From time to time I may find myself in the midst of challenging circumstances, unwanted experiences or threatening conditions. In such times I remember this Truth that sets me free: Wherever I AM, God is, and all is well. For me, there is always a way out. And that way out is through God, my Source for the intelligence, the guidance, the strength, the creativity, the grace and the miracles I need to survive and thrive in any adverse situation. God is my Source. And I thrive through God.
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Survive and Thrive in God's Truth.
Blessings,
Barry J.
Previously: "I Ask" Series: Day-10: Opportunities to Serve
Barry Johnson is an businessman, motivational speaker and management consultant. He holds a B.S. degree from Yale and an MBA degree from Harvard. You can follow him at twitter.com/thebarryjohnson and email him at bjohnson@risemovement.org


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By: Observer on 8/23/2010 1:51AM
If there were a god and he loved you and was taking care of you then why do find yourself in these challenging circumstances, unwanted experiences or threatening conditions? If this god of yours is so powerful that he can see you through these trying times then why doesn't he just help you avoid these pitfalls altogether? The longer we believe that some silly deity is going to help us with our problems the longer we are going to remain in the same pathetic position waiting, and waiting and waiting. How about we realize the only thing we can rely on is our ability to think and our own ability to take action. The sooner we start depending on ourselves the better. I can't stand all this god nonsense or this mythology, whatever you want to call it, it's 2010, time to stop believing in fairy tales.
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By: cuorencuo on 8/23/2010 8:16AM
And that way out is through God, my Source for the intelligence, the guidance, the strength, the creativity, the grace and the miracles I need to survive and thrive in any adverse situation. God is my Source. And I thrive through God. My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at agelessmat e.c om a nice and free place for younger women and older men, or older women and younger men, to interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or tell your friends.
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By: Gramma Knows on 8/23/2010 10:50AM
This God is a God who gives us choice. A very powerful thing. We put ourselves in situations by the choices we make. God is powerful enough to make any changes for my life and yours, but that would be like raising a spoiled child always there to get them out of their self made mess. They don't learn anything from it. God is real and He can make changes in lives I am a witness. I have experenced it in my life and witnessed it in the lives of others.The biggest mistake is to rely on self because self is only out for self. That is the sin we live in. God loves us and He will never leave us.Just give Him a try He will change your life.God is waiting for you to call on Him. He won't force Himself on you. He stands at your door knocking and the door knob is on your side of the door you have to choose to open it.Now the devil is waiting too, but it sound like he has taken up residence in your heart already. God can remove him. This is 2010 and praise God He has allow this world to go on this long. But there will be an end so please think about it and be ready. Blessings
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By: Linda on 8/31/2010 11:44AM
God is real and everyone of us has that knowledge in our hearts from birth that God exists, because He wrote it there. When we actually sit for a moment and think about it, we know it's true. We might try to deny His existence because we might be mad at God or we might not like what we see going on. The problem is that most of us have been misinformed about God, and so we are ignorant. I know I was, but I chose not to stay that way. Life without proper acknowledgment and honor for God is a miserable existence with no happy ending. I can assure you of that.
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By: jen on 8/24/2010 12:43PM
@gramma knows I could not have said it better, You are so right, You have so much wisdom!
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By: Arthur Davis on 8/23/2010 4:45PM
I am happy to have found black voices. I am retired. Now I do network marketing. I enjoy and appreciate the opinions of those who choose to comment here. We all have one, an opinion, but that does not make any of us correct in our opinion, that is why I appreciate this forum of comments, we can balance the differences.
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