Meaning: Be affable, but be sure to have effective punitive measures.
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Meaning: Be affable, but be sure to have effective punitive measures.
September 9 Icing
The experience of the 7 sons of Sceva (in the passage above) got me thinking: 'Imagine a young school leaver challenging a bank manager to a contest of being a better manager of man and money to ensure effectiveness and efficiency?'
You can only wonder what will become of this school leaver is he/she is given the responsibility of managing a department of a bank. These sons of Sceva did not pay attention to the simple rule of the thumb in Human Resource management:
- Your CV must be tailored to suit any job opening you are applying for and,
- Your experiences muse be relevant to the job advertised for
Before you can apply for any job.
In this case, being born again is the basic requirement for the job in question (Acts 19:15) while a faith in Christ's finished work on the Cross is all the relevant experience these 7 young men needed.
Unfortunately they lacked these requirements yet they wanted the glory PAUL enjoyed.
Beloved members of Sandy's Relationship Forum, please make sure that your CV is always updated and your experiences relevant to God's purpose and plan at every time least you embrace the shame of defeat.
You don't want to ask the sons of Sceva their experience (Acts 19:14 - 16)!
Unscriptural Quotes
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Quote Three: "Love your neighbour as yourself but you've got to choose your neighbours"
Reflective Mode
Lying down on my bed this morning I thought about how my week went and how God led me ... then a thought occurred to me:
"Assume you had to sacrifice your arm for your child (as a price for his waywardness or rebellion). How would you feel if:
- He becomes repentant and decide to make you happy the rest of his life?
- He continues in the same lifestyle that caused your arm to be cut off?
Sincerely, will the price be worth it and how will it affect your relationship with that child?"
Breaking Down Your Defense
The emotional wall of defense is
a ‘defense
mechanisms’ people erect unconsciously to protect themselves from
anticipated emotional pain or stress. According
to an anthropologist, Helen Fisher:
“when a person is in the bathtub with another
person, they have removed their "defenses". Therefore, every touch
during this time becomes a lot more intimate”.
In other words, when a person creates the commonness that allows him/her to freely:
-
prefer and take pleasure in involving an
opposite sex you are not married to in undoing your zips;
-
take off or dress up before an opposite sex
he/she is not married to;
-
wear only under wears before an opposite sex;
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discuss sex, sexuality and lust inspired stories;
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watch x-rated films together;
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touch or allow to be touched in sensitive areas;
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take his/her bath in the open in public
compounds;
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bath with an opposite sex you are not married
to;
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etc
Such a person has broken down
his/her emotional wall of defense. Once this wall is broken down, every word,
touch or actions of each actors in such a relationship becomes a lot more
intimate, suggestive and instruments for sensual satisfaction.
But the question is how did you or how can one break down his/her defense? Let us attempt to answer this question by looking at a conversation I overheard somewhere:
Q: I am a 21 year old Nigerian
boy trying to win the heart of a young lady but have been having difficulties. The
young lady in question is beautiful, hardworking, and intelligent. I prefer to call her Obim and the realization
that she is still be a virgin really makes me have a crush for her.
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