My thought life is re-building and fear that I cannot do what needs to be accomplished plagues me, with a realistic ‘lack of confidence’ healing process. I am now learning about grace and mercy. Relying on the scriptures of joy and thankfulness as well as singing songs of worship to ...
We want to encourage prayer for first responders — invocations for the men and women in uniform who selflessly give of themselves on a daily basis.
The Scriptures would be solemnly read, long prayers would be offered, and words of counsel and admonition administered to the mourning circle ; but before long, according to established usage, the glass, with its exhilarating and intoxicating beverage, must circulate freely and repeatedly ; so ...
The holiday is said to take place on the first day of the seventh month,Tishri, not the first month of theJewish calendar, Nisan, which marks the beginning ofPassover(as instructed in Exodus 12:2). The first of Nisan was considered thecalendarnew year, and the new year for kings and ...
sacred places, the number of special venues for religious practice have multiplied in Krishna Valley: in addition to the temple, room these places also have a surplus of sacred potential, and therefore they are especially suitable for meditation, prayer, or the reading of the sacred scriptures. ...
What Do We Know about “the Sixth Month” in the Infancy Story? by S. Kent Brown Peace on Earth–To Whom? by Eric D. Huntsman How Did the Shepherds Find the Christ Child? by S. Kent Brown Why Were the Shepherds in the Field at Night When the Angel Came? by S. Kent Brown ...
I made a copy of this list just this morning and am going to put it on next month’s page of my wall calendar, and do this monthly, so I can see it and be reminded of these points. I encourage you to consider doing this also. ...
One of the greatest benedictions in the scriptures comes at the end of the Epistle to the Hebrews. After a number of dense arguments around the superiority of the New Covenant, a call to hold fast to those promises, warnings for not doing so, and some practical out-workings of those trut...
’ Expressions like ‘the word of God,’‘God’s word,’ and ‘the word of the Lord,’ refer to a kind of authoritative discourse that includes the Bible, but is seldom limited to it.” See: “Understanding the Bible’s Influence,” in The Social Life of Scriptures: Cross Cultural ...
The mind is assisted towards stillness and samadhi by responding with benignity, compassion, delight, and indifference respectively towards these four types of people: The fortunate, the suffering, the virtuous, and the sinful. 2:29 "Self-restraints, fixed observances, posture, pranayama, abstraction...