As summarized by Charlotte Carreon “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” – 1 Samuel 15 : 22 – Unfit. Ineligible. Disqualified. Whether assessing one’s performance in school, applying for
By Yasmin Marquez Villar “ 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5 : 22 – 23 (NIV) From the verse above, you might imagine these nine virtues as different fruits, like apples, oranges or pears.
As summarized by Charlotte Carreon “Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12 (NLT) Persecution is defined as punishment or harassment, usually of a severe nature, on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion in one's country of origin. We have all
By Eric Tan Self-help, self-empowerment, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-concept… these words, so prevalent nowadays in many circles, have permeated our culture and are very common concepts to us. A known, but less popular and somewhat opposite concept to all these is the concept of self-control. In contrast to the other concepts, self-control seems to deal with
