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Saturday, October 01, 2016

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Just Pinned to Real Life Enrichment: Top 10 Smart Alternatives to TED Talks http://ift.tt/2dxHjib

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Just Pinned to Real Life Enrichment: Why We Get Embarrassed and How to Overcome It http://ift.tt/2dAxiXa

Friday, September 23, 2016

Saturday, September 10, 2016

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Just Pinned to Real Life Enrichment: The Importance of Staring Out Of The Window http://ift.tt/2cuE2DJ

Saturday, September 03, 2016

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Just Pinned to Real Life Enrichment: 5 Secrets To BOOST Your Confidence | How To Be MORE Confident TODAY! http://ift.tt/2c3hquP

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Sunday, August 28, 2016

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Just Pinned to Real Life Enrichment: Sunscreen Showdown: Creams vs. Sprays http://ift.tt/2bvqLq8

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Cognitive Biases That Shape Our Thinking





Click on this link to see the Graphic Reveals 10 Cognitive Biases That Shape Our Thinking, With Examples

Windows PC users should uninstall QuickTime immediately

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent out an urgent alert advising Windows users to uninstall Apple's QuickTime program, the video and audio software (once) widely used to play movie trailers and other Internet media clips, due to two major vulnerabilities in the program that can allow hackers into people's computers.


Windows PC users should uninstall QuickTime immediately

Government Advises Windows Users to Delete QuickTime


12 everyday stretches to stay flexible and fit at any age

When it comes to stretching out your muscles, there are a lot of options to choose from.


Click here for the full list.

Monday, May 02, 2016

The Best Things to Buy at the Dollar Store

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The Best Things to Buy at the Dollar Store

The window from which we look!

Something to think about......

The Window from which we look




A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: "Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."

The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows."

And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.


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An Entrepreneur's List of 17 Techniques for Handling 'Haters'

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Shift Your Long-Term Worries to Small Daily Worries




https://www.pinterest.com/pin/148548487687573212/
http://lifehacker.com/shift-your-long-term-worries-to-small-daily-worries-1766943342

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Organize Notes in Software like Evernote, OneNote, and Others

For online note-taking, Evernote and OneNote are great options. There are others to consider for desktop applications.

Let the note-taking wars begin. With Microsoft's release of OneNote for the Mac and iOS , and its announcement that the Windows application is now free as well, the company has taken dead aim at the popular program Evernote. The two applications now both work on the same platforms (including mobile OSes such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone), sync your notes to your devices and include Web-based versions.

For a good review of Note-Taking Showdown: Evernote vs. OneNote (2016 Edition)
ComputerWorld reviewed them as well.

Share with me what you have found to work well or better.


What Tax Papers Do I Need to Keep?

Kiplinger talks about Don't Throw Away These Tax Records on their web page.

You can think about how to Declutter by Knowing What Tax Paperwork to Keep.



Tips for Tax Season

Follow the link below for
Top 10 Tips and Tools for Tax Season 





How to Deal with Taxes and Scams This Time of Year

Tax scams are common this time of year, and knowing how to spot one can save you a ton of money. Also NPR’s Planet Money point out that these scammers often use your fear or panic to manipulate you into giving them personal information or money.

I found A Visual Guide to Identifying Tax Scams and Fraud from Imposters at
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/another-tax-scam-irs-imposters


Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The IRS Won’t Call to Verify Your Tax Return

The IRS Won’t Call to Verify Your Tax Return, So Don’t Fall For the Scam http://twocents.lifehacker.com/the-irs-won-t-call-to-verify-your-tax-return-so-don-t-1764851688

Saturday, April 09, 2016

Eight Tax Deductions You Shouldn't Overlook

Eight Tax Deductions You Shouldn't Overlook When You File This Year http://lifehacker.com/eight-tax-deductions-you-shouldnt-overlook-when-you-fil-1769840542

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Improve Your Posture with These Three Simple Exercises


  • With your head still tucked, flap your arms, hands with your palm facing down, from your sides to just over shoulder level. Do that about ten times.
  • With your head still tucked and your palms facing down, lift your arms above shoulder level, then bend your elbows and put your hands on your ears. Do that about ten times.
  • With your head still tucked, reach out and above you with one hand and pull down, while you do the same with the other hand. Think “climbing an invisible ladder” and you’ll do it right. Do that about ten times.


