Susie told me she found a church home, I ask her where and what is the name of the church; she stated full gospels church. Susie said the church is one block from here. That Sunday we went there I found out the man she meets at the park was one of the Ministers. Susie and Minister Fuller became serious in their relationship. A year later they got married. After going there for a year, I asked James to come with me, and he did. One thing about James, if you ask him to go, and he didn’t want to go he would still go because you ask. Once he was there, he; loved it. Then his schedule changed, he worked on Sundays. The more I went to church, the closer I got to God. I worked in the church, went to Bible class on Wednesdays, the new beginner class on Fridays. I wanted to stay close to God. James I had a son. We named him walker. After having my second child out of wedlock, I decided it was time to get my life organized. So I prayed to the Lord and asked him to keep me until I got married. I did not want to have another child out of wedlock. Then I spoke with …show more content…
James and told him how I was feeling, I told him I could not keep living in sin. He said he understood. On Valentine’s Day, he asked me to marry him. And, I accepted. He gave me a ring and took me out to dinner. While at dinner James stated lets set a date so we can tell our family. While driving, James notices a house for sale he stops to get the phone number. He called the number and asks the realtor if we could see the house. The realtor told James to give her thirty minutes. she will be there to show us the house, so we waited. After walking through the house, James asks did she have another house for sale. She said yes. We loved the other house better. So we put our money together for the payment. I kept going to church; he kept working, and we were doing fine. He did everything for his son and me. My life was looking good until one day I was in my room studying my Bible. I read Psalm 139:23 KJV, (Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts) and I prayed to God. I felt his presence, and I jumped around in my bedroom, screaming out to God. I asked Him to show me how to get closer to him. And what I was doing wrong. He answered me, saying stop worshipping other gods. I sat on the bed and said, “Lord I don’t understand. I am in church twice a week. I stopped going to parties, don’t hang out with my old friends. I am working on changing every day so I don’t understand what you mean.” The lord said, “It can be the simple things in life that keep you away from me. Sometimes it’s the things you can’t see that keeps you from worshipping.” I tried to think about what it could be. I continued praying and reading my word. God told me to turn to Exodus 20; 3 - 6, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5. thou shalt not bow down thyself to them; nor serve them; for I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6. and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. I close my bible and looked up and ask the lord forgiveness.
God told me, “why would you worship a man before you worship me. Every morning when you first wake up you call him before you call me. if he doesn’t answer your call. You walk around mad with the world. If you don’t hear from me your day is fine. Why is it you look for man more than you look for me? WHO AM I!? You worship your car, your cloth more than you worship me. When will I fit in? Every day you prepare your outer body what about you’re inner. You are not to put anything before me, have no other gods before me IF YOU DO THAT YOU ARE NOT MINE.” I cried uncontrollably until I fell asleep. I Promised God that I would give my life to Him and serve only Him. John 3-30kjv he must increase, but I must decrease. That Sunday I went up to the altar, gave my life to God and asked him for forgiveness. I stopped watching TV stop hanging out. Every
0.3 Day I come home from work and study the Bible in my room. One thing I have learned is that if you are not strong enough to resist the worldly temptations, then it’s best to not go around certain people. One day I was in my room and heard the Holy Spirit said that James was not my husband. I told the Lord. “I don’t understand why since James has been the perfect man for me. Lord, we are preparing to get married and we have even put a down payment on a house. Everything is great. Why not him?” God said, “He is not your husband.” One day James called and said why you have not called in a few days. I told him to come over so we could talk. Once he arrived I ask he to come in and sit down, I started by saying, “God told me you are not my husband.” “Really?” he responded in disbelief, “when did that happen? He paused. So let me get this straight. We put money into a house, I have told my family about you and gave them the date. I’ve been doing everything right and you’re willing to just walk away?” “Yes, for God, I will. I will cut out anything that’s not in His plan for my life. God says my husband is coming, I must wait for him.” James asked, “Are you telling me you got someone?” “No. For now I’m married to God, He is my husband. I’m sorry, but God said you are not it. I really hope we can remain friends, but this life I’m living is not pleasing to God. I have to make changes according to His will.” James looks at me and said, “Wow!” and walked out. If I continued to listen to my flesh and not the Spirit I would have married the wrong man. I couldn’t see pass all the gifts and money. I thought that was love. For a long time, James answered none of my calls. One day, out the blue, he called and said he needed to go to church with me. The next Sunday, we met at the church. We took our son to the nursery downstairs, and then we went upstairs to the service. I was trying to listen to pastor preach and James constantly talked about his new suit and how good he looked. I told him to shut up, he laughs. I realized then he was not there for God. When we talked later that night, he told me he enjoyed the service, but that church was not for him. “That’s fine,” I said, “We can find one you like.” We hung out together again, but we did not talk about marriage. One day, I agreed to go out of town with him to see his Mother. We took our son and Dan stayed home with my Mom. We had such a good time. I felt like I was on top of the world. His family came over to meet me they wanted to meet his son. I thought about how good it would be to be a family. Once we were home, we continued to see each other, and I went to church a little less. I would just hung out at James’ house playing like we were a big happy family. Months later, I was sitting in my room and talked to God, but He did not answer me. I got scared because I wanted to feel the same way I did before. I didn’t feel that at all. I asked myself, “What have I done? Why did I turn my back on God? Now He has turned His back on me.”
