Without Faith, it is Impossible to Please God

Copyright 2005 Daniel N Brown

The Bible says, “Without faith, it is impossible to please God,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is God, and a
rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6).

Therefore, expectation is the key to receiving from God when you
pray. Jesus said in Mark 11:24, “Whatsoever things you desire
when you pray, believe you receive them and you shall have
them.”

Believe you receive when you pray! What good does it do to pray
without expecting to receive? You might as well not pray at all,
for faith is required to receiving what you desire.

Surely, God will do His part when we pray, but we must also do
our part. Our part is simply to believe. So many people are busy
asking God, but never really believing what they are praying for
will come to pass. You can tell by the way they talk, or act.

Most people have been raised to not believe in a positive
outcome concerning anything, and actually, taught to believe in
a negative outcome. It’s a safety mechanism that says, “Don’t
get your hopes up, so if it doesn’t work out, you won’t be
disappointed.”

There’s no logic in that because you will be disappointed
anyway. Now, it’s normal to feel disappointment. It’s what you
do with the feelings of disappointment that’s important, but
that’s another subject.

Believing in a positive outcome is vital to our success. If we
could only believe that God has our best interest in mind and
simply trust that everything will work out, we would see great
results. Life would change in ways we’d never thought possible.
But, most people just can’t believe things will workout for
them. They look at past results and judge their future based on
their past.

It’s a fact that the best predictor of future behavior, is past
behavior. The good news is, that your behavior is a choice. Your
past does not have to equal your future! Just change your
expectations and have faith.

James 2:20 tells us that “Faith without works is dead,” which
means “faith” is an action word. The word “faith” in Webster’s
Dictionary is also translated as “belief.” So, believing is an
action. And, it really doesn’t take any more effort to believe,
than to not believe. It’s just an attitude.

It’s been said that if you truly believe in something (having
faith that it will happen), then it really will happen. A lot of
people don’t completely accept that, but the Bible is clear;
what you believe is what you get. Jesus said in Matthew 9:29,
“According to your faith, let it be done unto you.”

He didn’t say we would see the manifestation of our prayers
immediately. We must keep believing and not waver, “For a man
who wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. Let not that man think that he shall receive anything of
the Lord” (James 1:6-7).

Expectation is the key to receiving from God when you pray! If
you are not going to expect God to act, then don’t pray at all.
It’s ineffective and displeases Him when you don’t believe.
Remember, Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith, it is impossible to
please God.”

God will do His part when you pray, but only if, you do your
part, and that is simply to believe.

Effects Of Cigarette Smoking

Medical institutions around the world have concluded that cigarette smoking is related to many health problems. A recent study showed that smokers have a very high risk of acquiring lung cancer than non smokers. Major problems related to cigarette smoking include cancer of the throat, lung cancer, oral cancer, various lung problems like emphysema, chronic smoker’s cough, general oxygen depletion, prematurely wrinkled skin, bloodshot eyes, lack of endurance and stamina, loss of libido and loss of appetite.

Nicotine is the most predominant stimulant and active ingredient in cigarettes. Nicotine is highly addictive, and children and pets may even die by eating cigarette butts and cigarettes. The tobacco smoke contains toxic and carcinogenic compounds like radon and radium-226, which are known to be related to lung cancer.

Another serious health disorder related to cigarette smoking is emphysema. It is characterized by loss of lung tissue, destruction of the structures supporting the alveoli, and the destruction of capillaries feeding the alveoli. As a result, the airways collapse during expiration and cause the air to be trapped in the lungs, an obstructive form of lung disease.

Smoking is more dangerous to women, with smoking causing prematurely wrinkled skin. It is much more dangerous for pregnant women. Extreme cases of smoking may cause miscarriages. If a woman continues smoking during pregnancy, there are chances that the child may be exposed to passive smoking. One symptom of women smoking during pregnancy is underweight children.

Passive smoking is another increasing problem of interest among the common public. It occurs when the exhaled smoke from a smoker’s cigarette is inhaled by other people around the smoker. Cigarette smoke contains tar, which is known to be more dangerous than the nicotine in the cigarettes.

