My Sunday School Lesson Bible Reading for the week of 3/31/2013 is coming from The Book of Luke and The Book of Isaiah.
Monday – 3/25/2013 – The Trial before Pilate – Luke 23:13-25
The Last Hours (Luke 22:14-23:56) …. The Second trial before Pilate (Luke 23:13-25)
Tuesday – 3/26/2013 – The Crucifixion of Jesus/Yeshua – Luke 23:32-38 …. The way to Calvary (Luke 23:26-32) …. The Crucifixion (Luke 23:33-49)
Wednesday – 3/27/2013 – The Death of Jesus/Yeshua – Luke 23:44-49 … The Crucifixion (Luke 23:33-49)
Thursday – 3/28/2013 – The Burial of Jesus/Yeshua – Luke 23:50-56 ….. The burial (Luke 23:50-56)
Friday – 3/29/2013 – The Messiah’s Suffering – Isaiah 53:3-9 …. The Return of the Exiles (Isaiah 40:1-66:24) ….. God’s Servant: His Suffering & Triumph (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
Saturday – 3/30/2013 – Discovery of the Empty Tomb – Luke 24:1-12 …. Resurrection & Ascension (Luke 24:1-12)
Sunday – 3/31/2013 – The Lord Has Risen – Luke 24:13-21,28-35 …… The Walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:”13-25)
Luke was a Gentile and a physician, very dear to the apostle Paul. He was the apostle Paul fellow worker in spreading the faith and his attendant in both his Roman imprisonment. Luke was probably a Syrian of Antioch, and may have been converted by St. Paul.
St. Luke wrote for the whole world, whether Jew or Gentile, but especially for Greeks, as Matthew for Jews, and Mark for Romans.
The last days, passion, resurrection, and ascension (Luke 20:1-24::53)
Isaiah received the prophetic call in the last year of King Uzziah’s reign (Isaiah 6:1), and prophesied during the reigns of the following three kings: Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1).
Isaiah Chapters 40-66 …. restoration of Israel from Babylon.
Isaiah Chapters 49-53 … the prophecy of the servant of Jehovah, His Sufferings & Glory. Isaiah 49-57 tells us of the personal Messiah.
Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible & Zondervan Bible Commentary
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Fifth Wave ... Book Review
I am highly elated that I was contacted to review this book.
Mobile internet could alter life as we know it, society, and commerce.
According to The Book of Daniel, Proverbs, &The Abrahamic Convenant it is that infomation will increase and the transfer of revenues/wealth.......In 2012 around July I did a study on the Abrahamic Covenant from my home on The Abrahamic Convenant & Abrahamic Blessings /Provision & Wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just ........... the only reason why I haven't wrote about it was because I was placed in a discipleship class at my Church
Mobile internet could have the real potential to create a universal market of six billion users generating $2.5 trillion annually in economic value, how it will change lives, create wealth, destroy more businesses, and could upend more political systems that any force in history.
Robert Marcus and Collins Hemingway are the authors of this book.
Robert Marcus is the Chairman and CEO of QuatumWave Capital, which is a global investment banking boutique specialized in early-stage mobile internet M&A. He also built a public company to a half-billion dollar valuation, co-founded three successful start-ups, and led a turnaround, generating two IPOs.
Collins Hemingway is best known for partnering with Microsoft Bill Gates to co-author the #1 best-selling book Business the Speed of Though. Collins is a tech sector expert. He has founded and worked for startups, an served as director in Microsoft's fastest-growing division. He is a marketing and business consultant, and has written books on retail branding and strategy, ethical and leadership principles, and on cognitive fitness. He lectures regularly on leadership and the future of technology.
In the Third Wave of computing, Microsoft turned out three billionaires and more than 12,000 millionaires; Apple turned out one billionaire and another thousand millionaires. In the Fourth Wave, Google produced two billionaires and a thousand millionaires, and Facebook's public offering will create another billionaire or two and about 700 more millionaires. Together the Third and Fourth computing waves likely have produced 100,000 people who became millionaires or better. The Fifth Wave is likely to produce many more - app stores alone are producing millionaires from downloads of $1 and $2 mobile applications. The Fifth Wave will be a machine of great wealth.
Consider how much more amendable the meetings might be if the identifies are fully developed via Mobile Presence. It couldn't guarantee personal chemistry, because sometimes the fun is in the differences; but it could rule out certain attributes that are unacceptable and select for others that are deemed essential, all based on a much fuller profile of each person.
For advertisers, marketers, and content and service providers, Mobile Presence enables the distribution and consumption of information, media, and services with unprecedented relevance. With Mobile Presence, advertisers will have very precise demographic and geographic information about potential customers.
With high response rates, more companies will advertise, particularly small ones that previously lacked the confidence to. Many more firms will advertise if the opportunity is great and the risk is zero. Local merchants also will benefit from the instantaneous and hyperlocal nature of commerce.
Partnerships among travel companies, media outlets, and other information providers will boom because meaningful information can be directly tied to time and location.
Other techniques are important, but Mobile Presence is the future. The opportunity is not in any one element of Mobile Presence alone but in the combination of all four - identity, security, geospatial, and social.
Mobile Presence is the force that will account for most of the value of the mobile internet, and Mobile Presence is approaching a kairos moment.
The true impact of the mobile internet will be beyond commerce and into the realm of personal, social, and political interactions.
When an engineer in Bogota has the same access to world markets as an engineer in Silicon Valley, the world has changed. When a solider in Afghanistan can share a video call with his wife and kids halfway across the world, the world has changed. Even in the poorest areas of the world, where electricity is often lacking, people find ways to buy and use mobile phones. Mobile phones can be used for education, for payment of bills and money transfers to family, for alerts about medical treatments or when communal wells are working - even for warning women of dangerous parts of town.
People are simply more involved personally when they have devices that give them direct, personal contact with other people.
Society will reinvent itself across the globe. No market sector or country will escape the tidal wave.
As being a time of unpredictability, can also be a time of great creativity.
Mobile Presence is built upon four pillars: personal identity, security, privacy controls, geospatial information, and social connectivity.
Though social networks are growing rapidly, a distinct subset of people are fleeing such broad spectrum environments. People want to use social tools to reach out to others, but they also want to find social environments that are protected and personal.
All of a person's interactions on a mobile device help build a personal identity. Each identity will be personal and unique, because each person's traits, tendencies, movements, social interactions and purchases are personal and unique. Inappropriately, handled, this information can inflict extraordinary damage to a person's life. Security, is of paramount importance.
The mobile internet raises security and privacy issues on a number of levels: personal physical safety and the physical safety of children; financial; medical; career; and lifestyle. But the most serious kind of harm can be exposure of highly personal data. For example, cyber-bullying, which oftens involves malicious gossip and the online posting of unflattering private information about others, has led to the suicides of several young people. In response, 38 U.S. states have enacted laws criminalizing electronic harassment and similar misuse of personal data.
Every medium has security issues.
In an imperfect world, mobile transactions are intrinsically more secure than others. Regarding online security in general, consumers need to follow well-understood security measures in managing their online affairs; and financial institutions and online vendors need to follow, and improve upon, strict industry protocols for the safe storage of customer data.
Google, Facebook, and other companies with large customer bases have a vested interest in protecting user information. Yet Google and Facebook have gotten trouble more than once for the overzealous collecting of personal data and for the careless handling of it.
The sensible solution is for industry to police itself, creating clear and transparent mechanisms by which users explicitly opt in to the way in which their data will be used.
A huge business opportunity could exist for third parties to provide to consumers a rigorous review of identity protection measures and privacy policies by mobile internet providers. Consumers would look for the mobile internet equivalent of the seal of approval by Underwriters Laboratories or Consumer Reports.
Mobile internet leaders need to decide whether to proactively treat data security and privacy as a very high priority, or to prepare for legitimate but burdensome government response after the fact.
Mobile Presence enables the delivery of highly relevant information, whether personal or commercial, at a time and in a place where you want to read it.
Google's incentive for merchants to use its wallet, for instance, is that it does not plan to charge transaction fees but rather to run ads on mobile devices.
First-generation geospatial services are available from providers such as Foursquare.com, which has created the most successful geospatial social networking site to date, based on GPS. The information is posted on Foursquare.com and on the person's social networks.
Because the system is opt in, Foursquare does not know anyone's location unless the individual chooses to divulge it by checking in, thus resolving the privacy challenges.
Because it does not tie anyone down to a desk, Mobile Presence offers the best of the real and virtual world.
The desktop internet was also the first wave to restructure businesses that were not themselves involved in technology, such as publishing and retail. Hard media - books, CD's, and the like-could be ordered through web portals.
The Fourth Wave upended the media industries - photography, travel, newspaper, book, music, and video. The internet was the final nail in the coffin for many general brick and mortar retailers, who were already struggling as the result of Wal-Mart and other low-cost physical stores and were further hammered by the low price points made possible by e-commerce. Amazon, sells five times as much merchandise of any kind online as Wal-Mart sells online. Companies, that were probably positioned for online sales did exceedingly well.
Tablets and e-readers rode upon the changes brought to media and entertainment by the mobile internet. Because every form of media is now digitized and delivered in an IP format, previously separate delivery methods have collided.
Book revenues have declined for three years, from $5.18 billion in total sales for 2008 to $4.86 billion in 2010. E-book sales rose from 3.2 percent to 8.3 percent in the same period, and surged because of tablets and e-readers in 2011 to an estimated 20 percent of the overall market. The shift to digital is now so rapid that there is one predicted that e-books could overtake printed books as early as 2015.
TV viewership is increasing.
Search-related advertising is the largest component of advertising for the desktop internet. Mobile search is expected to explode to $1.6 billion by 2014 (numbers for the U.S.).
