Marbaniang, Domenic

~"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?" (Psalm 8:3,4)~ There are about 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Now, there are 500 billion such galaxies in the universe. Imagine the number of all the stars if we multiply the 400 billion with the 500 billion; it would be 200000 billion stars. Yet, God knows each of the stars by its name - how much more precious is the life of a human created in the very image and likeness of God. And, then we are only about 7 billion people on this planet. We are precious! 1. THE VALUE OF LIFE Jesus said, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered." (Matthew 10:29,30). God cares for the sparrows; how much more He cares for us. He says that even the hair...

ELEMENTS BODY SOUL SPIRIT CONSCIOUSNESS World-Consciousness Self-Consciousness God-Consciousness PROCESSING Organism 11 Major Organ-Systems Intellect Analysis, Synthesis, Prediction Intuition Spiritual Discernment REACTION Instinct E.g. Survival Emotion E.g. Fear Conscience Knowledge of Good and Evil ACTION Drive E.g. Hunger, Thirst Volition Will Communion Love LIFE Biological Bios Psychological Psuche Spiritual Zoe

"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Heb 4:12). There's a need for a division between soul and spirit in order to differentiate between the acts of human intellect and emotions and the revelation of the Spirit. Right action is that which follows the direction of the Spirit of God. Plato put the intellect over the hierarchy, but the limitations are evident; "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word (rhema) that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). Prayer: Father, give us Your Spirit of wisdom and revelation and enlighten our eyes of understanding to know and do what You desire of us in Jesus Christ. Amen.