There is nothing a good resurrection can't fix.

Thankful for the example of friends who fix their eyes heavenward:

"My eczema has been terrible. But it's okay — I'll get a new body in heaven."

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Our citizenship is in heaven and we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who.. will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Philippians 3:20-21

Favourite quotes:

Make the most of your wedding day.

Proclaim Jesus.
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Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:31
(See Jeremiah 9:24)

Do you like what I'm saying?

The first priority for anyone in ministry is to please God,

• not leaders
• not friends
• not those we lead
• not those we preach to
• not even ourselves

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If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

The perplexing battle for righteousness.

1. Christians fight sin knowing ultimately the battle has already been won.
2. Christians don't fight trying to earn victory, but living up to the victory we have already attained in Jesus. 

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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1

Favourite quotes:

The moment you turn to look again is when you've committed the sin with your eyes.

—Probably Ed or Sham

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Don't lust in your heart for her beauty. 

Proverbs 6:25

The vicious bite of sin.

The scariest thing about sin is not knowing you're in it.
And even when you do know, it keeps telling you it's not a problem.

What a way to die. 
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Be clear-minded and alert! Your enemy the Devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
1 Peter 5:8

A call for resistance.

As intimacy increases, control, communication and purpose collapses. 

Keep dating holy and pure.

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Treat younger women as sisters in absolute purity.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Jesus sure was disciplined.

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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35

In wringing and twisting pain.

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

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

Imagine.

Imagine if every believer made it their ambition to suffer for the gospel.
At school, on campus, at work, at home, at church, on the streets.
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Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord.. but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

2 Timothy 1:8

As iron sharpens iron.

'What areas of sin are you most uncomfortable with me asking you about?'

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Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

James 5:16

Don't try this.

A random but well-appreciated text I received today:
Bro, "do not love the world or anything in the world" 1 john 2:15
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But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 3:13

No shame.

I wouldn't want Jesus to be ashamed of me when he comes in all his glory. Please help me not to be ashamed of him or his words until he returns.

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For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory.

Luke 9:26

I soil, God shines.

A reminder that, as I prepare my talk, all I am responsible for is the environment under which faith and hope can flourish.
Prayers that God would draw people unto Himself is, then, a must.
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

1 Corinthians 3:7