The Seed of Christmas: Is Heterosexuality Under Attack? Looks Like It.

Hello, Everyone.

Last week, I was thinking about the world we live in, current events, and events of the past that are mentioned in the Bible. Then, this thought came to mind, "I think Satan developed hatred for heterosexuality when the event of Genesis 3:15 occurred". Genesis 3:15 (KJV) states, " And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." The seed being spoken of here is Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus the Christ and Christ Jesus. For more details about Genesis 3:15, see the commentary at the end of this post.

 God punished Satan for what he caused in the Garden of Eden, by placing a curse upon him which included a promised encounter with Jesus Christ. When that promised encounter occurred Jesus Christ defeated Satan's plans by rescuing our souls out of his hands, via what He did for humanity at the Cross. By his death, and resurrection He gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom and his plans for humanity.

The story of Jesus Christ's birth is very familiar to us; it is the Christmas story. It is also, a story of geneology --- of seed(s). It all began with the seeds of Eve (of the Garden of Eden), the babies she gave birth to from the seeds (semen) of Adam. The geneological story continued with the seeds of all the other women that gave birth to babies from the seed(s) of the males they encountered. Basically, the seed of the women is produced by the seed of the man, which is a result of heterosexual interaction. All the births that led up to the birth of Mary, the biological mother of Jesus Christ, were apart of the promised seed arriving. Of course, Mary being a virgin, conceived Jesus Christ by a divine seed rather than by the seed of a man. Jesus Christ was and is the Seed, and today, babies are still 'seeds'.

If it had not been for all the seeds of women produced by seeds of men, the results of heterosexual interaction, Mary wouldn't have been born, and therefore, she wouldn't have been around to give birth to Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ, the Seed, hadn't been born Satan's kingdom wouldn't have received the fatal blow that Jesus Christ manifested. As a consequence, Satan's destructive, evil plans for humanity would have succeeded and ALL souls would be eternally lost to hell. In a nutshell, so to speak, heterosexuality produced Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ defeated Satan's plans for ALL humans' souls to end up in hell with him, taking ALL of our Creator's beloved humans with him.

Since, the event at the Cross, it seems Satan has been striking at seeds (babies which could grow up to be people that live for Jesus Christ rather than Satan and do his kingdom even more damage) by trying to prevent them from occurring and manifesting; by trying to prevent them from being born. Satan is trying to prevent more seeds through two major ways:

• by preventing heterosexuality via heterosexual attraction and interactions in relationships God has defined as a blessing
• by abortions of babies at all stages of growth in the womb and partially out of the womb

It looks like Satan hates seeds because of what the Seed, did to his plans for humanity and therefore, he's been going after heterosexuality and the resulting seeds, babies. We all know that the only sexual interaction that produces babies, is a heterosexual one.

Our Creator designed heterosexuality to be a blessing. Heterosexuality is part of the 3 John 1:2 blessing regarding Spiritual Affluence, Physical Affluence and Financial Affluence. Our Creator's blessings are a package of gifts. When all the pieces of the package are not accepted the entire blessing is not received and enjoyed, as He designed them to be. Since He created us, and we had no part in the creation of the human being, He knows what is best for us the way the manufacturer of a brand of automobile knows what is best, in every way, for the automobile they created.

To receive and enjoy the full blessings package of gifts our Creator has established for us, we have to not believe the lies that Satan whispers and yells to us about heterosexuality because all he wants to do is harm us, destroy us and prevent more of us from being born.

Christmas is the story of the birth of the Seed and what He did for humanity at the Cross. Everyone that will accept Him as Saviour and Lord, living as our Creator has defined and prescribed, will gain access to the full blessings package of gifts.  Doing otherwise only gives us a portion of the package and therefore, far less than the best our Creator has established.

Commentary: The serpent cursed, The promised Seed.

