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Materialism tin go corrupt us. Let's ready our minds on things above...

“By the fourth dimension Rockefeller died inwards 1937, his assets equaled 1.5% of America's full economical output. 

"To command an equivalent part today would postulate a cyberspace worth of close $340 billion dollars, to a greater extent than than iv times that of Bill Gates, currently the world's richest man.” (6 Biblical Principles for Handling Money
Contentment & Entitlement

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We Bespeak Friends, Non Fans

"A truthful friend stabs yous inwards the front." Oscar Wilde

Proverbs 27:6: "Wounds from a sincere friend are improve than many kisses from an enemy."

The world’s emphasis on self-esteem gives people an appetite for undeserved praise. 

But a steady diet of undeserved affirmation makes us lazy, proud, as well as resistant to constructive criticism. 

Eventually, nosotros surroundings ourselves with “fans” instead of friends. 

Unfortunately, if we're non willing to head to advice, we'll never grow wiser as well as stronger inwards the Lord. We'll but learn self-deceived.

Proverbs 19:20: "Listen to advice as well as stimulate got discipline, as well as at the halt yous volition hold upward counted alongside the wise."

Proverbs 12:15: "The means of fools seems right to them, but the wise head to advice."

Proverbs 1:8: "Listen, my son, to your father's teaching as well as work non forsake your mother's teaching."

True friends, proficient parents, as well as godly pastors challenge as well as right us.

We ask genuine friends, non fans. 
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Two to a greater extent than 1-minute devotions almost this subject:
Friends & Peer Mentors
Prayer Partners 

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Why Inventiveness Is Business Office Of Our Spiritual Dna

Do a Google search for “benefits of coloring for adults” too you’ll uncovering a plethora of articles nearly coloring to preserve stress, overcome grief, add together inventiveness to your life, cash inward one's chips on your encephalon active, too more.

It’s to a greater extent than than only a fad. It’s role of beingness human. We cause got an innate wishing to hold out creative, too it's salubrious for us!

Creativity comes inward many forms: photography, writing, building, gardening, decorating, baking, cooking, etc.

God emphasized the spiritual aspects of inventiveness when assigning craftsmen for the temple. Bezalel was filled “with the Spirit of God inward wisdom, inward understanding, inward knowledge, too inward all kinds of craftsmanship.” Exodus 31:3

The Bible likewise highlights a New Testament believer named Tabitha who used her sewing skills to bless widows inward the church building (Acts 9:39).

We're made inward the icon of the ultimate Creator, too therefore inventiveness is inward our DNA.

Grand or simple, I challenge y'all to create something creative for the Lord this week. It's salubrious for you!
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For to a greater extent than nearly Tabitha's method of lifestyle evangelism: Lifestyle
For about ideas to become your creative juices flowing:
A Creative Way to Share Your Story
Bible Journaling
Think Inside the Box
Stones of Remembrance

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And delight convey the fourth dimension to create today's Bite Size Bible Study to read to a greater extent than Scripture passages nearly our creative God too His purposes for us.
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Can You Lot Grieve Him?

A imitation pedagogy is gaining popularity amid Christians: the belief that God is never disappointed inward us because He forgets our sins as well as exclusively sees Jesus inward us.(1)

Scripture says believers tin cease disappoint God. 
If nosotros couldn't disappoint God, He wouldn't give us this warning: 

Ephesians 4:30: "...do non grieve the Holy Spirit of God, alongside whom y'all were sealed for the hateful solar daytime of redemption."

Scripture too urges us to notice out what pleases the Lord.
If nosotros e'er pleased God, these Scriptures (written to believers) wouldn't move necessary:

Ephesians 5:10: "…find out what pleases the Lord."
Colossians 1:10: "…live a life worthy of the Lord as well as delight him inward every way…"

Like whatsoever loving parent, God is disappointed inward His children when nosotros brand bad choices. He doesn't encompass His eyes as well as smile. He rebukes, corrects, as well as disciplines us for our good.

Hebrews 12:6: "the Lord disciplines the i he loves, as well as he chastens everyone he accepts every bit his son."
Revelation 3:19: "Those whom I honey I rebuke as well as discipline. So move earnest as well as repent."

