Returning to the Rules of a Godly Life devotional, from Part Two (“Words”), rule # 11: You cannot have disputes and divisions with fellow humans and still have peace with God. If you love God, you must also love your fellow men, because God has commanded it. Short and sweet, but one of the hardest…
From Rules of a Godly Life, Part 3 “Works”. Â Number 8: Be a true servant to Christ, not only by attending church services or by taking part in religious ceremonies, but throughout every area of your life, shunning all sin, and with a true obedient spirit obeying all the commandments of God. Be not satisfied…
From Rules of a Godly Life, Section 1 (“Thoughts”), Rule #8: If other people praise you, humble yourself. But do not praise yourself or boast, for that is the way of fools who seek vain praise. Be honest in all your dealings and this will be enough reward; then others will praise you. Of all…
Today, another of the Rules of a Godly Life. Â I think it’s fitting this is the first listed in the devotional: Awake in the morning with your thoughts turned to God. Think, this might be your last day of life. And when you go to bed at night, pause a moment to realize that it…
Number 5, from section 2 (WORDS), in Rules of a Godly Life: Confide to no one your personal secrets unless you have beforehand found him to be worthy of your trust. Here is one way to prove him and learn to know him well: confide to him some secret of small importance; if he keeps…
The devotional Rules of a Godly Life is split into three sections, focused on Thoughts, Words, and Works.  We’ve looked at two Rules already–one from the Words section, on speaking evil, and another from Works, concerning  appearance. Number 15 from the Thoughts section is one of the shortest in the entire devotional, at just two lines:…
Rules of a Godly Life is a concise devotional read by Amish. Â Last week we looked at what it has to say on speaking evil. Â I thought I’d share another today. Â This is rule #11, from Section 3 (“Works”): Practice modesty in the wearing of clothes, and have nothing to do with pomp and luxury…
Rules of a Godly Life is a devotional found among Amish. It’s a small booklet consisting of three parts. You can access it in its entirety here, where it was included to accompany the PBS Amish film. You can also get it at places like Gordonville Book Store or Raber’s in Ohio for a dollar…
‘Be friendly to all and a burden to no one. Live holy before God; before yourself, moderately; before your neighbors, honestly. Let your life be modest and reserved, your manner courteous, your admonitions friendly, your forgiveness willing, your promises true, your speech wise, and share gladly the bounties you receive.’ Source: Rules of a Godly…
I want to share a set of photos with you today taken by Don Burke in an Amish schoolhouse in Missouri. This great set of shots shows a lot of detail inside a school in a fairly progressive Amish community. Even though I describe the community as “fairly progressive”, much of what you’ll see here…