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to Strive to get lessons of living life
One of our readers officially graduated from the Dale Carnegie course which strives to teach the lesson of living life, which is something that reader and we do believe each of us should constantly be conscious of and getting better at.
That visitor of our ecclesia-site like so many would love to see his best version of himself. Understandably would not be that the best thing to hope for?
He knows there is no substitute for good health and we can do a lot to keep ourselves well. Too often lots of people do forget that we have a lot of power over our lives and we can effectively realize and use it by just being intentional. As told more than once at this site, the ideal visualization of the future generates positive feelings and hopes, which is an important part of the journey to get there. We have to set a goal and think positively.
The nagging feeling in itself is not a great motivator or productivity inducer. Even worse constant confrontation with the negative thought pulls us down. So we better avoid contact with negativeness, be it thoughts or even negative people or people who have a bad influence on us.
We should have confidence in ourselves, knowing that what we want to do is not impossible! concerning that matter he writes
And this probability is not from factors outside of our control. The ratio shows how many people come up with the strength to win against the odds. It can be up to us what side of this ratio we land on. {Draw Your Future}
He looks at Patti Dobrolowski her model and wants to highlight her explanation of a factor that makes her strategy work:
“Your brain actually emits serotonin and oxytocin when you draw and dream. So you feel happy. Capable. Creative.” Who wouldn’t want to feel that? Without getting too scientific about it, serotonin and oxytocin do affect mood positively and they can also be attained by exercise or a detailed daydream so whenever you need a boost, you can also try that. {Draw Your Future}
All of us should know we are fallible, but all those around us are as us also not perfect and have their faults and limits. We should not always compare ourselves to others but believe in ourself going for what we believe we should and can do. We should set our mind to delivering on that, knowing that it is in our power. And if we need some help, we also should know there is always Some One high above Who is stronger and mightier than all beings, Who can help us.
The effort to realize this reality in our visitors life started well before the Dale Carnegie course. He was encouraged by it, and wants to continue on his path for long after. He writes
With work and personal issues clouding my mind, I did not get a chance to appreciate the course as much as I would have liked (I failed at being intentional there but we all have our down days). However, I hope that, in coming time, I can realize some benefits from the foundation that the course set for me. I also want to learn more about the man and the movement that grew into this program. {The Power in Me}
We would advise him to look beyond the doors of that institution and to get even more wisdom in the Book of books, trusting in the Most High Establisher Elohim, God His Power but also the power which can grow in himself, which is the power each of us at to be on the look-out for.
For now, he leaves his readers on Matters of Living with a good thought from Dale Carnegie, which we like to repeat here too:
Are you bored with life?
Then throw yourself into
some work you believe
in with all your heart,
live for it, die for it,
and you will find
happiness that you
had thought could
never be yours.
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Life Is A Marathon
Orlando Espinosa, a former educator, signed up to have an amazing life, regardless of the obstacles he may have to face. He is convinced that
Having a positive attitude is the key and moving forward is essential!
He has blog has some great images on his blog and offers a lot of pictures we all remember well from childhood. For him
Life is an amazing journey, too often taken for granted! It’s great being able to enjoy the simple things it offers! It feels great to be alive with a purpose!
Though in order to keep the momentum going in our life we shall need to maintain the pace, energy and enthusiasm from when we first started! {Keep the Momentum} But we should be fully ware that we may not back down! {Don’t Back Down}. Always we should be prepared to believe in ourselves.
There has to come a point in life when you need to believe in who you are and what you have to offer.
Believing in yourself is one the key to achieving success in life.
You have to do what you want because there’s no one who can stand in your place.
You have to know that you are so much better than what they say…
If someone says you can’t do anything, don’t believe them, let it be a driving force to prove them wrong.
Be confident!
Get to know yourself and grow with new experiences.
Don’t be held back by a “fear”.
Don’t let people knock you down with their words of doubt! {Believe}
Defining what we value begins by recognizing who we value. {The Journey!}
He also warns not to
allow others to hold you captive because you don’t know what freedom feels like!
Some people feel the need to imprison others with their words and by their actions!Related articles
Facing our existence every day
Every day we are confronted with ourselves again. Every day again we are again confronted not only with ourselves but also with those around us. Everyday we do meet again new challenges, have to affirm again our values.
