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Jun 30 2022

What are some Healthy Addictions for Christians?

There are plenty of options for addiction recovery in the Bible. God gave us everything we need to live a life of victory in Him. We can overcome our addictions, sins and bad habits through the power of the Holy Spirit.

With all of the questions surrounding addiction today, it can seem difficult to find an answer. The answers may not be perfect, but with a little reading, it can be found in the bible. The bible holds many truths about the subject of addiction, including healthy addictions, unhealthy addictions, and addictions that can have lasting effects.

It’s easy to get lost in the world of addiction, but God promises to make a way out for every person who suffers. Addiction doesn’t have to control your life. With Christ, you can break the habit and find freedom.

Prayer can be a Good Addiction For Believers

Prayer is a spiritual addiction for some, and for others it’s a source of renewed strength. Some people pray daily, while others only pray when they feel they need it. Prayer can be many things to many people. It can be a powerful meditative state, a place to confess and repent, or it can be just a way to talk to God.

People can be addicted to many things, including food, alcohol, video games, or even shopping. But what most people don’t realize is that some people are addicted to prayer. Prayer, which is the act of communicating with God, can be an addiction, especially if you’re doing it all the time or simply turning in prayer whenever something doesn’t go your way.

People pray for a variety of reasons, but prayer can (and should) be more than just a habit. Praying regularly can help you maintain control of your thoughts, emotions, and actions. It can also have a positive effect on your health, relationships, finances, and other aspects of your life. And, most importantly, prayer can strengthen your relationship with your Creator and His promises.

Read Bible Daily

Reading the Bible every day is a great way to deepen your relationship with God. The Bible is God’s Word, inspired by Him. It contains prophecies about future events. It helps heal our wounds. It gives us hope when we are feeling down.

The Bible’s importance is no secret; it’s the best-selling book of all time, and it’s believed by many Christians to be the literal word of God. The Bible is a source of wisdom, direction, and instruction. With so many resources available, it’s easier than ever to find the verses that speak to you, and to read the Bible daily.

Listening to Christian Podcasts

Listening to Christian podcasts is a great way to gain access to hours of spiritual learning in just minutes. By downloading your favorite podcast, you can listen during your daily commute to work, on your lunch break, or while you’re working out. Christian podcasts come from many different denominations, and many of them include guests from different backgrounds to talk about their relationship with God.

Podcasts are a popular form of audio entertainment, typically hosted on websites or apps. While podcasts were once created to serve only a niche audience—people who liked to listen to audio content from a computer or mobile device—today, podcasts are growing in popularity. They’re especially popular among those who are religious, content with a broad selection of religious podcasts available which cater to all denominations of Christianity.

Listen to Sermons Online

The idea of watching a sermon online isn’t exactly new, but it’s gaining popularity with religious groups. Besides being able to listen at your own convenience, it allows listeners to tune into sermons from local churches, while those who can’t make it to church for any reason can still tune in. Online sermons are convenient

Sermons are powerful. They connect us with the Bible and with people who share our faith. They help us hear God’s voice through preaching and song. But we can’t always make it to Sunday mornings to hear them. That’s why, with the simple click of a mouse, you can listen to sermons online whenever it is convenient for you. Free from distractions, you can focus solely on the words of the speaker and the message of God’s Word. However, going to Church is as important as your food.

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Feb 10 2022

When to Choose a Life Coach?

You may be at a stage in your life when you’re considering looking for help with something specific in your life, but the big question is whether you need a life coach or would a counsellor be a better option.

Of course, the decision is a deeply personal one, but it’s also important for you to understand the differences between them both, as well as how each will benefit your life journey.

While it is worth spending time digging into the pros and cons of each, it may be more worthwhile considering the following analogy to help you decide.

If you were looking to climb Mount Everest, and you could only take one person with you, who would it be? Would you choose someone who would ensure you’re in the right physical condition to climb the mountain, looking at past medical history and previous injuries? Or would you rather have your own version of Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who supported and guided Edmund Hillary to conquer Everest, and saved his life?

See the roles have similarities, but the work and the way the sessions are structured differ greatly. It’s not that one is more valuable than another, but one might be better suited for a particular situation.

For both professions, they work to move clients forward, making positive changes in their lives. Therapists/counselors will do this through diagnosis and treatment, very much from a healthcare perspective, and look for a particular result in mind. Often that result is the stop to a certain behavior.

