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If You Could Live Anywhere, Where Would It Be?

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would It be?  First, I would ask my Pastor at Fort McKinley United Methodist Church located in Dayton, Ohio to live inside of the Church for one year.  I would pay $650.00 dollars per month just to rent a nice sized room that is inside of the Church.   I would purchase my own food and make sure that the Church is clean every single day of the week.  Second, I would like to live inside of my Grandparents House in Dayton, Ohio and remove all of the Old Walls that are inside of the house, and pay $650.00 per month just to live in the house.   At least, I would cut the grass every week, and make sure that everything is updated inside of the house.   Third, I really would live inside of a Hospital room for the next seven years.   I really would like to live inside of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and pay $650.00 per month, and I would have access to the Kitchen, and Medical Facilities at the Hospital each day of the week.   Fourth, I re

What Does It Mean to Read The Bible each Day

What Does Reading the Holy Bible Means to Me?  By Anthony Joseph Hopkins August 26, 2022      What does Reading the Holy Bible Means to me?  It means that God is talking directly to me.  God’s Words absorbs inside of my brain like a sponge.  It gives me the knowledge and the special action words that I need to listen to each day.      Next, God’s Word gives me the confidence to do what is necessary for me to survive on earth.  Every single time I read His Word, it helps me to grow as a human being.  I want you to know that I really love reading God’s Word.  His Word helps me to mature as an adult male; living on planet earth.      Further, I want to inform all of you that I am willing to share God’s Word to everyone who is willing to hear it.  I want to inform all of you that 2 nd  Timothy 3:16-17 says All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be complete, thoroughl

Step 6 Character Defects

Were ready to ask God to remove our defects of character Step 6 Step 6 is a separation of people from themselves and others.  When it comes to this step, we will have to prepare to let go of everything that is completely bothering us.  Step 6 is like a mania, which is an object of excessive madness.  Therefore, we must ask God to remove the madness in your life.  Character defects are called sins.   God begins to work in our lives.  Our foundation has to be prepared for our situations.  These defects of character hurt us.  They have also delayed us.  Read Romans 7:14-25.  This is called struggling with sin.  Defects are the absence of something necessary or useful toward perfection.  Read Genesis 1:31 and Isaiah 59:2.  Character is its features and qualities that set you apart from others, such as unbelievers.  Your character is what people know you by.  It distinguishes who you are. Next, I am asking God to remove all of these undesirable traits.  Deeply ingrained patterns of behavior

Life & Communication

Life and Communication Life and Communication is very simple. What are we talking about here? Let's start off by asking ourselves a very important question. What is life and how it relates to communication? Life is what you really make of things while you are living in the present. Life is your existence that you possess. The air that you breathe as well as flesh that you have. Communication is the language that you speak consisting of dialects as well as methods of words that one use to speak. Your voice that comes from your mouth is used as a means of communication itself. Life and Communication are intertwined. They are go hand in hand. A communication and human relationship is used when men, women, and children share experiences about their lives to each other that make sense. Men, women, and children speak to each other as a means of sending and delivering messages to one another. When it pertains to this subject, our lives are shaped by the way we conduct ourselves others. It

Elation vs Gratitude

Elation vs Gratitude This is a comparison and contrast paper that pertains to the importance of elation vs gratitude.  Let’s start this off by asking a question.  What is the definition of elation?  The word elation means a sense of happiness, excitement, or jubilation.  On the other hand, the meaning of gratitude means a sense of thankfulness.  I am writing this comparison and contrast paper as a means of practice.  Elation and Gratitude tend to go hand in hand.  When a person is elated, they are happy or joyful.  However, whenever a person has gratitude for something, it has a lot to do with being thankful for someone or something.   Next, when it comes to the word elation, it has a lot to do with an elevated feeling or a high of some sort.  Gratitude, always pertains to thankfulness.  It is very easy to be thankful for something or someone.  I know for instance, when it comes to gratitude, I am thankful for being alive each day of the week.  I am thankful to God for allowing me to s

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?  First, I want to inform all of you that I grew up with Mr. Ronald Harper from 1972 until 1981 because his family members attended Edison Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio.  His mother used to work at EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as a Language Teacher from 1967 until 1992 because her sons and daughters attended Kiser High School from 1978 through 1982.  Her oldest son attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and graduated in 1978.  The twins Ronald and Donald Harper graduated from Kiser High School in 1982.  Ronald Harper attended Miami of Ohio immediately after High School.  Ronald Harper played basketball all of his life from 1978 to 1998 for Miami of Ohio University from 1982 through 1986.  The first NBA team that drafted him was the Los Angeles Clippers  where he played for them for three years.  Afterwards, he played basketball for the Cleveland Calvaliers for another three years and he also played for the Chicago Bulls for

What is a Caste System?

What is a Caste System? By Anthony Hopkins   What is meant by caste system?  A caste is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. Same goes for being rich, if you're a glass-half-full person. The Origins of the Caste System According to one long-held theory about the origins of South Asia's caste system, Aryans from central Asia invaded South Asia and introduced the caste system as a means of controlling the local populations. The Aryans defined key roles in society, then assigned groups of people to them. What is an example of a caste system?   A caste system, then, is a social structure in which people belong to such social categories; historically, an example is the caste system of India. ... Interaction between people of different castes is restricted; for example, commonly people must practice endogamy (marriage within their own caste). Who Created The Caste System?  

