Dear KKIM Family,
Day 39 of our 40 Day Journey:
Psalm 118:16-17 Old Testament Prophecy
“the right hand of the Eternal has shown His power.
The mighty arm of the Eternal is raised in victory;
the right hand of His has shown His power.”
I will not die. I will live.
I will live to tell you about all the Eternal has done.
Fulfilled in Jesus Mark 16: 6-7
Man in White: Don’t be afraid. You came seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the One who was
crucified. He is gone. he has risen. See the place where His body was laid.
Jesus rose from the dead and was seen by many documented eyewitnesses. God chose to
reveal His plan to redeem mankind, and each of His proclamations about the coming Messiah
has been revealed in Jesus. What is God’s victory that the psalmist described?
It’s the rising of His Son from the grave! AMEN!
Lord thank YOU for my Sharon and the Kid’s and doggies! Thank YOU for my entire family!
Thank YOU for all those that stop by for a CUP each day!
Thank you so much for stopping by for a CUP! We love you all! Let us know how today’s CUP was for you!
Please pray:
Saturday I was called by Mistie Miles to come to her Mom’s house and pray over her. Dena has cancer and I anointed her with oil and prayed over her with the family. See James 5. I have to share with you it was an AWESOME time of peace and healing! So much peace and healing in that house! On the drive over the Holy Spirit was moving in me!!! WOW!! I was shaking in goose bumps, the Holy Spirit brought so much peace and healing into that house! WOW WEE!
Tremendous movement of the Holy Spirit, many cries, much happiness at the same time!!!!!!!!!!!!
To me what hinders peace and healing many times is, NOT ALL CASES, is our lack of receiving what is being offered by God.I repeat Not in all cases of course, but I am finding it to be true in some cases, just an observation from my sick calls. Don’t fight the Holy Spirit and believe in all of God’s written Word.
I also want to share this: I make house calls for Jesus! I was just thrilled in Jesus to get that call, I will go anywhere, anytime for my LORD. I do not boast in that for myself, but for God’s Glory Alone I make myself available to all at anytime, and this is a Preacher who still will make house calls!!!!!!!!!! For God has given me this to do!!!!!!!!!!!!
We must make ourselves available to each other for the Kingdom of God!!! AMEN AMEN!!!!!
Please pray:
KARS RADIO AM860 has a new format as of today! ALL NEWS, ALL THE TIME AM860. We launched this format to fill a huge hole in this radio market. I pray that you will enjoy. It is constant news from 4am to 11pm weekdays. Let me know what you think! Please pray over this new venture!
Pastor Paul Holt has a new look at our web site www.newmexiconewsandviews.com Enjoy! Let us know what you think! Thanks to Paul for all his hard work and dedication!
WOW! So much going on……the fund drive for children in Haiti last week, the launching of All News, All The Time AM860 today……a brand new radio station, it has taken weeks and months of hard work……….and that work just has started! LOL Then some people wonder why I have not had the time to call them! LOL LOL Gotta return prayer calls first! AMEN!
Now we pray over KKIM’s 40th Birthday Praise and Worship service at Legacy, it’s fast approaching on April 13th! Please cover this in your prayers! I pray we see you there!
Leonard R Navarre
Denver Moore co-author with Ron Hall of “Same Kind of Different as Me” died peacefully in his sleep last night and joined Miss Debbie, Ron’s wife, in heaven. He touched many thousands. Please pray for his family.
We are praying, Leonard thank you for letting us know.
Chuck Colson is in the Hospital here is the details…….
http://m.christianpost.com/news/chuck-colson-admitted-to-hospital-recovering-from-surgery-72427/ Please pray for Chuck Colson.
From Tony Evans in his book, KINGDOM MAN:
A Kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, he’s up!”
When a Kingdom man steps out his door each day, heaven, earth, and hell take notice. When he protects the woman under his care, she can do little to resist him. His children look to him with confidence. Other men look to him as someone to emulate. His church calls on him for strength and leadership. He is a preserver of culture and a champion of society to keep out evil and usher in good. A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.
