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The Two-Headed Beast of Successful Habit Change
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2 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Tyler Tervooren of Advanced Riskology. I used to have a lot of bad habits. I still do, but I used to have a lot more. Here?s just a small sampling: I woke up late and went to bed early. I procrastinated on my most important work. I [...]
Create the Habit of Meditation, & the Zen Habits Premium Membership
by Leo
31 Jan 2012 at 3:03pm
Post written by Leo Babauta. It’s something I should have created a long time ago: the Zen Habits Premium Membership, and a mini-course that’s included with it called Create the Habit of Meditation. The membership is a monthly subscription of $19.99, but really it’s a commitment to changing your life, and the tools needed to [...]
Creating Silence from Chaos
by Leo
27 Jan 2012 at 3:20pm
Post written by Leo Babauta. We are often afraid of silence, because its emptiness feels idle, boring, unproductive, and scary. And so we fill our lives with chaos, noise, clutter. But silence can be lovely, and therapeutic, and powerful. It can be the remedy for our stress and the habits that crush us. If we [...]
The Habits That Crush Us
by Leo
23 Jan 2012 at 11:26am
‘Don’t panic.’ ~Douglas Adams Post written by Leo Babauta. Why is it that we cannot break the bad habits that stand in our way, crushing our desires to live a healthy life, be fit, simplify, be happier? How is it that our best intentions are nearly always beaten? We want to be focused and productive, [...]
Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room
by Leo
17 Jan 2012 at 1:49pm
‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’ ~Blaise Pascal Post written by Leo Babauta. Think about some of the problems of our daily lives, and how many of them would be eased if we could learn to sit alone, in a quiet empty room, with contentment. If [...]
Life as a Conscious Practice
by Leo
13 Jan 2012 at 9:15am
‘Everything is practice.’ ~Pele Post written by Leo Babauta. When we learn a martial art, or ballet, or gymnastics, or soccer ? we consciously practice movements in a deliberate way, repeatedly. By conscious, repeated practice, we become good at those movements. Our entire lives are like this, but we’re often less conscious of the practice. [...]
Your Top 10 Clutter Questions, Answered
by Leo
11 Jan 2012 at 11:33am
Post written by Leo Babauta. Decluttering is a skill that you learn with practice, just like any skill. And just like other skills, there are many little questions and problems you need answered and solved as you get started. Those of you taking the Clutterfat Challenge this month are facing these problems, and I’m here [...]
Clearing Your Life for a New Year
by Leo
9 Jan 2012 at 12:55pm
Post written by Leo Babauta. Every January, people rush out and get a gym membership, set a list of goals or resolutions, and get ready to take on a new year of frenetic activity. Unfortunately, we don’t often clear space to make room for all this new stuff. The beginning of the year is a [...]
How to Tackle Your Clutter
by Leo
6 Jan 2012 at 12:19pm
Post written by Leo Babauta. So you’ve been putting off tackling your clutter for months, maybe even years. Papers pile up on a counter, shelves are crammed full of books and magazines and other things, closets are stuffed to the point of spillage, clothes pile up on the floor or furniture, boxes and furniture and [...]
How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal)
by guest
5 Jan 2012 at 9:15am
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer. This new year, do something different: stop setting goals. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then making resolutions for another year is a sure-fire way to drive yourself crazy. I did [...]


