And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines Judges 13:1-5.

  The fifth verse states that the child shall be a Nazarite. Nazarites had to follow a strict code of ethics. Which meant whatever God had planned for their lives were certain things that they could and could not do. Violating these rules would tamper with the call of God that was upon their lives. This is the same for EVERY person that have been sanctified, set apart for God's use. We cannot do everything we want to do. We cannot follow after the world's way of doing things. We cannot go everywhere we think we are big enough to go. We should ALWAYS be led by the Spirit of God! The Holy Spirit will ALWAYS lead you in the way of truth and holiness.

  Samson lost his EYESIGHT long before he actually lost his EYESIGHT. When he laid his eyes upon Delilah, he became blinded to the purpose by which he was called to. You should really read the entire story in Judges chapters 14-16. What caused Samson to lose his eyesight was the fact he allowed his eyesight to kill and destroy his INSIGHT. When we concentrate upon worldly and fleshly things instead of meditating upon the Word of God, we are slowly loosing strength. The moment you take your eyes off Jesus and placed them anywhere else, you will begin to sink, loose strength. Samson allowed a woman who may have been his physical desire and his physical type, and not realize her character was deadly to his soul to enter into his life. Take a close look at this man. His future was already mapped out for him by God. All he had to do was RESPECT the will and the call God laid out for his life!  WILL YOU RESPECT THE WILL OF GOD AND THE CALL OF GOD UPON YOUR LIFE?

  Joshua now instructed his men to remove the stone from the mouth of the cave and to bring out the five kings - of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. Joshua told the captains of his army to put their feet on the king's necks.

  You need to kill the chief spirit in your life. If you don't destroy this spirit, that same chief will go back, form another army, regroup himself, and come back again. He is a captain, and captains are trained to form armies. This is why you must kill the chief spirit. You may ask your spiritual leader, your pastor to help you in this ordeal and others in the body of Christ can keep you lifted up in prayer as you are being delivered and set free.

  Afterwards Joshua and the Israeli army returned to Gilgal. During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah. When the news was brought to Joshua that they had been found, he issued a command that a great stone be rolled against the mouth of the cave and that guards be placed there to keep the kings inside. Then Joshua commanded the rest of the army, "Go on chasing the enemy and cut them down from the rear. Don't let them get back to their cities, for the Lord will help you to completely destroy them." Joshua 10:15-19

  There is a responsibility for you to do. Your job is to keep resisting and refusing the enemy activity in your life. You job is to keep doing battle with the enemy. Chase that spirit(s) out and don't let it return. That is the done by submitting yourself unto God, rebuke the devil and he will have to flee in the name of Jesus.

  Get rid of everything in your house and around your possessions that represent illegal satanic activity, and don't let it back in your house. This means the physical house that you live in, with your house address and street name  AND your body. Keep the unclean spirits from returning to the place where you have chased it from, and replace its presence with the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. Don't forget to pray, praise and worship also. Continue to have fellowship with the saints. The Lord will help you to complete victory over the enemy.

  As the men of Israel were pursuing an harassing the foe, Joshua prayed aloud, "Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and let the moon stand in its place over the valley of Aijalon!" And the sun and the moon didn't move until the Israeli army had finished the destruction of its enemies! This is described in great detail in The Book of Jashar. So the sun stopped in the heavens and stayed there for almost twenty-four hours! Joshua 10:12-13

 When you make up  your mind to start doing battle for your deliverance, something will happen in the spirit realm. The Lord will stay the hand of time and allow you to recover what you have lost. He will give you time to regain your life. Darkness and the shadow of death is not going to come over you to consume you. The presence of God is going to shine in your situation until you are completely delivered.

  You are not going to die in this mess. God is going to hold back the sun, because in order to fight, you need to be able to see clearly. The enemy like to have you in the dark, but God is letting the light of His Word shine in your spirit until you are delivered. When Joshua prayed, that is when the light came. God, then gave him the extra time. Prayer provoked God's hand to move against the elements - to hold back the sun.

  There had never been such a day before, and there has never been another since, when the Lord stopped the sun and moon - all because of the prayer of one man. But the Lord was fighting for Israel Joshua 10:14. While you are discouraged and you are feeling like you have messed up, you need to know that the Lord is fighting for you. There is someone fighting for you. THE LORD IS FIGHTING FOR YOU!

