A strong earthquake has struck southwest Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting people to stream out of their offices onto the streets, though there were no reports of serious damage.
the US Geological Survey said the tremor registered magnitude 6.3 and was centred 175km east south-east of the tourist resort of Acapulco, not far from where a much more powerful earthquake struck last month.
“It felt strong, but thank God nothing happened to us. everyone went back (inside) but people are still paranoid about the other one, which felt much stronger,” said 30-year-old Esteban Vite in Mexico City’s Roma neighbourhood.
“Thanks to the authorities, things are better built.”
Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, said there were no initial signs of damage, and telephones were still working. the city’s subway was still operating, the mayor added.
the airport said one incoming flight was delayed for a few minutes as staff suspended operations to conduct a check of the runways. but operations were back to normal, a local official said.
“The magnitude isn’t creating a problem for us,” said Manuel Mondragon, head of public security in Mexico City, which was devastated by a 8.1 magnitude quake in 1985 that killed thousands of people.
Phone lines went down during the March 20 earthquake of 7.4 magnitude. That tremor unleashed panic in the capital and damaged hundreds of buildings in the states of Guerrero and neighbouring Oaxaca in southwest Mexico.
afterwards local media said that two people died due to that quake, though many Mexicans expressed surprise that the impact was not more severe.
Authorities said stricter building regulations had helped to make the sprawling metropolis more resistant to earthquakes, which are common in Mexico.
the latest quake was measured at a depth of 12.3km and located near the border of Guerrero and Oaxaca.
there were no initial reports of damage in Guerrero, a spokesman for local emergency services said.
in Oaxaca City, hotel receptionist Adriana Romero said locals had taken fright from the quake.
“We were scared because we’re already a bit shaken up. but it didn’t feel really strong,” she said.
Do you ever heard about Fibonacci sequence? in my opinion, you should be very familiar with this series that also known as Fibonacci number or Fibonacci series. This series is very famous to be said as the number of God because there are a lot of things and events in the world that has a close relation with it. The construction of our body and the construction of the snowflakes are some of the examples. Even the recent elected US President, Barrack Obama, have been predicted to be the 44th US president with this number.
What is Fibonacci series actually? Fibonacci series is a series of number found by Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci, an Italian mathematician. He found a series of number starting with 0 and 1 that has special pattern: each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. so Fibonacci series will be 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13 and so on.
It is also interesting that Fibonacci sequence has a very unique characteristic. Dividing a number with previous number allows you to get approximately similar result. However, the result will be the same after the 13th number inside the series: 1.618. This is what so called as the golden ratio that often said to be the number of God. why? it is because there are a lot if constructions in the world that have close relation with this golden ratio.
One of the examples of Fibonacci sequence in the nature is the amount of petals in some certain flowers. Lily and iris has three petals, buttercup has five petals, cineraria and ragwort have 13 petals, and many more flowers that have Fibonacci number inside their construction. You could also find the golden ratio in your body. Comparing the length of your mouth and the width of your nose as well as the distance of both pupils and both eyebrows allows you to find the golden number.
There are still a lot of constructions in the nature that shows you the number of God, such as in human DNA, in some kinds of virus, and in some kind of shells construction. Those relations make this sequence become very popular. Dan Brown uses this series as one of the codes inside his book The Da Vinci Code and calls it as the Divine Proportion.
Easy. You read his Book, a.k.a., Superman Can’t Touch this, study it, and do what it says.
What? You’ve never heard of this book? Well, maybe you know it by its more common name, the Holy Bible. That is God’s Superbook for people who want to be supernatural.
Read it, and memorize what it says. Think about what it says many times during the day, and before you go to sleep at night. do what it says. Then you will think supernaturally, because you will be thinking and acting the way you were created to live–like God
And that is so much better than Superman
But why would you want to be supernatural?
Who wouldn’t? We were created to be supernatural, which is more than just powerful most people want to feel powerful, like they know what they’re doing and are in control of their lives.
That’s why people who don’t know the real Jesus–the Eternal Resurrected King, the All-Powerful One–try to become powerful through following the wrong things, like magic, or drugs, or something else that’s bad for them that tricks them into thinking they are Superman.
