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Dwelling in Jesus…is more incredible that we can know (for now)
Devotional Thought of the Day:
1 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God. 2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
Colossians 3:1-4 (TEV)
97 Renew each day the effective desire to empty yourself, to deny yourself, to forget yourself, to walk in novitiate census, with a new life, exchanging this misery of ours for all the hidden and eternal grandeur of God. (1)
Since teaching through Colossians a couple of years ago, these words in red above seem to resonate with me more and more. I have written about them before, and will probably do so again.
I think they are critical for us to understand, this idea of our "real life", a life which seems hidden, a life which is easily overlooked and forgotten, a life that is found at the throne of God.
THat's where we belong, it is our eternal life. The life that began when God circumcised our hearts, cutting away the sin and unrighteousness as He baptized us. That was the conversation in the previous chapter in St. Paul's letter to these saints.
But in chapter 3 he gets to the impact of that cleansing, the difference it makes in our lives today, and every day that will come. He talks of our eternal life as our real life, our reality. He urges us to set our hearts on this dance with God the Father, Son and Spirit. The dance we've been invited too, and see glimpses of, even if our mind cannot clearly picture it.
If our mind cannot, our hearts and soul can be set on this. For our hearts are better at knowing we are loved, knowing we are forgiven, and being able to accept the mysteries that our minds can't fathom.
But as our hearts settle there, we dwell in the peace of God, we lose ourselves, yet find our life in Jesus. For everything changes, from our priorities, to our relationships, from what we "need" to how we view those around us.
So today, think about the glory of heaven and come to realize with your heart that not only do you have a place there… you are already in His presence…
and rejoice in that peace!
(1) Escriva, Josemaria. The Forge (Kindle Locations 556-558). Scepter Publishers. Kindle Edition.
Life's Not Fair, Could That Be Ok?
Life's not Fair
Could that Be OK?
Luke 16:1-9
May God's gifts of love and mercy so fill your life, that you are assured you will live tomorrow and forever in His incredible, unsurpassable, unexplainable peace!
Life's Not Fair!
That gospel reading this morning was strange, wasn't it!
So strange most pastors don't ever want to preach on it, but in a world that doesn't always make sense, heck this world rarely makes sense. So this passage seems appropriate.
I mean I don't understand why this guy is talked about positively in Scripture.
He doesn't do his job.
When he does, he does it unethically, not doing what he's given authority to accomplish, but what works in his favor.
Then, as he's given notice to clean out his desk, what does he do? He uses the authority he's been given to create a bunch of favors people will owe him – favors he will cash in on so that he isn't bankrupt!
And here is what is strange, according to scripture, his boss, the owner of the company admires him! Other translations say he praises him – and the words are synonymous.
This just doesn't make sense. It isn't fair, so how in the world could the Bible teach that the dishonest rascal was admired?
I mean it's not far, how could it be okay?
Admiration and Praise?
I think we need to hear again why the rich man admired the rascal. After being told to get his things in order, and that he was being terminated, the rascal said,
4 Ah, I know how to ensure that I'll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.'
Jesus would go on to say
And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light. 9 Here's the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.
While neither praising the ethics or actions of the dishonest man, Jesus notes that he is thinking more than about the present moment. That his concern is for the time when he is not able to care for himself, for a time after he is judged, and found to fail, to fail because of actions he took.
Most of us don't plan for five years from now, never mind 25 years from now or eternity. We don't use our knowledge, what we've been entrusted with, what we've been given the future, never mind what is waiting for us eternally. We don't often think about this given our lives, and we need to consider it about our lives, and those of these children we have been blessed with!
If we did, how would we live? What would change in our lives, in how we treat people? What priorities would change in your life, if you were thinking of judgment and eternal life? What would we want for our children?
How do we live life, thinking of eternity?
It starts there – with using your possessions to benefit others, To invest your time and strength in making friends and caring for them.
Not unethically, but realizing people are more than possessions. That relationships matter more than accomplishments, more than personal wealth, more than a secure retirement. T love and care for them, as you would want them to love and care for you!
And there is one relationship that demonstrates this, there is one where the relationships were so important, the future so important that one man died, to completely forgive the debts own to his Father.
Get that settled!
Jesus wasn't just given notice, nor was he told that he was not doing His job well. Still, He knew He was about to be terminated with prejudiced. And as He had planned, along with the Father, He used his legitimate authority to make himself friends.
He wasn't unethical, He wasn't using His authority to benefit himself, He simply loved others, and by His death turned those that didn't love Him, who abandoned Him, who cried out for Him to be crucified.
He was thinking of eternity, of life after all is terminated.
Not His life,
And so He died on the cross, to make true these words,
15 I shall no longer call you servants because a servant does not know the master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
John 15:15 (NJB)
This is why we are here – as a church, as a school, all the ministries that are Concordia. TO make the love of God know, to encourage you to search out the height, the depth, the breadth and the width of God's love for you.
We find that out in our baptism, and in the Lord's Supper, as we take and eat His body and drink His blood. As we hear, children sing of His love.
His love, for us.
As we know it, peace comes over us; that guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. AMEN!
Martyrs Aren't Heroes but the norm
Devotional Thought of the Day:
54 The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen's accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God's right hand. 56 And he told them, "Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God's right hand!" 57 Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him 58 and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 He fell to his knees, shouting, "Lord, don't charge them with this sin!" And with that, he died. Acts 7:54-60 (NLT)
11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. Revelation 12:11 (NLT)
1 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. Colossians 3:1-4 (NLT)
This post is based on one of the Bible Study discussions among my people at church. We've been going through the book of Acts of the Apostles, and came to the martyrdom of Stephen.
It brought out a discussion of the fears we have because of the terrorism in Lebanon, the Sudan and Paris, the incredibly painful trauma people experience. A trauma that is spreading through anxiety and fear, which is being maniuplated by those who would have us stop out from reaching in love, because of that fear.
As we discussed these things, someone mentioned the incredible level of faith that someone who willing embraced martyrdom must have. The faith that would testify of God's love, that would know the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians, even as the boulders were thrown down upon him, or as the blade slice through the air.
Such heroism seems beyond us, such an ability to set aside one's automatic nature to preserve one's self. Yet the angel in the passage from the Revelation states that the people there have defeated the accuser by the blood of the Lamb, the witness (in greek – the word we get martyr from!) and by the fact that they didn't love life so uch they were afrasid to die.
That describes you, if your faith is in Christ. It describes me as well, and every other person who puts their hope in Christ Jesus. The more we comprehend, not just now, but understand at the gut level, the love of Christ, the guaranty of His promise that we will share in His glory eternally, the more we don't need to cling to life, the more we don't need to defend ourselves against persecution. The more we can embrance suffering like Jesus did. The more we trust, the more we look to the promise, the more we understand God's love, the more we can accept martyrdom.