(1) This thought has grown increasingly pop due to misunderstandings near "unconditional love." Please read Better Than Unconditional to pose those pop errors. Recently this mistake has too gained novel followers through the influential fiction book, The Shack. On page 206 the atomic number 82 graphic symbol Mack asks The Shack god if he's ever been disappointed inward him, as well as The Shack god emphatically says, "Never!"  For to a greater extent than insights: Examining The Shack

For to a greater extent than scriptures as well as information on this subject, cheque out these 1-minute devotions:
God Sees My Sin
Forgive or Forget? 

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Works Is Non A Muddied Word

Today's devotion is a flake dissimilar from other Bible Love Notes. It's longer because it contains the total text to a let on of Scriptures. 

There's a pop misunderstanding alongside Christians, in addition to it's of import that nosotros know how to reply to it.  

Frequently when I write nearly our Christian responsibilities in addition to adept works, mortal "corrects" me, maxim industrial plant receive got null to attain with genuine Christianity. They'll quote Ephesians 2:8-9: 

"It is past times grace you lot receive got been saved, through faith—and this is non from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not past times works, hence that no i tin boast."

It's true. Salvation is non at all nearly works. 

But later salvation, industrial plant are an of import chemical constituent of faith. We attain adept industrial plant out of love for Christ, through organized religious belief inward Christ, for the purposes of Christ, in addition to inward the ability of Christ. 

If people challenge us nearly the importance of adept works, nosotros tin part about of the passages below:

Matthew 5:16: In the same way, permit your low-cal smoothen earlier others, that they may meet your good deeds in addition to glorify your Father inward heaven.

2 Corinthians 9:8: And God is able to bless you lot abundantly, hence that inward all things at all times, having all that you lot need, you lot volition abound inward every good work.

Ephesians 2:10: For nosotros are God's handiwork, created inward Christ Jesus to attain good works, which God prepared inward advance for us to do.

Philippians 2:12-13: Therefore, my honey friends, every bit you lot receive got ever obeyed—not alone inward my presence, only forthwith much to a greater extent than inward my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fearfulness in addition to trembling, 13 for it is God who industrial plant inward you lot to volition in addition to to human activity inward social club to fulfill his adept purpose.

Colossians 1:9-10: So nosotros receive got non stopped praying for you lot since nosotros outset heard nearly you. We inquire God to give you lot consummate noesis of his volition in addition to to give you lot spiritual wisdom in addition to understanding. 10 Then the agency you lot alive volition ever accolade in addition to please the Lord, in addition to your lives volition produce every form of adept fruit. All the while, you lot volition grow every bit you lot larn to know God meliorate in addition to better.

1 Thessalonians 1:3: We recollect earlier our God in addition to Father your work produced past times faith, your labor prompted past times love, in addition to your endurance inspired past times promise inward our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 5:9-10: No widow may move seat on the listing of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10 in addition to is good known for her good deeds, such every bit bringing upwards children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those inward problem in addition to devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

1 Timothy 6:17-18: Command those who are rich inward this introduce the world non to move arrogant nor to seat their promise inward wealth, which is hence uncertain, only to seat their promise inward God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18 Command them to attain good, to move rich inward good deeds, in addition to to move generous in addition to willing to share.

2 Timothy 2:21: Those who cleanse themselves from the latter volition move instruments for particular purposes, made holy, useful to the Master in addition to prepared to attain whatever good work.

Titus 1:16: They claim to know God, only past times their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient in addition to unfit for doing anything good.

Titus 2:7: And you lot yourself must move an example to them past times doing good works of every kind. Let everything you lot attain reverberate the integrity in addition to seriousness of your teaching.

Titus 2:14: He gave his life to gratis us from every form of sin, to cleanse us, in addition to to brand us his really ain people, totally committed to doing adept deeds.

Titus 3:8: This is a trustworthy saying. And I desire you lot to stress these things, hence that those who receive got trusted inward God may move careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are first-class in addition to profitable for everyone.

James 1:27: Religion that God our Father accepts every bit pure in addition to faultless is this: to await later orphans in addition to widows inward their distress in addition to to hold oneself from beingness polluted past times the world.

James 2:20: How foolish! Can't you lot meet that organized religious belief without good deeds is useless?

1 Peter 2:12: Live such adept lives alongside the pagans that, though they bill you lot of doing wrong, they may meet your good deeds in addition to glorify God on the twenty-four hr menses he visits us.

