Thoughts on the Road to Emmaus by Staci Stallings

Thoughts on the Road to Emmaus by Staci Stallings

. . . their eyes were opened, and they recognized him . . . Luke 24:31

Two friendspeople who had known Jesus, who had walked with Him, talked with Him, and eaten meals with Him every day for three years didnt recognize Him even on a long walk down a dusty road. Have you ever wondered about that? I have. How could that possibly be?

The reality is: the disciples were looking at a man who happened to be traveling along the same road they were. They did not see Jesus because they did not expect to see Jesus.

How many times on our walks through life do we not see Jesus? How many times do we talk with a co-worker or a parent or a child or a friend or even someone we have never met before and fail to recognize that this person holds a precious piece of Our Lord and Savior within them? And because we dont recognize Jesus in them, we treat them not as we would treat Jesus, but as just our friend, or just our co-worker, or just our child.

It must make Jesus terribly sad that for all our flowery words and pious presumptions, we still do not recognize Him in each other.

Moreover, consider this: Is it possible that in religious settings, we look at one another, and instead of seeing Jesus, we see only the other persons religion, their label? And because we dont see Jesus, we say, "You are so obviously not spirituallook, you stand when we are kneeling, or you use crucifixes instead of picturing the risen Lord, or you pray to statues and icons instead of to the living God, or you dont have our label, and so, obviously God is not going to let you into His kingdom."

Thus, we spend so much time questioning each other's commitment to Jesus and so much time fighting over man-made rules and laws that we forget about those people who are lost and hurting. We forget to do God's real workministering to those who are hungry for His word and His truths to come into their lives. Instead, having been seduced by Satan to believe that God's kingdom is some kind of exclusive club, we spend our time fighting with each other about who is going to get in and completely fail to see that the world is going to hell around us.

However, we have the choice to open our eyes and commit ourselves to do Gods work here on earth. Rather than judging, we can reach out to the lost soulsnot by telling them about God's love, but by showing them how great Gods love is. Witnessing by how we live and how we treat one another, so that they look to us and say, "I want to be like them. I want what they have." And then maybe God's grace will touch their hearts and make them ask, "How do I get it? What do they have that I don't?"

But living this way hinges on whether or not we see Jesus in every single person we happen to walk down a path with in our day-to-day lives. When we look at another person, do we see someone who is worthy of Christs message? Someone whom God loves beyond measure? Do we see Jesus Himselflost, hurting, and alone? Or do we see just another person.

I tell you truly, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. Matthew 25:45

Think about the inherent admonition in these words. Our goal should be to treat others not as we want to be treated but as we would treat Jesus Himself. That is God's real work. We are commissioned to spend our time ministering to Gods childrenrather than trying to improve our status in His eyes or to impress one another.

By opening our eyes to Jesus presence in the those around us, we will come to see His spirit manifesting in our own lives. And thus we can say as the disciples did at the conclusion to the Emmaus story,

Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road . . .Luke 24:32

Open your eyes. This opportunity is with you right now. Dont waste this chance to get to know the Jesus who is in your midst at this very moment.

Staci Stallings


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Dr. Robert Anthony Reveals How To Use Quantum Physics To Supercharge Your Life by Rick Miller

Dr. Robert Anthony Reveals How To Use Quantum Physics To Supercharge Your Life by Rick Miller

Copyright 2005 Rick Miller

What secret dreams do you have for your life?

What if you could have anything you want simply by using your mind in a certain revolutionary way?

Undoubtedly, Dr. Robert Anthony, author of 15 best-selling books, including the Beyond Positive Thinking, is the undisputed master of teaching people to manifest their desires and turn them into reality.

Dr. Anthony recently spoke with Tellman Knudson as part of the List Crusade program, a series of audio lessons from over 52 leading self-help gurus and Internet marketing experts.

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He offered these words of advice to give you complete and total control over your brain and mind in accomplishing whatever you want to accomplish.

The most important thing, he says, is to realize that youve caused whatever outcome you currently have in your life. Are you still struggling to make a living or have a succesful relationship? The fact is that, consciously or unconsciously, you are causing your lack of success.

You are not a victim of circumstances. Simply by becoming aware of the tremendous effect of your thoughts and emotions you can turn become a creator of your circumstances and have whatever you want in your life. In fact, you can virtually guarantee a successful outcome.

One universal law and principle that Dr. Anthony reveals is:You attract what you focus on. In other words, what you focus on expands. So it follows, if you dont have the money, health, or relationship that you want, its due to focusing on the wrong things.

According to Quantum Physics, focusing actually causes changes in energy fields that automatically produce a physical change in your surroundings.

Instead of focusing on the problem, you need to focus on the solutionthe outcome that you desire. Unfortunately 95% percent of people focus on what they fear, instead of what they want out of life.

Its kind of like driving down the road and seeing a pothole. If you focus intently on staring at the pothole, intending to miss it, what happens? Of course! You run smack dab into it.

Its the same in all areas of life. When you focus on your fears, you make them reality.

Do you worry about spending money educating yourself to reach your goals? Are you afraid that you may be throwing away money that you may never see again? Are you operating in a spirit of fear?

As Sir Winston Churchill is so often quoted, The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. This statement hits the nail on the head. It literally is 100 percent true.

Focus instead on realizing that you must have the proper tools and education to succeed.

You wouldnt try to build a house without a good set of tools and some construction knowledge.

Focus on doing exactly what it takes to get the outcome you want.

With that in mind, the key to success is the more you focus on what you want, the more your desires will manifest themselves in your life.
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Rick Miller is a Certified Master of Web Copywriting and co-founder of List Crusade. We've arranged for 72 of our readers to access Dr. Robert Anthonys complete audio training for fr^ee, along with training from Jay Abraham, Joe Vitale, John Gray, Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Robert Allen, Brian Tracy, and other experts. Go to: ==>http://www.ListCrusade.com/rickm.html