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Consistency in Tennis

CONSISTENCY WINS

Jay from the Middle States wants to help his 12 year old
daughter improve her tennis. He feels her consistency in
practice and matches is holding her back. First of all,
consistency is made up of two components, physical and mental. I
will cover each of these two components in two separate tips.
The physical part of consistency comes from repeated hitting of
certain strokes until a certain level of satisfaction takes
place. Repetitive hitting at targets on the court can do this.
Pros refer to this type of physical practice as “grooving a
stroke”. Remember consistency follows repetition. Consistency
for this example is repeating the same stroke, with the same
finish, the same spin, and the same ball trajectory, landing in
the same area. I find that smaller targets develop better
concentration. For example, cones placed in a square in an area
of the court. For consistent groundstrokes, I like to have
students rally within the lines of the doubles alley. These
kinds of targets allow for different ball heights and speed or
power. Targets that make noise or light up when hit are
excellent motivators. I grew up hitting at the local Community
College’s cement racquetball courts when it rained. There was a
4 x 8 inch window hole in the door to see into the court. I
would go to the front wall and practice hitting shots aimed at
that tiny opening. Proper form or technique wasn’t my goal; my
goal was to be able to find that small target over and over
again. Air targets are even better for consistency. Air targets
are placed near the net so the ball must pass through a desired
area. Usually made of PVC pipe, these targets help the player to
practice control of the ball height and power required to be
able to hit through the target. Other examples I’ve used are to
place a mini-net near the opposite service line. This helps the
player see the amount of height and depth needed to achieve the
target area. Some coaches will cover the net to make it look
like a solid wall causing players to get more net clearance.
Another area about the physical aspect of consistency is
relaxation. The ability to hit a ball consistently in the same
place while under pressure is the mark of a champion. Players
should always exhale when hitting a tennis ball. Try a longer
exhale while hitting by saying the word “yessss” as contact is
made. Breath control helps maintain a relaxed state in which the
body can freely do its job. If choking is considered tightening
up, then breathing should be considered loosening up. Practice
doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect! Remember,
repetition is boring but necessary, so make it fun and watch the
improvement.

The Single Most Important Thing in Web Hosting

The Web hosting industry is less than a decade old, but already we’ve seen dramatic changes in the attitudes and priorities of customers. In these few years, the concerns of my clients have switched from, “Who’s the best?” to “Who’s the cheapest?” to “Who’s going to be around for a few years?”

So, in this competitive world of web hosting where there are gigantic web-hosting companies to small-dedicated companies, how do you make your company stand, how do you grab a customer and hold it on for years to come.

The golden key this is Customer Service, Support and Satisfaction.
Most hosting companies are tech savvy enough to provide adequate support to their customers, sure enough. However, the quality and warm service here faces a set back. It is true that answering support requests through a ticket desk or email absorb a generous portion of a host’s daily activity. This may be time consuming and may cause the companies to neglect this area of service.

However, quality customer support can be a newer web host’s weapon when competing with the larger web hosts who may own several dedicated servers or perhaps even their own data center. Quality customer support is the trump card you have complete control over to set yourself apart from the competition. As a matter of fact, some larger companies lack in this area simply because their clients’ numbers are too large.

How does one accomplish this? It’s actually quite simple but requires a stern dedication to satisfying the client.

Fast and complete answers to customer’s queries.

Tickets and support requests should never be one line or one-word answers. Many times this will require your client to resubmit their ticket and cause both frustrations for them and loss of time for you. If the ticket is answered correctly the first time, then the problem is solved that much faster and efficiently…and this is what clients want. They want fast responses and complete answers to their queries. Do not belittle their request with standard one line jargon.

Make the customer feel important.

Always thank the client for submitting a request to support or sales. Open each response to a ticket or sales inquiry with, “thank you for contacting us.” And then go on to answer the request…accurately.
Always end your answer with “Thanks for writing in. Please contact us if we can help you further.” This makes an unforgettable first impression on the client.

