Deacon Nadia's Comments

Dear Nadia, Thanks for you friendship : I accpet with a great pleasure.
May all our kinds of Hope and Faith be powerful to buitl all together Peace and Love on Earth.

Dear Nadia ... Welcome my friend :)

..Peace,Light and Love

If only we could see and love ourselves the way God does...and forgive the way we are always forgiven...and ask for help and be humble. That would feel good. Try it out!
Blessings, Nadia

Deacon Nadia, Thank you for inviting me to be your friend.
Do you have a website or more information on the Order of Christ/Sophia.
I have read many books on Christian Mysticism, and it is wonderful
that there is a Church, devoted to the teachings of a loving relationship
with God. Peace

Dear Deacon Nadia,
I was just reading your page and admiring all the great things that you do! And then you requested me as a friend just before i requested you! I am so honored :D

Blessings and Peace to you xoxo

An Interview with Rick Warren (REMEMBER HE WROTE 'PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE')



You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,



'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:



People ask me, What is the purpose of life?

And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.



One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.



I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.



We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.



Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.



The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.



We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.



This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.

Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.

No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.

And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.

It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.

Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.

That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.

Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.

Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.

Painful moments, TRUST GOD.

Every moment, THANK GOD.

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If you do not pass it on, nothing will happen. But it will just be nice to pass it on to a friend...just like I have done.

God's Blessings

Dear Deacon,
thanks for invitation but i not speak english! I speak italian or french only.
Excuse me.
Peace for the world.
Chiara

Hi Nadia, Happy to be one of your friend... see you again.... God Bless you.

Thank you Nadia for your friendship!...I'm looking forward to getting to know you...Blessings, Abelia

hello dear nadia, thank you for adding me as friend
hope our friendship be fruitful
peace and love
omar

Hello dear-
how are you?
so what do you do as a Christian Mystic minister in the Order of Christ/Sophia?
do you work with the energy of Sophia/ love?!!
my beloved teachers are working with Sophia energy - in the Starhouse in boulder colorado- their names are:
Lila and David Tresemer and Anastacia Nutt.
( have you heard a bout them?)

it is a beautiful place there- ( the starhouse).

and i also practice Yoga :-)

Dear Nadia, thank you so much for your invitation to friendship. When i saw your picture, i directly felt your friendly and harmonic energy and that's, what i also find here on your page. 'Christian Mystic minister' sounds great. I love the mystic spirituality in general. And in my eyes, mystic is the dimension, where all the different religions can meet.
Do you have experiences concerning the education of children (spirituality, awareness, peace)? My wish is to develop, practice and spread a program for children in primary schools. Concerning this, I'm already in an inspiring contact with Ria , who is also in your circle of friends.
I'm really glad, Nadia, that you have found me. You are a new star on my horizon.
Sunny greetings from Cologne at night! Sabine

Hi Deacon
I want to thank you for adding me
I so happy to have friends from USA

Have a great day

Hey Nadia ! Thanks for connecting... :o)

Here in the West we have been taught to put matter first and mind second, when in fact it's the other way around... Inverted views as Buddhism puts it... But it's trickling back into our culture, even via science, so it's only a matter of time...

Blessings,
Chris

I completely agree with your comment that God is within all of us. It is the first place we should look for the Divine connection. Then to nature. I wish all churches had outdoor sanctuaries!! That is a true place to worship.

I've just read your profile. That's OK. We'll keep in touch.

Hello DEACON NADIA !!!
I hope, you are fine and healthy and send you the most cordial greetings.
I hope, we all find a good way for peace and freedom for all the people and for all the creatures on this wonderful blue planet.
Wish yourself and your family a quite, peaceful and happy weekend an all the very best for you.
YOUR Hans-Joachim KNOLL