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True Religion and Inner Renewal
Identify your times, moments, and places that invite you
to relax or rejoice. Make sure you indulge yourself
regularly. One of my inner renewals is the 4 p.m.
shadow of the sun as it comes through my living room
lace curtains, the click of my central heat as it warms
my home, and a mug of melted cocoa to be enjoyed
with the incredible beauty and wisdom of the scriptures.
To be renewed, we have to learn to be thankful for
our blessings, and to know that after a time of enjoying,
we will "go therefore into all the world and enlighten
(teach)." Often I am lazy and procrastinate, and have
good intentions, but these don't really warm anyone
else do they? The meaning of life is for each of us to
"Fear God and keep His commandments" in our own
unique way (we are unique). The pattern and the plan
is the same for us all. Our lives are the unique part.
How we take His truths and apply them to each moment
is the meaning of each life.
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Janece Holland, Munsford, Tennessee
There are many religions in- the world, but the
inspired word of God says there is one -- one Lord, one
faith, and one baptism. There is one name, Jesus
Christ, Son of God, by which salvation is possible.
Read and search the scriptures for yourself, and judge
the spirits by them. Read God's word, and pray daily
for a better understanding of his words and will. Let the
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