Podcasts about uprightness

DT32:4, JN8:51-59 The Son of Man and Uprightness

A new MP3 sermon from Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Wise Speech and Wise Hearing: Uprightness & Shame Subtitle: A Character Study in Proverbs Speaker: Rev. Todd Ruddell Broadcaster: Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Event: Sunday - PM Date: 4/13/2025 Bible: Proverbs 13:1-6 Length: 46 min.

  Theme: FASTING THE RIGHT WAY  Scriptural References: Jude 1:20 John 4:34-36 Jonah 2:10 Key Points: Righteousness is by faith, and we have all received the gift of righteousness. Uprightness requires our working out. Prayers to Pray During Fasting: Prayer of Worship: Eulogize God. Praying in the Spirit: Jude 1:20. Prophetic Prayer: Praying by inspiration. Kingdom Advancement Prayer: Pray for the advancement of God's kingdom. Benefits of Kingdom Advancement Prayer: You will see prosperity. There are treasures for you.

  Theme: FASTING THE RIGHT WAY  Scriptural References: Jude 1:20 John 4:34-36 Jonah 2:10 Key Points: Righteousness is by faith, and we have all received the gift of righteousness. Uprightness requires our working out. Prayers to Pray During Fasting: Prayer of Worship: Eulogize God. Praying in the Spirit: Jude 1:20. Prophetic Prayer: Praying by inspiration. Kingdom Advancement Prayer: Pray for the advancement of God's kingdom. Benefits of Kingdom Advancement Prayer: You will see prosperity. There are treasures for you.

David's meditations in the Psalms, which are essentially prayers, continually engage our thoughts. Indeed, they are a model for us to follow in judging the quality of our relationship with God.  Are we able to meditate and pray in any way to the same degree?  Psalm 25 has some verses that both challenge and inspire us.  “Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths” [v.4]  We are asking God to ‘make' us!!  What child asks a parent  to ‘make' him or her be good?  And that not just once, but constantly, as a way of life!  The next verse has, “Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.”  David is asking God to ‘lead him'  and ‘teach him.'  The Hebrew for “lead” is rather interesting – it occurs again in v.9 “He leads the humble in what is right.”  The A V has ‘guides' – but the Hebrew also has the sense of bending the bow to ‘guide' the arrow fitted to it.  David uses it first in Psalm 7 v.12, “If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow”  In Psalm 11 v.2 David says, “behold, the wicked bend the bow … to shoot … at the upright in heart”.  The purpose in bending the bow, is to do it in a way that it will ‘guide' the arrow fitted to it  – to its intended destination.  The aims of God and the aim of the ungodly are opposite extremes.  Also in v.5 we noted the words, “for you I wait all the day long.”  What is the ‘sense' of wait? The word also occurs in v. 3, “”Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame.”  Verse 21 says, “May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee”  There has to be a quality of character in our waiting, and are we not waiting for the return of Christ!?  The Hebrew original word here for WAIT is most interesting, in Psalm 69 v.20 it is translated,  “I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.”  When you are waiting you are looking for something or someone! How fascinating then, is the first time this word is used in Hebrew; we found it in Genesis 1 v.9! “And God said, let the waters under the heavens be gathered together and let the dry land appear.”  We are waiting for our Lord, to be gathered together to be with him. Finally we can use Paul's words, they are so parallel to David's. In 2 Thess. 3 v.5 “May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.” (AV)  The ESV has “to the steadfastness of Christ.”  Let us be steadfast in our patient waiting, aiming for “integrity and uprightness.” 

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Isaiah 26 - 27 " The Way of the Just is Uprightness"

Readings: Genesis 20, Mark 9:36-50, Arcana Coelestia 3436 Sermon by Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh. Recorded at Bryn Athyn Cathedral on August 29, 2004. For more recordings visit www.newchurchaudio.org. To receive our Daily Inspiration email each day in your inbox: https://newchurch.org/ncadailyinspiration 

How do we protect ourselves from threats? How do we stay safe, not only for ourselves but for those we care about? In answering these questions we often think of things like locks on our doors, safety bunkers, surveillance cameras or first-aid kits. In this sermon on Psalm 25 we explore one of the most important ways to protect ourselves. But instead of being something which happens outside of us, it is something that happens inside of each one of us. What could David have meant when he — as a sinful person who experienced guilt, fear and affliction — said, “May integrity and uprightness preserve me”? That’s what we explore along with four applications to our lives today.

