Investing in New Zealand - Learn how to Find Unique Investment Opportunities

Investing in New Zealand might be much easier than investing in other western countries, thank to the excellent infrastructure, the low taxes and the assistance of the supportive NZ government.

Technological Face of New Zealand

New Zealand has a unique reputation within the global market place. This country offers a complicated dichotomy - a technological savvy environment with a laid back attitude. New Zealanders are known for their ability to get things done, their wiliness to be on the cutting-edge of technology, and their friendly, welcoming attitudes. This combination comes together to form an inviting environment for investment.

New Zealand - All Wired Up

New Zealand has made aggressive steps towards encouraging investment and advance technology interests. In fact, New Zealanders are notorious for being early adopters of technology. New Zealand has one of the highest investments in information technology in proportion of GDP in the world. New Zealand may be on the other side of the world, but the aggressive technological advances make New Zealand seem like a next-door neighbor.

New Zealand has several sophisticated telecommunication access points, with companies such as AT&T, British Telecom, Bell Atlantic, Sprint Cable & Wireless and Telstra operating affiliate sites in New Zealand. In 2000, Southern Cross Cable established a sophisticated fibre optic system through out New Zealand, linking via satellite systems to San Francisco, Hawaii, Australia and Fiji. This high powered system allows the transfer of data at lightening speeds, the equivalent of two full-length motion pictures every second.

New Zealand’s Potential

Some people may not be aware of the potential of New Zealand - after all, this seemingly sleepy island is sometimes referred to as a suburb to the rest of the world. But if the potential for investment of New Zealand is overlooked, it’s a serious mistake. New Zealand offers a secure and inviting business environment. International investors are given an opportunity to invest in highly specialized industries, such as information and communications technology, wood processing, biotechnology, niche manufacturing, call centers, and screen production. With a highly educated work force, and a welcoming corporate tax rate of 33% and either little or no capital gains tax, New Zealand offers the perfect platform for business investments.

New Zealand has a proven track record for international investors - Australian investors have invested nearly 20 billion NDZ, the United Kingdom 7.3 billion NDZ, and the US 5.6 billion NDZ in New Zealand business. New Zealand’s efficient, market based economy makes business investment in New Zealand straight-forward and efficient. New Zealand offers a positive environment for international investors, giving them an opportunity to position themselves in innovative, high value research and development. In fact, New Zealand offers 100% deductibility for research and development expenses.

New Zealand government is highly supportive of international investment in the New Zealand economy and is actively working to create investment opportunities throughout New Zealand.

More on New Zealand Real Estate & Investment Opportunities could be found at http://nzpassport.com/artman/publish/cat_index_48.shtml

Copyright 2005 Ofer Shoshani

Ofer Shoshani has been working for the last 5 years as a professional journalist, writing about finance, economy, travel and lifestyle. During these years he lived and wrote from Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, USA, Israel, India & Thailand.

More of his work could be found at http://www.bespanish.com

Stocks, Oil, and Bonds

A barrel of oil bounced to over $60 Thu, which triggered a steep sell-off in the stock market Thu and Fri, although oil pulled-back to around $59 a barrel, and closed at $59.84 a barrel Fri.

There are many reasons why oil prices are high, including a “price premium” for potentially negative geopolitical events, the start of the hurricane season Jun 1st (which may affect refineries in the Gulf), the 4th of July holiday (which is the start of the summer driving season), and end-of-the quarter window dressing (which may keep oil prices and oil stocks high). However, the most influencial factor is stronger than expected global economic growth. Both U.S. monetary and fiscal policies remain stimulative, and the global economy continues to expand at above trend growth. Moreover, financial markets have not slowed the global economy through negative “Wealth Effects.”

