Sunday, November 30, 2008

Who am I?


Bell Ringer: “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.


Who Am I?


For each of the characters create a question that brings out part of their story.

Noah G V
Samuel E V
David K E
Sarah N
Mary (mother of Jesus) E
Lazarus B
Joseph E D
Moses E Hg
Eve Hg
Martha E
Solomon K HG
Daniel E
Ruth E G
Abraham E HG
Jacob N
Nebuchadnezzar K D
Adam D G HG M
Jonah M HG
Nehemiah E
Elijah R HG
Saul K


Categories:

M/F

Old/ New Testament
Jew / Gentile
Raised the dead/Been raised
Underwent a name change
Made a big mistake
Transformation -- personal
King
Does the Bible describe God talking to them

DReams
Hear God as a voice
good Example

BUilt something

Faced danger

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Nov 16 Jeopardy

JEOPARDY

Transfiguration
Peter and James and John
White as the light
Moses and Elijah
A bright cloud
“This is My Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”
Nicodemus
Rabbi
By night
How can a man be born when he is old?

A woman taken in adultery
The mount of Olives
The scribes and Pharisees
Adultery
They should be stoned
With his finger
Pretending he didn’t hear them
Because they were trying to trick them
He who has never made a mistake
The oldest
Go and sin no more

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Vocabulary

founded:
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
      solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
      literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or
      building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to
      begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
      found a family.
       

redeemed:
Pay necessary money to clear a debt, compensate


'divine Love cannot be deprived of its object'

object:

  • a tangible and visible entity
  • A goal or objective consists of a projected state of affairs
  • domain
innocent
  • free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
  • lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
  • impeccant: free from sin
  • lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
  • innocent(p): not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
  • (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather"
  • a person who lacks knowledge of evil



form:
create/ shape, develop into a distinctive entity; imprint: establish or impress firmly

make:
  • give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
  • make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
  • induce: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
  • cause: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
  • produce: create or manufacture a man-made product;
  • draw: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
  • compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;
  • create: create by artistic means;

eternal
  1. Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See synonyms at infinite.
  2. Continuing without interruption; perpetual.
  3. Forever true or changeless: eternal truths.
  4. Seemingly endless; interminable. See synonyms at ageless, continual.
  5. Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife.
Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof.

find out

  1. To ascertain (something), as through examination or inquiry: I found out the phone number by looking it up. If you're not sure, find out.
  2. To detect the true nature


countenance

    1. A look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support.
    2. Support or approval.


sustained
Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

In Science man is sustained by God.

medicine
The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

sober
Let us watch and be sober

1. marked by circumspection and self-restraint.
2. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs;

4-8But friends, you're not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this? You're sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. So let's not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let's keep our eyes open and be smart. People sleep at night and get drunk at night. But not us! Since we're creatures of Day, let's act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.


realize:

Realize the presence of health and the fact of harmonious being

  1. To comprehend completely or correctly.
  2. To bring into reality; make real: He finally realized his lifelong ambition to learn how to play the violin.
  3. To make realistic: a film that realizes court life of the 17th century.
  4. To obtain or achieve, as gain or profit: She realized a substantial return on the investment.
  5. To bring in (a sum) as profit by sale.
dis·tract

  1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert.
  2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle.


improve
The talents He gives us , we must improve..
  1. To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better.
  2. To increase the productivity or value of (land or property).
  3. To put to good use; use profitably.
Suggestion
  1. The sequential process by which one thought or mental image leads to another.

    1. A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.
    2. An idea or response so induced.

  2. A hint or trace:
spirituality
concern with things of the spirit
Spirituality may involve perceiving or wishing to perceive life as more important ("higher"), more complex or more integrated with one's world view; as contrasted with the merely sensual.
Design
The design of Love is to reform the sinner.



    1. A drawing or sketch.
    2. A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture.

  1. The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details: the aerodynamic design of an automobile; furniture of simple but elegant
  2. An ornamental pattern. See synonyms at figure.
  3. A basic scheme or pattern that affects and controls function or development: the overall design of an epic poem.
  4. A plan; a project. See synonyms at plan.

    1. A reasoned purpose; an intent: It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.
    2. Deliberate intention: He became a photographer more by accident than by design.

