Prayers for Behavior Character Testimony:
I had lost my youngest daughter in a custody battle with her father when she was five years old and found myself hating him, the judge, guardian ad litem, and those who was involved in the case for many years. One Friday after work, I went to pick my daughter up for my visitation weekend from his mother’s home, but while there I saw her father in the sitting room sick laying on the couch, looking sick, so I just picked my daughter up and went to the car. But when I sat down in the car, I started talking to myself about how sick he looked, then the Lord tell me to proceed back into the house and provoke him to receive salvation. But after a few minutes of sitting in the car arguing with God about why
Transitioning from the teen years to adulthood and two near death experiences has allowed me to establish a spiritual relationship with God. The first experience occurred when driving on a country roads with deep curbs don’t remember what happen but my car somehow flipped on one side in a ditch and
Pulling up at the hospital; I had no idea what I was about to endure for the first time. I walked to the end of the hall to see someone that meant so much to me laying there lifeless. I stood at the foot of his hospital bed; for a moment it seemed as if time had frozen. I was there with one other person when two nurses walked in to tell me “we see no signs of improvement, we are going to pull the plug”. I stood there and watched my best friend breath his last breath. When they allowed me to go back into the room, I immediately checked to see if he was still breathing. I walked to his side, rested my hand on his cold shoulder and prayed to God that this wasn’t real. Later flowers were piled up in the worst way and no one knew what to say or if they should speak at all. This amazing person was buried and I blamed God for the loss of his life and the physical pain that flooded my body. I couldn’t accept what had happened and told myself that it wasn’t real. I was so angry at God for making me go through this that I had lost all faith in him. My relationship with God was so amazing before I experienced this that I couldn’t understand why he would want this for me. I continued to question everything that I had ever known that I didn’t know what to believe in
In the summer of 2015, I went to Tennessee on a youth retreat. The purpose of this youth retreat was for my peers and I to make our bond with our God stronger. We were in the mountains, for a week, with plenty of space and time to talk with our God. On the last night of our stay we
When I was 16 years old I experienced a falling out with my father because of difficulties in our relationship. This was a period of time in my life where I felt very hurt and confused by not only my earthly father but also my heavenly father as to why I was going through this experience. The first response I had towards God during this time was asking him to fill the role of father tangibly in my life. It was very hard for me to deal with this experience in my life but I knew that God was sending me the guidance and people that I needed in my life to help me to see the ways that
That day my brother invited me back to Grand View Church of God because he noticed how I wanted something in my life that could change me forever and I would not be the same for the good. That day I went to church, and I heard God speaking to me through my pastor it felt like he knew what I was going through but he didn’t it was all God using a man of God to reach that one lost sheep that was me at first, I didn’t know what I got myself into but it was God changing my spiritual heart that was broken from my sins that I have done, God was breaking down my scales from my spiritual eyes God took my past mistakes all the thoughts that the devil tried to destroy me, God was breaking my heart from my sins that I have done and God turned me around; he gave me my past mistakes to use as a testimony to reach others and to fight off the devil.
Many characters show courage, and many characters are changed by courage. But when I think about some characters that show courage I think about the characters Stanley Yelnats and Rikki Tikki Tavi. Stanley Yelnats shows courage by taking Zero up the mountain and uncursed his family. Rikki Tikki Tavi shows courage by saving the English family from being killed by the snakes in the garden.