  And as the enemy was racing down the hill to Beth-horon, the Lord destroyed them with a great hailstorm that continued all the way to Azekah; in fact, more men died from the hail than by the swords of the Israelis Joshua 10:11

  What is God trying to say to us? He is saying that when we proceed to fight in our deliverance- to lock arms with leadership and began to do battle - then the Spirit of God will take over and begin to destroy some of those demonic elements in the realm of the spirit. Sometimes, you will not have to battle. There is a realm in which the enemy fights that is not touchable, not tangible not something that you can hold on to.

  Let me make this plain: when you throw away all the girly magazines, the enticing clothes, these are enemies you are killing on contact. After the pastor lays the Word of God in your belly, then these are things he is helping to also destroy on contact.

  The Spirit of God will began to do battle on your behalf in the spirit. The Spirit of God, embracing His Word will kill enemies that are on their way to attack you again. See, the enemy is being destroyed from three realms - the natural realm, the spiritual realm, and the supernatural realm. The Israelites fought with swords and they killed on contact. Then the Spirit of the Lord got in the wind and sent a hail storm. He killed what they could not kill. So there was a mass killing going on.

  Matthew 16:19 says that "whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven." Luke 11:2 also talks about the kingdom of God coming and the will of God being done on earth AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. So when you begin to kill on earth the Holy Spirit begins to kill in the spirit realm. This is your guarantee that the root of the thing is being destroyed.

  Then the Lord threw them into a panic so that the army of Israel slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon and chased the others all the way to Beth-horon and Azekah and Makkedah, killing them along the way Joshua 10:10.

  Did you see that, killing them along the way? The killing of this enemy is a process, you need to be submitted to authority, being taught the Word of God, being taught how to pray and how to intercede. It doesn't always happen overnight.

  Your leadership and the congregation that you are in, your brothers and sisters, are also trained to help you in this battle. All of you together become a weapon for victory. The enemy is slaughtered along the way. This means that as they came upon the enemy, they killed him, they slaughtered them all. Just remember, some will be slaughtered on Monday, some on Thursday, some in March, and others in June. The thing to remember is that it is a process. They are killed one-by-one, but they were all killed.

  The men of Gibeon hurriedly sent messengers to Joshua at Gilgal. "Come and help your servants!" they demanded. "Come quickly and save us! For all the kings of the Amorites who live in the hills are here with their armies." So Joshua and the Israeli army left Gilgal and went to rescue Gibeon. "Don't be afraid of them," the Lord said to Joshua, "for they are already defeated! I have given them to you to destroy. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you." Joshua 10:6-8

  Joshua represents pastors and the servants represent those submitted to their leaders. Now, you have to remember, even before your pastor assists you in walking out your deliverance, he must receive from himself/herself a personal word from the Lord concerning your situation! That is what causes a leader to know that he/she has what it takes to bring you through this battle. They are not the least bit shaken at what they see happening with you because they have gotten a personal word from the Lord concerning you.

  The Lord said to Joshua, concerning his enemies, "don't be afraid of them for they are already defeated!" That is why sometimes you will see a sense of confidence on your leadership. You will see that they are not shaken concerning your life and concerning your future. They already know that the enemy coming up against you are already a defeated foe.

  The scripture goes on to say, "Joshua traveled all night from Gilgal and took the enemy armies by surprise." What was the element of surprise? The enemy does not expect you to come out of your situation. He does not expect the pastor and others to travail in prayer all night on your behalf. He thinks that because you are not as skilled or knowledgeable as you desire to be - in the Word of God, or in intercessory prayer, praise and worship - you are already defeated. He thinks he has the victory.

  The surprise element is that you have a pastor, who the Lord has already trained to wage this war. Your pastor has the weapons it takes to sneak up on the enemy. If you have had a problem with submission, you are missing your blessing. The enemy is not expecting you to have a covering, someone that is praying for you. Because you by yourself may not be able to defend the enemy, but when you are covered by a shepherd, you have already won the battle.

  When Adoni-zedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured and destroyed Ai and had killed its king, the same as he had done at Jericho, and how the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were now their allies, he was very frightened. For Gibeon was a great city - as great as the royal cities and much larger than Ai - and its men were known as hard fighters. So king Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent messengers to several other kings: king Hoham of Hebron, king Piram of Jarmuth, king Japhia of Lachish, king Debir of Eglon. "Come and help me destroy Gibeon," he urged them, "for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel." So these five Amorite kings combined their armies for a united attack on Gibeon Joshua 10:1-5. Please read the whole 10th chapter of Joshua to get the understanding more fully. To know the full story, to get the idea of what happened in the end.

  This is what happens when the enemy know that you are about to forsake your old lifestyle, your old way of doing things. When you are tired of going around the same mountain and not progressing. He becomes nervous, thinking he is loosing his hold on you. He grabs every force at his disposal to help him. Because the enemy knows that you are getting ready to walk out of his clutches, he actually increases his attack on you to hold you in sin. That is why it seems the battle gets harder right before the victory. But, because you are known as a hard fighter, you have won the victory through Christ Jesus! Praise God! You did not give up, even when the battle was tough. You stayed on in there when the furnace was turned up seven times hotter than usual. Now victory, joy, peace, love, abundant blessings are yours! STAY THE COURSE TO THE END! For the end of the matter is better than the beginning.

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodes a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service Romans 12:2.

  Your dedication and your sanctification means that you have been glued for eternity to the altar. You have dedicated yourself to the point where you vow that you will serve Him until you die. A saved person is one who has been set right or is in right standing before God, because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. There is nothing more that can be done to ensure our salvation. That is why He has sat down on the right hand of God in Heaven. IT IS DONE! IT IS FINISHED!

  Being justified says you belong to the Righteous One. Being regenerated says you are a child of God. Being sanctified says you are being MADE holy. You are not born holy. You are made holy by God. You were forgiven and justified as if you never sinned. It takes the influences and power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish this task.

 I have heard people say, "No one can tell me whether I am saved or not. No one can tell me how to dress or what to wear. I make my own choices." Well, maybe they don't call your shots, but your actions speak for you. The outward change called justification is followed by the inward change called regeneration; this in time is followed by the dedication in sanctification you have toward God. DON'T TRY TO SKIP ANY OF THE STEPS! FOLLOW THE LAID OUT PROCESS!

  When you receive the Word, you are walking through the operation of justification, regeneration, and sanctification. Which means you must be able to receive the Word from any of God's children. We cannot select who we receive from, that action will cause us to miss our blessing. It will stunt your growth. Unless you perceive the person is of God, you cannot receive from him/her. That is why Jesus could do no mighty works in his own hometown. The trick of the enemy is to keep us divided and grouped off. God want us to be able to discern His Spirit and receive the engrafted Word to the saving of our souls. DISCERN, PERCEIVE, AND RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD! This is the minimal or our reasonable service!

  There is a revelation in having and sharing your testimony. When God has caused sin to die and resurrects you to have power over sin, that is a powerful testimony! If you die to sin, it is buried, and no longer a part of you. Therefore when you testify, you resurrect the memory of what God has done for you, which in turn adds power to the ability of the Word to change lives. That is why we have a testimony. When you have been saved for 5-6 years, we should not be able to look at you and see what you have gone through.

  When the people of old went out and told the works of Jesus, people were convinced. Do you know why? They saw a man with blind eyes, see and a lame man, walk. They were convinced about the authenticity of Jesus, when they saw the manifestation of miracles, in the lives of those who witnesses about Him.

  When someone, who is having problems in their walk with God, hears an individual testify to the fact that God brought them out of the same situation, that gives them hope. If God can bring you out, He came do the same for me, for God is no respecter of persons. REMEMBER, SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE GLORY OF GOD!

  Failure happens when we fail to plan ahead. You did not set your atmosphere and your associations for success. If you can take a good look and see what, why, when, and where you went wrong, you can stop the negative action. You must take the time to write out what happened before that negative situation happened. For example:

1. State the failure:

    A. I fell into sexual sin!

2. Now, ask the question:

    A. Why did I do that?

3. What was my mental and emotional state prior to this act?

    A. Was I upset?

    B. Was I feeling rejection?

    C. Was I discouraged about anything?

  You will be surprised to know that two hours in the gym could have relieved the stress. We take something that was meant to be an act of love in a marriage and use it to relieve stress! If you are a Christian, you have just added to your stress because now you are walking around feeling guilty about the act you just committed.

