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I received an e-mail from a good friend of mine, and I had explained what new project I was working on, and she thought it was interesting.

Now, although I cannot share the details of it, due to potential copyright issues, I can say that Brother Paul is working on a very unique screenplay. When this screenplay is finished, it could very well be a great tool for Christians to be able to explain the TRUTH about Christ.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I think some tele-vangelists are doing all right. But, there are others who are not focusing on the truth. Like I told my friend, I find it bizarre that a Mexican comedian, who usually has very blue humor, is one of the few who got it right about the ending of the Passion of the Christ movie. When everybody else in the theatre was weeping over the death of the Savior, he was standing up and yelling, “It’s okay. He gets to come back in 3 days.”

Too many “preachers” who seem to find a way to turn God’s name into three syllables when they speak this one syllable title for Jehovah, {(as in Go-aaah-duh) I don’t know why they think this makes his name more holy, because it doesn’t. Especially since his proper Hebrew name was more likely Yahweh (pronounced Yaw-way), which is still only two syllables.} seem to focus on the need for money to continue the work of the Lord. Now, I’m not saying that a person who devotes their service to the Lord is NOT entitled to money, as even “the oxen who treads the grain is entitled to eat some of the grain.” But, the focus is usually, not always, in the wrong areas.

First, as James said, “Pure Christianity is this: to take care of the widows and orphans.”

Second, during the old Testament Levitical priesthood, (which went away when Christ died and the curtain to the Holy of Holies was torn in two, thus allowing all to come to God, through Christ as the mediator), the 10 percent was given to the priesthood so they could be taken care of.

Third, buildings for churches (the people ARE the church, not the building) to meet in did not come into existence until sometime in the third or fourth century.

The problem is the focus becomes on the money, instead of the serving of other people.

In Matthew 25, we see that the people that go to heaven, were the ones who waited and served others. Not the ones who necessarily went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. (I’ve always thought it was funny that some considered “faithfullness” being based on attendance to a worship meeting. Worship meetings were designed for brothers and sisters in Christ to encourage one another and lift one another up, not to go and listen to a preacher and say, “Yep, I’m going to heaven for having listened to that preacher.”)

When we look at the “meaning of life” which I’m purposely translating as “the purpose of our life,” it’s to help one another with the skills God gave us.

God instilled in me the want to be a writer. And, if I am to glorify HIM with this power, then I need to write a screenplay that will help bring people to the truth about Christ and why he was sent here for our sins, rather than to use this gift that God gave me to make outrageous sums of money, by NOT focusing on the proper priorities.

When all the registrations are set in place, and I have properly protected this work by copyright, I will probably share more of the details with you.

In the meantime, make it a great day in the Lord!

Brother Paul

The Power is within you.

You may not believe that.

But, it’s there.

Now, for those of my readers who are of the
Christian persuasion, this probably leans
more towards your understanding.

But, I’m hoping the rest of you will grasp
it.

In John 4:24, it states that “God is a
spirit.”

Now, unlike Patrick Swayze’s character in
“Ghost”, spirits cannot generally make
themselves harder so that they can interact
with items, like when Swayze’s character
kicked the can on the subway train (or kicked
the bad guy’s can, later in the movie).

But, you’ve seen movies where spirits inhabit
other people to “make” them do things that
they generally can’t. (like all the “Chucky”
movies, where Chucky inhabited a doll, or
like the evil spirit that inhabited people in
the Denzel Washington TV movie, “The
Fallen.”)

So, did God put his spirit IN us?

The answer is simply this: YES.

Now, those of you who aren’t of the Christian
persuasion may understand it as the “power of
the universe.”

But, in Genesis, when God said, “Let US make
man in our own image,” (the US is what some
call the “Godhead” or the trinity of “Jesus,
God, and the Holy Spirit”), and if God is a
Spirit, then what “image” is being referred
to?

The answer has to be “not the physical,” but
rather “the spiritual.”

So, God’s spirit is within us. We have the
power of God within us.

But, to activate that power, you have to LIVE
in alignment with the LAWS that God set up in
the Universe.

Well, what are some of these LAWS?

Let’s examine that.

Number 1: Finding the abilities and skills
that are within you that will benefit others.

God doesn’t have hands and feet to use that
will help others.

So, what does he use?

He uses your hands and feets, and arms, and
legs, and mouth, and, and–

You get the point, don’t you?

We were put here to HELP one another.

But, God gave us the FREE WILL to decide
whether or not we will use those powers HE
gave us through his spirit to benefit others,
or whether we will waste them on our own
lusts.

