Do We Really Need God?

Written by Emmanuel Emezie


The human being is endowed with ability. We haverepparttar capacity to do things. However, our ability is inherently limited. The human being is not almighty and so cannot accomplish all things. Because human capability is finite we find that a person cannot by his own powers alone ensurerepparttar 126642 success of all his pursuits and undertakings in life. A human being is not able to ensure his good health andrepparttar 126643 safety of his life at all times. A human being is not able to ensure his welfare throughout life. The fact that we experience anxiety, worry, fear and doubt is clear indication that our ability is not always sufficient to handle life's hazards, difficulties and challenges.

We all desire happiness, good health and success in life. Yet on our own we cannot guaranteerepparttar 126644 attainment or maintenance of this state of things we desire. What this means is that for us to satisfy these cravings we need help from a power much greater than ourselves. This almighty power we need is God.

The human being, obviously, needsrepparttar 126645 help of God in order to live a completely happy and successful life.

Mankind's need for God has always been there. Our search after Him is an age-long one. The early man, undoubtedly, had to face great odds in his struggle for survival. The hazards he had to contend with were indeed enormous. He had little protection againstrepparttar 126646 elements. He was prone to ravage by disease. There wasrepparttar 126647 ever present risk of being devoured by wild animals. He was not always sure of gettingrepparttar 126648 food he needed. There was no guarantee he would succeed whenever he left his cave to roamrepparttar 126649 wild in search of food. There was alsorepparttar 126650 risk of being struck down by other savages. He did come to realize that on his own he could not cope successfully with life's hazards and challenges. He did feelrepparttar 126651 need to reach out to a power much greater than himself to help ensure his safety and survival. His worship of rivers, trees, hills and other objects was obviously undertaken inrepparttar 126652 hope of gettingrepparttar 126653 help and protection he evidently needed.

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Discover Who You are and Why You are Here.

Written by Emmanuel Emezie


You are a Creative Worker:

God carries on creative work through human beings. Human beings serve as instrument of transformation of thoughts and ideas fromrepparttar spiritual state torepparttar 126641 physical state. Our mind which is an aspect ofrepparttar 126642 brain mechanism is a creative device which enables us to relate to spiritual as well as physical existence.

Our role inrepparttar 126643 creative process involves receiving thoughts and ideas which emanate from God into our mind. By means of our mental and physical powers we are able to transform these thoughts and ideas into physical reality. Sorepparttar 126644 human being receives fromrepparttar 126645 spiritual and transforms intorepparttar 126646 physical. Our function inrepparttar 126647 creative process can be likened torepparttar 126648 function of a television set. The pictures we see onrepparttar 126649 screen do not originate fromrepparttar 126650 television set. The television set receives signals that are transmitted from a television station and then transforms these signals into observable pictures onrepparttar 126651 television screen. Inrepparttar 126652 case ofrepparttar 126653 creative process, thinking enables us to tune in to and receive thoughts, ideas and concepts from God. These thoughts, ideas and concepts we are then able to transform into physical (objective) reality by means of our mental and physical powers. To illustrate this process let us consider how a building comes into existence. By thinking, an architect receives ideas and concepts ofrepparttar 126654 design of a building in his mind. By means of his mental and physical abilities he transfers his mental pictures ofrepparttar 126655 design of this building to drawing on paper. A builder, by interpreting this drawing, is able to constructrepparttar 126656 building thereby bringing it into existence. And so what has come from God as thoughts has eventually become a physical reality.

Evidently,repparttar 126657 human being is a co-worker with God inrepparttar 126658 creative process.

Your Gift of Creative Ability:

Human beings are endowed with creative ability. We haverepparttar 126659 capacity to do things requiring intelligence. Our creative ability is inrepparttar 126660 form of mental and physical powers. Since our physical abilities are obvious, I shall focus attention on human mental powers. Observation of human beings reveals that human mind exhibits certain capabilities. These are:

Drive:

This isrepparttar 126661 mental power by which a person presses forward or pushes on with a task. It isrepparttar 126662 capacity ofrepparttar 126663 mind to sustain effort and get things done.

Power of Self Control:

This isrepparttar 126664 mental power by which a person can direct his thoughts and actions and exercise control over his feelings and impulses.

Power of Feeling:

This isrepparttar 126665 power ofrepparttar 126666 mind by which a person is able to perceive, experience or become conscious of physical and spiritual phenomena through feeling.

Intelligence:

This isrepparttar 126667 mental power we have of perceiving, learning, understanding and knowing.

There are three aspects to human intelligence and these are:

Intellect: This isrepparttar 126668 power ofrepparttar 126669 mind to reason.

Memory: This isrepparttar 126670 power of keeping facts inrepparttar 126671 conscious mind and being able to call them back at will.

Knowledge: The actual knowledge a person has is an aspect of his intelligence.

All these mental powers are present in every normal human being. These mental powers working together determine a person's mental qualities and characteristics. Our mental powers together with our physical abilities constitute our creative ability.

The extent, degree or level to which human beings are gifted with each of these different mental powers varies from individual to individual. No two individuals match each other inrepparttar 126672 extent of endowment of every one of these mental powers. By this I mean that no two individuals haverepparttar 126673 same measure of drive,repparttar 126674 same degree of self-control andrepparttar 126675 same depth and strength of power of feeling as well as haverepparttar 126676 same measure of intellect,repparttar 126677 same strength of memory andrepparttar 126678 same amount of knowledge. However, people may be classed in broad groupings of level of endowment of particular mental powers. For example, depending onrepparttar 126679 extent to which a person is gifted intellectually, such a person may be described in any one ofrepparttar 126680 following ways: as having low intellectual ability, as having average intellectual ability, as having high intellectual ability or as having exceptional intellectual ability.

Because human beings are endowed withrepparttar 126681 different mental powers to different levels, degrees or extent, you find that each human being has distinct mental qualities and characteristics. Each individual has his or her special way of thinking and doing things. This explains why human beings think and behave differently from one another. The fact that human beings are mentally different explains why people have different interests and talents and so take to different vocations, occupations or professions. It also accounts forrepparttar 126682 fact that people occupy different positions in life. Our physical abilities also play a part in determining our choice of occupation or career and contribute to determining our place in life.

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