In this devotional message titled "Integrity," we are made to know what it means to walk in integrity.Aired on Radio HCI Today via the RadioKing App.

Psalms – The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness, Praise for the Lord's Mercies, God Praised and Supplicated to Give Victory, John – Jesus Is the Vine – Followers Are Branches, Disciples' Relation to Each Other, Disciples' Relation to the World

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Welcome to Episode 213 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where you will find a discussion thread for each of our podcast episodes and many other topics.This week we continue our discussion of Book Two of Cicero's On Ends, which is largely devoted Cicero's attack on Epicurean Philosophy. Going through this book gives us the opportunity to review those attacks, take them apart, and respond to them as an ancient Epicurean might have done, and much more fully than Cicero allowed Torquatus, his Epicurean spokesman, to do.Follow along with us here: Cicero's On Ends - Complete Reid Edition. Check any typos or other questions against the original PDF which can be found here.This week we move into Section XXIII:REID EDITIONXXIII. But let us grant this: the very name pleasure has no prestige, and we perhaps do not understand it; for you philosophers say over and over again, that we do not under- stand what kind of pleasure you mean. Surely it is a hard and abstruse subject! When you speak of atoms and spaces between universes, which do not and cannot exist, then we understand ; and can we not understand pleasure, which every sparrow knows so well? What if I bring you to admit that I not only know what pleasure is (it is indeed an agreeable activity affecting the sense) but what you intend it to be? At one time you intend it to mean exactly what I just now indicated, and imply by the name that it is something active, and produces a certain variation ; at another time you speak of a certain other supreme pleasure, which is incapable of increase ; this you say is present when all pain is absent; this you call stable pleasure. Let us grant that this is pleasure. State before any public meeting you like that you do everything with a view to avoiding pain. If you think that even this statement cannot be made with proper honour and dignity, say that both during your term of office and your whole life you intend always to act with an eye to your interest, doing nothing but what is profitable, nothing in fine except for your own private sake; what kind of uproar do you think there will be, or what hope will you have of the consulship, which is now very well assured to you? Do you mean then to follow a system such that you adopt it when alone and in the company of your friends but do not venture to proclaim it or make it public? But in reality when you attend the courts or the senate you have always on your lips the language of the Peripatetics and the Stoics. Duty and equity, honour and loyalty, uprightness and morality, everything worthy of the empire and the Roman people, all kind of dangers to be faced for the commonwealth, death due to our country,—when you talk in this strain, we simpletons are overcome, but you I suppose laugh in your sleeve. Verily among these phrases, splendid and noble as they are, no place is found for pleasure, not merely for that pleasure which you philosophers say lies in activity, which all men in town and country, all I say, who speak Latin, call pleasure, but even for this stable pleasure, which no one but you entitles pleasure.XXIV. Consider then whether you ought not to avoid adopting our language, along with opinions of your own. If you were to disguise your features or your gait in order to make yourself appear more dignified, you would be unlike yourself; are you the man to disguise your language, and say what you do not think? Or to keep one opinion for your home, as you might a suit of clothes, and another for the streets, so that you bear on your brow a mere pretense, while the truth is concealed within? Consider, I pray you, whether this is honest. I believe that those tenets are true which are moral, praiseworthy and noble, which are to be proclaimed in the senate, before the people, and in every public meeting and assembly, for fear that men should feel no shame in thinking what they feel shame in stating. What room can there be for friendship, or who can be a friend to any one whom he does not love for that friend's sake? What does loving, from which the word friendship comes, mean, unless that a man desires some one to be endowed with the greatest possible blessings, even though no benefit accrues to himself from them? It is advantageous to me, says he, to entertain such feelings, Say rather, perhaps, to be thought to entertain them. For you cannot entertain them, unless you really mean to do so; and how can you do so, unless love itself takes possession of you? And love is not usually brought about by calculating the balance of advantage, but is self-created, and springs into existence unsolicited. Oh, but it is advantage that I look to. Then friendship will last just so long as advantage attends it, and if advantage establishes friendship, it will also remove it. But what will you do, pray, if, as often happens, friendship is deserted by advantage? Will you abandon it? What sort of friendship is that? Will you cleave to it? How is that consistent ? You see what principles you have laid down about friendship being desirable with a view to advantage. I am afraid of incurring unpopularity, if I cease to support my friend. First I ask why such a proceeding deserves to be unpopular, unless because it is disgraceful? But if you refrain from abandoning your friend, from the fear that you may meet with some inconvenience, still you will wish him to die, that you may not be tied to him without any profit. What if he not merely brings you no advantage but you have to make sacrifices of your property, to undergo exertions, to face the risk of your life? Will you not even then glance at yourself and reflect that every man is born to pursue his own interests and his own pleasures? Will you give yourself up to a despot, to suffer death as surety for your friend, even as the Pythagorean of old submitted to the Sicilian despot, or while you are really Pylades, will you assert yourself to be Orestes, from the wish to die in your friend's stead, or if you were really Orestes, would you try to disprove Pylades' story, and disclose yourself, and failing to convince, would you refuse to petition against the execution of you both at once?RACKHAM EDITION:XXIII. "But let us grant your position. The actual word 'pleasure' has not a lofty sound; and perhaps we do not understand its significance : you are always repeating that we do not understand what you mean by pleasure. As though it were a difficult or recondite notion! If we understand you when you talk of 'indivisible atoms' and 'cosmic interspaces,' things that don't exist and never can exist, is our intelligence incapable of grasping the meaning of pleasure, a feeling known to every sparrow? What if I force you to admit that I do know not only what pleasure really is (it is an agreeable activity of the sense), but also what you mean by it? For at one moment you mean by it the feeling that I have just defined, and this you entitle kinetic pleasure, as producing a definite change of feeling, but at another moment you say it is quite a different feeling, which is the acme and climax of pleasure, but yet consists merely in the complete absence of pain; this you call static' pleasure. Well, grant that pleasure is the latter sort of feeling. Profess in any public assembly that the motive of all your actions is the desire to avoid pain. If you feel that this too does not sound sufficiently dignified and respectable, say that you intend both in your present office and all your life long to act solely for the sake of your own advantage, — to do nothing but what will pay, nothing in short that is not for your own interest; imagine the uproar among the audience! What would become of your chances of the consulship, which as it is seems to be a certainty for you in the near future?Will you then adopt a rule of life which you can appeal to in private and among friends but which you dare not openly profess or parade in public? Ah, but it is the vocabulary of the Peripatetics and the Stoics that is always on your lips, in the law-courts and the senate. Duty, Fair-dealing, Moral Worth, Fidelity, Uprightness, Honour, the Dignity of office,the Dignity of the Roman People, Risk all for the state. Die for your Country, — when you talk in this style, we simpletons stand gaping in admiration, — and you no doubt laugh in your sleeve. For in that glorious array of high-sounding words, pleasure finds no place, not only what your school calls kinetic pleasure, which is what every one, polished or rustic, every one, I say, who can speak Latin, means by pleasure, but not even this static pleasure, which no one but you Epicureans would call pleasure at all.XXIV. Well then, are you sure you have any right to employ our words with meanings of your own? If you assumed an unnatural expression or demeanour, in order to look more important, that would be insincere. Are you then to affect an artificial language, and say what you do not think? Or are you to change your opinions like your clothes, and have one set for indoor wear and another when you walk abroad? Outside, all show and pretence, but your genuine self concealed within? Reflect, I beg of you, is this honest? In my view those opinions are true which are honourable, praiseworthy and noble — which can be openly avowed in the senate and the popular assembly, and in every company and gathering, so that one need not be ashamed to say what one is not ashamed to think.Again, how will friendship

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Wisdom has some practical benefits, when we live in wisdom, when we cherish it, when we seek it. And when we apply it to our life, we're going to find that God will move mightily there will be many benefits of being a recipient of the wisdom of God. To donate please visit us at: https://loveisrael.org/donate/ Checks may be sent to: LoveIsrael.org 6355 N Courtenay Parkway Merritt Island, FL 32953 Feel free to download our MyBibleStudy App on telephone https://get.theapp.co/yjjq we don't know how long we can post the teachings on YT https://www.instagram.com/mybiblestudyofficial/

”Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.“‭‭Psalms‬ ‭143‬:‭10‬

https://www.khutbah.info/uprightness The purity, happiness, balance, and stability of a person lies in the sincerity of their commitment to religion, adherence to the Shariah of their… The post Uprightness first appeared on Nourishment of the Soul.