Also cheque out these longer passages:

Matthew 25:34-46

Hebrews 6:7-10

John 15:2-8

Bible Love Notes

Who Owns You?

It’s 1 affair to trust Christ when things are relatively equal for us…it’s quite about other to trust Him inwards the midst of inequality as well as oppression.

In the famous fictional mass Uncle Tom's Cabin, the demonic plantation possessor threatens to torture Tom if he doesn't rhythm out a sick slave woman. When Tom refuses, Legree reminds Tom he owns him “body as well as soul.” 

Looking toward sky Tom says,

“No! no! no! my individual ain’t yours...You haven’t bought it,--ye can’t purchase it! It’s been bought as well as paid for, yesteryear 1 that is able to boot the bucket along it.”(1)

Legree couldn’t rhythm out the sky out of Tom. In this 1 area, Tom had the “upper Hand.”

Tom represents real-life Christians who persevere inwards the midst of cruelty, persecution, as well as oppression because they know they've been purchased yesteryear the blood of Christ. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). 

Please accept a minute to pray for our brothers as well as sisters who are suffering for their faith.

And any difficulties yous confront today, yell upwardly Jesus is the ultimate main as well as keeper of your soul.
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(1) Chapter 33, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852

I admire African American Christian slaves who trusted Christ inwards the midst of mistreatment. And I pray that nosotros volition verbalise as well as act against all vestiges of bigotry left inwards our patch inwards the Name of Him Who bought us at dandy price. Gail

For other 1-minute devotions virtually the organized religious belief of enslaved blacks as well as racial bigotry:
The Freedom of a Slave
The Freedom of Fogiveness
Flags or People 
300 Uses for the Peanut 
Clean Stables   
He Overcame Evil

Bible Love Notes

Who Are Children Of God?

I’ve sometimes used the term “children of God” loosely, simply the Bible clearly reserves this term for Christ-followers.

"See what swell beloved the Father has lavished on us, that nosotros should move called children of God! And that is what nosotros are!" 1 John 3:1

Everyone is made inward God’s icon (Genesis 1:26), simply beingness a kid of God is a “right” of salvation:

"To all who believed him in addition to accepted him, he gave the correct to croak children of God." John 1:12

Our adoption equally God's children is confirmed yesteryear His Spirit (Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 1:5; Romans 8:14-17).

Our civilisation of tolerance in addition to relativism seeks to downplay the importance of faith, simply God’s Word is clear. 

He is the Creator of all men, simply Father alone to His children (John 8:42-44).

This should inspire swell confidence inward those of us who've croak His children, in addition to it should likewise motivate us to part the gospel alongside those exterior the theatre unit of measurement of God.

For to a greater extent than on this subject:
The Fatherhood of God
God's Children

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6 Characteristics Of Sincere Repentance

The Bible describes the procedure of genuine repentance, too King David is an first-class illustration (2 Samuel 12:1-23). These aspects of sincere repentance apply fifty-fifty if our sins are non equally serious equally David's sin.

David suffered punishments too consequences for his sins, simply his genuine repentance, beautifully expressed inwards Psalm 51, restored his human relationship amongst God. 

If nosotros don't truly repent, nosotros lose our discernment too distance ourselves from God. 

Those who truly repent: 

1. Know the gravity of their sin too experience genuine sorrow (James 4:7-10).  

2. Know they deserve penalty (Hebrews 12:6).  

3. Know they’ve sinned against a holy God (Psalm 51:4).  

4. Are grateful they're forgiven too delivered from eternal penalty (Psalm 103:10; Romans 6:23). 

5. Understand forgiveness does non costless them from earthly consequences too penalty (2 Samuel 12:13-14(1); 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:11; 1 Peter 4:17).(2)   

6. Make restitution too confession when possible too necessary (Matthew 3:8; Luke 19:8; Acts 19:18-19; Acts 26:20; James 5:16). This way seeking forgiveness non exclusively from God simply from others they've offended, paying dorsum anything they've stolen, repairing anything they've damaged, etc.

Those who truly repent don’t minimize what they’ve done past times calling it a “mistake” or making excuses. They sympathise the high toll Christ paid for their forgiveness. 

