Sunshine
Like a fresh
burst of golden sunshine that
dissolves the gloomy fog
and makes the glistening grass
sparkle with a green sheen,
so, Lord, you have come
into my mind
at the opening of a new day
assuring me that life is going
to be beautiful.
It's going to be one of my
great days - after all!
Amen.
Positive Prayers for Power-Filled Living.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Theological Term of the Day
Fornication
Fornication (Greek ‘porneia’) is voluntary sexual relations between two people who are not married to each other and are also not married to anyone else.
The word "fornication" is the Greek "porneia," πορνεία, and occurs in six places: Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; John 8:41; Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25. The term "sexual immorality" is the Greek word "pornos," πόρνος and occurs twice in 1 Cor. 6:9; Heb. 13:4.
The Bible speaks of spiritual fornication as worshiping any God besides the true and living God: Judges 2:17; Jer. 3:8; Rev. 14:8; 17:2; 18:3; 19:2.
Adultery occurs when a married person voluntarily has sexual relations with another person who was not his or her spouse.
Rape is the involuntary force of sexual relations upon another person and against the will of that person.
CARM.org
The word "fornication" is the Greek "porneia," πορνεία, and occurs in six places: Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; John 8:41; Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25. The term "sexual immorality" is the Greek word "pornos," πόρνος and occurs twice in 1 Cor. 6:9; Heb. 13:4.
The Bible speaks of spiritual fornication as worshiping any God besides the true and living God: Judges 2:17; Jer. 3:8; Rev. 14:8; 17:2; 18:3; 19:2.
Adultery occurs when a married person voluntarily has sexual relations with another person who was not his or her spouse.
Rape is the involuntary force of sexual relations upon another person and against the will of that person.
CARM.org
Monday, May 13, 2013
A LOT Changes in 5 years! ANSWERS
Any guesses where this is at?
Animal Kingdom Lodge, Kidani Village, Disney World
No one was hurt this time!
Which ones are real?
DO YOU SEE TIFFANY AND TEGAN IN THE PICTURE?
More than 3 people who follow the blog missed them!
Lego Store, Downtown Disney
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Today's Prayer
Grow Power
I must be growing,
Lord!
I always used to say: "I've got
to see it before I believe it."
Now I'm affirming: "I've got to
believe it before I see it!"
Keep giving me grow power, Lord.
Amen
Positive Prayers for Power-Filled Living.
I must be growing,
Lord!
I always used to say: "I've got
to see it before I believe it."
Now I'm affirming: "I've got to
believe it before I see it!"
Keep giving me grow power, Lord.
Amen
Positive Prayers for Power-Filled Living.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Stillness
Be like an astute businessman: make stillness your criterion for testing the value of everything, and choose always what contributes to it. - Evagrius
Do you desire, then, to embrace this life of solitude and to seek out the blessings of stillness If so, abandon the cares of the world, and the principalities and powers that lie behind them; free yourself from the attachment to material things, from domination by passions and desires, so that as a stranger to all this you may attain true stillness. - Evagrius
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Evagrius Ponticus was born into a Christian family in the small town of Iberia, in the Roman province of Pontus. He was educated in Neocaesarea, where he began his career in the church as a lector under Basil. Around 380 he joined Gregory of Nazianzus in Constantinople, where he was promoted to deacon and eventually to archdeacon. When Emperor Theodosius I convened the Second Ecumenical Council in 381 AD, Evagrius was present, despite Gregory's premature departure.
According to the biography written by Palladius, Constantinople offered many worldly attractions, and Evagrius's vanity was aroused by the high praise of his peers. Eventually, he became infatuated with a married woman. Amid this temptation, he is said to have had a vision in which he was imprisoned by the soldiers of the governor at the request of the woman's husband. This vision, and the warning of an attendant angel, made him flee from the capital and head for Jerusalem.
For a short time, he stayed with Melania the Elder and Tyrannius Rufinus in a monastery near Jerusalem, but even there he could not forsake his vainglory and pride. He fell gravely ill and only after he resolved to become a monk was he restored to health. After being made a monk at Jerusalem in 383, he joined a cenobitic community of monks in Nitria, but after some years moved to Kellia. There he spent the last fourteen years of his life pursuing studies under Macarios the Great and Macarius of Alexandria. - Wikipedia
Do you desire, then, to embrace this life of solitude and to seek out the blessings of stillness If so, abandon the cares of the world, and the principalities and powers that lie behind them; free yourself from the attachment to material things, from domination by passions and desires, so that as a stranger to all this you may attain true stillness. - Evagrius
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Evagrius Ponticus was born into a Christian family in the small town of Iberia, in the Roman province of Pontus. He was educated in Neocaesarea, where he began his career in the church as a lector under Basil. Around 380 he joined Gregory of Nazianzus in Constantinople, where he was promoted to deacon and eventually to archdeacon. When Emperor Theodosius I convened the Second Ecumenical Council in 381 AD, Evagrius was present, despite Gregory's premature departure.
According to the biography written by Palladius, Constantinople offered many worldly attractions, and Evagrius's vanity was aroused by the high praise of his peers. Eventually, he became infatuated with a married woman. Amid this temptation, he is said to have had a vision in which he was imprisoned by the soldiers of the governor at the request of the woman's husband. This vision, and the warning of an attendant angel, made him flee from the capital and head for Jerusalem.
For a short time, he stayed with Melania the Elder and Tyrannius Rufinus in a monastery near Jerusalem, but even there he could not forsake his vainglory and pride. He fell gravely ill and only after he resolved to become a monk was he restored to health. After being made a monk at Jerusalem in 383, he joined a cenobitic community of monks in Nitria, but after some years moved to Kellia. There he spent the last fourteen years of his life pursuing studies under Macarios the Great and Macarius of Alexandria. - Wikipedia
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Today's Prayer
Bend Me!
Keep me
Soft enough,
Lord,
So you can
Bend me
Into the shape
You want
My life
To take.
Amen.
Positive Prayers for Power-Filled Living.
Keep me
Soft enough,
Lord,
So you can
Bend me
Into the shape
You want
My life
To take.
Amen.
Positive Prayers for Power-Filled Living.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Beneva Food Pantry
THIS SUNDAY, Beneva Christian is inviting everyone to bring some food, toilet paper, canned goods, etc to church.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EFFORT WITH PRAYER, GOODS, AND ATTENDANCE.
If you are not coming to church this Sunday, you can drop off any donations Friday between 9:00am and 4:00pm at the church office.
ALSO, the youth will be challenging the congregation to match their gift of $500 for the food pantry to purchase a new refrigerator!
Let's be generous together!
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EFFORT WITH PRAYER, GOODS, AND ATTENDANCE.
If you are not coming to church this Sunday, you can drop off any donations Friday between 9:00am and 4:00pm at the church office.
ALSO, the youth will be challenging the congregation to match their gift of $500 for the food pantry to purchase a new refrigerator!
Let's be generous together!
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