1. Humbleness--2. Thoughtfulness--3. Vulnerableness--4. Uprightness.

1. Humbleness--2. Thoughtfulness--3. Vulnerableness--4. Uprightness.

1. Humbleness;2. Thoughtfulness;3. Vulnerableness;4. Uprightness.

Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 2) הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/14/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's ideas and then learned a whopping three more approaches, each of which was radically different from the next! I really liked the ideas in this shiur, and thought that the ideas were especially timely going into Rosh ha'Shanah and the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah.-----מקורות:משלי יד:בJames K. Feibleman, "The Uses of Thinking" (1963)מצודת דודמאירירבינו יונה - משלי כא:כדרמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ד:בהואיל משהמלבי"ם-----The Torah Content for the month of Elul has been sponsored anonymously in loving memory of Henya bas Tzirel - a mother who cared deeply about her children's engagement with Judaism.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comOld Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel

Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 1) הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/13/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which appeared to be filled with Mishleic jargon, but ended up being rather straightforward to analyze. We ended up with two beautiful ideas which happened to be somewhat contrary, and a third idea which we will attempt to develop more tomorrow before turning to the meforshim.-----מקורות:משלי יד:במצודת ציון-----The Torah Content for the month of Elul has been sponsored anonymously in loving memory of Henya bas Tzirel - a mother who cared deeply about her children's engagement with Judaism.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comOld Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel

Psalms - The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness, Praise for the Lord's Mercies, God Praised and Supplicated to Give Victory. Acts - The Gospel Presented, Paul Turns to the Gentiles.

Psalms - The Psalmist's profession of Uprightness, Praise for the Lord's Mercies, God Praised and Suppicated to Give Victory John - Jesus Is the vine -- Followers are Branches, Disciples' Relation to Each other, Disciples' Relation to the World

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A gentle answer turns away wrath. But the mouth of fools spouts foolishness. A soothing tongue is a tree of life. The way of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord. The plans of the heart belong to a person, But the answer of the tongue is from The Lord. Music by Scott Holmes, intro and outro, (Corporate Uplifting) Themes song by Imovie (Narration Song)

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Ps34:15; Mt6:1-8 The Righteous and Uprightness