WOW WEE Baby! What words!!!! Did Tony just describe you? Are you that kind of man?
WOW! A life changer of a book!
Gotta tell you that I am typing this on the NEW COMPUTER!!!! PRAISE GOD, it is so fast!!!! It allows me to not waste time!!! Thank YOU LORD for this gift, thank YOU for my friends! This computer was given to the CUP to keep the Glory of God moving forward!!! AMEN! I have to tell you Sharon and I are getting tremendous support from our Pastor Eddie B and Sandi! They continuing to encourage us to SPREAD our Wings!!! AMEN! That was the message that Pastor Jim Montoya also gave us and still does to this day! Thank YOU LORD for all the encouraging people around us! The computer was built by Pastor Angelo Winfield of Computer Network designs and hooked up by our Son Lars!
Thank YOU LORD for this blessing! The LORD is sure blessing us so much!
Sad day at the Moede house yesterday as Gretchen went back to Portales and goodbye to Lars who flies back to Chicago today after a quick spring break! I love the kids so much!
In Reading the book, Kingdom Man I look at our children and see that they are all thriving, even with all the challenges they have been through! We all go through many, many challenges…if we are grounded in Jesus Christ we will come through. The book written by Tony Evans is a book every man needs to read.
Here’s a part for you to soak in and share with many…………by Tony Evans……….
God told Abraham and David that He planned to make their names great. God was going to see to it their names be etched in stone. God would make sure that these men would not just come here, been here, and then left here. God would make sure that these men would forever be known as great.
Yet before I go any further, I want to pause because I can hear your concern. I hear what you are saying. You are saying, “But, Tony, That’s Abraham. That’s David. Those are great men. That’s not me. I am just an ordinary man. God never said that to me.”
OH! BUT YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!
HE did!
In fact Jesus did, in John 14:12, Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do.”
That is not a verse we hear preached on too frequently throughout Christendom. But I am not sure why. It is pretty straightforward truth. Maybe the majority of our preachers have a difficult time believing that something that sounds so good could actually be true.
Yet Jesus said plainly that, if you believe in Him, you are going to do stuff that even He didn’t get to do on earth. That is a POWERFUL reality that I don’t want you to miss. That is kingdom truth,. Not only will you do the great things that Jesus did, but you will also do even greater things.
AMEN! Do you believe?????? It’s all in the GOOD BOOK!
ya, gotta read Tony Evans book! It is a life changer, just like THE NUMBER ONE BOOK THE BIBLE! Pick it up today and READ!
Most problems in our society can be put on Men not being Kingdom Men………
As many of you know Sidney, Montana is a special place to me. I started radio in Sidney after Brown College and an internship at the Minnesota News Network. I love the Sidney area, always will. Craig and Anita Price adopted this young sportscaster on KGCX back in 1979……..I got this email from Anita last week as she wrote to me about the funeral of Sherry Arnold the school teacher in Sidney that was killed………..
Good Morning Dewey – Today there will be a funeral for Sherry Arnold, the beloved daughter, wife, mother, teacher that was abducted and killed. So much media has entered into this tragedy. We are glad Sherry will be put to rest-she is in the arms of Jesus. God Bless Sherry and God Bless her loved ones.
Spring is busting out all over. It is my favorite time of the year. The new plants, trees, grass and animals. Spring is the promise – Spring is when a boy Mantis sees a girl Mantis and finally realizes what he’s been praying for. lol! Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection -not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. (Martin Luther) The beauty of spring is Gods handwriting!!!
Happy Spring
Anita
Bill Vander Weele
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:47 pm | Updated: 6:07 pm, Fri Mar 30, 2012.
By Bill Vander Weele
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After evil took Sherry Arnold away from Sidney Jan. 7, good took center stage Friday when community members were able to bid their final goodbyes to their teacher, mother, daughter, colleague and friend at Arnold’s funeral.
Close to 3,000 individuals including family members, teachers, law enforcement, friends and students gathered in the Sidney High School gym for the nearly two-hour service.
