What is the commandment of God that has been rejected?-- Oh no---

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What does God think about Christmas?

*Jer 10:3-5 "For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be no afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good".
*Col 2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ".
Christmas trees have been cut and then decorated for thousands of years.
This custom is vain (worthless) it does no one any good.
 

 

 

*Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition".
 

 

 

What is the commandment of God that has been rejected?
 

 

 

 

*Exodus 20:3-5 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God",
What is serve them? To serve any thing is to give your time and/or money Matt 6:21 for it.

God has heard for many years throughout this world his children singing about a Santa Clause that is coming to town. The song says "he sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when your awake, he knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake".
God has seen for many years parents putting their children on the lap of a stranger in a red suit to take their picture while instructing them to tell Santa what they want for Christmas.
Only God your heavenly Father of love everlasting sees you when you're sleeping.
Only God your Father of love knows when you're awake.
Only God your Father of love knows when you've been bad or good.
How would you feel if you were God, the great creator of all and the Father of all and many of your children were singing your qualities giving honor to someone in a red suit?
Only God is who you should be good for because your works are being written in the books of life for your eternal placement (Rev 20:12) in his coming New Earth Rev 21.
Many are about to tell their children "Santa is going to come down the chimney and bring gifts for you". Under the Christmas tree will be gifts that will say "From Santa". What a lie.
Only God our Father gives good gifts (James 1:17).
Only God gives us the ability to give gifts (Deut 8:18).
And then we tell our children not to tell lies? What hypocrites.
Pretending to worship God through your traditions is idolatry! God hates Christmas!

The birth of Christ was not on December 25th and can be proven by any in-depth study of its origins
yet many that know that fact celebrate Christmas anyway.
They say it is to honor Christ their savior’s birth. That day honor's a false messiah's birthday! God didn't give us the true messiah's birthday. The true messiah is sitting at the right hand of God in all power and glory. He is not a babe in a manger.
Christ mas is of Babylon! Come out of her my people that you be not partaker of her sins Rev 18:4 and that you receive not of her plagues.

Our God is real! Our God loves holidays only he calls his HolyDays (Lev 23). He is our Holy Father, his spirit lives in his HolyDays. In God's coming kingdom all will keep God's HolyDays.
God's Holydays are a gift. They teach the eternal plan of God.

Satan has deceived the whole world Rev 12:9 to worship another god Matt 4:8-10.
One that worships on Sunday.
One that loves this world 1 John 2:15 and all it’s holidays.
One that taught God's children to fear 1 John 4:18 the disobedience of men's word John 12:43.
Through lies John 8:44 the god of hate, murder and revenge is this world's god.

Doing the customs of the people is vain; it does not bring you close to God your real Father (Col 2:8).
The Bible is the book of the knowledge of good and evil. It must be rightly divided 2 Tim 2:15 to discern Heb 5:13-14 its doctrine Isa 28:9-10 God's way. You must overcome your understanding.
The lies of this world separate you from the true word of God (love), (John 4:23).

Do not judge or condemn anyone who keeps Christmas or Easter or any other of this world’s holidays. Be merciful, they might not want to live inside those pearly gates. Much will be required for those chosen to live inside God’s government city. It is not for everyone. They may want to live outside the walls of the New City. Do not harm Rom 13:10 anyone’s feelings, love everyone. God does. Fathers and Mothers turn your hearts to all the children of God. God has a place for all in his world. God draws his children to him in his time John 6:44. He directs us all (Pro 3:6), (Pro 16:9). The gift of truth from God our Father is the greatest gift; give this to your children. Teach by example not by persecution Joshua 24:15.

Every child of God is saved by grace. no matter what their sins.
*Eph 2:5,8-9 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast".
No one first must profess Christ in this life to be given eternal life in their next life. All will be given eternal life at their resurrection from the dead (Matt 22:29-30) and then will be their judgment and eternal placement in the coming kingdom of God (Ezek 37:26). Many who have professed Christ have not really known him or obeyed his word Luke 6:46.

No one immediately goes to heaven or hell when they die, it is a lie. Your body goes to the grave. The spirit that God gave returns to God to await your resurrection (Eccl 12:7). The mysteries of God are proven by the word of God of this and more on this website. All will be saved each in their own order, God’s order. God has all power over his creation Rev 20:3. No one can come to know God until he draws them (John 6:44). He will draw all to him (Rom 14:11).
*Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works".

