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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

New Book So Far

For those of you who haven't been to the latest sessions, we have read through Chapter 3 of the new book, Getting the Love You Want. If you haven't started it yet, I think you will find the book's opening premise (that we are attracted to people who remind us of our parents) very enlightening. We are approaching it as a guide to future relationships, and Debbie and I are kind of acting as 'guinea pigs' for the hypothesis. Please consider re-joining the group.

We also met at Starbucks in Lansdale last time, and may continue to do so if the group remains small. I actually think the atmosphere was more conducive to sharing.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Be Healed in Jesus' Name

This may go better with our last book, but our receptionist Lucille shared this with me yesterday:

"There is abundant power in the name of Jesus, and we have been given the right to use that name. We should speak the name of Jesus in faith against every kind of infirmity that arises. We should remember that the Lord gave it to us so we could walk in victory. We are to pray in the name of Jesus. Prayer is our request, our petition, and the name of Jesus is what gets God's attention. When we pray in Jesus' name, we are presenting to the Father all that Jesus is and had done. Sometimes we fall into the trap of putting up with a problem, especially if it has been around for a long time. We need to be reminded that there is healing available for us. If you are sick, fighting any kind of illness or disease, I encourage you to exercise your blood-bought right to use the name of Jesus against it. Each time you speak that name in faith, power is released. Start exercising your right to use the name of Jesus against your problems, and believe they lose a little of their power against you each time you speak that name."

Thursday, April 12, 2007

About the new book...

Getting The Love You Want seems to have couples-oriented exercises at the back. We should talk in our first meeting about how we want to use them and if we are going to share the results with each other.