25. The Realities of Life
Hobby
Intellect
Family
Emotions Work Friends
Recreation
Finances
26. The Realities of Life
Hobby
Hobby
Intellect
Intellect
Family Family
Emotions Work
Emotions Finances
Friends
Work
Recreation
Friends
Recreation
Finances
54. Activity
Compartmentalization
Higher Sacred
Belief
Realm Church
Bible Study
Prayer
Ministry
Secular
Lower Business
Sex
Realm Work
Home
Recreation
Behavior
55. Activity
Compartmentalization
Higher Sacred
Belief
Realm Church
Bible Study
Prayer
Ministry
Secular
Lower Business
Sex
Realm Work
Home
Recreation
Behavior
56. Activity
Compartmentalization
Higher Sacred
Belief
Realm Church
Bible Study
Prayer
Ministry
Secular
Lower Business
Sex
Realm Work
Home
Recreation
Behavior
57. Activity
Compartmentalization
Higher Sacred
Belief Profession
Realm Church
Bible Study
Prayer
Ministry
Secular
Lower Business
Sex
Realm Work
Home
Recreation
Behavior Practice
58. Activity
Compartmentalization
Higher Sacred
Belief Profession
Realm Church
Bible Study
Prayer
Ministry
Secular
Lower Business
Sex
Realm Work
Home
Recreation
Behavior Practice
62. The Results of
Compartmentalization
The spiritual has little to do with the temporal
Substantial disparities between belief and behavior
Amazing ability to overlook these
inconsistencies
Sacred
Secular
63. The Results of
Compartmentalization
The spiritual has little to do with the temporal
Substantial disparities between belief and behavior
Amazing ability to overlook these
inconsistencies
Incongruence resulting in a lack of integrity
Sacred
Secular
64.
65. “You are sort of an imposter when your
profession and practice disagree.”
- St. Ambrose of Milan, A.D. 340-397
75. A Biblical Worldview
Business
Church
School In harmony
Sex with
Art God’s design
Music
“good”
Home
Recreation
76. A Biblical Worldview
Business
Church
In conflict School In harmony
with Sex with
God’s design Art God’s design
Music
“evil” “good”
Home
Recreation
77. A Biblical Worldview
Business
Church
In conflict School In harmony
with Sex with
God’s design Art God’s design
Music
“evil” “good”
Home
Recreation
Done in the temporal with a temporal mindset: temporal value
78. A Biblical Worldview
Business
Church
In conflict School In harmony
with Sex with
God’s design Art God’s design
Music
“evil” “good”
Home
Recreation
Done in the temporal with a temporal mindset: temporal value
Done in the temporal with an eternal mindset: eternal value
80. Jesus knew no Divided life
Babyhood to the cross, lived without strain
81. Jesus knew no Divided life
Babyhood to the cross, lived without strain
Made no distinction from act to act
82. Jesus knew no Divided life
Babyhood to the cross, lived without strain
Made no distinction from act to act
No moral uncertainty/spiritual maladjustment
84. All of Life Is Spiritual
“Where can I go from Your Spirit?” (Ps. 139:7)
85. All of Life Is Spiritual
“Where can I go from Your Spirit?” (Ps. 139:7)
The Spirit should animate whatever I do
86. All of Life Is Spiritual
“Where can I go from Your Spirit?” (Ps. 139:7)
The Spirit should animate whatever I do
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for
the Lord rather than men; knowing that from the
Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance.
It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” (Col. 3:23-24)
87. All of Life Is Spiritual
“For in Him we live, and move, and have our
being” (Acts 17:28)
89. All of Life Is Spiritual
“I am doing now what I will do for all eternity. I am
blessing God, praising Him, adoring Him, and loving
Him with all my heart.”
- Brother Lawrence, monastic kitchen worker, ca. 1690
90. All of Life Is Spiritual
“I am doing now what I will do for all eternity. I am
blessing God, praising Him, adoring Him, and loving
Him with all my heart.”