But these things hurt them very much and can make them crazy, in jail, or even dead
Actually, we humans are really weak, and only God is strong. so to be truly powerful, truly supernatural, we must let the Lord Jesus live through us. He is our very life. He is our strength. and we can only be truly supernatural–truly stronger than the make-believe Superman, when we let Jesus tell us what to do, and help us to do it
John 6:63 says, It is (Jesus) the Spirit Who gives life (He is the Life-giver); the flesh (our bodies) conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). (AMP)
Would you rather depend on something that is temporary, like your body, or something eternal, unchangeable, and invincible, like the Word of God? It is your choice.
Truly, without the Word, we can do nothing of lasting value, nothing that truly is meaningful to God unless the LORD Jesus, the Spirit, does it through us.
How can we have the Lord Jesus, the true Super-power, live through us and make us supernatural?
Easy. We ask him to forgive us of our sins and come into our heart as the LORD Jesus, our Savior who is the Holy Spirit, and live through us (John 3:16). Then, the more we listen to him and follow his directions, the more we become stronger than Superman ever thought about being. The more we let the LORD Jesus–the true Superpower–teach and direct us, the more supernatural we are
If you abide in God’s Word (hold fast to his teachings and live in accordance with them), then you are truly his disciples, and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free (John 8:32).
Jesus is The way, The Truth, and The Life (John 14:6 AMP). and, when you know Jesus the Truth–Who is the King of the universe–and let him live through you, you are more powerful than Superman. You are supernatural
So, why wait start reading and doing the Superbook today, and be supernatural
The story of Joshua and Caleb is one of the most powerful and dramatic stories in the entire Bible. there are major lessons in this story for all Christians to grab hold of
Most Christians have heard of the story of Moses, but many Christians are not aware of the story involving these two. they are an extension off the story of Moses. they are the climax to the story of Moses, as I will show you below. I’ll first give you a brief synopsis of their story and then give you what needs to be learned from their story and how it personally applies to the situation that you are now facing.
Brief Synopsis Of Joshua and Caleb
God sends Moses into the land of Egypt to rescue and pull His people out of slavery from the Egyptians. He parts the Red Sea so they have a way to escape from the Egyptians. He throws 10 whopper plaques at the Pharaoh in order to get him to release His people from their bondage. God the Father performs one of the most powerful supernatural displays of signs and wonders that the world has ever seen to get His people pulled out of Egypt.
Moses tells God’s people that He will give them what He calls the Promised Land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey. He will settle His people down in this land and this is where He will break the Israelites off into 12 different tribes.
However, there is one little catch to this story. before they are allowed to enter into this Promised Land, they must first pass a test. God allows them to stay in the wilderness for 40 years. He gives them all the basics as far as food and water in order to survive in the wilderness for the 40 years.
God purposely tested His people to see if they would hold fast to him while in the wilderness for the 40 years. And time after time, they continued to screw up. At one time, God got so mad at their rebellious attitude, they He literally wanted to kill them. But Moses got into the gap for his people, pleaded his case to God as to why He should not kill His people, and the Bible said God relented and changed His mind – just because Moses stood in the gap and effectively pleaded his case before God.
However, just after a little over 2 years into this 40 year journey is where they finally blew it big time for the last time with God the Father. the Israelites sent in some spies into the Promised Land to check out who the enemy was and to develop battle strategies to defeat the enemies. God was going to allow them to go into the Promised Land, but they first had to defeat and drive out the enemies in order to conquer and possess the land.
When the spies came back, they came back with a bad report. they said the enemies were giants and their kingdoms were too well fortified and they wouldn’t be able to defeat them. now mind you, God had just got done pulling them out of Egypt with one of the greatest displays of His supernatural power the world has ever seen with him throwing 10 whopper plaques against the Egyptians and then parting the Red Sea to give them safe passage into the wilderness.
When God saw their negative attitudes and their lack of faith and belief in His power, He literally threw up His hands and basically said that’s it, you’re done. At that point, He told them that all the men 20 years and older would not enter into the Promised Land due to their lack of faith and belief in him. He said that they would all wander in the desert for the next 40 years until they all literally died out in the desert. God says that their carcasses would fall in this wilderness and that their sons would be shepherds bearing the brunt of their infidelity towards God. the spies that went into to spy out the land did so for 40 days. as a result of this bad report – God pronounces judgment that they should wander in the wilderness for 40 years to match up with the 40 days that they had spied out the land for.
