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When life is moving smoothly, it’s always easy to preach that you should pray in faith that God will deliver. But your faith is tested when you are in a bind. That’s when what you preach is tested - do you really pray with faith that God will provide and be beside you as you undergo your tribulation.

That moment of trial has descended on me. I’m in a bit of a financial limbo now as some of my financial investments have been hauled up by the authorities under suspicion of being money-laundering vehicles. This is despite the fact that one agency of the government approved the investment but another is being a wet blanket trying to suffocate you.

The organizers of the investment scheme have assured me that everything will be ironed out within 60 days, but the devilish voices keeping nagging that I will go under financially. Now is the time I’m being tested in my resolve to depend solely on God’s wisdom and providence.

In the midst of this tumultous moments, my friend forwarded this story to me, that uplifted my spirit and assured me firther that Jesus is walking with me. I hope that it helps you too…

During World War II, a young soldier became separated from his unit on a Pacific Island. In the smoke and the crossfire, he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock and quickly crawled inside.

Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.   As he waited, he prayed, “Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. In Jesus name, Amen.”

When he looked up from his despairing plea for help, he saw a spider beginning to weave its web at the entrance of the cave. As he watched the delicate threads being slowly drawn across the mouth of the cave, the young soldier pondered its irony. He thought to himself, “God really does have a sense of humor. I asked God for protection and deliverance and He sent me a spider instead. I needed a stone wall and God sent a spider. How can a spider save me?”

Soon he heard the sound of his enemies, who were now scouring the area looking for those in hiding. One soldier with a gun slowly walked up to the cave’s entrance. As the young man crouched in the darkness, hoping to surprise the enemy in a last-minute desperate attempt to save his own life, he felt his heart pounding wildly out of control. As the enemy moved cautiously forward to enter the cave, he came upon the spider’s web, which by now was completely strung across the opening. He backed away and called out to a comrade, “There can’t be anyone in here. They would have had to break this spider’s web to enter the cave. Let’s move on.”

The young man fell on his face and cried out to God, “Lord, forgive me, I had forgotten that in you a spider’s web is stronger than a brick wall.”

Years later, this young man, who become a preacher and evangelist, wrote about that ordeal. What he observed has stood by me in times of trouble, especially during those times when everything seemed impossible. He wrote: “Where God is, a spider’s web is as a stone wall. Where God is not, a stone wall is as a spider’s web.”

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways, if we would only trust him. Nehemiah reminded the people of Israel when they faced the task of rebuilding Jerusalem, “In God we will have success!” [Nehemiah 2:20]

Whatever is happening in your life today, just remember… “Where God is, a spider’s web is as a stone wall. Where God is not, a stone wall is as a spider’s web.”

If you are a father and you surf the web for pornography, don’t be surprised if one day your child says her bedtime prayer like this:

“Dear God, this year please send clothes for all those poor ladies  in Daddy’s computer, Amen.”

Three little Boys were concerned because they couldn’t get anyone to play with them..
They decided it was because they had not been Baptized and didn’t go to Sunday School.

So they went to the nearest Church.

But, only the Janitor was there.

One little Boy said, “We need to be baptized because no one will come out and play with Us.
Will You baptize Us?”
“Sure,” said the Janitor.

He took them into the bathroom and dunked their little heads in the toilet bowl, one at a time.
Then He said, “You are now Baptized!”.

” When they got outside, one of them asked, “What religion do You think We are?”

The oldest one said,  “We’re not Kathlick, because they pour the water on You.”
“We’re not Babtis, because they dunk all of You in the water.”
“We’re not Methdiss, ……because they just sprinkle water on You.”

The littlest one said, “Didn’t you smell that water!”

They all joined in asking, “Yeah! What do You think that means?”

“I think it means we’re Pisspatarians!”

The next time you feel that God can’t use you because of some flaw you think you may have, look at who He has used in the past…

Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer
and Lazarus was dead!

No more excuses now. God can use you to your full potential.
Besides, you aren’t the message, you are just the messenger.

1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
2. Dear God, I have a problem, it’s me.
3. Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
5. Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted .
6. Do the math. Count your blessings.
7. Faith is the ability to not panic.
8. Laugh every day, it’s like inner jogging.
9. If you worry, you didn’t pray. If you pray, don’t worry.
10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.
11. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.
12. The most important things in your house are the people.
13. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

May God Always Bless You !

During the 2008 Presidential campaigning, Carol (my wife) and I were campaigning for John McCain. We tried to convince Carol’s aunty and uncle in Washington to vote McCain simply because Obama was very pro-abort. We said that McCain will try to ban abortion eventually if he became President.
Her aunty said that abortion should not be legislated and every woman should decide for herself. She believed that it’s sufficient to convince women to be pro-life from the pulpit.

I was livid and I remember mentioning that we legislate that murder is a crime, as well as DUI, so why not abortion?

I’m involved in natural health care business and I noticed that of late there are several legislations (either Federal or State) that have banned trans-fat oils and even smoking cigarettes in certain establishments. There’s even talk of banning cigarettes.

I feel incredulous that very few people are coming to the defense of people who choose to eat trans-fat loaded food and smoke cigarettes. Don’t these people also have a choice like the women who supposed have the right to terminate their pregnancies?

Seems like a whole load of hyprocisy circulating around.

I believe that if we ban something that will save lives (like tobacco and poisonous foodstuff) then we should also ban abortion and by ban, I mean ban abortion absoutely, without any exclusions.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill my heart with Your holy gifts.

Holy Spirit assist me in all my trials of life, advise me in my doubts and strengthen me in my weakness.

Holy Spirit, pour Your light into my heart, my soul and my mind. Assist me to live a holy life and to grow in fondness and grace.

Amen.