Advance Notice of in case of Downtime.

Never fail to inform your clients of scheduled downtime. They will appreciate it. The irritable feeling one gets when they log on to their site and get that dreaded white page is a very powerful deterrent to NOT use a particular host’s service. When your server is down, be the first to let them know. Have a mailing list of your clients’ off server contact emails for a quick email blast informing them of any issues.
Fast Response.

Ability to answer a customer’s question is very important. But to answer their queries with professionalism, politeness and resolution is just as important and often overlooked in web hosting industry.

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There Is Bass In The Grass

Did you ever plan that fishing trip to the big lake, then when you got there you realized you had no idea where to start fishing? Too much ground to cover, right? Let’s break it down a bit to simplify it.

The first thing you want to look for is cover; something that ‘looks’ like a good place for a bass to hide. Depending on the time of day, they will probably be there.

Quite often, you will see stumps and reeds sticking up out of the water. These are easy and obvious spots to fish, and you should definitely fish them. But you also want to look for something that is not always so obvious: grass.

Sometimes you will see grass sticking up near the shore line, and it may extend out from the bank several feet, maybe even many yards. You want to fish these areas very thoroughly early in the morning and in the evening. Also, fish these areas as well on cloud covered days and cooler days when the bass may stay shallow.

Don’t pull your boat in at a high speed, just get close enough where you can drift in or use a trolling motor to quietly work your way to the cover. It’s very easy to spook fish in grass near the shore.

Be sure to look in the water around you and under you to see how far out the grass extends. You will likely find some other vegetation, like hydrilla, which is a good place for bass to hide. These areas need to be fished thoroughly.

As the day goes on, the fish will usually start moving away from the shore to deeper waters. If the grass and hydrilla extend out quite a way from the bank, start backing away from the bank in search of the bass that are moving to deeper water.

Don’t get in a hurry. Use a good weedless lure and work it very, very slowly through the grass. Painfully slow. I suggest you use plastics that will sink slowly. This way you can come across the top of the grass slowly, and the bait will fall into holes in the vegetation. When this happens, hold on tight.

Let the bait sink and don’t move it for 10 or 15 seconds, or more. Then, when you do move it, just twitch it a little by jiggling the tip of your rod. The idea here is that you are trying to get your lure to imitate an injured bait fish. This is a deadly action that will entice even the most stubborn bass.

You can also fish the edge of the grass with other lures that are not so weedless, as long as you be careful not to cast the lure into the grass. This will only frustrate you with hang ups and lost lures. For this, I would recommend spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

So, next time you go the that ‘big’ lake, try this method as a starting point. It should help you get on the bass quickly and make for a much more enjoyable trip.

EzineArticles Expert Author Michael Russell

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How to Build a Shed

Nothing gives homeowners more joy than building their own sheds with their own designs and craft in their own gardens and lawns. Apart from satiating the creative palate, designing one’s own shed also saves money.

Sheds can be easily built using the shed kits that are widely available. These shed kits include all the frames, siding boards, doors, windows and other fixtures that go into building the shed. They are also available in all three material varieties that are commonly used to make sheds, including wood, poly vinyl carbonate, and metal. Building a shed from a shed kit gives a person some creative liberty and the satisfaction that a self-accomplished job provides.

If one is enthusiastic enough, then a shed can be built right from scratch. Shed building only requires basic carpentry skills coupled with a sense of geometry. Simple tools like hammers, saws, screwdrivers, levels, drills are required with material such as wood for siding, shingles for the roof and doors and windows. But the most important input for building a shed is time and patience.

The preliminary step for shed building is marking the site. Care should be taken that a perfect square (or rectangle) is outlined on the ground. This can be checked by measuring the diagonals and verifying if they are equal in length. Sheds don’t need very strong foundations; a simple layer of concrete would do. But if the ground is prone to be frozen in winter, then the concrete foundation must be thinner. Also, there must be some attachment of the shed with the ground, or else a gust of heavy wind might just knock the shed down.

