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Ingredients in our personal care products, cosmetics, foods, water, indoor air and building materials are also dangerous to our health. How to be a safe shopper.
Sold, recycled, donated and discarded computers, PDAs and cell phones can contain recoverable private data even after a delete, format or reset. How to securely erase your data.
Are popularity, accomplishment, recognition, respect, wealth, power, fame, even religion not cutting it? Have you tried all the world’s got to offer and in doing so come up empty and unsatisfied? Feel like there's nowhere to turn? How to make your life explode with relevance.
Was Jesus just a man who married Mary Magdalene? Has the church been hiding information from us for years about Jesus? Don't decide too quickly. Examine the evidence first.
Think conclusive cases can't be made for the Bible and Jesus' claim to be the God/Man Messiah? You'd be surprised. The overwhelming mountain of factual, historical evidence is too compelling, too convincing to be ignored.
''We are living in very interesting times. Too many people are confused about what the Bible says about the future, and a lot of that has to do with confusion about Israel.'' Learn more.
If an angel or a loved one who has died appears or speaks to you, don't automatically assume it's a good angel or your loved one. Here's why.
Don't automatically assume the growing fascination with Harry Potter, witches, wicca and the occult is harmless either. Explore these controversial topics.
Don't automatically assume that New Age / New Spirituality concepts and the alternative / holistic therapies and media influenced by them are harmless. Learn more.
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As you know all too well, life can be very emotionally painful. You need only live or listen to someone else's experience to be reminded of that.
And you never know when your life could become so emotionally painful that either you might try to end it or your body might give out and you could die from a deadly disease or broken heart caused by the stress that emotional pain creates. Don't believe the second or third scenario is possible or likely?
Research done at the University of London and the work of Dr. Hans Eysneck, suggest that unresolved emotional issues are six times more predictive of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes than is a poor diet or lack of exercise.
And when you suffer extreme or overwhelming emotional stress a very real, potentially fatal disorder known as broken heart syndrome can develop.
So you need to get emotionally healthy if you want to avoid that. But even if your life never gets to that point, I may not need to tell you how unbearable all that emotional pain can be.
If you have a negative image of God, such as seeing Him as a tyrant, or have thoughts, feelings and behaviors which have kept you bound in fear, anger, sadness, or feelings of worthlessness, it's possible you suffered trauma or abuse in some way as a child, while your mind was developing.
If as a child you were abused, knowingly or unknowingly by abusive, dysfunctional people - and you may not be aware that you were...
...that abuse damaged your developing mind and character in such a way that you now react to stressful situations and behaviors with the unhealthy emotions you had as a wounded, abused child and maybe also one or more addictions or mental disorders, instead of responding with the emotions of a mature, healthy adult.
Whether your mind and character were damaged by trauma; abuse as a child, teen or adult; your parents' - especially your mother's - dysfunctional behaviors, negative emotions and stress while you were growing in her womb; or by such things your grandparents, great-grandparents or earlier ancestors tainted your genes with (we all inherited these tainted genes, unfortunately, some more tainted than others)...
...always putting off dealing with the damage till tomorrow, or ignoring it, will keep you from getting and staying emotionally, physically and spiritually healthy, and cause you to miss out on a truly wonderful, happy and satisfying life you can experience and enjoy.
But I believe humanistic therapy programs are at best unhelpful, and at worst very damaging. Even 12-step programs, I believe, do not achieve as complete healing as is needed.
Are you sure you want to keep living with the kinds of emotional pain that are unnecessary and avoidable?
If you want true and complete healing, first attend or buy the research-based, Bible-supported weekend seminar ''Binding the Wounds'' on DVD by internationally respected counselors Drs. Ron and Nancy Rockey, to learn the four primary steps which are necessary to bring emotional and spiritual recovery and victory, and to educate yourself about what behaviors constitute abuse.
Then, if you were traumatized or abused, I strongly encourage you to attend or buy the 22-week ''Binding the Wounds'' follow-up recovery program on DVD (also research-based and Bible-supported and the precursor to The Journey seminar)...
...or for more in-depth information, attend or buy all 4 segments of The Journey, their main seminar)...
...deal with the damage to your mind and character caused by trauma, knowingly or unknowingly abusive, dysfunctional parents, teachers, ministers / clergy, friends, co-workers, strangers, etc., or tainted genes...
...and get freed from those thoughts, feelings and behaviors which have kept you bound in fear, anger, sadness, or feelings of worthlessness. If you're teachable, you're fixable!