- Brother Lawrence, monastic kitchen worker, ca. 1690
- Every act of life can
be an act of worship
98. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Changing diapers
Sacred
Driving carpool
Sex
99. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Sacred
Driving carpool
Sex
100. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Sacred
Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
101. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
102. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
103. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
104. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
105. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
Dusting
106. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Watching TV
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
Dusting
107. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Watching TV
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Sex
Reading
Waiting in line
Dusting
108. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Watching TV
Taking out
garbage
Sacred
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Washing dishes
Sex
Reading
Waiting in line
Dusting
109. No Sacred/Secular
Dichotomy
Mowing lawn
Painting fence
Washing clothes
Changing diapers
Watching TV
Taking out
garbage
Sacred Thinking
Smiling
Writing reports Driving carpool
Washing dishes
Sex
Reading
Waiting in line
Dusting
111. Where Is the Focus of My
Heart?
All things can be done to the glory of God
112. Where Is the Focus of My
Heart?
All things can be done to the glory of God
The workplace or the monastery!
113. Where Is the Focus of My
Heart?
All things can be done to the glory of God
The workplace or the monastery!
Ordinary Elevated
114. Where Is the Focus of My
Heart?
All things can be done to the glory of God
The workplace or the monastery!
Ordinary Elevated
Lower Higher
115. Where Is the Focus of My
Heart?
All things can be done to the glory of God
The workplace or the monastery!
Ordinary Elevated
Lower Higher
Contemplative Active
117. Implications of
All as Sacred
All believers are called to full-time ministry
118. Implications of
All as Sacred
All believers are called to full-time ministry
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may
proclaim the excellencies of Him” (1Pe. 2:9)
119. Implications of
All as Sacred
All believers are called to full-time ministry
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may
proclaim the excellencies of Him” (1Pe. 2:9)
No such thing as “part-time” disciple (identity)
120. Implications of
All as Sacred
All believers are called to full-time ministry
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may
proclaim the excellencies of Him” (1Pe. 2:9)
No such thing as “part-time” disciple (identity)
No biblical clergy/laity distinction
122. Implications of All
as Sacred
Vocational Christian workers may be no more
or no less pleasing to God than Christians in
the workplace, and vice versa
123. Implications of All
as Sacred
Vocational Christian workers may be no more
or no less pleasing to God than Christians in
the workplace, and vice versa
Ministry in the flesh is as easy as marketplace
in the flesh, once we master the mechanics
125. Splendor in the Ordinary
Most of life is spent in the
ordinary- the commonplace
routines of life:
126. Splendor in the Ordinary
Most of life is spent in the
ordinary- the commonplace
routines of life:
The mundane, the details,
the thankless, the drudgery
127. Splendor in the Ordinary
Most of life is spent in the
ordinary- the commonplace
routines of life:
The mundane, the details,
the thankless, the drudgery
Faith is demonstrated more
in the mundane than
anywhere else
129. Splendor in the Ordinary
Look to Jesus in hour-to-hour responsibilities
130. Splendor in the Ordinary
Look to Jesus in hour-to-hour responsibilities
Audience of One
131. Splendor in the Ordinary
Look to Jesus in hour-to-hour responsibilities
Audience of One
Cultivate skill of praying in every situation
132. Splendor in the Ordinary
Look to Jesus in hour-to-hour responsibilities
Audience of One
Cultivate skill of praying in every situation
Invoke God’s manifest presence in each area of life
134. Splendor in the Ordinary
In dependence, invoke the power of the Holy
Spirit to empower and live through you
135. Splendor in the Ordinary
In dependence, invoke the power of the Holy
Spirit to empower and live through you
Single-minded pursuit of knowing Him better
136. Splendor in the Ordinary
In dependence, invoke the power of the Holy
Spirit to empower and live through you
Single-minded pursuit of knowing Him better
Discipleship is obedience, mostly in the
mundane, thankless routines of life
137. Splendor in the Ordinary
In dependence, invoke the power of the Holy
Spirit to empower and live through you