The price of oil has a weaker influence on U.S. producers, because the U.S. economy has become lighter (for example, the products Microsoft produces weigh little). Nonetheless, high oil prices will have some negative effect on earnings, particularly producers of heavy products (e.g. in China, which is moving from the Agricultural Revolution into the Industrial Revolution, while the U.S. is moving from the Information Revolution into the Biotech Revolution). Also, U.S. productivity growth is slowing, which is negative for earnings. On the consumption side, a higher oil price is a tax, because consumers substitute other products for higher priced oil products. So, demand or prices for other goods fall. Consequently, a higher oil price will slow output growth and lower living standards rather than cause inflation.

The four charts below are same period daily charts of SPX (S&P 500), OEX (S&P 100), OIH (oil stocks index), and TLT (long bond ETF). SPX (the largest 500 stocks) has outperformed OEX (the largest 100 stocks) for several years. Currently, OEX is relatively undervalued compared to SPX. The four charts show the general stock market (i.e. SPX and OEX) OIH, and TLT generally rallied together recently. However, they may move in different directions over the next few weeks.

The first chart shows SPX fell to the congestion area (circle), which is a major short-term support area. Also, SPX 1,192 has been a major (support and resistance) level, for several months, although SPX closed at 1,191 1/2. The Price-by-Volume bar (on left side of chart) shows additional support at 1,180 to 1,190. Both the 50 day MA, currently at 1,181 1/2 and the 200 day MA, currently at 1,174, are rising. Major resistance is in the low 1,200s (psychological resistance at 1,200, 10 and 20 day MAs, and top of congestion area). SPX has created a bearish head & shoulders pattern so far this year. There are open gaps at 1,174, 1,143, and 1,138, which may close this summer. End-of-the quarter window dressing by Thu, new quarter on Fri, and the 4th of Jul holiday Mon may be bullish for the stock market next week.

The second chart shows OEX fell below major support levels over the two day sell-off, i.e. below the 10 20 50 and 200 day MAs, below the congestion area (circle), and below the Price-by-Volume bar in the mid 560s. Next major support is in the low 550s, which is the middle of a previous congestion area. Major resistance is at 564 to 567 (where there are several resistance points). Over the past five years, the OEX to SPX ratio fell from 57% to 47%, after rising from 46% to 57% over the previous five years. Moreover, OEX underperformed SPX over the past two months. So, OEX is relatively undervalued compared to SPX.

The third chart shows OIH rallied from just over $84 to over $105 a share, while oil rallied from $47 to $60 a barrel. If oil is in a $50 to $60 range, then OIH may consolidate and fall to the mid-$90s a share. The fourth chart reflects falling long bond yields recently (since TLT and long bond yields move in opposite dirctions). Also, the flattening of the yield curve recently is predicting slower economic growth. Global economic growth is likely to slow over the next year or two, since the global economy cannot maintain above trend growth. Consequently, both the stock market and oil prices should fall (i.e. SPX OEX and OIH). However, slower disinflationary growth or slower inflationary growth (i.e. stagflation) will determine TLT.

Economic reports next week are: Mon: None, Tue: Consumer Confidence, Wed: Final GDP and GDP Chain Price Deflator, Thu: Personal Income, Personal Spending, Unemployment Claims, Chicago PMI, and the FOMC announcement, Fri: Construction Spending, ISM Index, Auto Sales, and Michigan Consumer Sentiment. There are notable earnings reports only on Wed: ORCL RIMM GIS COMS MON TONS.

There may be excellent option trading opportunities next week. If the price of oil pulls-back, OIH may fall, while SPX and OEX may bounce (although, longer-term SPX OEX and OIH may fall). TLT may fall after the FOMC announcement Thu, since it may maintain its balanced stance on growth and inflation. Perhaps, OIH will trade between 100 1/2 and 104 1/2, while OEX trades in the high 550s to high 560s. TLT may pullback one or two points, and major support is at 93 1/2. A heavy producer e.g. X (U.S. Steel), which is beaten down, may rise on a pullback in oil prices. SPX puts may be a buy at 1,200. The Dow Industrials fell from over 10,600 to below 10,300 Thu and Fri (The Dow bounced sharply off 10,000 two months ago). So, DIA calls may be a buy. There also may be an excellent opportunity to make gains on earnings, e.g. GIS calls.

