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word of God. Fasting deepens prayer. People with abundant possession may tend to find fasting difficult to practice, because we have become attached to our possessions and cannot bear the thought of doing without them. (Foster, p. 60, 2000) suggests how to enlarge your ideas about fasting. Ponder to Pray over a particular personality trait of yours, one from which you would like to fast and consider writing in your journal about it. Express your struggles as a dialogue between you and God.…

equal to God. This claim can be one of the…

A sought to live a life only of pleasure. He wanted to evade all self-disciplines and just be full of pleasure. In a manual A wrote, he explained that, “Boredom is the root of all evil.” He traces this back to the Gods, Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, and brought this idea to his present time. He believed that doing the same old thing repeatedly brings upon boredom, which in turn, brings upon evil. He thought that bringing variety in one’s life would keep one from becoming…

powerful gods and goddesses, they each have a part in the world. They also had a different belief on how the world would end. Norse mythology and Greek mythology are very alike but the stories are twisted around a bit to end with the same outcome. We all know about mythology, crazy unreal stories. The way the thought the world was crazy. In the beginning there was only darkness and the only thing that was there was a Nyx, a big bird with black wings. She laid a golden egg and soon Eros, the god…

worshipped gods. However each culture has slightly different beliefs, and different gods. For example the Greeks worshipped “the big twelve” and their children (Minor gods). The Vikings worshipped the Norse gods which include gods that are still used to this day(such as Thor and Loki). Then we have the Egyptians worshipped the Egyptian gods, which includes many gods with varies of animal heads. Amun was one of the eight ancient Egyptian gods who formed the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. He was the god…

Pilate still not wanting to crucify Jesus attempted to compromise with the Jews offering to flog him and then release him. The Jews only wanted him dead. This bothered me more than anything up to this point. I of course knew what was going to happen but, Jesus was “the King of the Jews” and to have your own people be so full of jealous and hate to want you dead when those who are not your own people do not is horrible. But, what really touched me the most about the story (the whole reason this…

Throughout history, Religion and belief in God have been deeply rooted in culture. To question God’s existence was considered shameful. In early ages, questioning God’s existence was considered personally insulting to many people and their religions, therefore few people broke away from the norm. However, with the introduction and advancement of science into cultural, individuals gained a groundwork for they're questioning. With factual evidence arising, providing proof for the creation of the…

Similarly Macario’s director is also careful in the composition of scenes that include religious figures such as the Devil and God in order to demonstrate their power. When the Devil appears, the camera uses a wide angle and the Devil walks in from the upper corner of the image. Later on, the camera captures the Devil from a low angle in mid and close-up shots. Throughout the time…

taken place where he and Natalie had an altercation. Telling him about the dream my sister had about them and their altercation that God will reveal your business so someone can pray to turn the situation around because it could have been worse. You have to repent and pray ask forgiveness from Natalie and God. Allen remarked, God doesn’t hear a sinner’s prayer. God hears a prayer of true repentance Allen. He said he was going to turn himself in to the police. Feeling so helpless because I had no…

Comprehension of Pertinent Terms The word, spirituality, is abstract, usually connects to religion, especially religious beliefs. It means to pursue the relationship with God, connect to the power of God and communicate with God. In addition, spirituality is intangible but truly exists in one’s feeling and mind, included in one’s subconscious, superconscious and supra-conscious level. It deeply affects our daily basis activities and decisions. Moreover, spirituality can be defined as the…