Publishers also want to get in on the many opportunities provided by mobile devices, including search, banner ads, sponsorships, videos, and store locators.
Major newspapers are finally embracing the new economy of social networks and the mobile internet is a lesson for all business. The papers are developing compelling audio and video, blogs, chats and discussion forums. Their journalists use blogs and tweets to develop both the paper's brand and their own personal brands.
Journalists also use social media to pick up ideas, develop story ideas, and collect facts.
Today the many bloggers, those informal and usually unpaid commentators, have as much cumulative impact as professional journalists. Twitter makes it easy for companies to be discovered by reporters and audiences. Twitter is the new version of the business press wire.
Products and services that were previously not feasible could very well hit critical mass with a worldwide market measured in the billions.
The mobile internet is large and dynamic.
Fortunes can be made and lost in the blink of an eye, with the mobile internet.
Understanding technology in depth is not the same thing as understanding the value of technology-based solutions.
In a time of difficult economic conditions, the mobile internet is one of the few sectors showing robust growth, spawning jobs and prosperity around the globe.
Mobile internet could alter life as we know it, society, and commerce.
According to The Book of Daniel, Proverbs, &The Abrahamic Convenant it is that infomation will increase and the transfer of revenues/wealth.......In 2012 around July I did a study on the Abrahamic Covenant from my home on The Abrahamic Convenant & Abrahamic Blessings /Provision & Wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just ........... the only reason why I haven't wrote about it was because I was placed in a discipleship class at my Church
Mobile internet could have the real potential to create a universal market of six billion users generating $2.5 trillion annually in economic value, how it will change lives, create wealth, destroy more businesses, and could upend more political systems that any force in history.
Robert Marcus and Collins Hemingway are the authors of this book.
Robert Marcus is the Chairman and CEO of QuatumWave Capital, which is a global investment banking boutique specialized in early-stage mobile internet M&A. He also built a public company to a half-billion dollar valuation, co-founded three successful start-ups, and led a turnaround, generating two IPOs.
Collins Hemingway is best known for partnering with Microsoft Bill Gates to co-author the #1 best-selling book Business the Speed of Though. Collins is a tech sector expert. He has founded and worked for startups, an served as director in Microsoft's fastest-growing division. He is a marketing and business consultant, and has written books on retail branding and strategy, ethical and leadership principles, and on cognitive fitness. He lectures regularly on leadership and the future of technology.
In the Third Wave of computing, Microsoft turned out three billionaires and more than 12,000 millionaires; Apple turned out one billionaire and another thousand millionaires. In the Fourth Wave, Google produced two billionaires and a thousand millionaires, and Facebook's public offering will create another billionaire or two and about 700 more millionaires. Together the Third and Fourth computing waves likely have produced 100,000 people who became millionaires or better. The Fifth Wave is likely to produce many more - app stores alone are producing millionaires from downloads of $1 and $2 mobile applications. The Fifth Wave will be a machine of great wealth.
Consider how much more amendable the meetings might be if the identifies are fully developed via Mobile Presence. It couldn't guarantee personal chemistry, because sometimes the fun is in the differences; but it could rule out certain attributes that are unacceptable and select for others that are deemed essential, all based on a much fuller profile of each person.
For advertisers, marketers, and content and service providers, Mobile Presence enables the distribution and consumption of information, media, and services with unprecedented relevance. With Mobile Presence, advertisers will have very precise demographic and geographic information about potential customers.
With high response rates, more companies will advertise, particularly small ones that previously lacked the confidence to. Many more firms will advertise if the opportunity is great and the risk is zero. Local merchants also will benefit from the instantaneous and hyperlocal nature of commerce.
Partnerships among travel companies, media outlets, and other information providers will boom because meaningful information can be directly tied to time and location.
Other techniques are important, but Mobile Presence is the future. The opportunity is not in any one element of Mobile Presence alone but in the combination of all four - identity, security, geospatial, and social.
Mobile Presence is the force that will account for most of the value of the mobile internet, and Mobile Presence is approaching a kairos moment.
The true impact of the mobile internet will be beyond commerce and into the realm of personal, social, and political interactions.
When an engineer in Bogota has the same access to world markets as an engineer in Silicon Valley, the world has changed. When a solider in Afghanistan can share a video call with his wife and kids halfway across the world, the world has changed. Even in the poorest areas of the world, where electricity is often lacking, people find ways to buy and use mobile phones. Mobile phones can be used for education, for payment of bills and money transfers to family, for alerts about medical treatments or when communal wells are working - even for warning women of dangerous parts of town.
People are simply more involved personally when they have devices that give them direct, personal contact with other people.
Society will reinvent itself across the globe. No market sector or country will escape the tidal wave.
As being a time of unpredictability, can also be a time of great creativity.
Mobile Presence is built upon four pillars: personal identity, security, privacy controls, geospatial information, and social connectivity.
Though social networks are growing rapidly, a distinct subset of people are fleeing such broad spectrum environments. People want to use social tools to reach out to others, but they also want to find social environments that are protected and personal.
All of a person's interactions on a mobile device help build a personal identity. Each identity will be personal and unique, because each person's traits, tendencies, movements, social interactions and purchases are personal and unique. Inappropriately, handled, this information can inflict extraordinary damage to a person's life. Security, is of paramount importance.
The mobile internet raises security and privacy issues on a number of levels: personal physical safety and the physical safety of children; financial; medical; career; and lifestyle. But the most serious kind of harm can be exposure of highly personal data. For example, cyber-bullying, which oftens involves malicious gossip and the online posting of unflattering private information about others, has led to the suicides of several young people. In response, 38 U.S. states have enacted laws criminalizing electronic harassment and similar misuse of personal data.
Every medium has security issues.
In an imperfect world, mobile transactions are intrinsically more secure than others. Regarding online security in general, consumers need to follow well-understood security measures in managing their online affairs; and financial institutions and online vendors need to follow, and improve upon, strict industry protocols for the safe storage of customer data.
Google, Facebook, and other companies with large customer bases have a vested interest in protecting user information. Yet Google and Facebook have gotten trouble more than once for the overzealous collecting of personal data and for the careless handling of it.
The sensible solution is for industry to police itself, creating clear and transparent mechanisms by which users explicitly opt in to the way in which their data will be used.
A huge business opportunity could exist for third parties to provide to consumers a rigorous review of identity protection measures and privacy policies by mobile internet providers. Consumers would look for the mobile internet equivalent of the seal of approval by Underwriters Laboratories or Consumer Reports.
Mobile internet leaders need to decide whether to proactively treat data security and privacy as a very high priority, or to prepare for legitimate but burdensome government response after the fact.
Mobile Presence enables the delivery of highly relevant information, whether personal or commercial, at a time and in a place where you want to read it.
Google's incentive for merchants to use its wallet, for instance, is that it does not plan to charge transaction fees but rather to run ads on mobile devices.
First-generation geospatial services are available from providers such as Foursquare.com, which has created the most successful geospatial social networking site to date, based on GPS. The information is posted on Foursquare.com and on the person's social networks.
Because the system is opt in, Foursquare does not know anyone's location unless the individual chooses to divulge it by checking in, thus resolving the privacy challenges.
Because it does not tie anyone down to a desk, Mobile Presence offers the best of the real and virtual world.
The desktop internet was also the first wave to restructure businesses that were not themselves involved in technology, such as publishing and retail. Hard media - books, CD's, and the like-could be ordered through web portals.
The Fourth Wave upended the media industries - photography, travel, newspaper, book, music, and video. The internet was the final nail in the coffin for many general brick and mortar retailers, who were already struggling as the result of Wal-Mart and other low-cost physical stores and were further hammered by the low price points made possible by e-commerce. Amazon, sells five times as much merchandise of any kind online as Wal-Mart sells online. Companies, that were probably positioned for online sales did exceedingly well.
Tablets and e-readers rode upon the changes brought to media and entertainment by the mobile internet. Because every form of media is now digitized and delivered in an IP format, previously separate delivery methods have collided.
Book revenues have declined for three years, from $5.18 billion in total sales for 2008 to $4.86 billion in 2010. E-book sales rose from 3.2 percent to 8.3 percent in the same period, and surged because of tablets and e-readers in 2011 to an estimated 20 percent of the overall market. The shift to digital is now so rapid that there is one predicted that e-books could overtake printed books as early as 2015.
TV viewership is increasing.
Search-related advertising is the largest component of advertising for the desktop internet. Mobile search is expected to explode to $1.6 billion by 2014 (numbers for the U.S.).
Publishers also want to get in on the many opportunities provided by mobile devices, including search, banner ads, sponsorships, videos, and store locators.
Major newspapers are finally embracing the new economy of social networks and the mobile internet is a lesson for all business. The papers are developing compelling audio and video, blogs, chats and discussion forums. Their journalists use blogs and tweets to develop both the paper's brand and their own personal brands.
Journalists also use social media to pick up ideas, develop story ideas, and collect facts.
Today the many bloggers, those informal and usually unpaid commentators, have as much cumulative impact as professional journalists. Twitter makes it easy for companies to be discovered by reporters and audiences. Twitter is the new version of the business press wire.
Products and services that were previously not feasible could very well hit critical mass with a worldwide market measured in the billions.
The mobile internet is large and dynamic.
Fortunes can be made and lost in the blink of an eye, with the mobile internet.
Understanding technology in depth is not the same thing as understanding the value of technology-based solutions.
In a time of difficult economic conditions, the mobile internet is one of the few sectors showing robust growth, spawning jobs and prosperity around the globe.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
2 of 2 .. The Privilege of Serving ... 3/24/13
Sunday School Lesson for 3/24/2013. Unit II. Resurrection Hope. The Privilege of Serving. Luke 22:14-30 (Devotional Reading with Sunday School Lesson I Corinthians 10:14-22).
