God's Wisdom for every day — Suneidesis & Sunergos I recently discovered a fractal phenomenon between two fundamental things: a principle related to human thinking and relational processes. These are heaven - initiated merits and values decoded in the new testamental apostolic mindset. When scrutinizing human relationships and community dynamics we can see: the two are inseparable. Since they are in the same fractal: Both create unity, integration at their own different levels. Both have coherence and alignment which helps (or drives) the parts /members. (The result below came from an interesting conversation with Claude.ai.) Brief definitions Suneidesis (Greek: συνείδησις) is an ancient Greek term that means "conscience" or "consciousness of something". Synergy (Greek: συνεργία = synergía), derived from syn- (with/together) and ergon (work), meaning "working together") describes the phenomenon where the comb...
study and meditation Faithfulness in Heavy Times David Guzik's Bible study — enduringword.com DANIEL 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand... Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hanani...
Guilt or Throne? spiritual, mental hygiene, mutual need, purification, confidence, etc. This article is part of the "Vitalize" pack Dear saints and beloved! I recently visited a church which has a beautiful family life but suffers from a typical 21 century sickness. The guilt. Interestingly, leaders have told me that members are not as eager to come and get their lives back on track when they commit sins. They simply do not confess them openly. Since it is pastoral responsibility first - I really don't understand, why... The place we came from I believe that guilt is one of the most serious attacks on the humankind. People, nations can do "amazing" things to get rid of guilt. They walk thousands of miles, they squeeze themselves, they oppress themselves and unfortunately they oppress others just to see their own lives as superior and better. In fact, we see whole networks promising "grace" without any chance of conversi...