Download or read book A Light to Enlighten the Darkness written by Emma Cazabonne and published by Cistercian Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is light, says Saint John, and in him there is no darkness at al. These passages from the works of early Cistercian monks and nuns reflect on the mystery of that divine light. If we have the light of Christ in our heart, we discover, it is there to shine both for ourselves and for others and to guide us ever closer to the mystery of God. Emma Cazabonne compiled her selections over twenty years of lectio divina and a growing fascination with similarities between Cistercian and Orthodox spirituality.
Download or read book From Darkness Into the Light written by Marino Restrepo and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work that you are holding in your hands now is the result of a human life full of drama, mysticism and experiences that may seem certainly contradictory for those who are far away from God. In these pages you will find a human life intertwined in the most serious errors and dangers resulting from an existence that lacked spiritual awareness and was flooded with the mundane ambitions of a heart that always wanted to do good and was able do so only after great effort. You will also find the fruit of the author's encounter with his Creator; in it, God's mercy and forgiveness rescued a wasted life from the ashes of sin and transformed it into bread of evangelization for the whole world. You will also be able to appreciate the Gospel telling us as how God takes the fool to embarrass the sage. Marino Restrepo never studied theology, neither was he educated in the religious sciences. However, during his life as a missionary, he has made possible for theology academicians and high-level ecclesiastic scholars to hear the simplicity of a Gospel infused in the author's heart by the Holy Spirit. You are kindly invited to navigate through the paths of God's miracle.
Download or read book Enlighten Your Soul And Life written by Carmela Strelecki and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being spiritually enlightened means possessing wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. The dictionary meaning of "enlighten" is to illuminate, with its Old English roots meaning "to remove the dimness or blindness," which is usually used figuratively as "from one's eyes or heart," or to provide intellectual light, or "shed light upon." Seeking enlightenment is part of the human experience. Is its attainment possible? At every juncture of life, there are many ups and downs. And every moment you need motivation and encouragement. It may be from yourself and from your dear ones. However, the question arises, how? If nobody is around you, then, it's only you to motivate and encourage yourself; because life is a lone journey. First, think and then act. Always remember, that you're the only one who can change yourself and nobody can change you. If you want to light the darkness of your life, then enlighten your vision of life and clear your mission of life. It's a collection of inspirational poems.
Download or read book Revealed in Ephesians written by Briana Nei and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a long-time lover of the Word of God, hungering for a deeper walk with Christ, or a new Christian and reading the Bible seems overwhelming, Revealed in Ephesians: The Mystery of Who I am in Christ is an exhilarating in-depth, inductive study to reveal the hope of your calling in Christ Jesus. This 12 week study equips women to grow in confidence in prayer, and to read the scriptures through the revelation of the Holy Spirit in 5 days a week personal study. Learn to seek the Lord for personal intimacy through his Spirit, to find spiritual and emotional health in relationships, to overcome obstacles like bitterness, fear and depression through God's truth, to understand your position in Christ, and to be empowered in spiritual warfare with a study of the armor of God. Each day of study begins by teaching you to personalize Paul's prayers for the Ephesians. There is a daily focus on committing these prayers -- and other key scriptures -- to memory. Briana teaches women to use Bible study tools and apps to bring everyday study to life. This is not just a fill in the blank study, but includes commentary and a "bringing it home" challenge for life-changing personal and family application. Revealed in Ephesians can be used as a group study, with free online teachings, or a personal, daily Bible study. You will have free access to podcasts and videos of Briana's teaching on the overarching principles and challenging parts of the daily studies at briananei.com
Download or read book Enlightened Through Darkness written by Kelly S. Hartmann and published by Shining Light Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Out of the Darkness written by Cortland Jones and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal testimony of salvation through life experiences, "Out of the Darkness" encourages consideration of God's invitation of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Author Cortland Jones provides insight on darkness and explores how God uses both circumstantial darkness and spiritual darkness to lead open hearts into a personal, intimate encounter with Him. Cortland shares stories of how he overcame difficult circumstances and how he has grown through God's unconditional love, providing his testimony of how God spoke the light of salvation into his world. "Out of the Darkness" presents a resource that includes biblical references from both the Old and New Testament to enlighten and encourage growth in the grace and truth of Christ on the subject of salvation. It reveals truths from the Bible about God's plan, purpose, fulfillment, power, and glory in salvation. Through Scripture and personal insights revealed through childhood and adulthood experiences, "Out of the Darkness "describes God's personal call for Cortland to walk away from the pain of the past, the torment of failure, sin, emptiness, and thoughts of a hopeless future. He offers this opportunity to grow in the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
Download or read book A Light in the Darkness written by Regina McIntosh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Light in the Darkness colors the heart in hues of hope, faith, and love. It is inspirational Christian poetry written from the heart of a Christian who loves God and longs to fill this dark world with the light of his amazing love. The writer focuses on God’s love and fills these pages with worshipful poems and psalms intentionally written to praise and honor our Creator, a Holy and Awesome God. Jesus is at the center of this work, and the writer displays that reality with every poem.
