012-10-13T10:32:00.007-07:002023-11-13T05:14:42.039-08:00Our Thanksgiving Testimonial<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">It is awesome to be
blessed, to be loaded and to be enriched by God, to know it, and to behave in
relation to our divine blessings. The blessings of the LORD are
innumerable, immeasurable, and should be upheld and treasured for their immense
value and for their true worth. As a reciprocating response and as an
acknowledgement of the fact of being divinely blessed, we formulate and express
our gratitude through <b>Thanksgiving</b> acts and gestures which may take
multiple forms, i.e., praise, worship, prayer, service, missionary work,
genuine offers, sincere acts of kindness, and the list goes on. These
acts and gestures of <b>Thanksgiving</b> may be either modest, simple or
lavishing, according to our means, our abilities, and according to the
prompting of our hearts. It is always good and it is encouraged to add
some deed or some substance to the word β<b>Thank You</b>β even if it means or
takes the form of some unexpected public acknowledgement to some entity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It is imperative to <b>be thankful</b> today, now, recurrently, and as often as
possible. The miracle worker, or the provider of a favor, of some great
service, or of an act of kindness must know that we appreciate their skilled
service, their benevolent and their generous acts of kindness towards us.
It is to them an encouragement as it is a motivation for them to continue
to do good. The Altruist, or the Philanthropist, or the Benefactor, or
the Good Samaritan may not expect to receive anything in return from the
recipient or from the beneficiary of their acts of kindness.
Nevertheless, it is absolutely proper, recommended and motivational for
the recipient to say β<b>Thank You</b>β to those who do good to them and for
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The Holy Bible abounds
with instances of and with teachings about <b>Thanksgiving</b>. For the
purpose of this blog, we have chosen to list the following examples,
instructions, promises and exhortations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us come before him with <b>thanksgiving</b> and extol him with music and
song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.</i>β
(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.95.2-3"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Psalms 95:2-3</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">β<i>Enter
his gates with <b>thanksgiving</b> and his courts with praise; give thanks
to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love
endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.</i>β
(<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.100.4-5"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Psalms 100:4-5</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">β<i>You
will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every
occasion<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f20ab8ae-28eb-42b4-ac44-4aa316a119d1" id="a8e3cc67-1e1e-47a3-9d70-2e046ff55222"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9f54f9f3-6c94-44ca-85f1-98b6eda694d2" id="5c98e4b0-8784-4749-96dd-109188fb1700"> ,</gs></span> and through us your generosity will result in <b>thanksgiving</b>
to God.</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2co.9.11"><span style="color: #1155cc;">2 Corinthians 9:11</span></a>}.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">β<i>We
ought always to <b>thank God </b>for you, brothers and sisters, and
rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all
of you have for one another is increasing.</i>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2th.1.3"><span style="color: #1155cc;">2 Thessalonians 1:3</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We are <b>thankful </b>and
very grateful to God for All His Blessings, for All His Favors, for All His
People, for All His Miracles, for All His Opportunities that He has placed in
our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God </span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">first and foremost for <b>Jesus
Christ</b>: Our Redemption and our Salvation from our sins have
been made possible through Jesus Christ's death on the cross and through His
resurrection from the grave. It is sealed, and it is a done deal.
We still have our imperative responsibility to <u>Accept By Faith His
Free Gift Of Eternal Life</u> being offered to us and to <u>Embrace <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8a03152d-b315-4d0e-a4c7-662a60cf4b76" id="0d360127-7a14-44fc-8184-af06e731a091"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="af03a764-9602-4312-92dc-1b057abb8796" id="b38c22bd-167d-40bc-87e3-c9a5f6591706">Him</gs></span>
Fully</u> as our LORD and Loving Savior in our lives and in our hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Great
Country</b>. We specifically designate our Priceless, our Loving, our
Magnificent, our Wonderful and our Beloved <b>Canada</b>: This is our
Place of Elevation, of our Higher and of our Greater Achievements. This
is our Land of Purpose and of our Refined Education. This is our
Divinely-Blessed Land, our Land of Great Wealth, our Land of Limitless
Possibilities and of Endless Opportunities. This is our Land of
Explorations and of Great Discoveries, the Land of the Pioneers, of the
Entrepreneurs and of the Developers, the Land of Great Innovations and of Great
Inventions. This is the Place of Dedicated, of Passionate and of Hard Workers.
