In wringing and twisting pain.

Jesus is coming back—
What a beautiful thing to know.

Pondering how to split your soul?

Sometimes I forget that there is a heaven to be gained and a hell to be shunned. In gaining Christ and being found in him, we must die to sin—how can we live in it any longer? If we pursue treasures on earth, Jesus says it will be easier for the camel to go through the eye of a needle than for us to enter the kingdom of God.

We cannot serve two masters. Either we will hate the one and love the other, or will be devoted to the one and despise the other. We cannot serve both God and the desires of our flesh. 

Don't hide your soul in this world.

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What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Mark 8:36

Heavenly Father,

This feels like hell and (bad word) right now.

I don't know or fully understand absolutely why you are letting this happen,

But I am absolutely certain that Jesus has forgiven my sins and prepared a place for me.

Thank you for the comfort of the brothers and sisters who love me,

And for the confidence that at the end of the day Jesus will reign.

Please give me the strength, wisdom and love to persevere in steadfastness.

That even in this hell state, your glory may be revealed in me.

Amen.

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Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray.

James 5:13

Someone's apartment window. Nice.

I like the message.

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

Osama deserves to die, yet so do we.

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Mathew 5:44-45

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.

O: You've read it before. There's nothing new in it. So how do you keep coming back to the same book?

A: Every time I read God's word, Os, I learn something new.

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O God, from my youth you have taught me, 
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. 
So even to old age and gray hairs, 
O God, do not forsake me, 
until I proclaim your might to another generation, 
your power to all those to come.

Psalm 71:17-18

Make the most of your 21st birthday party.

Proclaim Jesus.
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I give you this charge: Preach the Word.

2 Timothy 4:1-2