  5. A secretive plot or scheme. Often used in the plural: He has designs on my job.
Mercy
  1. Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency.
  2. A disposition to be kind and forgiving: a heart full of mercy.
  3. Something for which to be thankful; a blessing: It was a mercy that no one was hurt.
  4. Alleviation of distress; relief: Taking in the refugees was an act of mercy.



Salvation
Work out your own salvation is the demand... ( God worketh with you)

Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.
Extrication from danger or confinement: deliverance, delivery, rescue, salvage. Seehelp/harm/harmless.


Infinite
means ongoing, effortless capacity and knowledge.

“subject to no limitation or external determination
having no limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless, endless, and inexhaustible; not finite.

an acknowledgment of the perfection of the infinite Unseen confers a power nothing else can” (Unity of Good, p. 7).
learn
Let us learn of the real and eternal and prepare for the reign of Spirit
Gain knowledge of the real and eternal. Hold the true models in thought.

When the spiritual sense is fixed in thought


v., learned also learnt (lûrnt), learn·ing, learns.
v.tr.
  1. To gain knowledge, comprehension, or mastery of through experience or study.
  2. To fix in the mind or memory; memorize: learned the speech in a few hours.

    1. To acquire experience of or an ability or a skill in: learn tolerance; learned how to whistle.
    2. To become aware: learned that it was best not to argue.

  3. To become informed of; find out. See synonyms at discover.


verities
  1. The quality or condition of being true, factual, or real.
  2. Something, such as a statement, principle, or belief, that is true, especially an enduring truth: “The mind once suddenly aware of a verity for the first tim
The three great verities of Spirit contradict forever the belief that matter can be actual.
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husbandry
Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.
Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

obedience
yielding, willingness, carrying out the wishes of ....,



avail (oneself) of
  1. To make use of.
Grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the good already received and thus be fitted to receive more.


The divine being [ essential nature, totality of all things that exists. ]must be reflected by man
being


  1. The state or quality of having existence. See synonyms at existence.

    1. Something, such as an object, an idea, or a symbol, that exists, is thought to exist, or is represented as existing.
    2. The totality of all things that exist.


    1. A person: “The artist after all is a solitary being” (Virginia Woolf).
    2. All the qualities constituting one that exists; the essence.
    3. One's basic or essential nature; personality.



humility
lack of self importance
In humility Mind's infinite ideas climb the heights of holiness

portion

A person's lot or fate.
quantity
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance -- thou maintainest my lot

lot
One's fortune in life; fate.


God's law isn't intended to stop us from doing what we would naturally do, but is there to mark out the path of life for us. It exists to help us. Rather than restricting our behavior, it brings us liberty-freedom from restraint.


re·straint (rĭ-strānt') pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of restraining or the condition of being restrained.
  2. Loss or abridgment of freedom.
  3. An influence that inhibits or restrains; a limitation.
  4. An instrument or a means of restraining.
  5. Control or repression of feelings; constraint.
cognizant
fully aware, conscious


cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

God's children already created will be cognized only as man finds the truth of being.
(Finding the truth of being will allow us to be aware of being God's children. Gaining this awareness we changes everything.)


Faculties
  1. An inherent power or ability.
  2. Any of the powers or capacities possessed by the human mind. See synonyms at ability.
  3. The ability to perform or act.
  4. Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.



Must earnestly seek the spiritual status of being
status

  1. Position relative to that of others; standing: Her status is that of a guest.
  2. High standing; prestige: a position of status in the community.
  3. Law. The legal character or condition of a person or thing: the status of a minor.
  4. A state of affairs; situation. See synonyms at state.
seek

  1. To try to locate or discover; search for.
  2. To endeavor to obtain or reach: seek a college education.
  3. To go to or toward: Water seeks its own level.
  4. To inquire for; request: seek directions from a police officer.
  5. To try; endeavor: seek to do good.
  6. Obsolete. To explore.
intelligence


    1. The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
    2. The faculty of thought and reason.
    3. Superior powers of mind. See synonyms at mind.

