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HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE & THE PALEO DIET

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IS HONEY/RAW HONEY PALEO? | PALEO DIET FOOD LIST

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WHY AREN'T GRAINS GOOD FOR YOU?

Been reading a lot about the PALEO way of eating (like the cavemen did [and don't get me started on evolution. Why couldn't both be correct? Creationism and evolution? I mean maybe God used evolution as a tool Makes perfect sense to me]. The cavemen ate meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries--u know, Hunters/Gatherers. Before "progress". Anyway, as I read that question once again today (see title), I have another one of my random, errant thoughts. I love those. So my thought is: maybe grains are not good for us because farming (as opposed to hunting/gathering) actually began with Cain--the "brother" of Abel in Genesis, the first book of the Holy Bible. You know. Cain the first murderer. There's gotta be some negative energy in there somewhere. In the grains. To be continued pending further revelation....

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R&B MUSIC HALL OF FAME 2013

R&B Music Hall of Fame 2013

I have been invited to make a guest appearance at the induction ceremony of the first R&B Music Hall of Fame to be held on Sunday May 5, 2013 at the Music Hall Auditorium Cleveland, Ohio at 5:00 pm. The VIP reception show time is scheduled on the same day at 7:00 pm. http://www.rbhalloffame.com/

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SIGNS OF ABUSE AND ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

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PSALM 22:1: MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?

Click here to see: Psalm 22:1: My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

DEAR GOD!!

“Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and still You keep on blessing me.

Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not worthy of You and pleasing to You. Help me be better and do better tomorrow. I ask now for Your forgiveness.

Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start tomorrow with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day by clearing my mind so that I may hear from You. Please soften my heart and broaden my mind that I may accept all things of You.

I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will and to bring Glory to You and to work for the Kingdom. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who don't believe. But I thank You that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met with plenty left with which to give. I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You—not me--to fight.. I can do nothing without You. I cannot even breathe without Your mercy. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them.”

If you prayed this prayer,God Bless You! Repeat the following phrase and see how God moves! “Jesus, how I love You and need You. Please bypass my mind and come into my heart. I give my life to You, to live my life for You”. It worked for me!

AFFIRMATIONS

Jesus is my Lord. The devil has no power over me. (Matt 28:18; Col 1:13)

In Jesus' Name I bind you, satan, and forbid you to bother me in any way. (Mark 16:17; James 4:7)

No weapon formed against me shall prosper. (Is 54:17)

No evil or accident will happen to me--neither shall any sickness come near me. God has given His angels charge over me to always keep me safe. (Ps 91:10-11)

I fear no evil for You are with me, Lord. (Ps 23:4)

Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4)

Christ has set me free from the curse of sickness. By His wounds, I've already been healed. (Gal 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24)

The Lord is my Shepherd. I do not lack. (Ps 23:1)

My God has already supplied and always supplies all I need. (Phil 4:19)

I am a child of Almighty God. He loves me and takes care of me.(Matt 6:32-33; 7:11)

The Lord is my Helper. I will not be afraid. (Heb 13:6)

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. (Phil 4:13)

All things are possible. I have faith so nothing is impossible. (Matt 17:20; Mark 9:23)

I am a forgiver. I am patient and kind. I walk in love. (1 Cor 13, Rom 5:5)

God gives me favor with people. (Acts 2:47)

Jesus has become my wisdom. (1 Cor 1:30)

I have the mind of Christ. (Phil 2:5)

The Spirit of truth lives in me and teaches me all things. He guides me into all truth. (John 14:26; 16:13)

The Lord gives me wisdom and understanding. (Prov 2:6)

I BUILT AN ALTAR THERE!

5-11-2008

As a fairly new Christian, I never knew there was such a thing as inner healing. I can't tell you how excited I was by the newly-found possibility. The only fruit I knew about was in the produce section of the market. So imagine my surprise to find out that it not only was that which you find stinking up your life, but that the fruit had roots--roots that, once found, could be dug out and eradicated by the very tracing and by prayer. Sounds simple--simple, but not all easy. But I was willing to do the work and take the risk. Besides rotten fruit, what did I have to lose?