This world which challenges us brings us day in day out some new adventures. We can try to tackle them or try to escape those things which we do not want to see. But covering our eyes is not helping us nor getting such things we do not want to see away. Living in this world we should be aware of what is going on in it. We can not stand at the side, not wanting to be involved or just letting everything happen. Those things which we consider wrong demand an action. And we should take action. Though there are several Christians who think we do not need to do any works, because we are saved, we should not let everything pass along like nothing wrong happens. That what is not according to the Law of God, that what cannot be justified demands reaction. We should open our eyes to what happens in the world and should react appropriate.
Having us to react will demand strength and courage. It shall also demand an attitude to be taken. And that attitude should always be in accordance to the attitude our master teacher Jeshua wants his followers to have.
Every day we do have to face our inner self and find the core of our own business, our own being, our own strive, our own goal. Every day again we do have to face how we are wanting to build up our own life and our own future. It is naturally so that in case we do nothing we cannot do something wrong (we think). Not doing anything, letting it all pass, is witnessing of taking an attitude, which is not the right attitude. Rabbi Jeshua and his disciples taught about the essence of taking action and doing things. The master teacher gave several examples how people lost their opportunity to take part of the celebrations, the wedding or the entrance to the Kingdom.
The grace of salvation has been given to the whole mankind, but each individual has to do something with it. When we are willing to receive that marvellous free Gift, we do have to be thankful for it and do something with it. When we just leave in the cupboard, untouched it shall be of no service for us.
It is an Immeasurable Grace bestowed on humanity but lots of people do not see or appreciate the value of it, or take it for granted that now they have received it they do not have to do anything any more. Oh, how are they mistaken.
Each day we are confronted again with many ideas … our mind wandering about. Even a baptised person can have thoughts which are not in accordance with God His Will. Though they may be convinced that they have done away with the old life, that old life simmers slowly and little tinkly lights may be very attractive. More than once in our life bitterness, wrath, and even anger, does want to come along our path. We also can have moments where clamour and evil speaking may be lurking around our own corner. All those things we are asked to put away from us, with all malice. And that requires an action, which is a work to be done.
There are also days that we wake up and feel as if we have a broken heart. Though we may know that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul. Each time we left our mind wandering in the wrong way we do know we can repent, i.e. take an action, making the effort to see that we were wrong and that we do have to ask for pardon. It demands an action to see what we did wrong (i.e. doing a work) and when we know what we have done wrong we have to repent about it (again doing a work).
Often because we ourself do have to endure so much pain we want others also to have pain. Often we also want to have many good things others may have and desires others to have some of our bad things. Such desires are often around us to cause pain. We can have feelings which hurt others or can bring them into distress. Yes, we must be aware that we can get up in the morning with allowing to grow in our mind the
“intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse.”
This makes our own self the sick self. The self what needs healing. the healer is always around, but we have to come to him (which demands an action or work). Without coming to the Saviour Jesus Christ we shall be nothing and will have it so much more difficult in our life. he is the Way to God and he is the one who can guide us through difficult times, putting our hands in the hands of his heavenly Father.
Every day we wake up we should know that God is willing to be close to us and that He is really concerned with what is going on in our heart and mind. Be aware, He knows much more than we allow others to see, hear or feel, what we think or want to do. Even when we do not carry out malicious acts against someone, but carry such thoughts in our mind, God knows it.
You ought not to secretly wish that something bad would happen to any person. Rejoicing in some misfortune that befalls someone else is also evidence of malice. And that is something God detests.
The Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor, and author Harry A. Ironside said every Christian has an obligation to put away all malice.
“If you do not live up to that, you are not living a real Christian life. This is Christianity lived in the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Gospel Light Society writes
You might feel like the malice in your heart is justified because of what someone did or said to you. But, you must rely on the power of the Holy Spirit and bring your feelings under the authority of Christ. You must choose to put on the new man who will not walk in maliciousness, but in a spirit of love and forgiveness toward all. {How Not to Walk, Part 26 (Revive the Family, Revive the Church, Awaken the Nation, O Lord #272)}
Every day we have to face the new life lying in front of us. Having done away with the old life, we should try to do our utmost best to live in accordance to God His Wishes, not following man’s doctrines but following Biblical doctrines.
George Cuff wrote:
There are sins from the former life that simply must be denied,
Things the godless revel in, that a believer must sweep aside.