Kshetra or the phenomenal world is constituted by 24 elements. These are Prakriti, Mahatattvam or cosmic intelligence, Ahamkara or ego-sense, the mind, the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, the five subtle elements and the five gross elements. The sixth verse adds seven other elements to kshetra - desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, body, intelligence and fortitude. With these, we live in this phenomenal world.Within this material world is the divine spark, Kshetrajna. It is immanent in every being. All problems in the world arise because we identify ourselves with the kshetra. The one who identifies himself as kshetrajna, as distinct from the field, he is able to understand the impermanent nature of the world and its problems.In the 13th verse, Lord Krishna says: “I am now going to teach you that supreme truth, which alone is to be known, and which alone is to be realized. By realizing that, you will become immortal and realize your deathless dimension. This supreme truth is anadi (beginningless), param (beyond tools of knowledge), and Brahma (all-pervading). It is beyond existence and non-existence.”Atman is beyond the six changes: birth, existence, growth, evolution, degeneration and death. Atman does not come into existence as a pot comes into existence from clay. It is beyond the state of coming into existence. In fact, it is beyond time, space and causation.Atman is param: it cannot be seen or known by the six tools of epistemology. Pratyaksha is perception. Anumana is inference. Shabda is verbal testimony. Upamana is comparison. Arthāpatti is presumption. Anupalabdi is the non-cognition. These are the six pramanas or tools of knowledge in Vedantic epistemology. Atman is beyond these six pramanas. None of these six instruments of knowledge can explain the Reality.Atman is our own true nature and can only be experienced. The purpose of scriptures is to drive the wrong ideas from our mind, so we can experience this truth. We cannot really explain an experience. Even an empirical experience such as the taste of milk cannot be fully explained.One cannot transcend death at the physical level. When we realize our true nature and its immortal dimension, we transcend death. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad has a profound dialogue between Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi on the topic of immortality.To realize this supreme truth, one needs to attain 20 spiritual qualities that are described in verses 7-12. Per Shankaracharya, these characteristics should be acquired by those seeking to strive for spiritual enlightenment However, these same characteristics become second nature for the enlightened person. These characteristics are:(1) Humility – not being too proud of oneself (2) Not pretentious – respects others but does not demand respect from them (3) Non-violence in thoughts, words and deeds, as he instinctively feels spiritual affinity with entire creation (4) Forbearance (5) Uprightness (6) Service mindedness (7) Mental purity (8) Steadiness (9) Self-control – the spiritual energy from his noble actions gives him steadiness and self-control (10) Sense of renunciation towards sense pleasures (11) Absence of egoism (12) Ability to look upon birth, death, sickness and old age as imperfections of this empirical life. (13) Non-attachment (14) Not being obsessively attached to near and dear ones (15) Equanimity of mind in happiness and unhappiness (16) Constant, unwavering devotion to the spiritual ideal (17) Inclination for solitary places (18) Aversion to mundane society (19) Constant reflection of spiritual knowledge (20) Realizing the ultimate purpose of knowledge.When we acquire these spiritual qualities, we transform the whole world into a temple because we see the presence of the divine everywhere. These qualities describe a good human being. The greatness of Gita is that it gives a spiritual dimension to what we normally consider secular.The next few verses describe the all-pervading nature of the divine reality.14th verse: “That Divine Reality has hands, feet, eyes, heads, mouths, ears everywhere.” It is the poet's language to put in words what cannot be put in words, as the absolute reality is indescribable. The poet uses a metaphor in this verse. The meaning is that the divine reality is present everywhere and in everything.15th verse: “It expresses itself through the senses but is beyond the senses. It is unattached to everything, yet it sustains everything. It is beyond all characteristics.”Whatever we do with our mind, and senses of perception and action, is an expression of the divine spark within us. The physical body and mind are only a tool for its manifestation. The senses are able to function because of the presence of this divine spark. Death is the withdrawal of this unseen divine spark from the body.16th verse: “This Supreme Reality is inside and outside of everything, both moving and unmoving. It is so subtle that it cannot be known. It is very far but also very near.”For those who are lost in worldly pursuits, this attainment of the highest truth is far away. For those pure in heart, it is very near.17th verse: “The divine reality is present everywhere and in everything. It is indivisible but appears to be divided.”The extent to which the divine reality manifests within us depends on our own accumulated samskaras and how ready we are for its manifestation.18th verse: “It is the light of all lights; it is beyond darkness of ignorance; it is knowledge, the object of knowledge and the goal of knowledge; it is present as the divine spark everywhere and in everything.”King Janaka asked Sage Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: “Endowed with what light does a person live in this world”. The first answer was sunlight. As each option provided in previous answers was eliminated, subsequent answers were moonlight, agni, and sound. When all four of these options were eliminated, the final answer was Atma-Jyoti, which is in all of us and that is self-revealing. It is the light of all lights - that enables all other lights, such as sunlight, moonlight, and agni to function.Light is an important symbol in Vedanta. It symbolizes enlightenment and knowledge. God, as light or atma-jyoti, is already within us. The revealing power of the senses and mind is borrowed from this atma-jyoti. When we do our spiritual practices with sincerity, compassion and looking upon the whole humanity as one – then our mind becomes pure and this divine light within us reveals itself. When a person identifies with this light, he experiences spiritual freedom, happiness within, and illumined within.19th verse: “I have now explained to you Kshetra and Kshetrajna. I have explained the nature of the empirical world, how to live in this world, acquire spiritual qualities, and realize your own deathless dimension. When you realize this, you transcend death.”