<b>Canada</b> is our Land to Fight for, our Place to β<u>Stand on Guard</u>β
for, our Peaceful Nation, the Land specially shaped, mindfully woven and
meticulously molded <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ef3f9ca3-0dcb-4972-82f8-3643fcf89613" id="5ba40799-7e74-4899-88d9-52b02f1fee2a">by</span> Godβs Own Precious Hands. <b>We Thank God</b>
because we <u>Greatly and Truly Love</u> <u>our</u> <u>Unique Country</u> <b><a href="http://youtu.be/u_y0pfTbDMw" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Canada</span></a></b>
for this is where God has placed us to be fruitful, to be prosperous, to
flourish and to multiply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Church
Senior Pastor</b> / our <b>Church Founder</b> / our <b>Church Builder</b>.
On an extended and global scale, <b>We Thank God</b> also for all <b>the
Senior Pastors</b>, all the <b>Church Founders</b> and all the <b>Church
Builders</b> on the planet: Their Contribution to Society is Monumental
and Commendable. Their Lifetime Legacy is their self-sacrificing
Investment in our lives for generations and generations. <b>We Thank God</b>
for their Innate and Entrusted Mission, for their Magnificent Vision, for their
Absolute Obedience to accept and to embrace their Calling, and to follow
through. May God abundantly, lavishly, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="aba0b87e-5f7b-4421-9c0d-3670514ea9ed" id="5aa10e12-fb84-4cfb-a103-9b238a146b0a">overflowingly</span> and overwhelmingly
Bless Them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Productivity</b>: Since we do
not have ownership of time, we prioritize, we utilize our time effectively to
the fullest, and we maximize our opportunities for the diligent and immediate
Glory of our LORD Jesus Christ in our individual and respective world of
evolution, and in our specific sphere of influence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>National
Governance</b> and for the <b>Government Officials</b>: They Govern with
poise, they Lay the solid foundations, they Build the political architecture
and they Erect the structure of our Society for now and for generations to come
while they Inspire our motivation, Shape our living and Mold our future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>We Thank God</b> for the <b>Peace Makers</b>, the <b>Peace Workers</b>, the <b>Agents
of Peace</b>: They Protect our lives with <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6b76bed4-b61f-495d-9107-19b10454b6b5" id="04e71089-32cd-4673-bd5e-70b95c6e880a">Authority</span>, with Full
Responsibility and with Great Competence. They Make our daily <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="8820b711-9d99-47a0-a72b-e2ee4c06e179" id="14715e1e-547d-458d-b51e-748504197f1b">living
Safe</span>, Peaceful and Secure. We Highly Regard and Highly Respect Them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Life
Defenders</b>: They Guard our coasts, they Control our borders, they
Monitor and Patrol our airspace. They Guarantee our Territorial Sovereignty and
our National Integrity. We Highly Honor Them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>Farmers</b>:
Godβs blessed produce and divine provisions through the hard work of
their hands are granted and guaranteed. We Highly Appreciate Them and we
Really Love Them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>Teachers</b>:
They Boost our self-esteem, they Equip us with the essential substance
for life, and with the intellectual, the academic and the practical tools for
better living. They Provide <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cf366c6f-6573-4444-9c97-0530385c358a" id="542114dd-56a7-4c74-8b16-583ac4eb7d34">the high</span>-quality education that is required
and needed for us to become valuable, stable, self-confident and <u>Better
Citizens</u>. They Instill in us Self-Respect, Self-Discipline, Civic Dignity
and National Pride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Medical
System</b> (<b>Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals</b>): They provide readily and
diligently their Medical Services for our good health and for our prompt
healing when we need it and as it is urgently required. Our Gratefulness
towards them is Immeasurable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Workplace</b>
and for our <b>Place of Employment</b>: Our Management Team is
Scientifically Efficient, our Coworkers are Highly Productive, Proactive and
On-The-Ball, our Work Environment is One Model of its Kind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>Great Friends</b> and for <b>Great
Connections</b>: They uplift, they stimulate, they motivate, they
educate, they encourage, they support, they boost our morale, they brighten our
days and our lives. They are Precious and Priceless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>Humility</b>:
Humility is that <u>Virtue</u> that stimulates us and compels us to <a href="http://www.josephdubois1blogpost.com/2012/01/prayer-our-duty-our-mandate.html"><span style="color: blue;">Pray</span></a>, to genuinely seek God, to have Patience, to