  1. An intelligent, incorporeal being, especially an angel.
  2. Information; news. See synonyms at news.

We must not attribute more and more intelligence to matter.

identity
  1. Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account.
  2. The quality or condition of being the same as something else.
model
  1. A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
  2. A style or design of an item:
  3. One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See synonyms at ideal.
Either Spirit or matter is your model.

i·de·al n.
SYNONYMS ideal, example, exemplar, model, standard, pattern.
  1. A conception of something in its absolute perfection.
  2. One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence.
  3. An ultimate object of endeavor; a goal.
  4. An honorable or worthy principle or aim.
You are bringing out your own ideal.

conception
noun

2 the product's conception inception, genesis, origination, creation, invention; beginning, origin.
3 his original conception plan, scheme, project, proposal; intention, aim, idea. See note at idea .
4 my conception of democracy idea, concept, notion, understanding, abstraction; theory, hypothesis; perception, image, impression.
5 they had no conception of our problems understanding, comprehension, appreciation, grasp, knowledge; idea, inkling; informal clue.


dominion
  1. Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty: “The devil . . . has their souls in his possession, and under his dominion” (Jonathan Edwards).
  2. A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.

Thou has the gift of God, Dominion over all.

Authority

1.
the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
2.
a power or right delegated or given; authorization: Who has the authority to grant permission?
3.
a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental agency.
4.
Usually, authorities. persons having the legal power to make and enforce the law; government: They finally persuaded the authorities that they were not involved in espionage.
5.
an accepted source of information, advice, etc.
6.
a quotation or citation from such a source.
7.
an expert on a subject:

satisfied




Phase:
2.
a stage in a process of change or development: Each phase of life brings its own joys.
3.
a side, aspect, or point of view: This is only one phase of the question.
4.
a state of synchronous operation: to put two mechanisms in phase.

precepts
injunctions [ directives, orders] derived from rational principles intended to promote human well-being.

precipitate
To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely. See synonyms at speed.

Gladness to leave the false landmarks and joy to see them disappear -- this disposition helps to precipitate the ultimate harmony.

land·mark

  1. A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.
  2. A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.
  3. An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.



precious

divine:
  • Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation.
  • Heavenly; perfect.

Reality
1.
the state or quality of being real.
2.
resemblance to what is real.
3.
a real thing or fact.
4.
real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs: the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality.
5.
Philosophy.
a.
something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.
b.
something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.
6.
something that is real.
7.
something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent.




Believe

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of
the Lord in the land of the living.
  1. To accept as true or real: Do you believe the news stories?
  2. To credit with veracity: I believe you.
  3. To expect or suppose; think


Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor mateial powr as able to destroy.

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Near the broader interpretations of being
Broad:

Wide in extent from side to side: a broad river; broad shoulders.
  1. Large in expanse; spacious: a broad lawn.
  2. Having a certain width from side to side: A sidewalk three feet broad.
  3. Full; open: broad daylight.
  4. Covering a wide scope; general: a broad rule.
  5. Liberal; tolerant: had broad views regarding social services. See synonyms at broad-minded.
  6. Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points.
  7. Plain and clear; obvious: gave us a broad hint to leave.




Beliefs: mental acceptance, conditions, or confidence in another

When man gives up his belief in death, he will advance more rapidly towards God, Life and Love Belief in sickness and death as certainly as belief in sin, tends to shut out the true sense of Life and health.

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Admission
The admission to one's self that man is God's own likeness sets man free to master the infinite idea. This conviction suts the door on death and opes it wide towards immortality

n.

    1. The act of admitting or allowing to enter.
    2. The state of being allowed to enter.

  1. Right to enter; access.
  2. The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.
  3. A confession, as of having committed a crime.
  4. A voluntary acknowledgment of truth.
  5. A fact or statement granted or admitted; a concession.






Claims: demands or requirements
Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence.
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conception
3.a notion; idea; concept ( something formed in the mind)
5.origination; beginning:
6.
a design; plan.
7.
a sketch of something not actually existing: an artist's conception of ancient Athens.
8.
the act or power of forming notions, ideas, or conce
The human capacities are enlarged and perfected in proportion as humanity gains the true conception of man and God.



