Home Based Businesses; Myth, Magic, or Mayhem?

Okay... People are always looking for that home-based business. I personally think that the home based business really is a myth gone bust! Are there any trustworthy HBB's? Of course there is the true (do-it-yourself) home based business which is something I do enjoy, but I'm talking about the stuffing envelopes for a load of weekly income type of ordeal with low overhead and no need for a phone (due to the fact that I'd have to make shhhh references to quiet the kids every 5 minutes). However, I must admit that a company that I know is honest and highly reputable is Alpine Access. It's won't give you your own home business but they're legit and you do get paid by the hour. It's customer service from your home. All you need is private space, a sound proof headset, and a computer with high-speed internet access. Visit http://www.alpineaccess.com/external/index.html and see for yourself.

Here is a very helpful website that alerts the seeker to the many web scams out there and he provides the list of each web address. It saved me time and $$$ yet the downfall is that there is no list of legitimate hbb's (home based businesses) to point me into a better direction. I don't know; I'm sure he updates. Here's the link: http://niba4u.com/

Economic Pestilence

I had a dream three days ago or so.
A man was showing me around various places (like a tour-nothing pretty). Then he shows me a canal that ran through a city and it was filled with blood. The next thing he showed me was a wall of huge bugs that appeared of a particular type that I can not name and they were in a patterned formation on what looked like a cement wall that was also extremely huge and it sat horizontally atop the canal. I suddenly spoke aloud in almost disbelief "Economic Pestilence"! The man I was with agreed.
Next a great sign appeared like a huge billboard or suspended wall that stated "We care about you!", only there was a hand giving the "f" you finger before the word "you". This finger was blurred out to my eyesight; it was censored to me. This statement was from the government and in the same feel as the Uncle Sam's "We Want You!" sign. And that was it. I woke up.

Now for those that know me, I am not a political person any more than the average. Economic pestilence is not a term that is commonly thrown around. Heck, before my dream, I'd never heard it before. From what I found on the internet about it (not much), it represents an outbreak of disease due to economic plays, such as overseas trading. Overall, I had to look up the meanings of both according to dictionary.com:

ECONOMIC:

1.	pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.

2.	of or pertaining to the science of economics.

3.	pertaining to an economy, or system of organization or operation, esp. of the process of production.

4.	involving or pertaining to one's personal resources of money: to give up a large house for economic reasons.

5.	pertaining to use as a resource in the economy: economic entomology; economic botany.

6.	affecting or apt to affect the welfare of material resources: weevils and other economic pests.

PESTILENCE:

1.	a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.

2.	bubonic plague.

3.	something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.

Lets be in prayer that God be merciful. Let us be watchful. Let us repent and live according to His will. Let grace be appreciated in our lifestyles.
We cannot count on the hearts of those who are in government to cover our well-being. The Lord is our shield, protection, and shelter. Let us put our trust in Him and keep one another in prayer. Lets constantly look for opportunity to spread the gospel of Christ Jesus of Nazareth.

Word from the Lord

Though my hair grows long, I feel as if I should cut it all off bald.

I am reminded by the Lord of how holy He is! He is so holy that what we deem as "not that bad" nowadays is still wickedness to God. This pains me that we no longer are caring about the standard of God. It freaks me out. I had been a bit down lately about how it seems as if no one cares about the word of God unless it's to prove someone wrong about something. Where are the saints of the new generation? Where are the ones who care? Hell appears bigger so I want to trick myself into thinking that maybe I just take God too seriously!!!! How foolish of me! Who are we that I would downplay His intentions or the Bible. I was in this mood when I received the following message and I am confident that it is by the spirit of Christ Jesus of Nazareth...
Hear this word and let it test and humble your hearts; it has truly tested and humbled mine.
This is a word given through Lynetta Dent as a Seer in the spirit of the Lord July 28, 2008:

WHERE ARE THE MOURNERS?