wait on God, to yield <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="75ff4b68-deb8-4b9c-ae1a-944020cecfd1" id="d85f5103-c15d-43d8-8e3d-851bb9a2469d">obediently</span> to Godβs Guidance, to act diligently on Godβs
Instructions and Commands, as per His Crucial Timing for His Greater
Effectiveness and for His Utmost Results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our<b> Blog Readers</b>: We Appreciate
their time, we Treasure their visit, we Honor their sharing. We Praise their
renewed encouragement, we Credit their faithful loyalty. We Applaud them, we
Cheer them and <b>We Thank Them</b> for their interactive synergy, for their
current, their continued and their subsequent visits, and for their repeat
investments of time. They are <b>our</b> <b>Blessed, our Golden, our Very
Precious and our Very Special Connections</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for His <b>Divine
Miracles</b>: He raises us from the pit to our Elevated Place of Power,
of Authority, of Recovery, of Victory and of Honor. He turns our ashes to
<b>Gold</b> (i.e., we work hard, we study hard, we create, we innovate, we
initiate, we develop "<u>our own</u>"; we persist, we <b><u>Go</u></b><u>
f<b>or it</b></u>; we patiently build and we painstakingly grow "<u>our
own</u>"; we <u>take charge</u> of "<u>our own lives</u>", we <u>take
responsibility</u> for our daily <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="de9241b6-42eb-470b-b490-1604c443d25b" id="5e11a18f-8fd1-4e20-885c-d8317e9d8850">living</span>; we choose, we decide on the positive
outcome, and we engineer the fruitful output and our productivity). He
also turns our tears to Laughter, our mourning to Rejoicing, our losses to our
Higher Achievements, our desolation to our Stronger Establishment. He
grants us Happiness, Success, Multiple Blessings and Prosperity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for our <b>Determination</b>
and for our <b>Passion</b>: We remain focused and we persevere through it
all. We emerge Powerful, Victorious, Prosperous and a Conqueror in spite
of the odds (i.e., the challenges, the testings, the hardships, and so on), and
because of the odds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/"><b><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Googleβ’</span></b></a>: Their Good-Samaritan
Approach, their Free-Giving and their Free-Sharing Spirit towards our Society
do speak volumes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>ALL</b> that we
have, and for <b>ALL</b> our <b>Service Providers</b> whose list would be too
long to enumerate, to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2230e8ec-827d-4ca9-9274-ca06f28b277f" id="6ba9af56-f7a4-4d0e-8d14-73f0fd4c6095">compilate</span>, to elaborate and to populate (i.e., Barbers
and Hair Stylists, Cleaners, Drivers, Couriers, Carriers, Merchants, and so
on). We truly appreciate <b>ALL</b> of Them. Their Contribution to
make our lives livable is Unforgettable. Our Memories of Them are but
Joyful and Noble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> for <b>Singers</b> and <b>Musicians</b>:
They embed our lives, they fill our void, they keep us company through
their songs and through their music. They are β<u>Mental Therapy Agents</u>β.
They are part of our Joy, of our Rejoicing, and of our Celebration.
They are Godβs Workers and Godβs Messengers. They are <b>Beloved
Sons</b> and <b>Beloved Daughters</b> that have been <b>created by our Heavenly
Father</b>, that are called to our Father's Conformity, and that are also
called to participate and to take care of our Father's Business on Earth as it
is in Heaven. They are Agents of Mediation, of Connectivity and of
Reconciliation. As per Godβs Divine Touch, God's Divine Decision,
and under Godβs Divine Anointing, they Trigger, they Activate, they Uphold
and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1404018b-ac8e-4f3b-8197-e2d150ab2c8b" id="2b01be89-b2f1-4c0a-9d27-05c46c0dafd7">they</span> Carry in their writing, in their composition, in their singing and in
their execution of their Music Masterpiece, the Glory of our LORD, Jesus
Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We Thank God</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Lavishly, Profusely, Abundantly and Endlessly
for<b> Who He Is: He Is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, God
Almighty, Our LORD Jesus Christ.</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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got paid to do their job and that we did not have to go to that extreme of
publicly <b>Thanking God</b> for their services. That is absolutely true,
and that is also factually known and clearly understood. Nevertheless, we
find it very important and imperative in this time of <b>Our</b> <b>Thanksgiving
Celebration</b> to express our <b>Heartfelt Gratitude</b> towards them <u>anyway</u>.
