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The Epoch of History…

Terry Dashner…………Faith Fellowship Church PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013

In the beginning God planted a garden, eastward in Eden. In His garden were all kinds of trees, which were pleasant to the sight and good for food; however, in the middle of the garden God placed two special trees: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He told his caretaker, Adam, not to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or he would die spiritually and begin dying physically.

The garden had a river also. The river watered the garden and then divided into four headwaters that flowed out across the expanse. Two of the rivers are still present: the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq. The garden was perfection until the tempter came. The tempter appeared as a serpent, deceiving Eve and conquering God’s Adam or first man. Sin infested the garden and God’s caretakers. Thereupon Adam and Eve were driven from the garden to work the ground by the sweat of their brows.

There is another Epoch in history that parallels the Garden of Eden. The garden is Gethsemane. The name means “oil press.” It is where the oil is squeezed from the olive. The last Adam, Jesus Christ, would be “pressed” in agony as He prayed to accept the chalice of death at the Father’s hand. There was also a tree, central to the garden. The tree was hewn into a Cross and placed on Mount Calvary. But there was also a river, but not a river of water. It was the river of Life, manifested in flesh and blood. And they called Him Jesus because “He will save His people from their sins.”

Jesus told the woman at the well in John chapter four and verse 10 that “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” Jesus, the last Adam, said again to the woman, “Everyone who drinks of this [natural] water will thirst again; (verse 14) but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” Jesus is the water of life that took on flesh and dwelt among us. But many have refused His living water because they were filled with another kind of water.

The river of life was in the beginning, and the river of life was at the apex of history. The river of life still flows from heaven to earth, from the Cross to the tomb, from the grave to the sky, and from the sky into human hearts by the Spirit of the Living God. The Holy Spirit is the river of Life flowing out from our inner most being to minister life in testimony to Jesus to all who will hear His voice. Won’t you hear what the scripture is saying? He that comes to Jesus and drinks Him inout of his belly show flow rivers of living water.

The river of life will flow throughout eternity. In Revelation chapter 22 and beginning with verse one the river of Life is seen flowing down the middle of Heaven’s main street. The river has the properties of water, just like in the Garden of Eden. And it waters the trees on either sides of the street. These are the Trees of Life. They bear 12 kinds of fruits, during the course of the year, and their leaves are for the healing of the nations. I thank God for the River of Life. His name is Jesus!

Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is coming soon and very soon. Let the River flow!

Pastor T.

About the Author

Pastors a small church in Broken Arrow, OK

ARE YOU ALWAYS LATE?

“Fashionably late” is no longer in fashion. In today’s heavily scheduled world, it is the punctual who are respected and admired. Even though most of us know this, some people are always late, no matter how much time they have to get ready. You may be one of them. Do any of the following sound familiar?

** You’re always rushing at the last minute, even though you’ve promised yourself countless times that you wouldn’t let this happen again.

** You’ve tried setting your watch several minutes ahead, but you’re still late.

** You may be punctual for work (barely) but you’re usually at least 20 minutes late for meetings, appointments, class, church, theater or other non-work situations.

** You make excuses, such as: “There was traffic,” or “Something came up,” or “I was going to call you but I didn’t want to be even more late.”

** People become impatient or angry at your tardiness.

** You believe that you are more motivated when in a time crunch, or that you move faster under pressure.

If you can identify with 2 or more of the above, you have a problem with punctuality. Chronic lateness is not a psychiatric diagnosis. Nor is it a genetic condition, even though some people treat it as such. They say things like:

“That’s just the way I am. I don’t like it, but it seems that I am incapable of being on time.”

“My mother was always late; I’m always late, and so are my kids.”

“I don’t mean to be late. It just turns out that way.”

Chronic lateness is related to procrastination. Latecomers and procrastinators have trouble NOT with time, but with self-discipline. They may also have underlying anxiety about the task they’re faced with.

If you have problems with being punctual, especially for things that are a bit threatening, such as doctor’s appointments, new social situations, or meeting with people you don’t like, then your lateness is anxiety-based. Putting off the inevitable is how your mind tries to cope with anxiety.

But if you are habitually late for routine business and for events that don’t cause you much discomfort, then the problem is mainly with self-discipline and your “inner brat,” the part of you that balks at exerting itself, and at being told what to do.

Here’s an example of how your inner brat sabotages your efforts. Suppose that, in order to be at work by 8:00 a.m., you must leave home by 7:30. So you set the alarm for 6:30 — no, let’s make it 6:15 just to be safe.

The next morning when the alarm rings at 6:15, your inner brat says to you, “Just press the snooze button. You didn’t really intend to get up till 6:30 anyway.” And 9 minutes later when the alarm rings again, your inner brat says, “Just one more time. It’s not 6:30 yet.”

You might press the snooze button 2 or 3 more times. By the time you do roll out of bed you feel a little rushed, but you convince yourself that you can still make it out the door by 7:30 . . . 7:40 at the latest.

Oops — what have you just done? You have inadvertently allowed your inner brat to negotiate. The 7:30 departure time is no longer firm. Now it’s moved to 7:40. Plus, you have opened the door to further delay as you get closer to 7:40.

As your morning routine progresses, you find several little things that didn’t seem urgent last night or the day before, but which need to be taken care of *right now*. Checking your watch (which you’ve set 10 minutes fast) you see that it’s 7:35. “It’s really only 7:25,” you remind yourself. Your inner brat adds that you have at least 15 minutes, since you can still make it to work on time if you leave at 7:40, providing traffic is not too bad.