In today’s society, there are roughly around 4,200 religions that exist on this planet. Some define "religion" as a cultural system of behaviors and practices that help people make important decisions in life. Out of the many religions, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism have many similarities that connect them to one another. Themes of morality, justice, love are found through both the Buddha's teaching and the Hebrew and Christian Bible.
1.) Intro: I decided to focus my Religious Ethnography on a friend whom I recently have become close with. Adhita Sahai is my friend’s name, which she later told me her first name meant “scholar.” I choose to observe and interview Adhita, after she invited me to her home after hearing about my assignment. I was very humbled that she was open to this, because not only was it a great opportunity for this paper, but it also helped me get to know Adhita better. I took a rather general approach to the religious questions that I proposed to the Sahai family because I didn’t want to push to deep, I could tell Hinduism is extremely important to this family. Because this family does not attend a religious site where they worship, I instead listened to how they do this at home as a family instead.
Life is full of frustrations and confusion. There are times that questioning the purpose of one’s life to be living at all from their belief and faith in the one they believe. Christian Adherents are faced with these issues and are misguided by the loquacious talk of philosophers and scientists that seem to argue that the existence of human beings have been derived by something else other than God. These are illustrated through various forms of media and deem to be very convincing for most. However, there are people and ideas of the Christian Religion to comply back with what is said against it. Pope John XXIII was a significant role model for the Christian Religion as he showed true belief and faith to God through his deeds. Topics in debate of Bioethical issues are in question and the practices of the Christian belief are fact to the individual of the means of questioning the purpose here on Earth. Regarding the letter from Paul to the Corinthians, it says “Be on guard; stand firm in faith; be men of courage, be strong.” Its significance to believers is that they can be deceived in time of desperation and at times of hardship but God tells them to stay strong in faith and in courage no matter the distress they are facing.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
As far as mankind’s history can date, religion has had quite an intimate relationship with people. Although maybe it hasn’t always been identified in the same way as we identify religion today, spread across the world we have the remains of pyramids, temples, and even written in ancient texts from centuries ago dedicated to god, to the afterlife, to what lies on the other side. And up to today’s times, religion has grown along with man.
“Human beings are made for worship. Everyone worships someone or something” (Calhoun 2005). The above statement is so true. Some people worship money, themselves, other people or pagan Gods. As for me I worship God the Almighty Father of Heaven and Earth. “True worship of God happens when we put God first in our lives” (Calhoun 2005). Worship isn’t just singing at the beginning of a church service on Sunday. Worship is a daily surrender where we put God first in everything such as our marriage, work life, friendships, family, money, and lifestyle. Worship is where we totally surrender and trust God with everything in our lives.
Scholars have been trying to come up with a well-founded, acceptable and universal definition of religion for years; however, none of these definitions so far are a perfect fit for all religions of the world. There are many things in our life that are well defined and well understood but, unfortunately, religion is not one of them. There is no common ground and understanding of what religion really means. Religion is what we make of it, so no one can truly define religion in a way that is meaningful across all borders as it is outside of the realm of reason and rationale and the definitions we give could be either too exclusive or inclusive.
What is Christianity and why has it been able to develop into a continuously growing and evolving religion?