(1) Some mightiness consider this a terrible matter for God to punish the baby boy for David's sins, simply the boy would non rattling hold out punished. The Bible does non straight acre it, simply it implies that children earlier the historic catamenia of accountability become to hold out amongst the Lord. That way this boy of David's would hold out spared the sorrow too unhappiness of David's household. But David would endure for the loss, knowing it was caused past times his sin. It's of import to complaint that this was a penalty God specifically gave David, non a consequence. Children born out of union produce non usually cash inwards one's chips inwards infancy.
(2) For to a greater extent than on this read Consequences of Forgiven Sin past times John Piper

copyright 2017, Gail Burton Purath, BiteSizeBibleStudy.com
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Celebrity, Acquaintance, Or Confidant?

I attended a Christian women's retreat xx years ago, as well as nosotros had an unexpected visitor: Bob Hope popped into our hotel conference room.

Hope, who was devoted to USO work, took fourth dimension to greet our grouping because nosotros were country of war machine wives.

We were awed yesteryear his kindness, as well as it made me wonder how we’d convey responded if Christ had physically stopped by. Would He locomote similar Bob Hope, somebody nosotros recognized, somebody nosotros knew yesteryear reputation, simply nonetheless a stranger?

We speak almost “relationship, non religion,” simply what does that genuinely hateful to us?

• Is Christ an acquaintance or our closed confidant?
• Do nosotros know about Him or produce nosotros know Him?
• Are nosotros doing deliberate things to teach to know Him better?

Jeremiah 9:24 says, “let him who boasts boast of this: that he understands as well as knows me.” 

We were awed that a celebrity had given us five minutes, simply the King of the Universe wants to know us as well as He’s e'er available! Wow!

3 Arguments For A Woman Somebody God

Feminist theologians insist God should endure described inward feminine equally good equally masculine terms. 

They indicate out these 3 truths:
1. God is non human then neither sex perfectly describes Him.
2. Some Scriptures depict God alongside feminine characteristics (e.g. Matthew 23:37).(1) 
3. Both manly individual in addition to woman individual were created inward God’s image.

But whatever seek of this outcome must start in addition to destination alongside this:
God chose to put Himself inward masculine damage – Father, Son, He, His, Him. He never identifies Himself inward feminine damage – mother, daughter, she, hers, her. Never.

The Greek for the Spirit (pneuma) is neither masculine nor feminine, precisely the Spirit is likewise referred to equally "He" inward Scripture. Always.

If nosotros believe Scripture is God's Word, nosotros must believe God used the nigh accurate in addition to understandable names in addition to sex to depict Himself (Psalm 18:30; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Timothy 3:16).

If nosotros direct to acquaint God equally a adult woman or telephone weep upwards Him "Mother God," we're doubting God's wisdom in addition to the Bible's revelation.

Let's allow God endure God.
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(1) This passage says Jesus longed to get together Jerusalem's children equally a hen gathers her chicks. This is a simile, a figure of vocalisation communication that uses a comparison. Paul treated the Thessalonians "like a mother" according to 1 Thessalonians 2:7, precisely no i doubts that Paul was male. To report this inward to a greater extent than depth: God's Gender

The Sting Of Correction

It's difficult to hold upwards criticized or corrected.

It stings a bit.

I used to edit submissions for a devotional blog, together with I saw how corrections brought out the best or worst inwards writers. Good writers accepted edits together with learned from them. Bad writers insisted their operate was proficient enough.

People response similarly to correction most their attitudes together with actions. Maturing Christians bring it together with grow. Carnal Christians insist they're proficient enough.

Two reasons correction is proficient for our souls:
1. It gives us an chance to educate humility - something real of import to God (James 4:6).
2. It's invaluable inwards identifying sins nosotros mightiness otherwise overlook (Matthew 18:15; Galatians 6:1; 2 Timothy 2:25)

It stings a bit, only it's a proficient sting (Proverbs 27:5-6). 

Now permit me advise a means to cook your pump for correction. Check out my post Accepting Correction - 10 Scriptures and read through it regularly or bring together me inwards memorizing several of the passages. Hiding God's Word inwards our hearts is invaluable (Psalm 119:11)!
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Check out this article for to a greater extent than help:
How to Humbly Give together with Receive Correction – using the fantabulous event of Moses, a human being who heard straight from God, receiving correction from his father-in-law

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Putting Father's Twenty-Four Lx Minutes Menses Into Biblical Perspective

God is called Father alone fifteen times inwards the Old Testament, simply 165 times inwards the Gospels. 