I want you to compare what Stephen goes through in the first reading to what Paul urges believers to do.
Stephen looked into heaven, and saw the glory of God.
Paul tells us to set our sights on the reality of heaven.
Stephen sees Jesus at the right hand of the Father, in the place of honor.
We are to see the same thing – the same Jesus, the same right hand, the same place of honor.
Stephen is killed. Physically.
We are to realize that we have died to this life. Yes spiritually, (as had Stephen) but also in our need to cling to it, for we realize we aren't just here, we are hidden in Christ in God, waiting to be revealed with Jesus in our fullness.
That's where the strength comes from to allow a witness to Christ result in our martyrdom, whether that martyrdom is physical, or whether it is setting aside our dream life, our desires, our need to preserve our identity, in order to bear witness to the love of Christ. This is exactly what Paul is talking about in Philippians 2:1-10. urging us on to unity in Christ. It is what Paul talks of when he urges ust o imitate him as He imitates Christ.
Ultimately, Martyrdom is never about the death, it is never about the sacrifice, it is about knowing the love of Jesus, about trusting in His promises, that is the martyrdom, the very witness we bear. Is this heroic then? It would be, except that the strength doesn't come from us, it coems from the Holy Spirit. It is the very thing we are urged as believers to do. To bear witness with our very lives, to give the reason we have hope. To set aside our fears, to set aside our need for self preservation, to set aside all, to love God, and to love man.
It is who we are, because of what Jesus does for us in baptism…..what He does to us.
This is what it means to know the Lord is with you, that He answered your plea for emrcy.
It is abiding, secure in Christ's peace. It is, His gift, His grace.
The End that Justified the Means
The End that Justifies the Means
John 6:51–69
May the grace of God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, may that love and mercy be revealed to you, and may it assure you that in His presence you will remain!
Is the Journey more important than the destination?
Four years before Martin Luther would nail to the door an invitation to discuss indulgences, a man in Italy, the man who would become the father of political science, and the first to write on political ethics finished his best known work.
Though not in the book as a direct quote, a summary of it gave us one of the best known proverbs that is not contained in the Bible. A proverb many a businessman and many a politician see as foundational.
The end justifies the means.
Basically, Machiavelli held that, "a ruler must be concerned not only with reputation, but also must be positively willing to act immorally at the right times." (Wikipedia)
One example given on Wikipedia of that is this, "Violence may be necessary for the successful stabilization of power and introduction of new legal institutions."
As odd as it sounds, there is one example of that proverb, that you and I must be grateful, one time in history where the end justifying the means was not only appropriate, but a blessing.
As the Jewish people struggle with Jesus teaching that they must eat His body and drink His blood, they will struggle even more that in order to receive the promises of God, in order to be His people, they would have to depend upon the greatest injustice in history.
The Journey
There is a part of me that wants to preach on this passage from the safety of focusing on the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. After all, there are theologians who say this passage where Jesus demands us to eat His Body and drink His blood as being primarily about the Lord's Supper. And there are some that say it is not. Fascinating arguments on both sides.
It is safe, it would help you comprehend what we do during communion, and it would miss the point.
This passage isn't about communion, in the way that a journey isn't about the journey, it is about the destination. Because the Jewish people were worrying about the journey, they missed the message of the destination.
That God would remain in us, and we in Him.
We'll get back to that in a moment, but we need to see that we are no different than the Jewish people, who though knowing God's law, struggled with what Jesus was saying, struggling so much that they would say,
"This is very hard to understand, how can anyone accept it?"
It was so hard to understand, that most of the disciples would leave.
Because they were focusing on the means, rather than the end.
We do the same thing today, when we toss aside God's word. Maybe we consider it out of date in the moral standard. Or when we dismiss something because those rules were okay back then before people were educated, but they don't apply to us smarter and more sophisticated people today. We argue with God, we try to define what is right and what is wrong. We try to change the rules, rationalize our way out of things, or create a different standard.
A great example is how we treat our enemies, adversaries and those who are a pain in the butt.
Do we really love them? Do we really pray for them? Do we really want to forgive them and welcome to commune with us?
Or do we try to find a loophole, an exception to God's desire that we love all our neighbors?
Or what about when God says to embrace persecutions and suffering, for the sake of the gospel. He just means pastors and worship leaders and elders. Not bass players and sound men, and ushers, right?
We don't get it, it seems too hard to understand. We don't like it when God confronts us and challenge our agendas, or rules out what we like and what we dodo. Sometimes, confronted by God's wisdom and unable to get it, sometimes we walk away. Just like the disciples did.
John's gospel shows how hard it is, as it records Jesus' words, "The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But some of you do not believe me."
We need it, we need a God we can relate too, trust in, depend upon…
for our very lives.
Remaining in Christ Jesus
One of the things that we look at, when studying the passage, is the frequency something is mentioned. For example – if a thought is repeated, even if a little different, that is called a parallelism – and it is important. Especially if it followed by AMEN! AMEN! or "This is True!" Three times is even more critical to understand.
We know this well. If our parents or our wives or our bosses repeat themselves, it is critical we are listening.
In this passage, the body and blood being sacrificed is mentioned frequently. But even more frequently is something else. Here it is….
"will live forever"
"so the world may live"
"have eternal life within you"
"has eternal life"
"I will raise that person at the last day"
"remains in me, and I in him."
"will live because of me"
"will not die"
"will live forever."
"The Spirit alone gives eternal life"
"Very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life"
68 Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God."
This is what it is all about, this life we have with God. That we are His people, that He is our God. That we are fixed to Him, we remain in Him, and He in us. United from the very moment of our baptism, united by a promise, the very new covenant, a promised renewed as He sustains us with His body and blood.
A life given, and shared.
A glorious eternal life.
That is our destination, that is the end that justifies the means that seem beyond unfair.
For one of Nicollo Machiavelli's summaries became true, at the cross.
Violence may be necessary for the successful stabilization of power and introduction of new legal institutions."
Or let me phrase it a little differently
Violence may be necessary for the successful stabilization of God's reign and introduction of a new covenant."
The violence of a Cross, the creation and stabilization of a righteous people of God, gathered in His presence, by the enactment of a new law, a new covenant.
That is what this is all about… it is why we know Jesus words are true.
Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh."
So eat, be nourished, understand the gift of life in Christ and remain in Him, for there is His peace. AMEN.
What the Game of Thrones Can Teach Us About Death…..
Devotional Thought of the Day:
54 So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: "Death is destroyed; victory is complete!" 55 "Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your power to hurt?" 56 Death gets its power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. 57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (TEV)
383 The scholastics do not teach the righteousness of faith. They interpret faith as merely a knowledge of history or of dogmas, not as the power that grasps the promise of grace and righteousness, quickening the heart amid the terrors of sin and death.
