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Name: Paulas
Country: Nepal
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Birthday: 9/2/1979
Interests: As a child of my heavenly Father, shine like a star in the universe, among the crooked and depraved generation. Ph 2:15
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Media
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4/18/2004
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| Photo: don't question in the dark. 
beautiful photo powerful message. you can save this photo if you want. its my gift to you. I took it yesterday. so beautiful. I had done some editing on the lighting.. but its taken naturally just before the sun setting.
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| Life as a vapor by John Piper @http://www.desiringgod.orgThe Son of God is not a vapor. He is solid reality, with no
beginning and no ending. His name is Jesus Christ. He is
the same yesterday and today and forever. He looked His
disciples in the eye and said without irony or exaggeration,
“Before Abraham was, I am.”
But what about us? Once we were not, and now we
exist? With the conception of all five of our children, that
stunned me. Suddenly my wife is pregnant. A human has
come into being. For how long? Forever. Either in heaven
or in hell. There is no going out of existence. For that
would not be joy for those who love God nor punishment
for those who don’t.
You exist forever. There is no use protesting that you
did not ask to exist and would like not to. That is not an
option. You and God are both in the universe to stay—
either as friends on His terms, or enemies.
Which it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a
vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone—to heaven or to
hell. “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like
a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is
gone” (Psalm 103:15–16).
Jesus Christ came into this world—this fleeting, fallen,
fickle world—and did the greatest thing that will ever be
done. As the perfect Son of God, He died in our place,
absorbed the wrath of God, paid the penalty for sin, provided
the righteousness of the law, and rose invincible
from the dead—all in a vapor’s life of thirty-three years.
Because of that, we have something firm to grasp.
“Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower
fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” (Isaiah
40:7–8). The gospel is firm and lasts forever. My prayer is
that these meditations on the Word of God will link you
with eternal joy, and make the vapor of your life an everlasting
aroma of praise to the glory of Christ.
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| LSC 2065 ResultsGuys.. here are some helpful links for the SLC 2065 results. some might think its 2066, but the examination started on 2065. check this blog and you will find the useful link.
Ekendra's Blog on SLC results links
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| an agrument: why are young people leaving the church?Among all things, could debates about the age of the earth, intelligent design versus evolution, and six-day versus gradual creation be drawing young people away from the Christian faith?
Ken Ham, famous for his Answers in Genesis creation-science ministry, says a major study he commissioned reveals the reasons why many young people are leaving the Church. According to a recent article, a respected researcher uncovered that two-thirds of young people in evangelical churches will leave as they approach their 20s.
In Ham's new book, "Already Gone: Why Your Kids Quit Church and What You Can Do to Stop it," a collaborative effort with researcher Britt Beemer, church youth are already "lost" in their hearts and minds during elementary and high school, not college as many expect.
Beemer conducted this study via phone interviews and surveys with 1,000 20 to 29 year-olds who used to attend evangelical churches on a daily basis.
The results struck Ham with surprise. According to these interviews and surveys, children who faithfully attended Bible schools are more likely to question Scriptural authority and eventually fall away from the church. He calls this the "Sunday school syndrome."
The survey reveals that children who regularly attend Sunday school are more likely to leave the Church, believe that the Bible is less true, defend the legality of abortion and same-sex marriage and defend premarital sex.
Although Ham believes that there are various reasons for this, he thinks the source of the problem is how churches and parents teach children to interpret the creation account in Genesis.
Ham firmly believes in six-day creation that occurred 6,000 to 10,000 years ago and argues that the Church opened up the door for the exodus of youth in the 19th century as soon as they began teaching that "the age of the Earth is not an issue as long as you trust in Jesus and believe in the resurrection and the Gospel accounts."
Ham believes that the youth of younger generations may have been better able to deal with this inconsistency and hold onto their faith, but today, with a highly secular and athiestic public education system, it becomes harder for young people to mesh together what they have learned at church and in school.
According to Ham, when parents and teachers tell kids that it's okay to believe in evolution that occurred over millions of years, they come to believe that what they learned in school is always correct. And what is taught in school has nothing to do with, and often contradicts, what Scripture teaches.
