The document provides announcements for various upcoming MOPS events including a potluck dinner, spa day, and women's breakfast. It also discusses the importance of forgiveness based on biblical teachings. Forgiveness is defined as the loving cancellation of a debt and moving forward toward reconciliation without justification of wrongdoing or holding offenses over someone. True forgiveness is a choice and process that involves dealing with emotions head on rather than forgetting or excusing actions. God calls Christians to forgive so that they may be forgiven and find freedom from bitterness.
Part 26. the fellowship of his sufferings (.pdf)Ralph W Knowles
' Christ the Antidote regarding Death'' This article is partly relating Pauls suffering, "His thorn in the flesh", "The Man of our Mistaken Identity" & "Is the Feud Over"
Part 26. the fellowship of his sufferings (.pdf)Ralph W Knowles
' Christ the Antidote regarding Death'' This article is partly relating Pauls suffering, "His thorn in the flesh", "The Man of our Mistaken Identity" & "Is the Feud Over"
XI. Looking at Things Rightly, . . . 173
XII. The Miracle at the Gate Beautiful, . 191
XIII. The Grace op Silence 209
XIV. Spiritual Health 225
XV. Character Tested— and Detected, . . 245
XVI. The Dove that Found Rest, . . .263
When you made the decision to marry your spouse, what were your expectations about how the family finances were going to be handled? Did you even have any? Marriage and money go hand in hand. When there is unity in handling money God’s way, it helps lead to unity in your marriage as well. Whether you are a newlywed or married for 50 years, in this class, you will learn what the Bible says about handling money God’s way and the importance of this in our marriages. Come and learn how to have unity in money and in your marriage.
If you enjoy this, please visit my Daily Dependence website for Daily Encouragement, Scriptures, and Inspirational Thoughts to help place your Dependence on God!
You can follow me at www.facebook.com/DailyDependence
This is a study of Jesus being empathetic. He could enter into the feelings of others and feel compassion for their suffering and be motivated to heal them. He felt their pain as not other could feel it.
This is a study of the question about the leopard changing his spots. It is used in many ways, and refers to the reality that some things will just stay they way they are. Yet with God even that which is not possible becomes possible.
Apakah Anda sedang bergumul? Bagaimana Anda dapat menang mengatasi masalah hidup? Dalam slide Bible Conference ini, Rev. Bill Crowder hendak menolong Anda menemukan jawaban dari Allah melalui kehidupan 3 tokoh yaitu Ayub yang diterjang derita, Martha yang disalah mengerti, dan Malkhus yang dikejutkan oleh serangan. Ketiganya pernah mengalami tantangan hidup yang tak jauh berbeda dari kita.
There are many kinds of suffering in life, and we see this as we go from text to text in the Gospel of Matthew. It is helpful to know these different aspects of suffering.
XI. Looking at Things Rightly, . . . 173
XII. The Miracle at the Gate Beautiful, . 191
XIII. The Grace op Silence 209
XIV. Spiritual Health 225
XV. Character Tested— and Detected, . . 245
XVI. The Dove that Found Rest, . . .263
When you made the decision to marry your spouse, what were your expectations about how the family finances were going to be handled? Did you even have any? Marriage and money go hand in hand. When there is unity in handling money God’s way, it helps lead to unity in your marriage as well. Whether you are a newlywed or married for 50 years, in this class, you will learn what the Bible says about handling money God’s way and the importance of this in our marriages. Come and learn how to have unity in money and in your marriage.
If you enjoy this, please visit my Daily Dependence website for Daily Encouragement, Scriptures, and Inspirational Thoughts to help place your Dependence on God!
You can follow me at www.facebook.com/DailyDependence
This is a study of Jesus being empathetic. He could enter into the feelings of others and feel compassion for their suffering and be motivated to heal them. He felt their pain as not other could feel it.
This is a study of the question about the leopard changing his spots. It is used in many ways, and refers to the reality that some things will just stay they way they are. Yet with God even that which is not possible becomes possible.
Apakah Anda sedang bergumul? Bagaimana Anda dapat menang mengatasi masalah hidup? Dalam slide Bible Conference ini, Rev. Bill Crowder hendak menolong Anda menemukan jawaban dari Allah melalui kehidupan 3 tokoh yaitu Ayub yang diterjang derita, Martha yang disalah mengerti, dan Malkhus yang dikejutkan oleh serangan. Ketiganya pernah mengalami tantangan hidup yang tak jauh berbeda dari kita.
There are many kinds of suffering in life, and we see this as we go from text to text in the Gospel of Matthew. It is helpful to know these different aspects of suffering.
