The Important Role Women Play in the Lives of Youth
Simply put, the role of a spiritual mother is to provide a proper example to younger women and to teach them Christian character and domestic responsibility. As the Scripture from Titus 2 suggests, it is most often the duty of older women to model virtue and teach the younger ones how to live a Christ-centered life.
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The Birth of Jesus - the Lion of Judah
Epiphany is celebrated as the day that this star had finally led the Magi from the East to the child Jesus. But the greatest significance of the Star of Bethlehem was not its brightness, but its part in the heavenly announcement of everything that Jesus was.
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Staying hungry for the Person of Jesus is a Childlike Attitude of Heart that Pleases God
One childlike characteristic that Jesus may have been referring to is the fact that children are always hungry. Jesus taught that in order to be blessed one must hunger and thirst after righteousness. His promise is to fill the seeker. In this spiritually malnutritioned culture, always consuming but never being filled, He alone can satisfy.
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Jesus is the Standard Over Which Many Men will Fall
Both in the flesh and in the Spirit, Jesus did not measure up to the Messiah that the people were expecting. Jesus literally became a stumbling block in all areas for many of the people of Israel.
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Reaching Out to Counteract New Ageism
The Bible says that thoughts and actions that have not been filtered through the Holy Spirit actually war against the truth of God. For anyone who is new to Christianity, this concept is one of the hardest to understand, but also one of the most important. Christians must get in the habit of ignoring initial responses in order to perform the perfect will of God.
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Revelation Describes the Future Hope of Every Christian
The overall message of Revelation is clear: Jesus Christ wins, and Satan gets it in the end. Because of this, Revelation should be the most encouraging book out of all 66 in the Bible, given its final conclusion to the seemingly endless battle against Satan and his forces.
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Iowa's Vennard College
Vennard College was found in 1910. The school has been a co-education, residential college that ensures academic excellence and effective training to prepare future leaders with skills and a passion for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Resting in God and Establishing Boundaries are Keys to Avoiding Ministry Burnout
There ae several classic thought processes that often cause burnout. Amoung them is perfectionism, control, lack of delegation and an over-exaggerated sense of one's own importance. Wise counsel and ample time to process new ways of thinking will be what the doctor ordered to bring healing.
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Putting on the Armor of God Through Prayer
With the devil intent on stealing, killing and destroying everything Godly and good, it is essential that Christians put on the Armor of God. This prayer is one method for protecting oneself against the wiles of the devil as described in Ephesians 6:10-18.
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The Christian Duty is to Love and Glorify God
The goal of obedience is to please God, and to enjoy privileges. In like manner, the goal of duty is personal satisfaction and contentment, knowing what is good and right has been done, and that society has been improved.
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