Henotheistic religions accept one supreme deity without denying other deities, considering them as aspects of the same divine principle. Monotheistic religions accept only one deity (predominantly referred to as " God"), whereas polytheistic religions accept multiple deities. Religions can be categorized by how many deities they worship. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively, in ways that carry humans to new levels of consciousness, beyond the grounded preoccupations of ordinary life".
The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. Examples of representations of deities in different cultures clockwise from upper left: Hinduism, Buddhism, Yoruba, Maya, Roman, Shinto, Christianity, Greek, and Inca.Ī deity or a god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. She also reaches out to readers through her popular blog, Heart to Heart with Holley and through a partnership with DaySpring. She is co-founder of (in)courage, an online destination for women, which received more than one million page views in its first six months. Holley Gerth is a best-selling writer, licensed counselor, certified life coach and speaker. We are loved because we are His, not because of what we do.”Īs we align our hearts with Christ, we will be able to allow Him to work more freely in our lives for the benefit of others and the glory of God. I’m just kind of wired that way, but remembering that God wants our heart first, then our hands. “I really needed some realignment in my own heart about that because I had just felt such pressure to perform and I put that on myself. That we can worship Him if we’re standing in front of a microphone, and we can worship Him if we are standing next to this microwave in our yoga pants with the dirty dishes in the sink.” What is small and hidden is often what is most valuable to God. “I think we all feel that pressure to prove our worth, but our worth doesn’t come from our work. In our achievement-based culture, we end up trying to find our worth and value in what we do, rather than who we are. God-given story.’ We all need to speak those and we all need to hear them.” This is where I am today, this is where God had me yesterday, and this is what He has done for me.’ I think that’s a beautiful gift we can give each other is just to say, ‘Here’s my imperfect, glory-filled. “There’s so much power in just saying, ‘This is my story. However God wants to use our stories as they are. We start believing that our stories aren’t good enough that they need to be more impressive or wrapped up with a nice bow. “I know when I hear a story of what God has done in someone else’s life, it strengthens me, gives me hope, and helps me take the next step.” I think that verse is really saying that we overcome by what Jesus did for us and by telling that story.” Really, ‘the word of our testimony’ is a fancy way of saying ‘our stories’. “I love that verse that says, ‘we are overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony’ ( Revelation 12:11). Holley Gerth speaks to the power of our testimonies and the importance of sharing them with others. But all too often, we get in our own way and limit what He is trying to do in and through us. God wants to use our stories to reach others with His love, grace, and truth.
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