Forgiveness is the key to most of the spiritual problems we face as Christians. God's love within us presses us to forgive others without conditions. unforgiving spirit is always restless and have no peace within. Be a forgiver Be in freedom! Be Blessed!
Pastor David Schmidt - 19 July 2009, 1/4
How are your relationships going? Are you experiencing any pain or stress or struggles? Are any of your relationships under stress?
We all find ourselves in those situations from time to time and none of us like to be there. But how do we move beyond that to find healing and wholeness in our relationships?
Sermon delivered on Sunday September 11, 2011 by Dr. Charles Yoost, Senior Minister at the Church of the Saviour in Cleveland Heights, OH. Dr. Yoost begins the fall sermon series on text messages from God: Did You Get My Call? with the sermon “The Call to Forgive — What a Coincidence!”
Believing that coincidence is really God working incognito, the Lectionary text for this Sunday is the parable of the Unforgiving Servant. What is God saying to us on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack?
Peter is willing to forgive seven times, but Jesus expects us to forgive without measure. That’s easier said than done! Jesus sets the example by forgiving those who crucified him as he hung on the cross. Who do we need to forgive? From whom do we need to ask forgiveness?
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
2 Peter 3: Because some scriptures are hard to understand and some will force them to say things God never intended, Peter warns us to take care.
https://youtu.be/nV4kGHFsEHw
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Why is this So? ~ Do Seek to KNOW (English & Chinese).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
A Presentation for developing morality, concentration and wisdom and to spur us to practice the Dhamma diligently.
The texts are in English and Chinese.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
1. Announcements
MOPS MOMENTS
April 30 – MOPS Potluck Dinner 24 April 2008
The MOPS bible study is
hosting a potluck dinner at 7pm Seventy Times Seven, by Dena Salazar
at Suzi Hull’s house. Everyone
is welcome to join us for some Have you ever felt like you've forgiven someone, quot;gotten overquot; some offense, only
good food and lots of laughs! to have some reminder open the floodgates of emotion all over again? It
happened to me recently when my stepmother posted a whole slew of old family
May 8 – Spa Day @ MOPS pictures on MySpace from which I was glaringly absent. See, my biological father
Join us for our annual spa day abandoned me as a baby after encouraging my mother to get an abortion... Ouch.
(in place of our regular MOPS We were reunited in 2001 after he had expressed deep regret and sorrow for
meeting). Enjoy free shoulder what happened. I had forgiven him, and we began to work on building some form
massages, chocolate fondue, of relationship from that point forward. But after I saw all those pictures, I
hand and feet care, and a “spa” wept, and I questioned whether my forgiveness was genuine.
craft. Hope you can make it!
The Bible is pretty clear that we are to forgive our debtors - those who have
quot;done us wrong”. It's not a request or a suggestion, it's a command. It should be
June 14 - Women’s Breakfast
taken seriously.
Please join all the women of New
Hope here on Saturday morning,
In Ephesians 4:32 Paul says, quot;Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
June 14 from 9am – 12pm. The
another, even as God in Christ forgave you.quot; In the gospel of Matthew, Peter
theme will be springy and light;
thought he was being generous when he suggested to Jesus that he should forgive
we will do a gardening craft, and
his brother seven times. But Jesus responded by stating that he shouldn't just
Rachel Dumont will be giving the
forgive him seven times, but seventy times seven. Mark 11:25 reads quot;When you
message. Tickets are $5 and
stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father
childcare is provided.
in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
MOPS Registrations for Fall In biblical terms, we could define forgiveness as quot;the loving, voluntary cancellation
2008 will be mailed out mid- of a debt.quot; In other words, it's over, and we’re no longer seeking restitution for
August, so be looking out for the damages done. We aren’t hung up on it anymore. It has no power over us any
them. In addition, if you have longer, and we certainly don't hold it over the head of the offender. The slate is
a friend you’d like us to send a wiped clean. It doesn’t mean that we condone the sin or justify the wrongdoing,
registration to, please e-mail but that we move forward toward reconciliation and restoration.
Jen Vieira with the details.