See http://www.peaktrader.com Forum Index Market Overview section for charts.

Arthur Albert Eckart is the founder and owner of PeakTrader. Arthur has worked for commercial banks, e.g. Wells Fargo, Banc One, and First Commerce Technologies, during the 1980s and 1990s. He has also worked for Janus Funds from 1999-00. Arthur Eckart has a BA & MA in Economics from the University of Colorado. He has worked on options portfolio optimization since 1998.

Mr Eckart has developed a comprehensive trading methodology using economics, portfolio optimization, and technical analysis to maximize return and minimize risk at the same time. This methodology has resulted in excellent returns with low risk over the past three years.

Invest or be Pink Slipped

Firing an employee seems to be easier and easier for corporations. Up until now you allowed them to set your clocks. Now its time to fight back! Beat them at their own game. They had your future pegged. Now your certainty is in your own hands.

Corporations attempt to make the best use of their resources so they claim. You must do the same! And when the corporation is no longer the best use of your resource give them their pink slip. You must begin to look for ways to capitalize on your time and increase your earning potential. Think like a corporation about how you can increase your earnings quarter by quarter.

This is exactly what I did and I am so grateful for it. I had started six years prior diversifying my income. I accomplished this by investing in commodities. I still remember the thrill of my first trade in commodities. I managed to turn $1,500 into $18,000 in about 4 months. That was almost equal to my $20,000/ yr salary at that time. Up to that point nothing I attempted to do to earn a real income, you know the type of income that would allow me to splurge and enjoy life, actually worked.

I immediately stopped buying all the other so-called moneymaking material. I began focusing all my efforts on investing in commodities. A funny thing happened to me. I noticed I actually performed my job better because I was happier knowing I had my investments working for me. I was able to handle stress much better. I started setting goals and taking vacations away from home instead of using my vacation time simply as time off from work.

I even started solving problems that were a challenge for others but the solutions seemed to come to me with ease. I gradually moved up in the company through promotions. I started viewing the company as an investment for me. This view allowed me to start taking full advantage of their tuition reimbursement program and their interest free loans for computer purchases.

My experience of investing in commodities allowed me to change my perspective on life. When I was given the news that I would be out of a job due to reorganization, I felt no pressure. I had planned for this moment six years in advance. Of course, everyone was quite shocked when I kept my composure and said the company was the best company I had ever worked for.

I continued to work diligently and happily right up to the very last day. You see the company had paid for my college education, gave me two interest free loans for my computers and gave me a lifetime of experience. Well, the truth is I knew I had my investments in commodities and the company had allowed me to earn the money to invest.

Diversify your income now!

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Well Managed Investing Risks Bring Rewards!

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing!” Warren Buffett (1930 - )

We often listen to people who hesitate to invest in the stock market because they fear risk. There are older people who fear that a stock crash could leave them destitute. There are young couples who pine for a new home but worry that an investment loss could kill their chances.

For any investor, risk is a fact of life!

Whenever an opportunity opens up for you to make an investment profit, you also face the fear of the possibility of suffering an investment loss. Even with “safe” kinds of investments, such as bank deposits, there is a risk that the rate you earn will not exceed the rate of inflation.

Often, these fears are rooted in a misunderstanding of what risk is. Those who understand market risks –and properly evaluate their ability to tolerate them– can supercharge their investment portfolios by embracing a certain amount of uncertainty!

In the financial world, risk translates to uncertainty and it’s measured by standard deviation from the norm.

Many individuals would say the riskier investment is the first, because their principal would be in greater jeopardy. But to professionals, the first investment is merely stupid –not risky–because it’s a sure thing to lose!

Still, what worries many is that you never know when the stock market is going to dive. What if it falls right before you need to sell?

Most individuals measure risk as their chance of loss, but we measure risk by the variability of returns!

In other words, because stocks have higher average returns, you can suffer some losses and still end up vastly ahead over the long run.

There’s only one situation in which adding stocks to your portfolio doesn’t make sense–when you don’t have time to let the market work for you.

