Countless are the number of friends and servant leaders that have disclosed to me their spiritual discouragement after a major conversion event. They have divulged stories about experiencing more adversities and tribulations after attending a powerful spiritual retreat or decisively following the Lord than before returning to God. These narratives are often saturated with situations where they were being accused, rejected, or ridiculed by their own family members on account of their new life in Christ. Stories like these do not astonish me given that the Word of God evidently warns us, saying, “My child, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.” (Sirach 2:!) The Gospel according to Luke recounts certain sayings of Jesus …show more content…
Plenty who began attending Church regularly after a powerful conversion experience have abandoned the Faith when those close to them continuously demonstrated their disapproval. Hence, Jesus prophetically alerted the crowds and future disciples, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Let us not misinterpret these words: Jesus is not implying that we should detest or feel extreme hostility toward our family members. Rather, if a person aspires to be a disciple of Christ, he must love Him above all else and ought to love less (“hate”) everyone else, including his own family: Christ should be his principal love. “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” (Mt …show more content…
I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace to earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” (Luke 12:49-53) Jesus’ life, message, and mission certainly caused division; He was accepted by some and rejected by others. Today, He continues to establish divisions for the same reasons. When we truly embrace Christ, our desire is that God’s will be done and that we personally and collectively please God. However, those who surround us may strive to live and behave according to their own pleasures and not God’s. This potentially leads to severe
Over the course of this class I feel like I have become a much better writer. When I go back and look at some of my Journal entries and assignments that I did at the beginning of the semester, I can’t help but tense up at some of the things I wrote. Sometimes the things I was writing didn’t flow well, or I might have even have missed glaring grammar mistakes.
Over the past year I have grown as both a person and a writer. My writing has improved
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...thers may mock you and call you names. You have to be strong because Jesus tells us to “Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matt, 5:12)
As a second language learner I have never expected myself to be a perfect writer throughout the semester. Even If English was my first language still, I would not be a perfect writer. It is not about first or second language, it is about how well I understand the learning objectives. Then organizing and writing with my own ideas and putting them in my paper. I am going to be honest, I am not good at English subject and English subject is my strongest weakness than the other subjects. In this paper I will discuss and analyze my own writing, reflecting on the ways that my writing has improved throughout the semester.
Within Christianity, an understanding of peace is derived from the sacred texts of the religion, most notably the New Testament. Christians have come to understand peace as the practice of values from the Gospel such as love and empathy, “Love one another as I have loved you (John 13:34).” The Christian scriptures, including the four gospels, build upon the Jewish teaching of “shalom” by presenting Jesus as means of peace. In the New Testament Jesus Christ is emphasized as a model of peace and Christian adherents are encouraged to follow his example. Jesus lived an inclusive life; he sought to achieve peace through the break down of barriers of race and religion using non-violence and forgiveness.
Ever since I started talking this class, English 1301, with Dr. Piercy, I have been able to expand my writing and thinking skills. Not only was I able to make more better essays but I also learned important topics such as how education creates an impact in the world. In this essay I will be talking about three writings and how they are related to this course semester. The three writings are “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt, “Why I Write Bad” by Milo Beckman,and “Statement of Teaching Philosophy” by Stephen Booth. How are these 3 writings related to this semester’s course work?
Matthew interpreted the meaning of Jesus’ teaching for he warned the followers of Jesus to stay together, to avoid from judging one another and to accept the sinner among
...ake a new temple of worship called the church. “In [Jesus] the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.” (Ephesians 2:21)
As I mentioned above I have a great support system of spiritual community that prays, encourages, and loves me. I have a handful of ladies who have really extended thier hearts to me. They have walked through the good and dark nights with me. They have accepted and loved me despite my hurts, hang-ups and habits. These important qualities of a discipleship have helped me grow in the body of Christ. I have learned through them that thier qualities are the authentic qualities of Christ. I have learned over the years how to accept, embrace and practice the characteristics of Christ.
This semester, I worked for an attorney office and saw exactly how the House Bill 274 affected the law firm. I worked for a personal injury law firm which was called the Law Office of Branch & Dhillon. I worked for Attorney Dhillon, Attorney Woron and Attorney Barber. My to go person, a really helpful supervisor and paralegal, was a lovely lady named Judy. Judy let me explore all aspects to working at the law firm and even let me have my own office, key to the firm, and my own special “attorney” coffee jug- all which made me feel like I belonged there.
The ideal of unity seems to be of great importance in the religious world, but rarely is it ever achieved among professed Christians. However, it is vitally important to comprehend unity in its Biblical light. Jesus prayed in John 17:21, “That they all may be one, as thou, Father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” By definition, unity is the state of being one. In order to have a unified church every member must be one one with the Father and the Son. Subsequently, to achieve such an oneness, each member must be perfectly holy, because God is holy. Unfortunately, this is where a clear contrast is made between the saints and mere religious professors.
That being said, being a disciple of Jesus can be a challenge as so many people in the world sadly look to Christians to see where they fail. The world also has certain ideas that attack Christianity, such as individualism, consumerism and moral relativism. Individualism, which is where man puts himself as more important then God. This is totally the opposite of Christianity, because God is the ultimate Deity, reigning supreme over the world. He created the world, universe and everything after all. Consumerism is when man makes their identity in what they own, always wanting the next bigger and better product, such as a brand new car or phone. As Christians, our identity is in Christ, not what we own. Moral relativism is when there each person’s morals are right in their own eyes and there are no real absolutes of what is right and wrong. That is also a wrong way of thinking as God defines what is right and
When one looks at their life, at any stage in which they live, it is pivotal to see clearly how they are finding meaning, purpose and direction within their daily decisions. As I’ve learned to value the role of community and covenant relationships in my life, it has been a challenge to continually commit myself to overcoming my flesh and correctly align myself with God’s intentions for my life. As part of this transformative process in centering my worldview on Christ’s love, I’ve concluded that all of life’s ultimate questions are found to have been correctly answered in the Bible; repeatedly in Scripture, and specifically in one verse, I have found that it sources everything in life to the glory of God. Romans 11:36 centers our attention on Christ, from whom we derive all answers to origins, meaning, morality, destiny and identity for our lives: “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (ESV).” Not only does the most credible book ever written support this thesis, but in “Making Sense of your World,” it is strongly communicated that “God alone is the ultimate reality and everything else is derived from him (Phillips, Brown, Stonestreet, 2008, p. 44).”
handouts did actually help with my writing process. This class has also given me the chance of