tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:40:05 +0000All things Christian. Have we been led astray by the Christian Right? Coming into a relationship with God through our own work instead of relying solely on theologians. Forming a true relationship with God.http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-166566007240312831Fri, 22 May 2009 21:19:00 +00002009-05-22T18:30:05.829-04:00It would be a miraculous thing indeed if we were solely speaking of Jesus restoring someone's physical sight.  Yet, the power and meaningfulness of John 9 goes beyond that.  Why?  Well, let's think about it for one minute.  What does the act of a person restoring another persons physical sight accomplish?  How does that impact my life?  If I witnessed it myself, I would be awestruck and testify http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/blind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-8550682474210523840Wed, 13 May 2009 12:07:00 +00002009-05-13T08:44:46.376-04:00When I think of the word "love", I think of warm and fuzzy feelings one has for a family member or wife or child.  Basically, love has always been associated with positive and uplifting feelings.However, I have come to see over the years through God's word what love really means.  It always seems that when we pray for something like love and patience, God places people in our lives who are http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-7933602823947256898Mon, 11 May 2009 21:55:00 +00002009-05-12T09:31:43.914-04:00When I ask this question, I think of my own personal experience.  How many times has God delivered me up out of horrid personal circumstances, for me to only turn my back on Him?  Yet, this is the story of mankind, isn't it?  We need only hearken back to those oft forgetful Israelites in the desert. The following is from Psalm 106: 12-15.""Then they believed in his promises and sang his praise.  http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-are-we-so-forgetful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-7585362326777722140Fri, 08 May 2009 15:29:00 +00002009-05-08T12:46:25.437-04:00There is a difference.  Endurance implies the ability to "hold on" to the end or completion.  Yet, perseverance implies the ability to "hold on" and succeed in the mission all at the same time. For example, I ran a marathon once and I endured the grueling 26.2 miles.  However, I finished in over 4 hours.  Others who had finished prior to me were probably already at home, showered, and relaxing http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/perseverance-versus-endurance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-3649597982934154085Thu, 07 May 2009 12:49:00 +00002009-05-07T12:05:21.446-04:00Merriam Webster defines redeemer as: "to buy back, to get or win back, to free what distresses or harms, to release from blame or debt, to free from captivity by payment of a ransom."The initial entry in Merriam Webster has Jesus listed as the reference point of "one who redeems."  Yet, how does this work?  How am I redeemed?  What am I being redeemed from? Do I simply verbalize my love for God http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/redeemer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-6827452272470158977Thu, 07 May 2009 03:26:00 +00002009-05-07T00:00:14.603-04:00After writing my last blog entry and re-reading it, I wanted to re-visit this topic.  I have a feeling that I may have offended some people.  Especially those who have felt the sting of "this life" through the senseless and untimely death of a loved one or someone that has been struck with a terminal illness.  I want to apologize if I offended anyone and tell you that I do not believe these typeshttp://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/am-i-okay-with-being-unknown-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-1018949080112052621Mon, 04 May 2009 14:28:00 +00002009-05-04T11:04:58.123-04:00Today, I wanted to let Oswald Chambers do most of the talking through his May 1st entry in "My Utmost for His Highest."  -Faith— Not EmotionWe walk by faith, not by sight —2 Corinthians 5:7"For a while, we are fully aware of God’s concern for us. But then, when God begins to use us in His work, we begin to take on a pitiful look and talk only of our trials and difficulties. And all the while God http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/am-i-okay-with-being-unknown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-3188366045310278054Mon, 04 May 2009 02:47:00 +00002009-05-04T00:11:40.012-04:00I was thinking today about what to write and I realized that I have a desire to be controversial.  Is there anything wrong with Christians being controversial?  Not if you're trying to imitate Christ! I read a book not long ago titled, The Imitation of Christ.  It's not on a recent best seller list because it was written in 1418 by a Dutch monk by the name of Thomas a Kempis.  It is considered http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/05/controversy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-1988598411121011741Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:22:00 +00002009-04-29T23:20:37.964-04:00I began this entry with the intention of writing about the uncertain life that we all live and should accept.  