(disclaimer, I haven't watched GoT yet…. but please keep reading)
Last night my Twitter and FB feeds went crazy, I mean really crazy. Like 1000 posts in five minutes crazy.
Everyone was talking about someone dying, reacting the way I remember us reacting when the Challenger exploded, or perhaps when the way people did when Kennedy was shot.
Turns out it was a character on a television show called Game of Thrones. ( I vaguely remember a similar incident when someone shot JR, but then again, I didn't watch that show either!)
One of my much younger friends tried to explain it to me. She was kind of shocked that I hadn't watched GoT yet and tried to convince me I MUST watch it. We "chatted" across FB for a while, and I went to sleep thinking I might be able to watch and episode or two… maybe in August?
But I thought about it, apparently this show, like a few others this last year, have made a point about people dying who are someone special to the show. Someone died in Gray's Anatomy (McDreamy McSteamy, McBlasphemy?) , And I think there is some other show where they regularly kill off a character. I suppose if BlackList (the only show I regularly watch, and I am a season behind)
All this shock of death, even the death of a fictional character is, in my mind a good thing. We can learn from it, that death is fleeting, and that life needs to be taken in a proper perspective. That the relationships, we count on can be horribly marred by death, Whether that death is a friend in their 90's or infant still in the womb. Whether it is the death of a dear friend whom we will miss for years or of someone across the world.
Dying sucks.
It can cause fear as well, I can testify to that. Because of a genetic heart condition, I've faced it for a long time though since 1998 the threat has lessened because of surgery. Even so, death has an incredible power over us who live. It threatens us, it hurts us, it damages our psyche as we try to cope with our lives being shorter and more tragic than we want to admit, that we want to face.
Yeah – a character can be killed off. Even more importantly, a friend can die, or you can. An accident, a cardiac arrest, food poisoning, cancer, war, civil unrest. No one is immune. No one. (as GoT so aptly proves!)
In the quote above in blue, a man named Phillip Melancthon talked about belief, about faith, in a way that can give us some comfort. Faith is what gives us peace in the midst of death and dying, It isn't just knowing some facts and figures, it isn't just about thinking about God, or trying to behave well. It is clinging to God in a way that brings hope, even in the midst of tears, and anger, and trying to make sense out of this life, and the terminal nature of it.
Faith clings to the God, who promises that death is not as brutal, that there is something more to life than ending in death.
It clings to the promises God has made, that He has revealed, that He sends the Holy Spirit to confirm to us and to comfort us and to be our guarantee of eternity. When we have faith, we count on God more and more, and He sustains us, comforts us, holds us close. And nothing, not even death, can separate us from His love.
So if GoT caused you to grieve, to be angry, to hold onto speculation that the character really isn't dead, to go even into a small depression, maybe that's a good thing. Take the time to think through your reaction, to realize the power of death, and the only way to break its very real hold on you, is to hold on to Jesus.
He's promised to protect your heart and your mind… and surround you with the incomprehensible peace of God our Father.
You'll be okay. He died to make sure of it!
God's peace!
Tappert, T. G. (Ed.). (1959). The Book of Concord the confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. (p. 165). Philadelphia: Mühlenberg Press.
Death, Grief, Sports, and the Company of Heaven
Devotional Thought of the Day:
2 This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began. Titus 1:2 (NLT)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God's throne. Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)
"with angels, and archangels, and all the company of heaven, we praise Your gloriously name" (words of our liturgy, prior to singing the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)
It was October 28th, 2004 about 8 o'clock in the morning. I was listening to Jim Rhome's show on the radio, driving up Palms to Pines Highway, heading to a meeting at my church in Anza. I had to call into the show, but even as I wanted to tell the story about my grandfather playing catch with me and telling me stories of the red sox greats…. I was overwhelmed, and missed my grandfather. The grief was hard to bear… even now remembering the grief that flooded….
Friday, two of my friends and I went to see the move Sniper. Watching the PTSD build up in Chris Kyle made me think of my dad. No movies were made about him, but he too saw things, did things, that would haunt him.
Sunday, after an incredible morning in church, my son and I watched our family's favorite football team, the New England Patriots, come from behind to win a superbowl. I put on facebook my feelings a few moments after, as I walked through the bedroom and saw the flag presented to me at my dad's service. How he would have loved the game. How he would have loved watching my son throwing a ball back and forth with me during it. Flashbacks to our driveway in New Hampshire, and my dad and playing catch. More and more emotions… more and more grief….
Being raised in a Irish/Italian home, I tend to sentimentality. Even more though, I was raised not to bury grief, but rather to embrace it. As I say the words in blue above, as I look out over my congregation, faces comes to mind. I can almost hear their voices as well, part of the great company of heaven. Those we've lost for the moment, those we've said good by to over the years. Guys like Dale, and Richard, my first vicar Clyde and his buddy Armando, Rich B, who helped me define a vision for my present church, and Warren, who helped that vision become reality. Others who've placed great faith in me, like my wife's grandmother, or Joseph, a dignified retired pastor from Guyana, who pastored "his pastor" with encouragement. Or Harley, a man who proved I could be his friend as well as his pastor. And yes, my dad…
Grief upon grief, we face a lot of it in life.
Some is quite poignant, the bitterness of not being able to play catch anymore, or watch a game together, arguing about referees calls, or trying to break the record for the most consecutive throws and catches. (football with my dad was 232 – don't know why I remember – with my son yesterday… it was 33)
The experience as we get a sense of the great cloud of witnesses, the whole company of heaven is different. Yeah, I wish I could commune my dad one more time, or either of my grandfathers just once. Or have a service with all those guys mentioned above…..and yet I know there will be a communion, that lasts eternally, that lasts forever. And this celebration here, is a small sense of the one there.
For all who believe in God, who trust Him for what He promises will be gathered together again. We can have confidence in that, because it was promised, this plan of God that even preceded creation. This promise is the joy that Christ focused upon, even as He was crucified by us, for us.
We will all share eternity with God, our Father, ou Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. I can't tell you what that will look like, because it will beyond anything we've ever seen, heard, even thought of, but it will be with Him.
As we hear those words, grief becomes… blessed… it transforms into yearning, and hope. Not just to see them again, but to be together in the incredible presence of God. He's promised it, this family gathering that will be forever. We take that hope into the world, an share it with those who need it as much as we do. we share it with those who know it, as we celebrate it together, and with those who do not…as we minister to them, where ever we encounter them in life.
even as we play catch with them…. or watch a game with them… or argue about which team is the best in history….
God's peace to you… in
What is Salvation? It May Be More Than You Think!
