title: THINK About It!: Thoughts that Will Stimulate, and Motivate You Toward A Better Understanding and A Better Life.
author: Michael T. Martin
description: BIOGRAPHY MICHAEL T. MARTIN, SR. Senior Pastor &amp; Founder of Tabernacle Ministries Our Senior Pastor &amp; Founder, Michael T. Martin, Sr., is an anointed visionary who carries an Apostolic mantle. God has called him for such a time as this to plant churches for the purpose of winning souls to the Kingdom of God and broadening the reach of the ministry. Pastor Martin was born, reared and educated in the Detroit, Michigan Area. With the help and devotion of his wife of thirty two (32) years, First Lady, Evangelist Maxine Martin and their three (3) children, Michelle, Michael II, and Mariah, this Man of God is encouraged to continue in the work of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord has compelled Pastor Martin to open six (6) different Churches thus far. Being called to the Ministry thirty three (33) years ago, Pastor Martin's journey with God, has shown him to be a faithful disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. In addition to overseeing the care of all the Churches, Pastor Michael T. Martin is a devoted husband and father to his family, and also maintains a full-time position as Senior Electrical Design Leader for the Chrysler Corporation, at the Chrysler Corporate Headquarters, in Auburn Hills, MI. He is the author of several books, which include : Life According to Solomon : I Corinthians Exploded : What you need to know about II Corinthians Pastor Martin humbly appreciates the fact that God has used the Ministry to feed almost ten thousand (10,000) disadvantaged souls a year, serving close to thirty thousand (30,000) meals annually. The anointing that God has placed upon Pastor Michael T. Martin, has caused him to be in demand as a revivalist, conference speaker, counselor and mentor. Pastor Michael T. Martin has a deep passion for the Lord Jesus Christ and a love for all people. Daily, Pastor Martin can be found serving the Lord, and will continue until his journey is ended, his day is done, and his assignment is complete.
zlib_text: On the Improvement of the Understanding
  1
  On the Improvement of
  the Understanding
  by Baruch Spinoza
  Translated by R. H. M. Elwes
  
  On the Improvement of the Understanding
  2
  [1]  (1) After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings
  of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears
  contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as
  the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there
  might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which
  would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact,
  there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would
  enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.
  [2]  (1) I say "I finally resolved," for at first sight it seemed unwise
  willingly to lose hold on what was sure for the sake of something then
  uncertain.  (2) I could see the benefits which are acquired through fame
  and riches, and that I should be obl