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The Greatest Secret HOW TO LIVE

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Preface

ould there be anything more precious to you

than your very life itself?

AND IF SO, would you know how to live your life from
its beginning when you commenced to be conscious of its
priceless value and true worth?

From that point forwards, as you move on, everyday, to


your fixed goal and to the fulfillment of your hopes, your
dreams, your aspirations – HOW WOULD YOU LIVE?

“How would your dream come true…


IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A DREAM…?”
So that heart-tugging song and lyrics rings thru the
decades since it was sung in that box-office hit of the
1960’s movie: “SOUTH PACIFIC” of Rodgers and
Hammerstein. On a rerun in New York’s Broadway, circa
June 16, 2008, it has won 5 awards. The actress who
played the main role exclaimed: “It is a dream come true!”

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So do you have a dream?

Would your knowing how to live enable you to have your


dream come true?

Ah, you would “hitch your wagon to a star!” So goes the


motto that was taught to be the mantra of young kids
growing up in the grade schools.

And the many hitched their wagons to their stars. Where


are they now?
Would you intimately know?

And have you hitched your wagon to a star, too?

Now then, have a dream.

And hitch your wagon to a star.

They will be the twin power drives of your life and being.

And when you do dream, have a right and true,


wonderful, attainable, reachable dream.

So that when you come awake, in the real world, you can
live the promise and wonder of your dream.

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The first thing you must do: translate your dream into a
feasible, reachable fixed goal.

And so hitch your life’s wagon to a star.

For life is a journey. And even as you are earthbound, you


may rightly hitch your wagon to a star.

And when you do, that star must be a bright, shining,


enduring, everlasting star.

Yes, Virginia, and yes, Francisco, you can have a true


dream,

AND IT IS YOUR MAKER’S DREAM FOR YOU.

And the Star is true, real, and never changing.

AND HE IS CALLED “THE BRIGHT AND


MORNING STAR”.

He is ever present. Everlasting. Eternal. Forevermore.

THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW ARE THE MEAT,


SUBSTANCE, AND ESSENCE OF THE WORDS
SPOKEN BY, AND FROM, THE MORNING STAR.

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AND THOSE WORDS SPOKEN BY HIM ARE
SPIRIT. AND THEY ARE LIFE.

To learn a new language, it is pronounced by those in the


know, and who mentor others how to speak a new
language, or tongue, one must immerse oneself.

To learn of the depths of true knowledge, you follow the


same principle, for it is correct and true.

Immerse yourself in the Words spoken by The Bright and


Morning Star.

Drink of them. Feed on them. Daily. Without fail.


Meditate on them. Live by them. Then you will live
Spirit-filled and Spirit-led. And be truly alive.

Is there any other way?

There is no other way.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE TRUE AND PERFECT


WAY.

WALK YOU ON IT. LIVE YOU IN IT.

Then you will have your dream come true.

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The Greatest Secret HOW TO LIVE

The Greatest Secret

HOW TO LIVE
12 “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root of the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star,”
(Book of Revelation 22:12-
22:12-13, 16).

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Part I

*KNOW AND LOVE GOD.

LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR


HEART.

WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. WITH


ALL YOUR MIND.

WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.


(Exod 20:3-
20:3-11; Deut 5: 7-
7-15; Mt. 22:36-
22:36-40; Mk. 12:28-
12:28-34;
Lk. 10:25-
10:25-28).

3 You shall have no other gods before me.


me.
4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness
of anything
anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall
not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your
God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
the children of the third and fourth generation of those who
hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who
love Me and keep My commandments.
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7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, vain,
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in
vain.
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
holy . 9 Six days you
shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is
the Sabbath day of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no
work : you, , nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male
servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your
stranger who is within your gates, 11 For in six days the
LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is
in them, and rested the seventh day.
day . Therefore the LORD
it,” (Book of Exodus 20:3-
blessed the seventh day and hallowed it,” 20:3-
11).
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

37 Jesus said to him, “ YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD


YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR
SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. MIND. 38 This is the
the
first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets,’
(Gospel Book of Matthew 22:34-
22:34-40).

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Chapter 1

Your Life’s Foremost Agenda


and Top Priority Daily

Y ou are on a lifelong journey. A journey towards,

and ultimately, into GOD. Along with the entire

human race. Everyone, without exception.

Moment by moment that you draw breath, you

move onwards, forwards, guided by a fixed

bearing on your life’s personal compass.

Some were foreordained to arrive first, to fulfill

the ultimate purpose of God for mankind. They

are called the firstfruits.


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Others will arrive according to God’s timetable.

The very incorrigible evil few will be aborted

from their journey, their walk invalidated.

The Eternal Creator GOD, your Maker, has set

your bearing fixed towards Him. Just what

exactly is that bearing?

GOD Himself spelled it out. He has defined it for

you. You therefore can not miss:

“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD


WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL
YOUR MIND.”

You are here on earth, to dedicate, and consecrate, your


whole
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life and being in the love and service of GOD who
inhabit

eternity, The Great God who created the

whole, expandng, vast Universe.

How are you going to perform that?

GOD Himself showed the perfect method. The exact


unfailing

Way. He defined it in FOUR WAYS.

