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Most Recent Posts i need icebreakers for a churchPosted Oct-10-08 03:24:10 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:50:50 PDT i need icebreakers for a church meeting Relax, take time out to feed and refresh your soul. With a well rested soul you will be able to do more with a better understanding and clearer outlook. People tend to overwork themselves now a days anyway, but just like people take time to relax as in vacations and spa treatments, you need to take time to replenish your soul. Try i need icebreakers for a church; for more. Your soul is part of your emotions, body and can be affected by the outside world, so you need to heal it. Others can damage your soul with hurtful actions or language but forgive them and let yourself heal. As you forgive others, the healing process of your soul will be easier and make you feel a lot better. With a clean and rested soul, you will be able to both open yourself to God more to hear him and to serve others better. Just as you eat and bathe every day, you should replenish your soul every day. This is not an overnight process, but an ongoing progression, and development toward your overall goals. You will be able to feel when you are going in the right direction and when you are not going in a direction that is towards God. After awhile you will be able to feel when you are doing actions that are for the greatest good. You can find more at i need icebreakers for a church christian icebreakers activitiesPosted Oct-10-08 03:22:51 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:52:22 PDT christian icebreakers activities How do you know what God wants from you? How do you know if your doing things that are for your greatest good. You need to ask God, read his word. Listen to other spiritual people who have your best interests in mind. You can overcome temptation and negative hurtful feelings by asking God for help and praying to him. Different people are better with different ways of showing their feelings. Maybe you can write a letter to God if you enjoy writing, you can save this letter and reread it when you need to. For example you can ask God, show me the truth, show me want I should be doing now for my best interest. You will be surprised what manifests into reality, but make sure you have your eyes open to receive what you need to see. Try christian icebreakers activities; for more. You need to confess and seek forgiveness if you have sinned. You know in your heart when you have don’t something that is against God’s will and not like Jesus. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear. Sin can have a devastating effect on relationships included you and Gods. When you sin, you hurt God because you are not following his commandments. Confessing the sin and asking for forgiveness helps you and helps you get closer to God. When you choose not to confess your sins to God, you are saying that you do not trust God. You will unconsciously get into the habit of sin and untrust with your relationship with God and you will grow farther and farther away from God. Some people have trouble trusting anyone including themselves due to unresolved issues in their childhood or other social problems. But you have to be open to God and faith means trusting even when you’re scared and not sure what will happen. A lot of people are going through trials and tribulations in life right now but you need to have the faith that everything will turn out ok if you trust him and put your problems in his hands. You can find more at christian icebreakers activities women's retreat icebreaker gamesPosted Oct-10-08 03:21:35 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:53:29 PDT women's retreat icebreaker games Being a better person and getting closer to God is a daily struggle. Make a list of things you need to change or alter in your life to get closer to your goal. Getting closer to God can seem like a huge task that is hard to accomplish but if you break down this goal into small manageable steps you can achieve it. The task of being a better Christian and getting closer to God is not about a massive list of things you should and shouldn’t do. Try women's retreat icebreaker games for more. There are several small things you can do to get closer to God and the following is a good starting point I you gotten off track. You can read the bible and if you already read it you can read it more or in different formats. Let me explain what I mean by this, people have taken the bible and put into cartoons, plays, movies, songs and other formats to make the messages easy to understand and connect with more people. By seeing the stories in different points of view you will be able to get a better understanding of the stories and therefore a better grasp of the true meaning. You can write in your journal about God and discussions you would have with him. This can really help you get closer to God because your journal is personal and in your own words therefore you trust and believe in it more. Sometimes you can have a strong calling on your life to get closer to God and this could be what sent you searching for answers and a sense of meaning for you r life. Often times bad serious situations have to happen for us to hear Gods calling on us, but don’t wait that long, take the first step and reach out to him. You can find more at women's retreat icebreaker games christian icebreakers activitiesPosted Oct-10-08 03:18:37 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:54:28 PDT Go to a quiet place where you have no distractions from the outside world. You can bring our journal or notebook with you to write and express your feelings while you are here. Clear your mind of anything you may be worry about or that has your attention. This can be very difficult to do because most peoples minds are thinking of millions of things at one time. Focus your thoughts on happy