Matthew 5:4- Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Is there a people that will mourn for the hurting, the lost, the poor, the sick, the oppressed? Where are the mourners? For I will respond to the mourners. Those that mourn because of the pain, those that mourn and cry deeply for those that are hurting- My church has become numb and dumb- Deaf to my sayings! Warn the Body to leave such a place, such a position of selfishness- For I the Lord require the mourning of my people.Have you forgotten your nation, and the state that it’s in? Have you forgotten your children? Mourn church, cry unto me for I the Lord will answer you! And I will answer quickly, speedily as the tears fall, as hearts melt! For the burden of the Lord is upon the church. Can you feel it church? Can you feel the heaviness of the hearts of man? Can you sense the bondage that many are in? Where is your compassion? For it has gone with the wind! Idly you stand by and do nothing! Watching from your prime positions, looking from your rooftops, only to observe but there is no action because there is no compassion.“ I want, I want, I need, is your new motto! Therefore I will not respond without mourning. This I say- Return to your first love! Forsake your idols & run after me with a whole and pure heart! Mourn church! Cry Out! For this is what I’m requiring. –

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Thanks for reading...essence

Born on the 4th of July!!!

Our son has finally arrived!

Right when I feel I can love no harder than I do, our son comes along! He completes and compliments our hearts!

I'll write more once I get more settled!)

My Hubby My Hormones

Husbands are great! Wives are wonderful! The union is to the glory of God (hopefully). There is a book out called "Sent. Break forth..break free.." by Lincoln Dent that has really caught my attention. It's a book about breaking loose from being stagnant and into what God has called you forth in. In the forth chapter he talks about "sent" marriages; marriages that grow to be mighty as a union in Christ that put the enemy to flight! One of the most wonderful and humbling eurekas in this chapter is when he talks about the relationship with his wife and his mentality at one point:

"One of the things I had to learn as a husband was that my wife was not my enemy....

The reason my marriage wasn't changing or flowing in a different direction was because my mind had not been renewed in that area....

I had become one with the thoughts of the enemy. Satan and I were walking in agreement establishing his kingdom in my marriage. He accomplished this through my thought life."

- Lincoln Dent

Wow! I don't know about you, but this hit me in a huge way! These three statements of his pinpointed some obstacles that I struggle with within myself. Now I'm not some perfectionist, but God's way is perfect. He is the perfecter of our faith. I don't want people thinking that I emotionally flog myself to do God's will because then where would God's grace be magnified? It's just that these statements of his are influenced by the holy Spirit. He was made aware that in order for God to show them to the next level, and not be stagnant, he was going to have to do some maturing and self evaluating. He was going to have to understand and learn how to love his wife "as Christ loves the church". I realize more and more from reading these passages how important it is for a man to know the importance of his position in a marriage and the woman hers. If Christ is the example to the church, my husband is my example to me. If I represent the church and Jesus represents the husband in this biblical comparison, than the growth of the wife is totally suppose to be the glory to her hubby (which overall glorifies God in our union). For Jesus we are to put off the old man of the sin nature and live by the holy Spirit. In the new testament, the church is constantly being tested, perfected, and exposed (to God's glory). So how much more are we as the wives to do the same thing- put off the old man; the woman of attitude and bickering about things we see as trivial. The church can be this way; always having an attitude or disagreement about something. Doesn't this sound like a woman? lol.

We have to remember that our spouse is NOT our enemy! So why can we sometimes treat them like that?
My husband, in monotone, made a statement before bed one night - he had briefly upset me, and he made the statement to our drooling 1 year old daughter, mommy had to have her one moment of attitude for the day, as he was rolling over to go to sleep. There I was, griping and showing an impatient attitude towards my hubby over nothing really. I don't want to take something like griping too lightly because often the enemy can use such things to cause discord and open sinful doors through improper communication.

So ladies, if we want to know how we are suppose to treat our husbands in the sight of God, all we are called to do is to understand what Christ calls the church to be to Him! I challenge us all as men and women of God to study the roles of the husband, Christ Jesus and His wife the church so that we may learn how to become the powerful [kingdom] married couples He is saying we are destined to be; no matter how our hormones try to interject and control! Lol

Let us see where we can change our thinking away from assisting the enemy (with discord, impatience, and selfishness, etc), to destroying the negative holds and digging our heels in deeper into God's love towards our spouses. We have to learn to think as a unit instead of a survivor. In order to do this, I am convinced that one must first be aware as to which force one has been helping and agreeing with the most. God or satan. It may sound over the top, but most likely if this God and satan talk does sound over the top for you, then you have probably been assisting the wrong team!! lol

Consider me checked!!!
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-essence