Although Sherry Arnold was no longer alive, the gym was filled with the loving spirit she brought to the area.
The strength and amount of Sherry’s love in the community was evident in the messages given during the service. While Pastor David Warner, Trinity Lutheran Church, officiated, messages were also offered from Pastor David Meehan, Ebenezer Congregational Church, Father Ned Shinnick, St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, and Pastor George Karres, Pella Lutheran Church.
Religious leaders commended the support offered by the community to the family during the tragedy.
“I don’t think I’ve experienced such a sad thing,” Father Shinnick said of the incident. He noted no human can measure the damage.
He went on, “Many of you were violated in this community. This community was violated. Very sad. But we don’t stay there alone.”
Pastor Karres noted, “Here, we are. All our hearts are broken.” He said the tragedy was Sidney’s 9-11. “Yet, God is still here. God is weeping with us.”
Shinnick urged residents to build and re-create the community and make it “a safe and beautiful place to live in.”
Karres said just as Christian followers felt badly on Good Friday, residents are sad now. “But God is going to turn death into life. Easter is coming, say it with me.”
Karres closed, “Through Jesus, Sherry is going to live again forever, and so shall we. Remember, Easter is coming, Easter is coming, hallelujah, hallelujah.”
Pastor Meehan reminded that like Sherry Arnold, God is a mathematician and He has a distinct plan for every life.
Paster Warner said that although many pastors were involved with the service, “far more people (throughout the community) have been preaching Christ in this struggle.”
He noted that even through the darkest days of this journey, people were stepping up to tell others about God and Jesus Christ. Christian acts were also seen by how residents stepped forward to comfort the Arnold family and other community members.
Sidney Superintendent of Schools Daniel Farr also mentioned the tremendous amount of support for the Arnold family as well as school staff members. Farr said he is proud to live in a community where residents show so much concern and compassion.
“We will be a stronger community because Sherry has planted many seeds for us during her lifetime,” Farr said.
editor
This is from the Mpls Star Tribune……..
In case you hadn’t noticed, the United States is a really weird place. Not that “weird” is always bad. Sometimes “weird” can keep life interesting. But without a doubt, the United States is one of the most unique nations in the history of the world. Some of the weird facts about the United States listed below may be difficult for you to believe. Others are likely to completely shock you. Hopefully there is a little something for everyone in this article, and hopefully you will learn some new things from reading it. I know that I certainly learned some new things as I wrote it. In general, everything tends to be larger in America. The people are larger, the cars are larger, the divorce rate is the highest on the planet and the U.S. government has piled up the largest debt in the history of the world. Whether America does something good or bad, it usually does it in a very “big” way. It is easy to love the United States and all the good that it has done, but it is also easy to be horrified by how far this nation has fallen and by the direction that this country is currently headed. So where does America go from here? That is a very good question.
The following are 40 weird facts about the United States that are almost too crazy to believe….
#1 The highest point in the state of Florida is only 345 feet (115 yards) above sea level.
#2 Today, 66 percent of all Americans are considered to be overweight.
#3 The state of Alaska is 429 times larger than the state of Rhode Island is. But Rhode Island has a significantly larger population than Alaska does.
#4 The average supermarket in the United States wastes about 3,000 pounds of food each year.
#5 Approximately 48 percent of all Americans are currently either considered to be “low income” or are living in poverty.
#6 Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other 49 U.S. states put together.
#7 In the UK, an average of about $3,500 is spent on healthcare per person each year. In the United States, an average of about $8,500 is spent on healthcare per person each year.
#8 Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.
#9 The average U.S. citizen drinks the equivalent of more than 600 sodaseach year.
#10 The only place in the United States where coffee is grown commercially is in Hawaii
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#11 The United States has 845 motor vehicles for every 1,000 people. Japan only has 593 for every 1,000 people and Germany only has 540 for every 1,000 people.
#12 The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California. But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.
#13 For many years it was the other way around, but today a majority of all Americans (including Pat Robertson) actually support the legalization of marijuana.
#14 Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital.
#15 In the middle of the last century, the United States was #1 in the world in GDP per capita. Today, the United States is #13 in GDP per capita.
