Sentences with phrase «of spiritual food»

And if so, then pastors should not feel upset or threatened if people go to other churches to receive different types of spiritual food.

On the bottom of the spiritual food chain are the children, who are told to submit to their fathers in the annual Father's Day sermon, in Sunday School, in Care Group, in the home during «corrections» (spankings).

Yes, this is part of our spiritual food.

Divisions, fighting and selfishness occur because everyone is trying to get his or her fill of spiritual food at the worship service.

You can bet after these roaming thoughts on worship all morning, I was going to dig into a generous helping of some spiritual food before the service.

When, in the course of his remarks, he intimated that some parts of the Scripture were more truth - containing than others and admonished his hearers to feed their souls upon the best of the spiritual food, James interrupted the Master, asking: «Would you be good enough, Master, to suggest to us how we may choose the better passages from the Scriptures for our personal edification?»

Not exact matches

It doesn't always feel good, but it stretches and strengthens us, getting rid of spiritual flab we've built up by consuming only spiritual food we like.

Again, you need to do research about what I am saying and learn the bible, start with the Book of John, because starting with Genius will only bring you confusing when you don't have understanding, which the O.T. is strong spiritual food for the grown spiritual Christians.

So, when we eat Christ's flesh physically and spiritually, the food is so powerful that it transforms us into itself and out of fleshly, sinful mortal [s] makes spiritual, holy, living [persons].»

We Christians often unwittingly adopt a Platonic view that assumes the spiritual world only consists of the unseen — heaven, hell, angels, souls — while solid things like tech toys, asphalt and food are unspiritual and disconnected from our Christian lives.

While he gave up food and money to minister to others, many «spiritual fathers» today command their people to tithe 10 %, and some even go to the extent of demanding that people submit monthly financial records to show where their money is going.

The spiritual test for the people is that they receive only a day's worth of food at a time.

The whole concept of people sitting in a theatre style room and gleaning the teachings of one man week after week for spiritual food seems crazy to me now.

* Poustinia is a Russian word for desert and it refers to a way of prayer that is more Eastern: silence, solitude, fasting and prayer with only the Scriptures as spiritual food.

It is a breakthrough moment in one's life when he discovers that giving spiritual food away does not lessen one's supply in a relationship of mutuality.

Before death, while we are still in mortal flesh, we eat the labors of our hands, we swallow with an effort the food so gained; but after death, we shall begin eagerly to drink in the spiritual life and finally, reunited to our bodies, and rejoicing in fullness of delight, we shall be refreshed with immortality.

I approach the Bible in all three connections as the communication of doctrine from God; as the instrument of Jesus Christ's personal authority over Christians (which is part of what I mean in calling it canonical; as the criterion of truth and error regarding God and godliness; as wisdom for the ordering of life and food for spiritual growth; and, thus, as the mystery - that is, the transcendent supernatural reahty - whereby encounter and fellowship with the Father and the Son become realities of experience.

«Quite apart from any churchy or churchly considerations, the spiritual dimension of a marriage is a source of food for spiritual growth and health....

As Templeton himself has said, «If even one - tenth of world research were focused on spiritual realities, could benefits be even more vast than the benefits in the latest two centuries from research in food, travel, medicine or electronics, and cosmology?»

Spiritual evolution is the food of the human soul.

Peace and Ramadan Kareem to all Muslim Brothers and Sisters... Inshallah fasting from Monday Dawn to SunSet... Just wonder in Christians or non Religious have tried fasting as Muslims do... am sure with time they will adopt it as a system for the health benefits it holds health and body... it is told it helps the body to discharge and burn out the poisonous chemicals from our bodies other than controlling weights... Some say they can not because of smoking other for water or food... but other than that is controlling anger or bad mood of the empty stomach, controlling one's tongue from hurting any one, to control eyes from staring at desire... Above all those to a Muslim he is to Maintain Prayers and Quran Reciting which of course beside it being a spiritual matter it is meant the body exercise by the up's and down's of prayers... as well as training of tongue & lungs by the Quran Recitation... these beside Tasbih «Praise of Glorify» helps to control one's breathing..

We can only hope that they find out that the mechanistic ritual of praying 5Xs per day, reciting verses that they do not understand (and indeed mean nothing), getting up at taxing hours of the morning and abstaining from food and water until the sunset are not means to becoming more spiritual, but are instruments to control their mind.

He can not see how physical food can convey spiritual strength, and how the unworthy receiving of the Eucharist can result in physical sickness and death (I Cor.

Spiritual reading is like plant food to the seedling of contemplative life, boosting its chances of developing in to a robust plant that will bear fruit.

