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Stuck In the Mud

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Rest and RestorationDon Colbert, M.D.

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The Penny

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Straight From The Heart

All of us go through difficult times in our lives, and like a ship in a storm, we need help to remain steady. A ship has an anchor to help it hold steady, and in Hebrews 6:19, it says that the anchor of our soul is hope.

When you and I base our hope firmly on God and His Word, we may feel the wind and waves, but in the end we will not be moved.

During a storm, hope gives us the ability to look at things as they are and still be confident that something better is coming. That makes hope a very powerful and important quality for you and me to have—especially in times of trouble. In fact, I believe it’s the foundation that our faith must be built on.

In John 16:33, Jesus said that in this life we would have tribulation. No one—not even God—can promise that we will never have to deal with disappointment or trouble. But the important thing is that we never stop hoping. Maintaining a positive attitude and holding on to our hope puts us in a position to see God’s miracle-working power.

Romans 8:28 says, …all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. I can remember a time in my life years ago when I had a negative, hopeless attitude. My whole philosophy was that if I didn’t hope for anything good, then I wouldn’t be disappointed when it didn’t happen. I had been hurt

and abused a lot while growing up, and I thought that I could protect myself from more pain by thinking that way. Thankfully, I learned to place my hope in God and believe for the good things He had planned for my life!

The enemy would love to do the same thing to you—to get you to stay focused on all the pain and disappointment you’ve experienced. Why? So that you give up hope and expect bad things to happen for the rest of your life. But you can learn to say no to his plan of despair for your life and choose to say yes to God’s plan of hope. In Jeremiah 29:11, it says His plans for you are for a good future and to give you hope!

This month, as we celebrate Father’s Day, I encourage you to get in agreement with your Father in heaven and say, “I receive God’s bless-ings for me and I will walk in His plan for my life, because my hope is in Him.” Defeat the enemy by firmly placing your hope in God and fighting back with the promises in His Word. As you read this month’s magazine, I pray you will make up your mind that God is good, that He has a good plan for you, and that you are going to have it!

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ContentsVolume 21 | Number 6 | June 2007

Straight From The Heart

TV Broadcast Schedule

Jesus In Everyday Life

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America At Its Best

Real Life Perspectives

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The Word of Their Testimony

By David L. Meyer

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Are we really making a difference? Yes! But don’t just take our word for it. Read these amazing stories of new life and new hope from people worldwide.

Stuck In the Mud

By Joey Hipp

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Do you feel trapped in a certain situation in life…like you’re never going to break free? Don’t give up hope. There is a way out!

Where Change Begins

By John Maxwell

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Just as the headlights on a car light the road ahead, what goes on in our head lights the way to change in our lives.

Rest and Restoration

By Don Colbert, M.D.

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Life can be a dream—if you’re awake to enjoy it. Discover the eye-opening value of a good night’s sleep.

The Penny

By Joyce Meyer

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Whet your appetite for a good story with a select slice of Joyce’s very first novel based on her own life.

Secrets to Trusting God

By Joyce Meyer

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Learn how taking steps of faith causes your faith to grow and enables you to see the glory of God like never before.

World Missions Guest Feature The Leader’s Edge

Health Matters Feature Article Bonus Feature

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Revelation 12:11 says that we overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. There is such power in not only speaking out what we believe but also proclaiming to others what great things God has done in our lives. Each month, through our ministry magazine, you hear from us how your support is trans-forming people’s lives all around the world. Now we want you to hear from them. We believe you will be blessed by Rani’s story, which represents thousands of precious people each year who benefit from our foreign-language books. In addition, we have included just a small sample of the thousands of letters we receive each month in response to our groundbreaking outreaches around the world. Are we really making a difference? Yes! But don’t just take our word for it…sit back and enjoy these amazing testimonies from the very people your support is reaching—people who are expe-riencing new life and new hope because you have decided to give. Friends and partners, you could never put a price on things like freedom, hope or salvation. But somehow, as we join together and give our best, God takes it and makes a miracle…and He uses it to transform hearts and lives all across the globe. Thank you for all that you do to make testimonies like these a reality. God bless you!

A Life Restored…and a Dream Come True Hi, my name is Rajlaxmi Khanvilkar (Rani), and I am thirty years old. For ten years I was one of India’s top models. However, years ago, I suffered a major setback in my life that haunted

me and left me scarred for a long time to come. It made me doubt myself and stripped me of any self-worth entitled to a human being. I felt judged, and I felt like I wasn’t good enough. As a result, I totally gave up on life. I had it all—glamour, fame, money, and I got to travel the world with my work. I was even part of a successful business family and had parents who embraced God in all spheres of their lives. Yet, in spite of having all that, it was not enough to save me from the demons in my head. Peace was not mine. I had faith in God, but the devil had succeeded in shaking my faith. At that time, I was seeking answers and was even talking to God. I begged Him to send an angel of mercy. I pleaded with Him to save me, hoping He would make me live again. I looked many places for answers…I read tons

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Abeer, Saudi Arabia“I am a twenty-two-year-old Saudi girl. Unfortunately I was born to a Muslim fam-ily. I have been watching your programs for a while, and I want to thank you for your excellent effort to expose the lies of Islam and reveal the truth about Christ. Words are not enough to express my gratitude for rescuing my life from ignorance and for enlightening my path. As a girl in a Muslim society, I badly need you to help me take further steps towards living my life in Christ Jesus.”

Hossein, Iran“I am twenty-six years old and got saved four months ago through your TV programs. One of my friends named Alireza had got saved about twenty days earlier than me. So we both started sharing what we had learned with our friends and family. After we gave our hearts to Jesus, He set both of us free from drugs. Later, we found a river near our small town and we baptized each other!”

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of philosophy and spiritual books in the hope of getting some peace, but nothing really helped. I was lost and I needed help…and only God could have helped me. And He did! I don’t know how or when, but I came across a book by a lady named Joyce Meyer. I had never heard of her, but her book was definitely sent to me by God. I had been seeking God and pleading with Him, but little did I know that she was part of the answer. It’s said that God talks to you through various ways—and I believe that. You’ve got to just listen and have faith that He will answer. So, I read Joyce’s books and, to cut a long story short, God spoke to me through her books and gave me a reason to live…a reason to say, I am worth all that is bestowed on me by God’s grace! Joyce’s teachings just hit home, and God used them to strengthen me. Every time I would read them, I just broke down into tears of love and gratitude. Through these books, God helped me to get up and begin marching forward—something which seemed impossible before. One might have all the riches and glamour in the world, but without inner peace, it amounts to nothing. But God used Joyce Meyer to give me a new lease to life. Basically, I got my life back! And ever since, everything has fallen into place! Her books gave me everything back…and that was God’s will for me. For me, Joyce Meyer was an angel sent by God. I am forever indebted to Joyce who had unknowingly transformed my life. She is truly a godly woman, and through her books, she has blessed my life. It was at that time that I asked God for something special. I said, Lord, before I die, my wish is to see Joyce just once in person. I asked Him this long before I ever knew Joyce had her ministry in India or had plans to visit Australia in the future. Three years ago, I gave up the glamour world and made a shift. I moved to Australia where I studied architecture and also hair salon management. By God’s grace, I will hopefully be opening my own salon and spa soon. When I came to Australia, I was seeking a church like Joyce Meyer Ministries. While attending one church for the first time, I was handed a brochure. Lo and behold, I see Joyce Meyer’s photo and it says she is coming next week for a talk. This was my sign; this was the church I was looking for. I could not wait to see Joyce in real! January 20, 2007, is a date I will remember fondly for the rest of my life. On this day, I was not going to work because I wanted to go to Joyce Meyer’s talk at the church. But my manager called at the last minute, asking me to come in and replace another stylist who had called in ill. I was not supposed to work that day, since I was going to see Joyce that evening, but God had other plans for me. So, I went in to work and told them I had to leave early at any cost, and they agreed. That day, I was looking after a client, when a striking lady walked in. I did a double take and went hysterical when I realized IT WAS JOYCE MEYER! Having been a public figure in my country, I know how funny it can get when you are recognized. But I totally forgot all about that. Let me state that if any other star or even the president had walked in, I would not have batted an eyelid! But here is JOYCE MEYER—the woman I had yearned to see for years!

