"If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God," says Baumgartner.

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle.

He is going to jump out of a balloon at more than 120,000ft (36.5km) above Roswell, New Mexico.

In the near vacuum at that altitude, he should accelerate beyond about 690mph (1,110km/h) within 40 seconds.

If all goes well, he will open a parachute near the ground to land softly in the desert, 10 minutes later.

The 43-year-old adventurer - famous for jumping off skyscrapers - is under no illusions about the dangers he faces.

Where he is going, the air pressure is less than 2% of what it is at sea level, and it is impossible to breathe without an oxygen supply.

Others who have tried to break the existing records for the highest, fastest and longest freefalls have lost their lives in the process.

"If something goes wrong, the only thing that might help you is God," says Baumgartner.

"Because if you run out of luck, if you run out of skills, there is nothing left and you have to really hope he is not going to let you down."

Weather permitting, lift-off from Roswell airport should occur about 0700 local time (1300 GMT; 1400BST).

What's it take to conjure up His love?

I am amazed at the love of Jesus.  He loves us regardless of skin color, sexual orientation, gender, height, weight, religion or whatever.  He loves us in spite of all the senseless things we do.  He just simply loves us.

I am sure for many ritual is key to their feeling a closeness or connectedness with their faith.  I understand as humans we sometimes need help in feeling anything.   Life can tend to numb us from experiencing anything outside our norm.  It might be in the ritual, we are pulled back into the spiritual experience we so desperately miss.  The difficulty in needing ritual to feel close and connected with some higher power, is the ritual may not be handy when circumstance dictates the need.  

That is the beauty of an abiding in Jesus.  He does not need to be conjured up.  He is there to assist and abide in you as life plays out in unbelievable seasons.  It is in Jesus we live life to the fullness with an ever present awareness of His power and strength encompassed with His love for each of His children.  It is the abiding... 

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."~Jesus  

 John 14:6 (KJV)

 

Protein in your diet is a good thing... or at least i think it is.

"You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you'll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want."~Jesus

The key to giving life is knowing who is dead. How will you give life to someone who has life. Wouldn't it be better to raise the dead?

‎... and if God chooses to do what He does in a different way or seemingly not do at all... He is still God. Now that is tough to appreciate in the midst of battle.

A Guest Post by Ann Johnston

A friend recently asked for prayer for the removal of a 'mass' in his chest. He was to have an operation if a further scan showed a positive result. Here's his latest report:

"I spent most of yesterday at the Alfred (Hospital) where I had a PET scan, followed by a series of procedures. By then the results of the scan were available and a cardio-thoracic registrar asked if he could have a word with me.

He had a rather coy look on his face. He explained that the results of the scan were confusing. In short, there was/is no metabolic activity. Whereas the scan had originally "lit up" several areas of cocern in the left lung and the lymph nodes at the bottom of the trachea, there was now nothing to cause any concern.

When asked what treatment I had undergone to remove the lung lesions, I said, "prayer". The response to that was comical..."