Psalm 84 is a relatively small psalm consisting of only twelve verses. ... Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. ... For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good things does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. ... Trust God in all you do. ... Whenever the people of God today fail to walk uprightly, their conduct naturally makes it impossible for the Lord, who does all things for the best of His children, to bestow many good things upon them that He would like to. ...

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In the Ten Commandments, God says that "I am the LORD your God and you shall have no other gods before me. " In fact, worshipping any other thing or person beside God is a sin in all of Judeo-Christian religion. ... God wants us to know more about Him and His Son. ... The Egyptians thought it was up to them to provide the dead person the things and preserve the body they would need in the afterlife. ... Our spirits are no longer weighed down by material things, like the Egyptians were in their pyramids. ... Their similarities are small, and their differences are huge. ...

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This is the beginning that will measure Eliezer's faith to God and to himself, which will transform him from a devoted child of Kabbalah to furious and rebellious son of God. ... Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. ... Never shall I forget those things, ever were I condemned to live as God himself. ... He learns that God never does things he promised, the way people expect Him to and instead turns his back away from people who was once...

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Through Night, Elie Wiesel exemplifies the trials of trying to keep faith throughout a time, in which, many often fall to the wayside because of things life has thrown their way. ... He would simple remember a conversation between him and Moshe in which they both agreed that, "Man questions God and God answers. ... One has no right to say things like that. ... Man is too small, to humble and inconsiderable to seek to understand the mysterious ways of God. ... Where is God? ...

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In science there are certain ways of doing things. ... God created mankind in his image. ... In the Ancient world God did it all. ... God was the one who gave blessing to the people and God was the one who could take everything away. ... In the video science and the book of genesis on of the men said that it was like only hearing a small piece of Beethoven's 5th symphony. ...

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God wants us to tell the truth for our own benefit, so we don't get hurt. ... Many times we try to tell ourselves that some things aren't true. ... When you lie, you go through life with a small part of your conscience feeling guilty. ... This small guilt grows and grows, causing misery which many people hide. ... The blessings of God. ...

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WALK-AWAY (State at beginning and conclusion of lesson) "God often uses the "ordinary" person to show the importance of obeying God, trusting Jesus in your heart, and standing up for God." TEACHER/SMALL GROUP LEADER: ICE BREAKER (10 minutes): Divide group into two groups on either side of the room or meeting space. ... God did not forget His people.) 4. ... What are some things that keep you from consistently obeying God? ... Small group ends here. ...

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This man and the other Jew have undergone so much persecution for being a Jew, physically and mentally that they do not even believe there is a God anymore: "Where is God? ... Behind me, I heard the same man asking: "Where is God now?" ... These people are so traumatized by what is going on in the camps that they have started believing there is no God. This is similar to All Quiet on the Western Front because Paul goes though so many terrible things that he begins to doubt also. ... Those "small-minded- sons and daughters. ...

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That's why it was a major change for me going from a small town in New York to Charleston, South Carolina. ... This includes saying prayers, and also accepting what is called the "Body of Christ", which is a small piece of bread, and the "Blood of Christ", which is red wine. The small piece of bread and wine are supposed to represent the acceptance of Jesus, and the remembrance of who he was. ... As previously stated, the Body is represented by a small piece of bread and the Blood is represented by red wine. ... It is said in the Bible in passage 1 John 4:16: "God is l...

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They worshipped the major divinities such as the Sun-God and the Water God but also local Gods and home Gods as well. ... There it taught its pupils to deny the reality of change on the ground that things either exist or do not exist. ... Or in short, it was the beginnings of trying to understand the physical reality and how things work, science. Earlier in history, man did not understand many things around him as well as he was not able to control many of the things around him, so he had it that the gods controlled it and be it. With the advancement of civilization, there was no need anymore ...

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But other times, people or religions cam agree on things so well, that they are very similar in an abundance of ways. ... Abraham had a great amount of faith in God, as you may well know, and Abraham was made a believer in God that this miracle would happen. ... Isaac then married Rebekah, and gave birth to Jacob, or Israel, the name given by God to Jacob. ... In the Muslim's Koran, it does not specifically say which son God tells Abraham to sacrifice. ... Even though these three religions have different beliefs on some smaller parts of Abraham's life, they can all agree on one th...

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The answer is simple, the relation between god and the people was good at first, and then because man was always selfish and acted arrogant and wicked the relation was broken between human beings and god. That is why god created the religions to reestablish the relation ship that was broken between man and god. ... You can analyze the words of god and think about it but this comes after you believe. ... To clarify and explain this more let me make a small historic preview on how religions had limited man's freedom and this can be by talking about: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ev...