Devotional and Discussion Thought of the Day:
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself. John 12:32 (ASV)
24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. Acts 20:24 (NLT)
32 Coming closer to God means being ready to be converted anew, to change direction again, to listen attentively to his inspirations—those holy desires he places in our souls—and to put them into practice. (1)
Too often in our messages, salvation is seen as one step, what theologians call justification. God calling His people to Him, drawing them to the cross. There He cleanses them from sin, frees them from bondage to Satan, and from the fear and anxiety that death causes.
There is nothing we can do, nothing we can say or think that makes this part happen.
Yet salvation is more than this, far more than this.
Salvation includes the life we have been given in Christ. It is not just justification, but sanctification as well. It is being made holy, being set apart to live a life God has designed. A life that gives us a hint of eternity, for in this life, we walk in Christ, and He lives and ministers to others through us. It is a friendship, a partnership in achieving the will of God in this world, preparing people for eternity.
It is living a life that is amazing, and is costly. We are called to bring the same message to the world that Paul did, as the Holy Spirit who drew us to Christ, draws others to Him by using us as their guides. Bringing peace where there is no peace. Watching people reconcile, to God, and then as that settles their souls, to each other.
As they join us in celebrating the wonderful mystery of God's love and mercy for us, this incredible grace. That He has placed in us holy desires which He empowers us to find satisfied, as we minister in the stead, by the command, and with Christ.
This is salvation, this is finding ourselves in the presence of God, of finding that He has come to us and transformed us.
- Escriva, Josemaria (2011-01-31). The Forge (Kindle Locations 350-352). Scepter Publishers. Kindle Edition.
God's Not Dead… but He did die on a Cross…
Devotional Thought of the Day
22 Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom. 23 As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles; 24 but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:22-24 (TEV)
16 I ask God from the wealth of his glory to give you power through his Spirit to be strong in your inner selves, 17 and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love, 18 so that you, together with all God's people, may have the power to understand how broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ's love. 19 Yes, may you come to know his love—although it can never be fully known—and so be completely filled with the very nature of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 (TEV)
I venture to assure you, my dear reader, that if you and I enter into this forge of the Love of God, our souls will become better, being cleansed of some of the dross that clings to them. (1)
I watched a couple of interesting movies yesterday. The first was Good Will Hunting, and then I watched the movie that has become quite popular among Christians, God's Not Dead.
I wrote last night on FB that both were about redemption, and that both fell short. They both dealt with brokenness, they both had characters, several of them, that needed to be healed of the darkness they dwelt in, and they both seemed to find healing for their brokenness. And both fell short. Both were incomplete.
But what surprised me is that I found that God's not Dead seems to have fallen shorter in some ways.
Good Will Hunting isn't a movie trying to serve as an apologetic. It is simply a John Hughes movie, done in the context of Boston. Quite realistic, even to the language. it got it when the character that is redeemed can't be helped by the wisdom and knowledge of the world, of the professors and clinicians. It takes a broken, battered man (Robin Williams) and the unlikely average joe to bring about the promise of redemption, of meaning. And it is found, not in the career, not in the perfection of life, but in the need for real love, and the chase of the one who loves. Replace Minnie Driver with Christ, the sexual scenes with times of intimate prayer – and you have something.
But the brokenness and pain can't be healed by anything but love.
Now to God's not dead
Did you notice anything really conspicuous missing from the movie?
Think again.
The ontological arguments were well done. The brokenness of relationships with God and between Dean Cain and his family, and Kevin Sorbo and his girlfriend, students and life in general are well done, if a bit over the stop in stereotypes. The dealing with cancer, and the band ministering to the girl with a cancerous death sentence, nice done as well.
But there is something missing.
Figure it out yet?
I'll help.
Where was the cross?
You can prove the existence of the Divine, of a Creator, logically and completely, and still have someone who is bound by satan, enslaved by sin, in anxiety over death.
Luther noted that this was true, as he explained the work of the Holy Spirit in the Large Catechism
For all outside of Christianity, whether heathen, Turks, Jews, or false Christians and hypocrites, although they believe in, and worship, only one true God, yet know not what His mind towards them is, and cannot expect any love or blessing from Him; therefore they abide in eternal wrath and damnation. (2)
We can know all about the existence of God, but without the cross, you cannot know God's attitude is towards you. All we can realize is that you don't deserve love, but punishment. Like the mathematicians and fancy psychologists, we cannot find a way out of our brokenness. We are so broken, so torn up, so enslaved by sin. Even forensic, scientific apologetics becomes, not a hope, but a hindrance. The victory of young Wheaton in the movie is something we can triumph in, we defended God successfully! We won the battle, even as they don't see the victory in the back room, or out on the street, or even behind him, as the girl who lost her family but found Christ was there.
We have to have the cross, for it is there we find God's attitude toward us, we see the incredible dimensions of His love in those rough beams, in the blood soaked body of Christ. We proclaim His death until He comes again, as Paul says we do as we celebrate the Lord's Supper, the incredible love of the Eucharist. We are joined to that cross in our baptism (see Colossians 2, Romans 6, Titus 3)
it is impossible to know the love of God without seeing His work, without seeing the cross.
And it was missing.
The relationship? It was a minor secondary thing compared to the victory. Compared to the people who came to "know" about God by deciding God's case.
As if we could comprehend His ways, understand His actions simply by deducing there is a God.
We have to know there is a God who loves us……who loves us enough to die for us.
Yes, God's not dead, but He did die….
for you.
Get to know Him, walk with Him, it is why He died.
(1) Escriva, Josemaria (2011-01-31). The Forge (Kindle Locations 203-204). Scepter Publishers. Kindle Edition.
(2) The Large Catechism of Martin Luther.Part II Of the Creed: Article III
What is "the Heavenly Prize" for which we seek?
Devotional Thought of the Day:
10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead! 12 I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians 3:10-14 (NLT)
1033 Make those reflections of your friend your own. He wrote: "I was considering how good God was to me and, full of interior joy, I was ready to shout out loud, there in the street, for everyone to know about my filial gratitude: 'Father! Father!' And though not in fact shouting out loud, I kept calling him so—'Father!'—in a low voice, many times, quite certain that it pleased him. I seek nothing else. I only want to please him and give him Glory. Everything for him. If I desire my salvation and my sanctification it is because I know that he desires it. If in my Christian life I hunger for souls, it is because I know that he has this great hunger. I say this in all truth: I will never set my sights on the prize. I don't desire a reward: everything for Love!" (1)
As I was completing my devotions this morning, I came across the quote above my St. Josemaria Esciva, one of my favorite writers. My reaction to it, as I was reading it, was "WOW" – this is powerful stuff. And then I got to the last two sentences and was jarred a bit. Okay, more than a bit.
It seems to clash with the Bible passage above, one of my favorites since I could actually run long distances, back in high school and college.
