...RELATIONSHIPS - PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE Most of us have learned Bible teaches us mainly about two things.... 1. The first is our relationship with God. 2. The second is our relationship with one another. Every book in the bible deals with these two relationships. Almost everything that I talk about from this pulpit concerns our relationship with God. That is a good thing to talk about! Tonight though, I want to begin a new series concerning our relationship ourselves and with others. We are going to address relationships that deal with the husband, the wife, friends, and family, communication...but I want to begin this series tonight by talking about understanding yourself! The first key to understanding yourself is to understand... * Who you are. * Where you come from. * Where you are going. * What is your purpose. ...before you can be successful in any relationship...you must be able to understand yourself! Before you can be successful in your relationship with God you must be able to understand yourself! Tell the person next to you..."I am about to find out who I am." The bible says.... James 1:17-18 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James, Jesus half brother, wrote...
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...Who has control over one’s life? Who makes the decisions? Is now the right time? A person’s life is controlled by their decisions. This is called free will. In the play Macbeth , Macbeth made many decisions, he decided to kill King Duncan, as well as his best friend, Banquo. Macbeth made these decisions to secure his position as king. After Macbeth completed what he wanted to do, he had a great amount of guilt. Although Macbeth’s life could have been influenced by his fate and the witches prophecies, his life was planned out by his decisions. One way Macbeth’s decisions controlled his life, was when he killed King Duncan. Macbeth made the decision to kill Duncan. In Act 2 Scene 2 line 19, Macbeth says, “I have done the deed/Didst thou not hear a noise?” Macbeth physically did the deed. He, himself, took the dagger into Duncan’s room and stabbed him. This led to Macbeth struggling immensely with guilt. He feared he would never be...
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...I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship. --Louisa May Alcott This aphorism to me means that one is willing to take risks because even if a person fails she is learning from what she did wrong. Many times in my life I have taken the risk to do an activity and failed but did not give up and learned what I did wrong. In life a person is always experiencing trial and error, one has to fail at least once to learn how to do it the correct way. This aphorism to me also means one is learning how to cope with bad news, and still keep going with their everyday life. In life a person hits many obstacles but it is their own choice if they want the obstacle ruin them or let them learn from it. I choose to have all obstacles in my life let me learn and see the positive in everything. A time in my life when I wasn’t afraid of the storm, for I was learning to sail my ship even if I was in pain and doubted that I would ever get out of the storm, was when I lost my grandpa to cancer. He was my role model, my rock, my go to man when I was upset, the man who could make me smile even when I didn’t want to, and most importantly my best friend. When I lost him I was in seventh grade, I didn’t really know what to think, I couldn’t wrap my mind around what happened. I knew he was sick and he wasn’t doing very well at all, but I did not think it would happen that soon. I was not ready to say goodbye. He was the one that kept me going, he was always smiling even when he was in...
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...deliberate actions on the part of Othello. Although he is manipulated in the belief that Cassio and his wife are having an affair, it is ultimately his decision to have them both killed for their alleged crimes. Othello is guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt for the first degree murder of his innocent wife Desdemona. While concealed Othello observes Iago elicit a pseudo guilty confession from Cassio, then shortly after, Bianca (Cassio’s actual lover) enters the room and questions Cassio about the strawberry laden handkerchief (the gift from Othello to Desdemona). This evidence convinces Othello of his wife’s adultery. Armed with this skewed evidence Othello becomes enraged and responds to Iago saying, “Aye, Let her rot, and perish, and be damned tonight, for she shall not live...” (4.1.169-70). Othello later adds, “I will chop her into messes…” (4.1.183). He then demands of Iago, “Get me some poison, Iago, this night…” (4.1.187). Othello then agrees with Iago’s interjection: IAGO. Do it not with poison, strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated. OTHELLO. Good, good. The justice of it pleases. Very good. (4.1.191-93) These events illustrate the premeditation of Desdemona’s murder because they transpire a full twenty-four hours...
