... me. However, although I was free or busy with studying, or sleeping, they also wanted me to pray. I think that through the prayer with family in every night, my faith have been kept, grown, developed. I always practiced it to become a habit when I stayed alone to study in the university. However, that habit was not practiced ... I actually practice prayer? First, I often set aside at least 15 or 20 minutes a day as I was not influenced so much by distracting my attention, or binding or my work. I find a peaceful place, such as chapter or garden to prayer and put up a crucifix, or picture...

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... about their religion, your religion, and the way you should believe. Being raised in a very religious family, I have my own opinions about religion and the role it should play in my life. My parents were and still are devout Jehovah's Witnesses. I was raised in an almost cult-like manner. Jehovah's Witnesses are ... very zealous in their faith. My childhood consisted of going door to door every Saturday (no cartoon mornings for me), attending two hour meetings every Monday and Thursday evenings ... work. I was not allowed to associate with "worldly" peers" that I was forced to go to scho...

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... week after school. I really enjoyed doing the job because I could help the children with their homework and was able to earn enough money for my own expenses. The challenge to me was that I had to have a bible lesson for the children every Friday. Basically it was included games and ... in my life. All the sudden I had 28 students; it was incredible. Fortunately, there were many useful teaching materials (pictures, crafts, videotapes...) that the church supplied to me that helped me make the teaching lessons more efficient and interesting. I had to prepare everything for the story befor...

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My Spirituality Essay #1 It's only the first of October and I already feel like my life has changed so much since I've been here at Southeastern College. I feel like the Collegiate Master's Core has given me an environment where I can grow in my relationship with God, and really focus on the dreams and visions he's placed inside ... me. I guess the biggest issue I"m confronting right now is where does God want to take me, and use me as a spiritual being. ... I want my spirituality to be more effective than it is right now. I feel like so many times I use my spirituality to make me feel good...

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... the fashionable "trendsetters of America."" For all I knew, the worst thing that could ever happen to me was that my hair dryer wouldn't turn on in the morning. This nave outlook on my life changed during the summer between freshman and sophomore years of high school. Not always the most active member of ... 's youth group, I was dragged out of bed on Sunday mornings to go to Sunday school and bribed by my parents to attend the weekly youth group as well as listening to my parents lecture, I was taught that I should believe that God and his son Jesus Christ exist, and that yes, Jesus did ...

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... a life changing experience. And this experience opened up a new world for me. Such an experience was meaningful, a well taught life lesson, and it changed my life completely. This all happened during summer church camp. To start off, this experience was very meaningful in many ways. To begin the story, I had gone ... service at least twice a day so that we may learn about the lord. And everything I learned was meaningful to m life and my surroundings. How he forgives, how he helps others, and just how everything he does it's for a reason. And I learned that the reason God had taken ... t...

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I"m not going to sit here and lie and say how great an influence religion has been in my life, and without it I just wouldn't know where I would be. However I will say that I consider it part of my life. I could say that I go to church everyday, and pray every night just like the Christian religion wants us to ... still goes to church. I have a hard time following routine (and getting up early on Sundays) but like I said, I try. I never went to Religion because my family didn't have enough money, but I did go to Sunday school for a bit. This mostly consisted of reading a story in the Jesus Adv...

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... - Where Am I Religiously? I like to think that religion is a wholly personal thing, and my experiences with it have confirmed my belief. My father was born Catholic and raised as a Jehovah's Witness. My mother was agnostic and didn't believe that she needed church to be religious. When she met my stepfather, they became born-again Christians. That was the only time I actually attended church regularly. I was given my ... church, but I continued attending Awanas on Wednesday nights, although I soon stopped attending that as well. Religiously, I was at a standstill. As I got older, I recog...

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... where given this assignment to write about our own personal ethics; morals we live by, I was stumped. I don't think I have ever really thought about how I live my life and what rules I live by. At one time I had very vague morals, morals I sometimes would live by if the situation called for it. Morals that I gave myself or morals my ... morals I live by and other morals I am and want to live by. The first of my code of ethics is, living a life that will honor my family. I have been raised in a family where I have grown to appreciated and respect their opinions. I want to be able to honor...

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... their life when they need something more than this world can offer. All of my life I have been raised in a Christian home. Wonderful Christian parents. I've always claimed to be a Christian, but the question I asked myself, was I really a Christian? If I died tomorrow where would my soul go? Have I completely surrendered my life to Jesus Christ? Am I living the life I should live? Question after question ... popped into my head at different points in my life. They were all answered one year in spring at a Christian youth camp. I was in Louisiana on ... Easter weekend for a series of Ch...

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... you have your own world because you become oblivious to the rest of the world. They say you"re drifting in and out of reality. But wait? Is my world really different from the rest of the world? Am I not living the reality of life? What am I living in then? When I was young, ... was for convenience rather than for the true essence of friendship itself. I was having trouble understanding the outside world because I myself didn't know what my world was all about. When I reached the stage of transition from a kid to a teenager, new doors were opened for me. I learned ... how to reach out t...