Next step is the erection of the framework. The framework must be accurate and carefully checked for horizontality and verticality. Readymade frames are available that can be fixed with screws. Once the framework is in place, the siding boards are placed. The most demanding aspect of shed building is erecting a perfect perpendicularly aligned frame. Doors and windows are erected at desired places and are fixed with hinges and screws. The final step is the attaching of the roof. A flat or a sloping roof is easier to attach than a shingled roof.

Sheds can be then painted in chosen colors to complete their look. For a touch of aesthetics, there are several creepers and trellises that may be grown on the walls and windows. Once a shed is built, the decoration and external appearance of the shed can be done in various creative ways.

Building a shed on one’s own not only saves money, but also gives creative satisfaction. Joseph Truini has written a detailed book on the subject called “Build Like a Pro: Building a Shed” that contains detailed information on shed building.

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How to Plan a Cheap Vacation in the Bahamas

A trip to the Bahamas does not have to also mean a trip to a
loan officer. The beautiful islands offer vacations for every
budget. Even those with little to spare can make their way to
the white and pink beaches by finding a cheap Bahamas vacation
online. Websites such as Priceline and Hotwire are great places
to start looking for a cheap Bahamas vacation These websites
generally offer all-inclusive vacations, which helps to make the
shopping experience easier. There are also plenty of other,
lesser-known websites where travelers can find amazing deals on
rentals, plane tickets, and more.

A cheap Bahamas vacation rental does not have to mean a lower
standard of living. Consider Cookies Cabanas, a guest house on
the beach of Cat Island. The home features a bedroom and bath
with a double bed plus a hideaway bed and sits just 20 feet from
a restaurant. Even better, this vacation home is only $90 per
day. This low-priced home sits on an island considered one of
the most beautiful in the Bahamas with high cliffs,
densely-forested foothills, and 60 miles of deserted
pink-and-white sand beach.

In addition to cheap Bahamas vacation rentals, the Internet also
offers many Bahamas vacation deals. Once again, vacation
websites such as Priceline, Hotwire, and Orbitz are always
publishing new Bahamas vacation deals. These websites often have
last-minute vacation deals that offer spur-of-the-moment
travelers a lower-price airline ticket so that the airline
company can sell as many seats as possible.

Regardless of whether the traveler is leaving immediately or
planning a vacation months in advance, it is always a good idea
to purchase vacation packages on websites such as these, as
packages often mean a savings over vacation arrangements
purchased individually. The Bahamas is no longer a vacation
destination only for the well-to-do. Thanks to online vacation
websites, cheap deals can be found to suit any budget.

Get Rid Of Air Pollution In Your Home With House Plants

Do you know that formaldehyde, a colorless, pungent-smelling gas can cause severe health effects to us? Sources of formaldehyde are:-

- environmental tobacco smoke and combustion sources (burning wood, kerosene and automobiles)

- preservatives in some paints, cosmetics and coating

- finish used to coat paper products

- pressed wood products and furniture made with these pressed wood products

- certain insulation materials such as urea-formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) and fiberglass insulation

- durable press drapes, other textiles, and glues.

Wow! Looking at the list, there must be plenty of formaldehyde in our home! The scary part is formaldehyde can cause watery eyes, burning sensations in the eyes and throat, nausea, and difficulty in breathing when exposed at elevated levels. It has also been shown to cause cancer in animals and may cause cancer in humans. Health effects include eye, nose, and throat irritation; wheezing and coughing; fatigue; skin rash; severe allergic reactions. High concentrations may trigger attacks in people with asthma.

Since research shows that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, be sure to keep our home well ventilated all the time. Besides that, try placing the following plants in your home:-

- Chrysanthemum

- Dracaena

- !vy

- Boston fern (Nephrolepsis Exaltata)

- Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus Lutescens)

- Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Comosum)

- English Ivy (Hedera Helix)

Apparently, NASA in 1973 has made an experiment to find a solution to maintain air quality inside confined spaces and the results show that the above plants are able to remove pollutants from the air. Since different plants absorb different pollutants, it will be a good idea to mix a minimum of two plants per 100 square feet of floor space. Of course, there are no harms in having more (not in bedroom though, you will need the oxygen at night!) as long as you know where to place them.