Using the Aramaic discussion Abba, Jesus deepened our agreement of intimacy in addition to human relationship alongside God.

God didn’t change. He has ever been a loving Father. But Jesus revealed His Father's grapheme to a greater extent than fully.(1)

Jesus explained our demand to live on deeply subject on the Father, bespeak Him for our physical in addition to spiritual needs (Lord’s Prayer). 

He demonstrated the Father’s immeasurable dear inwards His sacrifice on the cross for our sake (John 3:16; 1 John 3:1).  Wow!

God reveals Himself inwards ways that nosotros tin understand, in addition to that’s why He calls Himself a Father. 

"Because nosotros are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to telephone telephone out, 'Abba, Father.'" Galatians 4:6

This Father’s Day, let's honour our Heavenly Father who loves us perfectly. And let's honour our imperfect earthly fathers because our Perfect Father commands it (Ephesians 6:2-3).

(1) See 25 Things Jesus Revealed About His Father

 

5 Characteristics Of Simulated Repentance

The Bible describes insincere repentance too gives us the examples of Cain, Joseph's brothers, and King Saul (Genesis 4:1-16; Genesis 50:15-17; 1 Samuel 15). 

People who insincerely repent: 

1. Are deplorable for getting caught too suffering consequences, non deplorable for their sin (I Doubt They Genuinely Repented and  Three Motives.

2. Believe they should larn off easy (Anatomy of An Insincere Repentance. 

3. Blame-shift, excuse or minimize their sin (Good Sins.

4. Demand forgiveness and/or preferential handling despite their sin
He Apologized for His Affair, But Didn’t Repent.

5. Think it's incorrect for people to gauge them fifty-fifty though Scripture commands it for their ain adept (Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5:9-12).

(1) An article called Consequences of Forgiven Sin explains that God may give penalties for forgiven sin “(1) to demonstrate the exceeding evil of sin, (2) to exhibit that God does non get got sin lightly fifty-fifty when he lays aside his penalisation [eternal consequences], (3) to humble too sanctify the forgiven sinner.”

Would you lot similar to produce a brusk Bible written report on this dependent acre too explore or too then of these examples to a greater extent than thoroughly? Check out today's Bite Size Bible Study. 

I'd Hand Anything....Not Really

When I lived inward Hungary, in that place were many times I wished I knew the language, simply this is 1 affair I never said:

“I’d give anything to verbalize Hungarian!”

Do you lot know why?

Because 2 decades before I heard Elizabeth Elliot speak, as well as she said whenever nosotros nation this we’re truly saying, “I’d give anything—except what it takes.”

Yes! Yes! Igen! Igen!*

Despite the fact that Hungarian is an extremely hard linguistic communication to learn, I could verbalize it if I was devoted to learning it. 

I’m good aware that I did non drib dead inward a high priority. 

But sometimes I deprioritize something unconsciously. And I bet you lot do, too.

Periodically it’s adept to evaluate our witting as well as unconscious priorities as well as offering them to the Lord inward prayer. 

“For nosotros are God's handiwork, created inward Christ Jesus to create adept works, which God prepared inward advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

We should desire to brand every endeavour - give anything - to fulfill God’s purposes for our lives (Philippians 3:12-14).


* Igen is yes inward Hungarian

Bible Love Notes

Peace Is Non The Highest Good

Romans 12:18 commands us to alive at peace equally far equally it depends on us. 

But this doesn’t hateful peace at whatever cost.

It’s skillful to overlook small-scale offenses, but nosotros should non condone sinful demeanor inward immature human being believers exactly to avoid conflict.

Addressing sin tin become messy, brand us unpopular, together with effort unwanted conflict (John 15:18; 2 Timothy 3:12). 

But nosotros get got a responsibleness to warn people of danger, fifty-fifty if they decline to psyche (Ezekiel 33:1-6).

The stakes are high:
“If someone with you lot wanders away from the truth together with is brought back, you lot tin hold upwards certain that whoever brings the sinner dorsum from wandering volition salvage that somebody from croak together with pick out most the forgiveness of many sins.” James 5:19-20 

We must verbalise the truth inward dearest together with help those who are on the incorrect track, fifty-fifty if it disrupts the peace (Ephesians 4:11-15).