If you want to live inside the walls of God’s New Jerusalem in his world you must become perfect in love (Luke 12:48) by overcoming your carnal mind (Rev 3:5) of hate Rom 8:7. Perfect in love loves God with all your heart, soul, and mind. Perfect love is doing his will and not your own. Keeping the laws and Holydays of God are not negotiable because you can only begin to love God with all your heart, soul and mind when you live by every word of God (love) as Christ did so can you (Matt 4:4). These are your works of love that will place you inside the walls of his city forever. Much is required to whom much is given. You must overcome your carnal mind by loving God more than yourself and with his love loving your neighbor as yourself. Anyone not keeping the laws and Holydays of God will be saved by grace and will be placed outside the walls of the kingdom Rev 22:14-15. If God is drawing you to him now, your placement will be determined by your works of perfect love (1 Cor 13:2-3). If God is not drawing you to him now, your placement will be determined by how you treat others Matt. 25:40.
*Matthew 16:27 "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works".

Only those who will be allowed to enter into the coming city of God in his world Rev 21:11-27 will live now in truth John 4:23, Matt 4:4.
*Rev 21:27 "And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh (abomination), or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life".
The word (abomination) is Strong’s number 946, it means idolatry. DO NOT LIE!
The customs and traditions of men are idolatry John 8:44, Luke 16:15. They are worthless. Your time and money is spent for nothing. You will have no eternal reward in God's Holy city. God hates lies.

Satan has deceived the whole world to keep God's children from truly knowing and honoring our Father of Love. God created (Isa 45:7) us to hate him Rom 8:7 to learn the knowledge of good and evil Gen 3:22 to humble us. When our minds become open to the truth we will never want lies again and neither will we lie to others. Now we can live by the true word of God without fear, seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness (Matt 6:21).
This is HIS righteousness.
*Rom 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness".

Is the real God in your heart?
Are you praying to a heavenly Father of love and mercy who has all power to save all his children? Or are you praying to a heavenly god of hate, revenge and murder.
Satan is not love. Satan has no mercy. Satan has no eternal power over any of God’s children.
The god of deception is about to be cast from heaven to this earth (Rev 12:13) by the will of God.
Why?
Because the true Gospel is now delivered on this website Matt 24:14. Now is come Salvation.
*Rev 12:10 "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night".
The seeds are planted Rev 12:17. The harvest will come.

Satan the murderer isn't even living among us yet and God's children are murdering others.
The knowledge of good and evil Gen 3:22 is a requirement before our eternal resurrection.       
This world suffers from the mental illness of our carnal minds of hate Rom 8:7.
Only God our creator can cure our condition.
ASK! Matt. 7:11, Luke 11:13.

God gave us all mortal life; he will give us all immortal life, that's what being born again is.
He will place us according to our works of loving others as ourselves either with his love or ours no matter how good or evil in his coming world Rev 21:10.
Depending on what you do with what you know he has a place for you.
*Luke 12:47-48 "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more".

God is your Father. He is the Father of your children, his children.
He sent his son to die for all 1 John 2:2. His son suffered for hours hanging on a cross so that all of us can know God our Father forever (John 3:16).
*John 17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent".
Eternal life is to know your Almightly Father that is teaching us his everlasting love. Without the knowledge of evil you can't know the depth of his love Rom 11:33, Eph 3:18.
All will know him Heb 8:11-12 from the least to the greatest. Micah 7:19

God is calling many to choose the few who will truly love him by living by his every word.
God will not choose those who love men's teachings over his.
*John 12:43 "For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God".
Oh how we have all been deceived, holding to men’s teachings to worship God our own way over God’s way.
*Isa 28:14-18 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it".

God says not to love the world (1 John 2:15); you cannot do good if you do (Rom 3:12). Doing good is doing things God's way. Only God is good. Almost everything of this world that you think you are doing to please the real God is worthless. Prove all things. When you think; it is of your carnal mind (2 Cor 11:15). You must not think you must live by every word of God (love).
*Ps 14:2- 4 "The Lord looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD".
*3 John 1:11 "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God".
*Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Do you want to live for eternity inside the walls of the coming New Jerusalem for eternity? You must want it with your whole heart soul and Gods mind (Phil 2:5). Seeking his will as for hid treasure (Matt 13:44).