things and positive feelings. Avoid negative, angry or hurtful thought because these can get in the way of your progress of being more spiritual, look at your life and try to find your inner self and look at what’s happening in your world. Try christian icebreakers activities; for more. You can use your journal at this point if your more of a visual learner to draw or write out what your thoughts are right now and about what’s been going on in your life. Start asking yourself questions that will open yourself up to tackle some of the problems you’ve been facing, also ask yourself why you want to become more spiritual at this point in your life and in what ways can you get closer to God. As you ask yourself the right questions, you will get answers that are in your best interest and will lead you in the direction you need to head to. Closely examine everything that’s going on in your life and look at your goals to determine what you must do from now forward to achieve those goals. You can take a walk. This can serve as both personal time for you to think and plan and can serve as good exercise. Find a group of others who have your same mindset of getting closer to God and growing spiritual, you can motivate each other to accomplish one another’s goals as it may be difficult to complete are your goals by yourself. You can find more at christian icebreakers activities spiritual icebreakersPosted Oct-10-08 03:16:29 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:55:22 PDT Watch your conversation talk. When you talk to others or when you talk to God what are you talking about. Is your conversation about yourself and your needs only and the things wrong with your life? Take a careful look at what you are discussing and make sure you are putting more emphasis on others needs and the way Jesus would want you to treat your neighbor. A lot of people talk negative about others to others in their conversation. You can do this subconsciously without even thinking of it. It takes a lot of work and effort to control where your mind wonders to, what you are talking about and the relationships you keep. All of these things can take you off your path of getting closer to God and being more like Jesus. Try spiritual icebreakers; for more. Make sure the people are around having similar interests as you because this will help you. They will help keep you accountable and staying focused on your goal of getting closer to God. People like to gossip this is not your fault, it gets people’s emotions going and people get addicted to it. But you need to start making a conscious effort to focus your conversations and prayer on helping others and you will therefore be helped. You can find more at spiritual icebreakers christian adult icebreakersPosted Oct-10-08 03:14:29 PDT Updated Oct-10-08 14:56:21 PDT You probably have numerous free opportunities to give to God that you aren't even aware of. Take a close look at how you spend your time and think of ways you can give more time to honoring and praying to God. You can find time while driving to simply pray or think about ways you can be a better person, while working out or while at work. Try christian adult icebreakers;for more. The important thing to remember is that you don’t have to be in church to pray and spend time with God. 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As we get closer to him we will find our life experience getting richer and fuller every day. When you humble yourself you know that there is a God greater then you and you understand in your heart that you have to honor him by putting your pride aside and honoring him. Put God in your heart in everything you do and your life will be much fuller. Let him work in you towards helping others live a richer life. Spend time talking to God and ask him for help. In our society it is often not cool to ask for help. Men seem to have a problem with this in particular. But you need to put your pride aside and ask for assistance along the way and angles will be sent to help you through your journey. Try religious icebreakers for more. You need to open your mind and understanding to truly see God and the things he wants to you. Closed minded and people who are so self centered will never be able to truly accept God because they have their own agenda or their own music playing so loudly in their head. Often times we can subconsciously be like this through just worrying about different problems we may be going through. We need to realize that whatever we may be going through, there is always someone who is worse off and may need out help. Don’t be too consumed in yourself to help them when they may be crying out for help and need assistance the most. You can find more at religious icebreakers christian bible group icebreakersPosted Oct-10-08 03:11:13 PDT Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, till He Come and rain righteousness upon you.Hosea 10:12You must sow or work hard on yourself and on getting closer to God and becoming more like Jesus. Like the farmer you must work hard on yourself the same way the farmer works hard on his crops because his crops are his life and his foundation. Try christian bible group icebreakers for more. The soil or foundation must be prepared and ready for the roots to hold and the plants to grow, in the same way; you must be ready to receive God fully to get closer to him. Often times in life we think we are ready for something and we know we have to but it doesn’t happen because we were not truly ready. Sometimes you can think you are ready when you are not. And you can say yes im ready but your actions may say different. These are things that can hold you back from being closer to God. You have to have a clean heart and a clean mind. If you have done things in the past you aren’t proud of that is ok, as long as you acknowledge it and are ready to change for the good. 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