4.  Let's look at what kind of physical state was I in? Women, did you know that two days before your monthly cycle and one to four days after your monthly cycle, the average woman will experience a rise in nature because of hormone changes? It would be easier to chart on the calendar and safeguard yourself with friends and family around you at this time. Why go through months or years of guilt. The minute you recognize those dates are coming, you should put your plan of action in place to alter good results.

5. How is your diet? Did you know that chocolate, caffeine and high contents of sugar, etc. ignites your sex drive?

Last, but not least:

6. What kind of spiritual state was I in?

    A. When was the last time I've been in the presence of the Lord? Did you notice I didn't say to church! Because just going to church on Sunday and Wednesday won't give you all the help that you will need. You must strive to get into his presence every day!

    B, When was the last time I took the Word of God into my heart? Remember, when the Word and His presence is in your heart, they will dominate the flesh. If one or more of theses areas of stagnation is present in your life, you will fail every time and fall into sin. BUT IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND TAKE CONTROL OFYOUR EMOTIONS! If you can see the pattern you can stop the plot of action.

  I have known my daughter-in-law, Judi, since she was a teenager. Watching her grow into a mature and creative adult has been a pleasure. She is a successful singer, wife, mother and dress designer. Her home, where she often hosts Bible studies, is a masterpiece design of her creation. We are all generally proud of our children, but I say this about Judi because I remember when she felt like she could do very little, and had few talents to offer the Lord. The truth is, God has given talents to each of us. We cannot all sing or design a home that looks like Judi's, but we can develop the talents God gives us for his glory.

  Life is an ongoing process, a gradual growth in grace and in the talents God has placed within us. The talents we use change from season to season so there is a lifetime to develop them. God will bring to surface at the proper time talents that laid dormant for years.

  You never need to say, "What's the use now - my life is half over?" As we press on in our walk with God, we realize that what he has for us is far too much to cram into the first thirty, forty or fifty years of our lives.

  "There is a time for everything," Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, so keep looking for and developing new talents. God will bring them out in you, as you yield yourself to him. Read Ecclesiastes 8:1-7 AUTHOR Nancy Corbett Cole

  If money is the answer for everything, what is the question? Money, we know, cannot ensure health, happiness or immortality. It cannot buy peace of conscience or loving relationships. Yet it is not to be despised. Money supplies a thousand advantages. It can support a Christian college, send a missionary to Africa, supply Bibles for China, buy cooling fans for poor people in the city.

  It is not money that is "a root of all kinds of evil," but the love of money (I Timothy 6:10). Jesus condemns money when it becomes an object of devotion equal to God (Matthew 6:24). In his parable of the ten pounds, minas (Luke 19:11-26), the third servant who laid his money away in a piece of cloth was punished because he didn't put his money to work. He didn't even invest it so it could earn a little interest.

  God is the ultimate supplier of all wealth. He puts us in a position where we have money, either by giving us employment, an inheritance, wise investments or perhaps a jackpot because we matched picture cards from a fast-food restaurant. However we got what money we have, God enabled us to have it. Therefore, he has a right to say what we do with the money he gave us.

  The question is, what is my most versatile possession? The answer is, money. God's guideline to those who possess it is amazingly simple: "Command them to do good" (I Timothy 6:18). AUTHOR: Jean Shaw

   Protein is necessary for building your muscles and maintaining good skin tone, healthy hair, strong nails, and virtually every other body part or tissue. Did you know that 75% of your weight, if you took away the water inside your body, is protein? We need to eat proteins because they provide for the transportation of nutrients, oxygen, and waste throughout the body.

  Proteins are comprised of various numbers, and combinations of twenty-two amino acids that we need to live a robust life, but our bodies are incapable of producing all twenty-two. Scientists have discovered that eight essential amino acids are missing, meaning that thy must come from the foods we eat. It just so happens that anima proteins - chicken, beef, lamb, dairy, eggs, and so on are the only complete protein sources providing the Big Eight amino acids in their correct ratios.