I. “YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS


BEFORE ME.”

Your whole focused attention is towards GOD your


Creator and Maker.

Other attractions will try to distract you. Divert you.


Draw you out of

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the line. Your fixed determination will prevent you from
doing so.

You must understand: GOD does not forbid you to love


your parents.

Your family. Your friends. Your country, and your


countrymen. He

did not say “HATE” these. He meant you LOVE them,


and do care for them, or any of these,

LESS, than loving Him. Many mistook these to mean to


exclude all the

above from your life. To do that would be very ungodly.


Do not be a

crackpot fanatic. Not to be an oddball. Be balanced.

To truly love GOD, you would have to adore Him.


Worship Him. Honor

Him.

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Revere Him. Pray to Him. Thank Him. Sing songs of
praise to Him.

Credit Him for all the blessings and favors, joy and
happiness, you

receive in your life. Whether in nature, or from other


fellow human

beings. They are from GOD, using both nature, and


other human

instruments, to bless you abundantly.

YES, PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! PRAISE

AND THANK HIM IN PRAYER AND IN SONG.

In this way, He can truly bless you abundantly. And it His


pleasure and

delight to do so. Your thanksgiving and songs of praise


glorifies Him.

In all these, God is pleased.

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Do not allow things and stuff to diminish your love for,
and of, God.

Not money. Not fame. Not celebrity. Not the applause of


others. Not

power. In none of these must you ever be drowned. In


none of these

must you ever be choked. In none of these must you ever


be entangled.

IF you love God, He will bless you with promotion and


security. And

there is no grief that comes with it.

“SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND


ALL

THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU,


(Gospel Book of Matthew 6:33).

The twin most powerful principles of success involves two


pronouncements by the Eternal Creator GOD.

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They are not what you may think. Not what aggressive
proponents of success and achievements promote in the
now world. Not according to the claimed discoveries
written about which are best sellers in the book market,
past, present, or future.

THE FIRST IS THE SABBATH. THE KEEPING OF


THE SABBATH HOLY AND CALLING IT A
DELIGHT. THE DIVINE GUARANTEE OF
BLESSING IS INVIOLABLE.

THE NEXT IS OFTEN QUOTED:


“SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND
ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO
YOU.”
THE SIMILAR DIVINE GUARANTEE BY THE
DIVINE SON OF GOD IS JUST AS UNBREAKABLE.

Success and accomplishments embraces the true Sabbath


keeper and whose vision of life and living revolves around
the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

These TWO, and the living by them, and in them, releases


the Believer and Practitioner of the Faith from the
bondage to spiritual prisons, mental inhibitions, and
superstitions that bog down every, and any, mortal born of
woman.

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The individual is astonishingly liberated from his acquired
mental chains. The invisible and visible albatross is lifted
from his shoulders, so to speak. The person is quickened
in many countless ways as he exults in blessings as God
brings them to him in so many mysterious ways His
wonders to perform. …

II. “YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF


ANY GRAVEN IMAGE – ANY LIKENESS OF
ANYTHING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR
OR
THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT
IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH. YOU
SHALL NOT BOW DOWN TO THEM NOR
SERVE THEM…I SHOW MERCY TO
THOUSANDS, TO THOSE WHO LOVE ME AND
KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.”

You demonstrate and express your love of God by not


creating gods in your heart and mind to supplant your
worship of God, just as much as you do not bow down to
worship man-made idols and statues.

Photographs, and paintings. Any, or everything ,


resembling creatures. Neither heavenly creatures, or angels.
Neither man or beasts,

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or fowls, neither fish, and insects. Nor whatever they
symbolize. Stay clear off and far away from worshipping or
adoring any, or all, of these.

The world’s masses have come to worship the American


Dollar, it being the international currency reserve in the
present world. They worship and crave for it. They live
and die for it. For it has become their lifeblood, for the
things and stuff it can buy and the temporary life

comforts it can purchase, or bring. Even the nations crave


and covet it.

As it falls, other currencies will replace it. The nearest


candidate could be the Euro Dollar,

When the Euro Dollar becomes the world’s currency


reserve, do not worship it, neither place it on your
financial altar, as you may have the American greenback.

Step away from the worship of human celebrities, and


their images.

Screen celebrities. Or athletic icons. Avoid idolizing movie


idols, action stars, or singing stars. Television and

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celluloid images of fictional heroes and superheroes obsess
tens of millions, teens, or adults alike. Be balanced in
watching entertainment figures. They degenerate into

idolatry. All these images create false gods and hopes in


mankind. All these diminish the love and worship of the
True Eternal Creator GOD,

and make them forget GOD.

Strange as it may seem, you could worship your own


image of you to yourself. Never take yourself too seriously,
as to be puffed up in futile vanity. In pride. Always have a
sense of humor. Rid yourself of your pet peeves and pet
vain theories that are evidently contrary to good sense, and
opposed to godliness. This will contribute immensely to
your good health, and enhances your good relationship
with everyone whose lives are touched by your presence,
your laughter, and goodwill.

AVOID being drawn to charismatic religious preachers.


