A Missed Out Post From The Pages of A to Z April 2013 Challenge: Co-hosts And Ambassadors....

A Missed Out Blog Post From The Pages of A to Z Challenge 2013

A Just Concluded Blog Challenge!

Here is a list and badges of this years blog Co-host and its Ambassadors.

A to Z Blog Challenge Is The Brain Child of Arlee Bird, 

The Blogger. The Owner of Tossing it Out Blog Page.

To Read More About The Co-host and its Ambassadors Please Click on the below link:

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: 

CO-HOST HELPERS/ASSISTANTS:

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A to Z Survivors It's Time To Reflect:- A Notification From Arlee Bird The Founder of A to Z Challenge

Picture Credit Jeremy Hawkins

Arlee Bird The Person behind the wonderful  A To Z Blog 

Challenge wrote at the A TO Z Page:

"It's Not Over Until It's Over! Time to  Reflect The "I Survived" 

Badge Is Ready! Thanks to our in-house art guru, Jeremy Hawkins 

from Retro-Zombie, we have available for all of you who finished 

this year's A to Z Challenge a badge for you to proudly display on 

your site to show all the world of your amazing April feat. 

Congratulations to all of you."

END NOTE:

Hi Arlee and the Team,

Thanks a lot for providing all of us a wonderful  platform To 

reflects our thoughts, feelings and knowledge.

And ha, again for the timely support, encouragement and guidance      

Here comes our Big THANKS AND CONGRATS. 

Keep up the Good Work Arlee and Team.

Goodbye Until we meet again !!!

Regards,

Philip Ariel & Associates @ Philipscom

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Yes, Yahoo Search Or Google Search Your Search Ends Here…. Today’s Letter @ A to Z Blog Challenge Is Y

Yes, Google Search Or Yahoo Search, Your Search Ends Here…. Today’s Letter @ A to Z Blog Challenge Is "Y"

Pic. Credit: epiphany reds

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yahoo search or Google search Your search Ends Here.

We (the A to Z bloggers) are almost at the fag end of this year’s challenge.

Just one more day to go for the celebrations!!!

Today’s letter is Y, and I was in a bit dilemma about this letter.  And I was in search for one and I thought that that should not be yet another post but something worthwhile for my readers.   Suddenly my mind went back to the beginning of the A to Z Challenge.  This year I received the notification from few of my web friends   about the wonderful activities going to start at A to Z Blog challenge (Yet another brainchild of Arlee Bird).   

Yes, some activities we come to know through friends but most of the other things we come to know only by our efforts, I mean through our search.

Yes, one way or other we are all searchers for something in this world.  Yes, for finding out something new we do some kind of search, and that process continues.  Few fortunate ones get the right result for their search and other continue their search but do not find it. 

This is the sad part of my story here:

Are you in the first group of that fortunate ones or are you in the second group of less fortunate ones?

Let us check it.

I have posted one post in this series on this subject called search.   Yes, one of the famous search engines we all use it in our daily life is Google, especially the writers and bloggers use this quite often.  Google is now a part and parcel of many of the web users, of course this is not the only one, and there a good number of similar search engines in this world or web.  Researchers, students, doctors, engineers, house wives, executives and in fact every one uses these search engines.

As I said in my previous posts, these search machines may make mistakes since it is run by the human mind, and I am sure there will be some kind of drawbacks too.  In some search you may not get the needed or the appropriate one, due to many reasons.  But there is one place you get the appropriate answer to all your searches. 

That is at the footsteps of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of this world.

Very interesting!

You may ask how can a person search and reach at the feet of Lord Jesus Christ?

Yes, by hearing of  the Word of God one can easily reach at the place.  By hearing the Gospel one can come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ and the very purpose of His coming to this earth.   Yes, He came to save the sinners of this world, one who accept Him as his Lord and Savior will find peace and eternity.  (Read John’s Gospel Chapter 3:15 to17).  

A Cartoon by the blogger

Ones you find Him your search for truth and life ends there.  One can find solace on this earth at His feet alone.  If one find him he is surely a blessed person, and he will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruits  in its season, its leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper (Psalms 1:11).   Yes, he will flourish like a well grown fruit producing pleasant looking tree.  He will again be a solace to many who come near to him, or come under the shadow of this tree or come in closer contact with Him.

May God help you to end your search at the feet of Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanks for your valuable time.

