Sometimes
the most spiritual thing we can do is take a nap.
And when it comes to avoiding sin, sometimes,
the most spiritual thing to do is take a nap.
Not exact matches
«What once was a retail center where people bought
things is now a
spiritual center where the
most important
thing in life is offered free,» says senior pastor Jay Dennis.
Now the pressures of the sexual revolution are tempting the Church to loosen her claim on the bodily act that Scripture consistently treats as
most deeply implicated in
spiritual things — sex.
Just because something is termed
spiritual, and
most things that are termed that are dealing with the relative plane rather than the absolute, doesn't mean its truth.in the
spiritual realm.
The occult level... this level
most people mistake for the
spiritual just because its hidden, and yet
things have names and there are words involved and the
things revealed can be used for either good or evil.
One of the
most difficult
things to do is to consider that our
spiritual experiences may be the products of our own minds.
In
most areas, Paul allowed others to make their own choices, but some «
spiritual fathers» today want families to check with him regarding such
things as vacation planning, job transfers, financial management, and child rearing.
All in all, I think this Bible study shows that men are interested in
spiritual things, but they feel
most comfortable receiving and talking about them in a manly way.
Billy Graham is one of the
most spiritual men of our time... I do nt think you will have to worry about beng there when all
things come to pass... i do nt think you will be in the same place... I commend him for supporting Chic fil a they have a right to stand by what they believe... they are not saying they will discrimnate or hate gays they just do nt support them..
So you finally resolve to say what feels like the
most spiritual and helpful
thing you can come up with in the moment: «I'll be praying for you.»
I don't consider myself «postmodern» or «emerging» but
most of the postmodern / emerging philosophy and theology I have read is a reaction against a modern philosophy and theology which overemphasized «the many» (the human ability to figure
things out on our own), and as a result, is not too humanistic, but is almost excessively
spiritual.
One of the
things that
most spiritual traditions insist upon, though, is that at some stage a
spiritual guide is very important.
Take them one at a time, spending as much time as you need to discuss thoroughly the issues and feelings that arise: «The ideas and issues which excite me
most are...;» «The
things that are
most worth living for right now are...;» «I feel the
most joy (pain, hope, lonely, together) when...;» «What I really believe about God is...;» «I feel closest to (
most distant from) God when...;» «I get spiritually high when...;» «The beliefs that mean the
most to me now are...;» «The beliefs from my childhood which no longer make sense are...;» «Life has the least (the
most) meaning for me when...;» «I feel closest to you (
most distant from you) spiritually when...;» «The way I really feel about the church is...;» «I'd like to do the following, to enjoy more
spiritual sharing...;» «To enrich the
spiritual life of our family, I'd like to..
Most truly
spiritual people would thank him for sharing, and not give him labels such as «obnoxious» — because you are doing the
things you claim to hate — labeling to manipulate opinion and silence opposing viewpoints that are different from your own.
Those propounding this idea of «conscience» urge us to recognize three
things: that the
spiritual and moral life is a journey; that when the Church teaches that some
things are just wrong and no combination of intentions and consequences can make them right, the Church is proposing an «ideal» to which the
most «generous» response may not always be possible; and that confessors and
spiritual directors should be compassionate and discerning guides along the often rocky pathways of the moral life.
Why do so many southern Christians take with utter seriousness
spiritual things that seem to
most of us as outmoded leftovers from a redundant worldview?