They can hypnotize you, substituting eloquence and gift of
language, even thespian skills, for the forthright, clear,
unbroken TRUTH OF THE

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WORD OF GOD. They can explain away the perfect
Law, the Holy Commandments of true righteousness,
Such as this second commandment. They can explain, as
indeed, they already have, that they are not worshipping
idols. They worship, they say, what these images represent.
These are present in their church buildings or cathedrals,
but what these carved figures represent. Very easily, the
naive human mind will get carried, and easily agree.

This is exactly why there are hundreds of millions of


religious piety and inclination who do this. And are quite
content. Smug. Satisfied.

And that is how this has become a tradition. Or traditions.


And then are set in the mores and cultures of the people
and the land. Then it builds up with more traditions and
forms of idolatry. These are accompanied with man-
conceived and developed memorized prayers, Rosaries,

Regal vestments, Rituals, Solemn organ music. Burning


candles.

Burning incense. Soft voice sermons, Come out of all


these.

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III. “THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF
THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE
LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS
THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN.”

God is holy. As He is the Holy Father.

And so is His Name sacred.

Religious teachers have not bothered to teach believers the

difference between the sacred and the profane. .And God

condemns the religious leaders, and teachers, for such


omission and

calumny. This has caused believers to take the Name of


GOD

lightly. Consequently, they took the name of GOD in


vain.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The

beginning of wisdom. It commences from that starting


point.

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That means reverence for GOD, for His very Name.
GOD has set in motion the operation of the automatic
law that whosoever takes His Holy Name in vain, and
takes it for granted, is punished and chastised.

God is dishonored when mortals use His name for cursing,


for inane cuss words and outbursts of hateful venom for
others.

and for vulgar applications. For affixing His Name for


expressing sudden anger.

So-called intellectuals take His Name in vain when they


deride that very Name and adopt denial of God’s Presence.
They cause other mortals to lose reverence for His Name.
They are pronounced guilty of high crimes and blasphemy
by God.

THE OTHER SIDE OF BLASPHEMY

On the other hand, whosoever reveres His Holy Name is


blessed. And his Maker honors him. And what a
wonderful blessing it is when one is honored by the
Creator of mankind, and Maker of the whole vast growing
universe.

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IV. “REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY,TO KEEP
HOLY””
IT HOLY

9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. 10 But the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that
th at is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:8-
20:8- 11).

When did the seventh day Sabbath commence? Who


started it? Who made it a sacred day?
Turn back the pages of time when it started for created
man. Read what the Holy Scriptures reveal:

1 “THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended
His Work which He had made, and HE RESTED ON
THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORK
WHICH HE HAD MADE. 3 And God blessed the
seventh day, and SANCTIFIED IT: because that in it He
had rested from all His Work which God created and
made, “ (Book of Genesis 2:1-3).

Is the Sabbath a blessing or a burden? Is the


keeping of it a legalistic commandment?

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13 “If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of
the LORD, honourable, and shalt honour Him, not doing thine
own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own
words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I
will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed
thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the
LORD hath spoken it, “ (Book of the prophet Isaiah 58:13-14).

The above scriptures is seemingly shouting and screaming


out loudly that Sabbath remembrance and keeping is A
PREMIER KEY TO TRUE AND GREAT SUCCESS
NOW IN THIS TIME, IN YOUR VERY LIFETIME.
The LORD God Almighty is, Himself, giving out the His
Divine Guarantee and Assurance that He cause the
greatest blessings to come and shineupon your life His
wonders to perform:

“FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HATH


SPOKEN IT.”

All the liars and mountebanks out there who tell you that
the Sabbath and the keeping of it is old covenant legalism
and old wineskin not compatible with new wine are
nothing but nobodies, and spiritual zeros to the Eternal
Creator GOD who created it for man, and not man for
the Sabbath.

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WHAT IS THE SIGN THAT
YOU ARE ONE OF GOD’S CHOSEN
PEOPLE?
13 “Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, ‘Verily, MY
SABBATHS YE SHALL KEEP: For IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN
ME AND YOU, throughout your generations, that ye may know
that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the
Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it
shall be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that
soul shall be cut off from among His people. 15 Six days may
work be done; but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, holy to
the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant. 17 IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOR EVER: For in six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was
refreshed,”” (Book of Exodus 31:13-
31:13-17).
*See Ezek 20:12, 20

Is the Holy Sabbath day a


Feast Day of the LORD God?
1 “And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 2 ‘Speak ‘Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say unto them, CONCERNING
THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, which ye shall proclaim to
be holy convocations, EVEN THESE ARE MY FEASTS. 3
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath
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of rest, a holy convocation;
convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the
Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings,” (Book of
Leviticus 23:1-
23:1-3).

What was in the LORD God’s mind when He created the


Sabbath day on the seventh day of Creation by resting in
it? Is the commandment to keep the Sabbath ONLY for
the people of Israel? Or is it applicable for all the human
race?

27 And He said unto them, “The Sabbath was made


for man, and not man for the Sabbath,” (Gospel Book of
Mark 2:27).

In everything that God does, man’s obedience does not


redound to Gdo. They all are for man’s great and
wonderful God. Even as man honors and praises God,
man is ultimately the beneficiary of the blessings that
accrue.

