Unlike Dominant/submissive structures found in BDSM in which love is often the core value, service and obedience are often the core values in Master/slave structures.[1] The participants may be of any gender or sexual orientation. The relationship uses the term “slave” because of the ...
When this mortal life is over we trust that we will be forever in the heart of God who is love itself. Amen ** “On the days we believe” is a phrase I have adopted from Rachel Held Evans’ book “Wholehearted Faith” where she dares to write what I have often been afraid to ...
21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.22 Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet[r] steadfast love and faithfulness.23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.24 The crown of ...
The biblical perspective emphasizes that discipline is an act of love and responsibility. Proverbs consistently underscores the importance of parental guidance, reflecting the belief that children are a heritage from the Lord (Psalm 127:3). The phrase "your son" indicates a personal and familial ...
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent. Treasury of Scripture Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying. ...
Proverbs 19:18: Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
The same Bible that says in Eph 6:1 "Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." also says in Eph 5:22, "Wives be subject to your own husband as to the Lord." Unfortunately for the Body of Christ, when faced with the second verse many wives would rather surrender...
There are many believers who have done the same, they have fallen in love with their Savior. They do not plan on a life apart from Him.So spiritually they have gone to the doorpost, the awl is pushed through their ear, and they are marked from that point on. ...
The third and last piece of advice Paul gives the church is to reaffirm their love for the man (v. 8). The verb "to reaffirm" (kyrosai) means "to confirm" or "ratify." It was commonly used in Paul's day of a will, treaty, law, decree, bill of sale or other legal document ...
and the soul is filled with a sense of wrath, looking upon the chastening, as being in wrath and hot displeasure; when Satan is let loose, and casts his fiery darts thick and fast; and when the soul has lost its views of interest in the love of God, and in the grace of Christ,...