How Important it is for Men to Listen and Learn from Women

How important is it for men to learn to listen and respect women? What do we mean for a boy or a man to learn how to listen and respect women? The answer to this very important question is simple? Communication is performed verbally and nonverbally between men, women, and children on a daily basis. When a boy is inside of the womb of its mother, communication has already been established. His mother is solely responsible for teaching him how to love, honor, cherish, and respect his mother and other women. As far as communication is concerned, this is done nonverbally at first with a child by the use of touch, looks and stares from the eyes of his mother as well as a mother's innate abilities when it comes to childrearing practices are concerned.  Next, communication is also done verbally through the use of communicating with him in her own native language. However, from a nonverbal perspective is concerned, when a mother looks at a child, the child himself responds by the looks and

Human Relationships and Behavior

Human Relationships and Behavior This is a report on the importance of human relationships and behavior. What do we really mean by having a human relationship? A human relationship is a form of communication that is verbal and nonverbal. It is verbal because it has a lot to do with the language that is expressed as well as the dialect that our language is derived. It is also a communication that is obtained from the things that we learn in our lives. Like they say, human behavior is learned. It is learned through methods of demonstration to the point that it becomes a form of practice for us. Nonverbally, our behavior itself comes from the gestures that are expressed with the use of mimetic muscles and extremities. Even though our gestures themselves might be used to send messages that are either positive or negative.  Next, how would a human relationship and what is being discussed here? It is very simple. For example, communication that is verbal and nonverbal as long as it is expres

Reconciliation and Forgiveness with God, Jesus Christ, Mankind, and Ourselves

Reconciliation and Forgiveness with God, Ourselves and with Others!!             This is a very special essay concerning the importance of reconciliation and forgiveness with God, ourselves, and with others.  The first thing that I want to say is that God has never left us or forsaken us.  Perhaps, we might have forsaken ourselves at times in our personal lives.  I say this because I used to be a person who did not believe anything, unless I see it with my own eyes.  Secondly, God is not mad at you.  He is mad about you.  God wants us in His family.  He really wants us in heaven with Him.            Further, God forgives us because He loved us.  Forgiveness does not equal reconciliation.  Reconciliation takes two people.  For instance, our relationship with God is very important to us.  God’s love is supernatural.  Forgiveness opens the door to reconciliation.  God’s love will always persevere.  Our conversations with others with God requires change on our part.  He have to be totally

An Educated Mind

An Educated Mind An educated mind is a mind that is very powerful. An educated mind is one that is flourishing. This is a mind that hungers for knowledge each day. This is also a mind that never stops learning new things. This is a mind that one is sometimes envious of each day. There are those who envy those who are constantly hungry for this knowledge. An educated mind decides what is right and what is wrong as far as the things that are done in life. An educated mind is a brain that is always eager to receive knowledge from the stimuli that the earth provides. Positive or negative stimuli has a lot to do with energies that one receives in front of it. Sometimes this consists of universal emotions that one receives from being around others. This is a mind that has grown over time. It is like a seed that is grown inside of the ground. This seed itself is a seed that growns into a plant that nourishes itself from the waters that the earth provides. I am not saying that I am a scientist

Stages of Life

Stages of Life This is a report that pertains to the stages of life. What do we mean by the stages of life? A stage itself is a process consisting of physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual changes that people go through in life. These stages also have a bearing on age of a person, lifestyle, as well as how one maintains while living inside of a forever changing environment.  An example of this is how we conduct ourselves while we are getting acquainted with a Power that is greater than ourselves. This power is called God or a power of your own choosing. I know that God is the one that created the heavens and the earth. How does this pertains to the stages of life? It is God who gives life. It is God who has given me life by breathing inside of the nostrils of man himself. Therefore, man has become a living soul. In my own life, I am truly blessed because I am able to breathe, smell, hear, touch, taste, and see out of my glorious eyes. I am blessed because I am a livi

What are the issues of life

What are the Issues of Life? What are the issues of life? A definition of something like this consists of trials and tribulations that we face each day.  According to Proverbs 4:23 it says; above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flow from it.  This means that we must watch what we say, think, and do.  Our brain and heart is intertwined.  It obviously works hand in hand.  What the Bible says is that the mind itself controls everything.  The heart is an organ that sustains life of an individual.  It is the mind that controls the heart and everything else.  Scientifically speaking, what the brain process as information is based on what we see, smells, touch, taste, and hear.  It also has a whole lot to do with the information that is acquitted from our environment.  A definition of an environment is one own surroundings.  The issues of life are based on how we are able to have the ability to adapt and cope with conditions.   When we speak about conditions it states that i

Do you need time?

Do you need time?  Yes, I need time to pay off my student loans and to get acquire with God.   Yes, I need extra time to make amends with all of my family members and adversaries who have been bothered me for 19 months now.   Please keep me in your prayers and thoughts because I have been torment for 19 months now.  I really need extra time with God each day, so that I can make proper amends with God and with the people who I am having a problem with right now.  God Bless You All 🙏. I need time to literally hear God's Voice every day of my life.

What will your life be like in three years?

What will your life be like in three years?  First, I am not able to answer this question because only God can answer this question.   God is the Person who can answer this question because God knows exactly how long we shall live on Planet Earth.   This is according to Psalm 139:16.  Psalms 144.4 says: Man is like a Breathe and His days are like a passing shadow.   Hopefully if the Lord’s Will, I will move out of my apartment, and into a College Dorm because I really want to inform all of you that I would like to spend the next seven years working on my PhD in Social Work and Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio because I have to pay my Student Loans and Tithes and Offerings at Fort McKinley United Methodist Church located in Dayton, Ohio.   Second, I really want to receive a Masters Degree in CyberSecurity from Wright State University in Dayton Ohio because I have to pay my Tithes and Offerings at the Church.  If Social Work doesn't pan out, I w