"God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. It is the fruit of this enmity, that there


is a continual warfare between grace and corruption, in the hearts of God's people. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no

sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. Notice is given concerning Christ. 1. His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. It speaks great encouragement to sinners,

that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Heb 2:11, 14. 2. His sufferings and death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his human nature. And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. But while the heel is bruised on


earth, the Head is in heaven. 3. His victory over Satan thereby. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. By his death he gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpent that cannot be healed. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. (Ge 3:16-19)"


 ~ Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible (is available in the Public Domain).



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Global Entrepreneurs & Billionaires: Become One

Hello, Everyone! Here are three videos that I thought you may enjoy.


The Secret to David Green's Successful 'Hobby'
A Faith-based Billionaire's Story. This is the type of billionaire we can aspire and plan to be.

A Family's Back-door Ministry of Giving
The Faith-based Billionaire's Giving Family. We should encourage our young family members to be faith-based entrepreneurs, as early as is wise to do.

Global Entrepreneurs Week 2010
An annual, one-week event in November, created to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity; to think big and to turn their ideas into reality, as entrepreneurs.

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Brand Yourself with Positivity, Grace & Class

You Are Apart of Your Business Brand. How Are You Branding Yourself?

"I am always supremely impressed when I witness someone turn down the opportunity to talk negatively about someone else, even if it would have been only to agree with the one speaking or join the company of misery talk. Let your reputation & brand become those of positivity, grace & class. These rare qualities are what ...people look for in others. Always be the standout!"

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Earth: Created to be Eden Yet, We've Got Quite a Bit of Hell Here!

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Know Where Your Soul Will Be, Eternally! Please, Don't Go to Hell!

Hi, Everyone!

Many of you have heard of the Garden of Eden. God created the Garden of Eden for humans (formed of dust, breathed into & became a living soul). He made Eden perfect, beautiful, comfortable & abundantly-filled with everything humans would need.

Eden was the 100% organic garden (herbs, vegetables, orchards & more), the air was perfect, the water was pure, everything was 'eco-friendly' and nothing was cursed. Eden had gold, bdellium and onyx (the bling) and livestock (100% healthy cattle, included). Eden was designed to be a perfect, crime-free, safe haven for everyone of all ages (from those still in-the-womb & up through senior adulthood).

As the design of Eden reveals, God's plan was that humans have blissful, affluent, 100% healthy, long lives free of all manner of evil, wickedness, immorality and pain. Instead, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command to not eat of a certain tree, they released a curse upon themselves and the Earth which impacted all humans birthed after them. Their disobedience brought about consequences that God didn't intend nor desire for them, nor any human, to ever experience:

• a curse upon the snake (Genesis 3:14 LJV)
• a curse of painful childbirthing (Genesis 3:16 KJV)
• a curse upon the ground (Genesis 3:17-18 KJV)
• a curse of hard labor to produce food (Genesis 19 KJV)
• a curse of knowing evil (they sinned) (Genesis 22 KJV)

Thanks to their disobedience, Earth isn't the 100% Eden experience He planned for us. No, now we have what seems like 50% Eden and 50% Hell-like life and environment. The Hell experience on Earth is manifesting as:

• polluted air
• polluted water
• polluted, depleted soil
• polluted food
• GMO's, cloning
• greed, malice, jealousy, envy, lying
• crime: murder, rape, incest, stealing/theft, pedophelia, child-trafficking & (older) human-trafficking, slavery
• abortion of new humans in the forms of fetuses and months-old in-the- womb babies/persons
• sexual escapades from A-Z beyond what God defined, established and approved, including pornography and prostitution
• sexually-transmitted diseases and other diseases

These are just a few of the curses that have manifested, bringing the Hell experience right into the Earth. Based on what you've read or will read in the Holy Bible, you know or will know that these are not the experiences our Creator, God, desired nor desires now for His humans to experience. He didn't create Hell for humans. He did create Hell for the devil/Satan/Lucifer (Revelation 20:7-10 NIV). Although, God didn't create Hell for humans, some are there suffering (as souls) in the eternal torment of existing in a 100% Hell environment/experience (Luke 16: 19-31), and others will go if they do not make a crucial choice regarding the destiny of their soul. Now is the time to make that choice. With Earth being this much Hell, I surely do NOT want to spend eternity in absolute Hell! This much Hell, here on Earth, is already too much! And, I would like for no more humans to end up in Hell, please! It was established for Satan and he should be there with his demons only and no one else.

