Standing Ourselves PDF Download

Author: William M McNeely
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ISBN: 9781720656425
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Languages : en
Pages : 300

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"After all was said and done, Solomon saw that this was the only way to stand life. The whole of man is to devote his whole character to understanding his Creator. Heart, Mind, Soul, & Strength." ----------Why is the story of reality not self-evident? We were not given an instructional manual at birth. We're all thrown into this ring called life and somewhere along the way find a place to fit in. And sometimes it feels arbitrary - groundless and whimsical. But no man truly stands in that manner - all men are grounded in a faith that they cannot see. What is the true premise of man? All men choose to live based on a standing they will never be able to prove. What is important to realize is that all people stand reality with a story that at least provides them with at a little confidence as to where they are. A story which tells what brought everything to stand. Some are fine with the culturally popular stories explaining how a cosmic fart brought everything into existence billions of years ago. Others, like myself, frame reality in the story told in Scripture. From whichever story of standing you choose, along with that stories' accepted history, you then proceed to stand along with the rest of reality. People's thought about themselves are based on their standing. We all face what is a seemingly uncertain void in one way or another. We base our lives by how we stand it - and we base our deaths on that same standing. The way we live, the way we work, the way we go about "science" - all things are first framed by an understood position of faith. How can any of us really know what's going on? Life can only be understood according to the one Who brought all of it to stand - The Creator of all that stands.The Understanding Strength Project is about understanding the wonderful design of the human body in accordance with the story of Scripture. Scripture tells us that creation itself was once very good but is now fallen, and we feel that tension into the depths of our bones. To truly understand the human body and why we should take care of ourselves, we need to first understand the reality of creation itself. In Standing Ourselves, William McNeely (Mastery Level Resistance Training Specialist(R)) explains how we all live in accordance with a view of the world (i.e. world-view) - and truly understanding it establishes the character one will form in their heart, mind, soul, and strength. This book attempts to provide context to understanding our views of the world so that we may better stand ourselves. I mean stand in many ways. To stand just to be able to get by in life - to stand for the purpose of providing hope - to stand to give meaning to the world around you - to stand to better understand all that life has to offer - to stand in order provide your faith with what it needs - to stand to live by faith. To get to the bottom of the question Who am I?, we must first reflect on Why am I? Understanding the value of our physical bodies and why we should do anything with them starts with this question. This is a foundational question that we all are answering every day of our lives. Individually we ask ourselves this question in some wording. Collectively, as a culture, we're answering it somehow. Therefore, it's important to understand the time and place we live in, because we truly are shaped by every force around us.