Single-minded pursuit of knowing Him better
Discipleship is obedience, mostly in the
mundane, thankless routines of life
Jesus transmutes the ordinary into the
extraordinary
145. my Highest Ambition
Knowing that I am set
apart for His service
To allow myself to be
possessed by God that
He may be free to
reorient my heart,
values, and behaviors
in every area of life
152. Sacramental Living
Doesn’t mean:
Every act is of equal importance
Every man is as useful as every other man
153. Sacramental Living
Doesn’t mean:
Every act is of equal importance
Every man is as useful as every other man
Service of the less-gifted is as pure as that
of the more gifted
154. Sacramental Living
Doesn’t mean:
Every act is of equal importance
Every man is as useful as every other man
Service of the less-gifted is as pure as that
of the more gifted
Not what, but why the act is done
155. Sacramental Living
Doesn’t mean:
Every act is of equal importance
Every man is as useful as every other man
Service of the less-gifted is as pure as that
of the more gifted
Not what, but why the act is done
Every act a priestly ministration
159. Summary
Biblically, no sacred/spiritual dichotomy exists
Biblically, anything besides sin can be an act of
worship
My work can be as sacred as any ministry
160. Summary
Biblically, no sacred/spiritual dichotomy exists
Biblically, anything besides sin can be an act of
worship
My work can be as sacred as any ministry
The focus of my heart is the key
161. Summary
Biblically, no sacred/spiritual dichotomy exists
Biblically, anything besides sin can be an act of
worship
My work can be as sacred as any ministry
The focus of my heart is the key
Faith is primarily demonstrated in the
mundane, the routine chores of life
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
My relationship with Jesus is not related or connected to the other areas of my life. Much of the time, He is relegated to the periphery of my life.\nWhile this compartment can grow larger, it still is not related to the many other areas of my life. This is my singular “spiritual” or “sacred” area; the rest of my life is “secular.”\n
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The reality is that sometimes our center isn’t Christ; some other area consumes us.\n
The reality is that sometimes our center isn’t Christ; some other area consumes us.\n
LEFT: Disconnected, unrelated compartments of life.\nRIGHT: An integrated, holistic life, where my relationship with Jesus is the sole basis for my perspective and my practice in all other areas of life. Every facet of my life is centered around Christ as the unifying point of integration and coherence. When the heart is focused on Him, He becomes relevant to every part of life and empowers us to live before Him in all that we say and do. Here, there is no distinction between secular and sacred; all things are done for Him and through Him (Ro.11:36; Ph.4:13)\n\n\n
LEFT: Disconnected, unrelated compartments of life.\nRIGHT: An integrated, holistic life, where my relationship with Jesus is the sole basis for my perspective and my practice in all other areas of life. Every facet of my life is centered around Christ as the unifying point of integration and coherence. When the heart is focused on Him, He becomes relevant to every part of life and empowers us to live before Him in all that we say and do. Here, there is no distinction between secular and sacred; all things are done for Him and through Him (Ro.11:36; Ph.4:13)\n\n\n
On an individual and corporate level, we begin to play by two sets of rules and try to have it both ways- the world’s and God’s. This becomes possible when we compartmentalize our faith and divorce it from other facets of life such as work, finances, friendships, marriage, and parenting.\nReason tends to override Revelation\n\nImage: The Roman god Janis, who can look forward and backwards at the same time.\n\n
On an individual and corporate level, we begin to play by two sets of rules and try to have it both ways- the world’s and God’s. This becomes possible when we compartmentalize our faith and divorce it from other facets of life such as work, finances, friendships, marriage, and parenting.\nReason tends to override Revelation\n\nImage: The Roman god Janis, who can look forward and backwards at the same time.\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Shows the dichotomy of the two realms- the higher, which is sacred, and the lower, which is secular.\nThe unbiblical philosophy of Dualism was made popular by Plato, and absorbed into the church through Saint Augustine. \nThe Spiritual has little to do with the Physical; the Eternal has little to do with the Temporal.\nInevitably, business and work end up in the lower realm. Other Lower Realms: Drama, Sports, Labor, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.\n\n\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
