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Loneliness leads to emptiness

Loneliness and How to Overcome It At times in your life, have you felt that you were all alone and yearned to be with and feel connected to others? I have. This feeling describes the emotion of loneliness. Other words people use to describe loneliness include feeling empty, isolated, excluded or left out. You can feel lonely when you are physically alone and you can also feel lonely in the presence of others. Loneliness is really a reflection of whether or not you feel connected to others. God is a God of relationship and community. That is evident in His very nature. He is the Trinity — three in one; God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. In the opening chapters of the Bible, God established that “It’s not good for the man [Adam] to be alone...” (Genesis 2:18a, the Message). His solution? God continued, “... I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” (Genesis 2:18b, the Message). He brought Eve to Adam and they “become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24b). We are designed to be

John Huss Pre-Reformation Reformer

JOHN HUSS (1369-1415) The most famous quote by John Huss Lord Jesus, it is for thee that I patiently endure this cruel death. I pray thee to have mercy on my enemies." Early in his monastic career, Martin Luther, rummaging through the stacks of a library, happened upon a volume of sermons by John Huss, the Bohemian who had been condemned as a heretic. "I was overwhelmed with astonishment," Luther later wrote. "I could not understand for what cause they had burnt so great a man, who explained the Scriptures with so much gravity and skill." Luther Inspired by Huss         Huss was born to peasant parents in "Goose town," that is, Husinec, in the south of today's Czech Republic Huss would become a hero to Luther and many other Reformers, for Huss preached key Reformation themes (like hostility to indulgences) a century before Luther drew up his 95 Theses. But the Reformers also looked to Huss's life, in particular, his steadfast

Cross a Victorious Sign

The Rare Information of Jesus, His Sufferings and Cross. 1.     CROSS: Cross is a principal symbol of the Christian religion recalling the crucifixion of Jesus  Christ and the redeeming benefits of his passion and death. The cross is thus a sign of both  himself and of the faith of Christians. Weight = 150 kg Length = 15 feet Breadth =    8 feet 2.     NAILS: A special metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together  or to serve as a hook Thickness = 3/4 inch Length      =   8 inch 3.     JESUS: The proper name Jesus used in the English language originated from the Latin  form of the Greek  name iesous a rendition of the Hebrew “yeshua” also having the variants “ Joshua ” or  “jeshua” in a religious context the name refers to “Jesus”, the central figure of Christianity Height = 5 foot 11 inch Weight= 85  kg Information On Jesus's Sufferings: a) Jesus stumbled

Knocking ......Seeking....Asking

  *Today’s Scripture* “Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7, AMP) *Press Through* In Mark chapter five, there was a woman who had been sick for twelve years. The doctors gave her no hope. But she heard that *Jesus* was passing through her town. Something deep down on the inside was saying, “This is your season. This is your time to get well.” In the natural, when she saw all the people around Him, she thought, “I’ll never get to Him. It’s so crowded and I’m weak.” She almost missed her season. But instead of dwelling on those negative thoughts, instead of looking at her situation, she started reminding herself, “If I can just get to Jesus, I will be whole.” She made the choice to turn her thoughts in the right direction and was empowered to take a leap of faith. She pressed through the crowd until she got just close enoug