I don't set my eyes on the prize, or I do? Scripture should win this, the imitation of St/ Paul, an apostle and the author of scripture. RIght?
But what if the prize that Josemaria is speaking of is different than the one St. Paul is speaking of?
I've done enough funerals in my life to know that people have all sorts of interesting images of heaven. Most of which have nothing to do with what scripture teaches. A place of no more sorrow and tears for sure, but the idea of our sitting on the porch of our heavely mansions, sipping tea, or getting our wings fitted so we can play in the clouds, those ideas and many others don't come from scripture. The peaceful, idealized version of heaven is not the prize we seek.
For Paul, and I believe Josemaria, and I pray for me, that the prize is simply knowing Jesus, to realize He is calling us into a relationship with God our Father. To enter into and bear witness to the glory and majesty of God which is seen so clearly in the depth of His love for us. To build up a level of faith, a level of trust in God that Josemaria describes so well. Where our desires become subject to His desires, because we realize the purity of His love. Where heaven is only a word that describes our cming into His presence. To have our trust in Him become such that His will becomes ours, where His righteousness is ours, where His mission, what Jesus was sent for, to seek and save the lost – is ours.
The prize that both seek is not heaven, it is the Lord of heaven.
It is not a reward for our work, but the reward already won, on a brutal cross.
Where communion with God is more than an event, it simply is life.
Lord have mercy on us, and show us your glory!
(1) Escriva, Josemaria (2011-01-31). The Forge (Kindle Locations 3650-3656). Scepter Publishers. Kindle Edition.
The Great Apocalypse in upon us!
Devotional/Discussion thought of this day:
50 Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 51 Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, 52 the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. Matthew 27:50-52 (TEV)
In the midst of the most horrifyingly beautiful scene in all of scripture, as Jesus dies, crucified as he takes upon Himself all of the sin, all of the injustice, all that is wrong in you and I, and all of humanity, Matthew gives us one odd detail.
A curtain is torn in two, ripped apart in the temple.
And to those gathered in this Holy Place, what is behind the curtain is revealed. It is unveiled. It is an apocalypse – the unveiling, the revealing.
We fear that word for some reason, but what it means is simply that – the revealing, in this case, what is behind the curtain. And the answer was nothing. There was no ark of the covenant, no mercy seat, just an empty room, where blood people counted on to cover their sins, was poured down the drain. Their sacrifices were revealed to be vain, and for those who trusted in their offerings, in the work of the priests who knew the truth, all of the empty liturgy that they took such pride in, and in the temple built to Herod's glory, they realized their faith was misplaced.
But their cries for mercy, their prayers were answered, none the less.
For there was something else revealed – a few miles away, on another mountain, not just a apocalypse, but the Apocalypse, the power that caused the earth to shake, the rocks split apart – and God's people who had died to rise.
God was revealed in all of His glory, the depth of His love for us unveiled, the greatest apocalypse man had ever known, even though they didn't recognize it.
For it was God there, on the cross, Jesus the one annointed, chosen, humbled, crucified, for the joy that awaited Him, the love so manifested so overwhelming. He would die, for us, so that we would never be bound by sin, so that we would become the children of God, the prodigals returned home. For that apocalypse, that revealing of the love of God, was described in another place,
12 Because we have this hope, we are very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who had to put a veil over his face so that the people of Israel would not see the brightness fade and disappear. 14 Their minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are covered with the same veil as they read the books of the old covenant. The veil is removed only when a person is joined to Christ. 15 Even today, whenever they read the Law of Moses, the veil still covers their minds. 16 But it can be removed, as the scripture says about Moses: "His veil was removed when he turned to the Lord." 17 Now, "the Lord" in this passage is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. 18 All of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into his likeness in an ever greater degree of glory. 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (TEV)
The veil that was torn in two, the veiled that was removed unveiling Christ, unveiling His Love, Unveiling His Grace…
He Has Risen, and we with Him…
Let's Boldly go – as our Savior has gone!


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2013 and Earlier - Toyota Highlander Prices Paid and Buying Experience
It does sound like you got a real good deal. If I may be so bold what was the MSRP on your Highlander?
jgouston Posts: 3$34754-$1540(Extra Value Package MSRP Discount)=$33214
dancermom Posts: 1Watch the dealer fee for tag and title at Miller Toyota in Manassas. They wanted to charge me $269 when Fitzgerald auto only charged $99 and let me opt out of that to do it myself. I should have let them do it though.
It sounds like a very good deal to me. With you getting nearly 5K off MSRP on a 2007 if my math serves me correctly.
I have seen people do that on 06s but nearly 5K off on an 07 is excellent. Let's hope that I can do that good when I pick up my 07 in a couple months.
deweyg Posts: 3V6 2x2 with the following options for $27,995(excl tags/title/taxes:
value pack 5
6 disk CD
heated seats
power driver
running lights
extra mile option A
upgraded mirror
extended life tires :confuse:
I see that the Factory Rebate has gone to $1,500 from 1K today on the 07 Highlander. Don't suppose that there is any connection to this higher rebate and the unveiling of the 08 Highlander in Chicago on the 7th do you?
jc7098 Posts: 17Just an FYI. I was at Toyota of Orlando yesterday and they had many 2007 Highlanders, 4 cyl, no 3rd row seat, with Value Package One, for just $21,995. Seems to be the cheapest price on this forum that I've seen. MSRP on those cars was over $27,000. We're probably going to go back this morning and grab one. Dealer won't come off that price though which put me off initially.
The Dealers around here, CA, are also dumping the 07, 4 cylinders for around 5K off MSRP. Anytime you can get 5K off MSRP that is generally about as good as you are going to do.
Looking for a "6" myself but they are only offering $1,500 off MSRP. Although I'll bet that I could get them to up the anty. However, I am not quite ready yet.
Anyone interested. Queensboro Toyota Dealer is selling the 2007 Limited for 30K.
I am still contemplating the purchase, but 30K is as low as I have seen it.
At Miller Toyota outside of the Washington DC area, I paid 33,300 OUT THE DOOR for a 2007 Limited with everything including Navigation and that was Jan 7 which only had a 500 rebate......you should be able to get one for 32,300 out the door.
Just bought a 07 Highlander Base V6 AWD Silver with:
EH - heated power outside mirrors, windshield wiper de-icer grid
VQ - value package #6 alloy wheels (including alloy spare),
moon roof, rear spoiler, homelink remote, fog lamps, mudguards, etc.
BE - Side Airbags
CF - Cargo mats
CQ - Remote locks, illuminated entry
DL - Daytime Running lights
DR - Roof Rack
GN - Cargo Net
PE - Power Seat (driver)
SK - Center console
MSRP 32254 include destination fee and 485 advertisement fee
- 1050 (package discount)
- 1000 (toyota rebate)
dealer list Price: 30204
paid : 26400 plus TTL
Dealership: Oakbrook Toyota, Westmont, IL (west Chicago)
Out the door, does that mean including taxes and DMV fees?