Yours lovingly

Philip Verghese 'Ariel'

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WINNERS WINNERS ALL THE WAY!!! Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: W is for...Winning & Warriors

WINNERS WINNERS ALL THE WAY!!! WINNING 

WARRIORS

ALL

THE 

WAY!!!

Pic, Credit:  OCAL clicker.com 

READ MORE AT THIS LINK AT: Shannon L'S The Warrior Muse

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: W is for...Winning & Warriors:
As Charlie Sheen would say...Winning!  (Geez, that's SO two years ago...)
We're almost to the end now. Hang in there. You'v...

X is For XYZ Affair….

XYZ Affair….

A to Z Blog Challenge is fast approaching to the finishing line. Just three more letters to go to find the finishing line. 

Today is the turn of the 24^th letter in the Alphabet, that is: “X”

Pic. Credit: Wikipedia

The beginning or origin of this letter is very interesting.  The World Encyclopedia says, and I quote:  “It came from a word used by the Semites, who once lived in Syria and Palestine.  They named it samekh,  their word for fish, and adapted an Egyptian hieroglyphic, or picture symbolized to represent  fish.  The Greeks later took the symbol into their alphabet, and used the letter to represent the sound of  ch.  The Romans used the letter to represent the same sound, but changed its shape slightly.”

Confident Living Magazine Articles: X is For Xerxes: King Xerxes - Clear Thinking

Picture Credit: A to Z Blog Challenge 2013

By the time Apostle Paul counseled Timothy to “use a little while 

for your stomach's sake”   (1 Timothy 5:23).  

King Xerxes Had a long since destroyed himself with too much 

"medicine."

To continue reading please click on the below link:

Thanks And Regards

Confident Living Magazine Articles: X is For Xerxes: King Xerxes - Clear Thinking: 

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W is for Water. WATER: Its Numerous Uses And Benefits

W is for Water. WATER: Its Numerous Uses And Benefits

Neyyaar Dam by Thomas Vadakel 

Water is the most common substance on earth.  The living things on earth depends greatly on it’s for its survival.  It is estimated that 70% of earth surface is covered with water.  Yes, water is everywhere, it fills the oceans, rivers lakes and in the ground and even in the air we breathe.

The dictionary meaning says:  A transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2  O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.  A special form or variety of this liquid, as rain.

T is for 'Tina Downey' ! The Co-host at A to Z Blog Challenge: Also The Team Leader of "Tina The Terrific" Team.

T is for 'Tina Downey'! 

The Co-host at A to Z Blog Challenge: Also The Team Leader of 'Tina The Terrific Team.'

Today’s letter  ”T” stood before me with a big laugh! 
Yes, Tall and sturdy it stood before me with a big smile.

When I thought of the letter 'T' immediately the name stood before my eyes is    “Tina Downey”, the blog owner of Life is Good and the co-host at A to Z Blog Challenge.

I am so glad to write few words about this terrific personality, also happened to be my team (Tina's Terrific Team) leader here at A to Z blog Challenge 2013.

J is for Jerusalem And Jesus Christ

J is for Jerusalem And Jesus Christ

Picture Credit. 
Confident Living Magazine

Pic. by Dr. Woodrow Kroll

Jerusalem:  It is the holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.  It is the capital city of a tiny land called Israel.

 In the 1948 Arab Israeli war it became divided into two Israel and the Arab Country of Jordan.  Israel held West Jerusalem and Jordan controlled East Jerusalem.  Israel won East Jerusalem in the brief Arab-Israeli war of 1967 and combined it with the western zone.  West Jerusalem is the modern part of the city. East Jerusalem includes the Old City the place for many ancient monuments of holy places.

Jews consider it a holy city because it was their political and religious center in Biblical times.  Around 1000 B.C. King David made Jerusalem the capital of the united Israelite tribes, later David’s son Solomon built the first Temple of the Jews in the city.  Christians consider it holy because Jesus Christ was crucified there, and many events in his life on earth took place in this city.  Muslims believe that Muhammad, the founder of Islam rose to heaven from this city.  It is their third holiest city after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. 

Pic. Credit. A to Z Challenge

Jerusalem‘s three-fourth population is Jews.  They live in West Jerusalem where some Christians and Muslims too live. At the same time East Jerusalem’s majority are Arabs, about four-fifth of them are Muslims. Rest is Catholics of the Byzantine Rite or people belonging to Greek Orthodox or Roman Catholic churches.  In short this city stands like a glittering diamond in the geographical centre of the earth.  And the destiny of all mankind is bound up in the life of this unique city.