Heaven is every human's second chance at an eternal 'Eden' existence. The first Adam, along with his wife Eve, forfeited the original Eden experience for all of us. Christ Jesus or Jesus the Christ, the second 'Adam' in a sense, has reclaimed and restored our chance at an eternal 'Eden' existence. Now, humans have the choice to accept this second chance. He would like for you/us to live eternally in Heaven. However, He won't force you/us to go; that's why some humans' souls are in eternal Hell ... well, forever. He won't force you to choose Himself as the way/path so that you can go to Heaven.

Final Note to Reflect On: If, the Creator of Heaven, Earth and every creature, human and other things seen and unseen in it, tells you that "I've created only one way, one path, for you to get to Me, to get to My house.", it is futile to argue with Him about what you think are other ways/paths or ought to be other ways/paths to His house. He could say to us, "I created you, I love you and I'm telling you what the way, the path is exactly that you must take if you want to join Me for all eternity at My house. Afterall, this world, the Universe, all humans and everything else, is something I designed and created ... I know the way to My own house! I'm the Creator. YOU are one of My creations. I love you and I'd love for you to spend Eternity with Me!"

We cannot see the wind nor the air, yet we can discern the impact that they have on people and things. God is invisible to our human eyes, yet He is real. You/We can see the evidence of His work in Nature and much more. You/We can speak to Him, even though you/we cannot see Him. Ask Him about these things. Ask Him to prove that His promises/His words are truth. He will do it in ways that you/we can comprehend. Don't be afraid of Him; He loves you/us even though we've broken His rules/protocols/commands/Scripts. He'll listen to you/us. He'll respond in a way that you/we can understand and He will help you/us with each aspect of life, if you/we will accept His help.


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Are You Prepared to Live the Good Life for 120 Years?

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Our God, of the Holy Bible, the Creator of all Creation (Heaven, Earth, humans, all creatures) has promised humans the possibility of 120 years of life on this Earth. The promise is stated in Genesis 6:3; it's a promise that God, Himself has declared. In Genesis 6:3 Scripture/Script our God is speaking, therefore the promise of 120 years of life, exceeds other Scriptures where a human person is speaking. So, when our God's specifications about what we eat, drink and do, in each aspect of our daily life/lives, are adhered to our human lifespan of 120 years is guaranteed!

Again, Genesis 6:3 of the Bible says we have the possibility of 120 years of life on this Earth. Therefore, :

• If you're 20, you've got 100 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 30, you've got 90 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 40, you've got 80 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 50, you've got 70 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 60, you've got 60 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 70, you've got 50 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 80, you've got 40 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 90, you've got 30 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 100, you've got 20 more years to be vibrant and live your dream life.
• If you're 110, you've got 10 more years to be vibrant and  live your dream life.
• If you're 120, you've got an eternity of years to be vibrant and live a dreamy eternal life in Heaven (after you pass away (die) from your body) where the streets are made of gold, gates are made of pearls, there's no sickness/disease, nothing to cry tears of pain about, no strife, no crime and so on, with our God, Christ Jesus/Jesus Christ, the angels of God, and all the other Christian humans that have made this transition before you.