#2: Don’t judge others.

In the Bible, judgment has been deferred
until the end of this race’s time.

What I mean by race is best left for another
discussion. But, the main point is we are
not to judge others. Because, as is stated
in Matthew 7:1, as we judge others, so we
will be judged.

If people choose to not learn these truths,
it is NOT our (or your) job to CRAM IT DOWN
THEIR THROAT.

All we can do is point the way to the truth
of the power inside us, and let them choose
to use their own skills and abilities to
benefit mankind or waste it on lusts of
themselves.

When we do what is right, the laws of the
universe that were set up by God will benefit
us.

Maybe not on our time schedule, but they will
benefit us, even when we think they won’t.

There’s a lot more to address on this topic,
which eventually I’ll get around to, but as
you well know, I sometimes don’t do things in
the most direct path.

But, I do, eventually, do them!

How about a riddle?

According to the Bible, who set’s on the left hand side of Jesus in heaven?

If I remember, I’ll give you the answer in the next blog!

Make it a great week!

Brother Paul

But, only if you “follow in the way you should go.”

There are a lot of people that believe that
only good happens to those that live in
harmony with the universal laws that God
created.

But, that’s not entirely true.

You are promised that you will not be given
more than you can bear without a way of
escape being provided. You are promised that
all things work together for good for those
that love the Lord.

I have a dear brother in this very town that
has been forced to close his doors on his
business. He presented everything in his
business to God. But, he did not succeed.
Will he make it wherever he goes to? Yes,
because he has given his life to the rules
that are set in motion by God.

Another brother of mine in the Lord just had
to drop out of the Presidential race. Is that
because he didn’t live in accordance with
God’s laws of the universe? Probably not. It
means that he was not meant to be President.
It’s like one of the remaining Presidential
candidates said to the question, “What would
Jesus do?” This candidate’s answer was,
“Jesus wouldn’t run for public office.”

See, the people that believe that only good
can happen believe that God is in charge.
But, God is only in charge when you allow him
to be in charge. And, you can do that by
living in accordance with the laws he
created.

Bad things happen to good people. We cannot
control that. We can only control “how” WE
respond to what has happened.

The story of a man who had bad things happen
to him was told in Job. He was given
elephantitis which created large sores on his
body. His wife and kids were gone. His
business plundered into the ground, all so
that Lucifer could try and prove a point to
God. “Let me mess with him, and let’s see if
he still praises your name.”

Now, granted Job did a lot of whining, but he
never broke the “law” that was in place. He
never once blamed God for his situation, even
when his three “friends” tried to get him to
“curse God” and be done with it all.

He was rewarded with a more beautiful wife
and more beautiful children and a better
business that what he had before.

It’s extremely easy to fall into the trap of
violating your principles and the laws of the
universe for short term gain. Want to make
quick money? Just set up a porn site. Or
promise something that doesn’t deliver and
charge a high price for it.

You’ll get quick money.

But, you will also destroy your
reputation. And, you will never
get long-term reward.

You have got to do what it takes to hold on
to the laws of the universe that God created.
When bad times come, look for the way of
escape.

Let me let a story relay the point that what
you may think is bad is actually good:

An African king had a close friend who had
the habit of remarking “this is good” about every occurrence in life no matter what it was.

One day the king and his friend were out hunting.

The king’s friend loaded a gun and handed it to the king, but alas he loaded it wrong and when the
king fired it, his thumb was blown off.

“This is good!” exclaimed his friend.

The horrified and bleeding king was furious.

“How can you say this is good? This is obviously horrible!” he shouted.

The king put his friend in jail.

About a year later the king went hunting by
himself. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked
some wood, set up a stake and bound him to it. As
they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being
superstitious, they never ate anyone who was
less than whole. They untied the king and sent him on his way.

Full of remorse the king rushed to the prison
to release his friend.

“You were right, it WAS good” the king said.

The king told his friend how the missing
thumb saved his life and added,”I feel so sad that I locked you in jail.That was
such a bad thing to do”

“NO! this is good!” responded his delighted
friend.

“Oh, how could that be good my friend, I did
a terrible thing to you while I owe you my
life”.

“It is good” said his friend, “because if I
wasn’t in jail I would have been
hunting with you and they would have killed
ME.”

So, if something bad is happening in your
life right now, realize that it is just a
transition to good. And, don’t stop doing
right.

Make it a great day!

Brother Paul

But, only if you “follow in the way you should go.”

There are a lot of people that believe that
only good happens to those that live in
harmony with the universal laws that God
created.