We are away from home right now so I can't check my paperwork but 99% sure because we only discussed out the door so I am positive it was. One thing I might have pushed a bit harder on was the dealer prep...theirs was $300 and others (Koons I think) is $99. When you are talking out the door - it is all in the same pot though so perhaps just another card in the deck. I had found an earlier posting about a 2007 Limited in this blog for $31500 w/out Navigation which was our starting point with the Salesman that works with internet sales. I found Miller Toyota in Manassas to be as fair as any and their followup has been excellent. The other dealership that we would consider is Koons Toyota in Tysons.
Good Luck !
I paid cash for my Highlander. I do not know whether you can combine cash rebate($1000) with dealer financing.
Yes, the rear side and back windows are tinted.
scottca Posts: 12If you buy a Toyota from a dealer, can you buy the waranty from another Toyota dealer? Does it apply if you purchase a waranty from another state? Thanks for the info.
desertfox1 Posts: 80You can buy a Toyota warranty from any dealer in any state and it is good anywhere. Google online. I did this, and then used the price as bargaining power when I bought mine.
johnkountz Posts: 5Just bought a 2007 Limited from Michaels Toyota in Bellevue WA
2007 Toyota Highlander 4ED V6 Limited
Extra Value package #7
Heated driver and front passenger seats
Limited Package
Towing Prep Package
Also got a very fair trade
2007 Highlander AWD V6 MSRP 27,340. Add Extra Value package 1,175 and PE-8 way drivers seat 410.00. Total MSRP 29,570. Invoice 26,362. What do you think the lowest over invoice is good? Would 25,400 before TTL and doc fee be a good price.That includes the 1,250 rebate in my area(NJ). Please give input. Thanks.
That sounds like a good price. However, I must be kind of dense, what is "4ED"?
Perhaps I misunderstand your post. You note invoice is $26,362 and your price is $25,400. And then you ask what is the lowest price over invoice? Aren't you already below invoice?
Also keep in mind that "invoice' is not Dealer's cost. The "invoice" still includes fund that are paid to the Dealer by the manufacturer and even the Dealer's Prep Fee that they try to indicate is not negotiable, is.
Well, what I figured is 300.00 under invoice first then I subtracted the rebate.The negotiated price should have nothing to do with rebate. Toyotagal, please give me a price based on my #'s that would be a good deal before TTL and doc fee. Thanks
Sounds like a great deal. Congrat's and welcome.
pmg1704 Posts: 2Hi, I'm in NYC. I was just talking with a salesman who told me that the base model 4cyl, 4x2, with a 3rd row has been discontinued? Is that correct? I got a price of 24,100 for the base 6cyl 4x2 with a third row. Pretty good, but I was looking for the 4 cyl. It's still offered on carsdirect.com for around 23,000, I left my rep a message and i'm waiting to hear back from them. thanks.
boiler1991 Posts: 9Purchased in Cincinnati for $25,600 including dealer fees ($275). MSRP $30,719. Still have KY tax to pay. Vehicle options included: Val Pkg 6, pwr seat, cold weather pkg, Tow Prep, daytime running lights, floor mats.
jsly Posts: 4I am also in the Seattle/Bellevue area. And I am in the market for a HL V6 AWD Limited . $32k with package #7 seems to be pretty good price. Does it include $1500 rebate?
I went on to the Edmunds car buying site today and I couldn't believe the responses I got. There were 4 dealers in the area that received my request.
In my request I asked for E-mail rather than phone calls. You guessed it, the phone calls rolled in from some.
And some would give me no Internet price and asked me to call them or called me.
Not at all what I expected from Edmunds. What they were talking about was quoting me an Internet price for the vehicle specs noted.
That did not happen except for 2 vehicles which weren't close to my specs.
It is beginning to look like shopping on the Internet is not the pleasing experience I had hoped for.
The Highlander I'm interested has a MSRP of 29,540 and the invoice is 26,296 as posted on Edmunds. The dealer invoice is 26,700. WHY???? Also he wants to sell me vehicle at 3% over invoice. Seems like a lot. What is the norm for purchasing over invoice.
I can not answer why the difference of invoice prices. I would suggest that you print out the invoice from Edmunds and show it to the dealer and ask them to help you understand the difference. The 3% over invoice based on $26,700 = $801 not really so bad (IMO). I know when I purchased our two Highlanders we paid $500 over invoice on one and $600 over invoice on the other.
Good luck with your purchase.
Why are the invoices for the same Highlander different on cars direct than Edmunds. Cars direct are higher because the web site claims that the dealer advertising fee are included. Can anybody confirm this or explain the differences. Thanks
dreasdad Posts: 276your specs may not be how the Highlanders are coming, how can they quote you a price on a vehicel that doesn't exist?
I get quote request all the time for models that are not built that way, Corolla's with Navagation, 4runners with Manual transmissions, etc. Until I can comminucate with them either by email or phone I have nothing to go on. Some people send email requeats in then don't open their emails for weeks after, thats why I always call and tell them I recieved their email and have questions about what they are looking for. When I do give them a quote 75% of the time they end up asking if it includes other options that they have never asked about.


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This comes from direct observations, but it is definitely not encapsulating everything that is possibly good about Givral. I like it because I guarantee you will not find anything tastier for $3-$4. We also like chinatown anyway. The lady at the counter is pretty friendly to us. My girlfriend and I are blessed enough to go to places like Givral and experience Asian culture. However, we're still getting flack for talking about our love for Vietnamese sandwiches. This semester, I became more aware of this from by college buds and I began to dislike and almost scorn in my mind anyone who can't get out of their bubble. I would say in my mind, "how can you look down on something you've never tried? They are just as legitimate to certain cultures and loved by them as we love pizza here". Ok ok, I didn't even intend to go off on that topic, so ima move on and conclude this, er, review.
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Is there anything that Gul Panag can't do? From being an actor to a politician, a fitness icon to riding a Royal Enfield on her wedding day, she's done it all and inspired many. And now, the actor-turned-politician has turned a pilot. Yes, Panag has finally procured her license to fly.
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Phenomenal! The staff was so accommodating and friendly! The hotel is a little dated and one of the beds could have been better but overall I couldn't be more pleased! I feel like it was the very best place for us at Port Aransas! WILL RETURN!! Also heard more than one person saying "See you next year!" at checkout.
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We enjoyed the awesome 1 bedroom condominium and the swimming pool. Great time and close to the beach!
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Friendly, clean, right on the beachPosted Nov 15, 2015
Pros: see above
Cons: A couple of slats are missing from the blinds in the living room.
Location: The Phoenix restaurant is great, there is dolphin watching, fishing, walking on the beach and swimming, bicycling.