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...The play Othello gives the three women some freedom. As Desdemona said “The heavens forbid but that our loves and comforts should increase, even as our days do grow.” (2.1. 196-198). This translates to ‘God willing, our love and our happiness will only increase as we get older.’ It gives the women hope. Even though the women are the most sensible characters in the play, the women are not able to be themselves because each women gets defined by their male partner and each stands for an aspect of womanhood, as defined by society and Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are presented according to men’s interpretations. We learn from the beginning that the women are the most sensible characters in the paly. The first girl that comes into play is Desdemona. Desdemona states the line “To put my father in impatient thoughts by being in his eye.” (1.3. 242-243). She is being reasonable toward her father while having a conversation with Duke. Now Cassio is speaking with Desdemona and he is basically being sensible and thoughtful toward her by saying “The riches of the ship is come on shore!” (2.1. 89) He refers to Desdemona as being precious, after thanking Cassio she thinks of her Othello and asks “What tidings can you tell me of my lord?” (2.1. 95). She is being thoughtful for being concerned about her husband....
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...------------------------------------------------- Matthew 26:36-39 (NKJV) ------------------------------------------------- The Prayer in the Garden ------------------------------------------------- 36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” ------------------------------------------------- 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- For most part of the Gospel accounts, We would here of His power to heal the sick; His compassion for the weak and poor; the authority He has when He preached the Word of God. ------------------------------------------------- We don’t often see Jesus struggling in sorrow. Tonight we’re looking at another side of Jesus. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Press ------------------------------------------------- And The Pressure Of Gethsemane ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Jesus then...
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...Title: Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven lyrics Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven I'll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven Time can bring you down Time can bend your knee Time can break your heart Have you begging please Begging please (instrumental) Beyond the door There's peace I'm sure. And I know there'll be no more... Tears in heaven Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Title: David Archuleta - Crush lyrics Deep inside It was a rush What a rush 'Cause the possibility That you would ever feel the same way About me It's just too much Just too much Why do I keep running from the truth All I ever think about is you You got me hypnotized So mesmerized And I've just got to know [chorus:] Do you ever think When you're all alone All that we could be? Where this thing could go? Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it really just another crush? Do you catch a breath When I look at you? Are you holding back Like the way I do? 'Cause I'm trying, trying to...
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...the worst news we have ever gotten. At approximately 10 PM, my brother’s phone started ringing and Kim, my step-mother’s name was showing up on the phone. When Danny, my brother answered the phone, Kim told him to give the phone to my mom. A few minutes later, we heard my mother scream into the phone, “What do you mean he’s gone?” We never got the chance to ask her what happened because she ran out the door and drove away. While I was staring out the window, my brother turned to me and said, “I think Daddy went to heaven.” Those are words that I will never forget. I didn’t have an answer for him, but I knew that he was probably right. My mother came back home around midnight that night and called us into the living room. I could tell instantly that she had been crying and I knew that it was going to be serious because I have never seen her cry as much as she had right now. She then says to us, “I didn’t want to come home and tell you guys this, but your dad died tonight.” I was silent until I asked, “How did he die?” My mom said, “He was on his way up to the shop to give something to Chris and a drunk driver pulled out and stopped in the middle of the intersection. He tried to swerve out of the way, but he got...
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...say dating is a numbers game... so can I get your number? Do you have a sunburn, or are you always this hot? Is your daddy a Baker? Because you've got a nice set of buns! Did you invent the airplane? Cause you seem Wright for me. If I were a stop light, I'd turn red everytime you passed by, just so I could stare at you a bit longer. I wanna live in your socks so I can be with you every step of the way. I thought happiness started with an H. Why does mine start with U? I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I have yours? Hey baby, you must be a light switch, cuz every time I see you, you turn me on! Are you a camera? Because every time I look at you, I smile. For a moment I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Now I see that I am very much alive, and heaven has been brought to me. Do you know what my shirt is made of? Boyfriend material. Did you sit in a pile of sugar? Cause you have a pretty sweet ass. Do you have a map? I'm getting lost in your eyes. I don't have a library card, but do you mind if I check you out? Are you an orphanage? Cause I wanna give you kids. I was feeling a little off today, but you definitely turned me on. I'm sorry, I don't think we've met. I wouldn't forget a pretty face like that. My buddies bet me that I wouldn't be able to start a conversation with the most beautiful girl in the bar. Wanna buy some drinks with their money? Are you a fruit, because Honeydew you know how fine you look right now? Does your left eye hurt? Because...
