Bible Seeds: We are bombarded every day with Life's distractions. Not only the things we have to do around the house but going to work, getting there and then making sure we can even do the job we were hired for seems to be filled with unending distractions. If we slow down a bit at the beginning of the day by asking God to help us with it. Keep in mind we can't re-do yesterday, we don't know whats comming tomarrow. The only day we have any control of is today. That small prayer is amazing! To see God help us and know where your help is really comming from. Distractions pulls everything apart. But when you see how blessings from God makes you day flow, you will soon believe God is with you, helping you and you will pray before you do anything again!

Bible Seeds: Last week, a website identified as https://iqfy.com/unvaccinated-silence/ appeared on the internet and had a big question for the people who opened this page. They asked: "They knew: why didn't the unvaccinated do more to warn us about the potential dangers of being injected?"
They also added to the bottom of their webbsite this sentence! "The unvaccinated should by any moral measuring stick have done more to warn about the potential risks - to help us make informed decisions about our health. And they must now ask us for our forgiveness. And hand to heart, we may just give it to them. Because we are good people. We took those injections because it was the right thing to do - until it wasn't."

Bible Seeds: Near the end of 2022, an upgrade in AI: artificial intelligence computers made it's debut under the name of GPT Chat. Scientist say it will create solutions for many people and after all the upgrades are finished, it will be smarter thatn any human. It may be considered by some as an Agnostic replacement for God! An Agnostic is a person who is not sure whether God exists or not: and neither believes nor disbelieves in religious doctrine.
The father and founder of AI was a man by the name of John McCarthy. He was a professor and an inventor and graduated from MIT in California in 1948. He dominated the field of AI for over five decades and followed his quest to build machines that could mimic human logical thinking. He died in 2011 at the age of 84. There have been many people who have added to the advancement of AI, but now there are governments or people in power who would use it to probe the human minds of their citizens in a effort to control their thoughts and actions.
We now live in an age where people can be arrested for praying silently! Did you know that? It not only happens in the UK, but other parts of the world , including the USA. Fox ews presented stories from the UK in December of 2022 that told of 'A woman was arrested for praying outside, across the street from an abortion clinic. Police walked up to her and asked her "What were you thinking?' She said, "I was just praying silently". They told her they would have to arrest her because she was in a "safe zone!"' also 'Another incident where a man was praying silently for his "deceased son" across the street from an abortion clinic and police arrested and fined him for praying in a 'safe zone!" How would you answer if you are asked by police "Were you praying?"
Listen to my podcast to find out what kind of answer should be given to them and reasons why AI will make a poor replacement for God!

Bible Seeds: Sometimes it seems like we are traveling down a road that has too many potholes, some small and some bigger. And depending on its size and depth, it can cause much damage to our transportation. I have seen people who have experienced "life's potholes" and they have stopped living because of the damage. They in turn may have caused hard times for their mates, their children, their loved ones and friends. There are many situations that happen to us that we don't have answers for; like why someone died! Instead of trying to give an answer to someone feeling grief, the best answer I ever found was "I don't know". And the problem is, that is the truth! None of us know, only God knows
Other situations that have brought us pain in our lives have come from our own making. Do we create our own "hell"? Yes! When we decide we can handle a little sin, we become slaves of those things.

Bible Seeds: I hope you notice that the title says to start "A New Year", not the new year. Not just another year but A NEW YEAR! One that opens your eyes, your ears, your mind, and your heaart to God, the Father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit!
We are facing a year of near depression and oppression. A year, where 'Evil' is trying to force itself on us daily, through political administration, through re-education, under financial hardships, and even pushing the abandonment of our moral and religious values. Even the people who we thought would help us have turned out to be a disappointment! And we ourselves, may have abandoned the only help we have in this life on the Earth.
And those of us who say they have faith in God and claim "We are not ashamed of the gospel" find this only a starting point, and not an answer! And what does God have to say about us?

Bible Seeds: The celebration of Hanukkah and Christmas is coming up this month. Hanukkah starts on December 18th and ends the 26th. Christmas starts four weeks before the 25 of December. It is referred to as the "The Christmas Advent" and is recognized by many Christians as the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on the 25th of December, which is Christmas Day.
I will play for you three verses of a song I wrote titled "Invitation - The Hanukkah - Christmas Song which is on my "It's Christmas CD" and can be downloaded free on my website: carlvasta.com. Each verse comes with an explanation of the Jewish, Christian celebrations and something that is common to both religions.

Bible Seeds: At this Christmas Season, 2022, we must remember that God is perfect and He made you as perfect as you are going to be. The so-called scientist, who are pretty much sponsored by your taxes and your governments are trying to convince you they are making improvements on God's creation. That is You!
God has already taken care of bringing you into perfection through His Son Jesus, His Holy Word! No amount of money could do this. No world congress of agreeable nations could bring forth a state of Heaven like the one that has already been created for you by God!
In one of my Christmas songs titled "Christmas Is For Children", it has a last line that says Christmas is for Children, it will always be that way. Let me tell you that Christmas will always be celebrated here on Earth because IT IS THE BELL God uses to let people know that a Savior was born to take our sins by dying on a cross and defeating death when He rose to life three days later.

Bible Seeds: When we think about education, our thoughts usually go to schools; public and private, city and state colleges, and well- known universities, but there is one that has been around from the beginning of time. It's often been referred to as the School of Hard Knocks or Education by trial. God the Father and the Lord Jesus have given us the wisdom that would help us to avoid bringing our own form of "hell" into our lives. You will find this advice in the many books of the Old Testament and in the gospels of the New Testament. But I wonder why, when we are given such good advice, do we choose to learn by going through the trial?

Bible Seeds: Believe it or not! Are we here to make the world better? Can we ask, did any of these wonderful inventions that made our lives easier, [ electricity, light bulbs, kitchen appliances, cars, atomic energy, all sorts of aircraft, televisions, computers, phones, medical equipment, heaters and air conditioners. . . ] Again, did any of these wonderful inventions that made our lives easier stop us from destroying of our lives with drugs and alcohol? Did it stop the wars, hate, murders, divorce, child abuse, sexual depravity, or any of the negative things that are in our lives today? All through the bible, God, the Father and the Lord Jesus told us we are here to make a decision. We are born naked and we take nothing with us from this world when we die. The only thing we can take with us is what we believe!

Bible Seeds: Satan is not ashamed to bring evil into our lives through willing teachers, lawyers, judges, politicians, the media, big businesses and even from a U.S. president, his advisors, and the leaders of other nations. So why should we be ashamed of being morally strong and LOUD! There is a poem from Rudyard Kipling that starts, "If you can keep your head when everyone around you is losing theirs and blaming it on you . . . " and I'll finish with my second line: They may see that during their pain and loss, God helped you bring some order to their chaos!