For a life coach, there is little focus on the past and behaviors associated with the past. Instead, it’s about moving people forward in small steps in a short period of time.

That time element is another area where the professions differ. A counselor may need many sessions to ‘unpick’ the past, whereas life coaching sessions usually only last a few sessions if it’s a simple issue to resolve.

So what kind of guidance can a life coach offer?

Clarify to achieve goals
Creation of business plans
Ways to improve communication
Working to break free of financial restrictions
Help to achieve a good work/life balance
Help when stuck in growing a business
Help with limiting self-beliefs
Increase motivation
Learn a new skill
Identify, set, and achieve new habits and goals

However, a counselor may be better suited where there are:

Past emotional or physical traumas
Broken relationships
Struggles with depression or mental health issues
Problems with abandonment or attachment
Coping with bereavement whether through death or divorce

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Both professions will have great tools to help you.

The bottom line is that counseling therapy is for the past, whilst coaching is for the future. How you carve that up is up to you.

About the Author: Gordon Hall is a trained Christian life coach and a church pastor in the north of England. Find out more at https://christianlifecoach.co.uk.

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Jan 11 2022

The Miracle Wall in Inglewood is Proof that Jesus is Still Doing Miracles

Writer: Dr. Barbara Reynolds

The Miracle Wall in Inglewood is helping people from all faiths to celebrate the miracles of Jesus Christ. It is creating hope and excitement during this New Year. The Faces of Jesus, are a strong incredible reminder of the nearness of Jesus Christ. He is still working miracles in the lives of the brokenhearted, hungry, hopeless and believers looking for a closer relationship with God. Thousands have witnessed the sacred images on the Miracle Wall in person or through social media and network broadcasts.

Dr. Jynona Norwood, inspiring preacher and devoted pastor of FAITH I AM, has served Inglewood and surrounding areas for half a century. Dr. Norwood’s obedience and faithfulness is a testament to her church being chosen for this once in a life- time experience. The Miracle Wall website has drawn people from all walks of life to FAITH I AM resulting in believers labeling it a sacred place where they feel the presence of God and people are reporting experiencing life-changing miracles that only Jesus Christ could provide.

Mr. J.J. Ware showed Pastor Norwood the miracle visions on the wall, however she paid him no attention. Two years later Ms. Charlotte Browning came forward and showed her two faces of Jesus which had appeared on items in the sanctuary. Since then, scores of images of Biblical figures including the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus The Christ continue to supernaturally multiply on the walls, vents, and chairs of FAITH I AM.

To date, many individuals, including those who have achieved notoriety in Christian networks, entertainment and the sports world have drawn near to The Miracle Wall. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Ramon Sanchez, Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg, Dick Gregory, Dr. Albert Sampson, Ray Charles Jr., Rev. Robert Robinson, Della Robinson, Beverlee Dean, and Dignitaries are a few who have been impacted by God’s presence. Consider that Christ could have chosen to be incarnated within the palaces of Kings or wealthy elites of His day, he chose a teenage girl from Nazareth, a place where many have erroneously avowed that nothing good could come out of such a place, just like some have wrongly predicted that about Inglewood.

Those who want to experience the blessings of the Miracle Wall and its inspirational compelling hope are invited to witness the testimonials, attend virtual services this season and all year round on Facebook, Jynona Norwood page. You can visit her website for updated news on the Handwriting of God appearing in the 21st Century.

www.THEMIRACLEWALL.org

Mark 16:14

14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table, and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

This article is originally published on Christian Marketing Experts.

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Dec 20 2021

Missionary Trip to Dubai

Dubai is a city that focuses more on business and economic activity. However, when Lord Jesus called me to go to Dubai, I heard, “I will guide you more once you are there.” I was surprised that Lord wants me to travel to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates while leaving my family behind and home church in Lahore, Pakistan.

Walking in faith, I waited for the arrangements of VISA, ticket, and accommodation.

The Lord surprised me with softening the hearts of many brothers and sisters in my small home-based church and ministry in Pakistan, Second Adam Church, and Ministries. I got funds from my local congregation and other brothers and sisters in my circle for traveling.

The process was too fast, and I traveled to Dubai within four weeks of the calling from the Holy Spirit.

Before five days of traveling I was preaching in a family with the following reference:

1- Samuel 17- 17-29

Where Jesse is asking his son David to take this food and go to the battlefield and find out the conditions of your brothers there, give them this food and take back a sign from there and report me.

