So, how can we make silence a habit in our lives? Admittedly, it is a challenge. Debra Farrington in Hearing with Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God?s Will for your Life (Jossey-Bass, 2003) suggests beginning with just five minutes a day. Perhaps either before or after a time of formal prayer, we can carve out a place for silence. If background noise of your home is prohibitive, perhaps a walk outside or retreating to bathroom will provide needed relief from noise. In that time, Harrington recommends not only attempting to distance ourselves from sounds of world, but also from noise inside our minds. Try not to focus on problems of day or to-do list of chores that need to be done. Try to just be in presence of God. In time, we should be as comfortable in silence with God as we are with our intimate friends, and we should begin to hear God?s voice a little louder in our lives.

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of "The Spiritual Woman Newsletter" (http://www.spiritualwoman.net) and author of "Letters to Mary from a Young Mother" (iUniverse, 2004)

This story also explains exactly what it means to born "again." Adam and Eve lost "something" that day when they committed their first sin against God by eating off tree of knowledge and good and evil. After Jesus comes to our earth to die for all of our sins - we then get back that "something" that Adam and Eve lost that day - hence word born "again." This article will fully explain what that "something" was and how we got that "something" back "again" after Jesus died on cross.

This story needs to be fully understood by every Christian so we know who we really are "in Christ Jesus" and exactly why there is so much death and destruction in our earthly lives. Knowledge that this story will give you on these topics will also help you when witnessing to nonbelievers - especially when you have to deal with one of most frequently asked question by many nonbelievers - if there really is a God, how could He allow so many bad things to happen to so many people on our earth throughout last 6000 years?

Once you (fully understand consequences) that occurred after Adam and Eve ate off of that one forbidden tree - you will have knowledge and insight to fully explain answer to that question to anyone who may ask you - whether it be to a nonbeliever or even to another Christian who really doesn't understand "Big Picture" and why things are way they are in this life.

For a good detailed explanation explaining some of the above topics, go to Adam and Eve.