Interestingly this city is also known as the city of three Sabbaths—Friday (Muslim) 
Saturday (Jewish) and 
Sunday (Christian).

As said, though it is a tiny little land its presence is visible almost every day in newspapers and other visual media.  If one look from the perspective of the Word of God, one begins to understand the battle that is raging over the status of Jerusalem, the immigration of Russian Jews, the resettlement of Judea and Samaria, and the very principle of Israel’s continued existence.  From its inception it has been set apart from other nations.  That uniqueness of separation is still continuing and it’s fighting for its survival in the midst of a hostile world. 

Why its presence is visible every day in the media? What is it that important to this little nation of over a five million people, occupying less than the one percentage of the earth’s surface?  Why such a nation be a stumbling block in international affairs, major nations are discussing it seriously in their debates and decision making?  And why is it the most sought after fiercely contested piece of real estate in the world?

To find out an answer to these questions one need to go into the pages of Bible and need to set Jerusalem and Israel apart from the rest of the world.  The Bible says: "The earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein"  (Psalm 24:1). However God lays special claim to Israel in general, calling it “My Land” and Jerusalem in particular, calling it “My City”

In the eyes of man this city may not qualify as the biggest, the brightest or the best city in the world.  Yes, it lacks many features as the world count as best or greatest city.  Yet it holds a great splendor and glory that is incomparable to many other cities of the world.

Yes, its uniqueness stems from the fact that God has chosen this city to be the capital of His Kingdom.  From His Throne in Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus will rule over the nations, and from the nations people will come up to Jerusalem to worship the King.  The whole earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord and that glory will emanate from Messiah’s Throne in Jerusalem!

Of all the cities in the world, only Jerusalem is referred to as

The Holy City                                     (Isaiah 52:1)

The City of the Great King                 (Matthew 5:35)

The Throne of the Lord                      (Jeremiah 3:17)

The Place of God’s Name                    (2 Chronicles 33:4)

The Object of God’s Love                   (Psalm 87:1-3)

The Cause of God’s Joy                       (Isaiah 65: 19)

The Dwelling Place of God                   (Psalm 135:21)

The Seat of God’s Government            (Isaiah 2:3)

A Crown of Glory and a Royal Diadem (Isaiah 62:3)

The City of Truth                              (Zechariah 8:3)

In this sense, Jerusalem is the most ‘elevated city on the face of the earth!

But today it may be a dim reflection and at worst, a contradiction of its God-given designation.  But people of faith can see through the eye of the Spirit, the restoration of all things that the prophets have spoken.  This process of restoration will be completed in the day of our Lord’s appearing

Jesus Christ: The Savior of the World.

But unfortunately for many Jesus Christ is just a leader of one of the greatest religion in the world.

Yes Christianity or Christian religion was founded on His life and teachings.   But a majority of Christians believe that He is the Son of God who was sent by God the Father to earth to save humanity from their sins.  Even a good number of non-Christians too believe that He was a great and wise teacher lived ever.  In reality He is the Savior of the world. Those who believe in Him have everlasting life.  Yes this belief in Jesus Christ has united people from many lands.  Christians make up the largest religious group in the World.  Muhammad, the founder of Islam regarded Jesus Christ as a great prophet and adopted many of His ideas.  Moral standards of equality, responsibility and care for the weak owe much to Jesus’ lessons in brotherhood and kindness.

The first four books in the Bible’s New Testament tell about Jesus Christ and His life. These books are called Gospels (Good News).  

You can read these books here at these links: 

       1.   Matthew 

2.   Mark 

3.   Luke  

4.   John  

Here is a visual treat for those who want to see these Holy places.  No need to go to Jerusalem, sit at home and see those lovely places.  To watch and read more about this visual effect please click on the below link:

NO NEED TO GO TO ISRAEL

Thanks For Your Precious Time.

P V Ariel & Associates

Secunderabad

A.P. India.

Source:

The Holy Bible, (The Bible Gateway).

Bible Country, by Dr. Woodrow Kroll
Confident Living Magazine (The Good News Broadcasting Society)

Bible Sabdasaagaram, G Susheelan

Halley’s Bible Handbook Halley

The Holy Spirit and Israel, Bruce R

Israel’s Final Holocaust. Dr. Jack Van

The World Encyclopedia

Church History

Google.com

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