Staff are friendly, Filipa "Flip" was on spot with her restaurant recommendations. Condo very clean, very comfortable, great view of the beach from the bedroom and living room, private patio. We were right on the beach, a short ride to restaurants. The pool is heated and the hot tub was just right. Both very clean. Got to relax and do nothing, fantastic time away.
by David from austin
LovelyPosted Sep 19, 2015 on Hotels
Great place to stay. Directly on beach, you can drive right up and park of the beach, too cool! The room was wonderful absolutely not one thing to complain about at all. Great view even on the first floor with no beach view. Clean rooms smelled good, good furniture. Great little town.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from Austin, TX
Very close to fishing pier.Posted Sep 14, 2015
Reasonable WiFi speed. Friendly hotel staff, rooms were very quite, and hotel itself was quite.
by Kenneth from Adkins
Wish't We Were There AgainPosted Aug 29, 2015 on Hotels
We booked 2 units, one for us and one for son and his family. His was huge, roomy, full of light and very clean. But far away from ours. When we went into the unit, it was obvious that it smelled badly of smoke. When we spoke to the main desk, we asked for a non-smoking room, even if we had to upgrade from 1 BR. She immediately was able to locate another unit, a 2 BR, right next door to our kids. It was pristine, fully equipped and more than adequate.
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RelaxingPosted Aug 22, 2015
Pros: Relaxing and closest to the beach.
Cons: Being 6'4", a higher shower (it was no different than a lot of other places though for us tall guys).
Location: The beach!
You can stay in the room or the outdoor patio which is a part of each room and see the boats going thru the jetties or the pier or the beach or the sunrise and sunset, enjoy the pool, or be the closest accommodations to go to the beach for beach activities.


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Stephen Fry was not a model student, but completed his school education at City College, Norwich, after a term on remand in prison for stealing a credit card, scoring well enough in the Cambridge entrance examination to gain a scholarship to Queens' College. At Cambridge, Fry joined the Footlights Club – a performing group where he met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie – appeared on the TV quiz show 'University Challenge', and graduated with a degree in English Literature.
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Uninterested in occurring loopy diets? Do you begin your day with healthy consuming after which find yourself binging by the tip of it? Effectively, you may have clearly been following all of the mistaken guidelines for weight reduction. It won't be the best factor on the earth, however certainly isn't as complicated as you wish to suppose.
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1. Set Reasonable Objectives:
You have to know that weight reduction may be very difficult. It comes with a worth. You need to observe a selected plan so as to get most outcomes inside the shortest time frame. Nonetheless it's essential to additionally bear in mind to be reasonable about it. It isn't attainable to lose 5 kgs in per week. The utmost you may lose is 1 to 2 pound per week.It won't be a drastic change however will definitely show you how to really feel mild. That tight pair of denims will suit you higher.
2. Set A Time:
Discovering different sensible methods on the right way to reduce weight in a week? You must set time for your self whereas consuming. Paced meals are full of enjoyment and set off hormones of satiety. Whenever you gulp down your meat at one go, you usually find yourself over consuming. So be sure to set a timer of 20 minutes to construct your self as a sluggish eater.
3. Eat Extra Vegetables:
When you're attempting to shed weight in per week, it's higher to deal with veggies! Consuming more fruits and veggies is a natural and fast solution to drop the kilos. It's excessive in fiber and water which fills you up inside only a few energy. Cook dinner them completely with none added fats. Additionally add some lemon for seasoning.
4. Soup It!
Soups are a improbable concept to drop a few pounds. If you drink extra soups, you lose extra weight. Minestrone, Chinese language received-ton and tortilla soups are nice selections. Having soups firstly of a meal can curb your urge for food on account of which you eat much less. As an alternative of getting canned soup, make some at home utilizing lean meat and fresh greens. Don't have creamy soups in anyway.
5. Whole Grains:
Choosing whole grains can also be a sensible choice. Brown rice, brown bread, whole wheat, oats and buckwheat fall underneath this class. They fill you up inside fewer energy and enhance levels of cholesterol too.
6. Don't Eat Bacon:
Skip the bacon. If you end up making a sandwich at house, add eggs and veggies in case you like. However don't add bacon at all. This can save one hundred calories and make it easier to lose 10 kilos on the finish of the yr similar to that. You too can lose some weight in every week if you happen to maintain consuming right and exercise.
7. Remove Sugar:
Sugar is the very last thing it's best to take into consideration whereas attempting to drop pounds. It incorporates quite a lot of calories and fats that lowers your probabilities of weight reduction. Additionally it is tough to burn all of the energy. Should you actually love sweets, have fruits. Add strawberries, mint and lemon to your drinks so as to add more style.
8. Drink Green Tea:
Consuming green tea day by day is a wonderful technique for weight reduction. Research have declared that inexperienced tea can enhance the calorie burning engine in your physique quickly. Additionally it is a refreshing drink that enhances metabolism and removes stomach fats simply.
9. Do Some Yoga:
Yoga can be a good way to shed weight. In accordance with the Journal of American Dietetic Affiliation, girls who do yoga day by day weigh lesser than those that don't. This follow makes you aware of what you're consuming and develops self consciousness too.
10. Burn Additional one hundred Calories:
You may burn additional 100 calories all through the day by doing a few fast and simple workout routines. Stroll a mile inside 20 minutes or clear the home for half-hour. You possibly can jog for 10 minutes or simply use the skipping rope for a similar time frame. This may enable you drop a few pounds inside per week with out weight-reduction plan.
11. Eat Healthy Snacks:
Maintaining a healthy diet snacks will even enhance your possibilities of dropping extra weight. Ensure you carry one thing nutritious in your bag each time you step out. Fruits, granola bars or a packet of plain popcorn appears a greater concept. These low calorie snacks are higher than the upper calorie treats.
12. Scale back Your Portions:
If you're attempting to drop some weight inside every week, it will be smart to scale back the dimensions of your plate. Consuming much less means fewer energy. And fewer energy imply more weight reduction. After we are eating, we frequently are inclined to eat far more than we're alleged to. Minimize the parts in half and be sure you are selecting smaller parts. If you end up consuming at house, bear in mind to maintain away yesterdays leftovers. That also needs to assist.
13. Don't Eat In Front Of The Tv:
Preserve all distractions away whereas consuming. Flip off the tv; cease studying a guide or a magazine when you're the eating desk. Concentrate on the food and savour morsel. This behavior will improve consciousness and assist you to want as a lot as it's best to.
14. No Crispy, Creamy Or Cheesy:
These three C's ought to be out of your plate. No sauces, fried meals or calorielicious spreads. Skip the cheese in the case of sandwiches and rolls. Additionally don't add mayonnaise or butter whereas cooking one thing at home. Add lemon and pepper for zest. Go for broth primarily based soups as an alternative of the creamy ones.