But, that’s not entirely true.

You are promised that you will not be given
more than you can bear without a way of
escape being provided. You are promised that
all things work together for good for those
that love the Lord.

I have a dear brother in this very town that
has been forced to close his doors on his
business. He presented everything in his
business to God. But, he did not succeed.
Will he make it wherever he goes to? Yes,
because he has given his life to the rules
that are set in motion by God.

Another brother of mine in the Lord just had
to drop out of the Presidential race. Is that
because he didn’t live in accordance with
God’s laws of the universe? Probably not. It
means that he was not meant to be President.
It’s like one of the remaining Presidential
candidates said to the question, “What would
Jesus do?” This candidate’s answer was,
“Jesus wouldn’t run for public office.”

See, the people that believe that only good
can happen believe that God is in charge.
But, God is only in charge when you allow him
to be in charge. And, you can do that by
living in accordance with the laws he
created.

Bad things happen to good people. We cannot
control that. We can only control “how” WE
respond to what has happened.

The story of a man who had bad things happen
to him was told in Job. He was given
elephantitis which created large sores on his
body. His wife and kids were gone. His
business plundered into the ground, all so
that Lucifer could try and prove a point to
God. “Let me mess with him, and let’s see if
he still praises your name.”

Now, granted Job did a lot of whining, but he
never broke the “law” that was in place. He
never once blamed God for his situation, even
when his three “friends” tried to get him to
“curse God” and be done with it all.

He was rewarded with a more beautiful wife
and more beautiful children and a better
business that what he had before.

It’s extremely easy to fall into the trap of
violating your principles and the laws of the
universe for short term gain. Want to make
quick money? Just set up a porn site. Or
promise something that doesn’t deliver and
charge a high price for it.

You’ll get quick money.

But, you will also destroy your
reputation. And, you will never
get long-term reward.

You have got to do what it takes to hold on
to the laws of the universe that God created.
When bad times come, look for the way of
escape.

Let me let a story relay the point that what
you may think is bad is actually good:

An African king had a close friend who had
the habit of remarking “this is good” about every occurrence in life no matter what it was.

One day the king and his friend were out hunting.

The king’s friend loaded a gun and handed it to the king, but alas he loaded it wrong and when the
king fired it, his thumb was blown off.

“This is good!” exclaimed his friend.

The horrified and bleeding king was furious.

“How can you say this is good? This is obviously horrible!” he shouted.

The king put his friend in jail.

About a year later the king went hunting by
himself. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked
some wood, set up a stake and bound him to it. As
they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being
superstitious, they never ate anyone who was
less than whole. They untied the king and sent him on his way.

Full of remorse the king rushed to the prison
to release his friend.

“You were right, it WAS good” the king said.

The king told his friend how the missing
thumb saved his life and added,”I feel so sad that I locked you in jail.That was
such a bad thing to do”

“NO! this is good!” responded his delighted
friend.

“Oh, how could that be good my friend, I did
a terrible thing to you while I owe you my
life”.

“It is good” said his friend, “because if I
wasn’t in jail I would have been
hunting with you and they would have killed
ME.”

So, if something bad is happening in your
life right now, realize that it is just a
transition to good. And, don’t stop doing
right.

Make it a great day!

Brother Paul

RALSTON “SKEETER” HEATH
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“AT” symbol. Try it you’ll like it

So, let’s examine this.

If you show that you are grateful, as I mentioned
in “Keys To The Universe” and Wattles mentioned in
“The Science of Getting Rich,” you can continually
receive blessings.

But, more than that happens. By showing your
thankfulness, you are creating a positive energy
flow that allows the blessings to continue.
Wattles referred to the Apostle Paul’s scripture
of “pray without ceasing.” And, he defines that by
holding in your mind the vision of all that you
have received, even from corrupt politicians and
businessmen, who have progressed us to the point
we are, as well as being thankful for the things
you desire that work for good.

In addition, by showing your thankfulness for all
you have received, you suddenly become aware of
all that you have, which oddly enough makes you
suddenly aware that you are “richer” than you
thought you were.

Which then opens up the door to receiving even
more blessings.

Kind of like an eternal cycle, isn’t it?

And, the source of that cycle is God. God gives
to you, you give thanks back to God, so he can
give you more.

What an amazing eternal “positive energy” is
created through this method!

Make it a great day in the Lord!

Brother Paul

P.S. We haven’t grown. Did I make it too difficult
to refer to five other people just to receive the
audio?

Here’s the link, again: