Why Did Gandhi accept the Teachings of Jesus but reject Christianity? As I am preparing for my journey to India, I am being challenged to look deeply into my heart and seek out what is my honest motivation. I, like many of us have dark tendencies that seem to want to control our lives when our motivation is not challenged. When I choose to run from my motivation of lust, greed, and control to Christ and I am then honest in my pursuit of His Holiness. It’s only then can I experience relief of the burden I have been carrying…
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It seems that waiting on the Lord should not be hard; yet anyone who has tried to do it knows it still is. The bible says in Mathew 6:33, “To seek first the kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto you.??? My question has always been in addressing what does it look like “to seek first His kingdom.??? All of my life, I have been searching for God’s perfect will to emanate my being. At times it seems as though I am running in circles and still have not found it and in the process I am…
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By Pete M Robertson After speaking with a friend the other day I went to my computer to do some research and refresh myself on their religion of Jainism. I was fascinated by what they were saying about what they do and the standards that they hold themselves accountable to. It made me want to know more, so I studied and refreshed my knowledge to see what all the excitement was about. As I was researching the history of my friends religion I started asking myself many questions regarding my purpose, why am I here on this earth, how did…
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Have you ever sinned and after words felt that nagging guilt that seemed to linger and not go away? Have you ever meditated on why you even sinned in the first place? I think a lot of the times when we do meditate on why we sinned, we don’t go far enough into our meditation. Most of the time we fall short and brush it off in our minds with, “I should have never been there in the first place??? or “because I wanted it??? or “it felt good or right.??? We fall short of the real problem which is…
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