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Archive for August, 2008

The Law of Attraction & Illness - A Christian Perspective

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Tag:believe, faith, God, hope, illness, jesus, law of attractionThe Law of Attraction teaches how we should always focus on what we want in order to attract it. Naturally, if you want something good, you focus on it positively and don’t let any negative thoughts enter your mind about that thing. Let me give a real […]

Law of Attraction for Christians - Faith

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Tag:catholic faith, Christian faith, law of attraction, laws of attraction, the secret, the secret book, the secret movieThe Law of Attraction as revealed in the book and movie, The Secret, advocates that we must have faith in everything we ask of God.
For Christians, faith is a word we utter very easily but find great difficulty […]

Woman and Fork

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Tag:going to heaven, heaven on their minds, must be heaven, picture of heaven, story, vision of heaven, were in heavenThere was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things ‘in order,’ she contacted her Pastor and had […]

Persistence - The story of the bamboo

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Tag:bamboo, perseverence, persistence, persistentOne day I decided to quit…
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality…
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
‘God’, I asked, ‘Can you give me one good reason not to quit?’

His answer surprised me…

‘Look around’, He said. ‘Do you see the […]

God Created Children (and Grandchildren)

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Tag:adam and eve, children treatment, dealing with children, future of children, parenting advice, teen children, teens childrenTo those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students… here is something to make you chuckle.
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the […]

Condensed Bible

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Tag:bible, children, condensed, humor, storyA child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. The following is what he wrote.
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than […]

The Secret Lessons for Christians

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Tag:commandments, good, law of attraction, law of love, ten, the secretOne principle of the Secret, also known as the Law of Attraction, is that we should attract the good and not the bad. Basically this means focus on the good and not the bad.
For Christians and for practitioners of many of other religions, we are […]

The 10 Commandments ala The Law of Attraction

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Tag:law of attraction, like attracts like, positive, ten commandments, the secretThe Secret or the Law of Attraction teaches that like attracts like. This means that if we something good then we must use positive language to express our desires or wishes rather than negative language.
Hence, if we want to improve our relationship with our spouse, […]

The Secret - Compatible with Christian Teaching? #3

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Tag:catholic, mind, power, the secretThe Secret teaches that our Mind is an extremely powerful object. Merely by forming mental images in our mind we can manifest objects physically.
Sounds like new age thinking? On the contrary it’s more aligned to the Bible - the Old Testament specifically. In Genesis, God says that He made humankind in […]

The Secret - Compatible with Christian Teaching? #2

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Tag:bible, book, catholic, jesus, law of attraction, love, movie, the secretWhat is The Secret? The Secret is the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction is also known as the Law of Love.
Christianity is all about love. The two greatest Commandments that Jesus gave us were to love God and to love our fellow human […]