In any given year, you have about a 1 in 4 chance of taking a loss in the stock market. If one year or less is as long as you plan to invest, stocks boil down to a gamble.

But if your time horizon is five years or more, there’s a very good chance that putting at least a portion of your money in stocks will boost the performance of your investments!

One question you have to resolve is the kind of investment risk you’re comfortable taking. The choice ranges from conservative to aggressive, with a broad middle ground between the extremes.

Conservative Investing: Means putting money where there’s little risk to principal.

Moderate Investing: Means taking risks by putting money into growth stocks and bonds.

Aggressive or Speculative Investing: Means taking a possible risk of losing part of your investment in exchange for the possibility of making a larger profit.

The ideal risk equalizer is that you should work for balance among the various risk categories.

One of your concerns should also be that if you invest too conservatively, you won’t have enough money down the road to afford your goals even if you’ve been diligent in following your plan.

Another concern is that by taking too many chances you risk losing too much of your capital.

Ioannis - Evangelos C. Haramis was born in Greece in 1951 and he studied in Greece, USA and in Belgium. He has been active in the stock markets since 1972. Since 2002 he is New Business Development Managing Director at an Investment Bank and the editor of http://www.greekshares.com

Copyright © 2005 I.E.C. Haramis

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My Perfect Mess

I had a rotten fifth grade. Although I made good grades, worked hard, was quiet and mostly obedient, Sister Saint Therese du Divine Coeur hated messy. And I was so messy.

Sister Saint Therese made us fasten our winter boots together with clothespins, line up our book bags neatly in a row under the windows, and cover our textbooks with brown paper. Plain, blank brown paper. Months into the school year, we still weren’t supposed to have a single doodle on any cover. I was ten. I don’t think I need to elaborate.

I also never remembered to bring a head scarf to wear on confession day. So once a month, I confessed with a Kleenex bobby-pinned to my head.

But in Sister Saint Therese’s eyes, my penmanship was her purgatory. Her handwriting was like the Declaration of Independence. Mine was the way desperate people scrawl on bathroom mirrors when they’ve been kidnapped.

At Saint Anne’s School, composition was the most important subject. That was fine with me. I was a wonderful storyteller, and I knew it. But in fifth grade, our monthly essays became ordeals. Because our stories didn’t only need to be beautifully written, they had to be beautifully written.

Each student would write a first draft on “practice paper” — cheap grayish sheets from the communal tablet. We would bring our essays one at a time to Sister. She’d look them over, correcting our spelling and grammar as she clicked her teeth. Then from her desk drawer, she would hand us our black-and-white-speckled composition book. The paper in the book was stapled to the center, so unlike spiral notebooks, if you tore out a sheet, the composition book tattled on you. Talk about leaving a paper trail.

Once we were handed our books, we were supposed to turn to the next blank page and copy our finished essay. With a fountain pen.

Giving me a fountain pen was like giving a toddler a bowl of spaghetti. No matter how careful I was — how deliberately I formed every letter — something would always go wrong. An a looked more like a d, an m always had one too many humps, the line that crossed through the t in “the” always crossed through the h, too. And don’t get me started on the ink blots and the smears. (I challenge each of you with a ten-year-old to look at your child right now and picture him with an old-fashioned fountain pen in his hand.)

So I’d turn in my story riddled with smears, blobs, shaky letters, and mistakes, all of which I had tried to fix. Sister Saint Therese would be furious.

“Mother Mary would weep!” she’d cry, holding up my open book for all the class to see. Sister Saint Therese du Divine Coeur was a serious humiliator.

That’s when I’d get a Black Ticket. These were small pieces of paper about the size of a Band-Aid, black felt on one side and white on the other. You wrote your name on the white side and deposited the ticket in the Black Box, which sat directly in front of the statue of the Blessed Virgin. I think we were supposed to be offering up our sins, but for the life of me I never understood why Mary would want our sins in the first place.

