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Spiritual attitude         “And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt” (Luke 1 8:9).                        “The kind of person you are is far more important than the kind of work you do.”   When we realize that our existence is more important than our actions, as believers, we must develop appropriate spiritual attitudes within our hearts—one of which is humility.   In today's passage Luke 18:9, we see a Pharisee who believed himself to be righteous and looked down on others.   He enjoyed being esteemed among people (16:15).   His spiritual posture was pride.   He considered himself better than even tax collectors and other sinners. Look at the Pharisee's prayer in the parable of Jesus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers,...

  The atitude of the builders       [Nehemiah 4:15-23]     Here is the story of a Sufi teaching: A man wanted to get married.   He wandered all over the world to meet the most perfect woman, but he could not find the perfect woman.   In the end, her friend asked him who just came back after wasting her life.   ‘Yes, isn’t there a single woman in the world who is so perfect?’   The 70-year-old bachelor replies. ‘No, there was one.   She miraculously found the perfect woman.’ asked the startled friend again.   ‘So how did it go?’ the bachelor replied with a gloomy face.   ‘Whatever she is, she is looking for the perfect man.   So, in the end, she was blown away’ (Jeong-ho Kim).   Maybe that's why there are old bachelor and old virgins, we don't know.   What is the essence of Sufi teachings here?   There is no perfect church in this world.   But what's the problem?   Like a 70-year-o...

자세 (Attitude)  자세 (attitude) 를 똑바로 해야 합니다 .   특히 하나님 앞에선 ...   교만과 거만과 악한 행실과 패역한 입을 가지고 하나님 앞에 나아가지 말아야 합니다 ( 잠언 8:13).   겸손과 온유와 선한 행실과 정직한 입을 가지고 하나님께 나아가야 합니다 .