Affluenza, n. ''a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.'' - John de Graaf
Affluenza, n. 1. ''The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses.'' 2. ''An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by the American Dream.'' 3. ''An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.'' - PBS
Get spiritually healthy. It'll help get you emotionally healthy like nothing else - except a research-based, Bible-supported recovery program - can, because only having God in your heart and life can take away that emptiness, that restlessness you still feel, even with typical recovery programs. Unless you give God first place your life, you'll never feel fully satisfied, complete or at peace.
Read these important books to learn how significantly our emotions are affected by what we eat, think, read, watch, and do,: skip
START NEW Basic Training (over 30 hours of health, nutrition and spiritual presentations and exercise and cooking demonstrations by Dr. Neil Goodman and his team - ''Based on thousands of scientific studies, doctors find that START NEW is your best medicine to prevent, reverse and cure many chronic lifestyle diseases.'')
START NEW Basic Training (over 30 hours of health, nutrition and spiritual presentations and exercise and cooking demonstrations by Dr. Neil Goodman and his team - ''Based on thousands of scientific studies, doctors find that START NEW is your best medicine to prevent, reverse and cure many chronic lifestyle diseases.'')
Book: ''CharcoalRemedies.com'' (recommended by Agatha M. Thrash, MD, co-founder of Uchee Pines Institute and Medical Examiner for the State of Georgia) skip
Seriously consider avoiding browned food, refined grains and moderately and highly-refined sweeteners(1) and use minimally-refined ''natural'' sweeteners(2) sparingly. skip
1. White and Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, High-fructose Corn Syrup, etc.
In spite of what you may have heard, science has shown our bodies and minds need a significant amount of carbs, as well as low body fat, to be healthy.
And as strange as it may seem, this diet allows you to eat a moderate or even large amount of carbs (twice a week when losing weight and 3 or 4 times a week when maintaining your weight, in addition to the daily low carb amount) while also telling your body's powerful hormones to burn fat naturally and healthfully, as long as you go with a vegetarian protein source. Learn why you should seriously consider avoiding red and white meat.
The book contains 1,700 pinpoint references to the world's leading medical and scientific journals, and has received ringing endorsements from health and fitness experts.
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2. ...life can be short. We need only listen to the news or lose a loved one to be painfully reminded of that. We never know when our lives might end, so always putting off getting right with God till tomorrow could cost you an eternity of wonderful, blissful happiness that God wants very much for you to experience and enjoy.
Are you willing to take that risk? Because behaving badly won't be what'll cause some to lose out on eternity with God. It'll be failing to chose God rather than self. Not just once in their life, but every day. And eternity wouldn't be the same without you. So please, PLEASE get right with God now, while you still can.
Or take one of the Bible courses on my Christian Links page to learn about God, then when you've completed the Bible course, give your heart, mind and life to God that same day. Don't put it off. Do it that same day, while you still can. Believe me. You won't regret it.
In fact, depending on your childhood and your present situation, if you've been carrying around a heavy burden, you just may feel it go away and feel a deep sense of peace in its place, and enjoy getting to know the most wonderful, loving Person in the universe.
But even if you don't experience that right away, and need to deal first with the damage caused by trauma, abuse or genes tainted by your ancestors' dysfunctional behavior, negative emotions and stress, if you're teachable, you will eventually!
Note: There are some things you need to know before studying the Bible. (To take a Bible course, click on ''What does the Bible say about...?'' and on ''What does Bible Prophecy say about your future?'')
Then find and join a group of fellow, fallible, human Christians to worship God with, who's beliefs are based on the Bible, instead of the traditions of well-meaning, but misguided men, and who are committed and active in applying God's biblical truths in their daily lives.
Then, to let your community know you've made the decision to leave your old life behind and start a new life with God, get baptized. Do you have to be perfect to be baptized? No, but you do have to be committed to doing God's will for baptism to be meaningful.
Baptism's absence in the second part of Mark 16:16 shows that only faith that causes us to be committed to doing God's will is necessary for salvation. But its inclusion with faith in John 3:5 and the first part of Mark 16:16 shows that such a faith will - barring special circumstances, like the thief on the cross, that make it impossible - cause all who have it to get baptized to show their commitment to doing God's will.
Never forget that your fellow Christians aren't perfect! If we were, we wouldn't need God to love others unconditionally, including our enemies, or to live forever with Him! There are too many people, unfortunately, who have chosen to not have anything to do with God because of how they've seen or heard so-called Christians act.
Don't let yourself be one of them. Don't judge God by His followers. Give Him a real, honest chance.
Study the Bible every morning for the rest of your life. That's right. Don't just read it. Instead, study it to learn more about God, to help you learn right from wrong, to give you the power to resist the temptation to do wrong (in thought as well as in act), to replace your conditional love-prone character with God's unconditional love-filled character, and to keep your heart and mind close to God.
