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Rock Hill Church of Christ



We are a church in the Frisco, TX location of North Texas. Concepts that lead us. It is our need to surpass partisan names, creeds, and also power structure to the simple beliefs and also practices of the first-century church. Our overview is the Bible, which our team believe to be the passionate word of God and also pattern for New Testament praise, church company, and everyday life.

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Dubai-based Aisha Buhari returns to Nigeria, calls for prayers for peace [Photos] By Ahmed Ubandoma Dubai-based Aisha Buhari, has silently made her return to Nigeria and stepped out Tuesday night to host wives of service chiefs and other top government functionaries to a Ramadan breaking of the fast at the State House, Abuja. She called on Muslim faithful to use the Ramadan period to intensify prayers for lasting peace and security in Nigeria. Aisha said the Almighty God has provided Nigerians with another opportunity to re-dedicate themselves in fasting and prayers to ensure peace and development of the country. Aisha Buhari and her guests during the IftarThe first lady also urged Nigerians to extend good virtues of sharing, love, support, forgiveness and sacrifice for the betterment of mankind and Nigeria. Aisha, while expressing her gratitude to Almighty Allah for the opportunity to witness the 2022 Ramadan, expressed optimism that the period would provide the country with abundance of peace and tranquillity. Ramadan fast is one of the five pillars of Islam which provides an opportunity for Muslim ummah to intensify prayers in humility and the fear of God. The fasting period is also to extend good virtues of sharing, forgiveness, love, peace and sacrifices for the betterment of mankind and the society. The dignitaries who attended the event included wives of ministers and other Nigerian women. According to NAN, the women expressed their appreciation to the first lady for her commitment to the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria. 02Ramadan: Aisha Buhari seeks prayers for peace The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has called on Muslim faithful to use the Ramadan period to intensify prayers for lasting peace and security in Nigeria. Buhari made the call on Tuesday night when she hosted wives of service chiefs and other top government functionaries to a Ramadan breakfast at the State House, Abuja. She said the Almighty God has provided night time prayer with another opportunity to re-educate themselves in fasting and prayers to ensure peace and development of the country. The First Lady also urged Nigerians to extend good virtues of sharing, love, support, forgiveness and sacrifice for the betterment of mankind and Nigeria. Buhari, while expressing her gratitude to Almighty Allah for the opportunity to witness the 2022 Ramadan, expressed optimism that the period would provide the country with abundance of peace and tranquillity. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ramadan fast is one of the five pillars of Islam which provides an opportunity for the Muslim ummah to intensify prayers in humility and the fear of God. The fasting period is also to extend good virtues of sharing, forgiveness, love, peace and sacrifices for the betterment of mankind and society. The dignitaries who attended the event included wives of ministers and other Nigerian women who unanimously expressed their appreciation to the first lady for her commitment to peaceful coexistence of Nigeria. (NAN)
How To Read The Bible - Easy Full Bible Text Mobile App
Many people don’t read the bible because they simply don’t understand the bible or don't know where to start reading. A mobile prayer app will help you to start reading the bible. Indeed, the bible is a comprehensive work of literature that can appear overwhelming at first glance. Many people make the mistake of opening the bible to the book text of revelation where the complexity and symbolism quickly discourage them from reading the other parts of the bible. And, if they do read other parts of the bible, what they do read seems boring and requires too much background to understand it. So, they set it down and walk away, some never reading it again. A shame, because the bible is a wonderful compilation of God’s word expressed in history, prophecy, poetry and the Gospel's accounting of the life of Christ expressed through the apostles. The Bible is composed of two basic parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is composed mostly of important Jewish history and prophecy with the book of Psalms and Proverbs leaning towards a more poetic presentation of the word of God. The New Testament, on the other hand, is composed of the first four books of the apostles: Matthew, Mark Luke, and John, and these four books discuss the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. After these first four books text is the book of Acts, which is a history of the beginnings of the early church after Christ rose from the dead and went into heaven. The apostle Paul writes the bulk of the New Testament with letters to the church in Rome (Romans), the church of Corinth (Corinthians), and others including Colossians, Ephesians, Thessalonians, and others. The end of the New Testament is, obviously, the book text of Revelations, which discusses end-time events. Okay, so where do you start to read the bible so that you get a crash course on the background of the Bible? The best book to start reading and understanding the bible is the book of John (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and JOHN). This single book is all that one needs to read to start their lifelong journey in bible reading! This book will introduce you to Jesus in a way that no other book will and allows you to understand who Jesus was and why he came to earth. There are many opinions as to the exact procedural approach to reading the rest of the bible but I am going to suggest a couple of ideas to you: 1. Always pray and ask God to bless your reading and understanding of his Word before you start reading. This way you have God’s guiding hand illuminating your mind as you progress. 