4 Signs Of Childish Faith - I Corinthians 13:11

It's adept to last childlike, simply bad to last childish.(1)

We're born amongst folly saltation upward inward our hearts (Proverbs 22:15). Children are egocentric, thinking they're the pump of the world.(2)

Becoming an adult agency putting away childish selfishness together with learning self-control, self-denial, together with discipline.

"When I was a child, I talked similar a child, I idea similar a child, I reasoned similar a child. When I became a man, I pose the ways of childhood behind me." 1 Corinthians 13:11

Mature faith is evident in:
1. Whom nosotros honor.
Do nosotros admire people for their faith or for worldly, selfish, childish reasons (James 2:1-9; 1 Corinthians 15:33)? 
2. What nosotros value.
Are nosotros pursuing God's purposes or youthful lusts (2 Timothy 2:22)?
3. What nosotros believe most ourselves. 
Are nosotros self-esteeming together with self-defensive or humble together with teachable (Romans 12:3; Proverbs 15:31)?
4. What nosotros believe most God. 
Do nosotros hold off God to last our retainer or produce nosotros attempt to last His retainer (Romans 12:1; Colossians 3:23)?

May God attention us position areas where nosotros involve to pose childish ways behind us.
(1) Being childlike is existence humble together with subject Matthew 18:4
(2) See Created together with Born
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Additional resources together with Scriptures for each betoken above:
1. See "Who's Your Hero?" together with "Christians Look at Hearts"
2. See "Needs together with Desires" (for parents) together with "8 Narcissist Problems"
3. See "3 Reasons the Centurion Amazed Jesus" together with "Feeling Good or Being Good"
4. See "3 Lies That Take Our Focus Off God" together with "God is an Equal Opportunity Employer"

Stand Upward As Well As Die

A soldier entered an cloak-and-dagger church building together with raised his gun.

“Deny your faith together with larn home, or stand upward where you lot are together with endure shot.”

Scores of people fled spell a remnant of scared only faithful believers tardily stood to their feet.

When they were alone, the soldier lowered his gun together with explained that he himself was a believer, only he couldn’t accept the endangerment of identifying himself with those who feared adult man to a greater extent than than God.

Dear Christians, would you lot direct maintain stood or fled?

We respond this query every twenty-four hours inward subtle ways:

Will nosotros stand upward up for Biblical truths regarding salvation, hell, repentance, Christian values, abortion, transgenderism, homosexuality, pornography, premarital sex...

Or volition nosotros scurry out the door to the faux safety of our fallen culture?  

"Be on your guard; stand upward theater inward the faith; endure courageous; endure strong." 1 Corinthians 16:13

"Put on the amount armor of God, together with then that you lot tin accept your stand upward against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 6:11

Let's stand!
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For to a greater extent than on this subject: Is Jesus Likable? together with Hard Teachings 
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Note: I heard this floor many years agone together with it was said to direct maintain occurred inward a Communist country. I believe it to endure true, only I no longer direct maintain the source. Even if it is non true, it makes an first-class point.

Sexual Purity Matters To God

Years ago, a miss inwards a Bible written report told me I was old-fashioned to mean value that genuine believers wouldn’t alive together earlier marriage. 

If I’m old-fashioned, then is God. 

God ever knows what’s best for us, together with Scripture defines all sexual practice exterior of spousal human relationship equally sinful. 

What happens when genuine Christians sin sexually?

They'll hold upwards deeply troubled past times what they've done together with produce their best never to repeat it. They'll test their repentance past times getting help from to a greater extent than mature Christians together with avoiding all situations that drive farther temptation.(1)

“No i who continues to sin has either seen [Christ] or known him.” 1 John 3:6

"Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who bring sexual practice amongst men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers volition inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you lot were. But you lot were washed, you lot were sanctified, you lot were justified inwards the refer of the Lord Jesus Christ together with past times the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

God says sexual sin is serious.

He forgives the repentant (Acts 3:19).
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(1) Christians bring the ability (Philippians 4:13) together with the motivation (Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20) to overcome these sins because "God has called us to alive holy lives, non impure lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7). 

Please read "What Scripture Says About Sex Outside of Marriage"

And cheque out today's Bite Size Bible Study for to a greater extent than on this subject.