Immorality of every kind, impurity, lust and greed;
You will be bound to idolatry if scripture you fail to heed.You must also rid yourselves of anger, malice and rage.
Watch your speech carefully. Do not in profanity engage.
You threw off the sinful man who reveled in foul deeds;
The new man is renewed in mind, empowered by Christ indeed. {How Not to Walk, Part 26 (Revive the Family, Revive the Church, Awaken the Nation, O Lord #272)}
Empowered by Christ Jesus we should find every day the fresh living water, empowering to continue in the right way, trying to finish the race, lying in front of us.
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There can only be hope when there is a will to be and say “I am”
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Additional reading
- Life is like a ten-speed bike.
- Suffering produces perseverance
- Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life
- If we view the whole world through a lens that is bright
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
- Thought for September 8 Weak but standing strong in the ground swell
- 30 things to start doing for yourself – #6 is vital.
- Choices
- Live …
- Luck
- Who are the honest ones?
- Being prudent – zorgvuldig zijn
- Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience
- Not liking your Christians
- If there is bitterness in the heart
- Sow and harvests in the garden of your heart
- Don’t Envy the World
- Blindness in the Christian world
- Blinkered minds
- Never making mistakes because never doing anything
- The Immeasurable Grace bestowed on humanity
- Infinite payment of sin by the son of God
- As Christ’s slaves doing the Will of God in gratitude
- Only I can change my life
- The inspiring divine spark
- If you think you’re too small to be effective
- If we, in our prosperity, neglect religious instruction and authority
- Holiness and expression of worship coming from inside
- A Living Faith #3 Faith put into action
- Grow strong in weakness
- Being aligned with above
- Points to remember of philosophy versus spirituality and religion
- It is a free will choice
- We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace
- Your life the sum total of all your choices
- Believe and speak and act in ways which show we have life in Christ’s name
- Behold, My mother and My brothers!
- Saved through grace not through keeping rituals
- Without God no purpose, no goal, no hope
- God’s will is that all sorts of men should be saved
- A goal is a dream with a plan
- Looking for a primary cause and a goal that can not offer philosophers existing beliefs
- Inculturation today calling for a different attitude
- Coming to the end of the year
- Dynamic goals must always rise out of authentic needs
- Being Religious and Spiritual 7 Transcendence to become one
- Faith antithesis of rationality
- Faith, storms and actions to be taken
- A Living Faith #2 State of your faith
- A Living Faith #10: Our manner of Life #2
- A Living Faith #12 The Love for Jesus
- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal
- Try driving forward instead of backwards
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Discipleship to look at
- Don’t be the weakest link
- The Big conversation – Antagonists
- Reasons why you may not miss the opportunity to go to a Small Church
- Williamsburg Conference 2015 December 27-31 Joy and Gladness
- We should use the Bible every day
- Religious people and painful absence of spring of living water
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Further related
- Grace
- Salvation – He [Jesus] entered Jericho and was passing through it
- Instantly Healed, Saved and Baptized
- “Looking For Jesus” – “Dead Works”
- (Part 2) Can A Christian Lose Their Salvation?
- A New Life of Righteousness
- saved to serve
- Breathe in, out!
- How Vulnerability Can Bring Us Beyond Ourselves
- The Power of a Grateful Heart – Weakness Gratitude
- Afraid Of The Unknown
- No Retreat, No Surrender!
- Excerpt from a novel
- FFfAW: Promises
- 100 Days of Happiness and 90 Days of Kicking Fear in the Face ….
- No Complain November
- The Sandbox Writing Challenge #50 — No fair peeking!
- Week 6: Opinions-Opinions-…oh No!
- He Tries
- If At First You Don’t Succeed
- What Fills Your Personal Lamp? Personal Gratitude Challenge-day 2
- “Start the daily practice of not letting the little things bother you! If the little things ruin you, what’s going to happen when the big things come along? Start practicing now for your big challenges in life.”
- Skirting the hard stuff
- Message from the Universe: Becoming the person you’ve dreamed about!
- A Night To Dismember
- Remembering to Pause
- First Things First…
- Easy
- Quote Notes
- Are you okay?
- True Power
- Bad Reaction
- Good Grief!
