Genetically Predisposed to Find FaithWritten by Arthur Levine
Please feel free to reprint this article if credit is given to resource box. Notification that you have posted it would be appreciated. Copywrite Arthur Levine 2005 Word Count 535Genetically Predisposed to Faith Have you ever wondered how much faith you really have? If you are like me there have been times in your life when you question how much faith you have: times when you doubt your ability to cope with personal difficulties, and times when threat of terrorism or natural disasters feels overwhelming. This is time to strip away your inhibitions and use your imagination to find more faith. We are all genetically predisposed to have faith. It is a gift from God. The instinct to have faith is as strong as our will to survive. It is in fact part of our survival mechanism. Without faith we do not have courage to go on. Without faith we have no hope. Without faith we cannot fulfill promise that is within each of us to do something worthwhile with our lives. That is why God instilled in us need to have faith. Your imagination is a reflection of what your subconscious mind or soul is thinking. These thoughts creep into your mind when you first wake up or interject themselves into your thinking at odd times of day with seemingly no reason or continuity to what you were doing of thinking about. Don’t discount these thoughts out of hand. Don’t let years of rigid adherence to a particular way of thinking stop you from finding more faith. Don’t let it stop you from finding new ways to get more faith. I don’t believe that God cares about labels. I think it’s what is in your heart that counts.
| | Rapture or Place of Safety?Written by David Ben-Ariel
We know those who are accounted worthy to escape WWIII, those with a prayerful attitude and watchful spirit, growing and overcoming and sensitive to lead of Holy Spirit(Luke 21:34-36), will be more than provided for in "Her Place," as our gracious Lord of Hosts has promised (Rev. 12:14). The "rapture" is not biblical! God offers protection ON EARTH. We also know that it'll be more difficult for those who are pregnant or have young ones to tend to and that to help ease our collective birth pangs, we're commanded to pray our emergency evacuation won't be in winter or on Sabbath (Matt. 24:16-21). This reveals our prayers can affect God's timing and world events! We are People of God of Elijah and our prayers can move mountains and shake Earth and rattle Heavens, as necessary! Our God is in control, even though world will appear to be spinning out of control. God is more than able to restore energy to young and old alike (Isa.40:28-31), for when appointed time has come, we will go with our young and with our old (Ex. 10:9), and like Israel leaving Egypt there won't be a single feeble person among us but all will go forth in supernatural strength of Name of LORD (Ps. 105:37).
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