The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are alike in many ways but they also share many differences. Judaism and Christianity use the bible in their holy scriptures, while Islam does not. Jesus Christ is a part of all three religions as Christianity and Islam developed from Judaism. Many believe that the three religions worship, pray to, and focus on the same god. They believe this as many of the prophets are they share much in common as they share many beliefs. However, the followers of the three religions pray differently and in different places. the religions believe that their god created the world and everything in the world. The three Abrahamic religions have different histories, yet they share many similarities and difference.
Every Sunday. Stares and disappointment. I sat with my grandmother at this big church. People would stare when they realized I didn't know the prayers or songs. I was trying to learn more about religion why did I feel so scared? Am I going to find where I belong? Will I have enough time? These are questions I sometimes have to ask myself. When I was little I explored many religions but now that i'm older I am frightened about faith.
Religion plays an enormous role in the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over it, lives have been surrounded by it, and it has directly or indirectly shaped the lives of many individuals. Culture and religion play a large role in developing each other. People’s religion is decided by their culture. The prominence or the lack of religion will develop someone’s religious identity have play a core role in determining what that person believes.
During my seventh grade year, my church went to a youth rally at a local church on weekend. Because of this rally and the message it sent, I realized and wanted to give my life to Jesus through baptism. It was awesome, I got home as a young teenager and actually talked to my mom about what it really means to be a Christian and to pick up your cross and follow him. So that very next weekend, my dad baptized me in front of the whole church on Sunday morning. It was an awesome feeling knowing that because of Jesus’ grace and mercy, I will be with him one day and spend eternity with him. Although I was on top of the world at this point, I still didn’t know fully what I had gotten into. So the next few years, I live the typical Christian life. I was trying to be the perfect person by doing the right stuff, I would try not to cuss, I would try to wear as many WWJD bracelets as I could so that I wouldn’t have to talk to them about Christ and they could just see it on my wrist, I would not join in on conversations with my friends that I knew were not right, I was just living life on cruise control.
INDTRODUCTION “Sex and Religion”? Those two don’t really go hand in hand,” commented a freshman student from UF. Like this student, numerous people around the world believe this misconception to be true. Whether people argue for or against the importance of gender in religion, more than just what goes on in the bedroom has been heating up lately. Many debates have sparked due to the negative connotation associated with sex when confronted about its position in religious cultures.
Religion is a major controversy in modern society. Some reach a final conclusion early on that there is no God or Supreme Being; instead they believe that there is life and then nothing more. Others have so much faith that they are actually willing to die for their religion. It could be viewed as drastic but it is also reality. As a soon to be missionary I see the benefits of religious views and the impact it has on people for their well being. For my religion, I am willing to serve two years of my life to teach other the joy of the gospel while sacrificing my time away from my friends and family. An apostle of my church once said "The most effective missionaries, member and full time, act out of love… If we lack this love for others we should pray for it." -Elder Dallin H. Oaks. This quote just reminds me of why I am so willing to want to go out and serve The Lord. I will do it because of his love for me. But not to be biased of my own personal religion, I want to show that believing in something and having faith is better than nothing. Atheists are people that have a belief that there is nothing more after this life to me would seem to have really nothing to live for believing that they are just here to die which is a sad message. So in this essay I would like to describe why religion is so important and such an amazing thing.
One week I would be with my Mom and the next week I would be with my Dad. I knew that my parents still loved my sister and I , but it definitely took a toll on the family as a whole. My Mom seemed depressed some nights. My sister and I would sleep in her bed to make her feel better.That 's when my Mom relayed on her faith to get her through this transition. Every Monday, Wednesdays, and Sundays, My sister, me , and my Mom would be at church. If we woke up late we would have bible study in her living room. She found a different church in Athens, Georgia named Timothy Baptist Church .That’s when she actually felt accepted in a church. I knew during the week my Mom had me I would be at church every other day. The weeks with my Dad were slightly different. With my Dad, he enjoyed going out, shopping, vacations, movies, and etc. He kind of spoiled my sister and I a little more. He never really told us the real reason why he wanted a divorce , he always told us he will tell us when we are older. My Dad found a different church as well.His church was near Atlanta, Georgia and it was named Berean Christian Church. So, once my dad founded a home church, I was going to church with my Dad every single Sunday. Faith played a huge part in my parents forgiveness of each other. The weeks I’m with my Dad, he cooked more. Talked to more to my sister and I more and he became a better listener.It was like he was becoming a better father. The weeks