Title: The Effects of Wisdom Text: Proverbs 2:10-22 I. A Satisfied and Discerning Soul Pro. 2:10,11. A. Pleasantry is not all bad 10. B. Effective discernment preserves 11. II. Protection from Evil Men's Influence Pro. 2:12-15. A. Deliver us from evil 12a. B. Protection from evil words 12b. C. Protection from dark paths 13. D. Protection from celebrating evil 14. E. Protection from crooked and devious paths 15. III. Protection from Sexual Immorality Pro. 2:16-19. A. Protects from temptation to immortality 16. B. Protection from adulterous lies 17. C. Protection from immorality's destruction 18,19. IV. Uprightness and Victory Pro. 2:20-22. A. Wisdom walks righteously 20. B. Wisdom results in a blameless dwelling 21. C. Lacking wisdom alienates from blessing 22.

The 13th chapter is about the discrimination between kshetra and kshetrajna.Human life in its empirical form is kshetra or the field. Kshetrajna is the knower of the field. Within the field there is something that is not subject to modification – that is kshetrajna. It is the Atman, which is immanent, all-pervading and transcendental.In this field, we sow seeds – our actions, thoughts and emotions are the seeds. They sprout with some results visible in this life and some in next life. This should be understood in the context of the law of karma and the law of incarnation.Law of karma should not be thought of as determinism. Rather, it asks to own responsibility for our actions. Our actions produce two types of results: One that is tangible and immediate. Another, that is invisible (Adhrishtam). These results are Apoorvam – meaning they did not exist before the action.Kshetra or the phenomenal world is constituted by 24 elements, as described in the 5th verse. These are Prakriti, Mahatattvam or cosmic intelligence, Ahamkara or ego-sense, the mind, the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, the five subtle elements and the five gross elements. The sixth verse adds seven other elements to kshetra - desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, body, intelligence and fortitude. With these, we live in the phenomenal world.Within this material world is the divine spark, Kshetrajna. It is immanent in every being. All problems in the world arises because of we identify ourselves with the kshetra. The one who identifies himself as kshetrajna, as distinct from the field, he is able to understand the impermanent nature of the world and its problems.The next few verses describe the spiritual qualities that one should practice to help discriminate between kshetra and kshetrajna.The qualities described in the 7th and 7th and 8th verses are: (1) Humility – not being too proud of oneself (2) Not pretentious – his thoughts, words and deeds become one (3) Non-violence, as he instinctively feels spiritual affinity with entire creation (4) Forbearance (5) Uprightness (6) Service mindedness (7) Mental purity (8) Steadiness (9) Self-control – the spiritual energy from his noble actions gives him steadiness and self-control (10) Detachment from sense pleasures (11) Absence of egoism (12) Ability to look upon birth, death, sickness and old age as imperfections of this empirical life.The 9th verse encourages us to be broad minded and look beyond our near and dear ones. Relationships become less spiritual when we become obsessed with our near and dear ones to the point of hating others.What we know intellectually does not necessarily become our emotional attitude. Only through spiritual practices and reflection are we able to translate our intellectual conviction into our emotional attitude and spiritual common sense.Shankaracharya says that in spiritual literature, whenever a list of characteristics of a spiritually enlightened person is provided, there is only one purpose. These characteristics constitute the road by which we should travel to reach the goal that the enlightened person has reached.