  Nutritionists recommend eating nine grams of protein for every twenty pounds of weight, or between sixty and seventy grams of protein per day. Though billions around the world wake up each morning without enough protein to eat, we don't have that exact problem in the U.S. Our problem is that we're not eating from the best sources of animal protein: organically raised cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, venison, poultry, wild-caught fish, dairy, and eggs.

  Grass-fed red meat is leaner and lower in calories than grain-fed. Organic beef is higher in heart-friendly omega-3 fatty acids and is an important source of vitamins, like B-12and vitamin E. It is much better for you than steaks and burgers from hormone-injected cattle that chewed on pesticide-sprayed feed laced with antibiotics.

  Fish with scales and fins, caught from oceans and rivers, are excellent sources of protein and provide the essential amino acids. The good news is that, in addition to natural food stores, fish markets, and specialty shops, these days supermarkets are making fresh, wild-caught fish available.

  Eating quality proteins supports weight loss. It slows the movement of food from the stomach to the intestine. Slower stomach emptying means you feel full for longer and get hungrier later. Secondly, protein has a gentle, steady effect on blood sugar as compared to the spike in blood sugar that you get after eating a rapidly digested carbohydrate food such as white bread or a baked potato.

  Choosing high protein foods that contain healthy fats, such as omega-3s, will help the heart as it helps the waistline. But here is a word of caution: Don't go overboard eating proteins to the exclusion of everything else. Avoiding fruits, vegetables, and whole grains means missing out on healthful fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other phytonutrients.

  Shopping in health food stores, like Whole Foods market or Wild Oats, is becoming more and more popular as people discover the benefits of natural and organic foods versus conventional foods. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. consumers purchased organic foods and beverages in 2005, up from about half in 2004, according to Consumer Reports. During the past decade, sales of organic foods have grown 20 percent or more annually.

  No longer do you have to shop in out-of-the-way stores for organic foods. Major grocery chains like Safeway, Vons, Kroger, Fred Meyers, Ralphs, Publix, Winn-Dixie, Aldi's, and Albertsons are dedicating entire isles to organic foods. Costco has added organic eggs, milk, fruit and vegetables, and wild-caught salmon and tuna. Even Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, is responding to market forces. In 2006, Walmart doubled its organic offerings and developed a plan to encourage fisheries to adopt Marine Stewardship Council practices so that it could sell more wild-caught fish. Sam's Club, owned by Wal-Mart, also began offering "sensational low prices" on organic foods.

  Wal-Mart's entry into the organic-food market could change the shopping landscape in years to come, but for now, many people balk at the cost of going organic. Organic fruits, vegetables, meats, and eggs are more expensive, anywhere from 25 to 200 percent, than "conventional" groceries.

  Yes, organic foods are more expensive, but the taste and quality are far superior and much healthier for you and your family. eating organic foods greatly reduces your exposure to chemicals and pesticides prevalent to conventionally produced food. You can also save money by purchasing organically grown produce in season at farmer's markets and roadside stands, which are often cheaper than the supermarket. (Be sure to ask if the fruits and vegetables are organic and pesticide free.)

  Eating organic food prepared at home is cheaper than taking the family to a fast-food stop like Burger King or a "fast casual" restaurant like Panera Bread. It's hard to get away for under $30 at a typical fast-food joint for a family of four, and the tab is closer for $40 for two parent and two kids at a fast casual restaurant. You could feed the family several scrumptious organic dinners, complete with grass-fed beef or wild-caught fish, for what it would cost to go out one evening at a quick-service restaurant. The family could dine an entire week on home-cooked organic food for the price of a sit-down meal at a well-appointed establishment with linen tablecloths, shiny silverware, and snooty waiters.

  Eating organic food is less expensive than following a special diet or dietetic meal plan. Forbes magazine examined the weekly menus from the top ten most popular diets on the market: Atkins, Jenny Craig, Ornish, NutriSystem, Slim-Fast, South Beach, Subway (yes, the Jared diet of eating low-fat Subway sandwiches twice a day), Sugar Busters, Weight Watchers, and Zone. A week's worth of Jenny Craig supplied meals cost the most: $150.00 per week, the Subway sandwich diet was the least expensive at $79.00. But all ten diets were 50 percent more than the $65.00 that the average American spends on food weekly. Shopping for organic foods in health food or whole food stores provides the surest path to eating foods that God created.