I don't think it's so much about the levites being paid for their service it's about us doing what's right toward Pastors that must feed and tend to the flock of GOD if GOD has called them.JESUS even said in luke 10:7 that the laborers are worthy of their wages.In luke 8 1 - 4 it's says even JESUS HIMSELF recieved financial support from the women who ministered to him with their possessions.Now
most people today would say he should have been ashamed of taking money from those poor women but JESUS accepted their support and they was blessed for sowing onto the LORD»S work.1 Corinthains 9:1 - 15 says dint muzzle the ox while it tread out the grain was GOD talking about oxes no he was talking about those who labor in the ministry.Who goes to war at their own expense.Or who goes to war but pay for their clothes, guns, etc.No one because the goverment if that country provide these
things because of the soilders service.Who plants a vineyard and don't eat from it.Who tends a flock and don't drink the milk of it.I think it's just
spiritual sense to support a pastor that's teaching you the word, casting out devils, laying hands and healing is manifesting in people lived, going to hospitails, prisons, and house calls to pray for the sick and shut in, going to graduations and funnerals, praying and fasting for himself and the flock.I think a person who think a pastor shouldn't be paid for their service either don't know they need to be paid and need to be taught or they are demonic in their thinking and either hate GOD, PASTORS, AND GOD»S PEOPLE.Why do nt you hear people saying anything against the dope dealers, strip clubs, dope houses, liquor stores, etc.It's only when people give into the LORD»S work that evil minded or misinformed people have a problem with it.No sir we don't have to use the old testament to show that we should support out pastors.You don't use the law, love tells me to support the pastor.Under the new testament LOVE is the greatest of all.Love for GOD and man.If GOD asked for 10 percent under the law to support the levites who didn't have all the responsibilities of Pastor today.Church rent, gas for vans of thd church, insurance fir the church and church vehicles, feeding and clothing the poor, light, gas, and water bill, mantience on the church or vehicles, not to mention the Pastor own house, cars, children, insurance, etc.If would be foolish for one to think that a pastor should take care if his house and GODS HOUSE without people supporting the work of the KINGDOM OF GOD.If we love GOD we are going to support HIS KINGDOM and HIS PASTOR.If under the law GOD asked for 10 percent how much should we give under the LOVE COVENANT?Example I love my wife and if I had 300 dollars I would surley give her more that 10 percent which would be 30 dollars because I love her.The law says you must give LOVE says I chose to give because I love GOD and man.Again we don't have to use the law just love and
spiritual sense because hate and a carnal senses will not understand.Now I have given you scriptures please do the same when you respond not your opinion.Please respond right away I await your answer.GOD BLESS.
In order to communicate faith to others, we must not only remove the intellectual obstacles, but dissolve the
spiritual obstacles to faith, and that means trying to live as though love really were the
most important
thing
In fact,
most (63 %) said it was «diverting the church from more important
things,» and, in a list of church priorities, ranked sexuality issues lower than creating disciples of Christ,
spiritual growth, youth involvement, members»
spiritual growth, decline in membership, poverty, children at risk, and social injustice.
A little later my dad came in and sat down on the edge of the bed and said quietly that we should have a conversation about Sunday Mass, and probably I was now old enough to make my own decisions about attending Mass, that he and my mother did not think it right or fair to force that decision on us children, that we needed to find our own ways spiritually, and that while he and our mother very much hoped that we would walk in the many rewarding paths of the Church, the final decision there would be ours alone, each obeying his own conscience; that was only right and fair, and to decree attendance now would perhaps actually force us away from the very
thing that he and my mother found to be the
most nutritious
spiritual food; so perhaps you and I and your mother can sit and discuss this later this afternoon, he said, and come to some amicable agreement.
If you are able to see your sexuality as
spiritual thing, you will let go all the other barriers that hold
most women off from having blissful births.
If you are able to see your sexuality as
spiritual thing, you will let go all the other barriers that hold
most women off from having blissful births.
«Perhaps the
most «
spiritual»
thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.»
I am: Friendly, outgoing,
spiritual, creative, funny at times, loving, empathetic, adventurous, willing to try new
things, intellectual, somewhat opinionated, I like
most things but I hate racism, bigotry, stubborn people who are nonflexible, legalism esp.
The hard - won answer is, as with
most things,
spiritual: accepting our impermanence, loving with all our souls while we're here.
«One of the
most extraordinary
things to look at is a painting of heaven and the celestial hosts and the mother of God — these are themes that artists gave as an experience of
spiritual matters to their audience.
Roth writes that «the two painters share important links to SF's history of mediating between the competing impulses of abstraction and representation... But the link that binds them
most closely is their intensely personal focus... Brown created her own mythology, painting herself amidst
things she loved: dogs, cats, fish, friends and household furnishings and, toward the end of her life, symbols of Eastern
spiritual practices.
Eating is one of the
most important
things you do all day long, so for physical, mental and
spiritual health, it is vital to spend time and thought each part of the process from selecting ingredients and recipes, to preparing your food, to enjoying your meals to their fullest.
However, co-parents who work together well for the sake of their kids have reached a basic level of agreement on the
most important
things — like issues pertaining to their children's health, discipline, education, and
spiritual upbringing.