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Susan, South Africa “Satan had kept me in a state of depression for many years. But then my sister bought every one of Joyce Meyer’s teachings, and they are setting me free! Her series Battlefield of the Mind is what finally helped me beat the depression. God is helping me to use this newfound knowledge to beat this and help me overcome all the wrong thoughts. Thank you so much to all who are involved in this ministry and for the work that you do…keep on going!”

Elena, Russia“I began to watch your programs and my life changed completely—and it gets better and better every day! I feel the presence of Jesus in my life and I see the fruit of it. Thank you also for your books which have fed my faith and given me answers to my questions. My mother and sister also accepted Jesus as the Savior through your programs. Thanks to you, three souls in our family were saved. I love you so much and pray for your well-being. Thanks a lot!”

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JUNE 2REMOVINGHINDRANCESTOBEINGBLESSEDDon’t miss these inspiring teachings on how you can clear the way for God’s blessings in your life. James and Betty Robison will be Joyce’s special guests to talk about this exciting topic.

JUNE 3 – 16LETGO&LEARNTOENJOYAre you tired of trying to make things happen in your own strength? Learn how to abide in Christ and receive His transforming power.

JUNE 17 – 23JOYCEANSWERSYOURQUESTIONSDon’t miss this broadcast as Joyce answers your questions about how you really can learn to enjoy your everyday life.

JUNE 24 – JULY 7THEBATTLEFORYOURFUTUREDiscover the way out of long-standing problems and how to be set free to change your generation for Christ.

JUNE 4 – 8ALIFEOFFAITHPastor Phil Pringle joins Joyce on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the foundational elements of faith and trust in God. Learn how to lift your shield of faith and see God’s faithfulness in action.

JUNE 11 – 13THEHOPEOFSEEINGCHANGEDon’t give up hope. Change is coming and it may be a lot closer than you think…if you will only believe! And don’t miss Tuesday’s special broadcast as Joyce answers your questions about her exciting new book, The Penny, her first novel, drawing from her own experience of a life changed by God!

JUNE 14 – 15DESTINYALTERINGDECISIONSGod has a fabulous future planned for you, but in order for it to become reality, you must learn how to make right decisions—especially at the crucial crossroads of your life.

JUNE 18 – 22LOVELANGUAGESGary Chapman is Joyce’s special guest this week to talk about how different people express love in different ways and how you can express it in the language your loved ones understand best!

JUNE 25 – 29ME&MYBIGMOUTH!Does it seem as though your mouth has a mind of its own? Learn to harness the power of your words and make them work for you!

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Visualize a crazy fan reacting when they see a star. Bashfully I admit, I came across like that. But I am sure that Joyce knew I was someone who was in awe and had gratitude toward her and her work…and for sending me the Lord’s words through her books. To me, she was the angel I prayed for. Think of this—the day I was not scheduled to work, the other girl reports in sick and I am called in. I go to work and Joyce walks in for an appointment just twenty minutes later! Of all the hotels Joyce could have stayed in Sydney, she was staying in the one I worked at. Of all the salons Joyce could have gone to, she walked into mine. And Joyce stated that normally when she travels, she never gets her nails done—so chances of her walking into my salon were very slim. I don’t believe in the word coincidence. This was God answering my prayer! And He answered it tenfold! I not only saw Joyce, but I spoke to her one-on-one and I even got a hug! I booked Joyce to have her appointment with me, but needless to say, I was so ecstatic and shaking with joy and disbelief that I could not perform what I was doing and asked my colleague to complete it for me. God says, “Ask and you shall receive.” I had completely forgotten that prayer I had prayed many years ago, but God didn’t…and He answered it. I know now that nothing is impossible in God’s world. Joyce, thank you so much for helping God talk to people through your books, DVDs and television programs. You have no idea what an impact you have made in my life. Yes, I know it is God who does it, but you were and are His link. You are God’s woman, and I am blessed to have met you. Thank you, Joyce…and thank you, Lord!

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Rani RaniSydney, Australia

Hossein’s “Favorite Program” At twenty-five years old, Mahnaz had a rough life. Her husband, who was a drug addict, divorced her when their son, Hossein, was only two years old. Since that time, she carried such anger from her past that she sometimes beat her son. Recently Mahnaz began watching Joyce’s program, which is translated into the Farsi language and broadcast throughout Iran. But she wasn’t the only one. Her son, Hossein, who is now seven, also watched the program regularly…and learned more about God than his mother ever imagined. When Mahnaz got angry, Hossein began crying out, “Mom, in the name of Jesus, do not beat me!” Soon, things began to change. In fact, just recently Mahnaz gave her life to the Lord. Today, Mahnaz says that every time Joyce is on TV, Hossein places a pillow on his back and makes himself comfortable to watch his “favorite TV program.” “I really love that American lady,” he says. So now they sit down together to watch the show that brought peace back to their house…and brought hope into their lives. E

Fawzy, Egypt“I have had a very strict point of view about ladies preaching. At the beginning I resisted Joyce aggressively and I watched her just to mark out her mistakes. Little by little I started to sense the power of the Holy Ghost in her teaching and the great love she has for God’s people. Today I enjoy and benefit from this anointed teaching and watch to the very end.”

Ronaldo, Brazil“In 1995 I lost my Mom, and three years later my Dad got killed. I began to do drugs and ended up bringing much pain to others’ lives. But then God came into my life and I eventually ended up going into a rehabili-tation clinic. However, even though I had a relationship with God, I was still fighting some battles, so I started to read one of your books. I can tell you that my life just changed completely! I thank God for your life and for your teachings!”

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Satan will do everything he can to convince you that you’re in too deep…that you’re so stuck you’ll never be free. Don’t believe it.