#16 Today, approximately 25 million American adults are living with their parents.
#17 One survey found that 25 percent of all employees that have Internet access in the United States visit pornography websites while they are at work.
#18 In 2011, our trade deficit with China was more than 49,000 times largerthan it was back in 1985.
#19 One out of every seven Americans has at least 10 credit cards.
#20 The city of Juneau, Alaska is about 3,000 square miles large. It is actually bigger than the entire state of Delaware.
#21 The United States puts a higher percentage of its population in prisonthan any other nation on earth does.
#22 There are more unemployed workers in the United States than there are people living in the entire nation of Greece.
#23 The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.
#24 Sadly, more than 52 percent of all children that live in Cleveland, Ohio are living in poverty.
#25 The median price of a home in the city of Detroit is now about $6000.
#26 Back in 1950, more than 80 percent of all men in the United States had jobs. Today, less than 65 percent of all men in the United States have jobs.
#27 According to author Paul Osterman, about 20 percent of all U.S. adults are currently working jobs that pay poverty-level wages.
#28 According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, approximately 167,000 Americans have more than $200,000 of student loan debt.
#29 There are three towns in the United States that have the name “Santa Claus“.
#30 There are 313 million people living in the United States. 46 million of them are on food stamps.
#31 In the United States as a whole, one out of every four children is on food stamps.
#32 In 1940, 68.0% of all women in the 20 to 34 year old age group in the United States were married. In 2010, only 39.2% of women in that age group were married.
#33 The United States has a teen pregnancy rate of 22 percent – the highest in the world. New Zealand is number two at 14 percent.
#34 According to the CDC, there are 19 million new cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States every single year.
#35 The United States has the highest divorce rate on the globe by a wide margin. Puerto Rico is number two. Perhaps Puerto Rico really would fit in as the 51st state.
#36 More people have been diagnosed with mental disorders in the United States than in any other nation on earth.
#37 The United States has more government debt per capita than Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland or Spain.
#38 If Bill Gates gave every single penny of his fortune to the U.S. government, it would only cover the U.S. budget deficit for about 15 days.
#39 The U.S. national debt is now more than 22 times larger than it was when Jimmy Carter became president.
#40 It took from the founding of the nation until 1981 for the U.S. national debt to cross the one trillion dollar mark. Today, our national debt is well over 15 trillion dollars and we add more than a trillion dollars to our debt every single year.
With that, let us pray………and I thank the Lord for His promises and I thank the Lord for Tony Evans being opened to the Holy Spirit to write the book, Kingdom Man, at a time like this!
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April 2, 2012. Be sure to stay connected to your life source. The yaupon tree outside my study at home was badly damaged by a severe freeze with heavy snow. We pruned the most damaged limbs. Other limbs remained but the bark on those branches were beginning to fall away, robbing the limb of the nutrients from the main trunk it needed. After seeking ways to restore the damaged limbs, they have now been severed. It appears that two or three strong and healthy limbs will survive. One way to stay healthy in your connection is to continually receive nourishment in preparation for hard times. Those times will surely come. For instance, I had an option to connect to the Internet today through Wi-Fi or a hard wire. The hard wire was better but the connection was loose. I stayed with the Wi-Fi to send this email. God says, “Insist on healthy connections that will remain fruitful.”
John 15:5 (NLT) “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” Ras Robinson
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April 2, 2012. You have a choice. In your mind you’ve wondered if making this choice even matters. In the plans of life, will this small thing make a difference? You can’t see that it will. There would not be a choice if it didn’t matter. Is this too small a thing to worry Me with? This is not worrying Me. It is always good to seek My will even in the seemingly small things. Directions that don’t seem to matter right now will grow into large events, and will make a big difference. You will see in the near future this seemingly small thing deserves time to seek My will. This will be big.
Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)” Bev Robinson
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April 2, 2012. Most of you have heard the phrase “birds of a feather, flock together.” Right? We read in the book of Proverbs about the contrast of wisdom and folly. The Lord says, “Become and stay equally united for the peace you long for and desire. Steer clear of those who incline themselves toward foolish behavior and attitudes. Seek wise counsel from Me and from those you see as wise. Find someone to whom you can be equally yoked and accountable, so you will be able to plow up fields that lay before you. I have given you My Spirit. Follow Holy Spirit and his guidance. Walk in love with one another.”
Philippians 2:1-2 (NIV) “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.” Kevin Robinson
Here is a funny bone from Pastor Mark Scales…….
Mark Scales
Ole is the pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church,and Pastor Sven is the minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.
One day they are seen pounding a sign into the ground, which said:
DA END ISS NEAR! .
TURN YERSELF AROUNT
NOW BAFOR IT
ISS TOO LATE!
As a car speeds past them, the driver leans out his windowand yells, “Leave people alone, you Skandihoovian religious nuts!”
From the curve, they hear screeching tires and a big splash.
Shaking his head, Rev. Ole says, “Dat’s da terd one dis mornin’.”
“Yaa,” Pastor Sven agrees, then asks, “Do ya tink maybe dasign should yust say, ‘Bridge out?’
LOL! LOL!
Let’s get our Medical Bag from Dr. Joe………
How do You Replace Sugar?
The number one thing to eliminate in your life is sugar – no matter what kind of diet you may be on. So, how do you replace it? That’s where your “alternative” sugars come in to play. What exactly are alternative sugars? Some really are sugars, such as honey, agave and coconut palm sugar, some are herbs like stevia or luo han, and then there are the infamous sugar alcohols, such as xylitol and erythritol.
Alternative sweeteners are faddish these days leading you to believe that they are a health food. Therefore, let’s take a look at a few of the more popular alternative sweeteners. Are they healthy? Is it okay if they’re made from corn?
Before we dive into individual alternative sweeteners, I want to give you my take on them. In a nutshell, they are a great option in moderation… yes, moderation, instead of a free-for-all like we were all really hoping for. Sorry. Are they healthy? Not really, because they are super processed products. Yes, some do have a few health benefits, but besides honey, they are not usually whole foods. They are isolated components that have very little nutritive value.
Stevia
Stevia is an herb, and if you grow your own stevia (which is easy to do) and use the leaves to sweeten your food, this would be considered a whole food. But most of us aren’t going to do this, because it’s not convenient and the leaves leave a bitter aftertaste. The bitter taste in stevia is what gives it its health properties, but manufacturers remove that component from store bought stevia so that it is palatable, leaving very little health benefit, if any.
So, that leads us to the powdered and liquid form of stevia, both of which are extremely processed and are then often mixed with other highly processed ingredients to make them taste better and more convenient to use. Does that make stevia bad? Not necessarily, depending on what type you buy. In fact KAL liquid stevia is probably one of the best alternative sweeteners out there. It’s definitely not the most natural form of stevia, but this alcohol-free version tastes great and isn’t mixed with processed fillers that most powdered stevia’s use. Use it in small amounts, and it’ll keeps you on track with your healthy eating and health goals.
Overall, alternative sweeteners are a good option when added to a healthy whole-food diet, but keep in mind that they are highly processed and need to be consumed in moderation.
Luo Han (also spelled Lo Han)
Lou han has been gaining popularity over the past few years. It’s a fruit from China related to an herb in the gourd family (cucumbers, squashes, etc.). A chemical compound found in lou han called “morgoside” is extracted and used as a sweetener. It’s 300-400 times sweeter than sugar and is very similar to stevia. Lou han has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries to treat various symptoms, such as a chronic cough or sore throat. Since we’re taking just a component of a whole food and isolating it, I highly doubt our isolated, processed version of lou han has the same medicinal value as back in the day, but it has been shown to have anti-fungal properties.
Lou han would be considered “friendly” to your diet, depending on what fillers the manufacturer uses. Just like stevia, manufacturers often add filler so it can be used in cooking similar to regular table sugar. Again, these fillers are processed and usually derived from corn and other undesirable ingredients. The liquid lou han that is mixed with maltodextrin or alcohol (corn derivatives), so I’d suggest you stick with KAL liquid stevia since it is easier to find, doesn’t have any fillers, and tastes pretty good. But lou han is a doable option, but do your research to find a quality brand and have fun experimenting.
