myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

I had a dream where God told me not to judge others because my knowledge and understanding was not perfect and I might make errors when I’m judging others. I had people judge me for being rude to my parents not knowing my...

I believe the reason fortune telling does not work is that you can’t think your way to a successful life, you have to work for it. I know very intelligent people who end up broke and poor because they did not try hard...

Salt mixes with water, is used to preserve sea life, combines with other salt particles when mixed with water, cleanses fruit of organic impurities, makes food taste better, flavours food so that it’s taste is better and...

I will give you an example of two teenagers who wanted to host pineapple eating contests in never never land, one of the teenagers was rich and one was poor. The poor teenager planted 7 pineapple trees because he had...

In high school there was a beautiful, intelligent, kind, confident, and honourable woman that always made me secretly feel unworthy, because she was far more righteous than me and even though I tried to be righteous, I...

This heroic football figure spent 3 years dating a catfish and was so humiliated when he discovered his catfish girlfriend was a fat man pretending to be a woman, that he developed personality disorders from all the...

Matthew 6:33 in the bible says, ”Seek first the personal service of God And His boundaries And all else will be added unto you.” So how do you serve God? Do you have to wear a special hat? Do you have to bring milk...

Yesterday I had a very blissful and happy dream of sailing over water, followed by a very serious warning from God to avoid the guy I like because he had problems I did not know about. Then this afternoon, as I was...

I heard a story on the news about a woman who helped her son escape jail by fleeing to Mexico after he killed 3 innocent people in a car crush, I thought the woman was more guilty than the son and deserved to be punished...

The reason the king of heaven is described as a husband is because the bible wants to communicate that your relationship with the King is a voluntary and emotionally fulfilling love relationship and not a hateful boss and...

The bible says that he who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles the self will be exalted The way I view this verse, is that those who honour, respect, serve, and consider others and share their happiness with...

I had a dream where God told me I needed to be careful about receiving gifts from others because on judgment day I would have to pay God back for every unearned privilege that I received: Truly God seeking woman...

Lately, my stalker’s been making the lie I don’t fight back because I’m scared and not intelligent or dignified enough to take care of myself. But my reasons for not fighting back are different: 1 - Jesus did not fight...

From around age 19 and onwards, I had a problem where I could not let people get away with things, if somebody behaved in a way that I considered to be inexcusably bad, I would go almost mad looking for affirmations or...

For the last 3 years, my main goal that I wanted to achieve, was domestic comfort, safety, and economic power. I thought, if I had enough money to eat whatever I wanted, exercise where ever I want, live with whoever I...

Exodus 23 and Deuteronomy 5-11 both say God will not drive sin from your life all at once, cause if He did, the opposition you would face would be too severe. Exodus 23, suggests you would face desolation through the...

I read about a man who won the Pulitzer Prize for photographing a starving child in Africa, he did not give the child food cause he thought, his photo would be more provocative if the child he photo remained a victim of...

In the bible the patriarch Jacob discovers a letter that goes to heaven with the angels and descending on it, meaning, it’s possible to raise your position in a peaceful and non reliant way that does not interfere with...

I believe God lengthens your life when you respect boundaries and serve God’s honour and interests and the honours and interests of others, my grandma was totally selfless and lived to 97, my grandpa was selfish and died...

I believe you have to obey the 10 commandments to understand the bible and you do not have to obey them perfectly, as long as you try and seek improvement rather than increasing rebellion and pursuing self destruction,...