Scott Pursley

Six Decades - entering the final stretch, seeking to finish my race well

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I just gave 5 stars to Mauricio at @CARiD_com for great service!

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“We do not speak great things but we live them.” Bishop Cyprian 250AD

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Thomas Watson on true repentance - "Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed"

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I made this with @fontpress. #phototext

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Sabbath is hardwired into the character of God - how dare I try to live without sabbatical rhythms to anchor my spiritual sanity?

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"The counsel of the ungodly - acquire more, look sexier, get even with those who hurt you" - John Ortberg

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The counsel of the ungodly is to live as though the outcomes of my life were on my shoulders and I control them John Ortberg

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Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. Charles Spurgeon

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The counsel of the ungodly is to live as if you were not an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God's great universe D.W.

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How long does it take, once we become intentional to make progress as a disciple of Jesus? With how much baggage did you begin your journey?

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"we cannot aspire to Him in earnest until we have begun to be displeased with ourselves" Calvin

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I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; C.S. Lewis

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Chiron (Moonlight) a metaphor for many young men & women on how confusing it is to navigate growing up in the absence of mentorship

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Bad habits eat willpower for breakfast- John Ortberg

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Fenelon reminds us, “God is merciful, showing us our true hideousness only in proportion to the courage he gives us to bear the sight.”

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Something I learned from D. Willard - only a passionate purpose makes me care everyday about the condition of my soul. It is after-all me.

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Sojourners and aliens:only passing through - we are souls made by God, made for God and made to need God caring for our souls is everything

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Man is not happy as long as something remains for him to desire and seek-it can only be found in something infinite and perfect, this is God

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The rhythm of sustained friendship - they are marked by emotional vulnerability (Ned Berube) - and marked by liberating humor

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John Calvin - the surest route to ruin is let a person do what they want