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Spirit and Truth: What does it mean when God says you are a new creature?
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Author
James Rondinone
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You Are a New Creature
Have you ever caught up with someone you hadn’t seen for many years
who committed a serious criminal offense and were shocked to see how
their life had changed for the better? Here’s an article that
exemplifies this. (below)
FREE TO SUCCEED: NAOMI BLOUNT
“Over the years, [I’ve] written my obituary numerous times,” says Naomi Blount. “I never thought [I’d] ever be coming home.” That’s because in 1982, she was sentenced to life in Pennsylvania state prison. She was [thirty-two] years old.
A drug addict and alcoholic, Naomi struggled every day of her adult life. One terrible day, a man stabbed her friend, Brenda Baker. The two women then found the man and wanted to hurt him, but it was Brenda who delivered the fatal injury, not Naomi. In Pennsylvania, you don’t have to be the one who committed homicide to get charged with the crime; you just have to have been there in a certain capacity.
Behind bars with no release in sight, Naomi’s tough situation was matched by grit and determination to improve herself. Her son, [ten] years old when she went inside, meant everything to Naomi, and for his sake, she vowed that even though she was supposed to die in prison, she would be leaving the world a better person than when she’d entered it. She earned several degrees, stayed clean, and helped others.
“I wanted my son to, at least when he picked up my body, I wanted him to know that his mother was more than an alcoholic and a drug addict.”
Naomi applied for and was denied commutation five times. About to give up, she hand-wrote a heartfelt plea to the Board of Pardons, begging them to reconsider. Then, in the equivalent of winning a lottery ticket, she was granted clemency – almost unheard of in Pennsylvania. She’d been in prison [thirty-seven] years.
Remarkably, now [seventy-two], Naomi is not bitter. In the three years since she’s been released, it seems as though there’s [nothing,] she hasn’t been able to accomplish. [She’s] a vocal advocate for reform, and she also works as a commutation specialist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “My job allows me to encourage those that are on the inside,” she says.
She’s very close to her son, now [fifty], and his family. “I’m getting ready to be a great-grandmother for the second time,” Naomi says. “This will be the first baby that [I’m] home for.” And the passion for music that she has had her whole life has flourished. Recently, she released an album, called “Mello-D” by Simply Naomi.
She also works as a program consultant for a group that helped her when she was inside, Shining Light. They provide support to people in prison.
Naomi is herself a “shining light,” trying every day to express what she feels deeply: gratitude. “I’m always saying, ‘Lord, thank you. Thank you, God. Thank you, [God.’”]93
As Naomi was given clemency, a pardon after many years in prison, so have you been granted such by someone who knows everything about you. Even though the penalty for sin has been taken care of and the record of such forgiven by Jesus Christ’s atonement on the cross, this hasn’t changed the fallen nature that deprives everyone from having an intimate relationship with God.
Fortunately, God knows how to take each person out from their perpetual bondage by giving them an opportunity to respond to the message of a new life, i.e., of a new nature that can be theirs. And if and when they make this decision, a pronouncement will be made relating to them which is found in the book of 2 Corinthians. Let’s go there and find out what this announcement is all about.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
You’re described as being in Christ, which [speaks of your spiritual relationship to Him because you] believed the message of the gospel and was identified by faith with Him.94 Thus, if this is the case, and it is, then you’re a new creature, a new creation, a new person on the inside.95 Did you hear that? You’re a new being, a child of God!
As such, old things (selfish, carnal views of ourselves, of others, and of Christ;96those things that characterized the pre-Christian life97) have passed away (disappeared) and your whole sphere of being has become new, whom God the Father owns as [His] workmanship, and which he can look on and pronounce very good.98
God doesn’t see you as you see yourself at times as falling short, as never going to change, as being hopeless in this or that aspect of your life. This doesn’t mean that He’s unaware of your sinful tendencies. However, this doesn’t take away from His recognition of you as His son or daughter as was His perception of David when God sent Samuel to the house of Jesse to anoint him the next king of Israel.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
So, find out what God’s declaration is of you in His Word regarding every area of your new life and begin to think of yourself as to the new person you’ve become. Remind yourself that you’ve been given a new nature even though the reality of such in your thinking, speaking, and acting hasn’t been worked out yet. And remember, [you’re] a new creation, a new man, a work of the divine power as decided and as glorious as when God created all things out of nothing,99 with new views, new motives, new principles, new [objectives] and plans of life.100
Before we take a look at another beautiful description of our new lives in Christ in the next section, I’d like to leave you with this quote from Barnes Notes that accentuates what we’ve just talked about.
