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The other side of submission

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Image from www.mywedding.co.ug Ephesians 5:24-25: "Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." It's interesting when we, women, sometimes complain about having to submit, we have movements that oppose submission to the husband yet, in summary, the above Bible verse sounds like this to me:  Wife:  submit to him;  Husband:  die for her. Those  tasked to die  do not always complain as much as those tasked to submit! Die to your desires that He who died might live in you  (1 Peter 2:24 paraphrase):   As Christians, we are tasked not to act upon our mundane desires or feelings, but to live and act like Jesus indeed lives within us. For example, when you are very angry at someone and you feel like giving them a piece of your mind, you are not to act upon that feeling. Rather, ...

What is Your Name?

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Image from: https://bit.ly/319Rbeg The dictionary definition of “name” states that it's a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed or referred to. A name is a term used for identification. Your name, in short, is your identity What is leadership? This is the action of leading a group of people or organization. Leadership can also be defined as an act of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Who is a leader? A leader is a person in a group who possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills, which make other people want to follow in his or her direction. According to Adam Alter, an associate professor of marketing at the New York University's Stern school of business and psychology department, your name gives the first impression about you. This is because it is usually the first piece of information that people get about you. That’s why I pose the question: what is your name? Is yo...