- Are You Ready?: Part 3
- When God gives up
- Daily Verse
- Sin Makes You Sick
- A Change In Perspective
- We Are Dust
- Daily Bread – Draw Nigh
- Daily bible passage – 11/3/16
- A Warning of God Concerning the Ungodly
- Ezekiel 28-30; John 10
- My hope is in the Lord
- Christ’s Blood Shed for All Men
- I cry for you
- For God So Loved The world…
- Come to Me
- How Not to Walk, Part 26 (Revive the Family, Revive the Church, Awaken the Nation, O Lord #272)
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Confidence…
Rose, the owner of Seeking You is a Christian wife to a loving, supportive husband,
having two amazing children, who keep them quite busy. Her site ” Seeking You” is a community where women of all races and ethnicities and all ages can come together to share thoughts, passions, concerns, and experiences.The Lord is the stronghold of her life and therefore she can say
– Of Whom shall I be afraid?
Before she makes a decision she dares to analyse the possibilities to no end!
People like us first consider the pro’s and con’s; we dissect the risks. Then we focus on the risks. In order for us to act, we must be sure the risks are minimal.
You may wonder where the confidence is in the “self”. She knows:
There isn’t anything wrong with making informed decisions. The trouble lies in the fact that many times we become too fearful to act. We allow the process of analysing risks to paralyse us.
For sure when we start to believe in ourself and give ourselves to the Most High Guide we shall feel that we may gain much more confidence.
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Seeking God in every detail...
How wonderful it is to be comfortable in your own skin.
Uninhibited.
Knowing your purpose and asking permission from no one.
Not the least bit concerned of what “people” have to say.
Simply being yourself!
How beautiful.
Filed under Being and Feeling, Re-Blogs and Great Blogs, Religious affairs
Eternal Journey
Falling into silence;
Deep within my own soul,
Where whispers can be heard;
Where silhouettes and shadows
Paint pictures dark and vague;
Where one speaks without a word.
Finding the secret place;
Mysteries yet to unfold,
Where riddles dance and play;
Where questions and quandary live
In their exploration
That challenges each old way.
Living within myself;
My heartbeat keeping time
As spirit and soul join
The song of eternal life
That will be forever;
At home, yet journeying on.
Filed under Poetry - Poems, Re-Blogs and Great Blogs
Self Help Guide
To our previous posting “Failures, mistakes and Initiatives for Excellence and success, Working towards turning a Dream of yours into reality” we bring a second poem by Richard Innes Mulvey from Edinburgh, who also runs his own Indie music label called Lone Head Records.
From the poems which came under our eyes it may look like he is seeing this world from dark glasses. Though citizens may have been stripped raw to create a new power for him. Though he writes
Stars keep the sky in fashion
In this world of dreams
I find myself touching everything
But I still can’t touch you.
Too many people keep comparing themselves with others and look up at idols , minimising their own self, instead of recognising who they really are and what they really could be able to do when they would believe more in themselves.
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Summerholiday season time to read the Bible
At last the sun has shown her face and people can really get a feeling of Summertime.
Summertime also includes the time to have pleasures to do whatever one chooses, and finding the pleasure one enjoys from his or her actions.
It is a time when lots who have have faith in themselves take time to be on their own at the swimming pool or some relaxing place. Under Christians we also can find those who have been told by well-meaning but errant advisers, “God helps those who help themselves.”
They spend their lives dependent upon their own abilities, or wisdom, or knowledge expecting that God will stand by as a faithful servant to bless all of their endeavours whether it be His will or not. Others may look at others, thinking they can be the way to success. They prefer to put their faith in others. We may wonder why they do not trust themselves not more. Did they get blinded by the fact that certain individuals possesses great knowledge, or apparent wisdom, power, or even anointing? In our society we can find many who look up at others, like they are gods and lift them up more highly than they ought and bestow their faith in a human being.{1}
Too many people put all their faith in the world, instead in the Creator of the world. Summertime is often a time to reflect. It is the time to take a rest and to forget all the worries of daily stress and work.
People can put their daily worries about work and getting some income aside. It is time for relaxation and meditation. Not bad to take time to reflect on different matters. It is also some time to consider what is worthwhile in life and which direction to take further.
Summertime is also an ideal time where people have time to do some reading and to take time to go and see things. Many go abroad and look far a way from home for better pastures.
Like Caroline Kepnes there may be people thinking
“There is no better boost in the present than an invitation into the future.”
