Peace of God rules in our hearts

The Ruler of a country will have a great influence on the people whom he rules. In the same way, that which rules our hearts makes all the difference to our lives.

There are times when we allow worry and anxiety to predominate in our hearts. A certain amount of anxiety is understandable when we are passing through a time of trial and trouble or even illness of our own or our loved ones, but if we allow the peace of God to rule in our hearts we shall be able to rest in Him and our lives will be tranquil and happy whatever circumstances arise.

Col. 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

God seest me

Whatever we do and in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, we can never for one moment be out of God's sight. Sleeping or walking we may know that God sees us, and seing us, cares for us. He not only knows just where we are but He also knows exactly what our needs are and how there needs will be met.

What a wonderuf thought of comfort to our hearts, and what a spirit of restfulness it will bring to us. We may be tempted to forget God and even to think He has forgetten us, but let us look up to Him and say with assurance and thankfulness, "Thou God seest me".

Gen 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Argument for Life After Death

Argument for Life After Death (LAD) apart from religious belief

I. Simplicity of Soul

Soul – human’s immaterial substance that can have properties, remain the same through change, survive and maintain it’s identity with itself. Even if the body is destroyed

a. Annihilation or separation of parts
b. Science does not give example of annihilation
c. Physical objects are complex. Soul is basic and simple
c. Therefore, the soul is immortal – no good reason to believe it can be annihilated.

The soul is capable of having desires thoughts, beliefs, and sensation of color, sound and so forth.

Further, the soul contains various capacities that differ from each other. The soul contains internal different indicating the soul is not a simple entity.


II. The unity of the soul though the soul is not simple, it seem to possess deeper unity than do ordinary objects.

It goes like this…

a. When we reflect upon ourselves certain things become evident to us

1. We have a body – not the same as our body.
2. Plurality of contents, thoughts, pain, feelings, desires, memories, sensory experiences, willingness.
3. I am not identical to any of those nor I am a combination of those.
4. My thoughts and feelings couldn’t exist without me
5. Reality of me is not a function of any, nor a combination of those contents
6. I am a center of consciousness an irreducible I
7. I could exist even without them. They could not exist w/o me

If I am the center of my own consciousness, & the I (ego) is irreducible and cannot be annihilated, therefore there is some presumption in favor of the notion, that the I (ego) could survive death.

Dealing with difficult people

Wherever we go we will find difficult people to deal with. We cannot run away from them, because we may run for the rest of our life if we continue to keep on running and running to them. Dealing with them is not an easy task, but if we focus on three Christ many virtues it will help us to reach them successfully. Humility, acceptance, and Hope are the key to deal difficult relationship in life. Doing these key are like choosing to be Christ-like in our patience, compassion, honestly, willingness to extend grace, and ability to forgive. It means loving even those we consider impossible people.

We have to remember the love and forgiveness of God has shown to us as we deal with difficult people.