Sin

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The Tyranny of Shame vs. The Grace of Confession Jan 28, 2020 Is it wrong for a priest to say that abortion and
Guarding Against The Identity Theft of Licentiousness Aug 11, 2019 Grace is no more a license to sin than electricity is a license to electrocute yourself. ~Dr. Paul Ellis … If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ…
The Jealous Protection of Our King Nov 24, 2018 The violent winds of suffering and trouble blow us into the Lord’s protective hands.~Sadhu Sundar Singh I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with…
Never Good Enough Oct 18, 2018 Do I love God’s law? Do I delight in the law of the Lord after the inward man, not wishing it less strict and holy, but loving it because it is holy? Am I as willing…
4716 – And The Year of The Dog Feb 15, 2018 A man who hates the passion cuts off their causes. But a man who remains among their causes experiences even against his will the conflict from the passions. It is not possible to be mentally inclined…
The Poverty of Sin: It’s Negative Return in The Kingdom Oct 26, 2017 Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night. ~Oscar Wilde There…
G_d Is Not Fair! : The Scandal of The Cross Sep 30, 2017 The Lord loves all people, but He loves those who seek Him even more. To his chosen ones the Lord gives such great grace that for love they forsake the whole earth, the whole world, and…
Walking Out of Slavery into Service to A King Sep 23, 2017 Everything is useful to us. God allows the enemy to point out where the Lord wants us to triumph next. You have to love that! When God does that, it’s marvelous! ~ Graham Cooke To Him…
God Our Battle Fighter! Aug 22, 2017 This reminds all of us who have given public testimony of our faith in Christ, that we are still in an enemy’s country. You remember how Bunyan (to quote the great Dreamer again) represents Christiana and…
Ridiculous Shame May 15, 2017 The more guilt and shame that we have buried within ourselves, the more compelled we feel to seek relief through sin. ― Brennan Manning The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD…
Hiding Won’t Give Us Peace Jan 22, 2017 I am afraid to tell you who I am, because if I tell you who I am you may not like who I am, and it’s all that I have ~ John Powell Therefore remember that…
Only If You Want It Forever Nov 7, 2016 Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of the sin, they…
Temptation’s Great Lie Nov 5, 2016 He must have iron nails that scratches a bear. ~Russian Proverb Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God…
The West: Rest in Pieces Nov 5, 2016 People today are trying to hang on to the dignity of man, but they do not know how to, because they have lost the truth that man is made in the image of God. . .…
Finding The Fullness in Christ May 3, 2016 He that willingly submits to the cross, to him its whole burden is changed into a sweet assurance of divine comfort. And the more the flesh is broken down by the cross, the more the spirit…
Good Friday Meditation: Overcoming The Cycle of Sin’s Poverty Mar 25, 2016 Living as the beloved- no more reduced lifestyle, walk with Him, into this place of favor, live in a place of unbroken delight, where the poverty of sin cannot touch us, where His newness of life…
The End of Heaviness Mar 9, 2016 For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When…
Salvation’s Context Dec 12, 2015 ON TIME by JOHN MILTONFly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace;And glut thy self with what thy womb devours,Which is no more…
Closing The Distance in Our Relationship with G_d And Others Oct 24, 2015 Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God! My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.~William Shakespeare (1564-1616) But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of…
Missing The Feast for A Bite of Porridge Oct 4, 2015 What if the biggest problem in America is not drugs, or pornography, or abortion, or poverty, or low education, or terrorism, or crime? What if the biggest problem in America is simply the lack of goodness?…
The Voluntary Entrapment of Sin Sep 30, 2015 Sin is not wrong doing; it is wrong being, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.…
Don’t Forget The Wound Sep 29, 2015 No man ever got so much out of a surgical operation as Adam did.Originally one, he has fallen, and, breaking up… he has filled the whole earth with the pieces.~Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Hear, you…
The Poverty of Prosperity – Another Repost on Poverty Jul 16, 2015 Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain.~Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “The words…
Shame Is The Prelude to Failure May 22, 2015 Remorse is to carry your own accuser within your breast.~ George Moore (1852-1933)So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in…
Knowing Who You Are = Success in Suffering Apr 23, 2015 Flee a thousand leagues from saying, “I was in the right. It was not right for me to suffer this. They had no right to treat me so.” God deliver us from all such rights. And…
Gap-Standing in An Avalanching Culture Dec 24, 2013 There will be times where you simply know you can and must stand in faith. When they occur, stand. The whole world may come down around your ears. You stand in Christ. ~ Thoughts inspired by…
Power Curve Dec 9, 2013 What are you waiting for? You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are, know you are. Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me. ~ Morpheus to Neo, in The MatrixThen they yoked themselves…
The Bleeding Edge of Victory Oct 27, 2013 Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure,…
Celestial Warriors Sep 22, 2013 “I never remember, in all my Christian course, a period now (in March, 1895) of sixty-nine years and four months, that I ever SINCERELY and PATIENTLY sought to know the will of God by the teaching…
The Full Benefit of The Cross Jul 19, 2013 Human beings are only bearable when the last defenses of their egos are down; when they stand, helpless and humbled, before the awful circumstances of their being. It is only thus that the point of the…
Putting the Feathers Back in The Pillow! Oct 26, 2012 Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ. ~Watchman Nee, (note…
Really Good Question Oct 25, 2011 Absolute surrender – let me tell you where I got those words. I used them myself often, and you have heard them numerous times. But once, in Scotland, I was in a company where we were…