Silver

Isn’t it ironic that seeking riches, honor and other forms of ego gratification to achieve happiness becomes an insurmountable barrier to the source of true joy and instead becomes the source of our sorrows? If we accepted that up front the devil could not use it to block our spiritual path. That is why the [...]

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The Temple of Solomon

As we seek to build our spiritual consciousness, let us be ever mindful that each of us must choose their own path to God. Every soul must seek its own way and build their own unique relationship with God. It is the prayer of this writer that these morning thoughts, might in some way assist [...]

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Insufficiency of Knowledge

All the knowledge and wisdom that mankind possesses today will be dwarfed by what we will know in the future. This is good, but it brings into perspective why we can’t depend on our knowledge alone. God possesses all knowledge and wisdom and even when we come to know all we are able to discern, [...]

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Great Possessions

Each day we must weigh our actions and priorities in light of their impact on our relationship with God and our communion with him. We should ask ourselves, “Is all we value worth the peace and joy that comes with obeying God’s will in our lives”? Which of our our possessions or habits separate us from God? [...]

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Truth Demonstrated

Once we accept the truth, how can we demonstrate it in our lives when our senses and the entire environment seems to contradict it? We must have enough faith in what we know to act it out in our daily lives. We must act as though it is true, take the leap of faith and [...]

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The Purpose of the Bible

The creator of the universe has given us, in the bible, the instruction manual for achieving everlasting life with him and Eden in this earthly life. He has also given us the responsibility to follow the manual. When we follow it faithfully to the best of our understanding, we become agents of the ultimate authority [...]

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A Basic Miracle

Belief or faith is a key that unlocks the door to effective prayer. Effective prayer is the door through which we can enter a change of consciousness. The change of consciousness is the garden or “secret place” in which we abide with God. It is in this garden that God makes his infinite power available to [...]

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Miracles

Many times our rational intellect and senses create barriers to believing in miracles or even God himself. That would be OK if our senses experienced all things, our minds knew all things and we could perceive all things. We can’t. There is much more we don’t understand and can’t perceive in the universe than that which we can [...]

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Letter or Spirit?

Jesus’ teaching on this subject endows us with tremendous freedom and undeniable responsibility. While lifting the tradition of outer behavior, he lays on us the requirement of right thinking and feeling. So we must not only do the right thing, we must do it with the right heart and for the right reason. It is [...]

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Jesus’ Teaching

If all those who find themselves unable to accept the existence of God would study Jesus’ teachings and apply his lessons and wisdom to their lives for even one week, I believe they would be unable to remain in their unbelief. Seeing is believing.
In Belief,
Z Gardener
Jesus’ Teaching

            Jesus explains what the nature of God is, and what our [...]

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