The Godless Monster is right, people try and influence, control, manipulate, ect in
every area of life when they have a position of authority, thats human nature, or the sin nature of man if you like.Because the church has a lot of organisation, its a hot bed of oppitunity for people with ideas or assperations to lead or control to position themselves, and once there become protective of their role, it gives them a voice.You will find them in schools, governments, offices, everywhere.IT really makes no difference if it christian or athiest place, its people being people
Why would you accept average or mediocre in
this area of your life when you will not accept average or mediocre in any other part of your life?
We may find it difficult to focus on other
areas of our lives when we feel alone or struggling in a difficult relationship.
Not exact matches
One
of the skills that tends to fly under the radar is having the ability to negotiate, which is very important
when it comes to internet marketing and just about every other
area of life, too, in one way or another.
That's
when it hit me: This model can be used in every
area of life.
When someone starts to give you advice, look at the fruit they have in that
area of their
life before you blindly accept their opinions as truth.
When people come to me for advice about a part
of their
life that is lacking, I encourage them to give more in that
area and the results are normally pretty astonishing.
While the Bay
Area has a reputation for being the startup hub
of America — and there are plenty
of valid reasons for that reputation — many founders don't come to terms with the negative realities
of fundraising in the Bay
Area when you don't
live there.
Multiple studies have illustrated that
when you exercise self - control in one
area of your
life — such as brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand — you can exert more willpower in another
area, such as suppressing aggressive behavior.
When you learn that you can do more than you thought in one aspect
of your
life, you can apply that to every other
area of your
life.
Behavioral finance is a fairly new term and
area of research that surfaced
when researchers realized that investors, people who make otherwise rational decisions throughout much
of their
life, do not make rational decisions
when it comes to money.
According to
Living Goods, clients may also be reluctant to buy drugs from other private providers because
of the risk
of getting a counterfeit medicine.63
Living Goods sent us a study conducted at the midline
of its RCT that claims that both availability
of counterfeit drugs and drug prices decreased at private retailers in
areas where CHPs worked.64 According to the study, about 37 %
of private drug shops in the
areas it studied sold fake ACT drugs, 65 and availabilty
of fake ACTs was about 50 % lower among non-
Living Goods sellers in the
areas where
Living Goods worked.66 Additional results on these potential effects will be made available
when the full RCT is published.
When analyzing the biggest driver
of those maintenance costs, the cost to replace carpet in the
living areas made up the largest percentage
of those costs.
I think Lauren makes a really important statement
when she says we have to give up every
area of our
lives.
Faith and baptism become real for us,
when we submit all
areas of our
life to God: S - x, business, handling
of people, marriage, possession, etc...
It's called The Atonement
of God, and in it, I present 10
areas of theology that were affected in my own
life when I came to understand the truth I am about to present to you today.
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's
when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands
of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people
when I get put into a mode
of fear I
live in a rough
area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out
of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence
of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling
of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart
of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots
of good information to be plundered loll
I've been reading the monastics recently, and it strikes me that while much
of modern evangelicalism echoes their teachings on self - control and self - denial
when it comes to sexuality, we tend to gloss over a lot what this great cloud
of monastic witnesses has to say about self - control and self - denial in other
areas of life — like materialism, food, relationships, and hospitality.
Instead,
when they wanted to know my three greatest sins, what they really wanted was three
areas of my
life in which I constantly struggled with sin.
When in unmodernized
areas of Chinese
life today, the legal authorities, unable to capture the real culprit in a felony, seek his son instead to be punished as his substitute, the same ideas and customs are evident with which the Old Testament began.
In a village the church may still be one
of the centers
of community
life, whereas in urban
areas when people move, they may find it hard to relate to a new church.
What bugs the crap out
of me is
when people assume that I can function only in one
area of church -
life.
Because
of the value
of internships in my
life, I wanted to make this a part
of our culture
when we planted a church in the Los Angeles metropolitan
area.
But nothing is lost and much is gained
when our grasp
of the truth about God's
living action in these
areas precludes the thought that God intervenes to violate the internal congruity and consistency
of the divine creation with its never - absent divine energizing in and through created entities, events, and happenings.
This can be especially tricky
when we want to pray for a specific
area: perhaps the
area in which we
live, or where our church is, or somewhere that has had a lot
of problems recently.
When I run into people who believe in creationism, it gives me a hint to expect irrational behavior in other
areas of life.
If the experiences
of today's church planters is anything to go by, there's every reason to believe that
when it comes to urban
areas, a long period
of uprooting is slowly but surely giving way to
life.
I'm as.suming you
live in a rural
area which makes you want to believe what you said to be the absolute truth, but I'll help you out
of ignorance, there are good and bad people everywhere, christian or non-christian and
when people «go to the country» to rest, it isn't because city
life is so amoral and horrible, it's because its fast paced.
Kaylee if you have asked Christ into your
life then the holy spirit -LCB- he is the spirit
of Christ -RCB- dwells within you it is him that changes us all we have to do is tell him that we are weak in whatever
area we struggle.You mention alcohol
when tempted to drink just tell him Lord i am weak but i am trusting in your strength to empower me and he will thats is how we change.If we try and do it in our strength we might succeed for a couple
of times then fall back into our old patterns.Then it becomes forgive me Lord for my sin we feel guilt and condemned and that is the work
of the enemy who is out to destroy our faith in God and because
of our feelings we go and do the same things all over again.But we have a better way and that is to trust the one who is able to overcome having been set free from my old
life style
of sin i am grateful each day to be walking in his strength not mine.So the Lord has given you the victory in Christ and even if we stumble sometimes in the process we remember there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus God bless brentnz
Jeremy thanks for your comments alot
of this i never really thought about before until you provoked me to seek the truth in the word it is what we all should be doing finding the truth for ourselves God wants to reveal mysterys if we are open to hear.If we have been christians awhile we just take the word
of whoevers preaching or whichever clip we see on god tube its knowledge but not revelation.Because the story sounds plausible we tag that on to our belief for example for many years i believed that the rich young rulers problem was money so the way to deal with that problem is to give it away and be a follower
of Jesus sounds plausible.Till you realise every believers situation is different so the message has to be universal.So the reason its not about money because it excludes those that do nt have it and does nt make room for those that do have it but do nt worship it.The rich young ruler was not a bad person he
lived by a good moral code but he made money his idol he put that before God.The word says we shall not have any idols thats a sin and a wicked one.In fact there wasnt any room in his heart for Jesus that is a tragedy.So
when we see the message is about Idolatry we all have
areas that we chose not to submit to God thats universal everyone
of us whether we are rich or poor.I believe we are unaware that we have these idols what are some
of them that was revealed to me our partners our children our work our church our family i can sense some
of you are getting fidgetty.
No matter that even in our own complex and secular day,
when the old notion
of «parish» as a particular
area where people sleep and work has almost expired, the majority
of people can still be ministered to by local churches for most
of their
lives if they are interested in the services
of ministry.
It's as if there is never a time
when the Christian can just relax and enjoy
life, without the nagging voice telling them that they are falling short in some
area of their religious existence.
