Our call
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. – G. K. Chesterton.
Beatitude
Discipline
“At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.” – Hebrews 12:11 Discipline brings the promise of greater peace and contentment because it helps us become more of the person God has created us
Do not be afraid
Because of the fall of man, the world we live in is destine to undermine our trust in God. Any pleasure from things of this world is only a temporary happiness or security before it passes away. When we get attached to something not of God fear results and fear stalks us constantly; the fear
Agape
Only the asceticism of Christian chastity purifies and disciplines love so that it rises above the sensual sphere to become a truly personal act of self-giving.
Fasting
The Lord sees when we regularly fasting for a prayer intention, He sees that our prayers are serious, He knows that we want it enough to make a sacrifice for it.
The Kingdom of God
A way of relating to one another that brings healing and freedom. You will know your in the Kingdom when: forgiveness replaces revenge, service replaces being served, sacrificial love replaces bondage to self.
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Heaven
Spend five minutes each day imagining what heaven is like. Contemplate the Kingdom of Heaven, comfort, inheriting the land, satisfaction of seeing justice, receiving mercy, seeing God, being a child of God…
Pleasing others…
Do not worry about pleasing others. Focus on being good and achieving wisdom. Then you will please those that see good.
Three character goals
Accept with peace,all pain and suffering that comes your way Humble yourself,in everything you do and everything you receive Love faithfully,those things that exist but cannot be seen. If you possess these three qualities, you cannot be evil,and will be on the road to “supreme happiness”.(well, at least pointed in the right direction)
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Purpose
Do not focus on the circumstances in your life,Share your gifts with those around you. Do not focus on your needs and wants,Share God’s love with those you meet. The love you get from GodIs always greater thanthe love you give to others.