Park Gate Baptist

Taking care of your spirit, mind and body is important for you to achieve the best life possible. When you take care of each aspect in your life, you can be sure to achieve the best God has in store for you. It may take some time before you’re actually be able to see your life change, but it’s very easy once you’ve got a basic understanding on what you need to do.

•Spirit

When it comes down to guiding your spirit, there’s no better way to guide you than to pray to God throughout the day. God is the only one who can help you during those times you really want to nourish your spirit. So, it’s important for you to spend a good amount of time praying to God throughout the day.

•Mind

The best way to nourish your mind is to read the Bible throughout the day. Your thoughts wherever you may go is what puts you in the right direction, so reading the Bible could lead you to doing what is just and right throughout your day. God’s word is filled with inspirational messages that you can bring with yourself wherever you go, so reading a few pages everyday can really help nourish your mind.

•Body

Your body is just as important. In fact, your body is what God considers as His Temple. So, you want to be sure that you’re going to take care of it. Stuard your body so you can do Gods work.

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Your Spirit, Mind and Body are all God’s gift to you, so you want them to be filled with love and health throughout your life. Take care of each part using the different aspects above, and you are sure to see your life transform God’s way.

Many people believe that Christians should not be in business because business is somehow inherently evil.  I don’t think it says this in the Bible anywhere.  In fact, all Jesus said about it was to be honest and not take advantage of others. 

Jesus himself was a carpenter which is a business man.  In those days everyone was really their own boss as people were more like craftmen than today where everyone works on big projects so they work for a big compay.  I doubt there were any apartment complexes or shopping centers being built 2000 ears ago.

So why would we think that starting a Christian Online Business would be a bad thing to do?  It really is not.  In fact there are all kinds of businesses being run by Christians which are lucrative and still fall within the Christian tenets of honesty and caring for others.  Many of these businesses tithe 10% along with trying to minister to their customers.

I think part of the problem with business comes from a misreading of one passage in the Bible.  I am sure you have heard many times that the Bible says “money is the root of all evil.”  This is not really what this passage says.  It actually says, “The Love of money is the root of all evil.”  Money is not the problem.  Money is an inanimate object which can be used for good or evil but is not inherently bad.  The actions that people take to get money are what cause the problem.

If you are a Christian and you want to start a business then I see nothing wrong with that.  In fact, I think this can be a good use of your time.  Not only will you be able to provide for your family but you also can use it to spread the Good Word to your customers.

The men Jesus chose were: Simon, a Galilean fisherman, whom Jesus had nicknamed Peter, from the Greek petros meaning rock. In all lists of the apostles Peter is named first. He was the chief apostle, the man who, in spite of his weakness and failure at the beginning, was later (as Jesus foresaw) to become the foundation rock of the Christian Church.

James, the son of Zebedee, sometimes called James the Greater, to distinguish him from the other James mentioned below.

John, the brother of James, was according to tradition the author of the Gospel of St. John and the three Epistles of St. John (see the article john, saint). These two brothers, John and James (both fisherman) Jesus nicknamed Boanerges (“Sons of Thunder”), probably as a joke because of their fiery tempers.

Andrew, a fisherman of Bethsaida, in Galilee, brother of Peter. He was the one who first introduced Peter to Jesus and he has therefore been regarded as the first missionary. There is more about him in the article andrew, saint.

Philip was another fisherman who came, from Bethsaida.

Bartholomew, which means “son of Tolmai”. This seems to be another name for Nathanael, whom Philip introduced to Jesus.

Matthew, or Levi, a wealthy tax official who gave up a profitable job in the customs house to become a follower of Jesus. There is an article on him. (These Jewish tax collectors were known as “publicans”, from the Latin publicanus, a public official. They were regarded as the worst kind of traitors because they collected taxes for the Roman authorities.)

Thomas, also called Didymus, the Greek equivalent of Thomas, which means a “twin”. He has been called “Doubting Thomas” because he refused to believe in Jesus’ resurrection till he had seen the mark of the nail in His hand, and had thrust his hand into Jesus’ side. After that his faith was quite unshakable.

James, the son of Alphaeus, also known as James the Less, or the smaller, to distinguish him from James the brother of John. Nothing is known about James the son of Alphaeus, except that he was probably a short man.

Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus, of whom nothing is known. Some people think that he may be the man whom St. Luke refers to as Judas, or Jude, the brother of James, but there is a great deal of confusion about this apostle and his name appears differently in the three lists given by Matthew, Mark and Luke.

Simon the Canaanite (or rather Cananaean). The name does not mean a man of Canaan, but a member of the revolutionary nationalist party known in Greek as the Zealots, and in one place the name of this apostle is given as “Simon called Zelotes”.

Judas Iscariot, the traitor. Judas was probably a man of good family and was the only Judaean among this group of Galilean peasants.

These were the original 12 apostles, appointed and sent out to preach by Jesus; but the title of apostle was also given later to Paul and Barnabas when, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they were sent on a special mission to the Gentiles; that is, those people who were not of the Jewish race.

When I stay at a friends house over the Christmas Season, I love to bring a seasonal host gift. I usually choose a small figurine that will fit in my luggage or even my purse. I love to choose figurines Christmas so that it fits in with the spirit of the season.

If the host is religous and her Christmas decorations reflect that I would tend to give a nativity figurine. Catholic hosts might get a figurine of one of the saints. Friends who are more New Age or spiritual might get an angel figurine. So as you can see within the Christmas figurine niche you can find a figurine for people of the most divergent religious views.

For the non-religious household that celebrates Christmas I bring a beautiful Santa figurine for their mantle or some cut Christmas smurf figurine. These folks love to decorate their Christmas trees and homes as well as the religious and I can have some fun and a sense of humor.

For example of the host is a teddy bear collector, I try and find a teddy bear dressed as an elf or Santa Claus. If the host and spouse love to fish, I’ll find a fishing Santa figurine. Even if they have figurines scattered around the house they probably won’t have the exact one. If they do have the exact one they can always display it as a pair or in another room. I wouldn’t even get upset if they sold it on ebay – as long as they got a good price!