Life is not only about money, or about just the paycheck that we work
for, or not only about the services rendered and provided. Life is also
about appreciation, warmth, being human, relationship, courtesy, good rapport,
and about giving credit where credit is due. Therefore, we have written
this blog based on the sincere motivation of the latter facts and elements, and
also based on the continued expression of our Love for our God and for our
Neighbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beautiful song entitled β<b><u><a href="https://youtu.be/jw6j0xp3uJw?si=bXzGbRgipmyd85P9">I Thank God</a></u></b>β (<b>*1</b>) by the 7-year-old
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at: </span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.rhemamarvanne.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.rhemamarvanne.com</span></a></span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">. (<u>Reference used
with Granted Permission</u>). (<b>Revision: From "Website", To "YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RhemaMarvanne">https://www.youtube.com/@RhemaMarvanne</a></b>) (<b>*1</b>)</span></li>
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device</span></u> is downloadable for <b>free</b> at: <a href="http://www.youversion.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.youversion.com</span></a>.
(This is our voluntary publicity to say "<b><u>Thank You</u></b>"
for the <b>free Bible App</b>.) (<b>Revision / New URL: <a href="https://www.bible.com/" target="_blank"> https://www.bible.com/</a></b> ) (<b>*1</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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accordance with <b><u>GODβs LOVE</u></b><u> for the <b>World</b></u>.β <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JosephDubois1" target="_blank">@JosephDubois1</a></span></b>. (<b>*1</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</span>Joseph Duboishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674443568945093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916587053377251966.post-8247436441355955332012-03-31T09:40:00.024-07:002021-09-01T11:08:19.015-07:00New Beginning<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">It is finished</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">, followed by a deep sigh of relief, is the releasing, the exhaling sign that something big and magnificent has just happened. It is the fact of knowing that the end has arrived, that the deadline, the completion time has come to pass. The foreseen milestone has been reached, the task is completed, the dreamed accomplishment has been achieved. It is the same as saying β<u>mission accomplished</u>β. It is final. It is done.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">β<b><i>It is finished</i></b>β were the final words pronounced by Jesus Christ on the cross at the end of His agony while He was about to fully commit His Spirit onto His Father in Heaven (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.19.30" target="_blank">John 19:30</a>). At that crucial moment, He was totally at peace with God the Father, He has accomplished His mission on Earth, His job was done, humanity may now rest assured about its salvation, His blood shed has sealed our redemption once and for all, a new era has just begun, the tormenting of humanity by Satan is under strict control, and Satanβs influence in our lives is restricted solely to our mere allowance and cooperation. β<b><i>We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.8.36-39" target="_blank">Romans 8:36-39</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">It is finished</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;"> because, finally, the world is going to be amazed, to confirm, to acknowledge, to be convinced that Jesus Christ was truly the <b>Sent One</b>, that He was <b>ALL</b> that He said He was, including being God: β<b><i>Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.6-14" target="_blank">John 14:6-14</a>/Full Details). The disciples full of anguish, full of sadness, full of fear, full of confusion, full of anger, have now begun to understand the significance of His teaching. The words He spoke are being ruminated, brought back from memory, revised, assessed, weighed, dissected, appreciated, and treasured. Finally, everything has begun to make clearer sense. What at first was puzzling, blurry, confusing, misunderstood, finally has <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cb3c17f7-c29a-4eca-90ba-4308264ce0a1" id="423b464e-0223-4b3d-b513-313d279f4f46">life</gs>, crisp meaning, sharp clarity, meaningful purpose and understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">When Jesus said, β<b><i>My Fatherβs house has many rooms; I am going there to prepare a place for you</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.2-4" target="_blank">John 14:2-4</a>), He meant it dearly, and the disciples finally have begun to believe and to live with the hope of a better tomorrow with Him in Heaven. They also hung on to the assurance given to them by Jesus who declared: β<b><i>But</i></b> <b><i>the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.26" target="_blank">John 14:26</a>). All the promises He made while He was alive were making more sense and were having more value to the disciples after He died, after He is gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">Usually, upon the completion of an arduous task, <b>we</b> take a break, a recess, time out to wind down, to breathe a little, to regain our strength, and to replenish our energy. In the case of Jesusβ disciples, it was time to regroup, to re-assess, to plan, to strategize. Our Rabbi is dead, our Teacher is gone: we got to mobilize, we got to take action and to do something. </span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">When Jesus said β<b><i>I will never leave you as orphans; I will come to you</i></b>β (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.18" target="_blank">John 14:18</a>), He also truly meant it. That is why, today, in our days, we can <b>still</b> hang on to His promise that is real because we also have the Holy Spirit to still be with us. And this is a comforting assurance, an encouraging fact to know that we are not alone, that we are not forgotten, that we are protected, that we have the choice and the opportunity to follow Him and to worship Him <b><i>in the Spirit and in truth</i></b> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.4.24" target="_blank">John 4:24</a>), that our faith in Him has the sustaining power to uphold us at all times, either while we are in the valley of our lives, or when all around us seems to be thick and opaque fog. And yet, we are able to move forward by faith, with full assurance and in the absolute confidence that we will make it no matter what, just because of who He is who is with us. He is <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="37ff10b0-b61a-43ff-8297-4ea8008973dd" id="c84ff428-a2fa-498c-86cf-1ce74ab8cfd2">Truth</gs>, His words are sure investments in our lives, and we can really count, trust and depend on them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;"><b>A paralyzed man</b> named Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, lame in both feet, was having a normal day of his life in the village where he was living when he heard that king David sent looking for him. This may have been a tremendous and a shocking news for him to process in his mind. Nevertheless, he was surprisingly designated to go to the palace, to sit and to eat at the kingβs table every day, to receive all the land that belonged to his grandfather Saul, and to have several servants to work for him and to take care of his affairs (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2SA.9.NIV" target="_blank">2 Samuel 9/Whole Chapter</a>). All this favor came <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a1772dd0-f139-4981-81ae-36554ab6f99d" id="fa2bca2f-9916-47b5-9c80-0bb74c2ca061">to</gs> his life suddenly, and <b>he was fully restored to an elevated status</b> <b>by the amazing grace and by the mysterious plan of God</b>. What an overwhelming experience it may have been for him!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">Whoever you are, wherever you are, King Jesus has come looking for you and is inviting you to come to have fellowship with Him. Your special place of honor is jealously reserved just for you and very <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d1a91dc3-3ef1-472e-8a70-d7495ba5054d" id="94d2db15-7eec-4828-8bf2-ab2e8dc7c3bb">specially</gs> for you and <b>for you alone</b> at the Kingβs table. You are a VIP, a Very Special Guest with the full βSon / Daughterβ status. We are Royalty. We belong to a Royal Family. We have to <b>accept Jesus' invitation by faith</b>, to yield accommodatingly to the power of the Holy Spirit, to cooperate with His leading and His guidance, and to let the rest take its full course, the rest being our redemption and our salvation. We also have to renew and to shift our mind, and to change our thinking to a <u>spiritual connotation</u> in order for things to make better sense, to have a greater meaning, and in order to see and to accept things through their proper divine perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a heartfelt reminder to you, the reader of this current paragraph, that you are that β</span><u style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>very special single sheep, that very special single person</b></u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">β that Jesus Christ came to Earth and died for so that through His death and His resurrection, you may live forever and have β</span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>everlasting life</i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">β (</span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.16" style="font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">John 3:16</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">This is the main goal of our Lord Jesus Christ. He came down and died for <b>every single one of us</b>, and He wants to make sure that we all <b>come home</b> where we belong. We are His, He is ours. And we belong to the Great Family of God. <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3b0635a-f1b8-499d-8e23-f84d7190f7e3" id="ba2db89a-79d2-4d62-82a8-72b678ce0121">Church</gs> is the place where the believers of Jesus Christ come together to have fellowship, to be refueled, to be updated, to be mentored, to be uplifted, to be strengthened, to be taught for their spiritual growth. <b>Accepting Jesus Christ in your hearts by faith as your Redeemer and as your Savior is your starting point of your professed faith.