Some of the Bible's truths are easy to find, but many aren't. Search for its hidden truths as you would dig for hidden treasure.
Give your heart and life to God each day. Talk to Him in prayer as you would to your best friend, and share with Him all your joys, your sorrows, your worries and concerns.
Every month, give back to God the 10 percent of your income, the tithe, that belongs to Him. It's needed to spread the good news of Jesus' free and infinite gift, and to warn people before they lose out on eternity.
God will richly bless you in doing so. Sometimes in income, and at least in ever-increasing peace and happiness. In fact, test God and see if He doesn't bless you even more after giving Him more than 10 percent of your income in tithe, not counting your offering.
To the extent God has blessed you, give accordingly in both tithe and offering when the offering plate is passed to you in church, or by mail if you're unable to attend. skip
As you learn about God in your study of the Bible and in your personal life, tell others daily, if you can, what you've learned, being very careful to do it in a loving, tactful way, instead of forcing it on them and threatening them with hell if they don't want to listen.
After all, people will always judge God by our behavior, whether we like it or not, and you don't want to turn them off, if you can help it, about God and make them lose the opportunity to learn what God has done for you.
In the mean time, watch what you eat, drink, read, watch and listen to. Even what you think, say and do, and who you hang out with. They all have a powerful effect on your ability to stay faithful to your relationship with God.
That's right. Building a relationship with God, staying faithful to Him instead of yourself, and securing eternal life with Him won't be a walk in the park. Unlike what some Christians believe, it won't be just a matter of ''getting saved.'' It'll take work and dedication, as any relationship does, but such effort will be infinitely rewarding, and will be do-able (possible) if you deal with the damage caused by dysfunctional parents, teachers, ministers / clergy, friends, co-workers, strangers, etc., if you've suffered such damage;
and keep an eye...
1) on the reward that's waiting for us if we do what it takes to stay faithful to God;
2) on the nature of the amazing sacrifice made 2000 years ago by our infinitely loving Savior, who's waiting eagerly to give all of us our reward, if we'll accept His amazing sacrifice for us and give Him our hearts, minds and lives;
3) on how completely powerless His sacrifice shows us to be in earning eternal life on our own, and in doing even one good deed, without our Savior's grace, thereby revealing how completely dependent we are on Him for developing a truly selfless character and securing eternal life; and...
4) on the true nature of our Savior, who took an infinite risk and paid an infinite price for our eternal destiny, and who STILL would've taken that risk and paid that price even if you were the only person on Earth.
Test God and see if He isn't all that you want Him to be and more, and if He won't indeed give you everything you really need to be truly happy, and do whatever it takes to help you develop a selfless, unconditionally loving, Christlike character and ultimately gain eternal life someday very soon.
Just remember that without daily Bible study and prayer and sharing with others what you've learned about God, your relationship with God will eventually wither and die. So spend time with Him every morning, and get to know the most wonderful, loving, forgiving and merciful Person you'll ever know.
Do these things faithfully every day, and your life will never be the same again. You'll fall in love with our real God, the God who loves us unconditionally and is eager to forgive us and restore us to health, happiness and deep, lasting peace. skip
Most, if not all Internet filters now come with a tamper-proof computer shutdown feature. If yours doesn't, the following solutions allow you to control when and how much time you spend or your child spends on the computer. (if it's for you, you'll need to set a password you can't remember and not save it)
PC Moderator (hardware for desktop computers only - not for laptops)
DansGuardian (a free, award-winning filter for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris - can work in a whitelist mode where all sites except those listed are blocked and filter sites using the PICS labeling system)
Windows Live OneCare's Family Safety Beta (in the final release you'll have the ability to approve or deny who can talk to your children on IM and e-mail and view blogs)
DansGuardian (a free, award-winning filter for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris - can work in a whitelist mode where all sites except those listed are blocked and filter sites using the PICS labeling system)
''Start your kid[s]' Web exploration off on the right foot with Safari Parental Controls. Specify exactly which Web Sites your children access by bookmarking only those sites on the Safari Bookmarks Bar. With Safari Parental Controls enabled, your kid[s] browse only the sites on the Bookmarks Bar.'' - Apple Computer, Inc.
Happy Choices (teaches children cognitive and motor skills, good manners, diet, decision making, encourages good family values and includes a 10-page learning booklet)
''The American dating system is making kids [and adults] hurt. The time has come for Christians to look for alternatives to our present dating system. Christians ought to invent and promote a new style of dating.'' - Tony Campolo
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