Thursday, January 14, 2016

The Three Common Strategies Behind Most Scams http://lifehacker.com/the-three-common-strategies-behind-most-scams-1752752444

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

http://twocents.lifehacker.com/what-cheap-gas-means-for-the-economy-and-your-wallet-1752384280

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Identity Theft

Consumer Information

Visit IdentityTheft.gov, the federal government’s one-stop resource to help you report and recover from identity theft.


ATTORNEY'S ADVICE-----NO CHARGE  A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company. 1. The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks. 2. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED." 3. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check-processing channels will not have access to it. 4. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks, (DUH!). You can add it if it is necessary. However, if you have it printed, anyone can get it. (This may not be possible for many people). 5. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. Also carry a photocopy of your passport when traveling either here or abroad. We have all heard horror stories about fraud that is committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards. 6. When you check out of a hotel that uses cards for keys (and they all seem to do that now), do not turn the "keys" in. Take them with you and destroy them. Those little cards have on them all of the information you gave the hotel, including address and credit card numbers and expiration dates. Someone with a card reader, or employee of the hotel, can access all that information with no problem whatsoever. Unfortunately, as an  attorney, I have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line  approved to buy a Gateway computer and received a PIN number from DMV  to change my driving record information online. Here is some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know: 1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. The key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them. 2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). However, here is what is perhaps most important of all (I never even thought to do this.) 3. Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.  The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks. Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet and contents being stolen: 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 3.) TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271


BBB Scam Tracker

 
Consumer Reports

Five Common Scams Directed at Seniors (and How to Avoid Them)

Lies, Secrets, and Scams: How to Prevent Elder Abuse

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Perfect Timing


All in the Timing 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Thursday, November 12, 2015

"Obedience Made Easy"

“And this is His command: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as He commanded us. Those who obey His commands live in Him, and He in them.” (1 John 3:23-24a)

These verses expand the meaning of Jesus’ two great commands: Love God and love people.

You show your love for God by believing in Him and placing your life in Jesus’ hands. You love others by sacrificially loving them more than yourself.

1 John 3:16 says, “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”

Both of these commands are fulfilled in obedience.

John 15:10 says, “If you obey My commands, you will remain in My love, just as I have obeyed My Father's commands and remain in His love.”

Obedience is a circular activity. Your obedience places your faith in Jesus resulting in the work of the Holy Spirit being released in you. Releasing more of the Holy Spirit enables you to continue living in obedience. Obedience comes easier when you have cultivated a lifestyle of learning to remain (dwell) in Jesus.

John 15:4 says, “Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.”

Your growing relationship with Jesus will not only help grow your faith, but will also help you make Jesus the Lord of your life. Walk with Jesus daily in prayer and Bible reading so that He grows to be the “hub” of your life – arming you for obedience!


1 John 2:3-6 -- “We know that we have come to know him if we obey His commands. The man who says, ‘I know Him,’ but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in Him. But if anyone obeys His word, God's love is truly made complete in Him. This is how we know we are in Him: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.”

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day brings good thoughts and pride in my country. Those who have served our country deserve honor. God reminds us that we should honor everyone, but we honor Veterans on this day. Romans 13:7 says, "Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor."

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I (Also known as the Great War) ; major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. The United States previously observed Armistice Day. The U.S. holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.


Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who gave their lives and those who perished while in service.




In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.



While both honor our military personnel, the former is a day to remember and pay respect to all the men and women that died serving our country in a war, while Veterans Day is to celebrate the soldiers who are still alive and served in the forces at anytime, during peace or war.



“Veterans Day shows respect for those who were willing to give their lives to the country and to serve their country. It shows that we appreciate the veterans.” “Veterans Day is important to me because it is a time to recognize and honor those that have served their country in the armed forces.



Celebrating Veterans Day. If the November 11 holiday falls on a non-workday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday is observed by the federal government on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday).


Observance
Veterans Day is intended to honor and thank all military personnel who served the United States in all wars, particularly living veterans. It is marked by parades and church services and in many places the American flag is hung at half mast. A period of silence lasting two minutes may be held at 11 am. Some schools are closed on Veterans Day, while others do not close, but choose to mark the occasion with special assemblies or other activities.

