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Apr 2, 2013

Prayer for Housing

O most merciful Lord, you are my shelter. Your love surrounds my thoughts and houses my heart. When the storms arrive, your promises protect me. Your salvation is the bed where I lay my head. Above all, heavenly father, I seek spiritual peace, but my earthly body aches for a safe haven – a dwelling… Continue reading

Mental Health, Prayers

accommodation, Christianity, faith, God, homeless, homelessness, housing, prayer, religion, Spirituality
Apr 1, 2013

TUCOAG Opening Prayer Idea

What follows is an idea for a prayer that could begin a service in a new multi-faith church of the future (The Universal Church of Almighty God). We are assembled today in the presence of Almighty God, the one true God of all the religions of planet Earth. Lord, please help us to look beyond… Continue reading

God, Prayers

prayer, The Universal Church of Almighty God, TUCOAG
Mar 30, 2013

Prayer for Good Friday

Oh my Lord, my Saviour, my King, what words can express the tragic glory of your passion, which we remember today? You came down from heaven, Lord, you lived a blameless and sinless life, and then you died in agony, oh God, in order that I might be forgiven; such a precious gift that I… Continue reading

Mental Health, Prayers

Christianity, crucifiction, Easter, faith, God, Good Friday, Jesus, prayer, salvation, Spirituality, suffering
Mar 12, 2013

Everlasting Life

I have been meditating on the scripture John 3:16 which says “God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Those two magical words, ‘everlasting life’, what does that phrase mean to you? I believe death is a fear that… Continue reading

Christianity, Mental Health

death, everlasting life, faith, gospel of John, Jesus, religion, satan, Spirituality, Theology
Feb 9, 2013

The Gift of Healing

Throughout history certain fortunate individuals have been blessed with the ability to heal. Jesus is the obvious example, along with other saints and prophets and holy people. It seems to me that I may have been blessed with that kind of a spiritual gift. I am able to empathise with people’s suffering because, in a… Continue reading

Mental Health, Suffering

compassion, empathy, faith, God, healing, hope, Jesus, spiritual gifts, the divine
Dec 18, 2012

The Myth of the Fall

A major idea in the Christian tradition is that human beings live in a ‘fallen’ state. The idea is that, through original sin (which took place in the Garden of Eden), humanity fell from its original state of union with God, experienced by Adam and Eve before they made the decision to eat the ‘forbidden… Continue reading

Christianity, God

Adam and Eve, Free Will, Garden of Eden, Panentheism, pantheism, sin, the devil, the fall of man, Theology

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