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Sometimesthingshappeninourlivesthatcauseustosinksofardownthatitleavesusgaspingforbreath.Haveyoubeenthereandgot the T-shirt to prove it? You’re not alone.Lifeisfullofuncertainties,butonethingisforsure—Jesusneverfails!Hestickswithusevenwhen we’re stuck. And if we stick with HimandHisWord,Hewillsurelybringusout.Letmeshareapersonalstorytoillustrate. When I was in the third grade, we movedfromthecitytothecountry.Mydadboughtafifty-one-acre farm in the Mobile, Alabamaarea.Itwasgreat.Ihunted,fished,rodehorsesandhadplentyofplacestoridemymotorcycle. OneafternoonwhenIwasaboutfourteen,mycousinDerryandIdecidedtogotrailridingonourmotorcycles.Afterridingforawhile,we decided to take it to a new level. So, weheaded off to the new path that the powercompanyhadjustcutthroughthewoods. Aswerodethroughit,weapproachedasec-tionthatwasveryswampyandmuddy.Itwasaboy’sdream.Andtoourdelight,therewasnowayaroundit—youhadtogothroughit. Atthispoint,Derrystartedbraggingabouthismotorcycle.He thoughthisbikewas the

baddestthingaround.SoIprovokedhimtogofirst.Iknewifhecouldmakeit,Icould.ButIsurewasn’tgoingtogetmybikestuck. Well, Derry backed up and got a runningstart.Bythetimehehitthemud,hewasfly-ing. He looked like he was skimming acrossthetop,shootingaroostertailofmudtenfeetintheair.IgotsoexcitedthatIstartedscream-ingforhimtomakeittotheotherside. Everythingwasgoinggreatuntilhehit astumpunder themud.At thatpoint,heandhismotorcycle started sinking fast.Before Iknew it, his bike had completely sunk. Theonly thing that was sticking out of the mudwasthebacktaillightandthefrontmirrors.Itwasnotaprettysight. Igotoffmybikeandwadedoutthroughthemudtotrytohelphimpullitout.Itwouldn’t

budge.Wetriedtohookaropetomybikeandpullitout,butitwashopelesslyburied. Frustrated and tired, we both got on mybikeandheadedbacktothebarntoseeifwecouldfindsomethingthatwouldbeusefulingettingDerry’sbikeunstuck.Whilewewerecleaningmybikeandplanningournextmove,mydadcamearoundthebarn.Seeinguscov-eredwithmud,hewantedtoknowwhatkindofmischiefwewerein.Whenwetoldhimthatwe had been trail riding, he noticed thatDerry’sbikewasmissingandaskedwhereitwas.Oncewetoldhimitwasstuckinthemud,itwasalldownhillfromthere. Daddy yelled, “We’ve got to get that bikeoutnow.It’sgoingtobedarksoon.”Ilookedatmydadandknewthathewasnotdressedfortheoccasion.Hehadonnavy-bluedoubleknitdress pants, a white silk shirt, white high-glosspatentleathershoesandawhitepatentleatherbelt. Isaid,“Dad,youbetterchange.”Heputhisforehead tomyforeheadandhisnose tomynoseandscreamed,“Wedon’thavetime!Let’sgo.”Ibackedaway,threwmyhandsupintheairandsaid,“Okay.”

Now, I knew that where we were goingDad’s tractorcouldn’tgo,soI toldhim.Thatwas a very big mistake because once Daddyhashismindmadeup,youarenevergoingtochangeit.Again,hegotface-to-facewithmeandsaid,“ThisisaFordtractor,andthisbabycangoanywhere.”SoIbackedawayanddidexactlywhathesaidwithoutquestion. Youshould’veseenhimdrivingthattractoracross thefieldwith thosehigh-glosspatentleathershoesonwhileDerryandIhungontothefendersfordearlife.Itwasasight. Once again, we started down the powerlinepath.Aswetoppedthehill,Dadslammedonthebrakeandshouted,“Wecan’ttakethistractordownthere;areyoucrazy?”IwantedtosayI told you so,butIknewitwouldbefarbetterformetosaynothing.

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Daddy climbed down off the tractor andsaid, “We’vegot togopull itoutbyhand.” Iknewthiswasnotgoingtobegood.Westartedwadingoutintothisseaofmud,butbeforeIcouldsayaword,mydadsteppedintoaholeandsunkuptohiship.Hetriedhardtopullhis footout,but the suctionof themudwastoogreat.Whenhefinallyfreedhisfootandpulledittothesurface,therewasnoshoeonit.Hemotionedtomewithhisfingertocomeclose. It was another one of those “nose-to-nose”moments. He grunted and then shouted, “Somebodybetterfindmyshoe.”DerryandItookadeepbreath and went under the mud. We lookedliketwokidsbobbingforapples.EventuallyIcameupwiththemud-filledshoeandshoveditbackonDad’sfoot.WecontinuedonourtrekuntilwereachedDerry’ssubmergedbike. Igrabbedthefront,DerrygotthebackandDadtookthemiddle.Wegave itaheave-ho,but nothing happened. We got a better gripand tried again, this time making a littleprogress. But the suction power of the mudwas strong. It seemed like the harder wepulledupthemorethemudpulleddown. Afterseveralunsuccessfulattempts,Daddysaid,“Getoutofthewayboys.Thisisaman’sjob.”Westeppedbackandlethimhaveatit.Now,youhavetorealizethatmydadwasabigman—aboutsixfeettalland280pounds. Hesteppeduptothatbike,floppedhisbellyontopoftheseat,andreachedonearmunderthe front and the other under the back. Hetook a deep breath and started to pull withgreatforce.Littlebylittlethesuctionofthe

mudbegantoloosenitshold.Beforeweknewit,Daddyhadbrokenthegripofthemudandfreedthebike.HelookedlikeasumowrestlerashewadedthroughthemudcarryingDerry’sbikeinhisarms. Whatonceseemedimpossiblewasnowareality.Whatwecouldnotfreeourselves,Daddyfreedforus.Ifyouarestuckinadifficultsituation,don’tloseheart!Thereishope!“Daddy”Godwillgetyouout,andunlikemyDad,Hewilldoitwithakind,lovingattitude. When King David found himself stuck in a situation, heturnedtotheLord.InPsalm40:1,2hesaid,I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand (NIV). IencourageyoutoletDaddyGodpullyououtofthesitua-tionyou’restuck inandsetyouonsolidground.You’llfindvictoryifyou…1. Don’t bite the bait! Satan will do everything he can to

convinceyouthatyou’reintoodeep…thatyou’resostuckyou’llneverbefree.Don’tbelieveit.Heisaliarandthefather of all lies. Believe your heavenly Father—He willneverlietoyouorleaveyou!

2. Don’t bow down! Your enemy wants you to accept yoursituation—togiveupandthrowinthetowel.Don’tdo it.Youhavethespiritofawarrior.Thebloodofkingsflowsthroughyourveins.Thegreaterpowerlivesinyou—exer-ciseitnow!

3. Beardownonthesituation!Putintensepressureontheenemybypraying,trustingGodandspeakingHisWord.Asyoudo,Godwillchangeyouandyoursituation! E

Joey Hipp traveled across America and into foreign countries for eighteen years, preaching, praying and bringing hope and healing to the hurting. In 2004, he and his wife, Penny, founded Cross River Church, a multicultural nondenominational ministry in Mobile, Alabama, where he is lead pastor. www.crossriverchurch.com

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There’s a popular opinion that says followers resist change and leaders like change. That’s not true at all. Most of the time, leaders like change only if the change is their idea! Very few people prefer change for the simple reason that change requires more work than maintaining the status quo. If we are going to change an organization, we must begin by changing ourselves. Change is not a “once and for all” kind of thing—if only it were that easy. No, changing ourselves is a lifelong process. Not only that, but we must be intentional about how we want to change. I have found the following statements to be true:

1. When you change your thinking, you change your beliefs. The following strategy has been particularly effective in helping me bring about change in my thinking. I’ve trained myself to think in ways that are…

* Positive - This allows me to look for the best and receive the best.