Veterans Day is officially observed on November 11. However, if it falls on a week day, many communities hold their celebrations on the weekend closest to this date. This is to enable more people to attend and participate in the events. Federal Government offices are closed on November 11. If Veterans Day falls on a Saturday, they are closed on Friday November 10. If Veterans Day falls on a Sunday, they are closed on Monday November 12. State and local governments, schools and non-governmental businesses are not required to close and may decide to remain open or closed. Public transit systems may follow a regular or holiday schedule.
History
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations came into effect. On November 11, 1919, Armistice Day was commemorated for the first time. In 1919, President Wilson proclaimed the day should be "filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory". There were plans for parades, public meetings and a brief suspension of business activities at 11 am.

In 1926, the United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I and declared that the anniversary of the armistice should be commemorated with prayer and thanksgiving. The Congress also requested that the president should "issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples."

An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) was approved on May 13, 1938, which made November 11 in each year a legal holiday, known as Armistice Day. This day was originally intended to honor veterans of World War I. A few years later, World War II required the largest mobilization of service men in the history of the United States and the American forces fought in Korea. In 1954, the veterans service organizations urged Congress to change the word "Armistice" to "Veterans". Congress approved this change and on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor all American veterans, where ever and whenever they had served.

In 1968 the Uniforms Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) made an attempt to move Veterans Day to the fourth Monday of October. The bill took effect in 1971. However, this caused a lot of confusion as many states disagreed with this decision and continued to hold Veterans Day activities on November 11. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which stated that Veterans Day would again be observed on November 11 from 1978 onwards. Veterans Day is still observed on November 11.






Tuesday, November 03, 2015

"You Are Ready"

“At once, he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.” (Acts 9:20)

The Gospel of Mark ends with Jesus saying in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.”

Jesus had completed His mission on earth and had now imparted that mission to His disciples. Jesus died for us so that all might be saved and come into relationship with God.

1 Timothy 2:4 says, “Who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

In Acts 9:7 Paul was blinded by God during his quest to persecute followers of Christ. For three days Paul was blind until Ananias (in Acts 9:18) was sent by God to heal Paul. Paul had fervently practiced his Jewish faith all his life.

Galatians 1:14 says, “I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.”

Yet upon the restoration of Paul’s eyesight, he instantly began proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ!

Here is a man who was totally immersed and indoctrinated in the Jewish faith, yet immediately without years of training, without a solid church to support him, without a Bible-based Sunday school class, or a mentor to guide him, Paul began preaching.

He let Jesus’ life naturally flow from his own. And we are called to do the same. You do not need one more sermon or one more Bible study to proclaim the good news of Jesus; you merely need to believe He is your Savior, He did live, He died for your sins, He did rise from the dead, He has equipped you with the Holy Spirit, and YES, Jesus will return, and that He desires all to be saved!


John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Friday, October 23, 2015

Happy Birthday - Multitrack

Just want to wish you a happy birthday!






I continue to work on and add to each one of these to keep them active and up to date. Constantly adding my old material and adding fresh content.

Title: Click on the title below to go to blog Brief description of each blog
Off-The-Church-Walls Humor blog
Real Life Quotes Growing Quote collection.
Real Life Enrichment Practical information for everyday life.
Parable Inspiring devotional illustrations
Preacher Points Place for sermon outlines and resources
Kevin Rayner's Ministry to God @ The Edmond Church of Christ Many current resources currently being used at the Edmond Church of Christ
Edmond Oklahoma SAM's Information for helping Seniors
Rayner Resources Hub for my information online
Magnify Jesus A look at the Christ's life and teachings
Christ's Church Reflecting on the followers of Christ
Real Life Conversion How lives are changed by Christ
Oaks of Righteousness Where to focus on becoming more fully devoted followers of Christ
"Overtime Church" More challenging thoughts for the disciple that is most serious about Jesus. Theology for the night owl, weekend worker, or Bible student who wants to learn more.
Kevin's Komment Online commentary and resources to better understand scripture.
Real Life Servant Maker For the Christian growing with a Christ-like servant attitude toward others.
Becoming Great Neighbors Encouragement to love and serve your neighbor
Edmond Church of ChristHospitality Helping each Christian become more hospitable.