The Last Hours (Luke 22:14-23:56)
The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-38)
Verses 14-20... Sacred Rites and Forms; Sacraments, Worship, & Church-Fellowship; The Lord's Supper, The Supper Itself
(Matthew 26; Mark 14; I Corinthians 11 - Reference Scripture in Sunday School Book)
Focus on the meaning and observance of The Lord's Supper.
Verses 21-23 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Ministry; His Denial by Peter, Betrayal, & Suffering
(John 12:4-6)
Jesus informed His disciples while they were at the table that the one who was at the table with Him would betray Him. The betrayer was Judas Iscariot, who served as the treasurer for the group.
Jesus chose Judas, knowing that Judas would betray Him. Judas is an example of what sin can do to anyone whether saved or unsaved.
Have you ever noticed that when you are betrayed it is often someone closest to you?
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Verse 24 ... Fallen Man; Sin Of the Spirit, & Against Ourselves; Ambition Rebuked
Verses 25,26 ... Man Redeemed; Duties & Graces Of The New Life; Humility, Required
Verse 27 ... Sacred Persons & Offices; Of Spiritual Ministry In General; Ministerial Graces, Meekness & Humility
Verses 28,29 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness Of The New Life; Temporal & Eternal Rewards
Verse 30 ... Eschatology (Last Things); Heaven; The Blessedness of Heaven, But Eating of the Tree of Life
(John 13)
A dispute rose among Jesus' disciples concerning who would be the greatest. Jesus told His disciples that this type of action - thinking should not be among them.
As Christians/Saints of God/Believers we must resist the attitude and temptation of striving for greatness: but strive to be servants.
I Corinthians 10:14-22 ... Dangers of indulgence
Sharing a Little History on 1 of 2 - The Privilege of Serving 3/24/2013 Sunday School Bible Daily Reading for week of 3/24/2013
Monday - 3/18/2013 ... Deuteronomy 16:1-8 - Keeping the Passover to the Lord ... The Convenant Laws (Deuteronomy 12:1-26:19) ... The Three Annual Pilgrimages (Deuteronomy 16:1-17)
Feast of the Passover ... was the convenant feast of Israel, kept on the 14th Abib, or Nisan, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which lasted seven days (Leviticus 23:6)
Abib ... Hebrew Passover month (March-April).
Nisan ... April (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7)
Tuesday - 3/19/2013 - Exodus 12:21-27 ... What Does This Observance Mean? ... From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 12:1-18:27). The Passover Instituted (Exodus 12:1-28).
Exodus Chapters 1 -18 ... the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, the history of Moses and his dealings with Pharoh, the plagues, the exodus, the overthrow of the Egyptians, and the arrival at Sinai.
Friday - 3/22/2013 - I Corinthians 11:17-22 - Showing Contempt for the Church ... Disorders in Public Worship (I Corinthians 11:2-34). The Lord's Supper (I Corinthians 11:17-34).
Scripture reference taken/used from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible & Zondervan Commentary
The Last Hours (Luke 22:14-23:56)
The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-38)
Verses 14-20... Sacred Rites and Forms; Sacraments, Worship, & Church-Fellowship; The Lord's Supper, The Supper Itself
(Matthew 26; Mark 14; I Corinthians 11 - Reference Scripture in Sunday School Book)
Focus on the meaning and observance of The Lord's Supper.
Verses 21-23 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Ministry; His Denial by Peter, Betrayal, & Suffering
(John 12:4-6)
Jesus informed His disciples while they were at the table that the one who was at the table with Him would betray Him. The betrayer was Judas Iscariot, who served as the treasurer for the group.
Jesus chose Judas, knowing that Judas would betray Him. Judas is an example of what sin can do to anyone whether saved or unsaved.
Have you ever noticed that when you are betrayed it is often someone closest to you?
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Verse 24 ... Fallen Man; Sin Of the Spirit, & Against Ourselves; Ambition Rebuked
Verses 25,26 ... Man Redeemed; Duties & Graces Of The New Life; Humility, Required
Verse 27 ... Sacred Persons & Offices; Of Spiritual Ministry In General; Ministerial Graces, Meekness & Humility
Verses 28,29 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness Of The New Life; Temporal & Eternal Rewards
Verse 30 ... Eschatology (Last Things); Heaven; The Blessedness of Heaven, But Eating of the Tree of Life
(John 13)
A dispute rose among Jesus' disciples concerning who would be the greatest. Jesus told His disciples that this type of action - thinking should not be among them.
As Christians/Saints of God/Believers we must resist the attitude and temptation of striving for greatness: but strive to be servants.
I Corinthians 10:14-22 ... Dangers of indulgence
Sharing a Little History on 1 of 2 - The Privilege of Serving 3/24/2013 Sunday School Bible Daily Reading for week of 3/24/2013
Monday - 3/18/2013 ... Deuteronomy 16:1-8 - Keeping the Passover to the Lord ... The Convenant Laws (Deuteronomy 12:1-26:19) ... The Three Annual Pilgrimages (Deuteronomy 16:1-17)
Feast of the Passover ... was the convenant feast of Israel, kept on the 14th Abib, or Nisan, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which lasted seven days (Leviticus 23:6)
Abib ... Hebrew Passover month (March-April).
Nisan ... April (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7)
Tuesday - 3/19/2013 - Exodus 12:21-27 ... What Does This Observance Mean? ... From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 12:1-18:27). The Passover Instituted (Exodus 12:1-28).
Exodus Chapters 1 -18 ... the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, the history of Moses and his dealings with Pharoh, the plagues, the exodus, the overthrow of the Egyptians, and the arrival at Sinai.
Friday - 3/22/2013 - I Corinthians 11:17-22 - Showing Contempt for the Church ... Disorders in Public Worship (I Corinthians 11:2-34). The Lord's Supper (I Corinthians 11:17-34).
Scripture reference taken/used from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible & Zondervan Commentary
Thursday, March 21, 2013
3-20-2013 ... True Worship
Jan/Feb/March 2013 Devotional and Educational Quarterly Emphasis covers True Worship. This devotional is studied only once a week that is provided by my Church.
"Family Worship."
Devotion Scripture - Philippians 4:6-7
Topic Scripture - Ephesians 3:14-15
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named" (Ephesians 3:14-15). .. Key Verse
Jesus Christ: Christ's Divinity; Is Called the Son of God
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Philippians 4:6-7 ... Joy and Peace and Rest Promised
Verse 6 ... Duties To God; Prayer; The Duty of Prayer
Verse 7 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness Of The New Life; Assurance of the Divine Favour
Topic For Discussion ... Ephesians 3:14-15; Colossians 2:1; I Thessalonians 1:2; Philippians 1:3-4; John 11:42; John 17:22a
Colossians 2:1 ... Man Redeemed; Duties and Graces Of The New Life; Chrisitian Fellowship
I Thessalonians 1:2 ... Duties To God; Intercession; For Saints, General Intercession
Philippians 1:3-4 ... Duties To God; Intercession; For Saints, General Intercession
John 11:42 .. Miracles; Miracles Considered; Purpose of Miracles
John 17:22 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Is Made Equal with God
Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible & KJV Topical Reference Bible
"Family Worship."
Devotion Scripture - Philippians 4:6-7
Topic Scripture - Ephesians 3:14-15
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named" (Ephesians 3:14-15). .. Key Verse
Jesus Christ: Christ's Divinity; Is Called the Son of God
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Philippians 4:6-7 ... Joy and Peace and Rest Promised
Verse 6 ... Duties To God; Prayer; The Duty of Prayer
Verse 7 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness Of The New Life; Assurance of the Divine Favour
Topic For Discussion ... Ephesians 3:14-15; Colossians 2:1; I Thessalonians 1:2; Philippians 1:3-4; John 11:42; John 17:22a
Colossians 2:1 ... Man Redeemed; Duties and Graces Of The New Life; Chrisitian Fellowship
I Thessalonians 1:2 ... Duties To God; Intercession; For Saints, General Intercession
Philippians 1:3-4 ... Duties To God; Intercession; For Saints, General Intercession
John 11:42 .. Miracles; Miracles Considered; Purpose of Miracles
John 17:22 ... Jesus Christ; Christ's Divinity; Is Made Equal with God
Scripture reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible & KJV Topical Reference Bible
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Disclaimer & Privacy ... Updated March 16, 2014
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As of March 30, 2014, I will no longer be placing 'Amazon' links/affilates on my blog.
I will accept family-friendly, educational, health, financial, business, marketing and christian advertising/ads.
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I welcome the secular as well as the christian community.
I will do my best to make sure that advertisements/ads are family-friendly.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
1 of 2 ... The Privilege of Serving ... 3/24/2013
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
2 of 2 ... Dreams of a Better Tomorrow ... 3/17/13
Sunday School Lesson for 3/17/2013. Unit I. The Kingdom of God. Daniel 8:19-26 (Devotional Reading with Sunday School Lesson Psalm/Tehillim 91:1-12). .......................................................................................
The Two Beasts and The Dreadful Horn (Daniel 8:1-27) ..................................................................
The interpretation (Daniel 8:15-27) ...................................................................................
Daniel 8:9-26 .........................................................................................................
Verse 19 ... Angels, Good Angels; Offices of Good Angels, Convey God's Messages .......................................
"time of the Gentiles" - http://gotquestions.org ......................................................................
(Daniel 8:16-27; 9:21-27; Ezekiel 30:3; Revelation 19:17-19 - Reference Scriptures in Sunday School Book)..............
Verses 20 - 22 ........................................................................................................
Verse 20 ... Other Nations; Notices Of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; The Medo-Persian Empire, Daniel's Vision .......................................................................................................
