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Is Compassion the Missing Virtue in Your Life?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Is compassion the missing virtue in your life? If so you are missing many powerful benefits. It is certainly one of the greatest tenants of personal development. According to scientific studies, there are physical benefits — people who practice compassion produce 100 percent more DHEA, the hormone that slows the aging process, and 23 percent less cortisol, the “stress hormone.” Wow, that alone is worth learning more about compassion. The Bible has much to say about the power of compassion; the following is just one example: “Praise…
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What Has Happened to the Old Time Religion of the Cross of Christ?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs- Email this article to a friend As far back as 2,000 years ago, the Apostle Paul was concerned about preserving the Old Time Religion; he charged his son in the ministry, Timothy, to be watchful of a false religion that did not include the preaching of the full truth of the Holy Bible and the proclamation of the gospel of the cross. Little do most church people realize today that the marching orders for the new age religion, that is so prominent in the church today, comes directly from the…
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The Beatitudes…the Secret to Happiness…
Website DIVISIONS(Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend The 8 beatitudes of Jesus in Matthew chapter 5:3-10, is the secret to happiness. Jesus offers to anyone, who accepts, a way of life that provides peace in the midst of a troubled world filled with trials and tribulations and also promises his followers eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven. The following is the meaning of the beatitudes as given by St Gregory more than 1,600 years ago: “Beatitude is a possession of all things held to be good, from which nothing is absent…