The only thing that we need be certain of is that God is as real today as he was at creation, when He spoke to Abraham, and when He led Moses and the Israelites through the desert as a "pillar of smoke" by night and "cloud" by day.  If we truly believe God and have that fact burnt into http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/uncertainty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-1897838122740983079Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:56:00 +00002009-04-29T00:56:33.137-04:00So what is so great about light?  Well, it is a great disinfectant!  It readily kills germs and it will cleanse us too, once we develop enough willingness to place our "germs" out there to be disinfected. Once we tell someone else all our dirty little secrets, the power that those secrets once carried vanishes into thin air.  The yoke of oppression we carried around due to those secrets is and http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/light-versus-dark-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-1656180765207957164Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:24:00 +00002009-04-28T09:23:11.975-04:00The Bible and the spiritual world in general are replete with the concept of light and darkness.  Jesus is the "light of the world."  Before God's creation, darkness predominated.  Then God said, "Let there be light!"  Blindness implies darkness and it is mentioned over and over in the New Testament along with many accounts of Jesus restoring sight to the blind.  I think it is quite understood http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/light-versus-dark-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-5047555415449159097Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-04-27T09:25:24.337-04:00Are you asking of God, yet not receiving? Have you found what you are seeking for? And, have you knocked upon the door only to have it not open?Well, if you are anything like I was prior to 2004, you may be asking and seeking the incorrect things and knocking upon doors that are not meant to open. What does this all mean? For me, prior to 2004, all I cared about was me. Really! I was eat up with http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/matthew-77.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-7191327170179221256Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-04-27T02:06:19.373-04:00I attended church today and was happy that we were given free reign to pull out our cell phones and "text" our responses to 2 questions the pastor asked of the audience.  The first question, and I am paraphrasing, was, "Do you believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant word of God?"  We were told that only a small fraction of Americans believe that to be the case.  However, the real time http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/doubt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-1934576991609514186Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:12:00 +00002009-04-24T07:38:49.643-04:00I don't know about you, but this is something I have to constantly keep at the forefront of my mind. I often say that whatever issue or problem I am facing, the answer usually comes in a very specific way. All that is required of me is to continue to be obedient and on the lookout for the answers.For example, when I began writing this blog, I didn't know how or if or to whom I should be sendinghttp://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/spiritual-pride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-5424616342728059449Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:13:00 +00002009-04-22T08:44:58.529-04:00I began a personal journey over 5 years ago after moving to Cleveland. My wife and I had decided upon a church and readily became friends with many of its parishioners. Yet, what initially drew us to this church was the pastor. He had this magnetic spiritual appeal mixed in with an, 'I'm just as broken as you are attitude.'My wife and I became very attached to this pastor. I personally was http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/disappointments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-8142985849081089990Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:22:00 +00002009-04-21T16:21:32.307-04:00In the world we live, freedom is not a guarantee. In the United States, freedom has come at a cost, and usually a deadly cost through war and conflict.However, in the spiritual realm, freedom is available, it's real, and it is powerful. Yet, too many of us are living our lives in a spiritually, emotionally,and psychologically self-imposed prison. We fail to see, because of our spiritual http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2009/04/freedom-is-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284685864024967783.post-8827004293854849563Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:52:00 +00002008-01-24T21:19:23.599-05:00Trials and tribulations cultivate and nurture spirituality and wisdom. At least, this seems to be the case in my own life. I read and was enthralled with Ekhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" and how it seems to speak to one on a certain level. One day while discussing spirituality with a group of people, the thought came to my mind, "Can the concept of spirituality be defined?" I have a degree http://spiritualpowernow.blogspot.com/2008/01/can-spirituality-be-defined.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steven Greer)0