โGratitude is not something we give to God, it is the gift God gives to us, to be blessed by all his other gifts; the taste buds of life. Without gratitude, our lives degenerate into envy, dissatisfaction, and complaints, taking what we have for granted and always wanting more.โ
The work of the church is not the call to ministry. Spiritual success is never measured by human outcomes. Our true work is that of manifesting likeness to Christ in all things, whether it is in success or failure, criticism or praise.
Singleness or Marriage are a gift, tools of santification; to make us more like Christ. 1Cor7:7 I wish that all the people were as I am; but each person has his own gift from God, one of this kind and one of that. Embrace your ๐
How do you survive/get through in a world where we are all victims of something? Sometimes you don't, sometimes you only do in part...but the grandeur of life is that attempt, to show up as fearless as you can, behave as beautifully as you can, under impossible circumstances...
When we use Godโs sacred Word in a way that harms another, commanding them to do wrong, manipulating them, deceiving them, or humiliating them, we have spiritually abused them.
Our Lord cracked a whip and turned tables over because in what was meant to be Godโs house and a safe place for His sheep was a place of exploitation of the lambs. They were being robbed of a refuge in the house of the God.
Intimacy is a matter of returning to unashamed nakedness. It's relatively simple to become shameless exposing of physical body, it is enormously challenging to live without shame in the revelation of your innermost person of your history, heart,mind,& deeper your spiritual life.
Self-deception works in concert with temptation so we can convince ourselves of the rightness of actions that are in fact wrong.ย We use deception to say that external circumstances justify reactions. Truth and lies become confused or even reversed.
You are like a hunter: your knowledge of every detail of the forest and of the ecosystem as a whole will give you many more options for survival and success.
Marriage; crucible of sanctification, more than a test of sweetness of temper, it's of the whole character affecting every action.ย Extracting vanity and egotism without anesthetic.Circumcision of the heart, not made with hands but by Christ stripping off of sinful & carnal flesh.
Intimacy is a matter of returning to unashamed nakedness. It's relatively simple to become shameless exposing of physical body, it is enormously challenging to live without shame in the revelation of your innermost person of your history, heart,mind,& deeper your spiritual life.