*John 1:17 "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ".
True grace and truth is now going to the world by the promise of God to Eve (Gen 3:15). This is the heel of time, the time of the restitution of all things before the return of Christ to prepare a people for
the coming millennium.
*Matthew 10:26 "Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known".
*Acts 3:21-23 "Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people".

Those who claim to be a Christian that refuse to hear "The Good Tale" will not be allowed through those pearly gates. They will not be counted among the people that will go in because they refuse the true word John1:1 now delivered Rev 12:5.
The word Gospel means "Good Tale".
This is the Gospel that shall be preached in all the world as a witness and then the end will come.
The word him in Acts 3:22 is Strong’s #846 its definition should read "she".
God has raised me up of my brethren. I am the woman of Revelation 12.
This is the deliverance of the true word (John 1:1), (Rev 12:5) by the will of God.
True grace and truth is given to the world to prepare a people of all nations, tongues (Rev 7:9) and kindred’s. There is no respect of persons with God.
*John 4:24 "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth".
Open your mind to the almighty POWER of God! Live the true word of God. There is no other way.

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can the catholic schurch sin?

Catholic Questions Trent an In Dept study oart 3 Posted By: patrickmiron66 Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:13 pm  | Options

we can sin but the Church can't the Spiritrual Churnch    ( the body of Christ can't sin )    but the catholic or any others church will fall in sin, Paul conmended us to Cut off those that commit sins or remain life style in sinful as Catholic Priests who molesters childrens,      Jesus also Said: if your hand do sin cut it off, if your eye sin pull it out so that way you can go heaven rather have two hand go hell, yes we all sinners but before God accepted us we must be clean by the blood of Jesus, so that we can be Body of Christ santifice and Holy, sin just like cancer in our body, when we have it we must cutt it off from our body or it will destroy us! the Body of Christ the Church can't be sin?? 　 Hi, Thanks for the response.     We; all Catholics, ARE the "body of Christ"    and yes we can and do sin as sinning is the "natural condition" of all humanity.      The "unnatural condition then is to, with God's grace AVOID sin.    Possible only with God’s help and our determination. Even with grace; “natural men” often fall into some level of sin.   1John.1 Verses 8 to 10 "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."   1John.5 Verses 16 to 17 "If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal.   John.20 Verses 20 to 23     " When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.    Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,     "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained"     I don’t recall where Paul advises us to “cut [ourselves from] off” sinners. To not associate with them unnecessarily- socially perhaps?      But Christ Himself tells us:     Matt.9:12- 13 “But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need [without sin] of a physician, but those who are sick [sinners]” “Go and learn what this means, `I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."   Mark.2: 17 “And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Certainly these priest are EVIL-sinners. But are they any worse than ones who has a abortion; or denies God; or does not give to God his Just Worship? NOT in God’s eye.   Matt.7: 1 "Judge not, that you be not judged” and this: John.7: 24 “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."     The passages you quote from Paul to “cut off this or that” ARE NOT LITERAL.      What they teach is our GRAVE-moral obligation to AVOID “the near occasion and temptation to sin.”      THAT my friend is the lesson being taught here. How anyone is “cleaned by the Blood of Christ” is these day’s seemingly a matter of personal choice.      BUT my friend as the passages I shared above from First John, and John 20: that is NOT God’s way; and THERFORE the ONLY way it actually is going to happen. Jesus Instituted the Catholic Sacrament of Confession for this very reason; and it remains the ONLY acceptable manner [other than initial Baptism, which removes all PRIOR sins.]       I DID say “the Church” meaning the Catholic Church CANNOT sin as an absolute impossibility.      I did NOT say “the body of Christ” cannot nor does not sin.   God Bless you, pat From: LEIN TRINH <lientcnguyen@...> To: catholicquestions@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:36 PM Subject: Re: Catholic Questions Trent an In Dept study part 3     we can sin but the Church can't the Spiritrual Churnch   ( thebody of Christ can't sin ) but the catholic or any others church will fall in sin,    Paul conmended us to Cut off those that commit sins or remain life style in sinful as Catholic Priests who molesters childrens,    Jesus also Said: if your hand do sin cut it off, if your eye sin pull it out so that way you can go heaven rather     have two hand go hell, yes we all sinners but before God accepted us we must be clean by the blood of Jesus,    so that we can be Body of Christ santifice and Holy, sin just like cancer in our body, when we have it we must cutt it off from our body or it will destroy us! the Body of Christ the Church can't be sin?? 