Complete In Him – Humility
Humility has different meaning depending on who is defining the concept and from which angle is he/she looking at it. Humility has been defined as a prominent Christian grace or better still a state of mind well pleasing to God. Humility is said to preserves the soul from tranquility and makes us plant under trials.
Negative Emotions Are Vitally Important!Negativity; what does it really mean to you? How did you arrive at your particular definition of negativity? Did someone else establish the perimeter or were you able to decide for yourself how and in what measure negativity affects you?
Do All You Possibly Can to Make Wise Investments Whenever You Can – There Are Rewards and DividendsCan you try to imagine what it must have been like to have a teacher like Paul, that man who was Saul of Tarsus, teaching you for around a year and a half? When a much loved and favourite Professor retired at New College, Edinburgh, Scotland, the following year’s students were really quite disappointed. Having had the privilege of sitting under the authoritative and comprehensive teaching of James S. Stewart for two years, I can understand how these other men felt.
Six Tips For Debriefing a Summer Missions TeamSummer missions trips have become routine events in many church calendars, but could your church’s missions program be improved? Returning Summer Mission’s teams offer great input in answering that question. As the saying goes, “Hindsight is 20/20.” Good debriefing helps pastors turn hindsight into foresight for the next year’s programs. Here are six great ideas to enhance your debriefing of returning short term missions participants.
Complete In Him – Forgiveness Of SinsForgiveness of sins is reciprocal, meaning that if you forgive others’ sins, you will receive forgiveness of your sins from God. Forgiveness of sins is one of the constituent parts of jurisdiction. In pardoning sins, God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law. Forgiveness of sins rests on the account of the work Christ wherein he removes the guilt of sins or the sinners’ actually liability to eternal wrath and woes. This was done when he cried in a loud voice on the cross, IT IS FINISHED!
Is God Alive?Well, God is not dead, but neither is he particularly alive as we know it. The deeper question is: “What does it mean to be alive?” Psychologists, biologists and computer programmers debate this question. (Philosophers debate a similar question: “What does it mean to exist?”) Unfortunately, they’re not very successful at coming up with a useful answer.
Are You Living Your Words, Or the Word?If we say that we are following Christ but our actions say otherwise, we are deceived. Read this thought provoking article for more.
Joy With a Seriously Reflective Twist! Psalm 95Psalm 95 is wedged in amongst a special group of psalms which laud the LORD God for his great works and nature. It starts out joyously, celebrating God for just some of these great attributes; but in its ending there’s a sharp and somber (and very important) reminder.
How Long Does God Really Want Me to Try?The Holy Spirit has been working through me for many years and I really want to know how long, God really want me to try? How long does he want me to try to get Christians to think and understand Christianity? I’m doing the best that I can and as long as God is working through me, I will try to do better.
Unconditional Love Activates HateIt is quite a concept that unconditional love can activate hate. When I was called into this work by Creator I didn’t think that was possible. Now I know it happens, and why.
What’s Happening in Your Life? Become an ‘Observer Self’Most of us live busy active lives and we go through our daily routine without really thinking about what’s really going on in our lives until something happens to make us be more aware. Discover how to wake up and create the life you want.
Why Illness Exists and How to Get Rid of ItIllness is one of the subjects that I get asked questions about most often and for that reason, I feel it is necessary to delve into occasionally. Unfortunately, illness is most difficult to explain in all of its ramifications, and to really understand it you would have to be somewhat more advanced in your understanding of the inner workings of the human consciousness, but I trust you can get some glimmerings of the true nature of illness from this material. Fortunately, I can touch on certain aspects of some of the reasons behind illness and make some suggestions on what you can do to alleviate some if the problems inherent in the reality behind the physical symptoms.