myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

The bible says to honour your father and mother The way I understand this verse is, you should honour your parents when they act like your parents and rebuke them like devils when they act like devils Also you should...

I find when I pursued God and tried to follow my spiritual goals or worked 40 hour weeks or served charities, I ran into the best people you could possibly imagine, pharmacy professors, Ivy leave medical students,...

I had a dream I had all the money I could ever dream of and any guy I was interested in was also interested in me, but I was miserable, so miserable I wanted to commit suicide, and than I donated my money to a...

One of the Jonas brothers waited until marriage to sleep with his wife and after sleeping with her, he said he was surprised by how normal and ordinary it was, he was expecting it to be the most thrilling and exciting...

A guy I used to like had a quote on his Twitter account that said, “What makes you awkward in one season makes you relevant in the next.” As a child I had epileptic seizures and accidents that marred my STEM abilities and...

In the bible Jesus says to Abraham, that those who bless Abraham would receive blessing and those who curse Abraham would receive cursing And David was short and unattractive I believe your success in life is governed by...

I believe there are seven factors of promotion in God. They are: 1 - Modesty 2 - Humility 3 - Deprivation 4 - Consideration 5 - Respect 6 - Work 7 - Tolerance If you practice these seven traits, life will promote you to...

I learned over time that some secrets in God are not meant to be shared and sharing them will destroy both you and your followers. There are things that God allows me to share with others and there are things I’m not...

The bible teaches that good motives and intentions and character traits lead to reward And bad motives and intentions and behaviours lead to punishment Good deeds do not lead to punishment by God Bad deeds do not lead to...

Gandhi said, the weak can never forgive, forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. And Jesus said, you cannot conquer the devil unless you use a power that is stronger than the devil and disagrees with the will of the...

Rabbi Manis Friedman says when you give to a charitable cause your not a saviour or a rescuer, you are simply giving back to God some of the gifts he has loaned to you for temporary usage in the days your allowed to live...

When I was younger I really wanted to get married, I wanted it even more than being able to worship God every day and I think God kept me single cause I turned love and dating into an idol. Now I knowGod wants me to serve...

Tim Han is the founder of a personal growth company called success insider So no, I did not pay $999 to $2500+ for his motivation program cause I do not spend that type of money on wisdom teachers, but I did spend around...

There is an African proverb on YouTube that says, “a beautiful thing is never perfect.” Earlier this year, I came up with a book idea, one of over 200 ideas that I had come up with over a 2 year period and I was sure I...

A lot of people I know have died during the pandemic, some from CoVid and some from poverty related suicides and people always lie about it or hide the facts because they think revealing the truth might increase the rate...

As a young person, I made the fatal error many fundamentalists make which is that I worshiped God as the creator of physical things instead of worshiping God as the creator of righteous spiritual things, I also made the...

My friend who was obsessively religious, told me he believed if he wanted something badly enough, that God would make sure he got what he wanted. Both he and another guy who believed this had been competing for the same...

Jesus taught that religion was about 1. Reaching people 2. Healing people 3. Protecting people 4. Respecting people 5. Helping people 6. Understanding people 7. Honouring people 8. Serving people 9. Restoring people 10....

There is always a reason to get angry: I read about an abused woman’s autobiography online and people said she deserved to be abused by her husband because her husband was rich, this is an inflammatory statement that...