In Genesis 6:3 our Creator, God, let's us know that He has given every human the possibility of living 120 years of life on this Earth. And you must know that He wants us to live what He's established as 'The Good Life' for 120 YEARS (Recall that the lifestyle of Eden was His plan for all of us, before Adam and Eve messed up). So, at your current age your assignment is to prepare yourself to be Spiritually, Physically and Financially Affluent for the number of those 120 years you have remaining. Truly, our God wants you to be Spiritually Affluent so you can spend Eternity with Him in Heaven, and really enjoy Physical Affluence & Financial Affluence without added sorrow down here, on Earth. He wants you, me and every human blessed by Him in every way He's established so that our earthly life is whole and we are able to bless other people into wholeness.

As Joel OSteen says, "You're greatest days are not behind you, they are ahead." So, if the 365th day of your 120th year hasn't arrived yet, you've got time (whatever the length of minutes/hours/days/years is) to live some (or all) of the dream life He desires for you and has planned for you. Get going, go forward. You've got a God-planned, God-designed dream life to live! Ask Him to lead you and guide you every step of the way. He will do it! He created you. He loves you. He wants you 'blessed to be a blessing'. Our God has no problem with you/us being affluent, if we are so in His blessed-way.



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Is Your Future Bright & Beautiful Like Sunshine?



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"When Holy Spirit is Lord of your life, your future is bright and beautiful like sunshine; the Son is shining in your life and His light blesses!"

~ G. Michelle Boddie

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Related Scripts:  1 John 1 (New International Version)
John 1:4-5 (New King James Version)

Remember, if we do not get Spiritual Affluence, our Physical Affluence & Financial Affluence will be fleeting & filled with added sorrow.

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From Eden to Today, God's Desire is Heaven's Best

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Everything Jesus ever said or did, from Creation to His death on the cross, was done for suffering humanity. From the time Adam entered the Garden known as Eden to today, Creator God's desire for humanity is to give us heaven's best.

St. Matthew's Church

Hello, Everyone, that quote is based on the Scripture of III John 1:2 (KJV) which states, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."  In other words III John 1:2 is stating, "Beloved, it is My desire, above all things, that you prosper, and be healthy as your soul prospers.  One more way to say this is, "Beloved, it is My desire that you become financially affluent (prosper) and physically affluent (healthy) as you become Spiritually affluent (soul prospers)."  This means our Creator, God, desires for us to experience the best/His best financially, physically (which includes mentally) as our soul prospers.  Therefore, we discern that as our soul prospers we can flourish in prosperity (wealth of finances and riches) and health, simultaneously.  That makes sense!

When humans' souls are prospering as God desires, it is reflected in our actions.  There are certain things we are doing, and certain things we are not doing.  For example:

• We are supporting or aiding others to prosper and flourish financially, physically and Spiritually with our time, words, actions, resources and finances, that are supporting or aiding others in activities and services that the Creator approves of.  We do not support, nor aid to prosper and flourish, that which the Creator has deemed un-wise, un-healthy and detrimental to the mind, body, prosperity and soul of self or others.  Afterall, He created us so it stands up to reasoning that He knows what is best for all, in all circumstances at all times.  "Father God knows best".
• We are speaking to ourselves and others with wisdom and insights from our Creator, God, about what to say, when to say it and how to phrase it.  We tell the truth, with our Creator's guidance.  We do not lie.
• We treat and take care of the earth, its water, air and other resources according to His details/specifications.  Afterall, He established it all for our well-being and the Creator knows His Creation better than anyone else.
• We are thinking about ourselves the way He (our Creator) instructs us to, and of others, also.
• We are treating other humans and ourselves the way He (our Creator), wants us to.  We are taking good care of ourselves (physically, mentally, and Spiritually), and not harming, violating, nor exploiting others.  Harming, violating or exploiting others causes our souls to not prosper and therefore, our health and prosperity suffer.  Sure those that increase in dollars/currency from harming others have a financial prosperity for a season; it's fleeting and accompanied by a lot of trouble, and evil.  The lifestyle is one of secrecy, treachery and unrest, and by the Creator's rules "those that dig pits for others fall into that pit, themselves".   Also, everyone reaps whatever he or she sows.  There is no escaping that cycle of events.  Now, I'm about to be very specific in the next, several lines here, because many of my readers to come don't know, yet.  So, in plain terms this means:
  