* Creative - This allows me to find answers when others quit looking.

* Bottom-line - This allows me to prioritize and get rid of busy work.

* Simple - This allows me to communicate my thoughts to everyone.

* Practical - This allows me to apply prin-ciples to everyday life.

* Continual - This allows me to assimilate everyday experiences into projects that are “on the table.”

2. When you change your beliefs, you change your expectations. Belief is the knowledge that we can do something. It’s the inner feeling that what we undertake, we can accomplish. For the most

part, all of us have the ability to look at some-thing and know whether or not we can do it. So in belief there is power—our eyes are opened, our opportunities become plain, and our visions become realities. There are two fundamental beliefs we must have before we begin to see change. First, that change is possible. Second, that change is profit-able. Until we believe that both are a possibility and that the change will ultimately be in our best interests, our ability to change is crippled. I also believe… * God has a plan for me. * God wants me to fulfill that plan. * God will help me succeed in that plan. * I can know God’s plan for my life. * I can experience God’s blessing on my life. * I must change to grow with God’s plan for my life. * When I grow, those closest to me grow as well. * When my inner circle grows, my organization grows. Changing the leader precedes any kind of organizational change. Until then, invest the time necessary to explore those areas of your life where you are resisting change. You may just discover the roadblock in leading the change process at work. EThis article is used by permission from Dr. John C. Maxwell’s free monthly e-newsletter, Leadership Wired, available at www.injoy.com.

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insomnia and other sleep disorders. As a result, over 50 percent of the American population will experience daytime drowsiness. Thanks to modern technology, we live in a world where day and night no longer matter—we can work and play around the clock. However, that is not the way God created our bodies to operate. Rest is vital for the maintenance of our physical and mental health and overall well-being.

When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep… You increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Lack of sleep affects your body’s ability to process carbohydrates, leading some people into a prediabetic state. You become clumsy or “sleep drunk.” Lack of sleep slows your reaction time, shortens your attention span, and impairs your memory, your decision-making process and your coor-dination. In fact, people who go for nineteen hours or more without sleep score significantly worse on performance and alertness tests than people with a blood alcohol level of .08, which is legally drunk! You may jeopardize your job. According to the National Commission on Sleep Disorders at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, sleep deprivation costs an estimated $150 billion a year in higher stress and reduced work-place productivity. An employer would never tolerate drinking on the job, but many people come to work after getting too little sleep, thus functioning as if they were drunk. You endanger your life and the lives of others. Sleep deprivation is responsible for at least 100,000 accidents a year, and 50 percent of Americans admit to driving while drowsy. Studies show huge peaks in the number of accidents caused by people falling asleep at the wheel in the middle of the night and smaller peaks in the middle of the afternoon. You invite disease. A host of physical conditions are associated with lack of sleep, including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic pain syndrome, autoimmune diseases, hypertension, obesity, heart attacks, stroke, premature aging, depression and other forms of mental illness. You jeopardize your marriage. Something as simple as lack of sleep can even contribute to the breakdown of the important relationships in your life. Studies show higher rates of divorce among people who don’t get adequate sleep. There are plenty of negative reasons to improve your sleep habits, but there are also many positive reasons to change bad sleep habits to good ones.

What Sleep Does for the Body First of all, adequate sleep regulates the release of important hor-mones, such as the growth hormone. This hormone not only regulates growth in children, but also helps control fat in adults. When you don’t sleep enough, its production is disrupted. Leptin is another hormone that is secreted during sleep and directly influences appetite and weight control. So lack of sleep may well be one of the causes for problems with weight control. Another very important benefit of sleep is that it boosts the immune system. It has been shown that people who sleep nine hours a night instead of seven have greater than normal “natural killer cell” activity. These killer cells destroy viruses, bacteria and cancer cells.

Sufficient sleep does wonders in helping you deal with stress in daily life mentally, emotionally and physically. This, in turn, lowers your risk of disease and makes you a happier, less anxious person in general. Sleep also slows the aging process. When someone tells you that they need their beauty rest, they aren’t kidding! And how well a person sleeps is one of the most important predictors of how long they are likely to live. The truth is, getting enough sleep not only benefits you but also benefits those around you. In

order to be successful, responsible stewards of our bodies and love others, we must get adequate amounts of sleep. How much sleep should you get? Adults need seven to nine hours each night without interruption. Most people find that eight hours is perfect. Any less and you feel drowsy at some point during the day. Any more and you may feel unnaturally sluggish. Begin paying attention now to your sleeping habits and patterns and identifying things that may be hindering you from getting the right amount of rest. Next month we will talk about practical steps you can take to ensure you are getting a good night’s sleep. E The number one complaint I hear from patients who come into

my office is, “I’m tired.” As a society, Americans are chronically sleep deprived. At the Walt Disney World theme parks, the most important hours of the day are when the gates close and the guests go home. Big lights go up, and massive crews of workers repair and clean every ride, walkway and concession stand. When the gates open again the next morning, the parks have been completely renewed. A similar process takes place every night in your body. During those precious hours of sleep, your body shuts down its daytime activities and goes to work repairing and restoring itself. Your immune system recharges, major organs are restored, old cells are replaced with new ones, and your mind relaxes and organizes its thoughts so you can wake up in a healthy physical and mental state to begin a new day.

Now imagine what would happen if Walt Disney’s parks stayed open all night and cut their repair times short. Eventually, the parks would be unsafe, unsanitary, run-down and heading toward financial disaster. Lack of sleep is just as disastrous for you as an individual because it takes a toll on your health. A good night’s sleep is some of the best medicine you can ever take for your health, and it’s free!

Living On the Edge The shocking truth is that an estimated 50–70 million Americans live on the brink of mental and physical collapse due to lack of sleep. It is es-timated that over 60 million people struggle with

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Two years ago my husband underwent extensive sur-gery to remove a tumor in the joint of his jaw. He was in surgery for seventeen hours, and they removed the entire joint and a third of the jawbone itself. There was much more to the surgery and the reconstruction; however, that is not the story. The real story is how God took care of me and my husband before, during and after this calamity.

The tumor, which is called a chondrosarcoma, was discovered during an MRI for something else in March 2005. We were sent to the Huntsman Cancer Center in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah Hospital Com-plex. After many tests and much conferencing, it was discovered that the tumor was malignant and slow-growing, but the doctors believed it had not invaded the brain. Needless to say we were both pretty shook-up. However, being believers filled with the Holy Spirit, we

stayed close to each other and God. But that’s not to say we both didn’t still have our “moments.”