Download or read book The Vision for You written by David Clayton and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vision for You is the name of a process by which we, who have been through it, discovered our true calling in life - what we call our 'personal vocation.' Through this process we discovered the Great Fact - that we have a choice in life. We can choose to be happy or to be miserable.The goal is to be happy and to become, more and more, the people we were meant to be. We aim to lead a life that is a good, true, and beautiful path to a better life. We call this path the Way of Beauty. I believe that anyone who has a sense that their lives ought to be more fulfilled can benefit from this book if they are prepared to follow its directions as best they can. This book is a description of the transformation of life through a set of spiritual exercises called the Vision for You - it is a structured 'process,' or 'program,' of prayer, reflection, and good works.You don't have to be Catholic, or even Christian for this process to work - you just need to be open-minded enough to do what is suggested. The principles in this book come from the ancient tradition of Western spirituality going right back to the Church Fathers. You don't need to accept the Christian understanding of why it works in order for it to work. You just need to take the actions it describes and be willing to believe that there is a God. In other words, act as though he exists regardless of whether you believe it.
Download or read book Blessed in the Darkness written by Joel Osteen and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find comfort in dark times and grow your trust and faith in God with this inspiring and insightful guide from Lakewood Church pastor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen. All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work, a financial setback, an unexpected illness, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one. Those types of experiences are part of the human journey. But when we find ourselves in such a place, it's important that we keep a positive perspective. Joel Osteen writes that if we stay in faith and keep a good attitude when we go through challenges, we will not only grow, but we will see how all things work together for our good. Through practical applications and scriptural insight, Blessed in the Darkness focuses on how to draw closer to God and trust Him when life doesn't make sense. If we will go through the dark place in the valley trusting, believing, and knowing that God is still in control, we will come to the table that is already prepared for us, where our cup runs over.
Download or read book Where Demons Hide written by and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dark to Light written by Arlita Carter and published by Mountain Arbor Press. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arlita Carter was forty-five years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After receiving and surviving that devastating diagnosis, she believed she had already experienced the darkest time of her life. Sixteen years later, life proved her wrong. Just as she was looking forward to and in the midst of planning her fortieth wedding anniversary celebration, her worst nightmare became a reality.The unexpected and tragic loss of her husband and the subsequent end of her marriage plunged her into a deep darkness that shook her to her very core and sucked all the light out of her world. She was forced to reexamine her life, all her hopes and dreams, and face a very uncertain future.Dark to Light is an intimate sharing of her transition from an all-consuming grief, pain, self-doubt, and fear to healing, courage, self-confidence, and empowerment. It is an invitation to join her on a journey that leads her by the grace of God to pick herself up and start over. It is the story of how with the loving support and prayers of family and friends, she put the broken pieces of her life back together, pulled herself out of the darkness, and rediscovered the light-her light. It is her profound hope that the sharing of her journey will enlighten, encourage, inspire, and bless all those who read it.
