jennifer_bloom

1st Rule - Avoid Greed 2nd Rule - Avoid Immaturity 3rd Rule - Avoid Vanity 4th Rule - Avoid Mockery 5th Rule - Avoid Hatred 6th Rule - Avoid Laziness 7th Rule - Avoid Perversion 8th Rule - Avoid Pride 9th Rule - Avoid Dishonesty 10th Rule - Avoid Jealousy 11th Rule - Avoid Danger 12th Rule -...

During my time in university I had a lot of space to study the bible and reflect and worship Because unless it was exam or mid term season I usually had at least 8-16 hours of free time a day to do whatever I wanted While working at my previous job that changed. My feet hurt so much from a day...

Years ago I discovered a public speech writer at Harvard called Donovan Livingston At the time I thought he was a profound thinker with a lot of good ideas that could shape and map the trajectory of your social and religious experience Now 4 years later I’ve revisited his lift off speech and...

Jesus said you can’t serve both money and God Two commodities are purchased with money One is material things and the other is social power and status I realized based on this idea that 1. Life is not about achieving ethics but about achieving civility and ethics and moral behaviour 2. You are a...

The bible says when you lie to others and are believed that you in turn will also be lied to and believe the lie I used to know a guy who lied all the time about everything - he dated a girl that was so obviously cheating on him you’d have to be one years old not to figure it out But because...

I had a dream years ago In my dream I had all the money I could ever dream about And every man that I was interested in was also interested in me But I was miserable So miserable that I wanted to kill myself And than I gave away my money and I was happy again My parents are fairly well off and...

Jesus gave us five ways to identify a false prophet 1. They serve God for personal gain and not for heavenly rewards They might be prophesying to get financial compensation or playing church to get service from others such as rides home from social events. I used to know a guy who would drive to...

Jesus said you would know a tree by its fruit God gives his children gifts I know severely retarded woman who are able to write creative fiction exceeding the quality of Shakespeare or Maya Angelou I know disabled woman who are able to compose music that is better than Brian Adams or Beethoven I...

In the bible an unclean spirit gets driven out of a man and goes throw dry places seeking rest and does not find it and then it says it will return to the house it left. When it returns it finds the house swept clean and put in order and it brings in seven spirits more wicked then itself to...

Once again I got this idea from an article written by a PhD life coach called “don’t be fooled by the smoke and mirrors.” I made three minor edits to her version and rearranged them to correspond directly with two separate covenants in the bible in their rearranged order. These are the Twelve...

So the person who inspired me to write this post wrote an article called "DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE SMOKE AND MIRRORS..." If you want the original article this idea is based on you can google that title I just gave you and you will find it There are Twelve Pursuits You Can Use to Expand Your...

I’ve evolved When I first began university at 18 I was very interested in the study of disorders and mental diseases When I returned to university at 27 my quest for knowledge had shifted into my desire to merge religion with positive psychology Positive psychology is the study of health and...

1. They are Positive People 2. They are uninvolved in battles of Ego and Corruption 3. They are responsible and fulfill their duty 4. They are classy and civil and use calculated and effective language and social devices 5. They are gracious and give imperfect or tired people the freedom to...

When I first became a citizen of heaven I felt perfectly content and satisfied with my life I decided I wanted to become a rich Christian author or dream interpreter and I began to study the bible a lot Well this was happening, a huge void entered in my life - this endless bottomless pit of...

Years ago a pastor who did not agree with my theology tried to have me kicked out of church The next day when I realized steps were being taken to have me removed from the church I had. Dream In my dream the church that had discussed getting kicked out hears God scream in their ear ”What you did...

I notice this pattern over and over again. This is how God operates. Where I live in Canada the country has gone into debt paying newly jobless people who are not working because of CoVid lay offs. But a gold mine has recently been discovered in Canada which could cover a huge chunk of our...

I used to have a middle eastern classmate whose grandparents grew up in the Middle East While I think middle eastern pitas are the most amazing foods ever Her grandparents never bothered to buy it cause where they grew up the meat was fresher since it went from slaughter to deli meat faster than...

The bible says To be joyful always To pray continually To give thanks in all circumstances And that this is God’s will for us in Christ Jesus So we must plan what is good love what is just and acknowledge what is God’s work To fulfill the requirement When a farmer sows his seed He is not focused...

Gandhi had a quote I still remember almost 20 years after reading it He said the means by which we live have surpassed the means for which we live Here in politics our desire to defend the values and morals and love we consider dear and sacred to our souls has exceeded our initial commitment to...

This is mentioned in both Matthew and Luke and neither one addresses the store in its entirety It says two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left behind. Meaning two secularists and unbelievers and skeptic Christians and agnostics will be in the world. One will learn to...