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">On the third day after His death, Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. He has conquered the grave and has demonstrated that His Omnipotence is real and indisputable. The work He came to do is now completed and is now sealed by His resurrection. He then went to meet with the disciples, restored His disciplesβ faith, gave His final instructions, empowered them to go and make disciples (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.16-20" target="_blank">Matthew 28:16-20</a>/<u>The Great Commission</u>). In return, the disciples full of zeal, full of life, full of power, full of assurance, full of faith are overwhelmingly motivated to do the work of God and to perform as it was expected of them, and as it was mandated to them. They were full of enthusiasm because they have seen the evidence of the piercing mark on His hands, of the piercing hole on His side. They were full of devotion and they began to share and to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others without fear, without shame, without doubt, but with boldness, with passion and with conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;">He has risen (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.28.6-7" target="_blank">Matthew 28:6, 7</a>) and </span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px;"><b>His Mission on Earth is accomplished</b>. As Jesus Christβs Disciples, Our Mission towards you, <b>our Fellow Humans</b>, and towards you, <b>our</b> <b>Blog Readers</b>, has just begun. This is a<b> New Beginning</b>. All must know that Jesus said: "<i><b>I am the way and the truth and the life</b>. No one comes to the Father <b>except through me</b></i>" (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.14.6" target="_blank">John 14:6</a>). All must also know that <b>Jesus Christ is LOVE</b>. He loves each and every one of us unconditionally without any discrimination, without any regards of geographical location, or of your actual faith position, or of your spiritual standing, or of your actual creed that you profess, and where you belong: <b>He Loves Us All</b>. He has opened His arms to accept you, to embrace you, to give you rest, to infuse you with His divine joy, to fill your hearts with contentment and with happiness. <b>Officially, we all belong to Him</b>. It is up to us now to make the switch, to move towards Him, to accept His Love. <b>Just</b> <b>come to God now as you are</b>, all of you <i>who are asking, seeking and knocking</i> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.7" target="_blank">Matthew 7:7</a>; <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.11.9-10" target="_blank">Luke 11:9,10</a>), all of you <i>who are weary and burdened</i> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.11.28" target="_blank">Matthew 11:28</a>), all of you <i>who are wandering away</i> (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.18.12-14" target="_blank">Matthew 18:12-14</a>), and wandering around, and all of you who are ready and willing to repent and to turn your life around (<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/luk.15.4-7" target="_blank">Luke 15:4-7</a>). <b>Just come Home where you belong</b>, and let a N<b>ew Chapter of your life begin</b> to unfold significantly to your surprising realization and to your joyful amazement. <b>It is a Guarantee</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We suggest that you </span><u style="font-size: 12pt;">look for a Home Church</u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, and that you </span><u style="font-size: 12pt;">connect to your Church Pastor</u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> who will mentor you, guide you, teach you, water baptize you, and put you on a </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">new path</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> towards your divine and heavenly destiny. We recommend that you go to a Church where the Death and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ are being preached, where the Word of God is the Fundamental, the Foundational and the Essential Teaching, where the Bible is the Final Authority, and also where Water Baptism by Immersion is administered. (</span><u style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus Himself was water baptized by immersion by John the baptist</u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">; </span><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.3.13-17" style="font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">Matthew 3:13-17</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">). </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"> Your rewarding, enriching and uplifting journey as a New Christian has just begun</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Welcome Home!</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<li><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">βWe are </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Going Boldly</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">into</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/">www</a></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> (</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/">world wide web</a></u></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">) and </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">into</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> the </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">world</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> in accordance with </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>GODβs LOVE</u></b><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> for the <b>World</b></u><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17px; text-indent: -0.25in;">.β <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/110675776420860976749/about">Joseph Dubois.</a></b></span></li>
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