We were celebrating our forty-fifth wedding anniversary by taking a cruise to Mexico the following month. We decided to still go and just not talk or think about the cancer diagnosis. When we returned, the surgery was scheduled for June 14. During those two months, I became closer to God than ever before. Actually, I have you to thank for that. I have watched you for years and have lots of your books and tapes. So I went through them and chose what I needed. I read Be Anxious for Nothing and your little book Peace. But I think the book that helped me the most was The Secret Power of Speaking God’s Word. I read and reread the scriptures on anxiety/worry, health/healing, peace and many more. During my daily Bible reading, I would search the scriptures. Then I’d write them on 3x5 cards and carry them with me so I could read them whenever I needed. When I felt fear or anxiety, I’d read my favorites, like Isaiah 41:10, 13 and Psalm 56:3; 57:1.

I remembered you talking many times about 1 Peter 5:6 and Philippians 4:6,7. During a particularly emotional prayer session, God spoke to my heart that He wasn’t through with my husband yet and wouldn’t take him from me. After that I had the most wonderful peace in my heart because I knew my husband would come through this. I had such faith in God’s Word and His promises.

I made a 3x5 card for my husband to carry to work in his shirt pocket each day. One side had Isaiah 41:10 and the other had Isaiah 41:13. He carried that card every day. It was in the pocket of the shirt that he wore to the hospital the day of his surgery.

The surgery was a complete success! The cancer is gone, not expected to return. My husband didn’t need chemo or radiation therapy. They used his abdomen

muscles to build a support for the remaining left jaw. So instead of a “six pack,” he now has a “three pack”! He went back to work in July, just five weeks after the extensive surgery. He is a Gideon and is once again speaking in churches. He also speaks to the inmates at the Bonneville County Jail on the first Sunday of each month, and he only missed one Sunday.

God has been so good to us. We attribute every circum-stance…every direction…every decision to Him. I have only been able to share some of this wonderful story, but there is so much more to tell of God’s involvement. I thank God with all my heart. He and you brought me through this, and I will be forever grateful. My children couldn’t believe the peace and calmness I had going into this or during it, but I had God’s Word and promise. I knew everything would be okay! God is awesome!

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There are two things I will always remember about summers in St. Louis. One is walking barefoot on pavement so hot that I could pop the tar bubbles with my toes. The other is the penny that led me to know how important the little things in life can be. The penny had led me to knowing Miss Shaw, and knowing Miss Shaw was what started things changing between Daddy and Jean and Mama and me. The streetcar had pulled away when I first saw the penny lay-ing wheat-side-up on the ground. I wasn’t accustomed to picking up pennies, but something inside me insisted, Pick it up, Jenny—little things make a big difference. I knew it without a doubt: This moment has something to do with my destiny. To this day I wonder what would have happened if I’d left that penny where it was. What if I’d grabbed it the first time around without stopping to think? The copper had melted its way clear into the asphalt. I pried the hot coin out of the roadbed with my fingernails, the penny branding my palm right in the middle of Grand Avenue. That’s when the Pevely Dairy truck braked to keep from hitting me, which sent both full and empty milk bottles toppling sideways. A dozen or so shattered onto the street as milk splattered everywhere. A woman lugging her baby in a car bed stepped outside the dime store just as the last three milk bottles fell. “Oh my word!” the woman said, shielding her child from the onslaught. When she swung, she blindsided Bennett Mahaffey, who was headed home with his favorite Elvis Presley record, That’s All Right (Mama), tucked beneath his arm. The blow struck Bennett hard enough to knock the record from its jacket. The disk hit the sidewalk and wobbled downhill toward the line waiting at the Fox Theater box office. Bennett took off after it. Every Wednesday just after five, Miss Shaw rearranged her display windows at Shaw Jewelers—two doors north of the theater. Anyone who cared to could watch her removing a necklace here, a bracelet there, angling a set of earbobs, pushing a ring closer to the center. Occasionally she would step out to gaze at the displays herself. On this particular day, Pete Mason saw Miss Shaw eyeing her windows from a bench where he was sitting across the street. He had watched everything: the dairy truck, the swinging of the car bed, the crowd buying tickets for the picture show. He watched the stranger step off the curb, making a beeline for Miss Shaw. He watched the planned sleight of hand, the lift-ing of the necklaces from Miss Shaw’s glove, and the thief bolting for cover into the box-office crowd.

Pete plunged into the crowd after the thief at precise-ly the moment Bennett Mahaffey made a successful grab for his record just as the fleeing looter tripped

over him. “These yours?” Pete scooped up necklaces from where they’d flown to the sidewalk.

“They are.” Miss Shaw held out a gloved hand. “Thank you so much.” It all happened in front of me, unfolding like a dream, where nothing’s tied together but, in the end, the pieces make sense some way. I closed my fingers over the penny, which had cooled in my hand. A moment to define my destiny. That’s when I saw Pete Mason nod his head toward me. Miss Shaw glanced in my direction and shot a warm, curious smile…

OtherPeople’sHands All my life had been shaped by other people’s hands. Daddy slapping me, Mama never hugging me, Jean pointing a critical finger at me. I believe when you look close at a person’s hands, they help you figure out who a person is on the inside. Jean’s slender, unmarred fingers with her nails filed into the shapes of crescent moons tell me that if something looks imperfect or frightening, Jean doesn’t like to see it. Mama’s cuticles peeled raw and the empty finger where her wedding ring should have been if Daddy had ever bought her one tell me that she turned loose of expecting anything long ago. Daddy’s broad, callused palms and his swollen knuckles tell me he uses the flat of his hand to get what he wants and that he hangs on hard to things he thinks ought to be his. And my own hands were a miniature version of Daddy’s—stubby fingers shaped like his—but I know in my heart I am not like him. What clues do they tell about me? That these are the hands of a girl who feels something unnamed waiting inside to get out, something bigger than she can hold. A girl who keeps hearing in her head that she might be asked to do something great in the world someday. A girl who has a deep desire to use her hands to help other people, but she can’t see how that would ever happen.

QuestionsIDidn’tWanttoAnswer Mixing people from two St. Louis neighborhoods was like stir-ring water and oil—no matter what color or ethnic background. We remained loyal to the people who lived in our quarter. Daddy would have slapped me silly if he knew I sometimes headed across town where my friend Aurelia lived with her daddy, Eddie Crockett (who played trumpet music), Eddie’s sister, Maureen,

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I was raised in a home of satanic ritual abuse and every other kind of abuse imaginable. Not only did it affect me but also my children, who were put through the same thing. In 1997 I found out I had multiple personality disorder (MPD), along with many other things. But Jesus reached down and sent me a man (who is now my husband) who introduced me to R.W. Schambach Ministries tapes. Through that, I was introduced to Jesus as my Savior. I accepted Jesus into my heart on my lawn mower one day. From there, my new journey began. In 2000 I left my then abusive husband, moved to Tampa and found Without Walls Church, which is where the miracles began. Through their teaching I was led to deliverance, where my willingness—coupled with God’s grace and mercy—began working on me. I was made whole for the first time in my life. Then the attacks and stumbling started because I still didn’t feel I deserved the Lord’s love or forgiveness, regardless of what everyone told me. I was blessed to see you at my church’s conferences and felt a “pull” toward you. I started watching your TV ministry and realized that a lot of what I felt, you had gone through too. This past Christmas my husband blessed me with your new Bible that I was longing for since it came out. In just this short time, I have learned so

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much from your personal insight that I feel this year is going to bring a total transformation in my life. The first place the Lord led me to read was Isaiah 58-61. I meditated on those scriptures, along with your insights, daily and have been speaking aloud the prayers and claiming God’s Word in a truly different way than I ever have. I am grateful for your sincerity. It is helping brighten my light in the Lord. I’m also grateful for your faithfulness in hearing and following the Lord all these years. Like you, we want to help as many people as we can. Our dream is to someday open houses for men and women who’ve been victims of this kind of abuse. I’m believing God for this to be the year my children and I will be reunited. I haven’t been able to have contact with them since I was diagnosed with MPD ten years ago. I’m also believing God this year for the financial breakthrough we’ve been waiting for so we can partner with you. I pray one day I’ll be able to meet you in per-son to show you my true appreciation for all the hurdles and sacrifices you’ve made to help people like me. My heart and prayers are always with you and your family. Thank you! You’ve truly given me hope where there wasn’t any. God bless you and yours always.

