See also: Alcohol; Drink; Drunkenness Touch not; taste not; handle not. The Bible, Colossians 2:21 kjv Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. The Bible, 1 Peter 2:11 Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Augustine of Hippo Abstainer: a … Continue reading “ABSTINENCE”
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ABSENCE
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. Author unknown Absence diminishes small loves, and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. La Rochefoucauld
ABOUT TURN
See also: Repentance We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. C.S. Lewis
ABIDING
See also: Fellowship with God Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. The Bible, Luke 24:29 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. The Bible, John 15:5 … Continue reading “ABIDING”
ABBA
See also: God, as Father Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” The Bible, Galatians 4:6 Christ asserted that he had a relationship with God which no one ever claimed before. It comes out in the Aramaic word Abba which He … Continue reading “ABBA”
ABANDONED/ABANDONMENT
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The Bible, Psalm 22:1 Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. The Bible, Psalm 27:10 Every vice was re-awakened within me. I would have chosen rather to be roasted than to endure such pains. Angela of Foligno My heart I give … Continue reading “ABANDONED/ABANDONMENT”
A-Z OF LIFE
See also: Friendship, Value of Avoid negative sources, people, places, things, and habits. Believe in yourself. Consider things from every angle. Don’t give up and don’t give in. Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come. Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches. Give more than you planned … Continue reading “A-Z
OF LIFE”
IGNORANCE OF EVIL
Gen. 3:22 “And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil.” IT is plain that the temptation under which man fell in paradise was this, an ambitious curiosity after knowledge which was not allowed him: next came the desire of the eyes and the flesh, … Continue reading “IGNORANCE OF EVIL”
OBEDIENCE TO GOD THE WAY TO FAITH IN CHRIST
Mark 12:34 “When Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.” THE answer of the scribe, which our blessed Lord here commends, was occasioned by Christ’s setting before him the two great commandments of the Law. When He had declared the love of God … Continue reading “OBEDIENCE TO
GOD THE WAY TO FAITH IN CHRIST”
SUDDEN CONVERSIONS
1 Cor. 15:10 “By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.” WE can hardly conceive that grace, such as that given to the great Apostle who speaks in the text, would have been given in vain; that is, we should not … Continue reading “SUDDEN
CONVERSIONS”