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Kindness & Humility
Kindness and Humility are character traits that seem to be lacking in most people these days. The opposite of humility is Pride. There is an influx of people feeling excessively good about accomplishments (public praise-followers on social media), that can be detrimental long-term. Pride is deadly sin for a reason. It cultivates and nurtures self-centeredness,…
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Detachment
Detachment is necessary for peace, and peace is necessary for joy. Naval Ravikant Christian Detachment Detachment is a mental state of freedom or indifference of bias. A person overcomes their attachment to need and desire for things, people or concepts of the world, for a heightened perspective and ease of mind. Non-attachment is considered a…
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Sabbath
Being under a New Covenant, “personal choice” is widely accepted for practicing Sabbath. According to (King James Holy Bible, 1769/2020, Romans, 14:5), “One-man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” Millions of people use this choice indiscriminately. Some make no decision, others…
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Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
The visions we offer our children (people) shape the future. Martin S. II A minister’s (pastor’s) belief, implementation of Christian/psychology integration and definitional understanding of burnout and compassion fatigue, determines what self-care or stress management techniques are most effective. Defining the distinction of compassion fatigue and burnout is important. According to Hanley (2019) burnout is…
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Spirituality, Wisdom, Character in Discipline
How do spiritual disciplines help us grow, spirituality, and in wisdom and character? Ortberg says, the primary goal of our life as Christians is to become transformed spiritually. Our ministry has little to do with simply assisting people of where they will go when they die, or just getting to heaven. People’s spiritual transformation in…
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