The idea evidently is, not that he ought to be a new creature, but that he is in fact; not that he ought to live as becomes a new creature - which is true enough - but that [he’ll] in fact live in that way, and manifest the characteristics of the new creation.101
Prior to your conversion to Christ, was there ever anything that you longed for that you believed would provide you with happiness but always seemed to be outside of your grasp? There was one lifelong endeavor of mine that I only found in Christ. What was it?
Endnotes
93“Free to Succeed: Naomi Blount,” FAMM 3 November 2022
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94Bible Knowledge Commentary/New Testament.
95IVP Bible Background Commentary.
96Jamieson, Faucet, and Brown Commentary.
97UBS New Testament.
98Adam Clarke’s Commentary.
99Barnes’ Notes.
100Barnes’ Notes.
101Barnes’ Notes.
My name is James Rondinone. I am a husband, father, and spiritual leader.
I grew up in Massachusetts and began my own spiritual journey early on in life.
I attended Bible college, having completed a two-year Christian Leadership Course of Study and graduated as valedictorian (Summa Cum Laude).
Studying and teaching the Word of God has been a passion of mine for over 20 years.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
5 Key Practices for Immigration Compliance
- Author Tj Ser
5 Key Practices for immigration compliance
- Know the rules and procedures.
Start by knowing the rules that apply to recruiting and employing temporary foreign workers - or at least know where to find them.
Principal sources of law and regulatory bodies. The main sources of laws and rules governing the hiring and employment of temporary foreign workers in Australia are:
The Department of Home Affairs
The Federal Register of Legislation
Australian Border Force
Key rules and procedures: Many rules apply when an Australian employer wishes to employ one or more temporary foreign workers. Three of the most important are:
- Work permits:
A work visa (also known as a "work permit" in some countries) is the basic immigration tool that allows "foreign nationals" (people who are not Australian citizens or "permanent residents") in Australia to work as a temporary foreign worker. Home affairs prohibits a foreign national from entering Australia to "work" without prior authorization. When it comes to determining whether a foreign national enters Australia for the purpose of "working" - and therefore requiring a work permit – Home Affairs focuses on the activities of the individual rather than on how he (or anyone else, including potential employers) categorizes the arrangement. Home Affairs defines "work" as an activity: for which wages are paid or commissions are earned; or compete directly with the activities of an Australian citizen or permanent resident in the Australian labour market. So, for example, a foreign national that an Australian organization might call "volunteer" simply because they are not paid is most likely (and probably is) "working" in the sense of Home Affairs if “the work is normally paid, and therefore requires a work permit”.
Consistently review the work permit:
An important part of the due diligence process is the review of the foreign worker's temporary work permit, focusing on the following key fields to confirm that they are complete and correct:
Employee's name (currently last name and first name(s).
Employee “Personal Data” (currently date of birth, gender, country of birth and nationality, and travel document number, such as passport).
Date of expiry of the work permit.
Name and location of employer.
Worker's profession.
Any other note, comment, or condition (for example, prohibition to work in the medical field, obligation to maintain health insurance while in Australia etc).
- Conduct a labour market impact assessment (LMIA) or an online job posting assessment.
Due diligence also involves reviewing the LMIA or online job posting, as appropriate and when necessary, both for accuracy and consistency between it and the temporary foreign worker's work permit Time:
Labour contract.
Actual working conditions (such as wages, benefits, working hours, job description and duties, work location, etc.).
- Review the employment contract.
It is good practice for all employers to use a properly drafted and executed written employment contract. The same goes for temporary foreign workers. Due diligence includes reviewing the employment contract to ensure its terms comply with the LMIA or online job posting, if applicable, including the following key terms:
Cash salary .
