HANDBOOK 2010

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water. (That's a hard one, as I don't care for
water)
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food
that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 especially the Bible .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile. (Does
Curves count? We laugh and smile a lot there...)

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her
mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. It took me years
to figure that out...
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems
are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra
class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. (over
the age of 70 is easy - under 6 not so much)
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends
will.. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.. (I'm counting on it)
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

All these treasures that I own will never satisfy my soul....I lift my hands opened wide let the whole world see how You loved, how You died, how You set me free....free at last I surrender all I am with open hands, with open hands.

So be careful how you live. Don't live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don't act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:15-20 NLT

Jesus was doomed from the start and He knew it.

"But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'" (Luke 20:14, ESV)

There's very little debate on who the people in the parable represent. The man who planted the vineyard was God; the tenant farmers were the religious leaders of Israel; the three servants sent to collect the crops were the prophets we read about in the Old Testament; and the cherished son represented Jesus.

When the teachers of religious law and the priests heard this parable, they understood it right away. Not only was Jesus accusing them of killing the prophets sent by God, He was accusing them of plotting murder--His murder.

Jesus knew He was going to die, so why didn't He run?

Before you recite the Christian answer "Jesus died for our sins," honestly think about it. Put yourself in Jesus' place and ask yourself, "What would it take to get me to stand and willingly die? What kind of conviction would it take for me to carry out a mission that I knew would end in my death?"

I'm not trying to convict you by saying "Why don't you always feel like that for God?" Instead, I want you to notice two things.

First, Jesus' death was no accident; He didn't lose control of the situation. He knew what would happen to Him long before Passover week. Second, even though Jesus was God, He was also man. He wasn't looking forward to death any more than you or I. 

But He also knew what His death would accomplish (See John 3:16).

If our greatest need had been information,

God would have sent us an educator~

If our greatest need had been technology,

God would have sent us a scientist~

If our greatest need had been money,

God would have sent us an economist~

If our greatest need had been pleasure,

God would have sent us an entertainer~

But our greatest need was forgiveness,

SO GOD SENT US A SAVIOR