Substance:

    1. Essential nature; essence.
    2. Gist; heart.




drawn: With lovingkindness have I drawn thee
  • To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading:
  • To cause to flow forth
  • To bring to a certain condition or action
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demonstrating - to make clear, to exemplify


good: the qualities necessary to achieve an end, beneficial


Express:

  1. To set forth in words; state.
  2. To manifest or communicate, as by a gesture; show. See synonyms at vent1.
  3. To make known the feelings or opinions of (oneself), as by statement or art.
  4. To convey or suggest a representation of; depict: The painting expresses the rage of war victims.
  5. To represent by a sign or a symbol; symbolize: express a fraction as a decimal.
  6. To squeeze or press out, as juice from an orange.
  7. To send by special messenger or rapid transport:
  8. Genetics.
    1. To cause (itself) to produce an effect
    2. To manifest the effects of (a gene):

adj.
reflects: Man in the likeness of his Maker, reflects the central light of being
  • To make apparent; express or manifest:

reflection: You are the reflection of God.
Because man is the reflection of his Maker he is not subject to birth, growth, maaturity or decay.
  • A manifestation or result [ Man is the result of God}
  • expression
  • contemplation: a calm lengthy intent consideration
  • careful consideration
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Primitive primary or basic
Ultimate: eventual, utmost, greatest possible
Spirit is his primitive and ultimate source of being
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spiritually
  • Affecting the soul


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hold:


Who dares to doubt this consummate test of the power and willingness of divine Mind to hold man forever intacg in his perfect state and govern man's entire action



keep, hear, remain committed to, retain, carry, be in agreement with

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as·sim·i·late
striving to assimilate more of the divine character.
  1. To incorporate and absorb into the mind: assimilate knowledge.
  2. To make similar; cause to resemble.
  3. Linguistics. To alter (a sound) by assimilation.
  4. To absorb (immigrants or a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture



judgment: .. quicken me according unto thy judgement
(I was prayerfully pondering your promise )

  • assessment
  • assertions
  • determinations


  • --
consciousness:

awareness, alertness, ego we identify with, knowing

We must hold the consciousness of existence and sooner or later we must master sin and death.

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Reveals: brings to view
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subtle --insidious: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; elusive, be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;

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myth -
-a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people


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Govern Man is harmonious when governed by Soul

  1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in.
  2. To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate: a valve that governs fuel intake.
  3. To control the actions or behavior of: Govern yourselves like civilized people.
  4. To keep under control; restrain: a student who could not govern his impulses.
  5. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on: Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
  6. Grammar. To require (a specific morphological form) of accompanying words.




fables -- a fictionalized story meant to amuse , a moral story frequently with animals

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without --
1.
with the absence, omission, or avoidance of;
at, on, or to the outside of;
Steadfastness
Patience


4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
4And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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scientific
adj Definition: systematic; discovered through experimentation
The divine demand, "Be ye therefore perfect" is scientific and the human footsteps leading tyo perfection is indispenseable
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understand
  1. To perceive and comprehend the nature and significance of; grasp. See synonyms at apprehend.
  2. To know thoroughly by close contact or long experience with: That teacher understands children.
  3. To succeed in carrying out; accomplish
  4. accept as an agreed fact
To understand God is work of eternity and demands absolute consecration [ solemn dedication] of thought, energy and desire

Misapprehension:
a failure to understand something; a misconception or misunderstanding

Misconception

understanding
The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing...

Our system of Mind healing rests on the apprehension ( grasp) of the nature and essence of all being. on the divine Mind and its essential qualities.

--the discernment of reality




  1. The faculty by which one understands; intelligence. See synonyms at reason.
  2. Individual or specified judgment or outlook; opinion.

  1. Intellectual hold: apprehension, comprehension, grasp, grip, hold. Informal savvy. See knowledge/ignorance.
  2. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge: brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, sense, wit. Slang smart (used in plural). See ability/inability, thoughts.
  3. An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action: accord, agreement, arrangement, bargain, compact2, deal, pact. See agree/disagree.
Let CS support your understanding of being and this understanding will

  • supplant error with Truth.
  • replace mortality with immortality
  • silence discord with harmony
obey
Willing to fulfill the requirements

quicken:
To make alive; vitalize.
To excite and stimulate; stir: Such stories quicken the imagination.

Directs
acts as a director, adapts, points, extends, projects
When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth rightteously, He directs our path





perseverance:
Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

habitual: resorted to on a regular basis
The habitual struggle to be always good. is unceasing prayer

Qualities
endurance and steadfastness and patience ( let them have play)
es·tate (ĭ-stāt') pronunciation
n.
  1. A landed property, usually of considerable size.
  2. The whole of one's possessions, especially all the property and debts left by one at death.
  3. Law. The nature and extent of an owner's rights with respect to land or other property.
  4. The situation or circumstances of one's life: A child's estate gives way to the adult's estate.
  5. Social position or rank, especially of high order.
  6. A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.