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Matthew 11:(12) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

In ancient Greece, scholar and intellectual, Dr. Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,

"Do you know what I just heard about one of your friends?"

"Hold on a minute," Dr. Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?" asked the man.

"That's right," Dr. Socrates continued.

"Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and wanted to tell it to you."

"All right," said Socrates." So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"No, on the contrary, it is bad."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though. Because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really," replied the man.

"Well," concluded Dr. Socrates, if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, and nor even useful to me, why tell it to me at all?"

-Unknown Author

1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in the word, but in power.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road your trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and its turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When they might have won, had they stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victors cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when your hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you must not quit - Author Unknown

Praise God in the Highest for blessing us with another year to call our own. Let us reign in this year under the mighty banner of Christ and take hold of our stake which was ordained under His Word. This is a year of dominion and victory for those who Love the Lord and are willing to hold Him at His glorious Word! Amen. May God bless you and yours with much health, wealth, and happiness! :D Shalom

Be ignorant to the facts and established in your faith! THIS is vital in these times. Hell and brimstone can not touch you when you realize the power that Christ has imbued you when you have been redeemed in His Holy Name!!! Let the world look upon you as irrational and insane while God sees your faith and moves upon your behalf mightily in your life. Praise Yahweh in the most High!!!!!!!! ;)