The first time around in Breakthrough to Joy (this is my second. [author's note: I went four times, then became a facilitator]), a lifetime of woundings were coaxed one-by-one reluctantly from their dark hiding places and dealt with.

They recoiled and shriveled as the Light touched them. Each week a new and wonderful brick was laid to the foundation of my all-important healing. The most shocking thing for me to discover was that I had never (in my whole four years of being saved) trusted God. I thought I did; I said I did; I believed I did. About halfway into the classes, we dealt with our images of God--distorted, twisted or otherwise. It came to the light that never having had anyone in my life that could be trusted, lo and behold, I subconsciously perceived God in the same way. In class, I searched my heart for a word to describe aloud my image of God. It eluded me. But just as we were about to close in prayer, He let me know that the adjective I'd been looking for was the one called "untrustworthy". It made sense. The second I knew it, it was gone. The mistrust was gone. It was like a big heavy door slammed down—as in “no more of that”. Now, that's life-changing! I went back over all the many times He was faithful in my life to do what He said He would and all the conversations we'd had. At that moment, I knew I could trust God--not begin to trust Him, but trust Him! Breakthrough to Joy! I built an altar there!

ALL U NEED & MORE!

2 Corinthians 9:8 

And God is able to make all grace (not JUST money, but every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need, be self-sufficient--possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation.

HERE'S A STORY 4 U--HOPE IT BLESSES U

“There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter morning he came to Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage & set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised &, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. At the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold & fright. I stopped the lad & asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.

"What you gonna do with 'em?" I asked. "Take 'em home & have fun with 'em," he said. "Gonna tease 'em & pull out the feathers to make 'em fight. Gonna have a real good time" "But you'll get tired of the birds sooner or later. What will you do?" "Oh, I got some cats," said the boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."

The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much you want for the birds, son?" "Huh?! Why, you don't want 'em, mister. They're just plain field birds; don't sing--ain't even pretty!" "How much?" pastor asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy & said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket & took out a ten dollar bill & placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.

The pastor picked up the cage & gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree & a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty cage on the pulpit. Then the pastor began to tell this story: One day satan & Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, & he was gloating & boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!" "What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry & divorce each other, how to hate & abuse each other, how to drink & smoke & curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns & bombs & kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!" "What will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," satan said with glee "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them & they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you & kill you. You don't want them!!" "How much?" He asked again. Satan sneered at Jesus: "All your blood & tears & even your life." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price.

The pastor picked up the cage, opened the door, & walked from the pulpit. “

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Why do we agonize over whether we ourselves will be able to forgive those who have sinned against us? Our forgiveness is a pale substitute of what is needed. Instead, what is necessary is just this: that we allow Christ's forgiveness of us--the forgiveness that flows through us and brings life to us--to flow outward from us to reach the others in our lives who, like us, are equally undeserving of his mercy. For "[i]t does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy." (Rom. 9:16).

WHY DID JESUS SAY: " My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"

Click here to see: Psalm 22:1: My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

HOW CAN YOU TRUST GOD?!!

God Can Be Trusted

Hebrews 10:23
He who promised is faithful. The devil is trying to get you to doubt God and His Word. The devil wants you to give up on God, to not trust Him, to not  expect Him to do what He said in His Word.

Do not give up! God can be trusted. Someone who loves you enough to die in your place can be trusted. Someone who created all that you see, and all that you don't see, can be trusted to handle whatever you face.

TITUS 1:2 

In the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,God is not a liar. Whatever He says comes to pass!

1 THESSALONIANS 5:24
The one who calls you is faithful and will do it. God is trustworthy. Don't be moved by the circumstances. God will not fail you.

SAY THIS:
God is worthy of my trust. I trust Him with my past, present and future.
 

THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM

The Council of Jerusalem (or Apostolic Conference) is a name applied by historians to an Early Christian council that was held in Jerusalem and dated to around the year 50. The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the Mosaic law, including the rules concerning circumcision of males, however, the Council did retain the prohibitions against eating blood, or eating meat containing blood, or meat of animals not properly slain, and against fornication and idolatry. Descriptions of the council are found in Acts of the Apostles chapter 15 (in two different forms, the Alexandrian and Western versions) and also possibly in Paul's letter to the Galatians chapter 2[1]. Some scholars dispute that Galatians 2 is about the Council of Jerusalem (notably because Galatians 2 describes a private meeting) while other scholars dispute the historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles. Paul was likely an eyewitness, a major person in attendance, whereas Luke, the writer of Luke-Acts, who was a later follower of Paul, may not have been in attendance, and thus may have written second-hand, about the meeting he described in Acts 15.

Council of Jerusalem generally dated to around year 50 AD, roughly 20 years after death of Jesus of Nazareth, dated between 26-36, (see Chronology of Jesus). It has not been established to have been the first council of the new community's leaders, but it is the first one of which records exists (in Galatians 2, in Acts 15, and in the writings of the Church Fathers). The account in Acts may not have been written by an eyewitness to the event, but Galatians (if it is about the Council of Jerusalem) was; and both accounts suggest that the reason the meeting was called was to debate whether or not male Gentiles who were converting to become followers of Jesus were required to become circumcised, presumably in accord with Genesis 17:14, a law from God which according to Genesis 17:13-19 God said would be eternal, and therefore always applicable, see also the Jewish background to the 1st century circumcision controversy and Biblical law in Christianity. However, Circumcision was considered repulsive during the period of Hellenization of the Eastern Mediterranean[2].
At the time, most followers of Jesus (which historians refer to as Jewish Christians) were Jewish by birth and even converts would have considered the early Christians as a part of Judaism. According to Alister McGrath, the Jewish Christians affirmed every aspect of then contemporary (Second Temple) Judaism with the addition of the belief that Jesus was the Messiah.[3] Unless males were circumcised, they could not be God's People. Genesis 17:14 said "No uncircumcised man will be one of my people." The meeting was called because, according to the NRSV translation of Acts 15:1-2, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." However, this command is given considerably before Moses' time, stemming from the time of Abraham (see also Abrahamic covenant), but it is cited as 'the custom of Moses' because Moses is the traditional giver of the Law as a whole. Jesus himself also says in John 7:22 that Moses gave the people circumcision. It was hard for Gentile Christians to keep up with all the laws listed in the Jewish Scriptures, which Christians came to call the "Old Testament", a term linked with Supersessionism (see the proposed more neutral modern term "Hebrew Bible" for details)[4].
The purpose of the meeting, according to Acts, was to resolve a disagreement in Antioch, which had wider implications than just circumcision, since circumcision is the "everlasting" sign of the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 17:9-14). Some of the Pharisees who had become believers insisted that it was "needful to circumcise them, and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses", according to the popular KJV translation[5] while another translation[6] translates: "They have to be circumcised; we have to proclaim and keep the law of Moses".
The primary issue which was addressed related to the requirement of circumcision, as the author of Acts relates, but other matters arose as well, as the Apostolic Decree indicates. The dispute was between those, such as the followers of the "Pillars of the Church," led by James, who believed, following his interpretation of the Great Commission, that the church must observe the Torah, i.e. the rules of traditional Judaism,[1] and Paul of Tarsus, who believed there was no such necessity. (See also Supersessionism, New Covenant, Antinomianism, Hellenistic Judaism, Paul of Tarsus and Judaism)
At the Council, following advice said to have been offered by Simon Peter (Acts 15:7–11), James, the leader of the Jerusalem Church, gave his decision (later known as the "Apostolic Decree"):

"Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.[2] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day" (Acts 15:19–21).

The Western version of Acts (see Acts of the Apostles: Manuscripts) adds the negative form of the Golden Rule ("and whatever things ye would not have done to yourselves, do not do to another").[3]
This determined questions wider than that of circumcision, most particularly dietary questions but also fornication and idolatry, and also the application of Biblical law to non-Jews. And this Apostolic Decree was considered binding on all the other local Christian congregations in other regions.[7] See also Biblical law directed at non-Jews, Seven Laws of Noah, Biblical law in Christianity, and the Ten Commandments in Christianity.

HERE'S MY LOVELY NEW WEBSITE!

Here's my lovely new website! Thanks to Todd and Glory to God.

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