2. Ask God to guide you in the book that he wants you to read. Ask God and then open the book to where your heart tells you to read. Even if it doesn’t make sense, read at least a few paragraphs… God will sometimes guide you this way and bring you back around some point in the future so it ties together. 3. Start with the Gospel of John and read the whole thing straight through. Don’t read any other books until you are finished with them. 4. Use a pen and underline everything that jumps out at you as you read. Underline those verses that seem especially important to you and in your life. 5. After you have read John, read the book of Acts. This will help you understand the early church and how the foundation of Christianity started and developed. 6. Another good book to read in the early stages of bible reading is Psalms. One strategy for reading Psalms is to set a goal to read three Psalms per day and you will nearly finish them in about a month. God will open your eyes as you read Psalms this way. 7. The book of revelation - It is best to have a study guide to help you understand this book. There are several studies help free on the net and available in bookstores. Revelation will not make sense to most without a study guide and reading it without guidance usually results in frustration. If you read the bible and get to number (6) in the list you will be well on your way as a full-blown bible reader. You see, the Bible is addicting from the standpoint that the more you read the more light you are given and each piece of light (or truth) builds upon itself. The more you seek, the more you will find and the more you find, the more you will seek. The good news is that the bible is a journey between you and God through rich and wonderful stories that will lead you into greater and greater truth.
Praying for recovery and serenity
“God told me to pray for you!” is about the last thing Amy Kenny wants to hear when she recites the Set Aside Prayer, the mobility scooter she has named after Wonder Woman. It’s not that she has anything against prayer. Kenny, a Shakespeare scholar and lecturer at the University of California, Riverside who is disabled, would simply like other Christians to quit treating her body as defective. “To suggest that I am anything less than sanctified and redeemed is to suppress the image of God in my disabled body and to limit how God is already at work through my life,” Kenny writes in her new book, “My Body Is Not a Prayer Request.” The book, which comes out this month, invites readers to consider how ableism is baked into their everyday assumptions and imagines a world — and a church — where the needs of disabled people aren’t ignored or tolerated, but are given their rightful place at the center of conversations. Kenny combines humor and personal anecdotes with biblical reflections to show how disabilities, far from being a failure of nature or the Divine, point to God’s vastness. She reframes often overlooked stories about disability in Scripture, from Jacob’s limp to Jesus’ post-crucifixion scars. Abolishing ableis m, she concludes, benefits disabled and nondisabled people alike.  Religion News Service spoke to Kenny about making the church what she calls a “crip space,” her belief in a disabled God and why she prefers Good Friday over Easter. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. At what point did you begin seeing your disability as a blessing? I was told often by doctors that my spine and my leg and my body was crooked. I began seeing how crooked and jagged creation is, the way elm trees have snaking branches and maple leaves are ragged and kangaroos don’t walk but hop. I didn’t have any trouble thinking about those elements as beautiful and divine. Yet when applied to humans, disability was thought of as dangerous and sinful. That just didn’t make sense to me. So based on the idea that creation is delightfully crooked, I started to think about how my body, too, is made in the image of the Divine and its crookedness isn’t anything to be ashamed of. Can you explain the difference between curing and healing? I think of curing as a physical process, usually a pretty rapid one — in Western society, going to the doctor and wanting a fix for whatever illness you are experiencing. Healing is much richer than that. It’s deeper. Healing is messy and complex. It takes time. It’s about restoring someone to communal wellness. What is “crip space” and what does it look like in the context of a church? Crip space is a disability community term that is reclaiming what has been used as a derogatory slur against us, cripple, as a way of gaining disability pride. It’s saying that we are not ashamed to be disabled, that our body-minds are not embarrassments. Crip space puts those who are most marginalized at the center and follows their lead. So folks who are queer, black, disabled people. Generally, churches want a checklist or a list of don’ts. It’s much more nuanced and human than that. It’s noticing that there’s no ramp to the building you’re in, or no sensory spaces for people to take a break. It’s noticing that the language of the songs or the sermon is ableist and changing those words. It’s recognizing when the community is missing disabled folks. I’ve often had that as an excuse: “We don’t have any other disabled people but you.” Well, I wonder if that’s related to your lack of accessibility.