Articles on religion in Jamaica and other religion related issues. Religion en xaviermurphy@yahoo.com <a href="http://www.globalmoxie.com/">Big Medium Web Content Manager v1.3.7a</a> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/index.shtml <span class="caption">© Copyright 1995 - 2008. All rights reserved. <a href="http://www.jamaicans.com/about/privacy.shtml"class="caption">Privacy Policy</a> & <a href="http://www.jamaicans.com/about/privacy.shtml" class="caption">Terms of use</a>.</span><br><a href="http://www.billygraham.org/believe/stepsToPeace.asp" target="_new"><img src="http://www.jamaicans.com/images/fish.gif" border="0"></a> Tue, 02 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT Forgiveness is a gift given by God for His children to freely give. If forgiveness is not given, like an inflamed human appendix, if not removed, it ruptures and causes adverse effect to the human body, possibly even death. Forgiveness plays a vital role in mental health. Stress, anxiety, resentment, bitterness and hatred are symptoms of unforgiveness, which are all harmful to one’s mental health. Tue, 02 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/forgiveness.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/forgiveness.shtml What do you do when everything that you know, that you are familiar with, that you can bank your life on, does not produce the expected results in your life’s equation? Mon, 01 Jun 2008 06:55:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/WritingsOfTheSoulReligion.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/WritingsOfTheSoulReligion.shtml Because God doesn't always do things the way we think He should, it is difficult to appreciate that maybe some of the disappointments and hurts we experience are part of His plan for our lives. But ask Joseph, Job, and some of the "heroes of faith" whose lives and characters were fashioned through difficult circumstances. Sun, 01 Mar 2008 05:45:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/perspective.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/perspective.shtml According to the biblical account, Adam and Eve made their choice and the result is a sin-infested world with their future generations having the propensity to act in opposing ways to God and His original purpose for mankind. And we are still experiencing the effects of this choice billion of years later. Wed, 01 Jan 2008 02:17:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/FreewillArticle.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/FreewillArticle.shtml Do you ever pray and pray as if your prayers feel as if it’s in vain? We usually assume our prayers hold no ground with the Creator just a water bowl with many holes. Praying for world peace is something almost all of us seek, yet it seems world peace is something we aren’t able to achieve--it’s something of a fantasy. Sat, 02 Nov 2007 02:04:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/SpiritualFrustration.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/SpiritualFrustration.shtml Jesus loves me. What a thought! The King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Creator of all things, Emmanuel, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace, did in fact love me. Sure we have all heard it – God loves you - numerous times before, but suddenly I had a fuller realization of what it meant to be loved by my Heavenly Father. Yet even with that realization, I can fully appreciate that I have just only scratched the surface of coming to grips with the awesomeness of this divine love and what it meant. Sat, 02 Nov 2007 02:03:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/jesuslovesme.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/jesuslovesme.shtml Missions! Oh, the call to missions is not something that the average Christian takes seriously. For whatever reason, we seem absolutely confident that this area of ministry is solely for pastors and other church leaders....Yet in the divine plan of God, every soldier in the Army has been commissioned to missions. Thu, 01 Aug 2007 01:30:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/missions.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/missions.shtml I remain fully convinced that the Body of Christ, generally speaking, has yet to fully understand the power of the tongue. In this context, it is not so much the use of the tongue as an instrument of praise and worship, but moreso its use as an instrument of evil. Fri, 05 Apr 2007 02:01:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/thepowerofthetongue2.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/thepowerofthetongue2.shtml It is worth noting that before creating man, God declared everything He had created “good”. Of mankind, He made no such pronunciation, suggesting that in His heart, our God knew that unlike all His other creations , the one created in His own image would require constant remoulding. Fri, 01 Mar 2007 18:42:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/potter.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/potter.shtml It is important to know that God gave Satan permission to test Job, but in granting such permission, He placed limits on how far Satan could go (Job 1:12, 2:6). For the child of God, this is of absolute importance. Regardless of our circumstances, God has the devil on a leash! Fri, 01 Feb 2007 05:11:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/trials.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/trials.shtml According to the experts, most resolutions are broken within the first week of the New Year, yet despite the futility, some of us start the year committing to changes we hope to carry out during the year. Wed, 02 Jan 2007 20:22:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/newyear.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/newyear.shtml Science tells us that no one else has our set of fingerprints. We can find someone who looks like us, walk like us, act like us, and have any number of characteristics just like us, yet if we pass away and a million babies are born into the world, none of them can take our place. Sat, 01 Dec 2006 19:24:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/special.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/special.shtml The closer you get to Christmas, the more excited you become. You can’t wait for Christmas morning to arrive. You wonder if that new Play Station 3 is hidden among your gifts. You hope for that iPod you’ve hinted at all year. Whatever it is, you can’t wait to see it. Tue, 04 Dec 2006 17:38:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/sharinggifts.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/sharinggifts.shtml How many of us have not asked the same question at some point in time in our lives? Times when it seems that God is/was nowhere to be found? Times when we have stood at our respective Jordans, be it sickness, the death of a loved one, financial and / or marital problems, trials, abandonment, hurt, to name a few, not being quite sure how we would get over. The devastating feeling of loneliness, as we feel that even God Himself has left us to fend for ourselves. Thu, 01 Nov 2006 05:39:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/elijah.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/elijah.shtml To the spirit filled believer, the presence of God means everything. The thought of being somewhere or in any situation where this Presence does not abide is not one that is entertained. Yet in our everyday lives, we often make the mistake of proceeding without making sure that we remain in the presence, and in the will, of God. Decisions seem to be made on the basis of our own evaluation. We often pretend as if we cannot bother our Heavenly Father with the routine things of our lives choosing instead to take matters into our own hands. More times than not, we fail miserably in our own efforts. Sat, 13 Oct 2006 15:09:00 GMT http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/walkingalone.shtml http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/religion/walkingalone.shtml