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Friday, June 23, 2017

A possible way to start a godly themed consignment store....

Bridges to Zion - Title of the Store

*****Hire anyone who wants to create items.....well, create items from home as a person is able to turn trash into treasure.  Perfect opportunity for the disabled and others with difficulty in work or low on income to make some cash*******

-Basic household items (kitchen, living-room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, Wall decoration, storage, yard/farm, garage/hardware, outdoors/hunting/camping, other supplies)

-Home-sewn clothing (modest woman's dresses, modest girl's dresses, plain sweat pants, snow clothing, plain head-scarves, knitted socks, knitted winter items, baby clothing, work uniforms)

-Acceptable toys (homemade clean toys, imitation of chores toys, nature study(plants, animals, astronomy, rocks, water, light), godly music study, Montessori learning, History Study, Classic Book study, nature made toys

-Shelving for individual sales items

-Other things may be sold as well: antiques, herb remedies, baking mixes, pantry items

-Never accept: Things that promote alcohol, gambling, pornography or sexual impurity, Sodomite Lifestyles, laziness, greed, political trends, offensive to culture or nation/tribal heritage, excessive patriotic, holidays that are not listed in the bible, cartoon or fad items, depression or psychological thriller, excessive big-pharma dependency, movies or video games (exception is for movies that teach biblical and education themes), religion items that promote terrorism, domestic violence promotion items, items that promote child-marriage, violence and murder, gluttony or eating lots of meats, foods that are excessive processed or sugary, smoking or addiction to drugs.....

-Rewards 1. Consignment 50%.  You give us the items we price and get the items ready to sell.  This is the best way to make easy money on simple recycled objects.
2. Consignment 25%.  You price the item you made, we get 25%.  Items must be homemade.  You put it on the shelf.
3. You get a shelf for selling items.  Any items that qualify as acceptable may be placed on the shelf for Free.  We get 2% of the profits.

-Patterns on how to turn recycled items are available so people can turn their recycling into profit.


Maybe in the near future I will start up a shop like this.

The goal is to promote local people to use their creative skills and create items from close to home, rather than buy cheap stuff that needs to come from far away and is only plastic un-natural items.


Here is a website that would promote designs: http://www.creativejewishmom.com/recycled-cardboard-crafts/ or http://soulemama.bigcartel.com/ or https://www.pinterest.com/angel_65236/milk-jug-plastic-crafts/

Member participant (people decide to work with the store in favor of Godliness goals)

-Godly encouragement
-Biblical studies
-Formal dress codes encouragement
-Give and Receive (sharing, borrowing and combined ownership opportunities among members)
-Discounts with purchases
-Community Fellowship Days

(no major-doctrine decisions given, just basic encouragement)

Thursday, June 22, 2017

His love radiates from Mt. Zion.

When his eyes look at you, instead of hatred for your past, he looks at you with flame of love.

His love is enduring.  It can stand in the test of time.

From Mt. Zion, though I have not visited, his love radiates and cleans the heart from afar, to draw people near to his hands.

His love wants you to dance around Mt. Zion.

Appeal to the people to seek his love which radiates from Mt. Zion.


When a sinner feels his love, instead of scorn and division in the heart, redemption and hymns spring forth.


Please dear people, do study a bible about his love from Mt. Zion.

All abominable sins which people sin by choice as in the case of Sodom and Gommorah are eliminated by his divine love.


Seek such love, how could on not want such appeal to the senses to overcome lies and anger in this world.

Sing unto Zion in a heart of praise to the creator and redeemer of man-kind so he may be kind again.


Dear Media. Stop labeling everyone as Islamophobic.

Dear Media.

It should be no surprise of the origin of the extreme beliefs which fueled the Finsbury Park Massacre terrorist.

Stop labeling people who speak about their suffering under Muslim persecution as being "Islamophobic" and fearful of the poor immigrants from Hondourus.  Such accusation is wrong.  Stop labeling people who love sin-less-Jesus more than sin-full-Muhammed as anti-arab and would never want to speak Arabic.  Such accusation is false as there are many Arab speaking Christians in Israel.  Stop labeling people who are concerned and do not want to help the suffering Muslims in Syria as Islamophobic.  People do want to help other people, they want to make sure they won't get attacked in return.  Even Jesus knew whom he could and couldn't help.  So vetting is necessary.