And while making the point about God's gifts to us, she sees the sacramental message that is written into creation itself: «Food is and always will be a sign built into the order of creation, physical nourishment that illuminates and spiritual nourishment we receive in Holy Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.&raFood is and always will be a sign built into the order of creation, physical nourishment that illuminates and spiritual nourishment we receive in Holy Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.&rafood in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.»

In marriage, a couple who receive Holy Communion regularly drink deeply from that source of sacrificial love: they renew once again their desire to give themselves to God through each other and the spiritual food they eat gives them the strength and the will to die to themselves every day and give themselves utterly and irrevocably to their spouse.

And that reality is indelibly associated with the bread and wine which are used according to Christ's own action at the Last Supper, so that in receiving them we may say, as the Church has always said, that we receive «the spiritual food of the body and blood of Christ,» and that we receive this «to our great and endless comfort,» or strengthening.

With that in mind, I have noticed that many, if not most new converts can have, in all appearances, a genuine spiritual experience before any high doctrine of «scriptural authority ever enters their head.Now, some may say that just how it works, first you crawl, then you walk... baby food, then the meat, but this is my point... the world is full of «spiritual meatheads»... there are so many believers who wdn't know an original thought, unless of course, they cd find the chapter and verse to unequivocally support it.Is it so difficult to comprehend how a collection of ancient documents may not be the final, complete and indisputable Word of God, but mere human artifacts, sometimes godly, sometimes not, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering.?

It provides the spiritual food for communities of exploited people who examine «their experiences of suffering to death» in light of structural causes and the liberating example of Jesus Christ.

But a Christian would not be contributing his best, if he would not make manifest, in word and in deed, upon what spiritual food he feeds, where he has found the springs of hope, of joy, and of strength.

Throughout the scriptures, we see numerous examples of times when Christ and his disciples attended to spiritual and practical needs, such as offering hope and food in tandem.

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.

For a Christian ofcourse, fasting / abstinenece (not just food) is a great way to remind oneself of the suffering of our Savior and a call to spiritual discipline.

For a Christian of course, fasting / abstinence (not just food) is a great way to remind oneself of the suffering of our Savior and a call to spiritual discipline.

Speaking of ingredients, there are some Svengalis out there and ones you should steer clear of, the bad fats and over processed, chemically laden non-foods; but real gurus ones that metamorphosize you on a deeper spiritual level come in all shapes and spices, they may not be photogenic, glamorous and trendy like unpronouncable hyped - up super foods but they are REAL.

The history of colonisation of Australia demonstrates that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are removed from their traditional lands there is a loss of skills and knowledge of the nutritional, medicinal and spiritual properties of traditional foods and the language to describe them.

Earth & Skye Farm is a small CSA farm and an adventure in growing vibrant, healthy food and soil while exploring the spiritual and creative dimensions of farming; providing space to experience and honor the rhythms of seasonality in plant, insect and human life.

Other groups we have hosted recently include The Rockland Farm Alliance • Just Food • Bergen SWAN • Threefold Mystery Drama Group • Light Color and Darkness Foundation Course • Center for Biography and Social Art • Fiber Craft Studio • Otto Specht School • The Greenhorns • The Collegium of the North American School of Spiritual Science • The Agriculture Section • Weleda • The Christian Community Youth Conference.

Cooking real food for school children shouldn't have to be like the Peace Corps, where one takes a vow of poverty because the spiritual benefits of helping the poor make up for the lack of financial compensation.

So you get all the physical activity of harvesting your own food, all the social activity of sharing and preparing it, and all the spiritual aspects as well,» says Cochran.

«Food sources are important to the spiritual and cultural health of the natives, so this study has major health and economic implications for this region of the world.»

Choose your food wisely, but perhaps even more importantly than that, consider the spiritual state of your ingredients.

Used in both spiritual ceremonies and as staple food for the Mapuche Indians — one of the most ancient indigenous cultures in the world.

It reminds me of how God expects me to be accountable for my choices in how I manage my life, and life's choices with food as well as my spiritual walk.

Using food as primary refuge is a form of spiritual materialism.

This program offers a unique approach to the study of nutrition, which emphasizes the vital and interrelated physiological, socio - cultural, and spiritual roles of food in our lives.

I believe vibrational medicine, which encompasses the integration of any form of energy healing with living organisms from sound and crystals to herbs and foods combined with mindfulness tools such as yoga and meditation derived from Eastern and Western Spiritual teachings, is the missing piece in today's world of medicine.

I love getting outside, eating lots of good foods (with cookies of course), and getting good sleep and spiritual food from God's Word!

Used properly, and in conjunction with other healthy habits — such as traditional foods, plenty of sleep, gentle movement, healthy relationships, and even a strong spiritual life — adaptogens can do wonders for your health.

-- In case you lack strong will power, which is required to improve lifestyle, avoid junk food and stimulants, try regular meditation as a way of spiritual and moral empowerment.