Desire
“Desire is transformed into lust when we exclude God from the picture. Without God, the natural powers of our soul become corrupt. Abba...
Faith and Action
“Saint Paul states that we practice the faith of the apostles when we “have carefully followed my doctrine [and] manner of life” (2...
Judgmentalism
“The Apostle Peter exhorts us Christians to be “of one mind” which will require us to have compassion for one another and to forgive...
Words/Speech
“…modern language is extremely impoverished in its spiritual vocabulary. The culture has been overwhelmed by the ideas and concepts of...
Hope
“Many people indeed live lives of “quiet desperation” simply because they have no hope and cannot imagine where hope would begin. The...
Abandon/Forsaken
“During times of struggle or fear …we can feel abandoned. Sometimes we just feel it and sometimes we verbalize it. When we verbalize it,...
Face
“God and man looked at one another when Christ revealed Himself in truth to men…Through Christ we see as in a mirror the spotless and...
Glory/Glorify/Glorification
“Everything is beautiful, all gives God glory in its unique manner. One cannot recognize that without the insight of the Holy Spirit. If...
Conquering
“During the first century, the people of God envisioned the Messiah as a descendant of David (Matthew 12:23) who would conquer nations...
Rebellion
“That first human sin was about turning away from God. He had explicitly told Adam and Eve not to eat of that tree, and yet they did it...