In the English language “love” is a multipurpose word in that we say we love our parents, love our school, love humanity, and even love chocolate. This would have been puzzling to someone of St. Valentine’s lifetime, because people used more specific words for various kinds of love. ...
Emotions are neutral—neither good nor bad. Understand that your feelings, as well as your partner’s, aren’t inherently right or wrong. Embrace the idea that everyone experiences emotions differently, and that there’s no value judgment attached to how someone feels. Feelings must be integrated...
If your purpose is really to help someone you will communicate with them respectfully and with patience. If you are a hireling and care little about the people you are speaking with then you will not worry about offending them, but when you do this the risk is that they will not listen ...
Community mobilisation is essential to prevent further biodiversity loss and protect the natural environment. This includes engaging in public- and private-sphere behaviours, and community support of relevant government policies. This purpose of this paper is to explore and compare the factors associated ...
she shouted and threw the jewelry box up in the air. I had noticed her way before she’d thrown the jewelry box – not because of her appearance, but because she’d broken a social boundary by standing in front of the pastor before the sermon. She’d...
Lay up your Treasures in Heaven God's Secure Foundation The Purpose of the Church Messages on other Various Topics Bema Seat Judgement Five (5) Bible Crowns for Believers found in Scripture Understanding and Interpreting Scripture Differences between Church Denominations ...
I have added my last sermon at The Gathering as that is easier than trying to type it all out. The Lord, in His graciousness, revealed to me something very obvious regarding the Lord’s Supper. Please spend a few minutes with me as I lead up to sharing that revelation as the understa...
• Woodrow Whidden: “The triunity of the one God” is “the profound unity or oneness inherent in the doctrine of the Trinity. Here are three divine beings lined up together in such a way as to point to Their oneness of purpose in imparting grace and love to God’s people thro...
We wanted this to be a chatty document not a medical seminar and indeed not a sermon. Certainly the content was critical but so was the tone of voice. The advice couldn't be impractical or unworkable and even though the scientists and moralists walk hand in hand in the control of AIDS,...
destiny and a name. This story reveals that the power of caring and loving enough can reveal your own purpose, propel you into your own future. I find a sweet romance in the fact that it all begins with a promise. The realization came later on for me, when I read this short declarati...