Next thing you know, it’s 7:55, and you go flying around looking for your shoes, your keys or that recipe you promised to Gladys at work. Now there’s no way you’re going to be there by 8:00. But tomorrow for sure . . .

How did this happen? You can see that the problem is not lack of time — you have enough time to get ready.

The problem is what you do with the time. Your inner brat distracts you, makes excuses about the urgencies of nonessential tasks, or rationalizes that you don’t have to conform to a rigid schedule.

And it’s not just work or other obligations that your inner brat resists. It also balks at preparing for things that you’re looking forward to. Just as with work, getting ready for positive events requires focus and blocking out distractions. Since these involve effort and concentration, your inner brat wants nothing to do with them.

As you can see, if you want to be successful at mastering your chronic lateness, it’s not enough to merely rearrange your schedule. You must also understand how your inner brat sabotages your best efforts to be on time by distorting your priorities. Once you get to know your inner brat, you’ll be on your way to breaking your lateness habit.

About the Author

Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Camp Hill, PA, and author of “Taming Your Inner Brat: A Guide for Transforming Self-defeating Behavior” (Beyond Words Publishing, 2001)

Visit http://www.innerbrat.com for more information, and subscribe to her free, monthly Inner Brat Newsletter.

We will start with one Internet Marketing myth – the pop-ups do not work today. They give no effect to the web site, they do not bring any traffic, just distract the attention. This myth is partially true: old-fashioned pop-ups do not work. Modern pop-ups have advanced much further: today they give fresh look to the web site.

Who can say that pops-ups do not work if Corey Rudl – a very famous Internet marketing millionaire, let God take his soul to heavens – made huge money with his hovers (it is the way he called pop-ups)? So, when someone says about poor marketing effectivity for pop-ups, you have a reply, “Maybe you talk about old pop-ups. I know that a famous Internet marketer made $2,064,000 in 2004 with a new-styled pop-up window. Don’t you think it is quite effective with such profits?”

Now let’s try to figure out difference between old and new pop-ups and why modern pop-ups are so important for targeted traffic and sales on any web site.

The old pop-ups were a real natural disaster. They always popped out, bothering you from viewing and using web sites. When web sites even used multiple pop-ups: imagine you found a web site and then 5-10 pop-ups appear on your display. It is not marketing, it is torturing!

Old pop-ups looked very similar. Once pop-up window appeared, you already new it is not interesting to look what is written inside. Even perfect copywriting could not save old pop-ups from being closed by angry web surfers.

No wonder that the producers of web browsers decided to stop this “pop-up tragedy”. They made special functions for their browsers to recognize the pop-ups and block them. It was a saving step for Internet users. But it was not the end of pop-ups.

When something has sound ideas (and pop-up idea is very interesting for marketing), it will not disappear. And pop-ups were reinvented soon. The changes were really favorable.

First of all, they started looking like a real picture which shows the professionalism of web site owner.

The pop-ups today can emphasize the idea of what the clients will after clicking on the link of this window or after subscribing to web form in it. For example, if pop-up window promotes subscription to free educational course, pop-up can look like a book with high quality design. If pop-up promotes a discount limited in time, the window will be looking like a countdown link, etc.

So, the pop-up changed its philosophy. Instead of distracting the attention of web site visitors, it focused their attention. That was a huge step for online marketing. Some pop-ups started looking like real masterpieces.

ADVANTAGES OF PROFESSIONAL POP-UP WINDOWS GENERATOR:

1. Pop-ups are highly customizable – you can set the parameters for pop-up window: height, width, left or right positioning on the web site page.

2. Pop-ups have different algorithms for moves – they can float from left, right side, from the above and from the bottom and also go away to the left and right side, to the bottom and to the top.

3. Pop-ups have a collection of ready-made templates: you can save time and choose the template to create pop-up, you can edit the template or create your own template.

4. You can easily edit the content inside the pop-up – if you need to change the text inside the pop-up, you are free to submit any text you wish.

5. You can preview pop-up window with a special test option – so you do not jeopardize yourself with making a bad looking pop-up. Test it and make changes until it will look perfectly.

6. And this pop-up cannot be blocked by any web browsers. Your pop-up window enjoys absolute freedom for its display. And you do not lose potential clients.

WHY SHOULD YOU USE POP-UPS?

Pop-up window with an autoresponder will never let your potential customers to run away.

With pop-up window your clients stay in close touch with you. You continue motivating them for the benefits and advantages of your product, they remain in close touch with these benefits, get informed about your products – they are 100% with your web site.

Pop-up give some activity to your web site, this gives a fair feeling that something is going on the web site. Action brings more action and gives action to your visitors.

Pop-up can work as a tool for qualifying the “targetness” of your audience. You can ask different questions in the very pop-up – thus you will know what your clients need and want.

So, Generally You See The Potential Of Using Pop-Ups For Any Online Business.

Use Pop-Up Windows And Drive Targeted Traffic To Your Web Site!

Nickolay Bokhonok – CEO And Owner Of DesktopMoney LTD. Inventor of Internet marketing software and scripts. Successful Internet entrepreneur. Learn more about web site traffic building strategies, tips and tools at Free Traffic System web site.

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