  
  • no stealing, 
  • no selling of fake-organics, nor of other destructives
  • no designing genetically-modified organisms for food for humans and animals,
  • no animal abuse (pets, farm or wild)
  • no bestiality,
  • no spouse abuse,
  • no child abuse,
  • no human-trafficking,
  • no rape,
  • no incest,
  • no pedophelia,
  • no pornography,
  • no drug abuse,
  • no alcohol abuse,
  • no substance abuse,
  • no selling of drugs, alcohol and other substances to others to abuse,
  • no mutilations,
  • no murder (not even self-murder a.k.a suicide),
  • no Sharia Law,
  • no adultery, no bigamy, no fornication and all the other things Creator God says will destroy us if we participate in them.  
  
  Just reviewing the reports and results of all the instances that there are records and knowledge of  about such 'no' occurrences in the past, we discern the mayhem, pain, suffering, depression, chaos, disease, and other destruction they cause, initiate, facilitate and manifest.  Consequently, it is easy to understand why our Creator, God, has said, "no" to these actions and behaviors.
  
  However, the good news (very good) is that not doing the behaviors and actions He defines as harmful and actually doing the behaviors and actions he defines as good, right, and blessed is designed by Him to cause us to prosper/flourish in our souls and therefore, in our health and prosperity (wealth of finances and riches)!  Sounds like He's established a wonderful plan for a very good lifestyle, here on earth for humanity.  All we have to do is work with Him and His plan, not against!

When I mentioned not harming others, you may have thought of events such as battles and wars, and of times when others are harmed because we must defend ourselves against what harmful action one is, or some are, attempting to do to us.  Creator God has approved of battles at times (as we read/see in His Bible) and He does allow us to defend ourselves, and others, and aids us in doing so when someone is attempting to harm us because they desire to.  Yet, His original plan for humanity was the lifestyle of Eden: ever-blissful wealth, ever-blissful health and ever-blissful peace, at  all times.  All of humanity would already have that Eden lifestyle, if Eve and Adam had not made the bad choices that they did, listening to the ultimate 'Decepticon' (borrowing that term for 'a deceiver' from the movie, 'Transformers').

Fortunately for humanity, via what Christ Jesus, a.k.a Jesus Christ, did for us we can experience III John 1:2 here on earth, if we 'do and be' as He instructs us to and don't make the bad, un-wise choices like Adam and Eve, did.  Creator God still loves humanity and it is still His desire for us to have heaven's best here on earth.  Just check out the scripture, Matthew 6:10 KJV of the Lord's Prayer,

"Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."

and reflect on what it means to have Creator God's will (desire) to be done on earth, for us, as it is in heaven.  Have you read from His Bible what His heaven is, yet?  If you haven't go do so, today.  You will be amazed at how fabulous it is!  Will there be reason to cry tears of pain or sorrow, there?   Find out.  Will there be shanty towns there?  Find out; read and see.  Will there be poverty and lack there?  Will there be cause for poor health there?  Will there be soul-depravity there?  After you've found out for yourself, you'll understand the significance of the Lord's Prayer.

The choice is ours to make.  The right decisions are ours to make.  Our Creator has already established His best for humanity.  And the most wonderful thing is no one else has to lose or be harmed for another to gain.  Many are already partaking of God's III John 1:2 blessing enjoying affluent lifestyles with no sorrow added (from doing 'no's).  They, either, stopped doing the 'no's and chose God's way or they never started doing the 'no's and chose God's way.  They are affluent in three ways: Spiritually affluent, financially affluent and physically affluent.

As I've mentioned, Creator God has already approved of all of us having all three 'affluences'; He's informed us of this in so many sections of His Bible!  I've chosen His way to be Spiritually affluent, financially affluent and physically affluent.  What about you?  I hope you have, or do!  The whole earth will be like Eden if we choose ... ...

