My Testimony Is Not An Epic

I emphatically believe its valid important to use personal stories and other parables we may have heard to increase the effectiveness in our evangelic messages. In my personal journey as I heard the message it was the most impactful throughout heard the personal stories of the messenger who share the message. Personal stories definitely bring impact the lives of the listeners and give them greater understanding and as well give them a modern-day model of biblical relevant results on how one’s upholding authoritative biblical truths.

So much of society seems to live his/her life on a sort of self-serving autopilot mode. Rarely does one stop to think how or why he/she is making certain decisions or how these decisions can affect his/her life in the future. Often times, it is not until one has a “string of bad luck” or something tragic happens in one’s life, when he/she will turn to Jesus for help “getting them through this problem” only to return to one’s self-centered ways once his/her life has returned to normal. Living life with a Christian worldview is not something that one can take off a shelf and use when needed and allow it to collect dust on that shelf the rest of the time. This paper will discuss the many parts that make

In Eliade’s The Sacred and the Profane, he accentuates the inevitable distinction between the sacred and profane.This develops when an individual tries to establish himself in his world and acknowledges his own individuality of the worldly and physical spaces he takes up. Chaos seems to be in the areas where the profane governs and there are no principles in a profane universe. The idea of the sacred comes from knowledge itself. The brahmanas defines religion and human existence with the sacredness embedded in water which brings forth life.

The highest level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is self-actualization and this is represented in Chris by obtaining a paid position after successfully meeting the requirements of the internship at this level Chris motivation has arrived at his capability of being a stock broker (Maslow, 2012).

Spirituality gives meaning and purposes to their belief (51). In Reconnecting science and spirituality, Walach defines spirituality as “a way to understand the natural makeup of the world by means of rational methods of inquiry”. This quotes allows the world to have faith in their own beliefs (425). The happenings in Hydesville involving the Fox sisters started to increase the rate of mediums around the world (Walliss 129). Spiritualism started to have a greater influence of people’s lives. People started to go to mediums to communicate with lost love ones. Spiritualism was given closures to people in the world (Walliss

However, some needs were not met like safety, love and belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization. Glenn did not meet the safety needs since he did not have financial stability, job security, or permanent residence. Glenn was in a massive debt and was forced to steal cars to make a living. Additionally, his love and belongingness needs were not met since he had a distant relationship with his parents. Also, as he didn’t attend college and struggle to make ends meet when he felt he could do better, his esteem needs weren’t met. Maslow explained that the esteem needs have two levels (reputation and

Spirituality, at its best, resembles a river, both dependable and mysterious. The Reverend, with his respect for tradition, embodies the steady timelessness that rivers and God share, while Paul?s stubborn wild streak represents the entities? indefinite, uncontainable quality. Through his spare yet lyrical prose, Maclean manages to both explicate and illustrate a balance between a prudent, rational Protestant existence and an unrestrained, whimsical one. This elusive equilibrium is Maclean?s path to faith. Religious belief should strive to be unshakeably firm while also flexible and ever-evolving; in this way, human convictions can serve the same unifying capability which Maclean claims for rivers. ?Eventually,? he says, ?all things merge into one, and a river runs through it? (104). Faith, along with rivers, leads to this universal understanding and harmony.

treated as if it were isolated or discrete and that every drive was related to the state

Oftentimes in these analyses, religious symbolism and secular language are present as a testament to the author’s acknowledgement of, as well as belief in, a higher power. Cormac McCarthy’s work suggests the existence of a God or higher consciousness that is, at once present and absent, while manifesting as natural forces that are simultaneously benevolent, ambivalent and antagonistic. But by what measure would one be able to gauge the presence or absence of divine providence, when the nature of holy divinity is, in itself, something imperceptible? Perhaps one must simply look to parallels between the classical role of God, claims of religious texts and followers and the tangible things that can be plainly understood. But where must one look to find the starting point for such an analysis? Perhaps the best place to begin is “[i]n the beginning.” (GEN

Christopher runs into a big event in his life and it involves Maslow’s needs. Quickly, kind people gave Christopher a home and medicine to live. Christopher saw people come over to him, while he was suffering in the field of leaving. Foolishly, Kira’s community believes that there are beasts that come to get you when you are left in the field to get eaten. Turns out, these so called “Beasts” are actually normal people from a different community. Christopher has to use the necessity of safety when he makes sure that his community is trustworthy and

When I first started this book, I thought this book was simply going to mock the Bible for its obscure rules, but I stand corrected. AJ Jacobs embarks on an experiment, but soon finds himself on a spiritual journey, and in the end, he does not discover God, but begins to see sacredness. “I now believe that whether or not there's a God, there is such a thing as sacredness. Life is sacred.” This has quickly become my view on religion. There is no certainty on whether or not there is a higher power, but life itself is a high power, so let us set aside our differences and stand together as human beings.

The naivety of my childhood caused me to believe that I was not good enough, that I had to change myself in order to gratify the people of my church and maintain my dad’s good image. Whenever I went to church, I felt that I had to completely change myself in order to keep everyone happy, everyone but myself. As I got older and figured out that it is impossible for anyone to fully fulfill the expectations of others, I realized how restricted I had been my entire life. I finally came to the realization that people were putting me in a box unsuitable for me and expected me to fit in

One example of contemporary psychology, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, easily incorporates the relationship between God and man into it. Although Maslow did not sport Christianity or God in pyramid neither did he ever own it. The layers devoted to esteem and self-actualization fit aptly

I have a growing relationship with Christ and I try to live up to the standards put in place but I often fall short like so many others. But, with self-discipline and hard work, I will be able to become the person I aspire to

I. Personal Profile: As I ponder over my thoughts and reflect on where I am in my journey of spiritual growth, all I can do is just thank God for all He has done. My spiritual journey has been full of ups and downs, but I would not change any of it because I had to go through the things I have went through to get to where I am today. Before I started living fully for Jesus, I was just existing and living my life without a purpose. I was lost and was seeking validation from everyone but God. My spiritual journey did not start until I realized that I was searching for happiness in all wrong places, and that my happiness was found in God. Once I discovered that and began building a relationship with God, my love began to increase for Him and all He has done. I began to see things clearer and God started removing toxic people out of my life and molding me into what he created me to be. In this season of my journey, I believe God is taking me through the pruning phase. In john 15:2 it says, “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it do that it may bear more fruit.” Jesus is stripping me from everything that no longer serves a purpose in my life. He is setting me apart and preparing me for my purpose on earth. God is changing everything about me from the inside out, and removing anything that is not of him and making me more like him. He is making me very uncomfortable, so that I have no choice but to learn to fully