And now on to the controversial sugar alcohols; people usually either love or hate them.
Xylitol
Xylitol naturally occurs in virtually all fruits and veggies, but the type you buy in the store either comes from the birch tree or the corncob. They use the corncob most often, because it’s the cheapest way to isolate xylitol. Xylitol is a completely isolated component; it does not contain any residual corn allergens, proteins, fungus, mycotoxins or other contaminants. Xylitol made from corn is okay, is friendly with your diet, and contains anti-fungal properties.
Keep in mind that a natural substance in a whole food is extracted and isolated, and this is what makes them far from natural anymore. Xylitol is not sugar at all, but rather a sugar alcohol that has 40% fewer calories than sugar, itself. It has a slow, steady energy release, which makes it a great choice for diabetics.
The downfall of xylitol and other sugar alcohols is that it is metabolized differently than sugar, which can cause a laxative effect, gas or bloating until the body becomes accustomed to it. Introducing it into your diet slowly, starting out with a very small amount – maybe one cookie made with xylitol or 1 teaspoon in a smoothie and see how you do with it. Some folks just can’t handle sugar alcohols, so they need to stick with the other alternative sweeteners.
Xylitol looks and tastes just like sugar and can be substituted in recipes one-for-one, meaning ¼ cup of sugar equals ¼ cup of xylitol. Some folks think it’s slightly sweeter than sugar, so they like to use a little less xylitol. I suggest you don’t use more than ½ cup of xylitol in a baking recipe; it’s just too much and is sure to cause stomach discomfort. If you need more sweetness, then mix it with other alternative sweeteners. In fact, this is what you may want to do in your recipes that call for xylitol. One nice benefit of using xylitol is that it helps your baked goods stay moist!
Xylitol would be my second favorite sugar-free alternative sweetener, behind liquid stevia.
Erythritol
This is another sugar alcohol that has gained popularity. It occurs naturally in fruit, mushrooms and some fermented products. It is highly processed, but there’s no concern for fungal or mycotoxin issues, making it friendly for your diet. Erythritol exhibits some, but not all, of xylitol’s anti-fungal properties.
A lot of people get excited about the fact that erythritol is supposedly easier to digest, causing less chance for stomach discomfort. But, it’s only 60-70% as sweet as sugar, so you must use more to achieve the same sweetness as xylitol or sugar. For cooking, you’d replace 1 cup white sugar with 1 ¼ cup erythritol.
Most cooks are not a fan of erythritol for baking. Unlike xylitol, it actually tends to cause baked goods to dry out. It also has a distinct cooling sensation in the mouth, which xylitol has, but it is much more pronounced with erythritol. It also tends to accentuate the waxy characteristics of the fat used in the recipe, and there is always some type of fat added to baked goods. Because of these undesirable characteristics, erythritol is also often mixed with other fillers. So always read the ingredients and know what you’re buying.
Honey
Truly raw, unprocessed honey is a whole food and occurs naturally in nature. It’s the best sugar choice as far as health benefits go. Honey is not just sugar. It’s a whole food, which is rich in amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. These co-factors give honey its anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties that make the health benefits so extraordinary.
The problem is, according to Food Safety News, almost 80% of the brands from big box grocers and pharmacies tested had no trace of pollen. No pollen means that it is NOT honey. 100% of those little packets of honey you find at restaurants contained NO pollen, which means its fake honey. Imitation or fake honey is usually a syrupy concoction of cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup in water with colorings and binding additives, and maybe a small amount of honey. Don’t use it.
When buying honey, buy it from a health food store and do your research on the brand you’re buying. Most health food stores will carry local honey, which is often raw and unfiltered, but if you know of a local bee farm then get it from them.
Raw, unfiltered honey is friendly to your diet in moderation. Honey is a food high in sugar therefore you’ll want to use it very sparingly. If you are dealing with some type of health issue or weight problem, I suggest you go with the completely sugar-free alternatives that’s discussed above.