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... think differently. Usually after a lesson that I have learned in religion class, I try to take the morals out of them and use them in every day life. I also try to watch my friends and family and observe them and try to see if they are using the morals that I have learned from religion class. Religion lessons that I have learned in school also ... ...

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... . I prefer to think of them as freak occurances. Maybe I think the way I do about miracles because I'm still waiting for one to happen to me. All I know is that I'm sticking to my belief that Jesus did not actually perform miracles because it is not scientifically possible to do what he did. By me believing he performed those miracles would be like admitting ... ...

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... like that. More like - "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live." But you get the general idea. So, that's pretty much my part of the scripture. But before we had reached my part of the scripture, we"d learnt a little about Jesus" insanely special growing up time - his birth, the wacky things he"d done as a kid, ... what he did when he was a teen, then finally (and where we are now), his travelling the country spreading the word of his father, the Lord, ... guy back (way back) about 2007 years ago who was the baby in the manger who started off the wonder that is Christi...

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... in history. The only book that even comes close to approaching such numbers is the "Iliad" by Homer with only 643 manuscripts in existence. (McDowell 39) "The Bible compared with other ancient writings, has more manuscript evidence than any ten pieces of classical literature combined." says Josh McDowell in his book " ... This isn't the only Prophecy of its kind, there are literally hundreds of them. The Old Testament alone contains over three hundred references to the Messiah that where fulfilled in the life of Jesus, hundreds of years before his birth. (McDowell 141) Let us look at jus...

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... finally written in the year 70. In the meantime his preaching had been recorded. Mark was at one time or another a travelling associate of Paul (2 Timothy 4:11), Barnabas (Acts 15:39) and Peter (1 Peter 5:13). He was in good company and had plenty of reliable sources to get his accounts from. However Mark did not sign his Gospel so there is ... by John. It turns out to be a pivotal moment in his life. The heavens are torn apart (Schizo), the Spirit descends on him like a dove and a voice proclaims, "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased" (1:9-11). He is then led into t...

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... the way to God's salvation through Jesus Christ. And finally the Holy Spirit is the promise of Jesus Christ. (John 16:7; John 14:17; 1 Cor 2:12; 1 Cor 3:16; Acts 2:38-39) The Holy Spirit Work of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is very active in the lives of human beings today. He is very active in the lives of the ... know you should, and to bring healing to your painful wounds. Every time men try to direct themselves, they fail. God said, "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit." (Zech 4:6) The Holy Spirit Work of the Holy Spirit: (cont.) One of the greatest works of the Holy Spi...

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... not to trust, who to turn to, who to worship, who helps them remain saved and who the Godhead is. Revelation gives us a glimpse of where the saved are going, where the unsaved are going, what eternity is gonna be like, How time will end, who the Bridegroom and Lamb are and eventually all the "WHYS" will ... 1st to recieve the promise that is extened to us all! It is the ACTS/ACTIONS - ie WORKS, it took to obtain the promise/salvation! "What doth it profit, my brethern, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?" "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead,...

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... be argued, some believe we evolved and some believe we were put on planet earth by God. The Bible states in Ma. 10.39. "He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it". Some scientists believe, humans evolved from monkeys. Be it the Big Bang Theory or God's will to have ... ...

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... of the Bible, however, the true author is God. Some of the ways the Bible contents were given to man were by Angels - Acts 7:38, Christ - Hebrews 1:1-3, Visions -Isaiah 6, and my favorite the Voice of God - Deuteronomy 5:4, 24. The Lord used shepherds, fishermen, tax collectors, prophets, kings, prisoners and many others to write his word for us to use in our ... . The Bible has two major components or testaments: The Old Testament and New Testament. The word testament means an agreement or covenant between God and man. The Old Testament has 39 books dealing with the history of God, our ...

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There are over 2 billion Christians in the world today. This is such a profound statistic in a society where religion seems to be a main reason for disagreement in many countries. Is it the debate of good vs. evil? Or is it possible to adopt the idea of good vs. ... God. As with any religion, there are a set of writings the followers go by. The Holy Bible is what both denominations go by with some variation and language. Baptist use a 39 book Old testament along with a 27 book New Testament. Not only do they use it as a source of doctrine, Baptist are highly encouraged to personally read and...

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... Christ died for us and for our sins. When it is said that he died for our sins, it means that the cause of his suffering was our sins (Moltmann 39). The purpose of his suffering was punishment for us. The basis of his suffering was the love of God for all people. Everything that Jesus did was for the betterment ... ...

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... me and those that I never want to have another encounter with. Love is supposed to be shared among friends and enemies. A verse that I would like to end with is Mathew 5:39. It says, "I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well." This ... ...

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... some books, the order of the books, and the original sources used in @translating them. Scholars generally agree that the Old Testament was compiled from c. 1000 B.C. to c. 100 B.C. The first 39 books of the Bible dealing with the life and times of the Jews, and the development of their idea of God before the coming of Jesus. New Testament The second ... ...

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... is very unlikely that everyone will forgive him on earth. However it is guaranteed that if a person is truly sorry for his wrong, God will forgive him. In Luke 23:39-43, when Jesus was hanging from the cross with two other criminals, both of them ask Jesus a question. One asked him if he was really the Messiah, and if he ... ...

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