myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

This year I learned that there was at least three times where I thought somebody had rejected my friendship online and than learned they did not reject my friendship, one claimed to be removing themselves from Facebook...

The bible says wicked people do not even fulfill even half their potential in life because not only do they not love others properly but they do not even know how to love themselves properly, think of all the wicked woman...

This week, I came up with a writing project I want to complete in the next 2-5 weeks and was worried that after the publication of this book, that I would never be able to come up with an idea again and than by the...

I know two people who bragged about their charitable acts and they both died before there 32nd Birthday, I see on the news all the time about people who brag about their good deeds and die before they are 35 years old,...

The way I see it is, you can’t expect God to give you a perfect life, when your not a perfect person, everything on earth comes either with flaws or challenges or sacrifices or costs. Like today, I drank a very tasty and...

Jesus referred to the pharisees as a wicked and treacherous generation And it’s not because they were doing evil It’s because they were looking for the evil in others It’s not enough to do good things for God You also...

The pharisees prided themselves on how pious they were, how much they fasted, how much they worshiped, how pure they were, how clean their speech was, how disciplined and healthy their diets were, how hygienic and clean...

There are 4 meditations I believe can help you maximize your progress and long term potential in life, try to do Each for at least 10 minutes a day, and up to 2 hours a day. 1. Loving Kindness Meditation: Meditate on the...

Good deeds are like salad, they keep you happy long term, bad deeds are like potato chips and poutine, they make you happy for 5 minutes but lead to long term pain and suffering, as your waistline grows and your health...

The bible says when you view others with gracious, compassionate, understanding and patient judgment, that you will be viewed with gracious, compassionate, understanding and patient judgment and when you give others...

I believe that knowledge and wisdom comes at a price and if you don’t pay the cost, you won’t have access to it, like I experimented with over 40 supplements to treat my medical problems before I came up with a...

I believe that trusting God means you do God’s will even when it doesn’t seem beneficial, even when you think your way is better, even when it doesn’t make sense to you, because when you sacrifice what is good for God,...

I always believed the bible that says if you want wealth you must work hard for it and this week I met a woman who made a lot of money without hard work, and it made me wonder if I could take over her old career since she...

In Mark 4:24, Jesus says “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they...

In the bible, Jesus makes this comment: “Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come.” What this means is impossible to avoid...

In the same way that good trees produce good fruit and bad trees produce bad fruit, so good motives produce good results and corrupt motives produce corrupt results, at least id you are willing to put in the necessary...

For those of you who do not know, a dream board is a visual or textual collection of things you want in your ideal life, it’s created to motivate you to work at your goals and to remember you have a purpose when you face...

In the last 4 years, I’ve had four mentally challenged people harass me and try to force me to be their friend against my will. I did not like these people because they were morally corrupt but I did not think I was...

I read millionaires read an average of one book a week and bill gates reads 150 pages an hour, Oprah Winfrey started her own book club and I know two aspiring doctors who read 2 books a week despite having very busy...