Verse 21 ... Other Nations; Notices Of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; The Macedonia Empire, Under Alexander .............................................................................................................
Verse 22 ... Other Nations; Notices Of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; The Macedonia Empire, To Be Broken Up After the Death of Alexander, 323 B.C. ......................................................................
Media/Medes ... those that dwelled in the land ... Scriptures that share their importance - II Kings 17:6; 18:11; Esther 1:19; Isaiah 13:17; Daniel 5:28 ................................................................................
Persia ... prophecies concerning - Daniel 5:28; 8:10; Esther married the King of Persia, and her throne was in Susa/Iran - Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2; Daniel 8:2,16 ...................................................................
Grecia ... Greece - Daniel 8:21 ... prophecies - Daniel 8:21; 10:20; 11:2; Zechariah 9:13 .............................
(Daniel 8:7,8,27) .....................................................................................................
Verses 23, 24, 25 .... Other Nations; Notices of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic and Denunciatory; The Macedonian Empire, Antiochus Epiphanes, the Eighth King of Syria, 176-174 B.C. ...................................................
Verse 26 ... Scripture; Promulgation of Scripture; Sealing of Books (Promulgation - decree; make known) ...............
(Daniel 8:9) ..........................................................................................................
Psalm/Tehillim 91 ... Psalms of Adoration - Of God's goodness and mercy, Of God's power, majesty and glory; ..... Dialetic Psalms - showing the blessings of God's people and the misery of his enemies, .... There are seven Biblical Promises in Psalm/Tehillim 91:1-12. ...................................................................................
Hope points us forward concerning the future. Daniel received help from Gabriel, when he could not understand the vision - there were times when Daniel interpreted dreams and knew. ....................................................
Dreams to compare ... Daniel's (Book of Daniel), Joseph (Book of Genesis), and Joseph's (Book of Matthew). ............
Pray and trust God, even if you can not see God's hands. ..............................................................
Scripture and reference used/taken from: KJV Topical Reference Bible, KJV Precious Promise Bible & Zondervan Bible Commentary
Free Google: Free SEO, Social Media, & AdWords Resources for Small Business Marketing - Book Review
This book shares on Internet Marketing that will give you ideas that you will teach you step-by-step. Designed for small business marketers, with an easy to understand lay out of tips that will not break your budget (since everything is free!) ............................................................................................................. Even though SEO or Search Engine Optimization is all about getting to the top of Goggle for free, many small business owners or marketers do not know that Google produces an official free SEO guide. ...................................... But there's a problem - a catch. ...................................................................................... The catch is that despite the fact that Google is the world's number one search engine, Google does a terrible job of explaining where all the free goodies are in the Googleplex. .......................................................... The author teaches online marketing at corporate workshops, for his own company, at Stanford University Continuing Studies and elsewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. His mission is to make SEO, Social Media Marketing, and AdWords easy, fun and (to the extent possible), free. ......................................................................... In this 299 Free Guide, the author is giving a tour to the readers amazing free but sometimes hidden, resources provided by Google for small business. ................................................................................ Internet marketing is an art, not a science. .......................................................................... This guide is an unauthorized, non-official guide to Google resources and has not been sanctioned by Google. .......... Most consumers have little idea of the algorithm behind Google Search, just as many business owners have only the vaguest of ideas about how this algorithm can be influenced to show one website over another (such is the quest called SEO or Search Engine Optimization). ................................................................................... So from the consumers perspective, Google is a search engine that displays its results in the following basic categories: ........................................................................................................... Ads ... Showing product or "shopping" as with pictures. ............................................................... Organic or natural resources ... non-paid results appearing beneath the paid ads ...................................... Google + Local results ... non-paid company listings appearing beneath the organic results. ....................................................................................................................... From the small business perspective in contrast, each of these categories presents marketing opportunities: paid ways to get to the top (advertising) as well as free ways to get there (SEO). Hidden in the Googleplex is a wealth of free tools and information resources that can help you from novice to expert in how to leverage Google to get your marketing message to more customers for less money and effort! .................................................................. In addition to Google + Local, Google has a new social media platform called Google +. On Google +, as on Facebook, individuals can set up "profiles" whereby they can post and share with their Google + friends (known as "circles"), and businesses can set up "pages" to talk with consumers. ................................................................. A final and very successful part of Google's social media strategy is YouTube, the video sharing site. YouTube is the largest video site in the world and the second largest search engine on the planet, serving more searches than Bing. ....................................................................................................................... Google provides a few very important free tools for webmasters and Internet marketers to learn how users search the Web. .................................................................................................................. Google makes more than 96% of its money from advertising, via its flagship advertising service, AdWords. .............. It's best to know where you want your ads to appear on Google and work backwards. ..................................... It is possible to use Google search techniques to penetrate into the Googleplex and identify free marketing tools and opportunities. ........................................................................................................ You can use the free GoogleAlerts to alert you to .... ................................................................ Informational items ................................................................................................... Your company name ..................................................................................................... SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is the art and science of getting to the top of Google and Bing fro free. Google has quite a few free resources for SEO for webmasters, marketers, and small business owners but they are rather hidden. ....................................................................................................................... Google does not make money on SEO, so it does not promote the tactic. ................................................. Google produces an informative, well-written guide to SEO called the "Search Engine Optimization Guide." .............. Google provides quite a few free tools to help with your SEO, especially in terms of keyword research. ................ There is also a tool called "Pagespeed insights" that will measure your website's speed and give helpful tips on how to speed it up. Website response speed is increasingly an important factor for achieving good SEO rank. .................. Since Google dominates search, it is important to pay attention to what Googlers are saying about SEO. ................ Get your free listing on Google + Local and be found by consumers in your area for your products or services by keywords. ............................................................................................................. It's a competitive game, but with some knowledge and perseverance you can out-compete your competitors and get to the top of Google's Google + Local listings for free! ..................................................................... Google + Local is free for a basic listing, and with some tips and tricks you have a shot at getting your company to appear at the top of the list, for free, for relevant Google queries! ................................................. Claiming your free business listing can be a hassle, but it only has to be done once, and then you have claimed it forever. .............................................................................................................. Once you have the basics of Google + Local under control, you will want to educate yourself on the ins and outs of successful local SEO marketing. ....................................................................................... Google + is Google's competitive challenge to Facebook, a social network platform wherein individuals can have "profiles" and businesses can have "pages." ........................................................................... As on now, Google + is not yet a huge opportunity for businesses as the social network has not yet grown to a huge subscriber base, but it has a very powerful owner - Google - so it merits watching. ................................... What's great about Google + personal is that, if you have uploaded a personal photo and correctly attached it to your website, Google will often show your picture next to search results. The more people that you follow on Google +, the more your picture shows, the more you get clicks .... thereby creating a virtuous circle on Google! ................... Businesses can get on Googlet as well, but they cannot get their pictures to show on search results. .................. Google + for business may still be worth setting up, because since Google owns Google +, there is no doubt that it will tilt search results to favor businesses that participate in the network. This is all the more likely now that the FTC has ruled in Google's favor on the monopoly issue. .................................................................... YouTube, owned by Google, is both a learning resource about free Google opportunities, and a free opportunity in its own right. ............................................................................................................ Whether it is Google Analytics, AdWords, or Webmaster tools, you can almost find both official and non-official videos that explain step-by-step tools and opportunities across the GooglePlex. .............................................. Trends on the Internet often hit YouTube first, and if your business depends on consumer trends, YouTube is one of the best free platforms to monitor consumer trends. ....................................................................... Other YouTube trend resources are somewhat hidden. .................................................................... Any business can set up its own YouTube channel, for free, and then post videos to that channel. ...................... YouTube has very good, free, analytics tools about your video engagement, but it is quite buried as well. ............. Google makes its money off advertising, and so does YouTube. So if video advertising might be good for your business, start off with their free resources to learn about how to advertise on YouTube. ....................................... In addition to Google or the "Search Network," AdWords can also place your ads across blogs, YouTube, Gmail, and other sites via what is called the "Display Network." ....................................................................... Google produces many good learning resources and tools for AdWords, if you know where to look. ........................ If you are an ad agency or web designer, you might consider becoming AdWords certified. This program allows you to become an officially certified AdWords partner at the individual or company level, and provides co-op marketing support from Google. .......................................................................................................... Analytics is Goggle's free web metrics platform. Beyond being by Google, for Google, ad about Google, it's not only free but is very powerful. ............................................................................................ Analytics can be pretty easy to set up, but it isn't necessarily easy to use. Google provides a wealth of free learning resources. ............................................................................................................ Analytics offers an ecosystem of free and paid apps similar to Google play for the masses. ............................ Almost every Google media property - AdWords, Google Webmaster tools, Google + - has an official blog. The trick is to know how to look for it, and then bookmark or subscribe to it via RSS so that you are kept informed of any and all opportunities or policy changes. ...................................................................................... Just as with blogs, Google provides a cornucopia of information on social media (Twitter, Google +, Facebook) about SEO, AdWords, Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools, etc. Don't expect the Webmaster Tools Twitter feed to tell you where the AdWords Twitter feed is - of course! .............................................................................. AdWords does not seem to have its own YouTube channel but posts instead to Google Business! ........................... Some individual Googlers are so important that you should pay attention to their activity on social media: Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye. Mr. McDonald sent me a copy of his book for review. ................................................................... Copyright 2013, JM Internet Group and Excerpti Communications, Inc., All Rights Reserved. No reproduction or citation without written consent of the publisher. ............................................................................. Jason McDonald, Ph.D., is the author of this book and he teaches SEO and Social Media online for the JM Internet Group. He has coached thousands of business people, marketers, and web designers in his free online classes as well as paid seminars and corporate trainings. He is No. 1 on Google!