  Another aspect of hygiene that should be addressed deals with the privacy of your bedroom. Obviously, lovemaking is the most intimate behavior between a married couple, but sexual contact also involves extensive use of the fingers at times. Additionally, bodily fluids are exchanged, which is why personal hygiene before and after sexual activity cannot be overemphasized. You can practice advanced hygiene by taking a shower before sexual intimacy, paying special attention  to your fingers and nails. This is especially important for your husband since he will be touching you in your most intimate areas.

  Notice I said "your husband." That's because God created sex to be enjoyed between a husband and a wife. The Bible is clear: "Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex" (Heb. 13:4 MSG, emphasis added). When we stray outside God's guidelines, sexual contact can become a life-and-death issue.

  Within the confines of a monogamous marriage, the transfer of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) is nil - if the couple waited until marriage to begin sexual activity. But if you are not married and are engaged in sexual activity, your actions can lead to disaster. Unfortunately, premarital sex is the norm in today's "hook-up" generation. People casually enter and exit sexual relationships as though they were passing through  a revolving door. The result is a huge increase in sexually transmitted diseases Genital herpes is labeled a silent killer, and it's estimated that 45 million Americans are infected, with up to one million new cases a year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Many people have such mild cases that they are unaware of the presence of infection, which means they infect others without having a clue.

  Then there are a host of other STDs: bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, genital warts, gonorrhea, HIV, human papillomavirus, syphilis, and trichomoniasis. Many STDs lead to conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical cancer and complications in pregnancy. And everyone knows about the scourge of AIDS.

  Couples who engage in unclean sexual practices will unfortunately reap what they sow. Take the practice of heterosexual anal sex. Tim and Beverly LaHaye, authors of The Act of Marriage After 40, took this issue head-on, and I agree with what they say:

  There is one sexual act that we do not favor: anal intercourse. We don't believe God made our bodies for that practice, and the anus doesn't serve a sexual purpose for the body. That act, known as sodomy, is highly dangerous for both partners. Once inside the anus, the penis can become contaminated with disease-producing organisms, thus causing dangers to the man's reproductive and urinary structures. Not to mention the danger to the woman if the man proceeds from anal to vaginal intercourse. God did not make any mistakes when He created our bodies; there is no way to be clean when participating in unclean sexual practices.

  Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son, if a son, then an heir of God through Christ Galatians 4:1-7.

  Do you see that? You can be the next one in line to take over the kingdom? Your bloodline can declare that you are an heir, but you will not sit on your throne and neither will you possess what's rightfully yours until you have been trained and matured.

  No premature baby has the right to walk out of his mother's womb. Even if he decides to walk out, he doesn't have the strength to stand. He can't see. He's totally helpless. He can't walk out before his time. He can't even do it when it is time. His mother's body works hard to push him down the birth canal and into the world.

  God has ordained a person to press you to the next level, and no one else can take that person's place. And if God has placed you in the womb of a particular body of Christ, no one else can carry you. You were in your mother's womb nine months for a purpose. Staying there for the full term ensured that your growth would be complete. That was your place of development, and that's what the body of Christ is for you spiritually. Especially the local body in which you have been placed.

  When you accept Christ and God plants you in a body, it's like an artificial insemination. That body has been chosen to house you until you are mature, and you must stay there until you are mature enough to begin the ministry that God has called you to. That is why God gives us pastors that have a heart after God, who will feed His sheep!

  A lot of people go to the doctor complaining about not getting enough sleep, they want a fix the day they go to the appointment. They say they can't turn their minds off, or they can't fall asleep, so they lie awake most of the night. Others lie awake next to their spouse, with eyes closed but listening to their every inhale and exhale of breath, wondering why they cannot fall asleep and stay asleep.

  Insomnia, which affects more than 70 million Americans, according to the National Institutes of health, is medically defined by these four descriptors:

1. Difficulty falling asleep, especially within thirty minutes of lying down.

2. Waking up frequently during the night, and difficulty returning to sleep.

3.Waking up too early in the morning and sleeping less than six and a half hours over a typical night.

