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| APRIL
23, 2003 ISSUE |
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IN THIS ISSUE
Feature
Article: I Have a Confession to Make
In The Spotlight: Using the Internet for Good
What's New & Coming Soon
Daily Thoughts: God's Workmanship
Prayer Requests/Results
Quotables: Padre Pio on "suffering"
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I
Have a Confession to Make
by Tom Gilbert
If I am truly honest with myself then I must admit
how many times I am not honest. I don’t mean I’m a pathological
liar. Oh, no, it is much more subtle than that. I mean that I can always
be more honest about who I am, what I believe and what I am doing and
thinking.
Personal desires, selfishness, justification and rationalization
all play a part in keeping our false self prominent. Only
God can help us discover our true selves.
Our spiritual rebirth is the beginning of our true and
real self. Daily living in the freedom of being real,
honest and true is a process. Taking responsibility
for my thoughts and actions means recognizing them and
confessing my wrongs (sins). God, of course, is aware
of them, but the need to own up to them is part of growing.
Doing this, asking God for the grace to not repeat the
same behavior and celebrating
the reconciliation of “stepping into the sunlight
of the spirit” is
part of our personal resurrection to our new way of life.
Read the entire article here
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Using the Internet for Good
The Internet has made real the concept of the “Global
Village”. There are many amazing and wonderful
things that can be accomplished using this technology.
The ability to get and share information is perhaps the
biggest. Unfortunately there is abuse, and constant potential
for abuse of this medium (just as there is in other media),
but we should all strive to support the spread of the
Gospel “Good News” via the Internet. It is
our constant effort and many others are doing the same.
See more at here.
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| WHAT'S
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Can
you become addicted to the Internet? This month
we have discussed various addictions and provided many
resources to help. The Internet is an amazing thing
and can be used for good and bad. Living the Solution
would not exist without the Internet. We are striving
to reach out in cyberspace to all seeking ways to deal
with life’s problems and to discover the solution.
However, many people are caught “in the web”,
so to speak, of Internet abuse. The same things that
can be a problem offline (gaming, gambling, pornography,
etc) are often readily
available and magnified online. For more read our review of Hooked
on the Net by Andrew Careaga.
We have now added a feature to many of our article
pages to make them “Printer friendly”.
Just click on the link on those web pages and it will
open up a new browser window formatted for printing.
We have a new feature: God FAQ (frequently asked questions
of/about God)
We don’t assume to have all the answers or to
know the mind of God – who can? Yet, we believe that
God does work miraculously in people’s lives.
Many people have questions about God and we will share
one in each issue of this newsletter.
This time the question is “How do I know God
is listening to me?”
We have some thoughts on this.
See it online here.
Some of the new articles on our site include:
Know More Suffering
Tired of Waiting
Standing at the Turning Point
Revisit:
Be Not Afraid by Angie
Ledbetter
It’s a Relationship
The Walk and the Talk
New reviews on the following books:
Run the Earth…Watch the Sky, new
music release from Chris Rice
Offerings II new music release from Third Day
Furthermore new music release from Jars of Clay
Hooked on the Net by Andrew Careaga
Future Reviews:
“Letters Between a Catholic and an Evangelical”
by Fr John R. Waiss and James G. McCarthy
“The Love Languages of God” by Gary Chapman
You can read the various reviews currently on site at Reviews
New links:
If you’re tired of “trash entertainment” bombarding
your life, visit stacistallings.com for a new and
better way to fill your “off-hours.” Staci
has stories, articles, quotes, a monthly newsletter,
and even a free book waiting just for you!
See more at our links page
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DAILY THOUGHTS & REFLECTIONS |
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We
are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
to do good works, which God prepared in advance for
us to do (Ephesians 2:10).
Picture a box full of keys. They might all look
very much alike, but each one has been cut to open a
particular door. If you try to open the right door with
the wrong key, it won’t work.
We are like one of those keys. God designed each one
of us to do special things that no one else can do.
There are special “doors” that God wants
each of us to open. There are special jobs that He has
for
us in His kingdom. We are not just an accident that happened
one day. Long before we were born, God knew exactly how
He wanted to use our lives.
In His Grace
Pete Reinbold
Get daily inspiration with a Scripture verse and commentary
at
Daily Thought
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PRAYER REQUESTS & RESULTS |
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Prayer works. It really does. Only those who've never truly tried
it with the proper intentions would say otherwise. We
want to pray for you and your needs. If you have a specific
request let us know at prayer
requests.
Of course, we keep you information confidential.
We also like to share testimonies of answered prayers
at prayer results.
You can send us your testimony by email. Use our form
at contact us. If
you do not want your name to be listed simply let us know.
By sharing God's love and how He helps us you encourage
others in a powerful way.
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Quotables:
The more Jesus intends to raise a soul to perfection,
the more He tries it by suffering. So rejoice, I say
to you, in seeing yourself so privileged, in spite of
your unworthiness. The more you are afflicted, the more
you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation
the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and
shine in the heavenly palace.
– Padre Pio
Copyright 2003 Living the Solution, all rights reserved.
Tom Gilbert
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