Benefits.
Working hours.
Job Description.
Tasks and places of work.
- Make and maintain complete and accurate records (and keep them handy).
Requiring employers to keep records on temporary foreign workers for seven years - and Home Affairs' right to conduct random audits on those records - means employers must prepare; and although temporary foreign employers under an open work permit are not subject to this record keeping requirement and audit power, it is still a good practice:
Record. Create and maintain an up-to-date, well-organized and easily accessible file for each worker containing a copy of their respective immigration work visa, LMIA or online letter of offer (if applicable), employment contract, timesheet, passport and employment file. Review all business records, including all payroll records and timesheets.
Alternatively, organisations can purchase a product that makes meeting the compliance requirements simple. Complize is a Saas platform designed to enable organisations to manage immigration compliance, increase organisational knowledge and reduce risk. Content is developed and designed by immigration law firm, Hammond Taylor, and the IT systems are managed by Complize, an Australian IT firm.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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US Sports Tennis: How to neutralize a lefty in Tennis
Why does it always seem like left-handed tennis players are tripping up the righty tennis players? The truth is, left-handed players inherently have an advantage over right-handed players. Generally speaking, athletes don’t train as much on their lefty game because there are just fewer of them. It doesn’t really feel worth devoting so much time and effort for such a rare opponent. Meanwhile, lefties practice against their counterparts all day, meaning they quickly gain an advantage over their more common opponent. But beating a lefty is totally possible and, despite common belief, doesn’t require some crazy training regimen. With the helpful tips of ATP coach Gonzalo Lopez, I’ll show you various ways that you can take back control of the court and dominate against lefties and righties alike.
Controlling the height of the rally
Gonzalo has some excellent points on the tactical structure of lefty’s that can help you navigate the challenges of playing a tough lefty. First, Gonzalo talks about the importance of controlling the height of the rally. He describes the height of the rally as the place that you are standing on the court while you are running laterally. Your height can change depending on if you are near the service line or near the net. Gonzalo says that the goal is to change the height of your opponent’s height of the rally while maintaining your own height. The purpose of this is to take an offensive position and control of the rally. If you need to constantly adjust your position on the court, it will be harder to control the rally. So making them adjust will put you at an advantage.
While this can totally be used for both left-handed and right-handed athletes, it is especially important to remember against your lefty opponents since many tennis players have less experience defending against a lefty. Therefore, keeping an offensive position will ensure you the advantage.
Dominating the diagonals
Next, Gonzalo mentions that oftentimes, the diagonal will be your best shot and your opponent’s worst shot, though not always the case. When you hit the ball at the diagonal that is on your stronger side, you have more control over dictating your opponent’s height of rally. When you can dictate your opponent’s height of rally, you can make them move more and tire them out over the course of the match. This is especially important if you notice that your opponent is a slow runner or is slowing down in the middle of the match. Because moving their height of rally will ensure that they need to keep chasing the ball and minimizes the chances of them standing still.
On the flip side, if your opponent is faster than you, it will be easier for them to take control over your height of rally and therefore make you run more. That is why it is important to dominate the diagonals so that you can optimize your stronger side and have better placement of your shots.
Hitting at the diagonals is also an effective way to open spaces on the court, which is similar to moving the height of the rally, but along the other axis of the court. By opening up the other axis it provides you with opportunities to put the ball away, especially if your opponent has been running and is too tired to chase the ball. The sooner you can dominate one of the diagonals against a tough lefty, the less likely you are to be pinned into a corner, while the lefty pounds heavy forehands like Nadal did to Federer for the early part of their careers.
Hitting
against left-handed tennis players can be a major challenge, especially
if you’ve never faced such an opponent before. But fortunately, you can
incorporate lefty-conscious strategies into your training regimen that
is applicable to both left-handed and right-handed players. By
manipulating the height of the rally and aiming for the diagonals, you
will take control over the point and dominate your lefty opponents with
ease.
Monday, September 25, 2023
US Sports Lacrosse: Playing Attack
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played in the MLL All-Star Game as a rookie.
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