Spiritual Warfare

Here is your Saturday STORY on: SOLVING PROBLEMS: Do what ever you need to do; and then do one bit more. Too many times in our life do we look back and wonder whether we did enough, yet we could simply change our philosophy and do that extra inch. This little bit extra is what makes all the difference, whether that is to care a little bit more or to offer your services for another five minutes. It's that extra effort that people remember. How can giving a little bit of extra help solve problems? If you give you receive. What ever may trouble you today and no answer is forthcoming to resolve that problem, then you can be assured that if you give to others that answer WILL arrive. It is as if a greater force is at work. Your problems are answered as a direct consequence on how you shape up helping others. Today's story is about a girl who is affected by a disability. But as she grows to accept it herself, her interaction with others improves. So it would appear to be also true that to help others you may need to help yourself first. LOVE AND MRS LEONARD I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated it. I was born with a cleft palate, and when I started to go to school, my classmates - who were constantly teasing - made it clear to me how I must look to others: a little girl with a misshapen lip, crooked nose, lopsided teeth, and hollow and somewhat garbled speech. I couldn't even blow up a balloon without holding my nose, and when I bent to drink from a fountain, the water spilled out of my nose. When my schoolmates asked, "What happened to your lip?" I'd tell them that I'd fallen as a baby and cut it on a piece of glass. Somehow it seemed more acceptable to have suffered an accident than to have been born different. By the age of seven I was convinced that no one outside my own family could ever love me. Or even like me. And then I entered the second grade, and Mrs. Leonard's class. I never knew what her first name was - just Mrs. Leonard. She was round and pretty and fragrant, with chubby arms and shining brown hair and warm dark eyes that smiled even on rare occasions when her mouth did not. Everyone adored her. But no one came to love her more than I did; and for a special reason. The time came for the annual "hearing tests" give at our school. I was barely able to hear anything out of one ear, and was not about to reveal yet another problem that would single me out as different. And so I cheated. I had learned to watch other children and raised my hand when they did during group testing. The "whisper test" however, required a different kind of deception: Each child would go to the door of the classroom, turn sideways, close one ear with a finger, and the teacher would whisper something from her desk, which the child would repeat. Then the same thing was done for the other ear. I had discovered in kindergarten that nobody checked to see how tightly the untested ear was being covered, so I merely pretended to block mine. As usual, I was last, but all through the testing I wondered what Mrs. Leonard might say to me. I knew from previous years that she whispered things like "The sky is blue" or "Do you have new shoes?" My turn came up. I turned my bad ear to her, plugging up the other solidly with my finger, then gently backed my finger out enough to be able to hear. I waited and then the words that God had surely put into her mouth, seven words that changed my life forever. Mrs. Leonard, the pretty, fragrant teacher I adored, said softly, "I wish you were my little girl" (Unknown Author) QUOTE: 'No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount of excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.' (Charles Kendall Adams)


Did anyone else have some really tough spiritual warfare today? Im glad I made it home to some pizza.?
Marco---Thanks, I have really had a tough day. I hope I deal with it better tomorrow, I didnt hold up today as well as I should have and experienced some failures.

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How can I best serve God given my gifts?
For gifts, I memorize Scripture. I don't know every verse, but I quote people and I feel God speaks to me primarily thru the Word. In terms of evangelism, I am not sure how good of a missionary I'd be. I usually don't have much luck with atheists (we just argue as I bring up apologetics, science, and archaeology supporting Jesus). However, I find I have the most impact on people who have grown up in the church (know the basics) but are not quite on-fire for God (or have tossed Jesus aside). I also like to teach mature Christians about mature theology (spiritual warfare, angels, demons, cross-references, prophecy, etc). Also, I am a woman, so I most likely can't be a preacher. So, how can I best serve God? I am also studying engineering at this point. I do not know if I should stay in my industry or go for a degree in theology after university. What do you think?

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JW Facts People ? Why are you more angry with JWs than all the other groups?
I noticed that you have had quite a few of your answers deleted when you have spoken out about sexual abuse cases with the JWs. Surely, child abuse occurs in all the religious groups and this one is no different to the others. In the press we have always heard about it in all religious organisations, why do you single out this one? What are you concerned about re. The two witness rule and the Spiritual Warfare Strategy of Jehovah?s Witnesses ? I don?t understand? All I know about regarding sexual abuse of youngsters and women is that ?The person faithful in what is least is faithful also in much, and the person unrighteous in what is least is unrighteous also in much.? (Luke 16:10). I would far rather trust a religious leader who truly abhorred pornography and the degradation of women in the media, than one who would think nothing of it. If moral advice goes out from an organisation that this treatment of women is all ?a matter of conscience?, how do victims of sexual abuse related to pornography feel safe and secure within an organisation? What is the 2 witness rule and spiritual warfare strategy and how does it affect victims of abuse? Wouldn't it frighten an abused child, such comments like warning against speaking out against an organisation for fear of offending God? (as below). I kept quiet about the tolerance of porn' for 10 years while I was away, having the same fear and I thank the JWFacts website for pointing out the fact that it is an organisation you are speaking out against, not Jehovah Himself as He is a God of Truth and not of secrets. So I now have no fear of offending Him by speaking out about the hypocrisy I saw in the congregation I attended re. porn'.