About Christian Integrity, our proof text for today is Psalm 1 verse 1 and 2 which says blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the way of Sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his Delight is in the law of the Lord. And in his law does he meditate day and night. Notice in verse 1, it says "blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly". Now, the ungodly are they who walk in compromise and outside of the word of God, uprightness of character means that we are trustworthy in our actions that we are responsible in our commitments. And that we refuse to be false in anything that is unrighteous. And by that, I mean willfully false. Christ is to be our model. Christ is to be our example.Listen for more...Scripture referenced:Deuteronomy 32:4Job 1:50Titus 1:8, 2:12Ruth 1:16Joshua 24:151 John 2:5-6John 14:6, 15:5, 17:17-19For more Free books, Sunday teachings and bible studies, please visit us at: https://www.walkinginpower.orgDr. Bern Zumpano is a Pastor and Teacher of the Word of God who has authored several books on Spirit-filled living through relationship with Jesus Christ and walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit. Bern has not only been a born-again believer for nearly the past 40 years, but also dedicated 31 years of his life to the study and clinical practice of medicine and surgery in the fields of psychiatry and brain surgery. He has held medical school professorships in psychiatry and neurosurgery and worked in private practice in both areas. Bern has an immense background in understanding the physical body, as well as the soul - the mind, will, and emotions - not only from a medical standpoint but also from a spiritual standpoint. With his background and training, he has been led by the Holy Spirit to teach "the Deep Things of God" (1 Cor. 2:10) with an emphasis on Spiritual Warfare (Jer. 51:20), Breaking Generations' Curses (Ex. 20:5; Lev. 26:40-44), walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit (John 14:12; 1 Cor. 4:20; Luke 17:21) and "the Restoration of All Things" (Acts 3:21). We at Word of Faith Ministries International-Miami hope and pray that these teachings of the Holy Spirit through Bern will edify and regenerate your spirit to gain a deeper understanding of God's Word and His truths so you can have a deeper and more intimate relationship with Him. May God bless you all!!

The 13th chapter begins with another question from Arjuna. He asks in the 1st verse: “What is Prakriti or matter? What is the nature of consciousness? What is kshetra or field? Who is kshetrajna, knower of the field? What is known, who is the knower, and what is knowledge?”Lord Krishna starts answering in the 2nd verse. He says that this body is the kshetram, or field. More broadly, we can think of the field as this material universe, which is changing and that is not eternal. It gradually decays and eventually disappears. Kshetrajna is the knower of the field. Within the field there is something that is not subject to modification – that is kshetrajna. It is the Atman, which is immanent, all-pervading and transcendental.When we refer to kshetram as the body, it refers to the following – the physical body comprising five elements, five senses of perception, five senses of action, mind and intellect.We sow seeds of tendencies and impressions in this field through our actions, thoughts, emotions and words. We are reborn with this legacy of tendencies and impressions. They determine in which direction our mind goes. That is why different people demonstrate different level of interest and understanding when reading a spiritual book. We can only understand what we are spiritually ready for.We march towards enlightenment when we realize kshetra as only kshetra, not as the highest reality. Then we look for something higher than kshetra, and our spiritual journey begins. Ultimately, we realize that the divine spark is present as drshta, as the witness, as kshetrajna, in all kshetras.Swami Vivekananda said that the difference between an amoeba and a Buddha is only of degrees, not of kind. Buddha is like the clean mirror, in whom the presence of the lord manifests in His full effulgence. Noble, unselfish action generate spiritual energy which purifies our mind, and helps us manifest this divinity with more effulgence.3rd verse: Lord Krishna says: “What is the nature of this kshetra? How does it undergo change? How does it originate? What is the real nature of kshetrajna? How does it manifest? Hear this from Me.”4th verse: “This great science of understanding the distinction between the Real and the unreal – this is the real knowledge of spiritual realization. Great vedic sages sang great hymns on the glory and greatness of this knowledge.”In daily life, we get into trouble because of wrong prioritization. We prioritize the empirical, the non-eternal. When we learn to prioritize the Real, lots of problems of daily life can be avoided.5th verse: The 5th verse describes the Sankhya philosophy of evolution expounded by Kapila. In Sankhya, there are two categories: (1) Purusha, which is eternal and self-effulgent (2) Prakriti, which is the cause of material evolution. From Prakriti, the first evolute is Mahatattvam or cosmic intelligence. From Mahatattvam, the next evolute is Ahamkara or ego-sense. From Ahamkara, the three gunas evolve: Sattva guna, Rajo guna and Tamo guna. The evolutes of sattva guna are the mind, the five senses of perception and the five senses of action. The evolutes of tamo guna are the five subtle elements and the five gross elements.The material world consists of the mind, the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, sense objects, and human tendencies –desires, love, hatred, pleasure, pain and so on.Within this material world is the divine spark. It is immanent in every being. When we begin to manifest spiritual qualities that are described in the next few verses, then we connect with the divine within.7th and 8th verses: These verses describe the qualities of someone who has spiritual knowledge. (1) Humility – it is the natural expression of one with spiritual growth because he understands that the body is just an instrument to do great things. (2) Not pretentious – his thoughts, words and deeds become one (3) Non-violence, as he instinctively feels spiritual affinity with entire creation (4) Forbearance (5) Uprightness (6) Respect for the teacher (7) Mental purity (8) Steadiness (9) Self-control – the spiritual energy from his noble actions gives him steadiness and self-control (10) Detachment from sense pleasures (11) Absence of egoism (12) Understands the misery of birth, death, sickness and old age.Shankaracharya says that in spiritual literature, whenever a list of characteristics of a spiritually enlightened person is provided, there is only one purpose. These characteristics constitute the road by which we should travel to reach the goal that the enlightened person has reached.Ego cannot be wished away. Our ego can also be given a spiritual orientation. By sublimating the ego and giving it a promotion, eventually, we can transcend ego. Sri Ramakrishna said: “Let this rascal ego remain as a servant of God.”Buddha reflected on the miseries of birth, death, sickness and old age. He went to Bodh Gaya, sat under a tree and took a vow to not leave his seat until he realized the spiritual truth.

