What's the Problem When Preachers Want Fortune

There's certainly something wrong when preachers want fortune. It's not because they have to make themselves appear poor, but because they are preaching another gospel that reflects their desire to get rich.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5)

Preachers who buy expensive furnitures, build big mansions, and travel using their private jets using donations or gifts from the people only show their excessiveness (lack of contentment) and their love for money. They probably have more in their bank accounts. It really shows their insecurities. They don't depend on God who says "I will never leave you nor forsake you." These preachers are in a hurry to get more money from the people before his/her popularity and reputation is over. It's simply because they are preaching the false gospel which is grounded on nothing but the love for money and deception. They count each day as an opportunity to advertise and to accept more cash.

Sandboxing Applications with Sandboxie

Sandboxing is a security mechanism where applications can be isolated and activities can be restricted. I find Sandboxie the most effective application to provide sandboxing. I have tried many free alternatives, but they were not able to support all applications. The first sandboxing application I know is GreenBorder which was founded in 2001 then bought by Google in 2007. There's already some speculations that GreenBorder will be integrated with Google Chrome. Other alternatives include Returnil and Comodo Time Machine. What can we do with these apps?

Our Questions Only Say We Do Not Know

Our questions only say that we do not know and that we need to know. How can just one question be the reason for someone not to believe in God? Our questions cannot invalidate anything. Our questions need answers. We cannot judge something out of our questions or when we do not know. We need to find and to ask for an answer, rather than taking the question as an opportunity or a reason not to believe. Our questions cannot prove anything, except the fact that we do not know. How can we conclude anything from something we do not know about?

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)

True Desire

It's hard to be a Christian when we are still clinging on to so many things where worldly life dominates our life. Are we trusting too much in our money, our position, our career, our talents, our friends, and our dreams? Are we slaves of our own desires?

We should not only believe Christ is our savior, but we need to have complete faith and trust in Christ. We no longer fear death, suffering, and difficulty because nothing is more satisfying and valuable than to be under Christ. The offer of happiness, health, wealth, belongingness, achievements, and recognitions on earth are completely nothing when compared to Christ. Though many will agree that Christ is definitely above those things, we still fear so much of having to surrender these things.

Self-Honesty

How easy is it for us to appear honest to other people, but so hard for us to be honest to ourselves no matter how we justify ourselves and enumerate our excuses and reasons. We know our intentions even when we lie or when we try to make it appear honest. God knows them all.

For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:20)

Problems and Solutions

We see problems as challenges. We believe that God won't give us problems that we can't solve. In times of desperation, we call on God to helps us. We know there must be a solution. We know we can do it. We believe God will help us. We start thinking every possible solution to our problem. We soon discover many paths that may lead us to solve our problem. Some seem to be impossible for us to do. There are paths that are easy to take, but not essentially a solution, but an escape to our problem. We begin to face temptations and decisions. Should we take the shortcut to solve our problem? Are there really no other options? Is the path to sin the only solution to this problem? Is this problem above all things?

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:13)

Launching Applications with Launchy

Launchy is an open source keystroke application launcher. This is quite similar to the new Start Menu with search capabilities in Windows Vista and Windows 7. However, I find Launchy faster in terms of finding the app I need. It's easier to manage which shortcuts to index and you can also use it along with some plugins that allow you to perform arithmetic computations.