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The Jesus Can ? a Political Lesson - WEBCommentary

3 Feb 2012 at 6:44pm 

The Jesus Can ? a Political Lesson
WEBCommentary
Today's spiritual warfare is combat over who runs the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. Some church leaders (mostly quite innocently) under the guise of social justice demanded the government pay for the Works. Save for dedicated government ...



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No Other Way - Catholic.net

3 Feb 2012 at 12:35pm 

No Other Way
Catholic.net
Spiritual warfare is very real, and it is taking place all over the world because Satan knows that his time is short. He does not want man to believe in Christ because he knows that Jesus is the only way that a man can have his sins removed if he wants ...

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African American Author Tells The Inspirational Story of a Young Child's Jour...

2 Feb 2012 at 11:27am 

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African American Author Tells The Inspirational Story of a Young Child's Journey
BlackNews.com (press release)
Nationwide (February 2, 2012) -- While the battles of spiritual warfare continued as she faced devastating experiences and treaded bumpy paths during a lost dark period in her adulthood, author Ann Renfroe explains how she rose above it all with "God ...



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NDC Blames Mills' Failures On 'Juju' - GhanaWeb

2 Feb 2012 at 6:18am 

NDC Blames Mills' Failures On 'Juju'
GhanaWeb
The party maintains that this spiritual warfare against its leaders is being waged by Alhaji Moctar Bamba, National Organiser of the opposition NPP. Japhet Baidoo, who is also the Western Regional NADMO co-ordinator, made the bizarre claim at the ...

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Why Bad Things Happen to Good People - Anniston Star

28 Jan 2012 at 7:23am 

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
Anniston Star
Another hard fact, is that we are spiritual beings with the shroud of a physical body, and we are called to fight in spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, ...



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The ?New? Warfare - WEBCommentary

27 Jan 2012 at 11:11pm 

The ?New? Warfare
WEBCommentary
This is only a small part of the widening spiritual warfare the Church is enduring. Its schools ? elementary to university are constantly undermined, teaching challenged and subject to various threats. Hospitals and doctors are being squeezed both ...



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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Returns to Nashville 4/27-28 - Broadway World

20 Jan 2012 at 12:43pm 

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Returns to Nashville 4/27-28
Broadway World
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the theatrical adaptation of the CS Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, returns to the James K. Polk Theater at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, Friday, ...

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Gladiator-style takedown of demonic forces, Part 2 - RenewAmerica

18 Jan 2012 at 11:42pm 

Gladiator-style takedown of demonic forces, Part 2
RenewAmerica
For example, the Spiritual Warfare movement (SWM) spends an inordinate amount of time dueling with demons. Google "spiritual warfare" and one of the first sites on the list is demonbusters.com which is one of many deliverance ministries.

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GLADIATOR STYLE TAKEDOWN OF DEMONIC FORCES - NewsWithViews.com

14 Jan 2012 at 12:30am 

GLADIATOR STYLE TAKEDOWN OF DEMONIC FORCES
NewsWithViews.com
By Marsha West A large number of Christians throughout the world consider themselves to be spiritual warfare prayer warriors. What they do is known as ?intercessory prayer.? Most likely these prayer warriors are connected to a deliverance ministry.



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Spiritual warfare, from a demon's point of view, is the focus of 'Screwtape' ...

12 Jan 2012 at 3:40pm 

Spiritual warfare, from a demon's point of view, is the focus of 'Screwtape' play
Ventura County Star
By Jeff Favre Gerry Goodstein/Contributed photo Max McLean (standing) has the title role and Beckley Andrews plays Toadpipe in "The Screwtape Letters," a stage adaptation of CS Lewis' 1942 novel. After Max McLean had finished performing in a play one ...



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