Come on get real samson old testement its in there wilful sin my definition is walking away from the Lord and doing opur own thing knowing what you should do but still do what you want to do.In the
life of Samson WE SEE Gods forgiveness and the sacrifice is the same as today repentence we are saved by the grace of God if we turn from our own way.He was disobedient to his parents and to the Lord his heart was no different from ours wilfully disobedient he chose sin over the Lord all the time sleeping with prostites and lying with foreign woman going his own way and yet God saves him not only that he was Gods chosen instrument to deliver his people.The sad part is his term was only 20 years if he had walking in the ways of the Lord he should have had that ministry for 40 years that is the term of completion.We cut ourselves short when we choose sin over the Lord which is an idol by the way.We all have those areas in our lives that we keep to ourselves thats wilful they are our demons and our comforters.Until we surrender all to the Lord we can not be overcomers and will be influenced by satan like samson it is clear warning to us wilful sin or making sin an idol in our lives has consequences better to serve the Lord with all our hearts even though samson did nt for much of his life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life of Samson WE SEE Gods forgiveness and the sacrifice is the same as today repentence we are saved by the grace
of God if we turn from our own way.He was disobedient to his parents and to the Lord his heart was no different from ours wilfully disobedient he chose sin over the Lord all the time sleeping with prostites and lying with foreign woman going his own way and yet God saves him not only that he was Gods chosen instrument to deliver his people.The sad part is his term was only 20 years if he had walking in the ways
of the Lord he should have had that ministry for 40 years that is the term
of completion.We cut ourselves short
when we choose sin over the Lord which is an idol by the way.We all have those
areas in our
lives that we keep to ourselves thats wilful they are our demons and our comforters.Until we surrender all to the Lord we can not be overcomers and will be influenced by satan like samson it is clear warning to us wilful sin or making sin an idol in our
lives has consequences better to serve the Lord with all our hearts even though samson did nt for much
of his
life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the
Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the
life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his flesh.
The reason that's important is because, in every
area of life, we understand that preparation is the key to success, but
when it comes to relationships, we think that, no, commitment is the key to success: I don't need to prepare for a relationship, I just need to meet the right person and commit to that person.
When I do, my anxieties in that one
area of my
life dominate my sense
of identity and self - worth.
The second
area of confusion that causes people to think they can lose their «salvation» is
when they equate the Kingdom
of God or Kingdom
of Heaven with «heaven» or with eternal
life.
«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts
of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory over these thoughts because
when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit
when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the
area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no authority over you that you are under the covering
of Jesus Christ and
when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to
live like Christ and gives us the power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz
Rick the more i think about it we are to
live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my
life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our
lives one
area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an
area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have
areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now
when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and
when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main
area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because
of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the
areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh
life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz
When a child is small, she is directly subject to her parents» authority in the minutest
areas of life.
When the self acts, it is involved in a contradiction between these two
areas of its
life.
But
when those
areas that seem to be «too much» are a result
of trying to
live closely with God, and have cost you something, then it is never something worth compromising.
Logic and reason applies in all
areas of their
lives, but
when it comes to their Atheistic beliefs.
Those
areas of my discomfort and struggle have more to do with the
living in a post-Fall world with indwelling sin, a melancholy streak, and a longing for the day
when all that is sad will come untrue.
The experience
of wonder flourishes
when one becomes aware
of the mysteries and revelations
of God in four
areas — the inner
life of man, interpersonal relationships, science, and nature.
The state oversteps its boundaries and encroaches upon human dignity
when it seeks to extend its authority into all
areas of human
life in the same way that the church ceases to be true to its own commission
when it becomes an organ
of the state.
When one shares one's body, when one shares another's, as part of the give - and - take, as symbolic of the frustrations and appreciations that both face together in all areas of life, then sexual experience becomes a way of saying what we all need to say and to hear: «I care!&ra
When one shares one's body,
when one shares another's, as part of the give - and - take, as symbolic of the frustrations and appreciations that both face together in all areas of life, then sexual experience becomes a way of saying what we all need to say and to hear: «I care!&ra
when one shares another's, as part
of the give - and - take, as symbolic
of the frustrations and appreciations that both face together in all
areas of life, then sexual experience becomes a way
of saying what we all need to say and to hear: «I care!»
I was not radically different
when with different people, but Facebook has forced me to be consistent with different
areas of my
life.
It involves every
area of your
life, so
when it comes to
living for God there is no separation from spiritual and physical.
When we come to faith in Christ, the Spirit will put his finger on some
areas of our
lives that He wants to change immediately, while other
areas of life take a secondary position.
Even
when market with its goal
of economic growth became decisive for economic activities in capitalism, it was never accepted as decisive for the lion - economic
areas of social or cultural
life.