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...Nature can be used to express all things to all men. William Blake used the lamb as well as the Tyger to express his views of God, good and evil. He also used it as a way to show his displeasure of the things that were happening in his time. “Little Lamb I’ll tell thee! He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb; He is meek & he is mild; He became a little child; I a child & thou a lamb, we are called by his name.” (Greenblatt, S., 2012, page 120). This expressed that Jesus was the lamb and that we are also so in his name. He was also expressing the treatment of children during this time. He was using nature as symbols and to show that we are all lambs of God and should be treated well. Wordsworth also spoke of nature he as well as Blake used images and patterns to express their emotions, imagination, and identity. In Lines Written in Early Spring, he speaks of the beauty yet still feels saddened and melancholy. He uses the beauty to express his sadness and the dark thoughts of what is happening in the world. This provides an amazing contrast. “The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature’s holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?” (Greenblatt, S., 2012, page 280). And regarding love, Lord Byron uses the night sky to express the beauty of the person he loves. “ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless...
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...In the collection of short stories "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist fight in Heaven" Sherman Alexie writes about the importance of songs and stories in the lives of the people on the reservation through drug induced visions, the character of Thomas Builds-A-Fire, Jimi Hendrix's music, and basketball players on the reservation. In the short story a drug called tradition the main character, Victor, and his two friends Thomas Builds-a-Fire and Junior take drugs that give them visions of themselves in strange historical Indian settings. The stories they tell of these visions relate to Indian culture and tradition. Junior has a vision of Thomas performing a dance around a campfire that brings back all the dead Indians. Victor has a vision of Junior singing. Both visions include real things from history, end with the idea of the Indians winning and/or driving out the white people, and use music or dance to show this. This shows their...
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..., Hello To Myself / 예은(가사, lyrics, 노래모음,인기가요) Hello 여긴 이천십이년 이월 아주 추운 겨울이야 Where are you 얼마나 가까이 와 있니 그토록 원하던 꿈에 여기 난 아직 넘어지고 또 울고 다치고 지쳐서 일어설 힘조차 없어 그치만 넌 날 보고 웃겠지 Hello to myself hello to myself 울지 말라고 날 위로해줄래 Hello to myself hello to myself 할 수 있다고 너 말해줄래 Hello hello 울지마 Hello hello 일어나 How are you 어떠니 꿈을 이룬다는 건 정말 꼬집어도 아프지 않니 어쩌면 이젠 네겐 평범한 일상이라 때론 지겹니 혹시 너도 외롭고 지치면 여기 꿈꾸던 날 기억해줄래 Hello to myself hello to myself 여기 날 생각하며 웃어 줄래 Hello to myself hello to myself 가슴 벅차게 행복해 줄래 Hello hello 웃어봐 Hello hello 그렇게 Hello to myself hello to myself 여기 날 생각하며 웃어 줄래 Hello to myself hello to myself 꿈꾸던 날 잊지 말아줄래 Hello 여긴 이천십이년 이월 아주 추운 겨울이야 소연) 우리 사랑했잖아 제발 날 울리지마 오직 내겐 너 하나뿐야 해리) 눈을 감아도 보여 귀를 막아도 들려 제발 날 떠나가지마 지연) 어두웠던 내 삶에 빛이 되어준 사람 너무나 소중한 사람 민경) 하루 지나고 또 지나도 더 그리워져 이 노랠 하는 지금도 소연) 우리 사랑했잖아 제발 날 울리지마 오직 내겐 너 하나뿐야 해리) 눈을 감아도 보여 귀를 막아도 들려 제발 날 떠나가지마 소연) 돌아올것 같아서 다시 올지 몰라서 오늘도 너를 기다려 민경) 너는 모르지 넌 모르지 아파하는 날 이 노랠 하는 지금도 소연) 우리 사랑했잖아 제발 날 울리지마 오직 내겐 너 하나뿐야 해리) 눈을 감아도 보여 귀를 막아도 들려 제발 날 떠나가지마 민경 RAP] 세상과 너 둘중에 택하라면 하나 내 전불 빼앗아도 너라면 난 좋아 낮이나 밤이나 사랑에 난 목마른 자 널 이젠 잊자 이런 나의 같잖은 다짐이 또 다시 나를 울려 들려 효민 RAP] 너에게 바라는건 오직 너야 너 없인 아무것도 할수 없는 나야 이 노랠 들으면 제발 너 돌아와 돌아와 효민) 사랑하면 할수록 점점 야위어만 가 오직 내겐 너 하나뿐야 해리) 우리 사랑했잖아 제발 날 울리지마 날 두고 떠나가지마 화영 RAP] Yeah uh uh 결국 넌 돌아서 나는 또 막아서 자존심 다 버리고 미친척 널 따라서 가슴이 되려 나를 다그치고 말했어 세상에 하나뿐인 널 잃지는 말랬어 나는 또 웃는척 그냥 멀쩡한척 너에게 부르는 마지막 나의 이 노래 소연) 제발 날 떠나가지마 아무 말도 필요 없죠...