Download or read book The Lord s Prayer written by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord's Prayer is something that's familiar to most of us. Even many people who have no claim to a relationship with Christ can recite it. Nancy encourages us to take a fresh look at this well-known prayer that's simple, short, and to the point and shares tools to help incorporate its truths into our own prayer lives. As we dive into these verses from Matthew, we'll discover that it's more than just a way to pray; Jesus is teaching us the way to live.
Download or read book Moving Toward Understanding written by Michael Rudolph Hodges and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let this book enlighten you into God's truth. Because you haven't see the light until you see the word in God's light.
Download or read book Darkness and the Light written by Olaf Stapledon and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IS IT credible that our world should have two futures? I have seen them. Two entirely distinct futures lie before mankind, one dark, one bright; one the defeat of all man's hopes, the betrayal of all his ideals, the other their hard-won triumph.At some date within the age that we call modern, some date not precisely known to me, for I looked back towards it from the distant futures as though searching in my remote past, the single torrent of terrestrial events is split, as though by a projecting promontory, so that it becomes thenceforth two wholly distinct and mutually exclusive surging floods of intricate existence, each one a coherent and actual history, in which the lives of countless generations succeed one another along separate ravines of time.
Download or read book Finding the Light in the Darkness written by Nicole Roe and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicole Roe was in active addiction and struggling at this thing called life for 30 years. After actively attempting to get well for 10 of those years and trying everything during her many years of suffering, she found the solution. Through her empowering experiences and personal journey, Nicole unlocked the keys to true healing and escaped the world of addiction for good. Her healing has resulted in a spiritual awakening on the path to enlightenment. Roe now shares her inspiring story and journey across the globe in an effort to free those who are struggling with addiction and the pain that it brings, so that she can help them navigate the process and experience healing and freedom as they progress on the path to recovery.
Download or read book Resurrection in Mark s Literary Historical Perspective written by Paul Fullmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a careful reading of several ancient texts such as Chariton's Callirhoë, Fullmer identifies an ancient storytelling convention with roots in the Homeric tradition in which narratives of death and revival accentuate significant points in a story. In Mark's Gospel, resurrection narratives accentuate the power of Jesus' ministry (Mark 5:21-43) as well as the ironic disloyalty of Jesus' disciples as their failure is first assured (Mark 9:14-29) and later realized (Mark 16:1-18). The reader of this study will come to appreciate how the irony of the Gospel - a literary feature that is prominent in novelistic literature - is furthered by a novelistic application of the resurrection theme. These observations affirm an identification of the genre of the Gospel as novelistic literature. The study also examines themes of death and revival in texts of the Hebrew Bible, revealing a recurrent constellation of motifs. In these texts, Fullmer convincingly traces a Prophetic resurrection topos with characteristics that are compared to an Epic resurrection topos identified in the Homeric tradition. He then demonstrates how the two topoi merge in later, novelistic texts of Hellenistic Judaism such as the Gospel of Mark, witnessing to a widespread amalgamation of cultures that characterizes the Hellenistic period. This study supports a growing appreciation of the ethnic hybridity of the context that produced Mark's Gospel, contributing to the work of scholars who question an often overdrawn dichotomy between Jewish and Greek culture in the Hellenistic period. Moreover, the significant influence of epic, non-biblical traditions upon the Gospel becomes manifest without an assertion of direct dependence upon Homeric epic. Overall, the study provides a model for the examination of specific themes of the Gospel in light of related ancient literature which enhances modern understanding and appreciation of Mark's story.
Download or read book Singularities written by Andre Lepecki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age? André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of ‘performance’ in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five ‘singularities’ in contemporary dance: thingness, animality, persistence, darkness, and solidity. Exploring the works of Mette Ingvartsen, Yvonne Rainer, Ralph Lemon, Jérôme Bel and others, Lepecki uses his concept of ‘singularity’—the resistance of categorization and aesthetic identification—to examine the function of dance and performance in political and artistic debate.