THE SEVEN DAY CYCLE IN NATURE

The circaseptan week is incorporated and imprinted in


nature. In living things. In plants. In cells.
The human body biorhythmn requires rest for refreshing
and regeneration of internal body systems. The biological
clock requires the weekly cycle pause, and when it is
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reactivated, the human being functions at optimum levels.
Premature wearing out occurs to those who do not
recognize and practice cyclical 7-day pauses and rest for
their bodies and minds.

REFRESHING. RENEWAL. RECREATION. RECHARGING


OF PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL BATTERIES. RE-
RE-
ALIGNMENT OF FOCUS. REST FROM YOUR PHYSICAL
LABOURS. REST FROM THE CARES AND CONCERNS
OF THIS MORTAL LIFE AND THE CONCERNS OF THE
HUMAN RACE. TO REST IN THE GRACE AND
GOODNESS, AND OF THE EVERLASTING MERCY, OF
GOD ON THIS, HIS HOLY DAY. TO MEDITATE AND
DWELL IN YOUR THOUGHTS
THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS TRUE
GOODNESS. BEAUTY. AND TRUTH. TO DRINK OF
THE LIVING WATERS, WHICH IS IN CHRIST. TO FEED
ON THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS THE TRUE BREAD
OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN CHRIST OUR LORD. AND THEY
ARE SPIRIT. AND THEY ARE LIFE. THE TRUE R & R.
FOR OF
OF SUCH AND ALL OF THESE ARE IN THE HOLY
SABBATH DAY OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

All the above accrues to, and for, man’s great good. He is
the beneficiary of every blessing that comes for his keeping
the Holy Sabbath day holy. This is the WONDER of the
wisdom of God. And they are yours to receive, IF.

*SSP-
*SSP-1: ESTABLISH REGULAR, DAILY
STUDY OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES.
SCRIPTURES.
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THEN GOD TALKS TO YOU THAT WAY, THRU
HIS HOLY WORD.
(1 Thes. 4:11; 2 Tim. 2:15).

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PERSONAL HOLY BIBLE


(King James

Version) THIS IS THE IDEAL VERSION FOR


ACCURACY OF

ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AND FOR GRACE AND


MAJESTY OF

LANGUAGE. Or The New King James Version, which


is written

in current modern English Language. It is fairly accurate


and

faithful translation from the original Hebrew of the Old

Testament, and Greek of the New Testament.

EXPANDING THE LIMITS OF MORTALITY

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How can mortal flesh and blood, born of a woman, finite,
and limited, have effective access to life higher than this?

THE GREAT ETERNAL CREATOR GOD, provided


for that finite limitation and humanity: He caused to be
inspired, and thereby to be written, His Word by which,
through which, and from which human beings may
receive words of Spirit, and are life, that he may live.

Modern day human beings are now unwittingly


sidetracked by the accomplishments of science and
technology. Many are led to adopt technological gadgets as
equal, even better extensions of the human faculties than
God-given talents. Consequently. The many do not look
to God anymore. The microchip, as the foremost, at this
time. The supercomputers, and personal computers and
processors, that comes with it, has come to replace the
Divine Creator in their lives. Poring over the screens for
many long hours has replaced prayer and spiritual
meditation and solitude. Listening to endless electronic
sound bytes has set aside fervent prayers with all
supplications. It may well be that human beings engrossed
in all these are becoming emotionally cold, and leaning
towards becoming like their personal computers and
electronic gadgets: INHUMANE. INSENSATE.
DEVOID OF HUMAN FEELING.

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*SSP-
*SSP-2 : ESTABLISH PRAYER AS A
CORNERSTONE OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.

YOU TALK TO GOD DIRECTLY AND


INTIMATELY THIS WAY, AS HE TALKS TO YOU
THRU THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, (THE BIBLE, OLD
AND NEW TESTAMENT AND COVENANT).
(Mt. 6:8-15; 21:22; Lk. 11:1-4; Rom 12:12; Col. 4:2; 1
Tim 5:55; 1 Thes 5:17; Rev 5:8).
THIS IS YOUR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION.
FROM GOD TO YOU. FROM YOU TO GOD. PRAY
WITHOUT CEASING.

*SSP-
*SSP-3: LEARN HOW TO SING JOYFUL
SONGS OF PRAISE AS A PILLAR HABIT
OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

(Ps 67:1-
67:1-6: Eph 5:19; Col. 3:16).
1 “God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to
shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health
among all.
all.
nations.
3 LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; let all the
people praise thee.

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4 O LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY;
for thou shalt judge righteously, and GOVERN THE
NATIONS UPON EARTH, Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God, let all the people praise
thee.
6 THEN SHALL THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE;
and God even our own God, shall bless us.
7 GOD SHALL BLESS US; and all the ends of the earth shall
fear him,”
(Book of Psalms 67:1-
67:1-7).

1 “I WILL EXTOL THEE, MY GOD, O KING; and I will will


bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever
and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His
greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall
declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I
will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great
great
goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to
anger, and of great mercy.

9 The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all
His works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD, and
and THY
SAINTS SHALL BLESS THEE.
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11 THEY SHALL SPEAK of the glory of THY KINGDOM,
and TALK OF THY POWER;
12 To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and
the GLORIOUS MAJESTY OF HIS KINGDOM.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion


dominion
endureth throughout all the generations,” (Book of Psalms
145:1-
145:1-13)
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS TO BE
PROCLAIMED BY HIS SAINTS (OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD).