Take care!

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Note: Beloved means dearly loved, greatly loved, dear to the heart; refers to an intimate relationship of love. Also, regarded with much love and tenderness; a person that is greatly loved.  This is how affectionately Creator God thinks of us; we asre His beloved(s).


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Wisdom's Calling

"Wisdom is Calling Out to Us"

Proverbs 8: 1-36

 ¹Doth not wisdom cry? And understanding give forth her voice?

 ²On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she (wisdom) taketh her stand.

 ³Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she (wisdom) crieth aloud.

 ⁴Unto you, men (humans), I (wisdom) call, and my voice is to the sons (&daughters) of man (humans):

 ⁵O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.

 ⁶Hear, for I (wisdom)  will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

 ⁷For my (wisdom's) palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

 ⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.

 ⁹ They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

 ¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver (only); and knowledge rather than choice gold (only):

 ¹¹ for wisdom is better than rubies (only), and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

 ¹² I, wisdom, dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.

 ¹³ The fear of Jehovah (Creator God) is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward (disobedient, unmanageable; with an evil disposition) mouth do I (wisdom) hate.

¹⁴ Counsel is mine (wisdom's), and sound wisdom: I (wisdom) am intelligence; I have strength.

 ¹⁵ By me (wisdom)  kings reign (wisely), and rulers make just decrees;

 ¹⁶ by me (wisdom) princes rule, and nobles; all the judges of the earth.

 ¹⁷I (wisdom) love  those that love me; and they that seek me (wisdom) early shall find me.

¹⁸ Riches and honour are with me (wisdom); durable wealth and righteousness.

 ¹⁹ My (wisdom) fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

 ²⁰I (wisdom) walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

²¹ that I may cause those that love me (wisdom) to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.

²² Jehovah (Creator God)  possessed me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old.

²³ I (wisdom) was set up (established)  from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

 ²⁴ When there were no depths (oceans), I was brought forth, when there were no fountains (springs) abounding with water.

 ²⁵ Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I (wisdom) brought forth;

²⁶ while as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷ When He prepared the heavens I (wisdom) was there; when He ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

 ²⁸ when He established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

 ²⁹ when He imposed on the sea His decree that the waters should not pass His commandment (boundaries), when He appointed the foundations of the earth:

³⁰then I (wisdom) was by Him [His] nursling (crafter), and I was daily (filled with) His delight, rejoicing always before Him;

 ³¹ rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, and my delights [were] with the sons (& daughters) of men (humans).

³²And now, sons (& daughters), hearken (listen) unto me (wisdom), and blessed are they that keep my ways:

 ³³ hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

³⁴ Blessed is the man (human) that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

³⁵ For whoso(ever) findeth me (wisdom) findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah (Creator God);

³⁶ but he that sinneth against me (wisdom) doeth violence to his (her) own soul: all they that hate me (wisdom) love death. (Proverbs 8:31-36, Darby Translation)

Proverbs 8, Darby Translation Note from Michaela: Text in parentheses added for clarification of verse or word.

Also view: Proverbs 8, New International Version

Intentional Character Ethics - @drmikethomson

Hello, Everyone. Focusing on Spiritual affluence, again, this post features Dr. Mike Thompson, the Sanity and Character Ethics Coach. As you know ethics are a system of moral principles, which are foundational in Spiritual affluence. One of Dr. Thompson's major pointers is about "why it’s so important to make good choices “even” when no one is watching". Doing what's right even when no one is watching is apart of Spiritual affluence. We know Spiritual affluence is a part of positive, good financial affluence. To learn more about Dr. Thompson visit Sanity and Character Ethics and Dr. Mke Thompson on Twitter.

I learned about Dr. Thompson from @Chaella. Thank-you, Dr. Thompson for sharing your information and video with us!