Friday, March 15, 2013
3-13-2013 ... True Worship
Jan/Feb/March 2013 Devotional and Educational Quarterly Emphasis is on True Worship. ..................................
This lessons deals with Private Worship. ..............................................................................
Devotion Scripture ... Psalm/Tehillim 61:2 ............................................................................
Topic Scripture ... John 6:15; Psalm/Tehillim 116:18,19 ...............................................................
John 6:15 ... Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he departed again to the mountain by himself. ............................................................................
Jesus Christ; Christ's Ministry; Christ's Reception by Men, Royal Honors Offered ......................................
Call to Worship - I will exalt thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever (Psalm/Tehillim 145:1) .......................................................................................................................
Duties To God; Praise; Everlasting Praise Due To God ..................................................................
Psalm/Tehillim 61:2 .... Joy and Peace Promised .... Duties To God; Prayer; Objects of Prayer, Help in Trouble ........
Psalm/Tehillim 116:18,19 .... Sacred Places; The Glory and The Fate of Solomon's Temple, Desired and Beloved ..........
Devotional Message ... Psalm/Tehillim 61:2 ............................................................................
Topic Discussion ... John 4:23-24; Psalm/Tehillim 116:18, 19; Psalm/Tehillim 91 .......................................
John 4:23-24.... ......................................................................................................
verse 23 ... Duties To God; Prayer; Conditions of Acceptable Prayer, In Sincerity .....................................
verse 24 ... God; Attributes of God As Being; Spirituality ............................................................
Psalm/Tehillim 51 ... A Prayer For Forgiveness ........................................................................
Scripture and reference used/taken from: KJV Topical Reference Bible, KJV Precious Promise Bible & Zondervan Commentary
A Rabbi Looks At The Last Days - Book Review
Now remember that I have no theology/seminary training. So I am sharing some Scriptures as well for those that would like to study further. ................................................................................................ But first I want to share a few Scriptures on "last days" for Israel and The Church. I researched these Scriptures in a book for those that might want to study further on this matter. ....................................................... Israel ... Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 23:20; 49:39; Ezekiel 38:16; Hosea 3:5; Micah 4:1; Acts 2:17 .......................... The Church ... II Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 1:2; James 5:3; II Peter 3:3 ................................................... Scriptures that teach on Israel in Prophecy .. Daniel 9:24-27; Isaiah 28:14-22; Ezekiel 38-39; Zephaniah 2:1-2; Ezekiel 22:17-22 .............................................................................................................. Scriptures that teach on Jerusalem in Prophecy ... Luke 13:33; Matthew 24:21-31; Zechariah 12:2-3; 14:2; Zechariah 12-14; Revelation 20:7-9; II Kings 19:34; Psalm/Tehillim 122:6 ........................................................... Whether the Lord returns again tomorrow, next year, or two hundred years from now should not make any difference in the way we live. The Lord wants His people to recognize the signs of the times and know that His return is at hand. We must be ready. You must be ready! .......................................................................................... Rabbi Bernis states in his book as Christians we are not unequivocally obligated to support every action taken by the State of Israel. He also shares the restoration of the Jewish people to the land is a divine fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and we must support this divine venture. .................................................................... This does not mean that God loves the Jew more than the Arab - the Israeli more than the Palestinian. God loves everyone equally and desires that none should perish, but that all should find everlasting life (John 3:16). God is not a respector of persons. ............................................................................................... In Daniel 12, the prophet Daniel wrote a number of astounding statements under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. ...................................................................................................................... The Lord tells Daniel to "seal the words of the scroll the time of the end." He then shares with us an amazing revelation that in the last days, "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." ...................... Running "to and fro" indicates an increase in knowledge is clearly related to the technological boom. Information is available at our fingertips in a matter of seconds. To imagine that Daniel saw all this more than 2,500 years ago is nothing short of mind-boggling! ....................................................................................... Jesus was very clear when He told us, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor Son, but only the Father" (Matthew 24:36). He also said, "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come" (Matthew 24:42). ........................................................................................... He is coming, and it could be very soon. .............................................................................. The Gospel must first be preached throughout the world, and then, only after this happens, the end will come. ....................................................................................................................... In nearly every country of the world a wide variety of people groups can be found - including the Jews. Jews are a migrant people who have been scattered throughout the world. The Jews have had to make their homes in foreign lands throughout the world. ................................................................................................. The United States is a melting pot for a myriad of nations (ethnic groups) that have settled here to find freedom. Italian and Greek communities thrive here, as well as Irish, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Indian, Persian, Arab, Cuban - the list goes on and on. .................................................................................................. In Romans 11:15, we agree that Israel's rejection of Jesus as their Messiah has caused the Gospel to go to the nations (ethnos). ............................................................................................................. Romans 11:11-15 and other verses reveal that there is a linked destiny between Israel and the Church and between Israel and the nations. ...................................................................................................... Believers are reaching out to the nations, including the Jews, in countries around the world. Thousands of Jewish people are coming to faith. The Jewish Voice Ministries International is also equipping the Church to effectively share their faith with their Jewish friends. God has raised up other ministries similar to The Jewish Voice Ministries International that is also reaching out to the Jewish people. ......................................................... My October 28, 2012 Sunday School Lesson taught on Spirit - directed ... Acts 8:26-39. Philip was directed by the operation of God's Spirit. ............................................................................................ The Holy Spirit guides (John 16:13), tells His servants what to preach (I Corinthians 2:13), directs missionaries where to go (Acts 13:2), and tells believers where they are not to go (Acts 16:6, 7). ....................................... The Bible makes it clear that there is only one plan of salvation for all people. Yeshua - Jesus Himself said, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). ........................ Either we believe God's Word or we do not. There is no-in between. And there is no second Gospel for the Jewish people apart from a relationship with Yeshua. ................................................................................ At Jewish Voice Ministries International, they take Paul's model seriously. ........................................... Their minis\try is taking medical, dental and eye clinics to remote parts of the world such as Ethiopia and India. In those clinics they help thousands of non-Jews and share the Gospel with them. In fact they reach more Gentiles than Jews, but their motivation in going to the remote places is to reach out first to the Jewish communities. ............. God is calling us to reach out to the Jewish people with the one message of salvation through His Messiah, Yeshua. ....................................................................................................................... God does not love Jews more than anyone else. God loves us all equally (John 3:16). ................................... Just as their rejection brought the Gospel to the other nations of the world, their restoration will bring about worldwide revival for the nations. .................................................................................... Rabbi Bernis could read Hebrew, but he could not translate it. Although they were called the people of the Book, the only real study he had of the Scriptures was in preparing for his bar-mitzvah - a Jewish ritual rite of passage to signify a thirteen - year old boy's traditional entry into adulthood. ................................................. In reality, Jewish people overall have not rejected the Gospel - they have simply not heard the Gospel in a way that they can understand it. ............................................................................................... How do they believe? They believe by hearing the Word of God! That Word must come to them from someone, and that someone is you! ....................................................................................................... Traveling to Israel and collecting Judaica, sending support to Israel or seeking to be Torah observant are no replacements for the mandate to provoke the Jewish people to jealously and share your faith with that Jewish person whom God has placed in your life. ..................................................................................... God loves the Jewish people. .......................................................................................... It is the heart of the Father to see every son and daughter of Abraham living happily in His Kingdom. He desires for all Abraham's children to come into their ultimate destiny, and that destiny is a relationship with Him. .............. Jews are coming to faith in Yeshua in greater numbers than at any time since the first century. ....................... The Messiah (Jesus)is actually waiting in heaven. He is waiting for God's appointed people to intersect with God's appointed time and fulfill the restoration prophesied in the Word of God (Acts 3:19-21) ............................... And we are witnessing an incredible hunger and interest among Christians to truly understand the Jewish roots of their faith, as well as an increased love and support for Israel and the Jewish people. Overwhelmingly today Christians want to bless Israel and the Jewish people. ................................................................................ What Should We Then Do? ............................................................................................... Live like there is no tomorrow. ....................................................................................... Be vigilant ... Watch and Pray. ....................................................................................... Remain active in all realms of society. ............................................................................... Let you light shine. .................................................................................................. Do not worry about what is to come. ................................................................................... God's desire is that christians be an effective co-worker with Him in bringing to pass His promised last days revival and restoration, not only for Israel and the Jewish people but for the world. ......................................... Pray for your Jewish friends by name because I am convinced as well as Rabbi Bernis that God answers prayer. .......... As a believer, you have something no one else has: n a direct pipeline to the Lord. And He urges christians to call upon Him in prayer. ................................................................................................... Pray that Jewish people - the physical descendants of Abraham, Issac and Jacob - around the world will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and King. ..................................................................................... Although Jewish people who accept Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) are often ostracized by their families, friends and business associates, Jews all over the world are turning to Him and becoming Messianic Jews in numbers not seen since the first century. .............................................................................................. A Messianic Jew is a Jew by birth who has come to believe that Jesus - Messianic Jews call Him by His Hebrew name, Yeshua - is the promised Messiah of Israel. ........................................................................... Failing to kill the Messiah as an infant and not realizing that God had planned all along to offer Him as a sacrifice for our sins, Satan then convinced the Jewish and Roman leaders to condemn Yeshua to death. ........................... With the atonement and resurrection of the Messiah at Calvary, the Bible is clear that Yeshua defeated Satan and brought captivity, captive, making an open show of this victory (Colossians 2:14-15). ................................. I received this book from Chosen Books to review. ..................................................................... Rabbi Jonathan Bernis is the president and CEO of Jewish Ministries International. His weekly television show, Jewish Voice is broadcast throughout the world. He has authored a number of books and is a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the USA and abroad. A leader in the Messianic Jewish movement for more than thirty years, He and his wife, Elisangela, live in Phoenix with their two daughters, Liel and Hannah.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Position To Receive - Book Review 2007
