Meditations on "Truth"

When Jesus’ friends and followers wanted to know how to pray – how to talk to God – Jesus taught them the familiar prayer we know as “The Lord’s Prayer.

The purpose of Step 6 is to help us address those personal defects of character that result from our discontentment with life.

We may not see what goes on inside us, but the Bible tells us there is a battle going on for control of our minds.

When we come to faith in God and repent of our sins and receive forgiveness through the shed blood of Jesus, we are “born again” as Jesus says we must be.

If we have admitted and repented of our sin before God, we are new creations.

Step 5 of the 12-Step program of AA asks that we admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

We feel guilty for all sorts of reasons. When we were running wild in our addiction, we were not even aware of the harm we were causing.

How far is the east from the west? It is a distance we can never travel and a destination we can never reach.

While He was on earth, Jesus taught many things and made many statements about the Kingdom of Heaven.

How many of us got into trouble because of our lack of wisdom and understanding of where life would lead us as we pursued a rebellious course?

We are experts at rationalizing – attempting to excuse, minimize, or justify our bad behaviour.

Money is often seen as the source of contentment and happiness.