Michael’s Musings
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The Path Life Takes
A thing of beauty is a wild horse, As it runs along the way. It doesn’t stop and ponder All it will do today.
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Why Haven’t Christian Pastors and Business Owners Resisted Unlawful Laws and Edicts Issued in 2020?
Sunday School lessonJanuary 31, 2021 San Francisco, Philippines “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10). I believe Daniel had no second thoughts about praying to his God, even when he knew the consequences, he would be lunch for the lions. His loyalty to God took precedence in his life. Nothing came between his duty to God, and certainly not a decree signed by a king. Before this event, his priorities…
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A Scriptural Tithe: A Study of Christian Giving
… a tithe was not an income tax, for income was not tithed nor taxed! Only the increase from the field was tithed, which leaves out revenue earned by other occupations and investments. The value of something you might receive or earn from your job or business might have been taxed, but it was never tithed! Only the original produce from the land, and any animals raised on the land were tithed, not what you earned from their sale. If you did not raise animals or grow crops, a tithe was not required, according to scripture. See Lev.19:23 - 25; 27:30; Num. 18:26 - 31; Deut.14:22, 28; 26:9 - 13
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7,000 Miles of Life Perspectives: Memoirs of Life in the States and the Philippines
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The Writing Process
To those of you who are not serious writers, these questions might have passed through your thoughts a time or two. Why is a quiet secluded spot the best place to do some earnest writing? And, why doesn’t a writer like to be interrupted when writing? Focus and concentration is the short answer. Sometimes an interruption is not a problem for a writer; however, at times even a slight distraction can be the cause of a lost idea, a thought, mental picture, notion, or concept. The loss of concentration often means, what was starting to form in the mind, starting to become clear, has now dissipated, vanished, most of the…