At the end of every month, Sister Therese would open the box and read the names one by one. How we dreaded hearing our names come out of that box. A ten-ticket count was very bad. Once you accumulated that many tickets, you had to write your name in the Black Book. This could be considered the hotel registry for Hell. And I got booked. Repeatedly.

The school year is an eternity when you’re ten. And when most days include at least one moment of mortification, they crawl like Palm Sunday’s high mass. But the Blessed Virgin must have known that no child should be a nervous wreck forever, because when I got to sixth grade, my teacher was Sister Regina Marie.

Like all the nuns at Saint Anne’s, Sister Regina was strict. She looked to be six feet tall. Her habit stopped just short of her ankles, so you could see her thick black stockings and heavy-soled shoes. She had big hands with knuckles like my grandfather’s.

In Sister Regina’s class, we marched like West Point cadets. Slouching was lazy, and laziness was a mortal sin. She had little tolerance for fidgety boys and less for giggly girls. And she liked science way too much for my tastes. But all of this was okay with me, because with Sister Regina there were no Black Tickets, no Black Box, no Black Book — and no black-and-white-speckled composition books.

For our essays, Sister Regina had snow-white paper with the palest of blue lines. And she sold us (at cost, I hope) special ballpoint pens.

“These pens are one hundred percent guaranteed never to leak,” she said. “You will never get a glob of ink at the tip to mess up your papers.” I bought one right away, and when my grandmother gave me 50 cents for running an errand, I bought a spare. I knew a bargain when I saw one. Still, the thought of putting that glob-proof pen to that immaculate sheet of paper was too much to bear.

When Sister Regina announced our first essay assignment of the school year, I was expecting it to be “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” Not so. Instead, we were told to “describe something beautiful.”

On my walk to school each day, I passed a tree that looked like any other for most of the year — except at autumn, when it turned the most brilliant red. So I wrote about the red tree and how it always caught me by surprise. Since I liked telling stories more than describing things, the story was about a tree that decided, quite deliberately, to stay green as long as possible, letting all the other trees go first, the better to startle everyone by turning every single leaf to crimson over the course of one night.

It was a pretty good story for an eleven-year-old, once you got past the thesaurus overload. (I had a tiny green book called Little Book of Synonyms, and I applied it liberally.) My tree was fiery, ruby, crimson, scarlet, vermillion, blood-drenched like a rose, a beet, an apple, a sunset. I was in vocabulary paradise and delighted with my essay.

But I had to write the finished version on that pristine paper. With a death grip on my special pen, I was overcome with fear. The tears came, and I cried all over my white paper.

Sister Regina came over to my desk. She leaned over me from her great height.

“What in the world is the matter with you?” she asked.

I looked away. I could hardly answer. ‘Tm afraid I will make a mistake,” I whispered.

“So what?” Sister Regina said.

So what?! So what if I made a mistake? I suddenly felt like I was the star of one of those catechism filmstrips, like the one where Saint Paul gets knocked off his horse. Because at that moment, angels began singing and the clouds parted and the sun shone down on my ruby tree. A teacher had actually said “So what!”

Sister Regina leaned in closer, her veil providing a small, private space for the two of us.

“Look,” she said quietly, “we all want everything we do to be perfect, but sometimes it just doesn’t turn out that way, because we aren’t perfect. If you aren’t satisfied when you’re done, and you think you can do it better — not perfect, just better — well, then, just do it again. You can do it as many times as you like.”

I’ve had many wonderful teachers who have guided and inspired me. But Sister Regina Marie’s kind words at that moment have meant as much to me as anything I have heard before or since.

In those few words, I learned one of the most reassuring lessons of life: that you don’t have to be perfect. You only have to satisfy yourself. And there is no limit to the number of chances you get.

I’m still messy. So what?

Copyright © 2006 Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas graduated from the University of Southern California with a teaching degree. She is the author of four bestselling books, Free to Be . . . You and Me, Free to Be . . . a Family, The Right Words at the Right Time, and Thanks and Giving: All Year Long. Ms. Thomas has won four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, the Peabody Award, and has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame for her work in television, including her starring role in the landmark series That Girl, which she also conceived and produced. She is the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Ms. Thomas lives in New York with her husband, Phil Donahue.