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and her two cousins, Darnell and Garland. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t talk to anybody at school again. I’d start making friends with other

girls and they’d ask questions I didn’t want to answer, like whether my parents would bring refreshments to open house or if I could meet them after classes for hamburgers or if I’d ever been to a sleepover, which meant they wanted to be invited to my house. So I’d tell them they were crazy thinking I’d be interested in doing anything with them. I couldn’t let any friendship flourish with girls who expected to be invited to my house. Although Daddy had never threatened to hurt any of my friends, he had hit Mama, Jean, and me plenty of times. I didn’t want to chance Daddy doing something to anybody else. Aurelia was different. I didn’t have to protect her from befriending me. Daddy would have beat me good if he found out I talked to a Negro girl, but Aurelia would never ask to spend the night with me.

AureliaandtheAntiochBaptistChurch This thing with Aurelia had grown from a series of quick whispers and giggles in which she had shared details of her family. I felt like I had known them a long time before I met them. I would never have been able to tell anybody about my own. One morning I took a detour from an errand to the A&P. I hadn’t thought about it being Sunday until no one at Aurelia’s duplex answered the door. From the porch I could hear a trumpet playing, so I listened before I rang the bell again. The door swung open just as I was about to leave. “Well, bless my soul,” Eddie Crockett said. “You come to see Aurelia?” I nodded. “Don’t you know it’s Sunday morning? She goes to church on Sundays.” I’d passed the pretty Antioch Baptist Church before. Every so often, Aurelia would talk about the messages she heard there, saying how the words lightened her heart and lifted her up higher than this world. I just couldn’t pass that church, knowing Aurelia was close by. With the way Daddy acted about us leaving, I never knew when I’d be able to get over here again. I tried to get a look inside, but every window was too dark, until, all of a sudden, I got to a clear patch. A pulpit stood at the front of the pews, and a purple banner that read HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER hung above the choir members’ heads. I spotted Aurelia, who also saw me and asked, “Girl, what you doin’ here?” “Looking for you,” I said. “Come inside.”

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“You’ve got a seed of greatness in you,” Reverend Monroe bellowed with enthusiasm. His eyes radiated kindness and his plainspoken manner made me listen. “You’ve

got a seed of victory planted by God inside of you.” I already told you how I kept hearing whispers about great-ness in my head. I’d be in my bed at night, after Daddy left the room, and I’d think about it so hard, hoping it would make every-thing else go away. Someday you’re going to do something great. But I also assured myself I was stupid to believe that. There could never be much good in me, I thought, not with Daddy doing those things to me. Reverend Monroe continued, “Do not be afraid, you will not suffer shame.” His sweet, kind eyes centered on mine. “Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth.” If you only knew. My shame will never go away. The preacher continued, “The Lord saves His anointed; He answers them from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand. Their faces are never covered with shame.” Suddenly I realized that me standing in this church had every-thing to do with finding the penny. If I hadn’t found the penny, I wouldn’t have come over here to tell Aurelia about it. Reverend Monroe kept saying that Jesus believed in me. He kept saying how, if you believed in Jesus, He could make the stains inside you go away. But the stains from what I let Daddy do had soaked deep, and nothing could fade them. The ache in my heart grew bigger than anything I could put a name to. I had only come here to tell Aurelia that if I hadn’t picked up the penny, nothing about my life would have changed. If I hadn’t stopped, I wouldn’t be here now. For the first time ever, I felt something gentle take my soul in its hands. For the first time, I forgot to listen to the taunts inside my head. When Reverend Monroe encouraged people to come forward and pray the “prayer of salvation,” my legs moved of their own accord. I invited Jesus into my heart. I asked Him to help me trust in Him because I sure wasn’t doing very well trusting myself. I asked Him to show me what He wanted to do inside me to make me great, because if something didn’t hap-pen to make that obvious, then I sure wasn’t going to figure it out. I never gave away that first penny I found, but I gave away a lot of others. Sharing hope with other people when they were hurting, sad, or lonely made a big difference in how I felt about myself too. God did such an amazing work inside me, I never stopped wanting to share it. In my shirt pocket, there is a wheat penny, not worth much to anybody else, but it is of great worth to me. I touch it with my fingers, feel its weight, and I am fourteen years old all over again. E

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In Romans 1:17 and Habakkuk 2:4, we are told that the just, or righteous, man will live by faith. Now, you may look at someone who you think has great faith and say, “I sure wish I had faith like that to live by!” The reality is, you have all the faith you need. In Romans 12:3, God’s Word tells us that He has given a certain amount of faith to every man. So faith, or trust, is something that each of us has—we cannot function in this world without it. The more we operate in trust, the more relaxed we are and the more enjoyable our lives will be. Actually, you and I exercise faith all the time. When you think about it, you’ll realize it even takes faith to do something as simple as sitting in a chair and believing it will hold us up, or driving a car and trusting we will arrive safely at our destination. The question is: What are we placing our faith in? If we trust in ourselves, we will probably spend a lot of time reasoning and worrying. If we place our faith in other people, we will probably spend a lot of time being disappointed. What we put our trust in is our choice, but as believers, God’s Word makes it clear that our faith should be in Him and Him alone. Jeremiah 17:7 says, [Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. I believe that God has given each of us enough faith to do whatever He has for us to do. The key is learning to take steps of faith over time and, through life’s experiences, to use what we’ve been given and cause our faith to grow.

