jennifer_bloom

1. They judge people by their character and not by their religion or theology 2. They see value in all faiths and learn just as much from deeply flawed people as they do from deeply virtuous ones 3. They are equally balanced and are not excessive or unnecessarily extreme either in their pity and...

Jesus said if the world hates you it’s because it hates him first. And you do not belong to the world but were chosen out of the world by God. And this is why the world hates you. One guy hated me because I told him I got high grades so I thought he was jealous of my intelligence, but later he...

Luke said in Chapter 6:22-23 that persecution is good because if you are mistreated for your virtue and goodness, you will be given a blessing from God and your blessing will outweigh any social privileges you lose as a result of your mistreatment. Like recently a guy who had been a very strong...

If I had to describe 2020 I would say it’s the year of global sensory deprivation No more restaurant food No more restaurants No more vacations No more swimming in lakes and rivers No more movies or dances or concerts But through the sensory deprivation, I discovered the joys of corporate...

A pastor at my old church once mentioned false humility in one of his sermons. And I rejected a guy for trying to teach false humility to his friend’s child by attempting to embarrass the 4-6 year old for having unrealistic goals. Of course his goals are unrealistic: He’s not even in middle...

In the bible Jesus gets annoyed with the pharisees for not seeing the sign of the times. The pharisees are able to predict positive social reaction and negative social reaction based on the escalating tension of mounting material and visual expressions in the physical world. But they are not...

Jesus said that a good tree bears good fruit and a bad tree produces bad fruit. What this means is that a good leader produces outcomes that delight and satisfy and nourish and sustain you. While a bad leader produces outcomes that depress and frustrate and injure and threaten you. He says...

When I was doing manual labour at my old job, I never questioned whether or not I should keep the sabbath: My body hurt so much after some of my shifts that I could not climb up the stairs to get to my bedroom at night without gripping the railing and walking at half the speed I normally did. My...

I was at church one day and the pastor asked us what we thought the kingdom of God was. Around 9 different people responded and each one gave a different answer. I’ve also had varying responses to this idea during the 20 years I’ve been a Christian. To me the kingdom of God represents the rules...

So let me ask you a question: Who has a better body? A fitness trainer or professional model who spends 14 hours a day trying to look good or a medical student who studies for 16 hours a day and has almost no time to exercise? Who is more likely to marry a rich man or woman: the gold digger who...

I believe the light is a symbol for love in the bible while the darkness is a symbol for resistance. Jesus said those who do evil hate the light and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. I will give an example of how somebody could hate the love of God: I wanted...

I believe the Mark of the Beast is a symbol for those who worship the wrath of God or the wrath of men instead of worshiping the love of God and charity of men. People who carry the Mark are fire and brimstone preachers who know everything about the anger and punishment of God but have no idea...

God gives me useful advice in my dream pretty often. It’s not a daily occurrence but when God tells me something that I remember the revelation lasts a lifetime. One dream I got from God was that if I trust in the Lord; He would take the ugliness in my life and He would make it beautiful. I can...

In Luke 14, Jesus says you must be willing to hate your birth family, your married family and even your own life to be a disciple of Jesus What this means is you must become aloof to the passions of your married and birth family and to your own passions as well so that no desire or rejection by...

I believe God puts people in your life to challenge and inspire you to make you better and help you reach your goals I used to know a guy who claimed to be really religious and he said God promised him that he would make the most money and have the best marriage and retain the highest position...

So half of this idea is original and half of it was copied by a YouTube I found online Each day or week or month write down 7 key areas you are going to set goals in These Categories are Health / Social / Spiritual / Mindset / Career / Money / Legacy For each category plug in a keyword beginning...

In the bible Jesus tells a parable about a master who after his slave has finished his work tending sheep or plowing in the field, tells him to prepare his supper and get himself ready and wait for him while he eats and drinks and than the slave can eat and drink This verse is not as depressing...

12 Relationship tips I learned from studying the bible Until you figure out what you were designed to do you cannot find stability with those who know what they were designed to do You cannot build a relationship with somebody who does not give you the dignity and privacy and space to take care...

I had been struggling to write a book on religion for 16 years. These last 30 days I’ve come up with around 60 pages of outlines combined with another 28 pages of outlines compiled over the 14-15 years before that Last night I had the temptation to abandon my extremely well thought out book...

Jesus gave many parables on money In one story, a man gave his servants smaller units of money and left for a temporary trip away Before leaving he gives each servant the same unit of money One servant multiplies the investment ten times over, another five times and the last hid the money and...