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“Just a few words on the subject of onanism…”
In case you’re curious… Genesis 38:8-9
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14
Few take holiness seriously. I know I don’t. But I should. And it’s not just about representin’ God well… Everyone screws up, so you can’t always please those who would judge our God by our actions. It’s about becoming a person who would even feel at home in heaven. Right now I certainly wouldn’t.
We also don’t do a good job at making “every effort to live in peace with everyone”.
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Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Luke 6:27-28 via taylorcthomas |
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound
Third, the book of Ruth is the portrait of beautiful, noble manhood and womanhood. The greatness of manhood and womanhood is more than sex. It is more than a throbbing love story. In a day when movies and television and advertising and the Internet portray masculinity and femininity in the lowest ways, we are in great need of stories that elevate the magnificent meaning of manhood and womanhood. In making sex the main thing, the modern world is losing the glory and beauty and depth and power of what sexuality becomes when it runs like a deep and mighty river between the high banks of righteousness. Ruth and Boaz are extraordinary. Men and women today need heroes like this.
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John Piper, in his introduction to his new work on the book of Ruth, A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race and the Sovereignty of God. Download the intro and first chapter here. via sds |
You have wearied the LORD with your words.
‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask.
By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them’
‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask.
By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them’
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- Malachi 2:17 Take heed, this generation that seeks to call nothing ‘evil’, and justify all who practice it. I am not pointing fingers only outward; I practice evil. I too am broken. I need to be fixed, mended; remade. I cannot do it myself. Until I am fixed and sanctified and made to be in harmony with God’s order, I am not good. To call something good that is evil is to slander God’s perfect order, which is so infinitely superior to the things we put up with as ‘good’. |
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via 10 Human Functions We’ve Already Handed Over to The Machines | Gizmodo
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.
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Philippians 4:8 This is one of my favorite verses! At least, in terms of being helpful in shaping my attitude and thought-life. Jesus isn’t about DOs and DON’Ts as much as SHOULDs and SHOULDN’Ts. Sure, I can go to a violent movie, but is it pure? Lovely? Admirable? Shouldn’t I rather be spending my time absorbing things which are excellent and praiseworthy? via classyliving |
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom. Then He can sell them as slaves to the whole world, as He Himself was sold, and if He does this He will be doing them no wrong but showing them no slight favor. Unless they resolve to do this, they need not expect to make great progress [spiritually].
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- St. Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, pg 234
We are always slaves of something; either sin or God. |
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Romans 8:31 This was my favorite verse during high school. It meant a lot to me to know that, ultimately, no one could take me down. via dailybibleverse |
Philipians 4:13
This is a great verse; just remember that when Paul says “do everything”, in the context he is referring primarily to enduring all hardships, financial and otherwise, for the sake of Christ.
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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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- Romans 12:2 I just finished memorizing this (and verse 1) in Greek! I love these verses so much |