1 “Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.


2 While I live will I praise
praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto
my God while I have any being,” (Ps 146:1-
146:1-2).

1 “Praise ye the LORD for it is good to sing praises unto our


Go; for it is pleasant and PRAISE IS COMELY. 5 Great is our
LORD, and of great power: His understanding is infinite. 7
SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THANKSGIVING; SING
PRAISE UPON THE HARP UNTO OUR GOD,” (Ps 147:1
,5, 7).
1 “Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise
Him in the firmament of His power.
2 Praise Him for His mighty acts: praise Him according
according to His
excellent greatness.
3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet.
trumpet. Praise Him with
psaltery and harp.
harp.
4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance:
dance: praise Him with
stringed instruments and organs.
organs.
5 Praise Him upon the loud cymbals:
cymbals: praise Him upon
upon the
high sounding cymbals.
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6 Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. PRAISE
YE THE LORD,” (Ps 150:1-
150:1-6).

(CAUTION: DO NOT USE DRUMS. DRUMS ARE IN USE BY


HEATHEN AND PAGAN WORSHIPPERS WHO COMMUNICATE
WITH DEMONS AND THE WICKED SPIRITS).

Your Eternal Creator GOD wills you to look beyond all


human detractors, who proudly style themselves as
authorities on God. As all-knowing intellectuals,

and Bible scholars, who look down on down-to-earth


songs of praise for and towards God. Or sneered at by
self-proclaimed know-it-alls about God. Who say God
does not need human praise neither songs of praise.

When they deride you, do not, never, be intimidated.


All these who say these things ARE FOOLS IN GOD’S
EYES and consideration.

Those who are reared in congregations, and churches, that


are loath to use musical instruments listed in the Book of
Psalms, and are too shy, even too embarassed, as to think
they look ridiculous when they use these instruments of
music in worship services are still in their spiritual infancy.

They may look old in the faith. They are really babes-in-
Christ. They simply are vain in their shyness to follow
what God has set in Holy Scriptures to follow as examples
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in performing worship services, especially on Sabbath days,
and in the Feast Days of God. GO, SHOW THEM THE
JOYFUL WAY TO
REALLY WORSHIP, HONOR, AND ADORE THE
ETERNAL CREATOR GOD BY

SONGS OF PRAISE ACCOMPANIED WITH


MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THIS IS GOD’S WILL
AND WAY.

King David of the House of Israel, a man after God’s own


heart, showed the exact way, (Book of Psalms
chapters144-150).

*SSP-
*SSP-4: PRACTICE MEDITATION.
MEDITATION.

IT IS THE KEYSTONE OF RIGHT THINKING AND


FOUNTAIN OF

CREATIVE, FRUITFUL AND POSITIVE


THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

IT ENHANCES AND EXPANDS YOUR


IMAGINATION. THE POWER OF

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SOLITUDE WILL TRANSFORM YOUR ENTIRE
LIFE, YOU THEN GROW

INWARDLY FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.


YOUR INNER FOCUS

FORTIFIES YOUR ENTIRE BEING.

(Josh 1:8; Ps 1:2; 119:97, 99); 1 Tim 4:15; Phil 4:7-


4:7-8)

7 “And the peace of God which passeth


passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
just, whatsoever things
are pure,
pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
lovely , whatsoever
whatsoever things are of
report; if there be any virtue,
good report; virtue, and if there be any praise,
THINK ON THESE THINGS,” THINGS,” (Epistle to the Philippians
4:7-
4:7-8).

YOU CREATE YOUR OWN SPLENDID REALITY BY


YOUR THOUGHTS. SO YOU

MUST HAVE THE MIND OF GOD AND CHRIST.


THEN YOU LIVE IN THE MIND OF

CHRIST, (First Epistle to the Corinthians 2:16).

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9 “These things, which you have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do; and the God of
peace shall be with you,” (Phil 4:9).

AS YOU CONTINUALLY THINK OF THESE


THINGS, THEY BEGIN TO MANIFEST IN

YOU AND RADIATE FROM YOU.

*Meditation, consistently practiced and used, grows


neurons in your brain.

You ultimately become a sharper and brighter person as


you advance in

time and coverage of space on planet Earth. You are ever


moving forward

for true goodness, beauty and truth.

*SSP-
*SSP-5: PRACTICE SPIRITUAL FASTING
WITH FERVENT PRAYERS AND
SUPPLICATIONS.
SUPPLICATIONS.

THIS WILL MAKE YOU HUMBLE.

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“But to this man will I look”, says God, “even to him
spirit,
that is poor and of a contrite sp irit, and trembleth at
My Word,” (Book of the prophet Isaiah 66:2). Yes. humility
attracts and draws the very attention of The LORD
GOD Almighty towards you!

THIS WILL DRAW YOU CLOSE AND NEAR TO


GOD’S BOSOM.

