- Prayer reminds us that we are not the solution to the challenges that grip our world but we have access to the one who transcends those challenges.

- A prayerless nation has no hope beyond the headlines.

- Prayer aligns us with God’s heart, purposes and blessings.

- Prayer is an act of humility that precedes honor.

- Prayer enlarges the heart beyond selfish motive.

- Prayer provokes the heart to consider not only what is but what can be with God’s help.

- Prayer is best prioritized when one asks God to change one’s own heart first.

- No matters of eternal value will be accomplished outside of prayer.

- Prayer is properly prioritized vigilance in a spiritually passive world.

- Prayer at its best is an offering of one’s self to be used by God as a part of the answer.

* The Bible reminds us in 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” *

1. Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the entire Bible. 
2. Psalm 117, before Psalm 118 is the shortest chapter in the Bible. 
3. Psalm 119, after Psalm 118 is the longest chapter in the Bible. 
4. The Bible has 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after Psalm 118.
5. If you add up all the chapters except Psalm 118, you get a total of 1188 chapters. 
6. 1188 or Psalm 118 verse 8 is the middle verse of the entire Bible.

And what is the message found in verse 118? “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.” - Psalm 118:8

israelmekaniko:

May mga bagay na maaaring pangit sa iyong paningin ngunit hindi ito nangangahulugan na yung kapangitan nito ang titingnan mo. Sadyang hindi ginawang perpekto ang lahat ng bagay dito sa mundo para ikaw mismo ang umalam kung anong kagandahang meron sa pagiging imperpekto nito at para lubusan mong maunawaan na yung mga bagay na hinahangad mo ay sobra na sa pangangailangan mo. Makuntento. At yun. Magiging masaya ka.

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10. The black holes
After having been considered a SCI-FI concept for many decades, scientists all believe today in the existence of black holes. These are, according to definition, regions in space from which not even light escapes. A black hole is supposed to absorb all the light that hits the horizon, reflecting nothing. Apparently, they form when heavy stars collapse in a supernova at the end of their life cycle. After being form, a black hole will continue to grow by absorbing matter from its surroundings. Also, scientists believe that black holes exist at the center of most galaxies. Moreover, our own Milky Way is believed to shelter a huge 4 million solar masses (the standard unit of mass in astronomy) black hole. Once one of the mysteries of the universe, black holes are now generally agreed upon and an universal recognition of the phenomenon occurred in the past years. However, for most of us ignorants,it remains nothing but a strange, interesting phenomenon.

9. The end of the Universe
If the universe will end, and how will this happen remains one of those questions that men ask for the sake of asking, even though they know it would be impossible to find an answer. However, man is stubborn: several theories were created, such as the one claiming that the universe will continue to expand up to a point where all matter will be as thin as dust. Another one brings forward the idea that the universe will simply slow down and fall back into a single point, that may spark again into a new Big Bang. Finally, some people believe that baryons and protons, the building blocks of matter will simply decay (as other particles do) and if this do happens, than the universe will simply cease to exist.

8. Time
Time is maybe the greatest of all the mysteries of the universe. This is because, even though we are familiar with it ever since the beginning of our race, we are still unable to define it properly and in a way that satisfies everybody and every field of science. The question of whether the time even exists and can be measured arose and wasn’t yet answered.

7. The Dark Matter and the Dark Energy
Apparently, there is an enormous amount a matter that humans are unable to perceive. This was determined with the help of modern technology and high-tech instruments which show that we can only perceive about 4 % of all the existent matter. The rest is the so called ‘dark’ matter, which remains unperceivable by the human eye because it neither emits nor scatters light, hence the name. According to some studies, the dark matter represents 83 % of the universe, while what we call normal matter is about 17 %. Despite these figures and despite its supposed importance, we were unable of finding evidence of its existence. Accompanying dark matter is the dark energy which has the capability of increasing the rate of expansion of the universe. The existence of this type of energy would explain the recent observations of the expansion of the Universe at an accelerated rate.

6. Multiverse‘Multiverse is a term coined in 1895 by the American philosopher William James and it represents a set of multiple universes, also known as parallel universes. This theory implies the existence of more than one universe in the same space and time, but without interacting, except some very special situations. However, no proof of the existence of such worlds were founs yet, so it all remains a matter of belief and of probability.

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