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Sometimes circumstances in life seem out of our control. There are some people out there who are desperately needing resolution about certain things, and when I feel that way I get frustrated. In 1999 I was diagnosed with a lifelong illness, and there was a process of grief that I had to go through for many years, to accept what had happened to my health, and at the very beginning it was very difficult. I had to live with the burden that my illness was causing a burden to my family, and I thought that because I got sick, it was my fault. Regardless if it was my fault or not, I needed resolution in my own heart, so the inner conflict would be resolved in my own heart. I had to live with broken relationships, and many people who didn't understand what I was going through and through all this I didn't wanted peoples pity, I wanted God's compassion. The hardest thing to deal with on my road to recovery, was the harsh, uncaring opinions of people who just didn't understand...

Without getting into a deep theological debate or discussion, I want to talk about the term S aving Faith. The term in evangelical Christianity is usually referred to as something called the born again experience. The term "born again" refers to a theological doctrine called regeneration. In the Catholic tradition, this takes place at baptism, but one must remain in a state of Grace up untill the point of death to enter Heaven . In Pentecostalism or the Pentecost Church the doctrine of being born again is believed, however in this church, it is taught that one can loose their salvation. The difference between an evangelical church and a Pentecostal church  is that one must maintain their faith at conversion in order to get to Heaven. There is usually no coming back to the faith, after a period of being away from it, for they hold that one must recommit their life to Christ, or become born again again. Saving Faith  is the faith you have in the present moment, rathe...

These days it is very hard being a Christ follower. To be honest, I'm not really a fan of that terminology. I became a "born again" Christian in 1995 and being a part of that inner circle back then if you wanted to tell someone you were saved, I would use the term born again. It wasn't untill recently that this term, being a follower of Christ has really replaced the term I grew up with and identified with. I am very sad with the evangelical world that they have adopted a term to describe their community as followers, because my whole life, I considered myself a leader. The term follower implies that I do not question the leader's authority, and whatever the church says goes! I don't think this is what Jesus would have wanted of his bride. He gave us reason, and free will and I personally believe someone has to be physically present to "follow" them. Being a believer in God, first and foremost implies that you have faith in someone. Jesus didn'...

A lot has been said over the centuries about what makes a man or woman successful. There has been debates within our society over just what success really is? A lot of it depends on your personality and your personal values and goals. What makes one man or one woman a success, could in the same sense be the failure of another man, or woman. One of the keys to understanding why certain people thrive in life, and despite setbacks continue to make progress, is because they understand that success is not an outward thing, but an inward thing. The wise people in our society understand that if you have the wrong attitude towards your fellow man, or for yourself for that matter, what you think you are you become. There is no law in the universe that says that you were destined to be a failure. You either set yourself for happiness, or you don't. It as simple as that.    Challenges are God's way to test you. Whether you believe in god or not, it really d...

I can already tell you might be confused about the title of this blog, so let me clear it up. The word economy implies that there is some sort of financial loss or some financial gain to be had in life. The word salvation can have lots of meanings, but the meaning I am talking about here implies the salvation of the soul after death. To answer this question correctly, I have to explain why first, I believe we have a soul. We have a soul because it is who we really are. The bible teaches that man and woman were made in the image of God, but for most of us, we have to believe by faith that there is a God and if you believe there is a God then naturally you will believe you have a soul? To put a price on your soul would be infinite because if we are made in the image of the Creator, then naturally our souls are worth very much! I don't think that you can put a monetary value on your own essence, but the price that we put on the saving of the soul is in direct  proportion of that perso...