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1. If you catch a thief red handed in your house/farm/property, instead of you to raise an alarm or hand him over to the police, you gently tell him with a smile, "go ahead and take whatever you want". When you volunteer to help him take the stolen items to his house, you are carrying the cross. That is the cross of christ. |
The fastest way to bring peace to the whole world is to carry the cross. If every one can carry the cross,all "sinners" will change their ways and the whole world would be a paradise. Here are some ways to take up the cross: |
tctrills:it's all your choice whether to take what we say or not. You are free to your idea/opinion/belief. We cannot force our experiences on others. |
ATTACHMENT Whenever you still have the feeling that you can't do without your father,mother,brother,sister,friend, spouse,house,land,money,phone,job,clothes, bank account and all other material possesions, you are still far from salvation. |
FALSE IDEA 23
GOD wants us to worship him. |
FALSE IDEA #22
GOD loves human more than every other things that exist. |
aktolly54:poverty is a state of mind. No living thing is poor. |
FALSE IDEA #22
Some people say that you CANNOT worship GOD except you belong to a religion. |
FALSE IDEA #21 Some people think that if they cut grass and sweep a church environment, GOD will bless them more than HE would if they had perform the same service in their neighbour's resident. |
FALSE IDEA #20 Some people say that GOD will always give them good things and give the bad ones to their "enemies". |
FALSE IDEA #19 Some people think they can do something that hurt their fellow humans and escape justice by praying to GOD for forgiveness. |
FALSE IDEA #18
Some people try to force their God on their children. |
FALSE IDEA #17
Some people address only a specific set of people as "men of GOD". |
FALSE IDEA #16 Some people think that prayer is the only way of communicating with GOD. Some people even think that you must speak out loud and exert yourself before GOD can hear you. |
MeNmyfamily:Please indicate if your point is a FACT or a FALSE IDEA. |
FALSE IDEA #15 Some people think those who have no money and abundant material posessions and poor people are those that GOD have not blessed. |
FALSE IDEA 13
Some people think that GOD loves them more than he loves other people. |
FALSE IDEA #12 Some people say they have complete knowledge of GOD and can force their "GOD" on others through evangelism, torture, sweet talks or abuses. |
FALSE IDEA #11 Some people say they've seen GOD. |
FALSE IDEA #10 Some people say that GOD has a proper name and that he lives in a specific location (heaven). |
FALSE IDEA #9 Some people think that they can instruct/teach/lecture/control GOD through concoction,juju,prayers or incantations |
FALSE IDEA #8 Some people feel that GOD will punish them if they steal money from a church tithe box but will bless them if they cheat a poor labourer or business man out of his wages to pay tithe. |
FALSE IDEA #7 People say that every good and pleasant thing they enjoy is from GOD, whereas, every bad and unpleasant thing they suffer comes from juju,witches and wizards,mermaids, native doctors,demons which are all the wicked doings of satan to innocent people. |
FALSE IDEA #7 some people say that GOD creates every new baby and causes childbirth on earth while satan is responsible for every death on earth and kills people. Thus, people fast and pray for a baby and rejoice at birthday, while they fast and pray against death and weep at funerals. |
FALSE IDEA #6 Some people say that GOD has a particular body and they can draw or mould him as a bearded man with long gray hairs. |
FALSE IDEA #5 Some people say that GOD don't want them to die (physical death). But these same people feel so comfortable to pray that GOD should punish and kill their "enemies". |
FALSE IDEA #5 Some people say that they can escape the effects of their actions,words and thoughts by praying/fasting/worshiping GOD while making no effort to change their negative thoughts,words and actions. |
FALSE IDEA #4 Some people believe that GOD will punish them if they put up some "bad" behaviour in a religious building,church,holy place, but these people have no problem taking up these same bad behaviours if they are in their various houses,on the road, farm,offices or market. |
FALSE IDEA #3 Some people change their clothes when they go to the "presence" of GOD, thereafter, they change to their casual dresses when they leave the "presence" of GOD. |
FALSE IDEA#2 Some people say that they go to a particular place (building) to worship GOD and after the worship they return to their different houses. |
FALSE IDEA #1
Some people say that GOD is a male (gender) |
There are some misconceptions that we humans have about GOD. If you identify yourself with any of the following ideas, you may need to reconsider what you take GOD to be. All the following ideas about God may not be true. |