Now this is where Joshua and Caleb come in. God then tells Joshua and Caleb that they and the younger generation under 20 years of age would be the ones to go into the Promised Land because they had wholeheartedlyfollowed God. they had full faith and belief in God that He could defeat all their enemies once they went into the Promised Land to conquer and possess it.
Joshua was the leader that led them in. Moses himself was not allowed to go in and he died and was buried out in the wilderness. Joshua then took Moses’ position as leader of the Israelites. He then goes into the Promised Land with his strong faith in God and then proceeds to literally wipe their enemies off the face of the earth and conquer and possess the land that God had promised their forefathers.
Lessons To be Learned From Joshua and Caleb
1. I believe the Promised Land for today’s Christian refers to God’s call on that person’s life. For the Christian that will fully surrender his entire life over to God the Father – I believe God will place a specific call or calls on that person’s life. However, it may take many years before God releases that person into what his true calling is for God. Sometimes it takes years of preparation to get ready for that call.
But once that call comes in and you are getting ready to cross over into your Promised Land, a lot of Christians get cold feet at the last minute and walk out of their call. they start to get too focused on all the negative possibilities that they will encounter if they take the call. fear sets in and they bail out of the boat.
This is why the above story is so powerful. the Israelites lost their one and only chance to go into this Promised Land due to one main reason – fear and a lack of true faith and belief in the power of God too see them through. they were too scared of the giants they saw in the land that they were supposed to possess and they did not have enough faith in God to conquer and defeat these giants. as a result, they lost out on the biggest blessing of their entire life.
After Joshua fully succeeded in his mission, he makes the comment shortly before he dies, that God had not failed him in any of the promises that He made to him in that He would give him every ounce of land that he would step foot on. He told Joshua that his enemies would be taken out and that he would be given total victory as long as he stayed with God’s instructions. Joshua saw his call completely through and when he died, he died a man with his call and mission from God completely fulfilled.
His story is how God wants all of His people to live the 2 keys to Joshua’s success was his strong faith in God and the fact that he had always wholeheartedly followed God. I always tell everyone to stay with their leadings from the Holy Spirit. the Bible says that the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth and teach us all things. He is our guide and our teacher. if God puts a call on your life, but you don’t follow His specific instructions and leadings on how to get there, you will never succeed.
Joshua’s story is one of the most dramatic stories in the Bible about someone who did it right in God. His story is a perfect example for all Christians on how to properly follow God and the call that He can place on your life. 2. Susie, this story really applies to where you are at right now with God. you may be getting ready to have your door opened up to enter into your Promised Land – into God’s true call on your life. However, you are well aware of the giants and strongholds you will be coming against if this door opens up for you. Susie, remember the above story on Joshua. He saw the same giants and strongholds you are seeing. He saw all this before going in. God allowed him to see exactly what he was going into before he actually went into it. And God is showing you the same thing.
You have two choices. you can either let fear and panic set in just like the Israelites did and lose your chance to enter into your Promised Land, or you can have the same strong faith and belief in God that Joshua had – and go in their with a kick butt attitude that you will be victorious and that you will accomplish everything that God wants you to accomplish.
I’ll leave you with one last thought. Joshua took his strong faith and belief in God, entered the Promised Land and achieved total victory in God. the Bible says God is no respecter of persons. What He will do for one, He will do for another.
If God is calling you to go through this door, rest assured that you will have the full power of God operating through you to achieve total victory just like Joshua did
As a final testament to the this man’s story, God saw fit to name one of the books of the Bible after him – the Book of Joshua. I think that was a very fitting ending to what this man accomplished in God while down here on earth. the Bible said Joshua lived to be 110 years old.
Most of the outreach that the folks marketing Sherwood Pictures' “Courageous” ha ve been doing has been aimed at churches, and that is paying off on fan.
Most of the outreach that the folks marketing Sherwood Pictures' “Courageous” ha ve been doing has been aimed at churches, and that is paying off on fan.
Courageous opens tomorrow (Friday). It's the fourth film from the creative folks at Sherwood Pictures, the movie ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, whose previous credits include Flywheel, against the
Most of the outreach that the folks marketing Sherwood Pictures' “Courageous” ha ve been doing has been aimed at churches, and that is paying off on fan.
Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God … and to their children?” 'Courageous' comes as the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures. The film was directed by Alex Kendrick. Alex co-wrote the movie's screenplay with his brother Stephen
yeah, its very sad. And i sure hope someone does something
ya i saw .. its just all so sad … i read in the paper that Kevin costner donated 24 million to try and vacum it out of the water, but money doesnt always work!