Position To Receive ................................................................................................... (Michael Matthew sent me his book March 8, 2007 to review) ............................................................ The author, Michael Matthews of this book is a multi-talented music business executive, artist manager, business consultant, marketing guru, motivational speaker and option trader. ................................................... He serves as a growth and financial consultant to businesses spanning many industries. ................................ There is a lot of valuable information regarding finances, wealth building systems, unorthodox business principles and philosophies. ......................................................................................................... You will want to seek your true gifting first and then pursue further development and training. ....................... The author's philosophy has always been why he can't build his own network verus contributing to someone else's. Don't let finances, lack of education, experience, race, or anything else be an excuse! ..................................... No matter what you decide to do in life make sure you focus on your niche. ............................................ In order to get into the Position To Receive you have to have something in place that will enable you to have endless possibilities. The author is not saying quit your job. The more you work it increases your chances of making more money when you are self-employed. ........................................................................................... The author turned to the Internet. The Internet does not limit you to time confinements, for it is available 24 hours a day - 7 days a week - 52 weeks a year. ................................................................................ The author started his own digital delivery service (music to dj's); it works much like the post office! Instead of sending music by post office to dj's on compact disc, they send it digitally via email. ............................... Anything you actually want out of life the author believes you will have to sow into it. Whether it is your time, money, ability, patience or anything else you have to sow into it. .................................................... The author was watching a DVD one day about a documentary on hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and the interviewer asked him, "Why do he do what he do?" Russell simply replied, "To serve..." You see as one of the few African American billionaires in the entertainment business, much less the world, he understands the power of giving, that we are blessed to be a blessing. The author shares he has had the privilege to meet Mr. Simmons and talk with him one on one. ....................................................................................................................... The author also shares he was watching the life story of Comedian Steve Harvey; and Steve said in the interview it's about giving back and helping someone else. ........................................................................... Being an entrepreneur,we tend to live by another level of faith. ...................................................... You can not be afraid to take risks and try something new. ............................................................ You simply can not be afraid to step out and learn something new, try something different and see where your faith takes you. Buckle up, the ride is not always smooth. .................................................................. When the author first started his first internet business he didn't have a clue on how to build websites nor how to market online. As he launched his business back in 2005 who would have thought in its first year it would gross 1000%? ....................................................................................................................... If you want to be successful in life you simply just have to be teachable. Are you the type of person that thinks they know it all? .......................................................................................................... The author remembers one day while visiting at a client's home, he say something very unusual to him a computer with four monitors. His client began asking him if he ever heard of option trading and was the author familiar with the stock market. His client told him that Wall Street and the stock market wasn't going anywhere! He told him to "Go open a TD Waterhouse account (now TD Ameritrade) and I'll teach you." The author went on to become an occasional option trader, making money from day trading options and have now taught others how to do it. ................................ No matter what's going on you have to maintain focus and keep yourself available to hear. ............................. There are two types of voices: one is God's voice within us and the other is God's voice through other people. ........ The author thinks one big problem is a lot of people miss their blessing simply because they didn't hang in there long enough. ............................................................................................................... Don't always look to take short cuts or give up too soon because things don't happen in a certain time. ............... The author has an extensive marketing team that constantly solicits for new prospective clients and generates traffic to the website. They have a consistent advertising campaign that runs month after month on the various search engines to generate sales leads and traffic on the site. All this happens month after month; and sure enough the business is generating consistent revenues and showing above projected growth. .................................................... How about consistency in your finances? Be consistent in your giving. Like in your financial giving in church you need to be consistent. ..................................................................................................... This goes for finances, attendance in church, ministering to others and building His kingdom overall! Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) Try Him. "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this," says the Lord of hosts. ............................................................................................... As it is written in Deuteronomy 6:18 (NKJV) it says, "And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers." ............................................................................................................. God allows people to come into our lives for a higher purpose, therefore creating the connection. ..................... God uses people to bless you. God will use anyone, anywhere and at anytime to carry out His will and purpose for life! ....................................................................................................................... Many very successful people have a totally different mindset than the average person. ................................. You have to build your network. There are two types of marketing lists: one you build yourself and the other is the one that others build. .................................................................................................... I'm sure if you examine your life you will be able to find evidence of God's will through favor you have received. ....................................................................................................................... There is nothing like God making other people move on your behalf. .................................................... As you work to position yourself, remember to be patient as you pursue your dreams. Make sure you are really ready and can handle what lies ahead. ........................................................................................... Unfortunately in business people profile each other constantly, whether it is a car salesman or a real estate agent profiling exists. People tend to look at things like what kind of car you drive when you pull up. They look at simple things like what kind of clothes you wear; shoes you have on or type of jewelry you have especially your watch. ..................................................................................................................... The various types of publications you subscribe to can lead to other opportunities and information leads. ............. One of the author's personal millionaire friends told him about a way of raising resources that is perfectly legal and allows you to raise resources in the millions. It is called Regulation D offerings also known as Reg. D. Do your own research on the internet and consult with an attorney before attempting a Regulation D offering. ...................... There are so many ways someone can build their credit, eliminate debt and save money. Consult an attorney, financial advisor or do a lot of research to make sure you have a full understanding before attempting any technique. ........... If you haven't received your credit report within the last year, the author suggest you obtain a copy. Carefully examine your credit report for inaccuracies and other information that may not be yours. .............................. There are hundreds of credit repair techniques and companies out there to assist you. ................................. There are several companies that give you leads on lenders that extend credit to those with bad or less than good credit ratings. Sometimes, you have to start over in rebuilding your credit by getting a new credit card. ............. The easiest way is to borrow someone's credit history. There are companies that charge you fees; and they seek out individuals that are willing to add you to their accounts. ............................................................ I will make you inhabited as in former things, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Ezekiel 36:11 (NKJV)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
1 of 2 .. 3/17/13 .. Dreams of a Better Tomorrow
Storylane Latest News ... http://www.storylane.com/stories/show/1109697713/storylane-is-joining-facebook ... Unfortunately, Storylane is not accepting new signups anymore... Angela at Storylane .. http://storylane.com/angelawatkins ......................................................................................
My Sunday School Lesson Bible Reading for the week of 3/17/2013 is coming from the Book of Exodus, Judges, Luke and Daniel. ...............................................................................................................
3/11/2013 - Monday - A Guide into the Future - Exodus 23:20-25 ..........................................................
3/12/2013 - Tuesday - A Messenger of Rebuke - Judges 2:1-5 ..............................................................
3/13/2013 - Wednesday - A Messenger with Good News - Luke 1:8-20 ........................................................
3/14/2013 - Thursday - A Messenger from God - Luke 1:26-38 .............................................................
3/15/2013 - Friday - A Helper in Understanding - Daniel 8:13-18 ........................................................
3/16/2013 - Saturday - A Helper in Response to Prayer - Daniel 9:20-27 .................................................
3/17/2013 - Sunday - A Helper in Facing the Future - Daniel 8:19-26 ....................................................
I plan to be back later this week and share my Sunday School Notes.
Financial Statements.xls using Microsoft Excel - Book Review
Mr. Rubin contacted me to review his book when I was the business coach host - editor - writer for a site in 2005. ................................................................. This book is for: Accountants, CPA's, Controllers, Developers, Consultants, and Instructors. ............................ It also includes as a bonus: a CD-Rom which details: Sample Financial Statements in Excel workbook file, Excel workbook files contains all data and formulas covered in the book, A number of free Add- Ins. .................................... The author have been teaching 1000's of finance professionals and heavy Excel users via of a unique course he created. ......................................................................................................................... This book contains two parts: ........................................................................................... Part One: Creating the Financial Statements.xls Workbook ................................................................ This part contains ten chapters. ........................................................................................ Chapter 9: Protecting Financial Data, reviews options that you can use to protect your financial files. ................. Part Two: Analyzing Financial Statements & Creating Management Financial Reports. ....................................... This part contains five chapters. ....................................................................................... Chapter 15: Analyzing Profit Centers, describes how to create the company's Profit Center' Income Statement Reports. ...................................................................................................................... The author, Joseph Rubin, CPA has over 25 years of financial experience in the accounting industry. He has served as CFO, Controller and has run his own CPA practice for years. He is an independent consultant specializing in the development of applications using Microsoft Excel for the financial industry and has instructed 1000's of professionals on Microsoft Excel. ................................................................................................... No part of this book can be reproduced without written permission from the author. .................................... All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks, or registered trade marks of their respective owners.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
2 of 2 .. Have Mercy ... 3/10/2013
Sunday School Lesson for 3/120/2013. Unit I. The Kingdom of God. Daniel 9:4b-14 (Devotional Reading with Sunday School Lesson for 3/10/2013 - James 5:13-18). ................................................................................
A Prayer and A Vision (Daniel 9:1-27) .................................................................................
Daniel's Prayer for his people (Daniel 9:1-19) ........................................................................
Prayer -man/woman/child communication with God. Adoration - The praise of God because of His greatness and goodness. .......................................................................................................................
These links below were in my Sunday School Book: Various Methods/Forms of Prayer. .....................................
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/concerning-prayer/ ................
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/ ..................................
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/work/mission-education/mission-studies/spiritual-growth/concerning-prayer/forms-of-prayer/ .......................................................................................................................
Daniel 9:4b-14 ........................................................................................................
Verse 4 ... God; Attributes of God As Person; Veracity (veracity - a devotion to the truth) ...........................
Verses 5,6 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confessions ................................
(Ezra 9: I Kings 8; Deuteronomy 28 - Reference Scriptures in Sunday School Book) ......................................
