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The three words she posted became a mantra for living a rich and fulfilling life. “Giving yourself permission is the intentional act of putting our self-doubt and fear in their proper place,” writes Pennie Murray, author of Giving Myself Permission.“It is allowing yourself to confront and...
Mosiah sends a message throughout the land to all the people to gather near the temple to hear the words of King Benjamin. The people also brought“…the firstlings of their flocks, that they might offer sacrifice and burnt offerings according to the law of Moses.” (Mosiah 2:3) Everyone...
Members of the great crowd exercise faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice. They are spiritually clean, having "washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Hence, they are declared righteous with a view to becoming friends of God and of surviving the great tribulation. (Jam...
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here...
he must not break his word but must do everything he said. 3"When a young woman still living in her father's household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge 4and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every ple...
Vedic teachings propounded sacrifice of only those grains (as against endangered and rare spices of grains) that were naturally more abundant, very old, and could not be grown again even if they are sowed. Until someone would think of anotherenvironmental friendly way of disposalof excess of ...
Oh Lord, You loved this world so much that you gave your one and only Son, that we might be called your children too. Lord, help us to live in the gladness and grace of Easter Sunday every day. Let us have hearts of thankfulness for your sacrifice. Let us have eyes that look upon...
about Christ’s threefold office (munus triplex). As prophet, he not only teaches us the will of God but is the decisive embodiment of divine revelation: the Word and Wisdom of God made flesh. As priest, he makes atonement for our sins through the sacrifice of himself and through his ...
but the period of about 1500–1200bceis acceptable to most scholars. The hymns formed a liturgical body that in part grew up around thesomaritual and sacrifice and were recited or chanted during rituals. They praised a wide pantheon of gods, some of whom personified natural and cosmic phenomen...