After reviewing the survey results, Ham came to the conclusion that as soon as youth believe that Scripture is not the authority on the creation of the universe, they instantly question Scriptural authority as a whole. This is dangerous, because the foundation of Christianity rests on Scripture.
In Ham's book, he intends to prevent youth from leaving Christianity by proving that the Bible connects to reality and is based on history.
Why do you think many youth are drifting away from Christianity? Do you think it has anything to with confusion about the origin of the universe and humanity, as Ham argues?
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huch.. this is kind scary for those people who are taking a religion of Christianity as a competition with other religion by number of people, or by the congregation that is bigger than some one Else's religion. I assume we all know that Christianity is not a religion and its relationship with Christ. going to church of Christ is to have a fellowship with believers of Christ. when some one leaves church then that means that person doesn't have a fellowship with the church. why? I don't know. but think of a reason that how can you have a fellowship if you don't have a relationship? what is the basic of relationship? may be acceptance and love and care for each other. why some one is not christian? because he has never been in relationship with Jesus, why because no one has introduced Jesus to him or he/she doesn't know Jesus. or there MIGHT BE A HUGE MISTAKE ABOUT INTRODUCING JESUS IN WRONG WAY SO THERE IS VERY LES CHANCE FOR THAT PERSON TO FOLLOW JESUS. just think of how church is introducing Jesus to young guys?? is Jesus they preach is kind? loving ? just ? righteous? and caring? or may be some churches around the world introducing Jesus in wrong way.. legalistic.. judging.. condemning.. unforgiving.... hard... and as a bad guy??? when Jesus walked on this earth.. in first century Palestine.. people were drawing closer to Him. and I am sure today, the believers, mostly young one are turning away from the crowd of believers because we are presenting the Jesus in wrong way.. may in a way to bring people to church.. and then afterward.. in a different way after they are caught in .. if we live as Jesus wanted us to be his disciples. Jesus will still draw people to him. it does n't matter how strong is the argument outside in the secular education.. what they learn at home is very important, and what they experience in church is also very important to examine with our actions. when people are going away from church, they are not going back from Jesus, but they are turning away from People who claim to have the blessing but failed to present it through their lives. if the church is living with Living Jesus.. He still draws people closer to him.. because there is the meaning of the truth.. the way and the Life that is meaningful and blessed.
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| Don't be dead and useless
I took this picture when we went to rain trekking near Annapurna area last year. this was a piece of wood, very odd size and style.. just some one can't even use it.. and they had put by the side of the path and it was just laying there and there only few yellow mushrooms on the top of it..
when I looked at this piece of wood last night.. some thought came to my mind. I know this was a odd size and type of wood that was neither useful nor has anything useful for..
I think trees have many different roles.. but if we just think of usefulness of it.. one thing it gives fruits.. and if not.. they are great use for the furniture and there so many uses of the piece of wood. but only for that pieces which is easy to give a shape etc.. some pieces wood are not that easy to use or even make any use of it.. then it ends up either in fire or by the side of the road till it fully rots and has some chances for useless mushrooms.
when I think about this.. I find many similarities with us, humans. I have seen many people so beautifully created in God's image and his plan. but they are very stubborn, very hard to be changed to certain shape God may have thought.. very corrupted with evil thoughts and understanding. very strong in a way of their desire. and many times those people are being dead for God and for people.. they neither do anything by themselves nor be open to be changed and useful. I remember once Jesus rebuking Pharisees that they hold the key of the kingdom of heaven but neither they inter into it nor they let others to go there.. and they are like a useless small pieces of wood that lied down by the side of the footpath and only been useful for rooting and useless mushrooms.
so be flexible and let God mold you and shape you into his design and be a service of either giving a fruit, being a strong branch of the tree or a beautiful piece of wood that is perfectly carved and artistically decorated on the wall of some one.. may be even on the wall of the meeting hall of the King of Kings.. where every one sees it and goes.., " wow, what a beautiful piece". BUT DON'T BE DEAD OR USELESS. EITHER LIVE AS A TREE AND GIVE A FRUITS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR BE USEFUL EVEN IF YOU ARE DEAD LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WOOD.
are you ready to be shaped? to be changed? God can mold you and make you a beautiful and useful piece.. in many ways you have hope and future.. just be ready to be changed and used.
blessings.
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