Daniel 9:7-10 .........................................................................................................
Verses 7, 8 - Duties To God; Confession; Example of Confession; National Confession ...................................
Verse 9 ... God; Attributes Of God As Person; Mercy & Compassion .... Pardon for Sins & Iniquities Promised ...........
Verse 10 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confession ...................................
Daniel 9:11-14 ........................................................................................................
Verses 11,13 ... Duties To God; Confession; Examples of Confession, National Confessions ..............................
Verses 12, 14 ... Mediums & Methods of Revelation; The Prophet's Predictions, Their Fulfilment ........................
(Deuteronomy 28; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 4:40) .................................................................
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ... The blessings for obedience ...................................................................
Deuteronomy 28:15 ... The curses for disobedience (Read past verse 15 for greater study) ..............................
Jehovah - Rapha .. The Lord is a healer ... Exodus 15:26 ..............................................................
Devotional Reading In Sunday School Book for 3/10/2013 ................................................................
James 5:13-18 ... Promises ............................................................................................
Verses 13-15 ... Health & Healing Promised ............................................................................
Verse 15 ... Health & Healing Promised, God Knows Our Needs & Answers Prayer ..........................................
Verses 16,17 ... The Upright are Blessed & Prospered ..................................................................
Verse 18 ... Health & Healing Promised ................................................................................
Scripture & reference used/taken from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible, & Zondervan Bible Commentary
Friday, March 8, 2013
International Women's Day - Blogging Tips - 3/8/13
March 8, 2013 is International Women's Day. ...........................................................................
Honoring Women. .......................................................................................................
At the time that I checked these urls/links they were all good and family-friendly. ...................................
http://www.theheartlinknetwork.com/blog/ .............. Women Blogging Tips ...........................................
http://www.oprah.com/health/Biggest-Supermarket-Time-and-Money-Savers-Dr-Oz/1 .... Supermarket Money Saver Tips .......
http://www.oprah.com/money/Save-Money-at-the-Supermarket-Healthy-Grocery-Lists ... How To Eat On A Budget .............
http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/what-i-want-my-daughter-to-know-iwd ... What I Want My Daugher To Know ..............
http://www.womenforwomen.org/ ... Women for Women International/March is International Women's Month ..................
http://internationalwomensday.com/ ... International Women's Day 2013 .................................................
http://www.drrobynsilverman.com/body-image/international-womens-day-what-stands-in-the-way-of-more-women-leaders/ ... International Women's Day - What Stands in the way of more Women Leaders ..............................................
http://www.moneywisewomenblog.net/ ... Money Wise Women Blog/Learning About Finances ..................................
http://www.internetevangelismday.com/blogging.php .......... Christian Blogging Tips/Christian Blog Evangelism ........
A little history on women. ............................................................................................
The status of women was low in the Greco-Roman world. Not many women were given opportunities of an education. Girl babies were often exposed to die since boys were preferred. It was customary, however, for the girl to give her consent and to bring her husband a dowry. .....................................................................................
In a day when the cause of women had few to represent it, Jesus was considerate of their needs: .......................
Luke 10:38-42; Mark 7:24-30; Luke 7:11-17; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 8:43-48; Luke 23:28
3-6-2013 .. True Worship
Jan/Feb/March 2013 Devotional & Educational Quarterly Emphasis is on True Worship. ....................................
Devotional Scripture - John 4:23 ......................................................................................
Topic Scripture - John 4:24; 14:26; Romans 5:5; 8:26 ..................................................................
Key Verse - "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth" (John 4:24) ...........
God; Attributes of God As Being; Spirituality .........................................................................
Called To Worship: Psalm/Tehillim 95:6 ... Duties To God; Prayer; Externals of Prayer, Kneeling (There are different modes/postures for prayer) ............................................................................................
John 4:23; Duties To God; Prayer; Conditions of Acceptable Prayer, In Sincerity .......................................
John 14:26 ... God; Holy Spirit; Promised ... Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit Promised .................................
Romans 5:5 .. God; Holy Spirit; Effects ... Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit Promised ...................................
Romans 8:26 ... God; Holy Spirit; Personality .... God; Holy Spirit; Offices ..........................................
Devotional Message - John 3:6; 6:63 ...................................................................................
John 3:6 ... Man Redeemed; Effectual Calling; The New Birth a Necessity ...............................................
John 6:63 ... Man Redeemed; Blessedness of The New Life; The Indwelling of the Spirit .................................
Topic Discussion - Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:13; John 16:13-15; John 5:26; I Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:14-15; Philippians 2:5-6; Colossians 1:14-16; Hebrews 1:1-3; John 14:26; Hebrews 1:1-3; John 14:26; 15:26; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 2:18; Genesis 1:26,27; Genesis 2:7; Job 33:4; Exodus 34:14; Isaiah 2:8; Acts 10:25,26; Revelation 22:8,9; James 4:8; I John 1:5-7; I John 1:8-9; I Thessalonians 4:11; II Timothy 2:15; John 14:23-24; I Thessalonians 5:17; Joshua 1:8; Psalm/Tehillim 1; James 2:17-24; Philippians 1:27; Matthew 6:33; John 13:34, 35; Romans 5:5
Question: Are you the worshipper that God is searching for? ...........................................................
Reflection/Personal Assignment: Mediate/reflect on your devotional life. ..............................................
Scripture & Reference taken/used from: KJV Topical Reference Bible & KJV Precious Promise Bible
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Fiesty First Ladies - Book Review
March 8, 2013 is International Women's Day. ..........................................................................
In order to appreciate this book, you will have to understand the history of women. ...................................
This book is about American wives, Madeleine Albright, Shirley Chisholm, Condolezza Rice, House of Representatives, mistresses, mothers, and maids but I am only going to share about the positive aspects from this book. ................
This is a good moral, family-friendly book. On pages 40 and 41 this book does have some topics on "occult." I must point out that "occult" is dealing in "sorcerer." I am not going to turn this into a sunday school class, but there are consequences when doing these types of things. ........................................................................
Reputedly the richest woman in Virginia was Martha when she wed George in 1759, Martha, a widow of twenty-seven, reentered the state of matrimony with two small children and a reputation attached. ...................................
In 1789, when George Washington became President, Martha turned her attention to how the Chief executive's wife should act, and what she should be called. ...................................................................................
After her husband inauguration, she wrote "I'm still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be." ..................................................................................................................
Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Ellen Arthur and Alice Lee Roosevelt never lived in the White House; they didn't survive to see their husband assume the highest office in the land. ...............................
Lou Hoover was the first woman to graduate from Stanford University with a geology degree. Lou and Herbert Hoover were married in 18
99 and set for sail to Tientsin, China. In the States, she became a passionate advocate of outdoor activities for woman that Girl Scout founder Juliette Low personally recruited her to serve on the organization board. ....................
In 1930, the Southern section of the nation became disillusioned with Lou when she dared to invite a black congressman's wife to tea in the White House. Inspired by her example, the president promptly invited a black professor from Tuskegee College to join him at home for lunch. ..................................................................
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first presidential spouse to hold her own press conferences, to serve (as co-chair of the Office of Civilian Defense) in an official government position, to write a syndicated column, etc. She was a twelve year term first lady, and she left the pampering of her husband to more willing women. For her, there were other pressing concerns - the elimination of racism, sexism, and poverty. ...................................................
Eleanor told reporters as she left the White House after Franklin's fatal stroke in April of 1945: By the end of the year, she was engaged in myriad new causes, among them her role as delegate to the United Nations. ....................
Jacqueline Kennedy was an ex-Republican until she met JFK. ............................................................
Elegant Jacqueline came into the White House in 1961. Like a pretty child, or a movie star, Mrs. Kennedy was admired. .......................................................................................................................
After an assassin's bullet fatally terminated Jack Kennedy's life in November 1963, many thought she should run for the Senate, or seek the nomination for vice president. According to a 1964 Gallup poll, American's admired no woman in the world more than Jackie. ...............................................................................................
During two decades while ambitious LBJ was busy blazing his path toward the presidency, Lady Bird Johnson - lauded in 1964 by U. S. News and World Report as a "careful, shrewd and very successful businesswoman" - parlaying her own $21,000 investment on a small Texas radio station into a $6,000,000 broadcasting empire.
She prevailed on aides to tutor her on significant political issues, hosted a series of "Women Doer Luncheons" to focus attention on female accomplishments, and lobbied her husband to amplify the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with a clause on women's equality. "What did you do for women today?" was a standard welcome - home greeting to the president from his wife. .................................................................................................................
In 1972, U. S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, was a forty-eight-old New York politician who became the first black American to make a bid for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party. .......................................
On the one hand, "the woman thing" presented a major obstacle in gaining the support of black men. ....................
Let's do something about the children first, and then worry about the whales wrote Chisholm. ..........................
"The mere fact that a black woman dared to run for President ... is what it was all about," wrote Chisholm, who would serve another eleven years int eh House of Representatives before retiring in 1983." ..................................
"My goal was to shake things up a little. I think I made a dent or two." - SC .........................................
In 1975 Time Magazine's "Man Of The Year" turned out to be eleven women. Thanks to the influence of First Lady Betty Ford, female faces were popping up at an impressive rate in the cabinet, the foreign service, and other high-ranking government positions. .................................................................................................
Following her mastectomy in 1974, she lectured publicly on the importance of regular breast exams. ....................
A 1976 National Enquirer poll revealed that the majority of its readers believed that the first lady would make a better president than her husband. ....................................................................................
Her much-publicized battle with the bottle led her to found the Betty Ford Center for treatment of chemical dependency in 1982. ..............................................................................................................
Rosalynn Carter did not set any fashion trends: she patronized Washington fabric store, and the conservative silk blazers she sported were her own twenty-five-dollar-a-yard creations. .................................................
