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Difficulties-Problems or Opportunities

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       Count your troubles as joys, for they give you an opportunity to preach Christ crucified.  An  example of this is found in Acts 5:40-42: "And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the  apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of  Jesus, and let  them go.  So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were worthy to suffer  shame for His name.  And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and  preaching Jesus as the Christ.  Being beaten was the apostles' troubles; we find it caused them to not  cease preaching Christ as their opportunity.            In Acts 16:25-34, it tells how Paul and Silas were in jail (that is their trouble), and they praised  God, and were released.  In the long run, they saved the jailor as well as the jailor's whole household, which was t...

The Gospels

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             It has been brought to my attention that not everyone in the world has a Bible.  I have just  recently finished reading the four gospels.  While they all basically report about Christ's life & times as  well as  His death & resurrection.  They are also different in other ways.        Matthew was an apostle of Christ, as well as being a tax collector.  Not much is really known about  Mark, other than that, he was an early-day Christian, and a Servant of our Lord and Savior Jesus  Christ.   Luke was a physician who wrote two letters to a man named Theophilos.  The first letter was about Christ, entitled Luke, the second being about the church, entitled Acts.  Then there was John,  who focused his book, as well as I, II, &III John, on the love of  God. Paul D Eccles

Chapter Ten: Prince Michael Becomes King of the Witches

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                         A royal decree flew into the window and landed on Prince Michael's face.  Now the prince was still in bed, but felt something on his face which he knocked off and turned over to go back to sleep.  The royal decree had other ideas and yelled, "OUT OF BED LAZY BONES I AM A ROYAL DECREE FROM THE KING.  I AM NOT TO BE IGNORED!  YOU AND IVORY ARE TO APPEAR  BEFORE THE KING IN ROYAL ATTIRE FOR BREAKFAST PRONTO!!!  The royal decree then  burned up.             The prince nodded his head, causing an ivory collar to appear around Ivory's neck.  After that, he put his royal ring on his finger and threw his cape around him.  The cape caused him to get dressed. He then took his cape covering Ivory and himself, and flew to the king's palace.             The king casually greets them with croissants and tea f...

Chapter Nine: The Witches Ball

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       Prince Michael was taking his time in the bathroom, making sure every part of  him was beautiful and shining,  He took a shower in body spray just in case he might meet that special someone. Prince Michael spent most of his time with Ivory, so once, when a reporter had nothing to write about  they started a rumor that the prince and Ivory were lovers.       Ivory did not like reading this in the newspaper one bit, and so she laid the paper on the ground and  peed on it.  She then very carefully took the prince aside and explained what it said.  Telling  him that to stop such rumors, he needed to see other people besides just her.  She said, "It is giving you and me a bad reputation, and the newspapers do talk.  I, for one, do not care for one moment about what they are saying about me.  Not that being compared to your ancestor Gym Stone is a bad thing, but I am not going to turn into a person....

Chapter 8:A New Familiar

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            On the next day, Prince Michael, found himself questioning how he would ever come upon a  familiar.  So, he went to ask his parents how he might find one.  He went as far as to tell them of the  oath he had made to the Troubled Youth.  Both of his parents thought he had acted foolishly, but helped  him nonetheless.  Lord Baltimore assured him, "that there are few who become familiars due to  committing a crime."         His Mother then stated, "Most familiars come to be through a deep spiritual bond, often being  shown through active meditation, spells, and focused intentions.  Now in your case I would find out if the Troubled Youth had made a spiritual bond with any animal.  If not had they seen one while asleep or in a deep trance.  If they do, find an animal fitting it's description and cast a spell on it."        Michael turned to Iv...

Planted By The Rivers of Water

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                 Psalms 1:3                            "He is like a tree                                      planted by streams of water..."ESV               Job       8:11                            "Can the papyrus grow where there is no marsh?                              Can the reeds flourish where there is no water?"ESV             In both cases, this speaks of water, a nourishment of life.  A thing needed for physical as well as Spiritual growth.  From the very beginning, we need water to be born of the Spirit.  In Mark 16:16, it s...

Chapter Seven: Why Should Prince Michael Be King?

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                           People start trembling at the appearance of Prince Michael.  One day, Prince Michael turns to Ivory and says, "I do wish people would quit trembling in my presence, after all, I am  an average teenage witch boy.  As so are they all average teenage witches."                Ivory clears her throat as they flash into another room, into another building.  She then states, "Yes, you are normal with one exception from these other teens, and that is you are of royal lineage to the throne!"              The chubby instructor, blowing bubbles out of his pipe, came over to Michael and said,  "My Lord, the class would like to know what is bothering you on such a sunny day as today."              Prince Michael tries to blow the instructor off at first, but that only mak...