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He was obedient to the will of God when he converted the Ethiopian eunuch under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. ... In the places he evangelised he did not change people's culture; he became "all things to all men", adopting his message to suit different audiences. ... This shows his trust in God, the same as Paul's trust. ... Paul appeared to concentrate on main cities and towns for his preaching and believed that the message would spread from there, however, Aiden of Lindisfarne, on his mission spoke to everyone and formed small churches to consolidate the faith. ... Peter...

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According to Lazarus and Sullivan in Comparative Religion for Dummies, Muslims recite verses in Arabic, which provides a direct link between the worshipper and God. ... In Christianity, just like how the prayer is the direct link in Islam, it is a means of conversation with God. ... In Judaism, just like how Islam provides a connection with God, Jews pray only to God. ... According to Comparative Religion for Dummies, Muslims believe that all things belong to God (Allah) and that they must help the community by paying tax. ... In conclusion, through the comparisons done with Judaism and Christ...

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Abraham's son Jacob, who took the name Israel after dreaming about fighting an angel of God and winning, reminds us that Jews are truly children of Israel. ... Moses brought them God's Ten Commandments to prove that, if they followed God's will, His promise would be kept. ... This "ultimately led to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 For a small minority, the Jews have played a major role in the history of Western civilization. ... This small case has a profound religious significance; it guides and directs Jews to live an exemplary life imbued with love an...

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That theodicy was presented in the second century AD, and was followed by the influential theologian Augustine, who said that 'since God endowed people with free will, we were able to freely choose to do evil in the world because humans choose to do evil things. ... God is in control, when something terrible happens, it is not because God is not involved. ... Abraham was tested by God when God commanded him to sacrifice his son, Isaac. ... " (When Bad Things Happen to Good People p.25) This paragraph explains that suffering maybe a good sign that God knows that you are a strong bei...

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Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. ... Growing up in a small village in Romania, his world revolved around family, religious study, community, and God. ... Elie is taught to question God for answers through Moshe's instruction. ... This is a foreshadowing of what will become of Elie's faith in the strength and power of God. ...

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However, the biggest proof of his defiance comes when he screams at Rabbi Binder, claiming that the Rabbi doesn't know anything about God. ... Through the conversation between Ozzie and Itzie in the beginning of the story, Itzie's "appreciation" for God can also be understood. The story says that in Itzie's mind, God's six day creation process is comparable to God "pitching a one hitter" (1882). ... The Rabbi at this point was in hysterics, and to make things worse for the Rabbi, Itzie starts chanting for Ozzie to jump, which is what he thinks Ozzie would want him to do (18...

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The Zhou dynasty brought China together, but when the dynast fell apart, the small states that divided China began to go to war. ... People were dying left and right, and due to the inadequate medical knowledge, it was thought that this was God's punishment on the world for the people who have sinned. Henry Knighton stated, "The Scots, hearing of the plague in England, said it was a punishment from God.... The argument to this statement is that the reason for why it was created and the function are different things. ... In Genesis, Eve feeds Adam a fruit that God told them not to eat...

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At first, Ananias hesitated because he knew of the terrible things that Saul had done to the Lord's saints in Jerusalem. However, he was commanded by God, and would never disobey. ... He told them the whole story of how the light of God's voice blinded him so his men guided him to Damascus, where he stayed with Judas. Then Ananias came to him and told him what God had planned for him and then he restored his vision. ... Paul basically started out as a non-important evil man, and, after changing, started a small revolution that worried many people. ...

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Return to Jerusalem After fifty years of exile in Babylon, a small group of devoted Jews, probably fewer than 50,000, returned to their holy city. ... The priestly class, under the leadership of Ezra, a priest and a scribe, also undertook to revise, or rewrite the stories of the people, editing the Pentateuch to reveal the hand of God. Some scholars think that it was these priestly editors who wrote the creation account in Genisis 1, glorifying the greatness and omnipotence of their God as creator of the universe (Fisher, 2002). ... The information of Antiochus IV conquest can be found in ...

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Judaism composed of many 'small religions' or one underlying religion? ... Jerusalem is where the temple of the Jews once stood; the only place on the whole Earth where one could leave the confines of day to day life and get closer to God. ... One of these gods was known as Ba"al, and was generally thought-of as a "statue god" with certain limitations on his power. ...

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