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God Uses People Who Practice Good Health Principles : "Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 TEV) "Sanctify" means to dedicate something for personal use by God. You can take your house and say, "God, I dedicate this house to you." You can say, "God, I take this car and dedicate it to you." It means taking whatever you have and giving it to God for his use. The Bible says, "Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God's glory" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 TEV). God uses all kinds of vessels, but he wants your vessel to be pure, clean, and healt...

Who Defines Who You Are? : "The Lord turned to [Gideon] and said, 'Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?'" (Judges 6:14 NIV) Gideon was the least member of the weakest clan in the tribe of Manasseh. His task on the day in question was the tedious threshing of wheat, a process where the cereal grain is knocked loose from the chaff. But this devotional is not about agriculture. It's about God's ability to see you for who you are meant to be, not for what you appear to be. God saw Gideon as a mighty warrior and judge who would lead the Israelites back to their proper worship of God (Judges 6:12). Gideon, on the other hand, saw himself as just a guy cranking wheat through a creaky old winepress. But that didn't matter to God. He told Gideon: "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?" (Judges 6:14 NIV) Take note: The strength of t...

Don't Compare Yourself to Others : "Let everyone be sure to do his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work done well and won't need to compare himself with someone else." (Galatians 6:4 LB) Truth be told, you cannot be happy and envious at the same time. In fact, one of the greatest secrets of having happiness in your life is learning how to eliminate envy. Just acknowledging that you struggle with envy can be painful, but it is the first step toward a change of values and a more mature spiritual life. God says the way you change envy is by changing your perspective. While you may not be able to completely change the feelings that cause envy, you can change the way you look at things, and that will eliminate envy from your life.  To change your perspective, the first thing you have to do is stop comparing yourself to others. The Bible says satisfaction comes from doing your best, not comparing yourself to others: "Let e...

Last night was dejavu of an Inter Milan vs Barcelona semi final. It's as if Di Matteo asks Mourinho for a copy of the tape. What's more scary, the events happened almost to the tee. The order earlier that day: find someone who can get us a bus so we can park it in our half and find the closest luck doctor so the whole team can go consult. On the other hand, what did Barcelona expect? For Chelsea to just play attacking football to the last minute? To have Lampard or Ramirez attack without blinking twice? It was obvious that the whole Chelsea team played out of their comfort zone. I mean who would be comfortable playing only 20% of the ball throughout the whole match. That means that for every 10 passes you only get to touch once. Tell a kid that's the rule of the game, and he'll run back to mommy to tell on you. So with the Chelsea drinking their sore 2009 wounds away at the nearest pub, we they honestly think a single goal is enough at the Nou Camp? I mean if Chelsea ...

Africa: Locusts for Lunch, Beetles for Dinner : [RNW Africa] Heat some vegetable oil, fry the locusts, add sugar for caramelisation, let them cool off and dip them in chocolate. Voilà your afternoon snack. But don't forget to take off the wings first, they might get stuck between your teeth. - And you expected something different?

So I decided to carry on doing some digging (and in response to John), and I stumbled upon this article   iPad 2 vs. Android: And the winner is... - Computerworld Blogs : and it got me really thinking. Although the Ipad is an incredibly simple piece of machinery, the only serious issue i have (i mean really serious), is the user's inability to configure it whatsoever outside the constraints of its proprietary software iTunes. That really ticks me off especially because i own a XPERIA Neo and the best thing about this device is its inherent ability to be modified to any user-defined configuration (albeit the lack of RAM). Now having the foreknowledge that I can't do the same with the Apple tablet (which I would think is the platform to offer such services) makes me cringe in the knowledge that I'm playing an open-handed "GO TO JAIL" card willingly... So my verdict (based on these new findings): The ipad 2 ( or 3) is great piece of machine constrained by manufac...

I mean really! Trying to be objective in this latest craze to get your hands in the next technology gadget, are we really getting value for money? I've spent the last couple of hours (precious sleep hours I might add) to figure out whether I should finally succumb to the tablet world. So the first question was... Android or iOS? I mean there's so much politics going around between ipad 2 and Samsung galaxy tab or the new kid on the block... which seems to be changing all the time. It's like the endless comparison between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and should deserve the top spot of player of the century award. I mean isn't this all a marketing gimic? Even the famous Pele and Maradona got into the act! And just like with everything in life, you eventually takes side. And it's so difficult not to. So which is it? Do you go for versatility of Android or constant achiever and ever reliable Ipad? It's like asking to do you go for the consistent Messi or su...

Let God's Salvation Save You from Fear : "The Lord is my light and my salvation. I will fear no one." (Psalm 27:1 GNT) I love the way my wife Kay watches horror movies. If something like Alien comes on television, she turns on every light in the room and sometimes pulls up the comforter to cover her eyes. Would she watch a horror movie in the total dark? Absolutely not. Many of you won't, either, because light helps you see things more clearly. David says in Psalm 27:1, "The Lord is my light and my salvation. I will fear no one" (GNT). God is described in two ways: as light and as salvation. Yet many Christians live their lives in fear of rejection, completely ignoring the fact that if God is our salvation, then we have nothing to fear - not even losing the approval of those around us. Living for the approval of others is a miserable way to live. It will cripple your life. But God is your light and salvation! Light does three things: It illuminates a...

Today is one of those days where it has really dawned on me that the noble virtues of keeping time especially when it comes to the "doctor's appointment" should remain pure and preserved to it's natural state. Now what happens when you make an appointment with a doctor (a specialist i might add), you plan your day so that you won't be late because you still consider it as cardinal sin to be late for a doctor's appointment and God forbid that you should be late. So by the grace from on high, you manage to get there on time and the waiting room feels like a drive through whereby people are neither coming or going. You feel disoriented and get this ugly feeling that the doctor didn't keep his end of the bargain: he didn't stick the schedule that from a young age, you teach your children to respect the doctor's room and everything associated with that. But it seems the times have changed. Doctors are seen and behave like another cog in this capitalis...

Let God's Love Save You from Fear : "Save me from the insults I fear ... I want to obey Your commands ... Show me how much you love me, Lord, and save me according to your promise. Then I can answer those who insult me." (Psalm 119:39-42 GNT) The fear of rejection comes from all directions: your marriage, your family, your parents, at school, at work, from former friends, from disappointments, from criticisms, from a look. Have you ever seen a look kill somebody? Have you ever seen a parent manipulate a kid with an eyebrow? That's the fear of rejection! And it can hinder your life in many ways. The fear of rejection prevents us from giving and receiving love. Past hurts prevent future relationships. A guy says, "I got burned on a hot stove. I'll never touch it again!" People say that about relationships: "I got burned in a marriage. I'll never get married again!" The problem is, people are not stoves. They change. Your fear of...