For more information, please visit http://www.rightwordsbooks.com.

We Call Them Best Men, God Calls Them Friends

Most weddings would not be complete without the Best Man
or Maid of Honor to stand as witnesses. This honorary title
of Best Man comes to the groom’s best friend in life. This is
the truest friend he could ever have. This friend knows the
groom better than anyone and is loyal. Their friendship has
grown over the years because of trust. The best friend has
learned to respond to the voice of his friend and believes
what is told to him. This forms an unbreakable bond, they
are “brothers” so to speak.

Everything God set up in the Old Testament was a
foreshadowing of Christ in the New Testament. God laid
down the foundation of what was to come through His Son
Jesus. God spoke of the relationship between Him and His
children of Israel as a Bridegroom and His Bride.

“And I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to
Me in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and
mercy.” Hosea 2:19 (Amplified)

God made it no secret that the relationship we are to have
with Him is like a coveted vow between a husband and a
wife. Our faithfulness to Him will secure our eternity with
Him. He does not look kindly on infedelity. You can read
God’s remarks on this when He dealt with the people in
Israel for marrying daughters of foreign gods (Mal. 2:11)

Once Christ came on the scene, He fulfilled all the prophesy
and law in the Old Testament. Christ Himself came as the
Bridegroom and the church is to be His Bride, taken in a
sacred, holy marriage. Did Christ have a best man? Yes, his
name was John the Baptist. Let’s look at the role of the best
man in John and how it compares to our role today as the
Best Man to the Bridegroom.

No. 1. His first role as bestman is to do everything the
bridegroom asks of him. He stands by and listens for
instructions and follows them without question.

“He who has the bride is the bridgroom; but the groomsman
who stands by and listens to him rejoices greatly and
heartily on account of the bridegroom’s voice. This then is
my pleasure and joy, and it is now complete.” John 2:29
(Amplified)

No. 2. He has to stand back and allow the bridegroom to
have the center spotlight.

“He must increase, but I must decrease. (He must grow
more prominent; I must grow less so.)” John 2:30
(Amplified)

No. 3. It’s the best man’s job to unite the bride and
bridegroom and step aside. There is no jealousy.

(Read vs. 29) “This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is
now complete.”

No. 4. In the days of the traditional Jewish weddings, a tent
was set up for the newlyweds. The celebration would
continue for a week. The bride would enter into the tent
before her new husband and while she was waiting there
for him, the best man would guard the tent and make sure
that no false lover would gain entrance. Today, we must
guard our hearts against intruders who want to seperate us
from the love of Christ with false teachings and doctrine.
When we have a bestman such as a pastor, teacher,
minister or friend who guards our relationship with Christ as
sacred, they will stand outside and prevent an illicit love
affair from ever happening. We all must take the role of a
Best Man and guard others from being fooled on their
wedding night.

No. 5. The Best Man will rejoice and be happy for the
Bridegroom. He knows the Bridegroom came for the Bride
and the Best Man is happy to step aside and let the union
take place.

(Read vs. 29) “This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is
now complete.”

By doing these things, the Best Man;s job is complete in
doing what he promised to do. He united them in
matrimony.

When we listen to others who are taught in the Word of God
and bring it to us, we are like sheep who hear our master’s
voice. Sometimes however, the voice we hear is not of our
master. Many Christians get fooled into hearing the wrong
directions. They are easily trapped into believing that God
speaks in powerful and mighty ways and they can’t discern
whether it’s really God or not. How can we tell? Here is one
way to make sure.

“And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the
Lord. And behold the Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the
rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and
after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the
earthquake; And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was
not in the fire; and after the fire (a sound of gentle stillness
and) a still, small voice.” 1 Kings 19:11-12 (Amplified)

The Best Man learns to hear the voice of the Bridegroom. He
doesn’t have to scream and shout. He speaks with a quiet
and gentle tone. Don’t get pulled into emotional excitement.
We are in such a time as this where there are so many
other voices out there competing for our attention and if we
don’t recognize the voice of the Bridegroom, we will soon
perish.