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How to Write a Lamad-Style Book © By Mark and Patti Virkler   The outline of this short article: Stage One: Start with a real life story. Stage Two: Prepare an outline. Stage Three: Write the book (revising several times). Write using the RIGHT hemisphere - following the anointing. Revise using the RIGHT hemisphere - adding more anointing. Revise using the RIGHT hemisphere - until you come to complete peace. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, clarifying each sentence. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, adding headings throughout. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, adding documentation and finalizing reference notes. Do a final reading, looking to see if you have a good balance between right and left hemispheres Stage Four: Add personal application questions. Stage Five: Get critiques and endorsements. Stage Six: Turn it over to proofers and editors. Stage Seven: Copyright, publish and market.   Stage One: Start with a real life story. A life-giving book is birthed in a life story. The seed from which my books grow is a desire planted in my heart by the Holy Spirit to come to a new understanding or a new level in some area of my life. Generally it takes me six months to two years to master a new area in my life. During this time, I read extensively in the area. I talk to others about it. I go to conferences on the subject. I experiment in the area. And I stay open to the Holy Spirit’s flow, allowing God to lead me in the learning process. I notate the key things I am learning, either directly in the books, or on my computer. Some books are so helpful I read them two or three times. Others I skim, because they do not offer much to my study. The ones I read two or three times are set aside for future reference. When I am ready to write, I go back to these and re-examine the highlighted areas to draw out the concepts and weave them into my own book, putting the concepts in my own words and footnoting them as necessary.   Stage Two: Prepare an outline. Let the outline for the book expand on your computer. As the new knowledge or skill is growing within me, and I begin to live the principles successfully in my life, I start developing an outline for the book. I may begin listing potential chapter titles while I study and grow. Whenever I feel I am discovering a key concept or series of concepts, I list them as potential chapter titles or sub-parts within chapters. I then finalize the basic structure of the book, organizing the chapter titles and sup-parts in a way that will be meaningful and enticing to the reader. Since the reader will probably have to take the same steps I have taken, I can tell the story of my path to knowledge and understanding, and the reader will be enticed, captured and brought along with me as he reads. I keep the book practical, real and interesting by describing my own personal struggles as I sought to implement this new skill and knowledge.   Stage Three: Write the book. As you write, clearly envision: the intended target audience, and the intended purpose of the book. Write when your heart says write. Wait to begin writing the book until you feel your heart and spirit are fully pregnant with the message and ready to pour it out. If you try to deliver the message before it is ready to come forth from your heart and spirit, you will have a miscarriage. You will know when it is time to write. You will feel a passion about delivering the message and getting it out of your heart and mind and into the world. Let God give you more during the night. When you are drained from writing, stop, go to bed and sleep on it. You will be refreshed and anointed the following day, especially if, as you drift off to sleep, you ask God to grant your heart a fresh anointing while you sleep. He can and He will (Job 33:14-16). Revise the draft several times, sometimes writing from the right hemisphere of your brain, sometimes writing from the left hemisphere, and a final time using both hemispheres. Right brain functions include: pictures, flow, emotions, music. Left brain functions include: reason, analysis, logic, spoken words. The indwelling Holy Spirit is sensed as "flow:" Out of your innermost being shall flow...this He spoke of the Spirit (Jn. 7:37-39). One must know how to change hemispheres based on which hemisphere is needed for the job he is doing, and also how to tune to the "flow" of the Holy Spirit within him. (These skills are taught in the book Communion with God by Mark and Patti Virkler.) 1. Write using the RIGHT hemisphere - following the anointing. I always begin my writing projects by moving to the right hemisphere and writing out of "flow." The right hemisphere is where creativity, spirit, flow, pictures and emotions originate and are registered. I want my book to have all of these. My book must come from the river of God within my heart. Therefore, I pray, asking God to anoint my writing, I establish an attitude of faith in the Spirit’s flow which resides within me, and I tune to flow and begin writing in faith. I trust the Holy Spirit to "bubble up" to my attention those things which should be written, and in the order that they should be written, if I keep a picture in the back of my mind of Jesus speaking to the intended reader through me, as discussed in the section below. Since music is a right-brain function, SOFT classical music or string music may help you tune to flow. However, don’t use songs with words. Speech, you may recall, is a left-brain function. If your background music has words being sung or if you know words to it, it will probably be counter-productive to your goal of tuning to heart flow. The words will keep pulling you back to the left hemisphere and disrupting the