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And you will find rest for yourselves. My yoke is easy to bear, and my burden is light.”. The Good News: Rest your weary souls with the Lord, and He will grant you peace of mind, body, and soul ...
William Holman Hunt's 19th century The Light of the World is an allegory of Jesus knocking on the door of the sinner's heart.. The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) is an Christian evangelical term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed by individuals who feel sin in their lives and have the desire to form or renew a personal relationship.
v. t. e. Agape (/ ɑːˈɡɑːpeɪ, ˈɑːɡəˌpeɪ, ˈæɡə -/; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of love, charity " and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". [2] This is in contrast to philia, brotherly love, or philautia, self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial love ...
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third divine person of the Trinity, [1] a triune god manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each being God. [2][3][4] Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from ...
"That is why faith alone makes someone just and fulfills the law," said Luther. "Faith is that which brings the Holy Spirit through the merits of Christ". [14] Thus faith, for Luther, is a gift from God, and ". . .a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it."
A number of religious and spiritual traditions encourage simple living. [6] Early examples include the Śramaṇa traditions of Iron Age India and biblical Nazirites.More formal traditions of simple living stretch back to antiquity, originating with religious and philosophical leaders such as Jesus, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Zarathustra, Gautama Buddha, and Prophet Muhammad.
To keep your balance, you must keep moving." – Albert Einstein. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." – Anais Nin. "You do not find the happy life. You make it ...
Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, Harold Copping. Priscilla was a woman of Jewish heritage and one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for Prisca which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church ...