I'm finding more and more people who have left the institution and finding
joy living for God outside the walls of religion.
Not exact matches
For Candace, it's less about going out and getting
joy than it is about figuring out where moments of
joy already exist in our daily
lives.
«The
joy of
life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater
joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,
for each day to have a new and different sun.»
Example: I intend to
live in gratitude
for all that I have and all that I am, allowing
joy and love to fill my heart and positive energy to fill my body.
Focus on what brings you
joy and what you're grateful
for in your
life.
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Life is too short to suffer [31:01] It's the thoughts that are stressful that you believe that mess you up — when you question them, you break the pattern [31:20] The more you train yourself to do it, the easier it becomes [31:40] Don't wait to be rich, richness is joy and abundance [32:01] Loss, Less, Never: the sources of all suffering [32:06] The antidote is to see it for what it is, know it's «BS,» and find something to appreciate [33:49] So much of our life has become about expectat
Life is too short to suffer [31:01] It's the thoughts that are stressful that you believe that mess you up — when you question them, you break the pattern [31:20] The more you train yourself to do it, the easier it becomes [31:40] Don't wait to be rich, richness is
joy and abundance [32:01] Loss, Less, Never: the sources of all suffering [32:06] The antidote is to see it
for what it is, know it's «BS,» and find something to appreciate [33:49] So much of our
life has become about expectat
life has become about expectation.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity
for a millennial [07:40] Waiting
for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice
for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry
for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own
life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement
for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to
live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation,
joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process
for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations
for appreciation [50:00] The key to
life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom
for you?
The same goes
for people who have very little, but still, find
joy in their
lives.
It is a
joy to watch these young girls learn new skills that they will be able to use
for the rest of their
lives.
For years, I watched in horror as most of the most remarkable, honest, hard working, compassionate, productive, contributing & patriotic; people one could ever hope to know in
life & have the privilege of calling friends; die a slow, agonizing, disfiguring & vastly premature death, amidst the muted
joy & exaltation of conservative religious groups & individuals.
He's not exactly another philosopher - pope, but there are other ways of being an inspirational, evangelical, and poetically theological pope:
For Augustine, the
joy promised by the Lord to his followers is given and
lives in spe, in hope.
I think that there will be some initial tears
for those who have not recognised the harm they have done to others in this
life and before everlasting
joy is granted our unrepented sins (ie the failure to recognise, admit and change our minds about our weaknesses that hurt others I this
life) are laid bare and the full depravity of our own soul is known to us.
Some of those elderly just marry not
for the
joy but
for a helping hand in the house if they are all alone as a servant since religiously single men are not allowed to have female maids work or
live in their houses unless they are married to each other..
There's nothing wrong with
joy or contentment, but church shouldn't be a place where
life looks polished and easy yet
for many, this is the reality.
I guess if you
live your whole
life by such a narrow, fear - constrained outlook, then it is likely to make you miserable, but
for so many of the Christians I know, their faith is a huge source of
joy and inspiration to them — and this is even true
for many of the less open - minded ones!
If you want the method to make your church grow or give you the five keys to a victorious
life then you'll go away disappointed but if you're hungry
for a faith that can deal with real
life,
joy and pain, triumph and disaster, laughter and sorrow then join Rob in a journey to follow the rabbi.
God's will
for me is to
live under love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
I see and work with people who were athiests or agnostics, came to faith in God and
for the first time in thier
lives found hope,
joy and solutions to long standing issues in thier
lives.
Rather than a means of removing suffering, prayer (and today I would add, meditation) seems to me to be a practice which can assist in navigating the inevitable challenges and sorrows of our
lives, and act as a vehicle
for thoughtfully reflecting on the
joys and goodness we experience in an attitude of thankfulness.
The biblical good news also tells us about how God wants to rule and reign over all aspects of
life, how there is nothing beyond the scope of redemption, how there is hope
for the future, a source of
joy and gladness to be had, true community to be experienced, and peace to be introduced.
I do not believe in any of the man - made gods, yet I find
joy in
life with a satisfying career, raising my chiidren, financial security, martial arts, weight lifting, etc....
For some reason you seem unable to accept that as being an alternative.
When we know how much God loves us, this not only frees us from fear of punishment, but it also frees us from the desire to sin, because we know that God only wants what is best
for us, and His instructions are not to destroy our
joy or ruin our
lives, but to increase our enjoyment of
life, and help us
live better, longer, healthier, happier
lives.
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
Life had no edge, no elegance and no
joy, but was only a bitter temporal existence largely limited to preparations
for the sweet hereafter.