In 1977 she sojourn to seven Central and South American countries as stand-in ambassador for her husband. .............
Due in part to her influence, an unprecedented number of high-ranking positions were filled by females during the Carter administration. As honorary chair-person of the President's Commission on Mental Health, she testified before Congress regarding reforms in psychological services, and helped pushed through the liberal Mental Health Systems Act of 1980. It was her strong support that finally convinced the president to proceed with the historic Camp David meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat that led to the Egyptian Israeli peace treaty of 1979. .................................................................................................................
A 1982 poll of presidential scholars ranked Rosalynn in third place among successful first ladies of the twentieth century - and Jimmy Carter as the least significant president save one. ..............................................
Nancy Reagan spent $900,000 on a deluxe White House makeover while her husband slashed the welfare budget and his administration suggested that catsup would do as a vegetable for the poor. ............................................
One reason for her unpopularity, she speculated creatively, was that women resented her size - four figure, and her ease in staying slim. .................................................................................................
By 1985, the first lady was ranked as one of the most popular president's wives of recent times - beating out Jacqueline Kennedy. ...................................................................................................
Barbara Bush wasn't embarrased by her wrinkles, or stating her actual age. ............................................
Her pet project, literacy. ............................................................................................
She had dropped out of college to get married and had five children which was her full-time. ..........................
Family Circle magazine stated that Yale J. D. Hillary Rodham Clinton mixed up a tastier batch of chocolate cookies than her Republican counter part, career home make Barbara Bush. ...........................................................
In 2000, New York voters elected her to represent them in the United States Senate. In 2004, they returned her to office for a second term. And ion 2007, she announced herself as a contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. ...........................................................................................................
After a hard-fought race, in which Hillary prevailed in more primaries and caucuses than any woman in U. S. history, sudden superstar Barack Obama nabbed the nomination and his rival reluctantly bowed out. Never one to burn bridges behind her, Hillary managed to put a positive spin on the loss. .......................................................
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, Madeleine Albrighht "fell in love iwth Americans in uniform" as a child in war-torn Europe. The first woman ever to head the State Department, Albright had not only studied the lessons of World War II, but also personally experienced them. She kept a vigilant eye out for human rights abuses, and unabashedly advocated the use of "force by force." Albright endorsed Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, but also has served as a foreign policy advisor to Clinton's rival, President Obama. ............................
Laura Bush, a former school teacher and librarian, a woman with a deep feeling for Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazor. .......................................................................................................................
As first lady, Laura devoted herself to promoting literacy and women's health issues domestically and abroad, and distinguished herself as the first person other than a president to deliver the weekly presidential radio address. The first lady's public approval ratings soared far above the presidents. .................................................
Condolezza Rice intended to become a concert pianist, not Secretary of State. Her parents named her with Italian opera in mind. She was accepted as a freshman at the University of Denver at the age of fifteen, planning to devote herself to art. By nineteen, Rice had earned at B. A. in political science, and music was an avocation. Swept off her feet by the intellectual poli-sci professor Josef Korbel, father of Madeline Albright, she changed her major to international studies. ..............................................................................................................
Rice went on to make a name for herself as a teacher at Stanford University, consult with the Pentagon and George Herbert Bush as a foreign affairs expert, and serve as national security advisor under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, at Bush's second term, Rice was named Secretary of State - the second woman, and the only African American woman, ever appointed to the position. .......................................................................
"My parents had me absolutely convinced that, well you may not be able to have a hamburger at Woolworth's but you can be President of the United States." - CR ..............................................................................
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson (Obama) , a newly-fledged corporate lawyer at the Chicago law firm of Sidney Austin, she had been assigned as advisor to the twenty-eight-year-old summer associate from Harvard Law School, her own alma mater. Barak, the blushing Beta, fell for his mentor immediately. ............................................................
In 1992, the power couple tied the knot. Over the decade, she gave birth to two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and (a six-figure salary that exceeded her husband's non-insignificant earnings) as Vice President for Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and grudgingly agreed to campaign for Barack during his 2000 run for the U. S. House of Representatives. ...................................................................................
"You are a good man, but you are still a man." - MO (to her husband) ..................................................
I was sent a review copy of this book by VIVA Editions. ...............................................................
Autumn Stephens is the author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Wild Women Series. She has been featured in Glamour, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times. She lives in Berkeley, CA.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
1 of 2 ... 3/10/13 Lesson .... Apocrypha
My Sunday School Bible Reading for the week of 3/10/2013 is coming from the Book of Daniel Chapters 1, 2, & 9. ........
I'll explain at the end of this post/blog why I am sharing about "Apocrypha" & "Apocrypha links." .....................
Internet offers ... free ... online Bible Study Tools & Information ... but choose them wisely for truthful applications . ........................................................................................................
3/4/2013 - Monday - Daniel's Resolve - Daniel 1:8-15 ..................................................................
3/5/2013 - Tuesday - Daniel's Recognition - Daniel 1:16-21 ............................................................
3/6/2013 - Wednesday - The King's Challenge - Daniel 2:1-11 ...........................................................
3/7/2013 - Thursday - Daniel's Intervention - Daniel 2:12-16 ..........................................................
3/8/2013 - Friday - Daniel's Success - Daniel 2:36-49 .................................................................
3/9/2013 - Saturday - Daniel's Prayer of Supplication - Daniel 9:15-19 ................................................
3/10/2013 - Sunday - Daniel's Prayer of Confession - Daniel 9:4b-14 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Apocalyptic Literature: Chapters 7-12 of Daniel contain the earliest mode of Apocalyptic Literature. ..................
Apocrypha: non-canonical which, Jerome (400 A.D.) considered useful for private perusal, & "for example of life & instruction of matters," but which ought not to be used to "establish any doctrine." .................................
These books were not admitted into the Hebrew canon by the Jews. ......................................................
http://www.gotquestions.org/apocrypha-deuterocanonical.html ..........................................................
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/ ..................................................................
http://www.mybiblesource.com/?t202id=3188&t202kw=apocrypha-bible-books ................................................
http://www.biblestudytools.com/apocrypha/ .............................................................................
http://www.riseisrael.com/apocrypha.htm ...............................................................................
http://bible.org/article/preface-net-bible-apocrypha ..................................................................
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/apocrypha.html ....................................................
http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/A/APOCRYPHA/ ........................................................................
https://support.biblegateway.com/entries/20075797-What-are-deuterocanonical-apocryphal-books- .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Scripture & reference taken/used from: KJV Precious Promise Bible
Saturday, March 2, 2013
2 of 2 .. 3/3/13 Sunday School Lesson
Sunday School Lesson for 3/3/2013. Unit I. The Kingdom of God. Better Days Ahead. Daniel 7:9-14. (Devotional Reading .. Daniel 6:25-28) .......................................................................................................
Daniel in the Lion's Den (6:1-28) .....................................................................................
The vindication (6:19-28) .............................................................................................
The Four Beasts, The Judgment & The Kingdom (7:1-28) ..................................................................
The judgment (7:9-14) .................................................................................................
Ancient of Days, God, is sitting on His throne, & God is in control! ..................................................
God's kingdom is eternal. .............................................................................................
Earthy kingdoms will pass to make room for the kingdom of God - Daniel 7. .............................................
Bible Questions Answered: http://gotquestions.org .....................................................................
Daniel 6:25-28 ........................................................................................................
vs 25 ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents ........
vs 26 ... God; Attributes of God As Being; Eternity ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), ...Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents .........................................................................
vs 27 .. Promise ... The Lord's Love & Care for His Children ..........................................................
Miracles; Miracles In The Animal Kingdom; Lions Restrained ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents ..............................................................
vs 28 ... The Hebrews; The Captives; The Captivity in Babylon(Iraq), Daniel Made First of the Three Presidents ........
Daniel 7:9-10 .........................................................................................................
vs 9 .. God; Anthropomorphic & Anthropopathic Representations of God; God Appears in Human Form .......................
Anthropomorphic - attribution of a human form .........................................................................
Anthropopathic - human feelings .......................................................................................
vs 10 ... God; Anthropomorphic & Anthropopathic Representations of God; God Appears in Human Form ... Angels, Good & Evil; Offices of Good Angels, They Wait on God ........................................................................
(Isaiah 1:18; Ezekiel 1:13, 26; Revelation 20:12-13; Ezekiel 1:4-28 ... Reference Scriptures from Sunday School Book) ......................................................................................................................
Question: Since knowing that God is recording in His Book of Life all our/your/my life does this motivates us to live righteous? ............................................................................................................
Daniel 7:11-12 ........................................................................................................
vs 11 ... Other Nations; Notices of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; Rome, Described ... (Denunciatory - public condemnation) ..................................................................................
vs 12 .. Other Nations; Notices Of Gentile Nations: Chiefly Prophetic & Denunciatory; The Little Horn, To Be Destroyed .......................................................................................................................
(Revelation 19:11-20:3; Acts 5:29) ....................................................................................
Daniel 7:13-14 ... Jesus Christ; Prophecies Concerning Christ; Kingship ...............................................
(Revelation 5:1-7; Ezekiel 1:26; Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Acts 1:9; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1; Daniel 2:35; Revelation 20:1-4, 21-22; Psalm/Tehillim 2:6-8; Revelation 11:15; I Corinthians 15:24-28; Psalm/Tehillim 37:2,9) ..........................................................................
Homework for young adults: What do you wish to happen in your lives in six months, one year, & five years concerning your dreams? ..........................................................................................................
Scripture & reference taken/used from: KJV Precious Promise Bible, KJV Topical Reference Bible, Zondervan Bible Commentary, Merriam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary & Reader's Digest Complete Word Finder
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