flow. Principle: Use vision to move to the right hemisphere and to purify the flow within. Vision is a right-brain function, so one can easily move from the left hemisphere to the right by holding a picture in his mind as he writes. Principle: "The flow" is directed by the vision being held before one’s eyes. Since my goal is to bring the revelation of God to the hearts and lives of my readers, I have a picture of God communicating to the people to whom I am writing. I hold this picture (i.e. of Jesus speaking to the intended audience) in the back of my mind as I write. This causes the book to have an anointing and a flow, because I am constantly in the state of vision and "Spirit flow" as I write. Principle: The wrong picture in your mind distorts the flow. If you do not purposely maintain a picture of God speaking to the people you are writing to, then another picture will inadvertently, unconsciously appear there. Whatever that picture is, it will be guiding the flow of your writing, making your writing less pure, less anointed, and less powerful. For example, I might unconsciously develop a vision of myself driving my point down my opponent’s throat as I write, or I may recall a picture of some unhealed hurt in my past, and I may vent and steam about that hurt as I write. This causes the flow of my writing to become impure. It is no longer the clear anointed revelation of God. If, as I write, I am picturing Jesus speaking to the reader of the book, THEN FLOW ONLY GIVES TO ME those things my reader needs to read and hear in order to be touched and moved in the direction in which God wants to take him. In this situation, "I" have become transparent, and I am simply bringing together the river of God and the heart of my reader. I have lost my life in Christ as I write. This is so much better than being lost in my own unhealed hurts or my own pride. Principle: Stories touch the heart, ideas touch the mind. If you write in story form, your audience will love you because stories touch the heart and ideas only touch the mind. A book full of ideas may instruct the mind. A book full of stories will move the heart. Long-term change only results from a changed heart. Being a left-brain individual myself, all my early books are left-brain, idea-type books. My more recent books are story books. I believe that is a great improvement in my writing style. Principle: God reasons by painting pictures (Isa. 1:18). First God paints a picture of man’s need, and then a picture of His solution. Note God using this process below: "Come now, and let us REASON together," saith the LORD: "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isa. 1:18). I suspect painting back-to-back pictures (of man’s needs next to God’s provision) is the most powerful writing and speaking style there is. I recommend this for all writers and speakers, and seek to use it myself. 2. Revise using the RIGHT hemisphere - adding more anointing. As I go back and reread my first draft, more ideas "spring" to my heart and mind. I add them to the manuscript. This is the Spirit filling in, deepening and broadening sections of the book. 3. Revise using the RIGHT hemisphere - until you come to complete peace. I reread the book again, asking my heart if it is at peace about each section and each paragraph. If my heart feels uneasy about anything, I rewrite it until there is peace. The uneasiness is because I have not stated something accurately, properly, or in the right spirit. Keep rewriting until your heart jumps up and screams, "Yes!" Then the anointing upon your manuscript is complete. 4. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, clarifying each sentence. Now it is time to begin analyzing the book from a logical point of view, making sure all the thoughts are properly connected and build logically upon one another, making sure each sentence and paragraph is clear and cannot be misunderstood. I do this by reading each sentence and asking, "How could my reader misunderstand this sentence?" Then I change anything that could be misunderstood. Generally, I am shortening sentences, switching pronouns to nouns, and doing anything else that will make the thought crystal clear. Principle: Anything that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood. 5. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, adding headings throughout. One way of clarifying my thought processes and my readers’ thought processes, and keeping us both tracking together is for me to add headings into the text. These headings may ask questions which I am going to answer in the next several paragraphs, or may make bold statements which I am going to explain. They tend to highlight the movement and transitions of thought and keep the the text more stimulating than 100 pages of solid print. 6. Revise using the LEFT hemisphere, adding documentation and finalizing reference notes. You must always give clear recognition to the sources used in your research with a bibliography and reference notes. Unless a fact is common knowledge (something mentioned by nearly everyone who writes about the subject), you should tell where you learned it. There are three main reasons for this: 1) to preserve your honesty and integrity; 2) to lend authority to your work; and 3) to make it easy for the reader to find out more about the information you have given. To avoid plagiarism, you must give reference notes for all facts, ideas and quotations taken from another person. In addition, if you have not completely paraphrased your source, put quotation marks around the phrase or sentence(s) taken from someone else, as well as giving the reference note. If you are not sure of the proper form of a bibliography and reference notes, refer to an authoritative source in your local library for instruction. 