When I compare my struggles with those of Joseph in the book of Genesis, I am
Gifts for MOPPETTS Helpers instantly humbled. His brothers hated him so much that they considered killing
We are very blessed to have a him. But instead, they just left him in a pit. Either way, they abandoned him, and
wonderful group of women that reported back to their father Jacob that he had been brutally killed…and feigned
volunteer their time to care grief. Joseph was then sold as a slave, accused of fornication with his master’s
for our children during our wife, and left to rot in jail. And yet, when the time had come and he was reunited
MOPS meetings. We would like with his brothers, he forgave them completely. It didn’t happen instantaneously.
to show our heartfelt It was a process, and it took time. Joseph was deeply hurt by their betrayal, but
appreciation by giving them a he knew that what they meant for evil, God meant for good, and he forgave them.
small token of our thanks at
our last meeting in May. Please Forgiveness isn’t always a one-time deal. It certainly wasn’t for me in this
consider contributing situation. I had to forgive my father again, and I doubt it will be the last time.
monetarily to these women who
God, You are my true Father, my Abba, my Daddy, and You will never forsake me.
have blessed all of us so much
Thank you for Your perfect love. You are the only One Who meets all my needs.
this year. An envelope will be
Lord, I rejoice in Your grace and provision. Thank you for forgiving me seventy
passed in our next couple
times seven, and giving me the strength to do the same. Amen.
meetings. Thanks so much!
2. Announcements, Cont. How Do We Have Biblical Forgiveness? By Rachel Dumont
Looking for a Christian Storytime? 1. Forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgiveness does not mean that you need to have warm,
Morning Star hosts a 1-hour story fuzzy feelings towards that person if you forgive them. It doesn't mean that you are
time on Tuesdays. Their Seekonk excusing their actions if you forgive them. Forgiving will not make what was done against
store begins at 10:30am, and their N. you quot;all rightquot;. And it doesn't mean that you have to have them as an intimate part of your
Attleboro store begins at 1pm. It’s life, either. Your need to forgive is not between you and your offender; it is between you
and God.
great for the kids, as well as a great
place to meet other Christian women!
2. Forgiveness is a choice. Forgiveness is often difficult because it fights against our
concept of justice. You may think, quot;It's not fair what this person did to me! I have a right
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to be angry, and I have a right to take revenge!quot; It says in Romans 12:19, quot;Beloved, do not
Wendy Herren – 4/7 avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, quot;Vengeance is Mine, I
Kim Langis – 4/18 will repay,quot; says the Lord.quot; We must let these people who hurt us off our hook. However,
remember that they are now on God's hook. Let Him do the vindicating.
3. Forgiveness is costly. Forgiving someone means that you are agreeing to live with the
consequences of their sin against you. You're going to live with these consequences whether
MOPS Steering Committee you like it or not, however, you have a choice to live in bitterness, or live in the freedom that
comes from forgiveness.
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4. Deal with your emotions head-on. You cannot sweep your emotions under a rug in the
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living room of your heart and expect to truly experience forgiveness from you heart of
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hearts. God needs to bring your pain to the surface so that He can deal with it. And Girls,
t. 508-567-1292 you need to allow Him to do this. This is foundational. Only when we have dealt with our
e. djv82@verizon.net emotions can healing start to take place.
Discussion Group Leader / 5. Don't wait until you feel like forgiving; otherwise you'll never get there. Forgiveness is
Prayer Box not about how we feel; it's about what we know. True freedom is the goal, not our feelings.
Rachel Dumont Feelings take time to change, and God can heal this area too, but it's a by-product of
t. 401-289-0369 freedom, not freedom itself.
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6. We must forgive, because God's Word calls us to forgive. In Matt 6:14-15, it says, “For
Creative Activities if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do
Jessica Cook not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
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The Lord has a purpose behind the pain you've suffered, or He never would have allowed it.
e. jmf111575@hotmail.com
To have true freedom in this area, you must surrender to His purposes; otherwise He can't
work it for your good. And truth be known, when you harbor unforgiveness, you are the one
Suzi Hull
that suffers much more than your offender. God calls us to forgive for our own good. For
t. 508-673-3858 our own spiritual health. For our freedom.
e. whull99@comcast.net
7. We must forgive others so that the Enemy won't take advantage of us. It says in 2
Finance Corinthians 2:10-11, “Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have
Sarah Duboyce forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest
t. 508-994-2075 Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
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Unforgiveness gives the Enemy an immediate stronghold in our lives. And notice that usually
Secretary when we don't forgive one person, it bleeds over to another person. Then another, then
Winnie Lee another. Pretty soon, we have a whole carload of baggage on our backs. Where is the
freedom in that!? It hurts to forgive, but God has already enabled the believer to do it… I
t. 401-624-8624
can do all things through Christ who strengthens me… If God can save you from the pit of
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Hell, He can save you from the pit of unforgiveness, too. Make the choice to forgive, Girls.
MOPS Mentor *Several sources of these bullet points are from Neil Anderson’s book, The Bondage
Cathy Bringhurst Breaker; and Beth Moore’s Bible study, Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit.
t. 508-324-4500
e. cbringhurst@nhcc.ws