In this present time lots of people totally lost connection with the Maker of the universe. But why not making use of the free time now to go and read His own Words, which are recorded for mankind so that they can progress and learn the way to go. In the book of books is the way shown to come closer to the Maker of everything and to find eternal happiness.
When taking time to read the Bible you will be surprised how it can open your eyes and give a clear picture of this present world and how you can have a better life than this world is trying to present you.
There is also the calling sound
And the “invitation into the future” goes out right now. “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” (Revelation 3:20) {2}
Jesus saves net writes:
Let us not question God our creator, but let us embrace His salvation plan given to us through His Son Jesus, many say, you have a mind of your own and you should decide for yourself. {3}
Lots of people have decided to go for the world’s temptations and to enjoy whatever they can get today. They are not so much interested in the future and prefer to live the day like it comes. They do not see the folly of man which is greater than man’s wisdom.
Now we can find time to meditate on the way the world is evolving and the way we want to go in this world. We should consider taking time to investigate the matters of life and the way we want to go. Do we want to cling to the materialistic world or rather cling to Him Who gives life and surrender to His will than rely on our limited perception of life. {3}
Summertime is an ideal time to reflect if we in our lives, our works or even our conversation, could shine and bring blissful rays over unto others. It is a good period to question ourselves and to check if we managed to bring honour to God throughout the previous year. It is time to reflect if we have not failed to do the Will of God. {4}
When we do what God desires, we will naturally Glorify Our Lord and Our Friend, which will bring honor to The Father. {4}
To be able to do what God desires from us, we should get to know what He really wants. We should take time to find that out. Now in Summer, when we do not have to go to work, we can use the free time to take some moments to read in the Bible. The extra free time should not only give us opportunity to see other places, travelling to widen our horizon, but also to educate ourselves.
Going other places, meeting different people, we should make use of the free time to enlarge our knowledge about others and about God. It is also time to show others the right attitude of a Christian and to let them feel and see that we are Children of God.
Let everything we do brings honor to His Name. {4}
Looking at all the marvellous things we can encounter on our voyage or on our Summer-holiday we can see the Hand of God in all of this. then we also should take some time to thank Him for all this, we can enjoy.
The walk of faith is not a journey of those who have it all together. (One might suggest that too often, we have acted otherwise.) {5}
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Notes + elements discussed in other writings:
{1} The Faith Life (Part 4: Faith’s Direction and Location)
{2} An Invitation into the Future
{4} Reflective Moment “Glory To Our King’
{5} Column: Giving words to our prayers
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Additional readings:
- Relapse plan
- Making time for prayer in Summerholiday
- Holiday tolerance
- A tongue to speak slowly and well-considered
- Humility and the Fear of the Lord
- Wisdom lies deep
- Looking for something or for the Truth and what it might be and self-awareness
- Not able to make contact with God because to busy
- A question to be posed
- A Living Faith #2 State of your faith
- Actions to be a reflection of openness of heart
- Growth in character
- Those who make peace should plant peace like a seed
- How to Find the Meaning of Life and Reach a State of Peace
- Appointed to be read
- Bric-a-brac of the Bible
- Glory of only One God Who gives His Word
- Bible, helmet of health, salvation and sword of the spirit
- We should use the Bible every day
- Feed Your Faith Daily
- A Bible Falling Apart Belongs to Someone who isn’t
- Truth never plays false roles of any kind, which is why people are so surprised when meeting it
- The truth is very plain to see and God can be clearly seen
- The manager and Word of God
- Scripture alone Sola Scriptora
- Even in tough times remembering the blessings
- Get up in the morning and pray for the Lord’s blessings
- Aim High: Examples of Godly Characters to follow
- Happy who’s delight is only in the law of Jehovah
- Youth has difficulty Bible Reading
- Be an Encourager
- An ecclesia in your neighbourhood
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- The Origin and Purpose of the Bible (dailybibleplan.com)
- Fear what is it good for? (activeinspiration.wordpress.com)
- Tuesday’s Sound Off (pottsmerc.com)
- The Faith Life (Part 4: Faith’s Direction and Location) (theeyesoffaith.wordpress.com)
- Things we say as Christians. And why it’s imperative that we stop. (chrismartinwrites.com)
- God’s Touch (franciscanflowers.wordpress.com)
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