You will find understanding yourself will be vital in understanding and developing your relationship with God because to understand God’s influence in our lives we must first understand what we are, who we are and what makes us act. God said, (Gen. 1:26) “Let us make man in our image (resemblance), after our likeness (be like):” (Gen. 2:7) “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life; and man became a living soul (mind, me, person, self, [...]

The origin of the title: God, through the Holy Spirit, had been inspiring and revealing some of the information given in this article. I was troubled because somehow the information would not coalesce in the way it usually does. I was also an avid hunter. It was deer season; it was raining, the wind was blowing and I was following the scuff marks and blood trail of a big buck. I was traveling fast to try to follow the trail before the rain washed it out. I would occasionally [...]

NOTE: (Heb. 9:23 keyword: patterns) Patterns defined: Strong's #5262: exhibit for imitation or warning and ADUMBRATION which is defined: foreshadow, symbolize, foretell, prophesy, represent in outline & predict. <-Remember these two highlighted, underlined definitions of ADUMBRATION/patterns because they will be used in this article. (Heb. 9:23 keyword: patterns: defined: foreshadow & prophesy) This concerns the hidden prophecies in O.T. objects, events, people, activities JUST LIKE (John 5:46-47) the writings of Moses, (John 6:32-33) the OT manna, (Matt. 12:40-41) Jonas (Jonah) three days in the belly of the whale then preached to [...]

(1Thess. 4:17 keywords: caught up) The Greek word for the term caught up is harpazo. (Luke 23:38 keyword: Latin) The Latin word for the term caught up is rapio or rapturo. Both words are defined to snatch up in relation to an ecstasy of spirit or the actual removal from one place to another. (Acts 8:39) "the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip" (2Cor. 12:4) "How that he was caught up into paradise,". The English words caught up translated from Latin rapturio is rapture (a feeling of intense pleasure or joy) [...]

Science is basically the observation, study, investigation and explanation of the natural physical world. Science is “geared” to explain all phenomena as physical reality. By its own logic science must explain spiritual and supernatural events as objective physical reality. By this basic principal of its own multi-faceted disciplines science must deny man is a spiritual entity. By its own dictates science must state man is a product of evolution, survival of the fittest and genetics. Science only recognizes the outward man so science must prove “by its own rules” [...]

The objective of this article is to study the how, who, what, why, where and when of prayer. PRAYER (Matt. 6:9-13 esp. V.9 keywords: after this manner- example) In these verses of scripture Jesus instructs us how to pray so, for effect, it is our prayer! NOTE: Tradition tells us (Matt. 6:9-13) is the Lord’s Prayer. Some people even think (Psa. 23:1-6) is the Lord’s Prayer but it is a Psalm of praise. (John 17:1 thru 18:1) This is the Lord’s Prayer and most of it is intercessory prayer [...]