An Essential Life – The Sea 10 of 14

An Essential Life – The Sea 10 of 14

Chapter 9: The Sea For I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. John, the apostle The next few chapters transition from specific character traits and focus instead on concepts. Although these...
An Essential Life – The Sea 10 of 14

An Essential Life- Love 9 of 14

Chapter 8: Love That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God....
An Essential Life – The Spirit of a Child 8 of 14

An Essential Life – The Spirit of a Child 8 of 14

Chapter 7: The Spirit of a Child Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. Jesus In the gospels there is an event recorded of a time when little children were around Jesus, and Jesus’ disciples tried to send them...
An Essential Life – The Spirit of a Child 8 of 14

An Essential Life – The Call to Service 7 of 14

Chapter 6: The Call to Service They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. Jonah The story of Jonah provides a helpful lens to examine our next subject, the call to service. There are several different character traits that are required in order to be...
An Essential Life – Integrity 6 of 14

An Essential Life – Integrity 6 of 14

Chapter 5: Integrity The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. Solomon The poem If by Rudyard Kipling provides an appropriate way to introduce the subject of integrity: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and...
An Essential Life – Integrity 6 of 14

An Essential Life – A Shepherd 5 of 14

Chapter 4: A Shepherd But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Jesus There is a Spanish proverb that says: Dime con quien andas, y te diré quién eres- Tell me...