Agave Syrup/Nectar:
Agave is sugar and sugar feeds fungus. On top of that, agave is highly-processed and 90% fructose. Food manufacturers would like you to believe that agave nectar flows from the agave plant straight into the jar, but this just isn’t true; it’s very processed. According to Weston A. Price, “While agave syrup won’t spike your blood glucose levels, the fructose in it may cause mineral depletion, liver inflammation, hardening of the arteries, insulin resistance leading to diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and obesity.” So, with that said, agave is NOT on my list as a healthy alternative sugar. Please avoid.
Coconut Palm Sugar / Coconut Nectar
It’s important to know that “coconut sugar” is not derived from the coconut fruit itself, but from the flowers of the coconut trees. So unfortunately, it does not have the astounding health benefits that coconuts have. But if you find truly raw coconut sugar/nectar, it does contain some live enzymes, minerals, amino acids, Vitamin C and some B vitamins. It is absorbed into the bloodstream at a significantly slower rate than regular refined sugar, which helps to avoid blood sugar spikes.
Coconut sugar has been getting a lot of press lately, and new brands seem to be popping up left and right. You may want to try Coconut Secret, because it is raw and minimally processed. There are a lot of highly processed junk brands out there that would basically be the equivalent of eating table sugar, and some are blended with other fillers such as white cane sugar. So read the labels and do your research.
Coconut sugar/nectar IS sugar. As we’ve talked about, at the end of the day, the body and fungus sees all sugar as sugar (regardless of the type), but on occasion if you want to make a sweet treat and need real sugar, use raw unrefined coconut palm sugar. It’s reminiscent of brown sugar, it has an incredible caramel butterscotch sweetness and no coco-nutty taste. You can substitute coconut sugar for traditional sugar at a 1:1 ratio in normal cooking and baking.
Just like all “healthy” foods get put up on a pedestal for a time period, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some negative press coming out about coconut sugar over the coming years for the same reasons agave has been dethroned. Sugar is sugar, not a health food… so be careful.
Anything in excess is unhealthy. Most folks need to eliminate all sugars, including honey and coconut sugar. But don’t be fooled into thinking that the sugar-free alternatives are healthy. They are a great option, but they are not a whole food and should be used in moderation.
Bottom Line: Always question processed and concentrated foods that are not found in nature, even if they are “raw” or “natural”. Enjoy these alternative sugars while gaining back and maintaining your health, but listen to your body to find out which ones work for you.
Here’s Pastor Bill……….
Financial Advice You Need to Know:
The first thing I notice when I receive income and expense statistics from folks wanting to learn how to establish a budget, is the number of items most people have mixed in with their needs that are actually wants. To have an effective budget you have to learn to get down to the “nitty gritty” and sort things out. A need is basic necessity in life, anything else is a want. Needs establish the basis for your budget, wants come after you’ve established a successful budget and have a discretionary spending fund in place. Let’s look at this a little bit deeper. Food is a broad concept. It includes groceries and eating out (on an occasional basis), but outside of that much of what I see listed as food is “entertainment”; which is a want, not a need. Coffee shops, delis, pizza, ice cream, “big” anything, you get the picture…these are items or times of entertainment and not part of a food budget. These expenditures can exist in a budget, but let’s be honest, if you are having trouble making “ends meet” these are the first items that should “end” until you can “meet” your budget goals. Learn to be specific in your budget which will make you honest in your assessment of your financial condition. First time budget lists often have line items that say Wal Mart, Target, Smiths, which are all store names not budget entries. When I find a store name listed in the food section I always ask to see the receipt. Yup, you guessed it, there among the “food items” I find cosmetics, toiletries, electronics, batteries, toys, clothing items…anything and everything that a big box store sells is of course there. Take each receipt and break down the expenditures into their appropriate categories. Once you’ve done this a few times you will see how grocery shopping at big box stores leads to impulse buying…stick to the list and don’t browse the other isles is the best cure for this budget buster. The Lord is not against wants, He delights in blessing His children, but His promise is to supply our needs when we are faithful stewards of what He has entrusted to us.