Ultimately it is through Jesus that those who love him will see God as he really is and become utterly like him, so we can
live the
life of heaven together with Jesus in the indescribable
joy of the Holy Spirit, which is what God the Father wants
for us.
If we spend our time trying to change the rules, we miss out on the happiness God wrote into the rules of
life, the hard - won
joys of struggling together
for the truth.
I had thought I was starting one particular chapter of my
life, one that brought me a lot of
joy — tinies growing into marvellous big kids, finally emerging from the fog of babies - toddlers mothering, and a strong sense of purpose around my own vocation,
for instance — but when I flipped the page, there was unprecedented change
for us.
Christ's love was
life - giving because when human hearts opened up to Him
for whom they were made, the result was inevitably an increase in the
life of the soul, a freeing from sin, the lightening of a burden, and the
joy that comes from knowing you are close to God, or that you are loved by God.
Prayer changes things Prayer is the
joy of the fullness of God Prayer is the opportunity
for life changing learning From God Himself Prayer changes things
I pray
for capacity to increase — their capacity
for life,
for writing,
for joy,
for faithfulness,
for sorrow,
for art would grow.
Social support makes the world turn
for most people (different people are «inspired» (motivated to
live) by all of the different thoughts and emotions related to their social interactions — anger, love, revenge, trust, hatred, friendship, fear,
joy, envy, compassion, confusion, sorrow, etc).
For me, my God, all
joy and all achievement, the very purpose of my being and all my love of
life, all depend on this one basic vision of the union between yourself and the universe.
Because, Lord, by every innate impulse and through all the hazards of my
life I have been driven ceaselessly to search
for you and to set you in the heart of the universe of matter, I shall have the
joy, when death comes, of closing my eyes amidst the splendour of a universal transparency aglow with fire...
Finally, play can keep that gracious «ground - base of
joy» alive in all of us, and so prepare us
for, and help sustain us within, our ongoing
life of faith.
Prayers are offered up
for the persecuted and interventions attempted in the hope that their
life may be saved even though the persecuted may endure their suffering with
joy.
To eat it is to acquire a taste and an affinity
for that which in everything is above everything — a taste and an affinity which will henceforward make impossible
for me all the
joys by which my
life has been warmed.
For a long time, seeking to appease his mysterious but obsessive need for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his j
For a long time, seeking to appease his mysterious but obsessive need
for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his j
for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of
life, he will look
for the substance and overflowing richness of his j
for the substance and overflowing richness of his
joy.
«
Life means
for [Paul] actually the
joy which can unite a man with God (cf. also Rom.
«The experience of absolute control over another being, of omnipotence so far as he, she or it is concerned, creates the illusion of transcending the limitations of human existence, particularly
for those whose
lives are deprived of productivity and
joy.
I have found a world that provides plenty of
joy, and happiness
for living for the now.
These include capacities
for loyalty and trust,
for living out of another's promises,
for joy in another's reality
for its own sake.
I think God created us
for an abundant
life, filled with
joy and meaningful work and service.
The
joy of the gospel of marriage springs from charity: 2 the same charity that compels bishops3 to faithfully proclaim the good news of marriage revealed in Christ; the same charity that is inseparable from the Truth, who frees the human person and reveals to him what it means to be human.4 Only in Jesus does every human being discover what it means to be truly human, to be made
for God and to
live in relationship with God, to have true happiness.
To experience the
life of
joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, and purpose that God wants
for us, we must first be born of the Spirit so that God's new
life dwells within us.
We wanted to mark the end of that era of our
life and make some room
for the inevitable sadness even in the midst of the
joy.
If they weep and mourn because of what happens to them, they will be uplifted and encouraged and even laugh with
joy for how real Christ will be to them, and how closely He will walk with them in this
life and the
life to come.
This
life, characterized by an abiding
joy, unceasing prayer and thanksgiving in all circumstances, is further described as «the will of God (
for them) in Christ Jesus.»
«I see a lot of
joy and celebration
for Pope Francis, but I'm
living his election with a lot of pain»: thus, the BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-2179479] reported the words of Graciela Yorio, the sister of Orlando Yorio — a priest who was kidnapped in May 1976 and tortured
for five months during Argentina's last military government.
Sex is treated as torment, or possession, or weapon against the world; but the note of gratitude
for sexuality as enrichment of
life,
for ecstatic
joy and the serenity of faithful companionship, all this gets left out of the meaning of sex.
True, the sanctification process of Christianity is much more difficult than
living for yourself; however, resting in the salvation / justification / presence of God benefits of Christianity brings
joy.