To be loved is the single most important desire of all humanity. From the moment we are born, we seek love. We are blessed if we find it within our family. As we grow, we continue to look for love everywhere we go. It is our primary motivation. If we are not loved by our…
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Did you know that moral intelligence creates the power to get along with others? It really does do just that. Pastor David shows us in this teaching how moral intelligence is the true way to have and enjoy a relationship with other people.
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Every day I am bombarded with questions. I come up with what I hope are appropriate answers and take the steps I think I should take accordingly. Some of those questions are trivial: Should I wear shorts or long pants today? This one is based on the outside temperature where I live. It’s pretty easy…
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As we are learning more and more about moral intelligence, we now discover in this teaching how it affects our domestic life. In defining how morally intelligent love is we see the importance of knowing and understanding what real love is and how it is affecting our lives, marriages and families.
God wants us to live in peace with all men. That means everyone. Jesus taught us to love everyone—not just the people we like. He said His Father loved all people and was not selfishly motivated as we often are. Face it. We want someone to be our friend so we treat them kindly. But…
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As we move on into these teachings about moral intelligence, we also learn how our moral intelligence guides us into our decision making about our vocation. Moral Intelligence in our vocation energizes us and helps to prevent slothfulness in our work.
We will learn from Pastor David the far reaching effects of moral intelligence as this teaching leads us into the political arena and how morality directly affects political decisions.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Advice from Atticus Finch, the father, to his daughter in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.) Doing this requires active empathy and living compassion. We’re…
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When we come to a fork in the road, how are we to know which way we should go? As we make decisions every day, how can we be sure to discern what is good? What’s the bottom line? How are we to find our way in the confused and driven culture we live in? …
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We as a nation have turned away from the laws of God. When a culture breaks those laws, the entire population has to bear the consequences. We are witnessing those consequences daily. God is not honored and revered in America anymore. Instead His place is given to other little “g” gods in the hearts of…
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