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Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.
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ROM 10:9-18; PS 19:8, 9, 10,
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MT 4:18-22
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
"Come after me,
and I will make you fishers of men."
At once they left their nets and followed him.
He walked along from there and saw two other brothers,
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets.
He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father
and followed him.
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Jesus speaks the same message to us today: we will "catch people" for the kingdom of God if we allow the light of Jesus Christ to shine through us. God wants others to see the light of Christ in us in the way we live, speak, and witness the joy of the Gospel. Paul the Apostles says, "But thanks be to God, who in Christ Jesus always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads
the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing" (2 Corinthians 2:15). Do you show others around you the joy of the gospel and do you pray for your neighbors, co-workers, and relatives that they may come to personally know the Lord Jesus Christ and grow in the knowledge of his love?
"Lord
Jesus, you have called me personally by name, just as you called your first disciples, Simon, Andrew, and James. Fill me with the joy of your gospel and help me to be a good and faithful witness of your kingdom to all I meet."
- from dailyscripture.net
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God and I: Exploring the Connections between God, Self and Ego, by Philip St. Romain, 2016 (2nd ed.) ____________ Chapter 5: The Journey to Egoic Authenticity - Being Responsible Clarifying our values is, then, a second emphasis in this section. We have received a set of values during
our upbringing, some of which have been contaminated by false self influences. These are often experienced as “shoulds, musts and oughts,” which exert pressure on us to act in certain ways on certain occasions. “Shoulds” feel heavy and burdensome, like an inner parent constantly looking over our shoulder. Eventually, we need to decide what to keep and what to throw away. . .
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does not permit a comprehensive discussion of values clarification. A simple process would be to go through traditional expressions of values and question them as outlined in the section above on Being Intelligent and Reasonable. For example, you could take the Ten Commandments, and for each you could consider what values you understand that Commandment to be upholding. Then you could reflect on what part(s) of the Commandment makes sense to you, and which does not. You could do some reading,
research and dialogue with others about these values, finally deciding for yourself what you will commit to. Some like to summarize this kind of exercise by writing out their own list of commandments, or perhaps a mission statement. Ideally, you could also share this with someone else -- your spouse, friend, pastor, spiritual director, etc.
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