The first book will be written in the 26th year. The 54th book in the 80th year.
Every word inspired by God and every verse a permanent inscription on history.
2nd Ecclesiastes written by the Son of David.
become the knockoff version of that person. Why become the knockoff version of someone else when you can be the premium version of you.
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Copying someone you respect is always a great idea. But it's important to retain some parts of your own identity and originality. If you try to copy someone completely..
congratulations...
you have just
Effort, Persistence, Boldness and a refusal to compromise is also a form of prayer to the universe and it turns out, it's a very effective kind of prayer.
Action, it appears, speaks louder than words. If You want it act like it.
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more committed. And that's fine, not everyone will or should commit to the same degree. We should be patient with one another. Agree to disagree.
I realize our relationships with God are valid irrespective of the denomination we claim.
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We are all sinners
No one is more Christain than the other. We are all figuring it out. The only thing that seperates Christains is not thay some have a deeper relationship with God, it's just some are
The moment you think you are above sin because you are disciplined and can do no wrong
The moment you start pointing fingers, labeling who is a sinner and who is not..
You already lost the plot
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If you pull the plug on something because its not paying you back. You didn't love it enough. And sometimes that's fine. Just be clear on what your motivation is.
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It's fine to choose a local assembly that resonates with you. If you must go to a building go there because the people make you feel at home not because you need a pastor. The purpose of a good local assembly is to strengthen your faith not to enrich the pastor.
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Entitlement is EVERYTHING.
When you are entitled to something, not by attitude but by right and contract, you stop needing to beg for it.
You stop needing anyone's approval to have it. Chase entitlement. Chase Ownership. Chase Freedom.
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Through Solomon, God explained why things are the way they are in the observable Universe. "Under the sun". Pain, suffering, evil, vanity, inequality, fate. It's all there. Documented. Immutable.
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because he was inspired of God not because he knew.
Scientists write about an event that happened 13-30 billion years ago. All of this THEY KNOW not from facts but from assumption and Inference. Believing this requires serious levels of faith... or ignorance perhaps.
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It takes as much faith to beleive in Science as it takes to beleive in God. My textbooks tell me that the radius of the Earth is about 4,000 Miles. I wasn't there when they measured it
the universe was dense and hot and it exploded in all directions. They call it the "big bang theory"..
Moses writing about the events of Genesis happening billions of years before he was born is more believable than the big bang theory specifically because we know he wrote
When I look at people. I see Greatness and Potential in most. I see the hard work, I see the skill, I see the ability. I hope timing and opportunity aligns in their favor as often as it needs to.
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Your Biggest motivation to not "sin"
Is not to annoy God
It's to live a better life FOR YOU FIRST and the people you care about.
No more constantly relapsing. It's time to actually try to become a better man.
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mind was somewhere else, perhaps his own problems.
You really don't want to be at the mercy of other's generosity.
Someone being rich doesn't mean you can simply beg them for money and get it.
And I actually I think that's quite terrifying.
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An appointment once brought me to an upper class neighborhood.
I see this lady, in her late 50s, sh has her little son with her, He's probably 6 or so.
A fat man walks by, he looks rich. He can barely walk on his own. He's like those fattened Christmas chickens
had given her money many times or maybe he just didn't give money to random people... I don't know. Butt it did scare me.. because it looked like the woman's please weren't even registering, his