Yayin da kake nema mutane za su yi ta maganganu iri-iri; kana da naci, zafin nema bai kawo sa’a etc., idan ka hakura shi ke nan kai ka yi asara. Idan ka yi hakuri Allah Ya ba ka nasara, da idonka za ka ga sun canza maganarsu.
Sacred Scripture, which is the inspired Word of God, and Sacred Tradition, the living memory of the Church, are intimately bound together. They form the one Deposit of Faith, which helps us navigate the complexities of life to reach our eternal home in Heaven. #GeneralAudience
"Clarity isn't about knowing what you want to do with your life, it's about knowing what you want to do this week.
You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to know your next step."
-@JamesClear
"You can go to hell without moving an inch, just focus on what you lack.
You can taste heaven without leaving earth, just rejoice in what you have."
-@JamesClear
I'd love to explain the core of what Christians believe.
Four main points:
1. We aren't random. We are a result of God's intentional creation. God is personal, so he desires to have a relationship with us.
He has a plan for our life.
2. Every human that has ever lived has a common fatal flaw. We act in selfish and rebellious ways. This includes thoughts, motives, and actions.
The Bible calls this "sin" which is derived from an archery term for missing the bullseye. In this case, we are missing the mark for how God created us to live.
This rebellion is incredibly destructive to our relationship with God. It effectively drives a wedge between us. Due to our sinful nature, we have irreconcilable differences with God.
Many people feel this gap and respond by trying to be a better person. You could group pretty much all religious traditions here. Everything but Christianity has some variation of the idea, "You fix what is broken by striving to be a better person."
Christianity has a piece of very bad news: we don't have the power or ability to atone for our sins. Also, once we start trying to be a "good person," we learn a startling fact. We were, in fact, a worse person than we originally thought.
If it is up to us, we are powerless and without hope.
3. God acts on our behalf.
He comes down in human form. He does several things that we desperately need:
-He claims to speak for God because he is God. He tells us everything we need to know about the motives, heart, and intentions of God.
-He proves his supernatural claims with miraculous acts. Think Neo in the Matrix. He designed the world and can bend its physics and boundaries to his desires. He can read thoughts. He can predict events decades in the future (like the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Romans).
-He can fully empathize with us. He literally walks in our shoes for 30+ years and can relate to the trials and tribulations we face daily. He experiences hunger, sadness, joy, and betrayal. But he can do it without sin.
-Most importantly, he comes to save us from our hopelessness. When we cannot reconcile the damage of our sin, Jesus does. He is tortured and dies on a cross for each of us. He opens up a path for reconciliation.
-He shows his absolute power and authority by returning to life after being in a grave for 3 days. Almost 500 witnesses saw this resurrected person, and almost all of them would lose their lives for that belief. No matter what threat or torture, they would not recant.
4. Every person has to decide what to do with the offer of forgiveness that Jesus extends. We must personally accept his sacrifice for us.
Imagine a throne or driver's seat representing where our life decisions are made. When we accept Jesus into our life, we ask him to be the leader of our life.
The Bible promises that this offer is extended to every person, regardless of who they have been up until that point. In fact, probably the biggest evangelist in the history of the world (the apostle Paul) murdered Christians before a life-changing conversion.
The Bible also promises that when Jesus comes into our life, He will change us from the inside. He will transform our passions, our desires, and our hearts. Eventually, that bleeds out to transformed actions and words.
I decided to follow Jesus in college, which radically changed my life. It was like version 1.0 of me died, and I started a second life.
As a Christian, my hope isn't in being a "better" person. My hope is in my association with Jesus.
I'd love to discuss more if you are interested, Molson.
It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it.
If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.
If you want to make more money, then you need to understand the language of money.
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"If two people have the same goal, you know nothing about the similarity of their results. But if two people have the same daily habits, you can infer quite a bit about the similarity of their results. Your results are largely a byproduct of your habits."
– @JamesClear