“(Hark!) An uproar from the city! A voice from the temple! The
voice of the Lord, rendering recompense to His enemies!”
Isaiah 66:6 (Amplified)

Today we have so many outside distractions. We hear
voices coming from every direction. We hear voices from
the city which is the world in general. These can be quite
overbearing. We hear voices from the temples, which is the
religions of the world, all claiming to know the real truth and
then there is THE VOICE of the Lord. Those who do not
recognize His voice are considered His enemies.

But Jesus refered to sheep hearing voices of strangers
many times. He says that even the sheep will run from the
strange voice. Are we not smarter than sheep? Christ calls
us all by name. He doesn’t want a long distance
relationship with us and He doesn’t want any false
shepherds to tell you that you are unworthy to come to Him.
Don’t be deceived by a false lover.

“But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because
you do not belong to My fold (you are no sheep of Mine). The
sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice;
and I will know them, and they will follow Me.” John 10:26-27
(Amplified)

God has already spoken to His children and He wants us all
to know His Voice. When we are asked to be the Best Man,
we will hear only His voice which has come for us to be a
part of the grand wedding ceremony. He speaks to us for
our own sakes’. Don’t take orders from a voice you do not
recognize as the Bridegroom’s.

“(Rather, I will say) Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your
(own) name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying,
I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again. The crowd
of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had
thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him! Jesus
answered, This voice has not come for My sake, but for your
sake.” John 12:28-30 (Amplified)

The people who were standing by were not sure what they
had heard. Some thought it was thunder, others thought it
was an angel who was speaking to Jesus. Let’s not make
that same mistake today. Learn to hear your Bridegroom’s
voice through the leading of your pastor, preacher, minister,
or teacher who has been asked to be the Best Man for the
job. He is speaking to you for your sake, because he already
knows the true Bridegroom’s voice and has vowed to unite
you with Him in a sacred and holy union.

I pray that you will hear only the voice of the Bridegroom and
do all the honored duties that will bring His Bride to Him.
This is a great honor and it requires obedience and
faithfulness. This is a job for a steward who is willing to care
for the things that do not belong to him. It’s a willingness to
stand back and decrease because you are finite and allow
the Bridegroom to increase because He is heavenly and
infinite.

If you can fill the shoes of a Best Man, Jesus will fill your
heart with love as a Bride.

Vivian Gordon writes inspirational and spiritual articles
in which to help strengthen the Believer’s walk in Christ.
They are often taken from today’s point of view and
used in conjunction with what God says about certain
situations and how we are to handle them. There is
always an answer for every problem. These articles are
not all about asking God “why?” but in finding the
answers.

Great Telemarking Trips in Chastreix-Sancy

Chastreix-Sancy is amongst the best skiing domains for much play and rest. Chastreix-Sancy is an idyllic area and provides the vacationer walking, sailing, horseback riding, events and lots of other things for the group to relish. However as the snow commences to lie on the trees and summits, and the ponds start to ice over, Chastreix-Sancy alters its make up from summer to glistening white. Chastreix-Sancy bursts with sports ” winter luge, snowshoeing and skiing and is easily accessible with airport ski transfers.

Chastreix-Sancy has been voted the number one snowboarding domain in the Alps yearly by ski publications and keen skiers. It rises a majestic 2000 m into the sky, it with 94 runs, the longest is 3 km. kilometers, and in total there is 460 kilometres of skiing. There are pistes for novices and average skiers, and 50 pistes for experts. Chastreix-Sancy’s lifts handles 22000 snowboarders each hour indeed theres no wasting of time standing to get snowboarding. One is able to pick the bubble for a first-class vista of the mountain and the surrounding area. And for the thirsty telemarker, there are umpteen lunch spots which offer hot chocolate and soups, snacks or wholesome meals. It’s certainly a great place to ski.

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