Daily verse and quote Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2020 "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 In Richard Foster's book of discipline he divides discipline into three parts: Inward, Outward, and Corporate discipline. He places simplicity under the category of the Outward Disciplines. Here are his nine ways to order our world so that we can create simplicity in our life. First, buy things for their usefulness rather than their status Second, reject anything that is producing an addiction in you. Third, develop a habit of giving things away. Fourth, refuse to be propagandized by the custodians of modern gadgetry. Fifth, learn to enjoy things without owning them. Sixth, develop a deeper appreciation for the creation. Seventh, look at a healthy skepticism at all "buy now, pay later" schemes. Eighth, obey Jesus' instructions about plain, honest speech. Ninth, reject anything that will breed the oppression of others. Tenth, shun whatever would distract you from your main goal: "Seek first the kingdom of God." [Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline.] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 958 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,659 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 9,086 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Perhaps there could be an 11th &12th? Eleventh, “We must be willing to go down into the recreating silences, into the inner world of contemplation. In their writings, all of the masters of meditation strive to awaken us to the fact that the universe is much larger than we know, that there are vast unexplored inner regions that are just as real as the physical world we know so well… They call us to the adventure, to be pioneers in this frontier of the Spirit.” (p 13 - supposedly from his book Celebration of Discipline) Twelveth, “In your imagination allow your spiritual body, shining with light, to rise out of your physical body. Look back so that you can see yourself lying in the grass and reassure your body that you will return momentarily. Imagine your spiritual self, alive and vibrant, rising up through the clouds and into the stratosphere. . . Go deeper and deeper into outer space until there is nothing except the warm presence of the eternal Creator. Rest in His presence. Listen quietly, anticipating the unanticipated. Note carefully any instruction given. With time and experience you will be able to distinguish readily between mere human thought that may bubble up to the conscious mind and the True Spirit which inwardly moves upon the heart.” (pp 27, 28 - supposedly from the same book) -Curtesy of a critique of his book and of him by something called the new Calvinists, itself a questionable resource, but if the quotes from his book are accurate eleven and twelve do become an interesting slant of this writer with evidently a Quaker experiential background. Interesting, evidently a popular read at one time, though the "10" plus 11 and 12 added by me are also pretty new age like to my own mind's eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 You are definitely a "wordsmith". The mental images you bring forth in your writings is great! It reminds me of this quote: "Wise men because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Plato YOU are definitely in the 1st category, and I thank you for sharing it with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthDefender Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Non-Trinitarian Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 84 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/25/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2020 So- do you know what God's Kingdom IS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 I looked it up on the internet. Here is the answer first presented to me: "The spiritual realm over which God reigns as King, or the fulfillment on earth of God's will." The phrase was used by Jesus in the first three gospels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthDefender Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Non-Trinitarian Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 84 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/25/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2020 Very Good! It's literally a Kingdom! Now God has handed it over to His son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 And there can be no One higher, greater, more loving, gracious...than Jesus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthDefender Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Non-Trinitarian Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 84 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/25/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Daily verse and quote said: And there can be no One higher, greater, more loving, gracious...than Jesus! EXCEPT for the ONE exception~ 1 Cor 15:27- For God has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when it says, “All things are put in subjection under him,” it is plain that He is excepted who put all things under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted April 26, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 I should have been more specific, so that the phrasing would only reference all things in the natural realm. Thanks for calling that error to my attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted April 27, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.68 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Here is the response I gave to Truth Defender several hours ago: "And there can be no One higher, greater, more loving, gracious...than Jesus!" That's pretty implicit in its meaning. How could that be speaking "against Jesus"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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