It creates a discord and division and hatred towards actual Arab-middle-eastern people.  It creates a hatred towards women who wear head-scarves.  It creates a hatred towards people who fast.  It creates a hatred towards people who are simply Jewish and want to follow the biblical seven feasts and don't care for Christmas trees.  It creates a phobia in woman towards childbearing and being a housewife.  It also falsely associates people who practice polygny, patriarchy and bearded men as being abusive.  It also creates a fear of people who are poor in the middle east who use a branch from a tree to sweep their mud-floors.

So stop censoring people who speak about the problems of "jihad."  Stop censoring the people who speak about the problems of "child marriage" and "child-slavery" by Muslim employees.  Stop censoring people who speak about the problems of christian churches getting burned in Pakistan.


Is a poet who writes a poem expressing dislike about Muhammad and Jihad needful of sitting in a prison and getting multiple whippings?  Is a gospel preaching man who expresses a love for Jesus and his sin-lessness, needful of getting his children taken away and raped?


Be real folks.  The world needs truth.  Not Fake Media.

Think about the biblical story of Joseph before you act on behalf against someone who is telling the truth about his or her suffering.  The truth is needed in this world. Hatred is hatred. Stop labeling hate with a gift of love.....when it is actually hatred of the truth.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Eastern or Western. The bible is truth....but can it work for all?

Eastern or Western.  Is the Holy Bible only for Western Thinkers or is it for Eastern Thinkers too?

1. When can people remember Purim?
a. In the month of Abib.
b. They should forget about Purim.
c. When ever they feel like it.
d. In the month of Adar.

2. How many people did the Good Samaritain rescue?
a. 3
b. No one because he was not Jewish.
c. 2 people cought in Sodom and Gomorrah.
d. 1 person of a different nationality.

3. The followers of Jesus fasted....
a. never.
b. foutry days along with Jesus.
c. a multitude fasted 3 days and then he fed them so they would not faint
d. the disciples fasted often.

4. Respect is neccesary towards....
a. only the followers of Jesus.
b. only the people in a certain denomination.
c. Hindu's, Buddist's and Arab's who reject Muhammed only.
d. Jew's and Gentiles alike including Muslims, Atheists, Secular Jewish, people with Sodomite issues, Widows, Orphans, Veterans, poor, those of another type of Christian faith and more.

5. Where did the Holy Spirit come to the 120 people in Acts? (2 are true)
a. They were in the upper room
b. They voted for a new member in the upper room to replace Judas among 120 people.
c. The place was not listed, but it was Pentecost (feast of weeks) so it was at the Temple Mount.  The number of people unknown.
d. Randomly when ever the people look towards Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia and do good works then the people feel the Holy Spirit.

6. Are women encouraged to bear children if they are Christian?
a. No, that is just an old way of bringing children in the world.
b. Yes, women should bear children and guide the house.
c. No, women should divorce husband and evangelize so she doesn't bear the burden of raising children.
d. Yes, women should divorce men and find men who want her to have as many children as possible.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Enhance spiritual exercise......

Evidence is there.....when you walk, you are gasping for breath.  Such lack of exercise is evident.  The symptoms are there.

Same too with spirituality.  When you go about your daily life, such lack of exercising of faith is evident.

Most people think that ONLY physical exercise is important for health....but the reality is that SPIRITUAL EXERCISE is a part of life and is important to develop (think of the relationship abuse problems that happen and the nasty stuff that shows up in the news from time to time). Without spiritual exercise, tribes fail in development and proper care for humanity according to God's desire for humanity and nature.


What are symptoms of lack in spiritual development?

