Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Why Abstinence Isn’t Working in America // Asbury Seedbed
What really intrigued me in this article is how the issue of abstinence is linked to discipleship (which I agree with), and how Chmielesk further suggests approaching the issue as one of celibacy rather than abstinence. Here’s a quote about the problem: The call to young Christians to be abstinent until marriage is not…
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Morning Reflection 2/16/12 – Psalm 4
Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. 2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame?…
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A Prayer of St. Francis
Here’s a prayer from St. Francis of Assisi. I hope one day to truly pray this from my heart: Almighty, eternal, just, and merciful God, grant us in our misery [the grace] to do for You alone what we know You want us to do, and always to desire what pleases You.
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Morning Reflection 2/15/12–Psalm 3
Psalm 3 1 O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying to me, “There is no help for you in God.” Selah 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 4 I cry aloud to…
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Driving Out Vice
From St. Francis of Assisi How Virtue Drives Out Vice 1. Where there is charity (love) and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. 2. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor disturbance. 3. Where there is poverty with joy, there is neither covetousness nor avarice (greed). 4.…
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Morning Reflection: 2/14/12 – Psalm 2
http://biblia.com/bible/nrsv/Ps2 1 Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;…