7. Do a final reading, looking to see if you have a good balance between right and left hemispheres. If you become too left-brain, the book will be dry. Add stories whenever it loses spark. If you become too right-brain, there will be many stories but no clear thread which draws them together, and readers will become confused. In this case, add a heading which helps the readers understand why the story has been included, or make an initial or summarizing statement concerning the story.   Stage Four: Add personal application questions. Add application and discussion questions at the end of each chapter which draw the reader into the personal application of the principles discussed in the chapter. Discussion questions should revolve around the six pillars for discovering truth as discussed in the text Experiencing God in the Small Group. Following are the six pillars and some sample questions from which you may draw as you develop meaningful discussion questions. Questions concerning illumined Scriptures: What has God shown you from Scripture concerning this topic? Are there examples of this in Scripture? What can we learn from Scripture about this? Have you ever studied all the verses in the Bible on this topic? Has anyone? Can you draw from their research? Has God illumined any verses to your heart concerning this topic? Pray about this verse as it relates to the topic under discussion. What is God saying to you through this verse? Write down what He is saying and come prepared to share it in class. Questions concerning illumined thoughts: What are your illumined or spontaneous thoughts on the issue? Do they seem to line up with the ways of God? Remember God’s ways are not our ways. Have you had any spontaneous thoughts about this topic while you have been doing automatic activities? If so, what were these thoughts? Write them down and come prepared to share them with others. Questions concerning illumined understanding of life’s experiences: Have you tried it? What happened? How did it work? What has been your experience? What have you learned from your experience? Have you journaled about your experience? What has God shown you about your experience? Would you recommend others try it? Is experience teaching you that you have realized the truth in this area or are you still missing some insights? (The evidence that you are walking in truth is that you are getting the results that the Bible says you should be getting - i.e. no condemnation, effective healing ministry, etc.) Questions concerning what your heart is sensing: How does your heart feel? Are you at peace about the issue? Is your heart disturbed or at rest? Are you ill at ease? Is your heart comfortable? Questions concerning receiving illumined counsel from others: Have you read any books on the subject by spiritual authors? Have you received any input from the hearts of other spiritual brothers or sisters in the body of Christ? What are they saying? What are their experiences? What insights do they have from Scripture? What have they tried that didn’t work? What have they tried that did work? Have any non-Christians researched this area intensely and discovered anything of importance? If so, who and what? Questions concerning the direct revelation of God to you: What is God saying to you through your journal? What is God saying to you through your dreams? What is God showing you through visions? What is God speaking to you through prophecy from the Body of Christ? Record what God is saying and come to class prepared to share it with others.   Stage Five: Get critiques and endorsements. Send it out for three to six critiques and endorsements. These should come from people who have thought much about the area about which you have written so they can speak authoritatively and intelligently into it, and their critiques and endorsements will have value and weight. Make every attempt to get endorsements from the top people in the field about which you are writing. Prayerfully add their suggestions into your text.   Stage Six: Turn it over to proofers and editors. Utilize a minimum of two proofers who each go through it carefully at least two times checking for grammar, spelling, clarity, etc. If you are not good with grammar and spelling, have one of these people proof it once before you send it out for critiques and endorsements.   Stage Seven: Copyright, publish and market. The book is automatically copyrighted by you if you put the word "copyright" or its symbol in the front of the book and your name above or under it. You may file this copyright with the U.S. government for about $25 if you desire by filling in Copyright Form TX and mailing it to Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 20559. The value of filing the copyright with the government is that if there should ever be anyone who wants to steal your book, you would have proof that it is yours. To find publishing companies which might want to publish your book, purchase a copy of Writers’ Market which lists all current publishers, what they want to publish, a contact person, and what that contact person would want you to send him so he can consider publishing your book. The other alternative is to self-publish the book. You should plan on investing about $10,000 for this venture and printing about 5000 books if you are printing in the U.S. You can do print on demand through Lightning Source www.lightningsource.com. We do printing of 2000+ copies at a time at a great discount through a company in Thailand. 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