15. Eat Cautiously:
Eat earlier than you're ravenous and cease earlier than you're full. Once we starve, we are likely to eat greater than we should always. It is a catastrophe. Eat slowly and simply earlier than you're about to really feel glad, cease. Drink a glass of water. This could assist.
16. Sleep:
Once you sleep more, you weigh much less. Now this would possibly sound shocking however it's totally true. To shed pounds, you need to take relaxation. In case you are somebody who likes to work late at night time, do suppose once more. When your biorhythms are off, you do find yourself consuming greater than you need to be. Dropping sleep can have an effect on your physique form, scale back the manufacturing of hormones and result in stomach fats.
17. Eat Fats:
To burn physique fats, it is best to eat fats. Sure, you heard me right! Good fat embody salmons, omega 3 fatty acids, walnuts and avocados. They comprise vitamins which preserve you full all through the day.
18. Vitamin C:
Vitamin C is a must for all weight reduction plans. Fruits that fall inside this class are grapefruits, oranges, kiwis and so on. They hold your physique wholesome and forestall binging. Vitamin C burns physique fats into fuel which finally results in weight reduction.
19. Brief Bursts Of Exercise:
one hundred crunches a day provides you with higher abs. However what are you going to about that layer of fats on top? To get the outcomes you really need, strive quick bursts of train. Attempt one thing that burns physique fats. Cardio circuit for quarter-hour or the skipping rope for 10 minutes looks like a good suggestion. You may additionally strive the plank exercise. Conserving your self energetic all through the day additionally helps.
20. Suppose Outdoors The Gymnasium:
Relating to exercise, at all times suppose outdoors the fitness center. Do some cardio at home, use the soar rope, go on brisk walks, climb the elevators or do some cleansing at home. This may burn more energy and enable you to shed the burden quicker. Add extra non-train exercise can really burn energy. That is one thing you'll be able to incorporate in the long term.
21. Drink Tons Of Water:
Consuming 2 to three litres of water is a should for each weight reduction plan. Drink a glass of water earlier than beginning a meal and end it off with one other glass. Be sure you carry a bottle of water in your bag earlier than stepping out. Individuals who drink more water and fewer of soda or different calorie stuffed drinks have greater possibilities of losing a few pounds.
22. Walk Or Jog:
Strolling and jogging is an effective way to shed kilos with out hitting the gym. You possibly can simply burn one hundred energy per mile by walking.
23. Exercise In The Morning:
A sensible solution to burn the kilos is to train early within the morning. Based on a current examine on chubby ladies, constant morning workout routines that go as much as four hours per week led to raised sleep at evening.
24. Elevate More Weights:
Weight lifting is a brilliant strategy to lose physique fats. It is going to burn physique fats and assist in constructing lean muscular tissues. It is usually true that more muscle means faster metabolism. This can put all of the energy you're consuming to raised use.
25. Comply with The 80/20 Type:
Eat healthy 80% of the time and binge 20%. This implies you need to eat more natural meals all through the week and preserve one meal per weekend for junk! It will provide help to binge much less and management when binge strikes.
26. Be Optimistic And Stress Less:
Don't deal with the size; give attention to the way it feels. Constructive elements construct self-worth, reduce stress and enhance your weight reduction experience.
Hope you'll actually check out one of the best ones given right here. Are you aware another quickest option to shed some pounds in every week? Be happy to share your priceless feed back with our specialists right here.


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The topic of discussion for today is Uruguay vs Jamaica Live score, broadcasters list and head to head stats, let's begin!! Defending champions, Uruguay will be playing their first match on June 13, 2015 against one of the two guest nations, Jamaica. Kickoff time for Uruguay vs Jamaica Copa America match is 12:30 am according to Indian standard time. Uruguay vs Jamaica match will be held at Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta. Uruguay team will be lacking some amount of morale and confidence due to the absence of Luis Suarez. On the other hand Jamaica will be playing their first ever Copa America match. Uruguay vs Jamaica will be the first match of their group, Uruguay and Jamaica will be playing their group stage matches against Argentina and Paraguay. Group B is considered as the group of death due to three latin american strengths present. Let's now discuss about Uruguay vs Jamaica 2015 live, Uruguay vs Jamaica TV Broadcasters, Uruguay vs Jamaica Head to Head stats.
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Group B : First match
Kick off time : 12 : 30 ( Indian Standard time )
Teams : Uruguay vs Jamaica
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The Government of India has announced sweeping new regulations that are expected to end the suffering of dogs bred indiscriminately and without basic needs like food, water, and shelter; improve conditions for animals sold in livestock markets; and ensure that fish sold in aquariums and fish stores are not caught using destructive fishing practices, or . . .
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The practice of slicing fins off live sharks and throwing them back into the water to bleed to death took a big hit yesterday when a key Senate committee passed a bill that would end any trade of shark fins in the United States. The Senate Commerce Committee passed the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act, . . .
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A new HSUS undercover investigation reveals the mistreatment of eight tigers featured in Ryan Easley's ShowMe Tigers act – a traveling circus gig that is contracted out to branded circuses. It's painful to watch a grown man whipping a majestic tiger as the world's most powerful predator flinches and cowers in fear. It's a coercive . . .
The North Face, Timberland and other iconic American brands to ban fur, angora, and exotic skins
No more skin in the game. That's the message from the parent company of more than two dozen popular clothing brands, including The North Face, Vans, Timberland, Wrangler, and Nautica, which today announced it will cleanse its supply chain and all of its garments of animal fur, angora, and exotic leather. VF Corporation has partnered . . .
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Last night, Congressional leaders announced an agreement on the details of a massive bill to fund the federal government for the rest of Fiscal Year 2017 (through September 30th), and it's packed with good news for animal protection. Working with our allies in the House and Senate, we staved off several anti-animal-protection riders, held the . . .
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It's an image that millions of people who've watched it won't soon forget: a majestic grizzly bear thrashing in confused agony as she tumbles down a hill, her blood smearing the snow, while the men who shot her cheer at the misery and suffering they've delivered. An investigator might have filmed the horrible spectacle to . . .
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It is unsettling that President Trump has called for a review of protected areas established by his predecessors under the Antiquities Act. Set-asides of the last, best places in the United States, both terrestrial and marine environments, has been a legacy for both Republican and Democrat presidents, and the Antiquities Act has been a critical . . .
Breaking news: Los Angeles to ban use of all wild animals in circuses
The city council of the nation's second largest city – and the capital of the entertainment industry – today unanimously voted to ban the exhibition of wild or exotic animals for entertainment, including circuses, other wild animal shows, displays in public areas such as on sidewalks or parks, and rentals for house parties or events. . . .