Recently Catholic Exchange reproduced a letter from the USCCB to the Senate Committee on Finance titled, Health Care Reform and the Dignity of Life.

The letter from the Bishops was reminding the politicians that health care was a basic human right that all humans need to live a dignified life and therefore the government should provide unverisal health care coverage. I replied to this article and I duplicate my reply below:

As much as I agree that health care is a right, it’s also right that all people should strive for a healthy lifestyle.

Let’s ask why health care costs are uncontrollable today. It’s simply because humans have relinquished responsibility for their health and passed it on a silver platter to the medical professionals and Big Pharma.

The basic question to ask are the following:
1. what caused our illness
2. how do we cure the cause (as opposed to controlling or managing the symptoms as being practiced today)
3. how do we ensure we don’t fall ill again

As Christians we have been taught that disease is the result of the Fall. I agree with that but that doesn’t mean we can’t be healthy. Almost every disease is the result of some sinful behavior on our part. Let’s look at them…

Sloth - we have become lackadaisical with regards to what we eat and drink. Result - cardiac illness, diabetes, cancer

Envy - instead of being grateful for what we have, we envy what someone else has instead of blessing them. Result - depression and to some extent panic attacks and anxiety.

Lust - Sexual lust results in every sexually transmitted disease, most abortions (which in turn play a heavy role in depression and breast cancers).

Greed - wanting more power and money for their own ends always leaves us unsatisfied. If there was a more benevolent goal in life for amassing wealth and power like uplifting the plight of the downtrodden, we will have less depression and unhappiness. Numerous research has shown that unhappiness leads to heart diseases and mental problems.

Wrath - forever scheming to destroy someone else emotionally or physically, creates hormonal imbalances inside our bodies that will eventually eat into us a results in mental conditions, heart diseases and even cancers.

I’ll stop here, but you get the picture. It definitely is sin that causes diseases and if we return to living life as God intended, including eat the right foods, we can prevent or at least reduce risks of disease. Then we don’t have to depend of expensive drugs.

My belief is that God has created all the cures that we need for all our diseases in the flora and fauna He created. Maybe that’s also what He meant when He said to subdue the earth. But we are lazy and prefer to rely on quick fixes like drugs.

I used to work in Big Pharma for 22 years and left recently because I finally couldn’t take the unethical practices and derision of natural (God-created) remedies. If you’re exposed to natural heath care remedies, you’d be surprised that they can actually cure diseases.

I set-up Breakthrough Health Solutions, LLC to bring the good news that God has given us a way to be disease-free and also given us all the tools to cure disease. I’m giving away 365 Free “Your Daily Health Booster Tips” via email. Just register at http://www.BreakthroughHealthSolutions.com to immediately receive these tips.

Do your part in reducing health care costs. Don’t wait for the government.

THREE NUNS WERE ATTENDING AN AFL FINAL..

THREE MEN WERE SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND..

BECAUSE THEIR HABITS WERE PARTIALLY  BLOCKING THE VIEW, THE MEN DECIDED TO BADGER THE NUNS HOPING THAT THEY’D GET  ANNOYED ENOUGH TO MOVE TO ANOTHER AREA..

IN A VERY LOUD VOICE, THE FIRST GUY  SAID, “I THINK I’M GOING TO MOVE TO BRISBANE.. THERE ARE ONLY 100 NUNS LIVING THERE..”

THEN THE SECOND GUY SPOKE UP AND SAID,  “I WANT TO GO TO TASMANIA… THERE ARE ONLY 50 NUNS LIVING THERE..”

THE THIRD GUY SAID, “I WANT TO GO TO NEW ZEALAND… THERE ARE ONLY 25 NUNS LIVING THERE…”

ONE OF THE NUNS TURNED AROUND, LOOKED AT  THE MEN, AND IN A VERY SWEET AND CALM VOICE SAID,

“WHY  DON’T YOU GO TO HELL .. THERE AREN’T ANY NUNS THERE!”

Does it shock you that the Omnipotent God is impotent on certain matters?

I’ve always thought about these things, but now I found an article that actually lists them down. Got them from last week’s edition of the Herald - The Catholic Weekly.

1. God can’t get tired
2. God can’t take on a job he can’t handle
3. God can’t be unholy
4. God can’t be prejudiced
5. God can’t break a promise
6. God can’t remember sins he’s chosen to forget
7. God can’t make a loser
8. God can’t abandon you
9. God can’t stop thinking about you
10. God can’t stop loving you.

Do you have anything else to add?

Post below…

My cousin sent this to me and haven’t seen it before.

So enjoy…

Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth?
A. Ruthless.

Q. What do they call pastors in Germany ?
A. German Shepherds.

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.

Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible?
A. Pharaoh’s daughter. She went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out a little prophet.

Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden in a Fury. David’s Triumph was heard throughout the land. Also, probably a Honda, because the apostles were all in one Accord.

Q.. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?
A. Samson. He brought the house down.

Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to why he no longer lived in Eden ?
A. Your mother ate us out of house and home.

Q. Which servant of God was the most flagrant lawbreaker in the Bible?
A. Moses. He broke all 10 commandments at once.

Q. Which area of Palestine was especially wealthy?
A. The area around Jordan The banks were always overflowing.

Q. Who is the greatest babysitter mentioned in the Bible?
A. David. He rocked Goliath to a very deep sleep.

Q. Which Bible character had no parents?
A. Joshua, son of Nun.

Q. Why didn’t they play cards on the Ark ?
A. Because Noah was standing on the deck. (Groan .)

PS. Did you know it’s a sin for a woman to make coffee?
Yup, it’s in the Bible. It says . “He-brews”

KEEP SMILING!!!! GOD LOVES YOU BUNCHES AND BUNCHES!!!!
Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.