Greek view therefore compartmentalizes life into two major halves: Sacred and Secular, the Higher and Lower, the Superior and Inferior.\nThis is not Biblical; it is sub-biblical. \n\nSo you see the cleavage between religion and life.\n
With the compartmentalization of life, activities also become compartmentalized. Therefore, my spiritual life becomes disconnected from, say, my work life. \nWhereas my behavior should connect with my beliefs….(NEXT SLIDE)\n\n
With the compartmentalization of life, activities also become compartmentalized. Therefore, my spiritual life becomes disconnected from, say, my work life. \nWhereas my behavior should connect with my beliefs….(NEXT SLIDE)\n\n
With the compartmentalization of life, activities also become compartmentalized. Therefore, my spiritual life becomes disconnected from, say, my work life. \nWhereas my behavior should connect with my beliefs….(NEXT SLIDE)\n\n
My beliefs are disconnected from my behavior. I therefore act inconsistently with what I believe. \nEx. I can justify lying at work because my work life has nothing to do with my spiritual life.\nI can justify cheating on my taxes because “making it in the real world” has nothing to do with “heaven.”\n\n
Further, where my profession and my practice should also be connected, because I compartmentalize my life….(NEXT SLIDE)\n\n\n
Compartmentalization also leads to a disconnect or a disparity between my profession and my practice. \nWith this thinking, my words don’t have to align with my actions, because the two are not related. “What I believe is one thing, but what I do is totally another, and that’s OK.”\nThis leads to tremendous inconsistencies.\n\nThe Scriptures do not affirm this sacred/secular mentality. \nThe secular becomes spiritual when the focus of your heart is on the eternal. Likewise, the spiritual becomes secular when the focus of your heart is on the secular. Its not the fruit of my hands but the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
The spiritual is disconnected, is divorced from everyday life.\n\nThree defense mechanisms we use: Denial; Rationalization; and Projection (spot it- you got it!). These we use to deceive ourselves.\n\nIntegrity is a consistency between what I believe and what I do, what I profess and what I practice. Thus the godfather has high integrity- very consistent in his views; he practiced what he preached. Regarding hypocrisy: get your eyes of the performance of people and get your eyes on Christ. If you hate the hypocrites, then you agree with Jesus. So it’s not the issue between you and Him.\n\n
The spiritual is disconnected, is divorced from everyday life.\n\nThree defense mechanisms we use: Denial; Rationalization; and Projection (spot it- you got it!). These we use to deceive ourselves.\n\nIntegrity is a consistency between what I believe and what I do, what I profess and what I practice. Thus the godfather has high integrity- very consistent in his views; he practiced what he preached. Regarding hypocrisy: get your eyes of the performance of people and get your eyes on Christ. If you hate the hypocrites, then you agree with Jesus. So it’s not the issue between you and Him.\n\n
The spiritual is disconnected, is divorced from everyday life.\n\nThree defense mechanisms we use: Denial; Rationalization; and Projection (spot it- you got it!). These we use to deceive ourselves.\n\nIntegrity is a consistency between what I believe and what I do, what I profess and what I practice. Thus the godfather has high integrity- very consistent in his views; he practiced what he preached. Regarding hypocrisy: get your eyes of the performance of people and get your eyes on Christ. If you hate the hypocrites, then you agree with Jesus. So it’s not the issue between you and Him.\n\n
The spiritual is disconnected, is divorced from everyday life.\n\nThree defense mechanisms we use: Denial; Rationalization; and Projection (spot it- you got it!). These we use to deceive ourselves.\n\nIntegrity is a consistency between what I believe and what I do, what I profess and what I practice. Thus the godfather has high integrity- very consistent in his views; he practiced what he preached. Regarding hypocrisy: get your eyes of the performance of people and get your eyes on Christ. If you hate the hypocrites, then you agree with Jesus. So it’s not the issue between you and Him.\n\n
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All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
All things can be good when in harmony with God’s design, or the same things can be evil when in conflict with God’s design.\nIts not the action, its the mindset; its what animates the action.\nNote that in Ge.1:31 when called his work “very good” including man’s work, man’s work was truly manual, physical labor. \n