That’s the Financial Advice You Need to Know: I’m Pastor Bill Ruhl with Global Destiny Ministry, Albuquerque, NM www.globaldestinyministry.com “Be Blessed by Being a Blessing!”
Here is some other AWESOME news from Pastor Bill……………
Monica Miller-Ruhl is the co-founder of Global Destiny Ministry with her husband Bill Ruhl, author of “Destiny-I Knew You Before”. This ministry based in Albuquerque, New Mexico is dedicated to birthing Kingdom Destiny through activations, teaching, and prophesy (www.globaldestinyministry.com). Monica owned and operated a jewelry business for twenty-seven prior to transitioning into ministry. Visited with a night vision in 2005, she began the journey of mapping a dream that has now become her first book: “Birthing Kingdom Destiny”
“BIRTHING KINGDOM DESTINY” reveals:
Why “intimacy” with God is important.
Becoming compatible with God’s ways.
Reaching spiritual maturity.
Bringing heaven to earth.
“Birthing Kingdom Destiny” touches on the essential aspects in one’s spiritual life and reveals how to prevail in one’s spiritual journey.
One of the greatest perils of man is when he loses his intimate connection with his Creator. Unfortunately, in today’s busy world, a lot of people find it difficult to build a relationship with God and more so in nurturing that relationship. In her book, “Birthing Kingdom Destiny”, Monica Miller-Ruhl reveals why intimacy with God is important and how people can prevail in their spiritual journey. Monica emphasizes that man should make it his quest to reestablish the connection with God that has been lost through sin. This book sheds light on the different essential aspects of one’s spiritual life. Readers will understand the significance of becoming compatible with God’s ways and how this can be achieved. The author reveals how to survive and grow in one’s life journey and the possibility of bringing heaven to earth. Beautifully written, Birthing Kingdom Destiny is a profound testament of a woman’s love and devotion to God and her passion for sharing this intimacy with others.
Monica writes:
A father of the faith once stated that “one life wholly devoted to God is of more value to God than one hundred lives simply awakened by His Spirit”.
A life wholly devoted to God is a life that has come into full submission to the divine will of the Father. For the born-again believer this is a process that takes place by degrees over time and involves our cooperation with the sanctifying work of grace through the Holy Spirit as we seek to follow Christ. It is the road to holiness. Our regenerated life, a new creation, does not sin, however, the fallen soul belongs to the old creation hence, it sins. Jesus did nothing by His own power or thought which means He did nothing from His soul even though His soul was sinless. Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing accomplishing the Father’s will in all things.
When we receive Jesus as our savior our spirit is saved but our soul needs transformation. Self-government (self-rule) which is the old nature must be imputed to Christ for His nature of righteousness imputed to us. This is the exchanged life. For most of us it is a long arduous process because the flesh does not die easily. Transformation is a process that takes place over time until the tree of the knowledge of good and evil no longer rules the soul, but rather the tree of life rules and leads our spirit.
I can promise you this that if we stay faithful to Jesus and come to understand that it is the goodness of God desiring to make us whole in Christ we will without question come to understand, see, and value the beauty of His wisdom that accomplishes this in us through the blood of Jesus in order that we might experience true fellowship in Christ as God designed it to be.
It is along this path of our quest to know God that His Spirit of truth teaches us His ways–the ways of the Spirit. Spending time with God in the secret place cannot be replaced with some other artificial means. To the degree that we invest our lives privately coming away with God, it will in turn be equivalently measured back. And over time it is accumulative because we grow in His light (revelation) with the final goal of dispelling darkness from our soul.
I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His
crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Gal 2:20, AMP
Monica Miller-Ruhl, author of “Birthing Kingdom Destiny”
For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to www.globaldestinyministry.com, www.Xlibris.com, www.birthingkingdomdestiny.com or through Amazon Books Preview.
Thank you for sharing Pastor Bill!!! get the books folks!
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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