Steps of Faith Faith operates in a realm that is beyond human reasoning. It’s the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things that we can’t see, touch, hear or feel (see Hebrews 11:1). So when God speaks to us to do something that requires faith, we need to do two things. First, we must choose to trust God regardless of what we perceive with our senses, and second, we need to step out and obey Him. We can’t do one without the other and expect the right results. In fact, I believe that stepping out and obeying without trust is what causes many failures. For example, my husband, Dave, has faith in areas I don’t. There have been times when I felt that I had to do something the way he did because I was afraid that I would be judged as not having faith if I didn’t. Those were times of failure for me! It’s foolish to pretend to have faith when we do not. If we are struggling to trust God, we need to be honest and tell Him. Like the centurion who asked Jesus to help his son in Mark 9:24, we

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can say, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief,” and He will help us. But this does not mean that we won’t have to stretch our faith at times. Often we have faith that we haven’t been using, and we need to exercise it even though it’s uncomfortable for us. For instance, my family has a goal to increase our missions giving to a certain level. Every time we take a step to move toward that goal, it’s a stretch, and it makes us uncomfortable. But we’ll never reach our goal if we don’t continue to step out in faith each time God prompts us. On the other hand, it can also be a stretch of faith to wait on God and not step out. Part of getting ready for what I’m doing now was quitting my job to prepare for ministry when God told me to. Not going to work was one of

the hardest things I ever did. It meant I wasn’t earning the money we needed to help pay our bills. But when God told me to quit working, I chose to trust Him—I took a step of faith and quit my job. I was very uncomfortable, but it was during that time of stretching that I learned how to trust Him for literally everything.1

Jesus had to choose to trust God under difficult circumstances too. He could have delivered Himself from the cross, avoiding the pain and discomfort, but He didn’t. There would have been no salvation for you and me if He had made that choice. Just as Jesus went to the cross for our sakes, sometimes God asks us to do hard things so He can use us to bless others in a greater way. Just because something is hard does not mean that it isn’t God’s will. In Luke 5:1-6, Jesus instructed the disciples to come out into the deep and get ready for a haul. In order to catch all God had for them, they had to take steps of faith that stretched them beyond their comfort zone. The same thing holds true for us.

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Time and Experience Trust is not something we learn to do auto-matically. It is developed over time and through experience. For example, when two people get married, they go through experiences together, and they learn that they either can or cannot trust the other. During the first few years of our marriage, I learned a lot about Dave. I already had a son from a previous marriage in which I had been aban-doned. Dave never treated him any differently than the three children born to us as a couple, so I learned to trust him as a father. I also learned a lot about trusting God during the six years we were living from paycheck to paycheck. Not once did He ever fail to come through, so I learned to trust Him as my provider. Even Jesus had to learn faithful obedience through His experience. Hebrews 5:8 says, Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered…. And going through experiences and learning from them takes time. We don’t just learn to trust God all at once. He doesn’t want us to just trust Him for things—He wants us to trust Him through things. The problem is that we have our way and our timing and God has His. And God’s timing often includes more waiting than we would like. During the wait we often get confused and frightened, and the enemy attacks us with doubt and un-belief. It’s very important that we cast our care upon the Lord and keep believing while we wait on God’s timing for good things to come into our lives.2 The fact is, even if things don’t happen the way we would like them to or when we want them to, we can decide to keep on believing no matter what—because God is faithful. Only Believe Whether you are being challenged to take a step of faith or being stretched in a time of waiting, the thing you must do is, only believe!3 In every situation remember the words of Jesus “…if you believe, you will see the glory of God” (John 11:40 NASB). Don’t be discouraged if your trust in God seems small. As you continue to use it, your faith will grow beyond what you ever thought possible. Just remember, faith grows over time and with experience—if you will only believe. E(1) See Psalm 37:5. (2) See 1 Peter 5:7. (3) See Mark 5:36; Luke 8:50.

Many law and history professors and uninformed historical writers commonly assert that John Locke was a secular political writer or a deist—someone who acknowledges the existence of a God but denies revelation and the divine origin of the Scriptures. Often, these claims are made without the logical effort of studying Locke or his writings directly. (Rather, the views of other writers who wrote about Locke are studied!) If you have such a professor, or hear such assertions, here are a few helpful facts and questions you can use:

•FACT: In 1669 John Locke assisted in the drafting of the Carolina constitution under which no man could be a citizen unless he acknowl-edged God, was a member of a church, and used no “reproachful, reviling, or abusive language” against any religion.1

QUESTION: How can the constitutional requirement that no one can become a citizen unless he (1) acknowledges God; (2) is a member of a church; and (3) doesn’t attack religion, be considered a secular political philosophy?

•FACT: Many of Locke’s political ideas were specifically drawn from British theologian Richard Hooker (1554-1600), whom Locke quotes heavily in approbation throughout his own political writings.2

QUESTION: If Locke draws so heavily from (and frequently cites) a theologian throughout

his own political works, how can it be true that his political philo-sophies were totally secular?

•FACT: In his most famous political work, Two Treatises of Government, Locke set forth the belief that successful govern-ments could be built only upon the transcendent, unchanging principles of natural law that were a subset of God’s law. For example, he declared:

“[T]he Law of Nature stands as an eternal rule to all men,

legislators as well as others. The rules that they make for other men’s actions must…be conform-able to the Law of Nature, i.e., to the will of God.3

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John Locke was an English theologian and political philosopher whose life spanned from 1632-1704. He authored numerous works that influenced America, including the original constitution of Carolina, 1669. But his writing that most influenced the Founders’ philosophy in the Declaration of Independence was his Treatise of Government.

DIDYOUkNOW… Locke’s Treatise (actually two separate exposi-tions combined into one book) is less than 400 pages long. In the first treatise, Locke invoked the Bible in 1,349 references, and in his second treatise, he cited it 157 times. Imagine! In the primary work influencing the Declaration of Inde-pendence, Locke referred to the Bible over 1,500 times to show the proper operation of civil govern-ment. No wonder the Declaration has been such a successful document!

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“[L]aws human must be made according to the general laws of Nature, and without contradiction to any positive law of Scripture, otherwise they are ill made.“4

QUESTION: How can Locke’s declaration that the laws of legislators must be conformable “to the will of God” and that human laws cannot contradict “any positive law of Scripture” be considered part of a secular political philosophy?

•FACT: While many today classify John Locke as a deist, secular thinker, or a forerunner of deism,5 previ-ous generations classified John Locke as a theologian.6

QUESTION: How can the charge that Locke’s political philosophies were totally secular be squared with the fact that he was long considered a theologian?

•FACT: John Locke’s many writings included a verse-by-verse commentary on Paul’s epistles. He also compiled a topical Bible, which he called a Common Place-Book to the Holy Bible, that listed the verses in the Bible subject by subject. Then when antireligious enlightenment thinkers attacked Christian-ity, Locke defended it in his book The Reasonableness of Christianity as Delivered in the Scriptures. And then when he was attacked for defending Christianity in that first work, he responded with the work A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity. Still being at-tacked two years later, Locke wrote A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Chris-tianity.7 No wonder he was considered a theologian by his peers and by subsequent generations!

QUESTION: How can a theologian who wrote so many books on the writings and doctrines of the Bible and Christianity (and who frequently cited the Scriptures in his political writings) also be a writer whose political philosophies were totally secular?

•FACT: Significantly, during the Founding Era when it was charged that Locke was a secular writer, it drew a sharp response from

law professor James Wilson— a signer of the Constitution and an original justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Wilson declared:

“I am equally far from believ-ing that Mr. Locke was a friend to infidelity [a disbelief in the Bible and in Christianity8]…. The high reputation which he deservedly acquired for his enlightened attachment to the mild and tolerating doctrines of Christianity secured to him the esteem and confidence of those who were its friends. The same high and deserved reputation inspired others of very different views and char-acters…to diffuse a fascinating

kind of lustre over their own tenets of a dark and sable hue. The consequence has been that the writings of Mr. Locke, one of the most able, most sincere, and most amiable assertors of Christianity and true philosophy, have been perverted to purposes which he would have deprecated and prevented [disapproved and

opposed] had he discovered or foreseen them.”9

QUESTION: How can the charge that political philoso-phies were totally secular be explained with the claim by such a prominent legal au-thority that Locke was “one of the most able, most sincere, and most amiable assertors of Christianity”? EThis article is reprinted with permission from David Barton and WallBuilders. The original article and the original sources for notes (1) through (9) can be obtained online at www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=124.

