In America, we are socialized to pursue money and the American Dream. Parents socialize their little children to save money by giving them Piggy Banks and encouraging them to save their pennies for a rainy day. Older children are socialized by family to earn spending money for toys and games by doing yard work, house work, or babysitting. Teenagers are socialized by family to pay for their own recreational and pop clothing needs with a part-time job. High schools socialize seniors to value…

Mice Overhear Conversation About Heaven

By Greg Miller

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Hos.6 [3] Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the  rain, as the latter and former  rain unto the earth. Sir.35 [20] Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of  rain in the time of drought.…

Amos.4 [10] I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of  your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the…

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you so much for your mercy on me when I have made wrong choices in my life, out of my own rebellion. Thank you for giving me the eyes to see my folly and repent of it and turn back to You. Lord, I ask for the grace to continue to walk in wisdom. Help me to be humble when I am corrected, and not to think of myself more highly than I ought to. Let me hear Your words when you speak to me, through whatever means you may use. Bless all of those…

"But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word." Acts 6:4

For what reason should we leave the ministry of the word and the giving of ourselves to prayer? This is the question that the first twelve disciples asked among the multitudes, when confronted with an issue…

In the name of God most high (ie the God that formed Jesus in the womb is the God that is claimed herein), the Beneficent, the Merciful. [77.1] I…

A number of my Christian friends and I had decided to be baptized. Things felt like they were straightening out in my life, but I still wasn't completely giving my life totally to God, so much as giving Him lip service, and "identifying" myself as a "Christian".      Needless to say, it wasn't anytime at all, and I was right back to where I was before. I began shooting meth again. I was getting heavier into New Age practices and beliefs. I was associating with people whose spiritual journeys…