Spiritual Affluence in Blimbing Sari, Indonesia

Hello, Everyone! As you may know a huge part of being affluent in a positive, win-win-win way is being Spiritually affluent. Today's post features a village in Bali, Indonesia known as Blimbing Sari that is experiencing Spiritual affluence. This unique village has been drawing visitors so much that tourists' visits to the region has nearly tripled.

An excerpt from the CBN News article I read about Blimbing Sari states, "The villagers there boast that the area has been 100% Christian since 1939, when their persecuted ancestors weere given the land as a safe haven by the Dutch government." To read more of this wonderful article visit, "The Village that Loved Jesus" by Lucille Talusan.

Restavek: End Child Slavery

Good day, Everyone! I believe that as we achieve affluence for ourselves we should help others along the way. This post features a creatively presented request to help others using animation. The animation is 'Restavek: End Child Slavery in Haiti' by CoadyTNP.

Ending the enslavement of children is one step we can take in establishing as much global affluence as possible. No one else has to be 'down and out' or impoverished for me/anyone to 'up and in' or affluence.

GoAnimate.com: Restavek: End Child Slavery in Haiti


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Hey, Ladies, Why Are So Few Of Us Billionaires?

Hey, Girls, What's Wrong With You? Why Are So Few Of You Billionaires?

Very few women are billionaires and ladies, we should change that fact. We already know how to do a great deal for others and ourselves with modest amounts, just think of what we can accomplish with so much more!! Here's a brief article excerpt about lady billionaires, below. To read more visit Business Insider's 'Hey Girls, What's Wrong With You? Why Are So Few of You, Billionaires?

Are You Chasing Your 'Lion'?

Are You Living Your Best Life?

What does it mean to 'Chase Your Lion'? Heath Mullikan was inspired by Mark Batterson’s book, 'In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day' in the summer of 2009. He uses this phrase to describe the process of discovering one’s purpose, passion, and possibilities in life. Consequently, from that the questions, 'What is the one thing you would do for God if you knew you couldn’t fail?' and 'What’s keeping you from that?' arose.  Heath's site, Chase Your Lion,  is designed to provide you and me with the latest resources to encourage and equip us to live the lives we were created for. The time for excuses is over. It’s time to 'Chase Your Lion.' ~ Heath Mullikin

Billionaires Across the Continents

Billionaires of the World

Here's a nice visual depiction of where the billionaires are, globally, from OnlineSchools.org. Will you and/or your family be featured (via a 'dot') on such an image, someday? I hope so! I plan to be! We can do a lot more for ourselves, our families and many others with 'billions'.

Via: OnlineSchools.org

Related Post: The World's Billionaires Saw Their Wealth GROW by 50% in 2009

Billionaires That 'Blog'

Billionaire Bloggers


Blogging is very popular, now, in case you didn't realize this fact yet. Even billionaires are blogging! Here's a list of those that are, from Forbes:

• Mark Zuckerberg
• Jerry Yang
• Oprah Winfrey
• Donald Trump
• J.K. Rowling
• Mikhail Prokhorov
• T. Boone Pickens
• Pierre Omidyar
• John Willard "Bill" Marriott
• Khalaf Al Habtoor
• Carl Icahn
• Mark Cuban
• Sergey Brin

Read more about them in the Business Insider article by Jay Yarrow, below:

SMART Goals: Do You Have Them?

Make Your Goals SMART


It's crucial to have every aspect of your life in balance to succeed. Creating goals is a great way to achieve that balance. There are seven areas to achieve balance in:

1. Profession
2. Finances
3. Health
4. Emotions
5. Relationships
6. Community
7. Spirituality

In this video Ron Stebelton, CEO/Founder of Eagle Leadership Consulting, discusses how we can achieve the goal(s) of balance in those seven areas.

International Philanthropy

International Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going Global

Here's an enlightening, informational presentation entitled, "International Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going Global" sharing where businesses, corporations, and their foundations are donating, generously, from the Entrepreneurs' Foundation.

