Searching for Silence in a Noisy World

Written by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur


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So, how can we make silence a habit in our lives? Admittedly, it is a challenge. Debra Farrington in Hearing withrepparttar Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God?s Will for your Life (Jossey-Bass, 2003) suggests beginning with just five minutes a day. Perhaps either before or after a time of formal prayer, we can carve out a place for silence. Ifrepparttar 126509 background noise of your home is prohibitive, perhaps a walk outside or retreating torepparttar 126510 bathroom will providerepparttar 126511 needed relief from noise. In that time, Harrington recommends not only attempting to distance ourselves fromrepparttar 126512 sounds ofrepparttar 126513 world, but also fromrepparttar 126514 noise inside our minds. Try not to focus onrepparttar 126515 problems ofrepparttar 126516 day orrepparttar 126517 to-do list of chores that need to be done. Try to just be inrepparttar 126518 presence of God. In time, we should be as comfortable in silence with God as we are with our intimate friends, and we should begin to hear God?s voice a little louder in our lives.

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of "The Spiritual Woman Newsletter" (http://www.spiritualwoman.net) and author of "Letters to Mary from a Young Mother" (iUniverse, 2004)

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of "The Spiritual Woman Newsletter" (http://www.spiritualwoman.net) and author of "Letters to Mary from a Young Mother" (iUniverse, 2004)


The Story of Adam and Eve

Written by Mike Bradley


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This story also explains exactly what it means to born "again." Adam and Eve lost "something" that day when they committed their first sin against God by eating offrepparttar tree ofrepparttar 126508 knowledge and good and evil. After Jesus comes to our earth to die for all of our sins - we then get back that "something" that Adam and Eve lost that day - hencerepparttar 126509 word born "again." This article will fully explain what that "something" was and how we got that "something" back "again" after Jesus died onrepparttar 126510 cross.

This story needs to be fully understood by every Christian so we know who we really are "in Christ Jesus" and exactly why there is so much death and destruction in our earthly lives. Knowledge that this story will give you on these topics will also help you when witnessing to nonbelievers - especially when you have to deal with one ofrepparttar 126511 most frequently asked question by many nonbelievers - if there really is a God, how could He allow so many bad things to happen to so many people on our earth throughoutrepparttar 126512 last 6000 years?

Once you (fully understandrepparttar 126513 consequences) that occurred after Adam and Eve ate off of that one forbidden tree - you will have repparttar 126514 knowledge and insight to fully explainrepparttar 126515 answer to that question to anyone who may ask you - whether it be to a nonbeliever or even to another Christian who really doesn't understandrepparttar 126516 "Big Picture" and why things arerepparttar 126517 way they are in this life.

For a good detailed explanation explaining some of the above topics, go to Adam and Eve.

Article written by Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries. Their website is a resource of Bible Knowledge, articles, commentary and teaching. Copyright © 2004 by Michael Bradley.


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