Prison Letters Of Paul

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When I review what we have learn in this class I realized how much I didn’t know about Jesus, or even anything in the book. I’ve learned a lot that I never knew, but some of the stuff I have learn is actually relevant to me and my life, even when I thought none of it would be. The concepts that I think are relevant to me and my life the most would be from the Prison Letters of Paul, when Paul was in the Philippian prison. While Paul was in prison he was still joyful even when he was in hardship. He continued to do whatever he could to help himself and others. He resorted to prayers to help him in his hard time. Paul said that praying is the only way Jesus can hear you. If you don’t pray there is no way for him to know your requests. I believe this is something that could be relevant in my life because it gives me a sense that maybe if I start to pray when I hit a rough time in my life that maybe he will be able to help …show more content…
I’m not a religious person, or have ever been raised in a religious home, so for me I don’t believe it is something that would ever help me, but it is never too late to try and find Jesus through prayer. While he also believed that you should greet people with grace and peace so that they felt welcomed. This is relevant to my life because I believe that everyone should feel welcomed when being greeted. While growing up I moved around a lot, which meant I went to several different school where I was the new girl. No one was very welcoming to the new person, which then made it harder for me to make friends and feel welcomed. Since then I have believed that you should always welcome everyone with open arms because you never know what they have been through. No one should ever being greeted with anything less than grace and peace. While another concept that I believe is relevant would be in chapter 16. The written work for this chapter really got me thinking about myself and

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