*NOW YOU CAN PLUG IN AND TAP BOUNDLESS


SPIRITUAL POWER

FROM THE VERY DIVINE POWER THAT HOLDS


THE ENTIRE

CREATED, EXPANDING GROWING UNIVERSE,


TOGETHER. AND YOU

WILL BE BLESSED WITH THE DIVINE


PERMISSION TO DO SO.

*PRACTICE PHYSICAL FASTING WITH


FRESH PRESSED FRUIT JUICE

AND FRESH WATER. NO SOLIDS.

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TO RID AND CLEANSE YOUR BODY OF TOXINS,
AND RE-ESTABLISH

YOUR BODY TONE. ITS HARMONICS. AND


UNSEEN DYNAMICS.

********

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The Greatest Secret HOW TO LIVE

Part II

*LOVE YOUR FELLOWMEN


(LOVE YOUR

NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF).
(Exodus 20:12-
20:12-17; Deut 5:16-
5:16-21; Mt. 22:34,39; Mk. 12:31; Lk.
10:29-
10:29-37).

************
12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be
long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not
covet your neighbor’s wife; nor his male servant, nor his female
servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your
neighbor’s,” (Exodus 20:12-
20:12-17).

34 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law”?

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39 Jesus said unto him, “You shall love the LORD with all
your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. This is the
first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You
yourself. On these two
shall love your neighbor as yourself.
commandments hang all the law and the prophets,” (Gospel
Book of Matthew 22:34-
22:34-39).

A re you a Christian? Then follow what the Master


exhorted you to become: 33 “A new commandment I give
unto you. That ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also
love one another. 35 By this shall men know that you are my
disciples if ye have love one one to another,” (Jn 13:33, 35).
12 “This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I
have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man will lay down his life for his friends,” (Gospel Book of John
15:12-
15:12-13).

VI. HONOR THY FATHER AND THY


MOTHER: THAT THY DAYS
DAYS MAY BE
LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE
LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, “ (Book of
Exodus 20:12).

Twenty two words encapsulate in them the key principle


of filial love that begins with the active verb: HONOR. It
defines what true gratitude to one’s parents who gave life

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to you, is all about. Who brought you out into the light
and life of the world.

To HONOR without qualifications and mental


reservations. It defines respect for the very mortals that
were instruments in God’s Hands to bring to reality your
coming into the presence of others of your fellowmen.
Honor - Gratitude. Respect. Deep Affection.
Doing these to, and for, your parents redounds back to
you in happiness and joy for doing them. Seeing your
parents’ delight that they have brought into the world and
raised a unique person, and individual they are rightly
proud of. One they call their child. Their very offspring.
And they are the parents of this blessed one.

Every time you honor your parents, in thought, in word,


and in deed, your heavenly Parent, the LORD God
Almighty blesses your life. With His protection and shield.
And causes the hidden laws of good health and security to
bless your very existence. You may never see it. But you
will surely experience them. Some call themselves lucky. It
is really the blessing of the ALMIGHTY GOD that brings
all of these to your door. To you.

*KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE,


CORRECTLY.

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*LEARN HOW TO THINK DEEPLY, AND
ACCURATELY.

*LEARN SPEED READING.

• DETERMINE TO BE GOOD FOR MANY


THINGS. FOR G OD. FOR

• YOUR FAMILY. FOR OTHERS. FOR
YOURSELF.

AND NEVER, NEVER, EVER BE A GOOD-
GOOD-
FOR-
FOR-NOTHING.

*AND TODAY, AN IMPERATIVE: LEARN HOW


TO USE A PERSONAL

COMPUTER . MASTER IT.

* GET EDUCATED. GO TO SCHOOL. SET


YOUR GOAL. ESTABLISH

THE ATTITUDE OF FINISHING


FINISHING WHAT YOU
HAVE BEGUN TO DO.

*BE DETERMINED AND PERSEVERE.

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**** SO ****

*GO THROUGH KINDERGARDEN . (Optional).

*PASS THE GRADE SCHOOL.

*PASS HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN CHOOSE, OR TAKE THE FOLLOWING


OPTIONS:

*GO TO TRADE / TECHNICAL SCHOOL /


INSTITUTE.

*GO TO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.

*TAKE APPRENTICESHIP UNDER AN EXPERT /


MASTER.

*PASS COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

*GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IF YOU MUST.

* PROCEED TO YOUR CHOSEN CAREER. OR


PROFESSION.

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* KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. USE IT. USE IT FOR
GOOD.

*CONTINUE YOUR LIFELONG EDUCATION.


EDUCATION.
AND

READ WIDELY IN ALL THE DISCIPLINES.

*BE STREET SMART AND NOT BE FOSSILIZED


IN INTELLECTUAL

IVORY TOWERS OF FUTILE VANITY.

************

*BE HUMANE. WITH A HEART OF FLESH. YOU


ARE NOT MADE OF

STONE. LEARN HOW TO HAVE TRUE HUMAN


FEELING AND

BALANCED EMOTION. TO BE WARM. TO BE


COMPASSIONATE. TO BE

BOLD. LEARN HOW TO BEND OVER


BACKWARDS FOR THE SAKE OF

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OTHERS. LEARN HOW TO BE KIND AND
FORGIVING. DO NOT BEAR

ANY GRUDGE TOWARDS ANY MAN OR


WOMAN. NEVER TAKE

YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. LAUGH


LAUGH AT YOUR
MISGIVINGS. ADMIT

YOUR SHORTCOMINGS. HAVE A REAL SENSE


OF HUMOR. IT WILL

MAKE YOU HEALTHY, TOO.

*HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. BE UNSELFISH.

*BE HUMBLE. BE GRATEFUL. BE THANKFUL.

*BE KIND. BE COURTEOUS. BE CHEERFUL.

*BE HELPFUL. BE THOUGHTFUL.


THOUGHTFUL.

*BE BALANCED IN EVERYTHING YOU THINK


AND DO.

*SERVE OTHERS CHEERFULLY.

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*WORK.
WORK. WORK ENTHUSIASICALLY. AND LOVE
YOUR WORK.

*MASTER EMPLOYABLE , OR
PROFESSIONAL, SKILLS.

*ENGAGE YOURSELF IN A JOB.


EMPLOYMENT.

*IN A TRADE. *IN A BUSINESS AS AN


ENTREPRENEUR. *IN A

SERVICE INDUSTRY. *IN PROVIDING


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

*IN PROVIDING TECHNICAL SERVICE.

*IN DEVELOPING IDEAS FOR PROFIT.

IN ALL THESE, AND THRU THESE,


YOU WILL CONSTRUCT A TOLL-
TOLL-
GATE FOR YOURSELF. A
REVENUE GENERATING UNIT,
UNIT,
OR UNITS,
UNITS, TO PROVIDE YOU AN
INCOME STREAM, OR MULTIPLE
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INCOME STREAM, AS A SOURCE
OF YOUR LIVING.

*EARN YOUR LIVING. “HE WHO DOES NOT


WORK DOES NOT EAT,”
( 2 Thes 3:10).

IF WITH A FAMILY:
8 “But if any provide not for his own, and specially
for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith,
and is worse than an infidel,” (1 Tim 5:8)

*PLAN YOUR WORK. AND WORK YOUR


PLAN.

“Prepare your outside work, make it fit for yourself in


the field;
And afterward build your house,” (Book of Proverbs 24:27)

*DEEP
*DEEP BREATHE. LEARN HOW TO BREATHE.
HOW TO INHALE THRU

YOUR NOSE.

LEARN HOW TO EXHALE THRU YOUR


STOMACH OUT THRU YOUR

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MOUTH.

*CHEW YOUR FOOD. THEN YOUR INTAKE IS


DIGESTED FOR YOUR

WELL BEING AND GOOD HEALTH.

*EAT HALF-
HALF- COOKED VEGETABLES.

*STOP EATING
EATING WHILE YOU ARE STILL A
LITTLE HUNGRY.

*DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. AND FRUIT


JUICE.

*WALK AND EXERCISE. THERE ARE MANY


STYLES AND TYPES OF

GENTLE, OR STRENOUS EXERCISES, LIKE


PROGRESIVE

RESISTANCE TRAINING (PRT). CHOOSE AND


MASTER YOURS.

*RUB YOUR BACK AND BODY VIGOROUSLY


WITH A BIG TOWEL

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AFTER TAKING A BATH.

*GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SLEEP AND


REST.

*Take a 15-minute noon-nap whatever you are doing.


Take a break. This brings you energy.

Imbues you with vigor and vitality.

Cybernetics shows that a second sleep after waking early


morning to write, read, study, meditate, and pray will give
you renewed vigor and vibrant vitality.

********A TRULY SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND


HAPPY EXISTENCE

EMBRACES YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.********

( Book of Psalms 23:1-


23:1-6).

SO, BE ALERT.
ALERT. BE ALIVE. BE ENTHUSIASTIC!

****THEN YOU WILL BE ALRIGHT****THEN


YOU LIVE ALIVE AND

LIVE TRULY WELL.


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(CODE *SSP 1 – 5 - SECRET OF SPIRITUAL
POWER)

Love your
neighbor, your
fellowmen,
as
YOURSELF

Love GOD with all your Heart, with


all your Mind, with all your Soul, and
with all your Strength.

Figure 1 . THE SECRET TWIN MASTERKEY TO BECOMING LIKE


GOD
IN CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

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FIVE KEY SECRETS OF
SPIRITUAL POWER

SSP-3: SING SSP-4:


SONGS OF PRAISE MEDITATION
AND WORSHIP

SSP-2: FERVENT SSP-5: SPIRITUAL


BELIEVING PRAYER FASTING

SSP-1: STUDY THE


HOLY BIBLE DAILY

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“HOW TO LIVE” FOR BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN
27 “And GOD created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and female created he them,”
(Genesis 1:27).

Thereafter, the Eternal Creator GOD blessed them


(BOTH), granted then the enabling ORIGINAL DIVINE
MANDATE to become cooperating stewards of the
planet earth.

When God said, “I have given YOU”, He really meant


BOTH male and female.

They were to equally partake of the responsibility,


singularly, or jointly, to be stewards of the whole
resources of the planet earth. They are not to be
competitors. They are to work together, and complement
each other’s strength. To reinforce each other, to overcome
inherent weaknesses.

In a marriage, the wife, the woman, is revealed as the


weaker vessel, (1 Pet 3:7). THIS IS AN AXIOM.

