Have you not heard that what matter most is inner peace? Yes, whether your heart is after world peace or sharing peace and blessings, it all starts with being calm and staying present. Indeed, stability requires a journey beginning with you. The inner peace identifies who you are from inside! Yes, you never be in a hurry; you must do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. You must earnest desire not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your…
1. “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labour is not in vain.” 2. “Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labour, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.” 3. “In all things, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember…
Have you not heard that labour is painful when life is devoid of purpose. Yes, there is honour in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Indeed, a labour of love is holy because it provides joy and selfless expression to those who make it happens. Remember that a labour of love always all the time or eventual payoffs. Therefore, if you love something, always allow yourself to work things out in love. There can be no…
John Wesley said: “Your holiness makes you as conspicuous as the sun in the sky. You cannot hide your Christian character. Love cannot be hidden any more than can light. Least of all, it cannot be hidden when it shines forth in action. When you exercise yourself in a labour of love, in any good work, you are observed. We may as well try to hide a city as to hide a Christian. It is the purpose of God that…
1. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.” 2. “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” 3. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 4….
Can we ever do enough despite being on the edge of eternity, despite been saved from sins and set free to serve God? Yes, we might be living day in and day out of endlessness – yet that ought not to make us terrible. The early Christians cheered to imagine that the apocalypse was close, as they suspected. Is it accurate to say that we are so unready to face God? It is safe to say that we are so…
Dorothy Day said: “We may be living on the edge of eternity – but that should not make us dismal. …The early Christians rejoiced to think that the end of the world was near, as they thought. Are we so unready to face God? Are we so avid for joys here that we perceive so darkly those to come?”
1. “Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.” 2. “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” 3. “For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.” 4. “That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish amid a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you…
There are several views about the subject of perfection and or working towards a model? Have you not heard that perfection is not attainable? But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence! Could this translate to having no fear of perfection? Could not reach perfection mean you’ll never get it? The discussion could continue to include that imperfection should always be in improvement; thus, the argument that perfection itself is imperfection could take a new view of providing the input for continual sanctification…
Sadhu Sundar Singh Skeptics ask, “If there is an almighty creator, why then are there hurricanes, earthquakes, pain, suffering, death, etc.?” This is like criticizing an unfinished building or incomplete painting. When we see them fully finished, we are embarrassed at our own folly and praise the skill of the artist. God did not shape the world into its present form in a single day, nor will it be perfected in a single day. The whole creation moves toward completion,…