When I was reading this reference, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Did you notice something about this, Usman?”

I asked the Holy Spirit what?

“The Lord said to me, Jesse has asked his son David to care for brothers on the battlefield but I had asked you to travel to Dubai and find brothers there who are in the spiritual warfare — fighting with hard earning conditions, living in an unhygienic environment without caring for their health, required to work extra hours and many others devils stopping them from going into Sunday fellowship and Bible studies.

And David was unaware how he will face Goliath there but I am sending you with the full awareness that you have to fight with dark forces of the devil there. Your Christian brothers and sisters are in great need, so get ready and support with your full heart and the resources I will provide you.

I gave victory to David because he trusted me and had no fear for Goliath and I will give you the same victory if you fearlessly walk in faith similarly David did for me.”

Dear brothers and sisters, I am here in Dubai now, and I am living in labor rooms or low-rate apartments to experience the life of brothers living in poverty and struggling here. I want to help them in seeing the truth+order+love, how they can learn the Word of God and trust in Jesus more than anything instead of working for low-paying jobs and missing the Sunday fellowship or weekly Bible studies. They can get a small business or good jobs if they show faith in Jesus. We will show them how. Also, we will show them how to spare time for Bible study and how personal prayer connections and reading the Word of God can open the eyes of their hearts and can lead them to a better life in Christ Jesus.

But I need support from brothers and sisters from all around the world who have compassion and love for these struggling Christians here who do not know how to break the chain of the enemies and receive the salvation of Lord Jesus Christ.

Donate to the following PayPal ID:usman40@gmail.com today. I believe the Lord will open the heavenly floodgates of blessings for those helping these stuck brothers and sisters who are helpless and do not know what to do.

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Oct 19 2021

Five Ways to Build up a Habit of Reading the Bible Daily

Are you interested in building your habit of reading the Bible every day? Probably the most common question we get from people who want to follow God’s will and read His Word. The Bible is an important book for every Christian, and it’s worth making time to read it daily.

It seems like the Bible is everywhere these days, but still, people are saying “I don’t read it often enough,” or “I only read the Bible on holidays.” That’s fine, but there are still many ways to get into a habit of reading the Bible daily.

It’s time to practice one of the most important habits that can make or break our success for eternity. Don’t you want to make sure you are reading the Word of God daily? For this reason, we’ve put together 7 tips to help you build up a habit of reading it daily.

1. Pray for a hunger for God’s Word

Today is a special day: we’re celebrating the Word of God. Today we’re talking about reading the Bible. Whether you read it once a week or once a year, the Bible is a book that’s important for all Christians. It’s a book that affects us in all aspects of our lives, and it’s a book that we need to read. But, even with all its power and influence, reading the Bible is not easy. The Bible is the word of God, and it can be very confusing. We have to have a hunger for God’s word to be able to read it. We have to have a hunger for God’s word so that we can understand it.

2. Set a specific time

One of the most important things in your daily routine is your time management. It is very important to ensure that you have a specific time for reading the scriptures. You have to have the habit in your daily routine to have the time in your schedule to read the scriptures.

3. Read consecutively

One of the most popular Christian traditions is the act of reading the Bible, or at least part of it, each day. It is said that this helps you grow deeper spiritual knowledge. Start with one passage at a time. You will start noticing changes in your life. If you are willing to give it a shot, you can discover how much better you will be able to interpret the Bible’s words and make sense of them.

4. Turn your heart to the Lord

Every time we read the Word of God, it’s good to first turn focus and our heart to our Lord Jesus Christ. Before you start reading the Bible, make a little prayer and ask for guidance from God to help you better understand whatever you’re going to read in the Bible. Praying a short prayer at the start will help you understand what the Lord would like to speak to us through His Word.

5. Guard against distractions

Finding your place in life is all about balance. Some people need to read their scriptures daily, while others don’t need to read their scriptures every day. Some need to be in church on Sunday, while others can not stand to be in church on Sunday. Some need to work on Sunday, while others need to rest on Sunday. The point is that while the balance is important, it is not always possible or desirable to have a balance while reading the scriptures every day.

So, whenever you sit to read the bible and make your connection with Lord, make sure you put your phone on silent, tell everybody not to disturb you, and focus fully on the Word of God.

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