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WHERE DID MANKIND GO WRONG?

When the human race were diverted to fix their goal onto
other things than the original purpose for which they were
created, it commenced to produce many false goals to live
for. That singular point of reference was smashed.

Or so they thought they had smashed. In the end, it is the


only point of reference that remained to endure.
Everything else is ephemeral. Fleeting.

Fads. Mode for the time. Obsession for the moment.


Fashion for a season.

The Holy Scriptures reveal that the woman is the weaker


vessel.

The male, the man, unwittingly, or wittingly, made a


choice to relegate the women aside, and claim full
sovereignty of the earth and all that therein is.

And the woman a lowly subject and subordinate. It went


worse over the centuries. This book is not enough to
catalogue all the indignities down which man has pushed
down women from her original status as rightly
complementary equal to the man. Thus, man unwittingly,

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created the missing link, the missing half of his life and
being. He reveled in his imagined solitary crown. He
usurped all authority to himself. In so doing, he
diminished and hurt his own potential for total fulfillment
that was foreordained for both of them, male and female,
man and woman, to jointly share. Thus, the paradox of
the proverbial glass, half empty, and half full.

MANKIND MUST TURN TO THE


ONLY TRUE GUIDE AND
AUTHORITY ON HOW HE MUST
LIVE AND BE
At this juncture in mankind’s long history, he is
confronted with crises after crises. The human race is
simply unable to know how to cope with each, and all of
them. Being mortal flesh and blood, , the human beings
of this planet go into a mode of denial. Better to forget,
than to go to God for help.

Earth-bound, gravity-drawn mortals., born of woman, are,


without exception crises-challenged from which real threat
of extinction on a mass scale is being projected moment by
moment to humanity’s habitation, to mother Earth.
The convergence of catastrophic weather disturbances
bringing havoc and utter destruction is confounding
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leaders and citizens alike of affected nations and
inhabitants thereon. As Nature strikes back, all the
handiworks of their thinking, planning, building, and
projections for future this and future that are being dashed
to hopeless pieces. These, they know not how to cope
with, much less solve. Then disease and hunger stalk the
ravaged land. What to do?

WE, NOW, ALL LIVE ON THE EDGE OF


SUFFERING AND WOE

Circa June 2008, massive earthquakes of 7.0 to 8.0


magnitude are

happening one after the other. For the first time in living
memory. Southern

China continues to try to cope with one. 80,000 dead,


tens of thousands

perished and buried in the rubble of buildings that


crashed in the thousands. Continuing rain bring
landslides. Now floods in Guangdong and Zhenshen.

The threat of floods from the Yangtze River is terrifying


hundreds of millions of Chinese.

Deadly cyclones hit regions, as the Irrawady delta of


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Burma/Myanmar, and 150,000 people are dead. Millions
homeless. Devastation so widespread.

The Land of God – this was the original name of China –


has suffered intermittently, throughout the 4,500 years of
its existence. Nature has interrupted its civilization
building. What is happening right now, as it rises to the
top of the world economy, is a warning. WIL IT HEED
THE WARNING

AND SEEK THE HELP OF THE ETERNAL


CREATOR GOD OF THE CHINESE PEOPLES?

In the United States of America, at just about the same


month, the state of

Iowa is nnder siege of floods. Thousands of beautiful


homes under water.

Worst than Hurricane Katrina, the reports indicate. Other


states were devastated with deadly tornadoes. Twisters that
came unexpectedly and disappeared just as quickly, leaving
destruction and broken lives. Have the peoples of the
United States of America, a nation of immigrants from all
the nations of the whole earth, forgotten the Eternal
Creator GOD? Was not this great country founded on
Belief and Trust in GOD? ‘IN GOD WE TRUST” IS

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IMPRINTED ON THE FACE OF THE ONCE
ALMIGHTY AMERICAN DOLLAR. Have

they turned away from Him by taking up heathen culture


and ungodly ways?

ARE NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF BIBLES


PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY

AND FROM THAT CHRISTIAN COUNTRY? Have


they departed from knowing

HOW TO LIVE BY GOD’S WORD, WILL, AND


WAY?

WHAT TO DO? Against natural calamities as above,


human beings, of every color and race, are rendered
helpless., frozen, immobilized. And then, somehow, they
turn to GOD who created all of them. Somehow, they
might, and yet again, they may not.

Eight hundred passengers perished in the ferry that listed


over and sanked near the Sibuyan Island of the
Philippines. It is reported that the owners of the ferry
allowed the vessel to sail while the warning of a powerful
typhoon Fengsheng was being broadcast in the last week
of June 2008. The grievous tragedy could have been

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prevented. Yet people are stubborn to heed warnings of
imminent danger. This publication’s page is a memorial to
those that died, and offers comfort and solace to the
families and love ones that are left in the land of the living.

They turn to the GOD they refused to know and get help
from.

IT IS A LESSON TO LEARN FROM

So singularly, or jointly, or individually, man, and woman,


must learn as an imperative, to come to a close relationship
with their Eternal Creator GOD.

For He is the one and only source and wellspring of help


and direction that really and truly matter.

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Prepared for you

BY

JESUS MARTINEZ CARDONA

CIRCA 2008

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