Tag: guidance
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Seeming Rather Than Being: A Call Back to Authentic Faith
The Human Desire for Approval From the beginning of time, humans have been driven by a deep need for belonging. Psychology affirms this truth. Abraham Maslow placed “love and belonging” as a foundational human need, just above food and shelter. More recent neuroscience studies show that receiving social validation activates the same reward centers in…
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Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
“Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit, for Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3) The “poor in spirit” are those who cast themselves on God’s grace. We personally acknowledge our spiritual bankruptcy before God. It is the tax collector in the temple, beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner”…
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Hidden Treasure & the Pearl
Every one of us holds to certain values in life. But does our personal value system line up with God’s values? The Parable of the Hidden Treasure “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that…
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Thoughts of Time…
If you want to know the end, look at the beginning. African proverb Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin You can’t keep today’s hour for tomorrow – we all know that, but still tend to procrastinate. Benjamin Franklin warns that time is a scarce resource, and if it’s wasted, it cannot be recovered…
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Christian Meditation Series: Trust in the Lord…
In this tumultuous and hectic world peace is sought after most highly; in the mind, body and spirit. One can become accustomed to not being at peace and over time fail to see it as something to seek after or obtainable, allowing anxiety to conquer and rule. For today’s meditation we will focus on the…
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Inner Stillness & Happiness
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind,…
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