THEYSAIDWHAT? Declaration signers, such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush and many others sang John Locke’s praises.

James Otis—the mentor of both Samuel Adams and John Hancock—identified the source of many of the signers’ ideas when he declared: “The authority of Mr. Locke has…been preferred to all others.”

Richard Henry Lee, also a signer of the Declara-tion, declared that the Declaration was “copied from Locke’s Treatise on Government.”

John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, affirmed: “The Declaration of Independence [was]…founded upon one and the same theory of government…ex-pounded in the writings of Locke.”

WHATYOUCANDO Don’t just swallow the negative claims made about our Founding Fathers. Arm yourself with truth—take some time to personally study who they really were, what they really believed, and what they really did. This Father’s Day, as you honor your father and thank God for his positive influence in your life, remember to thank God for our Founding Fathers and their positive influence on our country. No, none of them were perfect; they had their share of weak-nesses and flaws too. Still, their hearts were after God—desiring His will to be done in and through the United States of America. We can certainly learn a lot from their example.

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Has God ever spoken something very strong in your heart? He did to me in November of 1998. While sitting in my closet praying, the Lord spoke to my heart and said, “I am moving you and your family to St. Louis to work for Joyce Meyer. Your gift will be a blessing to her, and you and your family will be blessed greatly.”

Wow! Was that really God? He had never spoken to me that way before. Repeatedly, His words rang in my ears for weeks. The strange thing was, I had yet to fill out an application or send in my resume. But by January of 1999, I did. Within weeks my references were being called. I was in awe. Could God have really spoken to me? I thought. Is He really moving us to St. Louis? A new journey of faith began to unfold. March came and I was contacted by the ministry. After two interviews by phone, I was sent a sample writing assignment. After sweating it out for three weeks, I received word that they liked it. The next step was a face-to-face interview, which was eventually set to take place in June. I couldn’t believe it! What God had said in my heart was actually happening, and rather quickly. Excitement, hope and joy filled my soul. My faith had risen to an all-time high. Then…the bottom dropped out.

Shattered Dreams On May 12, 1999, I received one of the most discouraging phone calls of my life. “Vincent, I am sorry to inform you that the interview has been cancelled. The writing position you applied for has been put on hold for six months to a year.” My heart sank within me. All hope, happiness and faith were gone. What happened? I don’t understand. Things were moving along, and then suddenly it’s over. Allison, my wife, stood faithfully beside me, encouraging me not to give up hope. “If God spoke to you, it’s going to happen,” she said. “It’s just a matter of time.” After three days I mustered enough faith to listen to a teaching tape by Charles Stanley fittingly titled Unshakable Faith. Slowly but surely, God encouraged me as I drove and listened. A ray of hope began breaking forth on the horizon of my heart. Then all of a sudden, WHAM! I found myself in one of the worst accidents ever. My car was totaled, and I was further humiliated to find that the accident was my fault. Feeling totally discouraged, I returned home and discovered that both of our computers broke earlier that day. This meant that the magazine we were getting ready to publish couldn’t be finished. Its theme, ironically, was “Encouragement in the Face of Hopelessness.” Seething anger was now surging. “Where are you God? What are you doing? I don’t understand? Why are you allowing this in my life?” For days on end, disappointment, discouragement and

despair became very close friends. Question after question filled my mind. The biggest one that would haunt me was: Did I really hear from God about moving to St. Louis? I tried with everything in me to forget about St. Louis and working for Joyce Meyer, but it NEVER went away. It seemed like everywhere I looked, I saw St. Louis, Missouri—license plates, garbage can lids, household cleaners, you name it.

Picking up the Pieces God made a way for us to finish that issue of the magazine and taught me a tremendous lesson in patience, endurance and trusting Him. My faith had been put to the test. Each day I had a choice to believe God had spoken to my heart or reject it. I cried many tears and experienced a wide range of emotions, including anger and depression. But deep inside, I wanted to believe, and my willingness to trust in God’s track record kept me going. Over a year had passed; it was now July of 2000. Allison and I had published the last issue of our magazine, and I was looking for new employment. One more time, I thought. I’ll send Joyce Meyer Ministries some updated sample work and call them one more time. That was nearly seven years ago. Since then I have been given the awesome privilege of writing for Dave and Joyce and overseeing her monthly maga-zine, which impacts millions every month. My point: If God has put something in your heart that won’t seem to go away, keep on believing. He will bring it to pass. Cry if you have to…work through anger, frustration and doubt…but don’t give up. God is in the process of s t r e t c h i n g your faith. He is doing something powerful IN you so that He can do something powerful THROUGH you! E

by Vincent M. Newfield A STRETCH OF FAITH

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Asha,

There are two times when the devil attacks us—when we’re doing something wrong and when we’re doing something right. Sometimes we open doors for the devil by doing things we know we shouldn’t. Other times we are progressing in our walk with God and the devil tries to stop us by sending trouble our way (see Mark 4:4-20). I used to try to figure out where my trials were coming from. But I’ve learned to trust God regardless of the reason, and I find it much more peaceful. I do ask Him if there’s something in my life that needs to change or if I’ve opened a door for the enemy without realizing it. If He shows me something, I repent and ask for His help. If He doesn’t reveal anything, then I simply trust Him to help me keep bearing good fruit while He is dealing with my enemies. God is good and the devil is bad. However, everything that feels bad is not actually bad. We often think that anything uncomfortable is something we should not have in our lives, but that is not true. It’s the difficulties we encounter in life that help us get closer to God and grow as Christians. God promises to work out all things for our good if we love and trust Him. I suggest keeping your eyes on the promise rather than the problem. God is with us, and as we trust Him, He will always deliver us from our problems in due time.

Dear Joyce,

How do we know when something is a test from God or an attack of the devil?

Asha

Grandma,

This would be a good time to help your grandson understand that even though all his prayers may not be answered the way he would like them to, God will always love and care about him. These types of situations give us an opportunity to reinforce a child’s belief in a God who is good and loves us even though we don’t always get everything we ask for. A child with good parents knows he is loved even though his parents don’t always give him everything he wants. As parents, they understand things their child doesn’t, and they can’t always explain their reasons for saying no. However, if children know that they’re loved, they can endure difficulties without losing trust or doubting their parents’ love and affection. The truth is, we’ll never have all the answers until we get to heaven—on earth we will only know “in part” (see 1 Corinthians 13:12). There have been many times in my life when God didn’t do what I wanted when I wanted it, if at all, but I know and trust Him enough not to let it damage my relationship with Him. God’s ways are not our ways, and His wisdom is high above ours (see Isaiah 55:8,9). Encourage your grandson in the goodness of a God who is always with us and will never leave us no matter what happens (see Hebrews 13:5). He wants to help us in every situa-tion. Let God use you to reassure your grandson that he’s loved no matter what happens in his life. Even though God did not give him what he wanted, He has something better in mind for him.

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