Information regarding whether or not a person has a previous conviction falls into character evidence. Character evidence essentially refers to the evidence of reputation and may show that the defendant was unlikely to have committed the offence charged . Ever since the beginning of criminal trials in the UK, a defendant’s character has been of significant importance, whether that be because they are a model citizen or not . Cockburn C.J for instance has said that allowing such evidence shows "the tendency and disposition of the prisoner's mind" and is also confirmed by Erle C.J who says that character evidence should be "admissible for the purpose of showing the disposition of the party accused" . Character evidence can make a huge impact upon a case may be enough to turn a reasonably strong case into a very strong one . There are two types of character evidence – good and bad character evidence. However, throughout this essay I will be focusing on the former and looking at how the directions that may be followed after the case of Vye can be considered to be unjust. I
A man by the name of Ibrahim was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus. With that diagnose Ibrahim became suicidal and depressed. Before this, he had lived a life of chastity in reliance upon God and his word, but unfortunately in a moment of weakness Ibrahim fell into temptation and gave into the flesh and contracted the disease. God was not silent and reminded Ibrahim of Psalms 91. He was with Ibrahim, even during his storm. God spoke to him and warned him of hell and reminded him of His love and brought him to the place of repentance, to receive His forgiveness and healing. Ibrahim was reading Psalms 103, that God forgives all my sins and heals all my sickness, but while reading he said the enemy
This article talks about Cognitive-Behavior therapy and using prayer and scripture appropriately, how to approach using biblical/ Christian values in therapy. The journal also talks about an historical overview of behavioral therapy, throughout the years. The commentary discusses the two component of mindfulness, in which the first component engages self-guidance concentration and the second component engages implementing a meticulous direction that is distinguish by interest. He discusses the eight main features of the Christian approach to
The big idea of Behavior is a Biopsychosocial event is what I felt was interesting to me. The biopsychosocial concept was given by George L. Engle wherein behavior is interplay of nature (governed by biological / psychological factors and mental health) and nurture (governed by sociocultural factors and life experiences). It’s very interesting how we can study all these influences in how we eat, express our emotions, and how men and women can still be alike in so many ways.
Moral courage is showing bravery in an ethical situation, despite the risk of austere consequences. Someone who takes action in a situation to help other people in a situation that is scrupulously wrong exhibits moral courage. Suzanne Spaak single- handedly rescued over sixty jewish children during the Holocaust, risking her own demise.
I had just gotten scolded for bad behavior, and as all children do, I went into my room and threw a fit (to myself of course). As a child, I was raised in the church, and taught how to pray. Well after an hour of pouting, I realized I wasn’t getting anywhere and was still upset. I don’t know why, but naturally I began to pray. I don’t know exactly what I was praying for, I just knew I was angry and I didn’t want to be angry anymore and wanted to just be happy again. Without any reason, or prompting I remember asking: “God, please come into my heart”. At that moment, I had that feeling you get when your heart skips a beat. Surprised that it “worked” I wanted to try it again, so immediately I said “leave my heart” and waited for something to happen. Of course nothing happened and for about ten minutes I was actually scared because of the things
Everyone was talking and someone looked at my laptop and saw that I was listening to “Fill me up” by Tasha Cobbs, and the boy said “ Bruh, you so Holy.” After these four words a whole discussion started about me being Holy, which led to them talking about God in general. I had one headphone in, I took it out, so I could listen a little better. A girl said “ God is not real so you guys are just wasting you time talking about this subject.” Right this moment, I felt tears in my eyes. I held them in and said in my heart “Lord please I’ve listened now let me speak.” At that very moment I felt a strength that I have never felt in all my years in this earth. I turned to the girl and asked “ Do you have proof of what you just said?” and she said “ I’m an atheist”. I said “May God forgive you for your ignorance.” She got up and walked towards me and she started cussing me out. But all that did not matter to me until she again repeated “God is not real.” I wanted to yell and cuss too but I remembered 1 Peter 3;15. I took a deep breath and asked her “what brought you to be an atheist?” she told me that it was none of my business. Then I told her that just because you're going through a difficult time in life it doesn't mean God has forgotten about you or he gave up on you, it’s because he’s testing your faith and patience. One year for us is one hour for God. He does not give us what we want, when we want it only because he takes his time to give us not what we want but ten times better than what we had asked in the first place. She rolled her eyes at my statement. Then she said “If God was really giving us better than what we want then how come He didn’t make my brother better but only let him die. I looked at her and she wanted
The next day my wife and I started a huge fight before church and I refused to go there anymore because I was tired of my counterfeit smiling and false faith in the atonement to forgive me, because I now hated myself. I went to pray and literally told God to leave me alone because He dared to send His Spirit to comfort me when I did not want it. I abandoned God just for a moment and planned to take my life after my wife went to church. I had hit rock bottom, finally! In hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened to me. I lost my health, I lost my daughter, I
My journey with God started in February of 1993, when I went to a ladies’ conference in Columbus, Texas. It was while the speaker was explaining that she knew there were some of us out in the audience, who felt guilty about something they had done in their past, and they did not feel that God could forgive them for it. But then she quoted from God’s word; “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, not principalities, no things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39 NASB) The speaker continued on to say that all we need to do is