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...Who's your friend? BENJAMIN I'm Benjamin, Benjamin Button. VERN Benjamin Button? My best friend in the Army was named Benjamin Button, Could that be your father? ... He's from Memphis. BENJAMIN No, no. he isn’t. VERN Amazing, you even resemble him a bit. I'm Vern Vogel. Thanks for your service. I wish I could have helped you boys in Europe; but Father Time got to me before Uncle Sam. (MRS. VOGEL enters. She is beautiful, elegant, and well spoken; not what you would expect considering that she married VERN.) MRS. VOGEL Vern dear, we really have to leave now. BENJAMIN Congratulations on your anniversary. I'm Benjamin. MRS. VOGEL Thank you. I'm Vern's wife Lulu. BENJAMIN (Amazed) You're Lulu!? VERN We met twenty years ago tonight, the last thing I did in the last century was met the woman of my dreams, and the first thing I did this century was kiss her. MRS. VOGEL So sweet! (MRS. VOGEL releases a hideous laugh, unexpectedly destroying her elegance and beauty in an instant.) VERN HEY EVERYBODY! VERN VOGEL... MRS. VOGEL AND LULU VOGEL... VERN ARE BACK... VERN & MRS. VOGEL AND READY FOR FUN! WOO-HOO! (VERN, MRS. VOGEL and LINDA exit. BENJAMIN crosses to MARGARET, she has aged considerably and is in a wheelchair.) BENJAMIN Is anyone sitting here? MARGARET No, please... sit. BENJAMIN The dancers are beautiful. MARGARET Would you believe that years ago, when you were a sparkle in your daddy’s eye, I was a dancer here, a paid dancer! Do you believe that...
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...FOR BLYTHE Acknowledgments My profound thanks to three dear friends with whom I have the great luxury of working: my editor, Jason Kaufman; my agent, Heide Lange; and my counselor, Michael Rudell. In addition, I would like to express my immense gratitude to Doubleday, to my publishers around the world, and, of course, to my readers. This novel could not have been written without the generous assistance of countless individuals who shared their knowledge and expertise. To all of you, I extend my deep appreciation. To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. The Secret Teachings of All Ages ———————————— FACT: In 1991, a document was locked in the safe of the director of the CIA. The document is still there today. Its cryptic text includes references to an ancient portal and an unknown location underground. The document also contains the phrase “It’s buried out there somewhere.” All organizations in this novel exist, including the Freemasons, the Invisible College, the Office of Security, the SMSC, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. All rituals, science, artwork, and monuments in this novel are real. ———————————— Prologue House of the Temple 8:33 P.M. The secret is how to die. Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die. The thirty-four-year-old initiate gazed down at the human skull cradled in his palms. The skull was hollow, like...
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...appearance, there is still something persistently fox-like about it. In Transformation of the Kimono, a Kumiho transforms into an identical likeness of a bride at a wedding. Not even the bride’s mother can tell the difference. The Kumiho is only discovered when her clothes are removed. As the mythology of the Kumiho evolved it was later believed that a Kumiho had to consume human hearts in order to survive. Another version of the mythology, however, holds that with enough will a Kumiho could further ascend from its Yokwe state and become fully, permanently human and lose its evil character. The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains – China Once upon a time, there were two high mountains between a place called Jizhou in the south and the Huang River in the north. One was called Taihang Mountain and the other was Wangwu Mountain. They...
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