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All I do is in the presence of God’s Spirit-\nAll I do is with my spirit-\nAll interaction with others (spirit-beings) is therefore spiritual-\n\n
All I do is in the presence of God’s Spirit-\nAll I do is with my spirit-\nAll interaction with others (spirit-beings) is therefore spiritual-\n\n
All I do is in the presence of God’s Spirit-\nAll I do is with my spirit-\nAll interaction with others (spirit-beings) is therefore spiritual-\n\n
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Holistic Spirituality stresses the relevance of faith in Christ to the routines of daily living. The spiritual life is not limited \n\n
Holistic Spirituality stresses the relevance of faith in Christ to the routines of daily living. The spiritual life is not limited \n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
The spiritual life is not limited personal devotions, spiritual exercises, church activities, and Bible studies. It is nourished by these, but it should be lived and expressed in the ordinary and the everyday. It’s not an add-on; it’s a well-spring of our being and the meaning of our existence. \nWashing dishes is just as spiritual an activity as singing worship hymns.\n\nMost of life is lived in the mundane; the ordinary. My attitude in the mundane will affect my attitude in the non-mundane.\n\n
Slave in a salt mine who prays and works as unto the Lord is accruing reward in heaven.\nAn ambitious ministry worker whose goal is to become President of the mission, manipulating others to get there will be suffering loss of reward in heaven.\nIt is all an issue of the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
Slave in a salt mine who prays and works as unto the Lord is accruing reward in heaven.\nAn ambitious ministry worker whose goal is to become President of the mission, manipulating others to get there will be suffering loss of reward in heaven.\nIt is all an issue of the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
Slave in a salt mine who prays and works as unto the Lord is accruing reward in heaven.\nAn ambitious ministry worker whose goal is to become President of the mission, manipulating others to get there will be suffering loss of reward in heaven.\nIt is all an issue of the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
Slave in a salt mine who prays and works as unto the Lord is accruing reward in heaven.\nAn ambitious ministry worker whose goal is to become President of the mission, manipulating others to get there will be suffering loss of reward in heaven.\nIt is all an issue of the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
Slave in a salt mine who prays and works as unto the Lord is accruing reward in heaven.\nAn ambitious ministry worker whose goal is to become President of the mission, manipulating others to get there will be suffering loss of reward in heaven.\nIt is all an issue of the focus of my heart.\n\n\n
I am no less a part-time (insert my last name, ie. “Ibsen”) than I am a part-time child of God. He establishes my identity, and manifests His life each moment, regardless of the activity.\n\n
I am no less a part-time (insert my last name, ie. “Ibsen”) than I am a part-time child of God. He establishes my identity, and manifests His life each moment, regardless of the activity.\n\n
I am no less a part-time (insert my last name, ie. “Ibsen”) than I am a part-time child of God. He establishes my identity, and manifests His life each moment, regardless of the activity.\n\n
I am no less a part-time (insert my last name, ie. “Ibsen”) than I am a part-time child of God. He establishes my identity, and manifests His life each moment, regardless of the activity.\n\n
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Routines of Life: rearing children, commuting, paperwork, phone calls, washing dishes, paying bills, washing laundry, pulling weeds, relating to family and friends.\n* The reality of our faith is demonstrated more in the way we walk with Jesus in the mundane than in the number of religious meetings we attend.\nThe most difficult places to manifest your spirituality is at work and at home.\n\n\n
Routines of Life: rearing children, commuting, paperwork, phone calls, washing dishes, paying bills, washing laundry, pulling weeds, relating to family and friends.\n* The reality of our faith is demonstrated more in the way we walk with Jesus in the mundane than in the number of religious meetings we attend.\nThe most difficult places to manifest your spirituality is at work and at home.\n\n\n
