Getting Pride Under Control
Stuart writes about the place of pride in the life of a believer of Jesus Christ. He likens pride to “spiritual cancer” and discusses the impact of it on one’s live. He concludes with some practical advice on overcoming this human tendency.
Pick a Side and Make Sure You’re Right!Which kingdom are you in today? Jesus gave an analogy in Matthew 13:28-30. Wheat and tares are identical. A tare is an imitation of wheat but is a weed.
Persistent PrayerWe must enter into a meaningful dialogue with Him, opening fresh channels of intimate conversation. We must be diligent. Even when we are tired, feeling low, and miserable, we must pray. When we are joyous we pray. When we are busy, we must make time to pray, for nothing takes precedence over our conversation with God.
Spiritual ElevationPrayer gives peace of mind and inward serenity, which results in an elevation of the spirit. Man’s soul grows immensely and reaches a pinnacle of glory where it is in direct communion with the Lord.
Milestones of PrayerAs we grow as a person, so too does our prayer and our relationship with God. The stages of prayer can be broken down into six milestones. As we grow closer to God and to complete Communion with the Lord, our relationship and communication with God develop and mature with us.
What is the Spiritual Consciousness? The Secret Strategy to Explain His Wisdom and PowerThe spiritual awareness unfolds selfishness in the mind control state. Few are people who live with pure consciousness, rest simply proceed with its collection. The spiritual awareness in me is always seeing the internal controls. When the spiritual consciousness is identified with selfishness, it becomes the power of selfishness in me to see and understand the meaning of the world and carry his memory in the form of thoughts in mind.
Home Prayer – Place and SpaceThe fact that prayer can change the world is beyond dispute. But how does it do this? One of the most important ways is that it changes the one who is praying, and when we change from our prayers, the world changes. We are in the world, and the world is in us.
Reasons Why Spiritual Development is Not Given Its Due EmphasisThis article explains why, despite the importance and relevance of spiritual development to our personal, social, religious, economic and political life, it is not given due emphasis in our personal development. One reason is that for most people the human being is composed only of body and soul. The other reason is that of the three components of man the spiritual component is the most invisible.
The Relevance of Spiritual Development to Our Economic and Political LifeThis article considers the relevance of spiritual development to our economic and political life. Its relevance is that it cures and prevents the social cancers spawned by these two aspects of our life.
What is An Archetype?As part of his life-long work on the Collective Unconscious, Carl Jung models the unconscious as multi-layered and hierarchical patterns which are organized in certain preferred manners and outline the life’s journey as well as the gifts and challenges of the individual. He names those patterns archetypes and he finds them in all cultures – in the myths, stories, symbols, common themes.
The God of Wealth – Tsai Shen YehEventually, this god was divided into a group of gods. Apparently, the root cause for the separation was the division of rich Chinese officials into two groups – military and civilian. So, Tsai Shen Yeh was also divided into two groups.
What is a Christian? – Part 3 – It’s All About JesusOne would think that the basic requirement of being a Christian would be to believe in Jesus. The problem is, believing in Jesus means different things to people. Ask twenty people who they think Jesus is and you might get twenty different answers.