"The Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF) Corporate Citizenship Conference is for companies to develop and strengthen their community involvement and philanthropy programs.

The Conference showcases corporate citizenship programs from a variety of large and small, public and private companies, and other celebrated experts who will address issues, trends, metrics, and best practices." ~ FORA.tv


Summary for International Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going Global:

Is crafted for corporate practitioners who are considering establishing an international corporate giving program as well as those already active in international giving. This session included a discussion with corporate practitioners and non-profit organizations on the following topics:

• Where and how to start "going global" -- What are the range of models for globalizing your corporate giving program? What are some "do's and don'ts?"
• Expose issues and resources -- Discuss potential resources for solutions and structures, legal implications, technical requirements and cultural differences, and best practices.
• Share case studies of how a U.S. based company can effectively engage in philanthropy outside of the U.S.
• Structural considerations when making donations from the company vs a corporate foundation/foundation fund grant." ~ FORA.tv

Your Wish Is ...

"Your wish is My command."

The Creator of the Universe

Wishes/Heart's Desires
 ³ Trust in the LORD, and do good;
         Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
 ⁴ Delight yourself also in the LORD,
         And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
 ⁵ Commit your way to the LORD,
         Trust also in Him,
         And He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:3-5, New King James Version)

Belief and Deep Conviction

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."

~ Claude M. Bristol

Twenty Years from Now

"Twenty years from now you will be
more disappointed by the things that
you didn't do than by the ones that
you did do.

So, throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

There's Always Room

"There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible."

~ Anthony Robbins

Life's Adventure

"Life is an adventure, dare it."

Mother Theresa

Live & Learn, Tomorrow & Forever

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mahatma Gandhi

Work Becomes Fun

"When you have a purpose in life, a vision for what you want to achieve, and know why you want to achieve it, work becomes fun, and the time you spend working seems to just whizz by."

~ Clayton J. Moore, Financial Expert

Enjoy Every Minute of Your Life

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."

~ Earl Nightingale
1921-1989, Radio Announcer, Author and Speaker

Affirmations: Feel the Words

"When reciting affirmations, feel the words in your heart as you say them and know that what you feel you'll create."

~ Peggy McColl, Author

Obstacles & Opportunities

"What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity."

~ J. Sidlow Baxter
1903-1999, Author and Theologian

How We Think, How We Act

"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."

~ David J. Schwartz, Trainer and Author

Those with Goals Tend to Succeed

"Those with goals tend to succeed because they are focused and know where they are going, while those without goals do not."

~ Ted Karam, Author

A Human's Dreams

“A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness.”

~ Zadok HaKohen Rabinowitz

Be Aware of Your Thoughts

"Beware of the thoughts you keep, because everything in reality manifests from the mind."

~ Justin Palmer, Second Year College Student

Look at What You Have

"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough."

~ Oprah Winfrey
Television Host, Producer, and Philanthropist

Taking the Initiative & Following Up

"Success comes from taking the initiative and following up ... persisting ... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?"

~ Anthony Robbins

A Positive Role Model: Be the Change

"Be a positive role model.
Be the change you want to see in the world."

Gandhi

The Most Valuable Result of All Education

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly."

~ Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, Biologist

The Doer, the Achiever and the One who Recognizes the Challenge

"It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, and the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it."

~ Vince Lombardi

Desires and Aspirations

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."

~ James Allen

Applaud!

"When someone does something good, applaud!
You will make two people happy."

~ Samuel Goldwyn

(You and the person you applauded.)

Punctuality, Order & Diligence

"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."

~ Charles Dickens
1812-1870, Novelist

Happiness Is ...

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spirtual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

~ Denis Waitley

No Such Thing as Can’t, Only Won’t

“There is no such thing as can’t, only won’t. If you’re qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can’t blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.”

~ Jan Ashford

Winking in the Dark

“Doing business without advertising is like winking in the dark …
you know what you’re doing, but nobody else does.”

Stewart Henderson Brit

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