Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

Love is mentioned well over 350 times in the Bible. I'm sure God must be trying to tell us something. We will start our study with Matthew 22:37-38; And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the most important and first commandment.

Red Elk is no Black Elk and there are many tricksters whose real interests are not for your good.

There are times when we want to feel special inside. And most of the time this world won’t give us that hug or encouraging word at that right moment when we need it. But no matter where we go or what time it is we can find that lighthouse shining on us through the love of Jesus Christ.

The time has come for the mass population on Earth to respond with each of your Divine ability to...

And then we ask ourselves upon what principles are we allotted our looks. What is it that makes us ugly or attractive or “plain?” What is it that gives us a musical ear or an artistic eye; an affectionate disposition or an uncontrollable temper, a talent for mathematics or skills of language?

Prophetic ministry begins with getting impressions. Here is one technique to help you get prophetic words of encouragement for other people. You can use this prophetic prayer method when you are unexpectedly asked to pray for a stranger. You can prophesy with an encouraging affirmation of prayer.

If we don't behave according to a specific church's doctrine, will our guardian angels turn their backs on us? If we are struggling with our overall belief in God or we're questioning the validity o...

Every single thing we do in our lives, personal and business, pleasure and work, affect others. So are we being careless or are we being salt and light?

There was a time in my life when I seriously wondered whether there was intelligent life on other planets. As a child, I believed that we human beings here on the planet Earth were God's only children. I learned early on how special we were: we were made in God's image, to look after His planet. There was no other force in the universe (which I envisioned as a big, black void with our planet in the center) that could compare to us...

Whren it comes to the relaxing properties of a massage, many of us cannot afford the regular high cost of visiting a salon or the services of a personal massage therapist. If this is the situation you face there may be a solution: the HoMedics Massager line.

Do you want to know a main contributor to the stress you get as a sales person? The word comes from Germany and it is know throughout most of the world as schadenfreude.

A blend of essential oils can be more effective for promoting relief and healing than any single essential oil. In this article I share the best oils to use in a blend to calm your nerves and relieve anxiety, worry or fear and why, along with my favorite methods of application!

You may have finally decided to find a way to relieve your anxiety and stress. Stress and anxiety are the main reason people avoid dealing with the uncomfortable challenges in life. Someone suggested that success is directly proportional to the amount and intensity of uncomfortable situations you are willing to deal with. If that's all that's holding you back from being successful in your life, stress and anxiety relief become your main goal.

If you don't handle stress, it can make you feel tired, drained and depressed - it can also kill you. Here are some simple stress management tips to help you combat stress and preserve your health.

How do you find time to learn stress reduction and relaxation techniques while dealing with your busy schedule? With audio books, of course! You can enjoy the benefits of audio books while exercising, commuting to and from your work, spending time on your hobby, walking your dog, etc. Hop off the 'stress escalator' by learning stress reduction, exercise methods and relaxation techniques with a good audio book.

Learn how to look for signs of stress. Sometimes it is not that obvious.

There are any number stress management techniques and for coping with stress in general and dealing with both the physical and emotional causes for stress. There are techniques for both short-term symptoms of stress and even long-term or chronic symptoms of stress are possible.

Today we live in a world with increasing amounts of pressure and sometimes this can leave us feeling overwhelmed by it all and eventually something has to give, and it's usually our health. So why do we feel stress and what can we do about it?

Stress affects people for several reasons and hence, it is important for each individual to identify the particular source affecting them. This makes it important to analyze and interpret the feelings of the affected individuals in resolving the causative factors. In this respect, it is also important for people to direct the functioning of their minds towards a calmer and healthier state.

Four fabulous energy management secrets which contribute to spiritual warming are really no secret at all... So what exactly is energy management? In this case, it's not managing coal or natural gas reserves, it's about how we manage ourselves during times of stress and anxiety; when our energy isn't grounded, and our thinking scattered; when our minds are too full of everyday stuff to think clearly.

Here are five stress relief techniques to help you.

The fact that we can refer to stress as being a force for both good and bad is often confusing and this article gives a simple example of just how stress can work to our advantage and disadvantage.