-Pride
-Anger
-Arrogance
-Selfishness
-Unkindness
-No Empathy
-Dislike of a nation or group of people
-Ignoring friends
-Relationships in disrepair
-Breaking one of God's commandments and laws.
-Not knowing when the biblical holiday's are celebrated.
-Lack of biblical knowledge
-Scorning
-Hatred
-Hiding behind the curtain, when it comes to "bed-room" issues, including not wanting children.
-Mocking the poor/disabled/disadvantaged
-addictions to gambling, alcohol, eating disorders, mood disorders etc etc.

Etc etc.

The diagnosis can be made by a. read through psalms and proverbs and identify character flaws in self not in others b.  read through the biblical laws and see if you are disobeying any of them (including the lack of Holiday respect) especially paying attention to how the people should care for the poor c. Go through a bible quiz and see if you are unknowledgable in some area d. see if there are any poor in your local area, within walking distance whom you have ignored. etc etc.

How to bring spirituality back up to par:

Like running, start out slowly.

-Start with 15 minutes a day......grow into 40 minutes to an hour or more of spiritual development.

-Give yourself about 12-20 weeks to get in the good habit of spiritual development.

Week 1: 2 minutes /1 minute of activity: 2 minutes (bible study/verse memorization), 1 minute (prayer and reflection).  Do this for at least a total of 15 minutes in one day.  Back and forth within one 15 minute span of time or scattered throughout the day.
Week 2: 1 1/2 minutes /1 1/2 minute of activity: 1 1/2 minutes (bible study/verse memorization), 1 1/2 minute (prayer and reflection).  Do this for at least a total of 15 minutes in one day.  Back and forth within one 15 minute span of time or scattered throughout the day.
Week 3: 1 minutes /2 minute of activity: 2 minutes (bible study/verse memorization/ prayer and reflection), 1 minute (prayer and reflection).  Do this for at least a total of 15 minutes in one day.  Back and forth within one 15 minute span of time or scattered throughout the day.
Week 4: 1 min (*prayer and reflection) 2 min (**bible study/verse memorizationn/prayer ad relfection): 20 minutes
Week 5: 1 min(*like week 4) 3 min (**like week 4): 20 minutes
Week 6: 1 min(*) 4 min(**): 20 minutes
Week 7: 1 min (*)4 min(**): 30 minutes (continue pattern)
Week 8: 1 min 4 min: 30 minutes focus on verse memorization and ability to teach children and others about gospel
Week 9: 1 min 5 min: 30 minutes
Week 10: 1 min 5 min: 35 minutes
Week 11: 1 min 10 min: 35 minutes
Week 12: 1 min 10 min: 40 minutes
Week 13: 1 min 10 min: 45 minutes focus on bible study skills and understanding of entire bible as it relates to Moses and the law
Week 14: 2 min 10 min: 45 minutes focus on bible study skills and prayer for people who don't follow bible truths
Week 15: 2 min 10 min: 50 minutes
Week 16: 2 min 10 min: 55 minutes
Week 17: 2 min 10 min: 55 minutes focus on ways you may serve others and encouragement towards others to join in prayer and hymn singing (without need for technology)
Week 18: 2 min 10 min: 55 minutes focus on overcoming deceptions and prejudices in self (judge not and judge righteous judgment), what can you subtract from your life?  What can you add into your life?  What can you divide or multiply in your life?
Week 19: 2 min 10 min: 60 minutes focus on practicing what God wants you to do.  Could it be fasting?  Do you as woman need to submit to husband? Do you need to share gospel in areas with perversion or persecution?
Week 20: 2 min 10 min: 60 minutes and more..... keep going in spiritual development.  5 times a day it is possible to study if study by section of the bible (psalms/proverbs in the morning, law (torah 600 + laws as well) in fore-noon, old-testament and prophets in after-noon, gospel before supper, New Testament (acts to Rev) in the evening).

Use this resource to help guide through the bible: http://raggedycottagegarden.blogspot.com/2016/01/101-ways-to-read-and-study-your-kjv.html

Use this resource as a way to develop greater understanding of the bible in bases of time: http://raggedycottagegarden.blogspot.com/2014/12/qumran-calendar-template.html

Develop these skills based on understanding of astronomy (times and seasons) or as a basis of when you are able to develop spiritual understanding.

Songs of Love and Hope