Recording Outline: I. Church Update | Start II. Opening Prayer | 13:11 III. Sermon Message | 16:46 IV. Closing Prayer | 46:03 Sermon Outline: I. (v. 1-7) Opening Prayer II. (v. 8-15) Meditation & Thought III. (v. 16-22) Closing Prayer Sermon Notes: OPENING PRAYER (v. 1-7) • This is an "A-Z" Sermon. This Psalm is an acrostic of the 22 letter, Hebrew alphabet. Each verse begins with a successive letter in the alphabet. • This outline is a good suggestion for how you can pray and do your morning devotion. • What does David pray for? For grace. To learn. For patience. MEDITATION AND THOUGHT (v. 8-15) • FORGIVE THAT KID • If you have confessed your sins, God has forgiven you and forgotten your sins. • David understands that he has not "arrived." • Teach me to live by faith, teach me not to worry, teach me how great you are. • Don't rush. • Attitude of the Heart and the Anticipated Blessings ○ Humility (v. 9) // God will lead and teach you ○ Obedience (v. 10) // Paths of steadfast love and faithfulness ○ Reverence (v. 12,14) // Godly instruction and friendship • If you are obedient to God's Word, it's not possible for you to walk down an unfavorable road. “There shall be mercy in every unsavory morsel and faithfulness in every bitter drop.” - Charles Spurgeon • If you fear the Lord, God will instruct you in His ways. • The word "friendship" can also be translated to "secret counsel." • The secret counsel needs to align with God's Word. CLOSING PRAYER (16-22) • David shares his many problems with the Lord. But he doesn't complain once. • (v. 18) Do we still ask God to forgive us of our sins? • Some Christians want to keep their options for sin open. • (v. 21) These are your life preservers. Integrity and Uprightness. Life Group Questions 1. What was your biggest take-away from Psalm 25? 2. What has God been teaching you in his classroom this semester? 3. Which attitude of the heart would you like to develop- humility, obedience or reverence? 4. Have you asked God to forgive all your sins?

Perseverance is the final description applied to those who maintain their faith in Christ to the end of their lives. That faith will not remain in hearts that do not treasure Christ. That is why this sermon-letter opens (and continues) with numerous examples of the superiority of the Son. The author of Hebrews establishes Christ deity, and thus, his ultimate supremacy over all things like few other sections of Scripture (cf. Jn 1; Col 1). Last week we considered how the Son is superior The post The Scepter Of Uprightness appeared first on Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA).

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What is the Biblical meaning of providence? How does the book of Esther reveal G-d's providential involvement in the lives of human beings?  What response to providential circumstances in your life is required to fulfill your destiny? Rabbi David answers these questions and more in this teaching given on March 19, 2022 the 16th day of Adar II, 5782. To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our Facebook page or website at www.shemayisrael.orgClick here to listen to Purim Providence, Integrity and Uprightness