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If you are wondering why Americans live shorter lives than 48 other nations, one reason is the extra chemicals in our food.

LaWanda – O Jesus, Alleluia, I give all praise to you, Lord.  How you have blessed me.  How deep, intimate and far-reaching is your love.  There is nothing outside of it, Lord.  Precious Jesus, thank you for your word that tells me of your endless love, that transcends our understanding, of this extravagant love that you pour into us until we are filled to overflowing.  Thank you, Jesus.  Thank you, precious Lord.

Goals are good to have, right? We've certainly been taught that. But what if everything we thought we knew about goal setting was wrong?

Last month I was invited to speak at an event in Palm Springs, California. It was a training conference for a company with products that utilize energetic frequencies to strengthen your biofield and improve your health and wellness.

From Mark: Look for an awesome, inspirational blog on Saturday morning which I will re-post from my daughter, Charity. You need encouragement to get your emotions lifted higher? This WILL do it!

From Cathy: Lord, show me the areas of my heart that are wounded and which You would like to heal. Do I have a fullness of faith, hope and love concerning: Day 5 - My work:

Do you like quick and easy results? I offer you the promise of transformation, but I do not promise that it will be quick or easy. Is this something you want? Are you as interested if you know going into it that it is a long and difficult process? How much of your identity can you put up for grabs at any one time? Five percent? Are you willing to stay with it for the duration? Consider my love for you and the magnitude of my investment in making this promise. Are you convinced it is available because you have seen people in whom the change is a reality?

Are you an evangelical? This implies evangelism, and this is the commission of every believer whether they identify as an evangelical or not. Can you be an evangelist and remain in church? Hopefully the people in your church are not in need of an evangelist. This implies that you must go forth bearing the good news of the gospel to those who have not yet received it. And so the Great Commission begins with the word ‘go’. Where will you go? You may not have to travel to distant lands.

Is there a default faith? Atheists would claim it as theirs, for they reject all belief systems. The flaw in this argument is that they are making an affirmative claim for a negative assertion. The rules of reason and logic reject this, because it isn’t possible to prove a negative. A more accurate description of a default faith would be that of one who is seeking, because they do not claim to know. In the absence of a fixed belief they are in a position to examine and consider anything they find. Do you find this concept in the Bible? Seek and you will find.

Are you an apostle? Do you know any? Apostles are rare, and there are only a few who hold this title and office. But even if you don’t you can act like an apostle. Are you willing to be regarded last behind everyone else? Are you willing to be a spectacle unto God, and unto angels, and unto men? If you are cursed do you bless and if you are defamed do you entreat? Is an apostle the highest office? Yet I said that he who was chief among you should be the servant of all. This was not addressed specifically to apostles, but to all my followers.

I was Jewish as were my disciples, but most of my ministry was performed as an outsider. I found much to criticize in the practice of Judaism at the time, and my followers founded a new and distinct faith. Is there a progression in organizations that start out fresh and vibrant and become rigid structures? The Christian Church has been around for hundreds of years now. How true is it, would you say, to the founding vision? In Revelation I spoke to seven churches some of which were already in need of correction, and much time has passed since then.