Please answer my questions too!!
We're gonna send Officer Carl Winslow to check it out
it makes me very angry
Yes, Its bleak for Mother Nature. I could cry when I see what is going on. BP need to get the finger out
Yes, I shall it makes me very sad. But, whats going to happen when hurricane session comes around and lightning hits that area?
It's very upsetting. I have seen some pictures.
I don't think they are trying hard enough to fix this problem. I'm scared for what's in store for us in the future because of these careless accidents.
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There are humane organizations working to clean up the birds, but the task is overwhelming.
And of course, the source is still active.
Makes me think that Armageddon is closer than most people might imagine.
("And God will bring to ruin those ruining the earth".) .
If you are referring to a fight, then I believe Bette would win hands down. She has the biggest mouth and would probably make lots of weird noises to scare Barbra. Also, Barbra's nose would get in the way and most likely end up broken.
If you are referring to a singing battle, my money is on Barbra. She still has a clear voice that can reach the high notes effortlessly. I like Bette, too, and I really enjoy her entertaining in person because she has a lot of stage presence. She can belt out a song, and it makes you want to get up and dance & sing-a-long with her.
Simple…..
Bette Midler would make Barbara Streisand laugh to death!!! Barbara would have an instant heart attack and die therefore declaring Bette the champion….mwahahahah!!
Oh wait…hummmm……then again Barbara could also win. Bette runs the risk of being stabbed by Barbara's pointy nose.
God forbid that would happen since I like them both but this is just my own theory. Yeah…this is how cats think…meow!
Bette but unfortunately like all chick fights it would lead to boob slippage and kissing and nobody I mean nobody wants to see that
Bette but unfortunately like all chick fights it would lead to boob slippage and kissing and nobody I mean nobody wants to see that
In a voice contest, I'll go with Barbra. In a mud wrestling competition, Bette all the way. Love both of them.
STREISAND hands down. Her voice is still crystal clear her range phenomenal ! Love both singers but prefer Barbra
New Zealand bishop fears her clergy face “exhaustion of spirit” following tremorsby Lloyd Ashton, Anglican Taongahttp://tinyurl.com/5vl9gby June 15, 2011Christ Church Cathedral after the Feb. 2011 earthquake. The June 13 aftershocks shattered the front rose window and further damaged the west wall.In the wake of yet more big jolts in Christchurch, Bishop Victoria Matthews says she fears her clergy are facing “exhaustion of spirit.”"People are tired. They have been more than magnificent. Let me say that clearly.”But I am hearing of a deep weariness of the soul, and I’m having to ask people to reach deep into their resources to meet yet another crisis.”The churches that have stepped up to the plate, and been magnificent so many times before, will have to do it all over again. Because we have got to keep looking after the people of God.”I’m watching people’s eyes, and hearing their words very carefully, and I’ve been saying to some: ‘You know, you’ve got to get out and away for a month.’”And they say: ‘Yes. You’re right. I do.’ But after yesterday, getting them to do that is going to be more difficult. Because they are going to want to be with their people.”That’s the story that is front page for me.”I was talking to an elderly man the other day who’d lived through war, and been evacuated six times in his life. he knows the drills, so to speak.”But the people who are actually at the front line now… we don’t.”We are a generation who have never been through a war, never lived through a sustained, critical period like this. That makes it really difficult.”As a young woman, Bishop Victoria twice served three-month stints in Haiti – and while she was there, she lived through a military coup.While the politics couldn’t be more different, she says the turmoil in Haiti she experienced then was the best preparation she’s had for leading the Diocese of Christchurch through the crises it faces now.She also says that the destruction of the cathedral’s rose window has significant implications.”It raises the question yet again about whether we need to deconsecrate (the cathedral), and take it right down – but that question has not been answered yet.”The rose window was, in a sense, the icon of the icon.”It was the trademark. The logo. Call it whatever you will, it was the one piece, the people of the cathedral said, that they would move to whatever a new Cathedral looked like. That would go with them.”But it won’t now.”For some other churches, yesterday’s quakes were the coup de grace.”Holy Trinity Lyttelton is right down,” she says. “The roof is now on the ground. We knew that we were probably looking at demolition there, but that’s now been done.”St Luke’s, which has been deconsecrated, is now very precarious. I think we will have to move to demolition there as soon as possible.”While the historic stone church at St John’s Latimer Square, which had already been deconsecrated, has suffered more damage.Bishop Victoria says she dropped into a number of church schools yesterday, and found them in good heart.”The spirit of young people is wonderful. I was checking at St Michael’s church school, and a young man from Christ’s College came up to me there and said: ‘Good afternoon Bishop. I just need to tell you that Christ’s College is all right.’ Isn’t that good?”"Then I went on to Bishopspark – and the spirit of the sweethearts there is amazing. One 96-year old woman, who is a clergy widow, said to me: ‘Ohh… the staff were so lovely. They brought us all downstairs, and gave us the nicest cup of tea.’”In the evening, Bishop Victoria emailed her clergy, urging them to be careful around their buildings.”The operative word,” she wrote, “is safety. so please do not take chances.”Today she identified two other pressing needs:”We need prayer. We need prayer, because we are beyond running on our own strength.”Before yesterday, I’d been going round the parishes saying: ‘We’ve got to pray our way through this.’”Everybody agreed. then yesterday happened, and now we really need the whole country and beyond this country praying for us for strength. Because there is no other way we are going to get through this.”She also forecasts that “in a fairly short time, we’ll be needing very practical help again. “”People who might be able to come and do relatively minor repairs, like helping waterproof homes, for example.”"So: safety, prayer and practical help.” END
<a href="http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14509tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14509Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:09:11 GMT 00:00″>VirtueOnline – News – News – New Zealand bishop fears her clergy face "exhaustion of spirit" following tremor
Join OKC Christian Fiction Writers (an ACFW chapter) for upcoming online class “what to Expect after Publishing” with award-winning author Maureen Lang on April 11-22, 2011.
Signed that contract or getting close to being published but aren’t sure what’s coming next?
In this two-week class, multi-published author Maureen Lang will share insights and helpful tips on topics like edits, marketing, what you can expect from your publisher, and more. We’ll start by exploring a general overview of the published author’s life, explode some myths regarding expectations vs. reality, share some statistics, and take a peek at how a writer juggles a professional and private life while maintaining the identity God meant us to have.
Whether you are newly published, contracted, agented or close to being published, you won’t want to miss this class! Cost is $20.00 for local chapter (OCFW) members, $25.00 for all others.
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Maureen Lang has always had a passion for writing. She hand wrote her first novel around the age of ten, put the pages into a notebook she covered with soft deerskin for a “hardback” cover (nothing but the best!) then passed it around the neighborhood for rave reviews. It was so much fun she’s been writing ever since. Eventually Maureen became the recipient of a Golden Heart Award from RWA, followed by the publication of three secular romances. Life took some turns after that and she gave up writing for fifteen years, until her faith sent her in a new artistic direction. Soon she won a Noble Theme Award from American Christian Fiction Writers (now the Genesis), and a contract followed a year or so later for her Inspirational historical fiction Pieces of Silver, (nominated for a Christy in 2007). the sequel, Remember me, released in February of ‘07. She also has three women’s fiction novels from Tyndale House Publishers, the Oak Leaves released in May of ’07, on Sparrow Hill and my Sister Dilly released in ’08. her great War Series followed, Whisper on the Wind, Springtime of the Spirit, and Look to the East, all three set in Europe during the first World War. Maureen lives in the Midwest with her husband, two sons and their dog, Susie.
Unless otherwise noted, online classes are conducted via email. we use Yahoo’s GROUPS function so there is one email address that the instructor sends lessons to and that you send your homework to. Once you have paid for the class, you will be added to the special Yahoo GROUP (this happens about one week before the date the class starts).
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I seriously believe God is keeping a close look to see how man is going to react to this oil spill disaster. Predictions put the oil halfway up the Easter Seaboard, USA and spread into the mid Atlantic Ocean. Of course this all depends on the containment efforts of the spill. This my friends COULD BE a major warning sign that the current system of things is about to change. Non-believers please no sarcasm.
"Non-believers please no sarcasm" That's pretty funny. as a non-believer, I would love to see religious people work together and clean up the oil spill. Not because I care about religion, but I do care about the ocean.
I agree; Instead of spewing nonsense from their a**es and constantly trying to convert others, they should do something good for once and help out. I live in Louisiana and my dad's helping with the oil spill. he has to go to a lot of different classes though, but I guess it'll be worth it.