4. Unrefreshing sleep.

  Insomnia is experienced by both males and females in all age groups, but it seems to be more common in women, especially after menopause. Physicians used to view insomnia as a symptom that something was off-kilter in the patient's life, but new evidence suggests that insomnia may not be a symptom of other conditions but rather a disorder in its own right.

  Physicians generally approach the treatment of chronic insomnia with one of three options. The first includes behavioral, which may involve working with a psychologist or psychiatrist. Another form of behavioral therapy applies to stimulus control, which trains couples to use their beds and bedrooms for sleep and sex only.

  Nearly all of insomnia patients request the third option - a prescription for a sleep medication. Patients these days are savvy enough to ask for them by name Ambien, Sonata, or Lunesta, which only validates the power of mass-media advertising. This trio of sleep medications is part of a third generation of sleeping pills that evolved from anesthetic agents in the 1950s. They are extremely sedating and can cause problems if too high a dose is given. Hollywood's Marilyn Monroe slipped into a coma caused by an alleged overdose of sleeping pills.

  The next breakthrough in sleeping pills originated from a drug called flurazepam and marketed as Dalmane. These sleeping pills are derivatives of Valium. Over the past decade, we've seen a third wave of sleeping pills that are effective without the sedating or addicting qualities of the older versions. Ambien comes with a quickly dissolving outer layer to sustain sleep. About 42 million sleep prescriptions were filled in 2005, according to the research company IMS Health, up nearly 60 percent since 2000.

  Doctors should resist handing out prescriptions for sleep medication in a carte blanche manner. Instead, recommend a more natural approach to getting a good night's rest. Such as herbal teas, infusions, and baths, which have a calming effect. You may offer prayer to God to help you sleep. It works better than any pill! Those that are born-again and spirit filled, have the Prince of Peace on the inside, and you should be able to sleep like a baby.

  Ninety percent of American kitchens come equipped with a microwave oven to heat up leftovers or frozen meals. Microwave ovens emit radiation in the form of radio frequencies. When these waves of energy bombard food, the agitation causes molecular friction to occur, which destroys the fragile structure of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes in food.

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates microwave ovens and believes they are safe for use, but the jury is still out on the possibility of a link between microwave exposure and diseases such as cancer. Why take the chance? Why risk it?

  If you want to heat up something quick, an old-school toaster oven saves the day. They heat up faster than regular ovens, use less energy, and are easier to clean.

  Flaxseeds are another fiber source that should be of interest to women. Ground organic flaxseeds are brimming with alpha-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid, as well as linolenic acid, an omega-6fatty acid, which are known as "essential fatty acids," or EFAs. The body needs EFAs to manufacture and repair cell membranes, enabling the cells to expel harmful waste products and regulate body functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, fertility, and conception.

  Dietary essential fatty acids common to flaxseed oil are ultimately converted to hormone-like substances known as prostaglandins, These prostaglandins regulate a host of bodily functions, including water retention, blood clotting ability, nerve transmission, and inflammation and swelling.

  The hulls of flaxseeds contains lignans, which are rich in phytoestrogens (estrogen-like substances from plants) and reduce excess estrogen from binding to receptor sites in breast tissue. This is important because a lifetime of exposure to estrogen is a well-known risk factor for contracting breast cancer. In a healthy body, cells divide at a controlled rate in order to grow and repair damaged tissues and replace dying cells. The body quickly recognizes any abnormal cells and removes them before they can cause harm. Cells are constantly dividing and growing: these around- the- clock activities keep us in good health. But when the body cannot check the growth of abnormal cells, these "bad" cells keep multiplying until a mass of tissue, called a growth or tumor, slowly emerges.

  When lignans are ingested, they work with estrogen and estrogen receptors to bring the body back into balance, and to deal with any excessive or "bad" forms of estrogen that may adversely affect beast health. (Left unchecked, estrogen could result in rapid multiplication of breast cells, which can lead to the growth of tumors.

 Flaxseed is available in meal and seed form. You can also find high-lignin flaxseed oil in the refrigerated section of your local health food store.