Routines of Life: rearing children, commuting, paperwork, phone calls, washing dishes, paying bills, washing laundry, pulling weeds, relating to family and friends.\n* The reality of our faith is demonstrated more in the way we walk with Jesus in the mundane than in the number of religious meetings we attend.\nThe most difficult places to manifest your spirituality is at work and at home.\n\n\n
* Learn to depend and look to Jesus as much in our hour-to-hour responsibilities as in teaching a Bible study or sharing our faith.\n\n
* Learn to depend and look to Jesus as much in our hour-to-hour responsibilities as in teaching a Bible study or sharing our faith.\n\n
* Learn to depend and look to Jesus as much in our hour-to-hour responsibilities as in teaching a Bible study or sharing our faith.\n\n
* Learn to depend and look to Jesus as much in our hour-to-hour responsibilities as in teaching a Bible study or sharing our faith.\n\n
Continue to show fidelity to the Father in the mundane.\n
Continue to show fidelity to the Father in the mundane.\n
Continue to show fidelity to the Father in the mundane.\n
Continue to show fidelity to the Father in the mundane.\n
1. Rather than using wealth to serve people, we are tempted to serve wealth and use people.\n2. God can never grant us true joy and peace apart from Himself, because He alone is the Source of these gifts.\n3. Must hone a sense of our divine calling, lest we slip into spiritual lethargy, boredom, despondency, and burnout.\n4. The audience to whom we play will eventually shape the content of our belief.\n Biblical wisdom encourages us to cultivate complete trust in the infinite and personal God who created us, redeemed us, and gives us a purpose, a future, and a hope.\n
1. Rather than using wealth to serve people, we are tempted to serve wealth and use people.\n2. God can never grant us true joy and peace apart from Himself, because He alone is the Source of these gifts.\n3. Must hone a sense of our divine calling, lest we slip into spiritual lethargy, boredom, despondency, and burnout.\n4. The audience to whom we play will eventually shape the content of our belief.\n Biblical wisdom encourages us to cultivate complete trust in the infinite and personal God who created us, redeemed us, and gives us a purpose, a future, and a hope.\n
1. Rather than using wealth to serve people, we are tempted to serve wealth and use people.\n2. God can never grant us true joy and peace apart from Himself, because He alone is the Source of these gifts.\n3. Must hone a sense of our divine calling, lest we slip into spiritual lethargy, boredom, despondency, and burnout.\n4. The audience to whom we play will eventually shape the content of our belief.\n Biblical wisdom encourages us to cultivate complete trust in the infinite and personal God who created us, redeemed us, and gives us a purpose, a future, and a hope.\n
1. Rather than using wealth to serve people, we are tempted to serve wealth and use people.\n2. God can never grant us true joy and peace apart from Himself, because He alone is the Source of these gifts.\n3. Must hone a sense of our divine calling, lest we slip into spiritual lethargy, boredom, despondency, and burnout.\n4. The audience to whom we play will eventually shape the content of our belief.\n Biblical wisdom encourages us to cultivate complete trust in the infinite and personal God who created us, redeemed us, and gives us a purpose, a future, and a hope.\n
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Present in their lives, but His lordship is often resisted or rejected.\nProminent in their lives, but there are still areas, such as work or finances, in which they retain sole control.\nPreeminent in their lives, as the focus of their being and pursuits. Relegate all areas of their life to His rule and authority.\n\nPeter said, Lord to whom shall we go? We’ve burned our bridges. Jesus calls us not necessarily to understand Him in His totality, but to trust him.\n
Present in their lives, but His lordship is often resisted or rejected.\nProminent in their lives, but there are still areas, such as work or finances, in which they retain sole control.\nPreeminent in their lives, as the focus of their being and pursuits. Relegate all areas of their life to His rule and authority.\n\nPeter said, Lord to whom shall we go? We’ve burned our bridges. Jesus calls us not necessarily to understand Him in His totality, but to trust him.\n
Present in their lives, but His lordship is often resisted or rejected.\nProminent in their lives, but there are still areas, such as work or finances, in which they retain sole control.\nPreeminent in their lives, as the focus of their being and pursuits. Relegate all areas of their life to His rule and authority.\n\nPeter said, Lord to whom shall we go? We’ve burned our bridges. Jesus calls us not necessarily to understand Him in His totality, but to trust him.\n