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10 Benefits Of Submitting Your Articles To Ezines

1. You’ll brand your web site, business and yourself by submitting articles to ezines. You could include your name, business name, your credentials, web site address and e-mail address in your resource box.

To find publisher you can submit your articles to, you can simply visit Google and enter a keyword phase that describes your target market (e.g. business owner) plus the work newsletter or ezine: +”business owner” +newsletter

2. You will become known as an expert on the topics you write about. This will give you and your business extra credibility which will help you compete against your competition.

3. Your article might also be placed on the publisher’s home page. If they publish each issue on their home page this will give you some extra exposure.

To make it easier for the publisher, provide also an URL to a web page with your article on it. The easier it is for the publisher to use your article, the higher the chances that they will do it.

4. You might get extra exposure if the ezine publisher archives their ezine on their site. People might want to read the back issues before they make the decision to subscribe.

5. You will get free advertising. This will allow you to spend your profits on other forms of advertising. You could buy advertisements in other ezines that don’t publish your articles.

6. You might get extra income from people wanting to hire you to write other articles, books, or even ask to speak at seminars. This is a great way to multiply your incom^e.

7. You could allow ezine publishers to publish your articles in their free e-books. Since people give them away, your advertising could multiply all over the internet.

8. You will get your article published all over the web when you submit it to an ezine publisher that has a free content directory on their web site. They’ll allow their visitors to republish your article.

Another option would be to submi^t your article to article directories. To find article directories that you can submit your articles to, you can again simply visit Google and search for: “article directory”

9. You’ll gain people’s trust. If they read your article and like it, they won’t be as hesitant to buy your product or service. You will then be able to increase your profits.

10. You could get your article guaranteed to run in an ezine. You could agree to run one of their articles in your ezine if, in exchange, they run yours in their ezine. It’s a win/win situation.

Tip: If your article recommends one of your own resources, offer the publisher a percentage of each sale for publishing your article. This could be done by using a special order link, or if you have an affiliate program, by allowing the publisher use his one affiliate link.

Resources:

To find publishers quick and easy, you can use a service like the Directory of Ezines at: http://add2it.com/see.pl?ezines

To submit your articles to numerous article directories and to save you the time to fill out the forms manually at their sites I personally use and recommend the EzineAnnouncer software. You can find it at: http://add2it.com/see.pl?EzineAnnouncer

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Free Spyware Removal Tools

There are many pseudo spyware removers out there, which intend to infiltrate your system under the pretence of an effective spyware removal tool. Many such spyware removal tools lured users and trapped them inside their own computers. Systems slowed down, crashed or were filled with spam. This reiterates the fact that users have to be extremely careful in choosing their free spyware removal tools.

Tools for effective spyware removal include those which scan, detect, eliminate and protect the system from potentially dangerous stuff. The first of these is of course, a spyware scanner like Spybot which routinely checks your system for unwanted material. Make sure you use a pop-up blocker for your internet browsing engine.

Spyware Doctor is a powerful anti-spyware tool that can be downloaded for free into your system. It prevents any malicious and dangerous software from installing themselves on to the computer. This tool enhances your PC protection three fold by advanced scanning, blocking real-time threats and making your system immune to many known spyware. Some of its key features include the Spyware and Adware Scanner, Pop-up Blocker, Malware Immunizer and the Browser and Spyware Cookie Guard.

Trend Micro Anti Spyware is a free online tool that checks and treats any spyware infections on your computer. To use this tool, the computer will need an installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

TZ Adware Spyware Removal Tool will perform entire system scans to protect your user information on the internet. It recognizes almost all kinds of spyware known to experts today and cleans your registry, memory and hard disks. And all it takes is a click on the mouse. It also has a Startup Manager and features multi-language support. You can also create a back up of removed items and restore valuable information, in case they have been removed. This is effective against Trojans, Adware, Trackware, hijackers, dialers and viruses.

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