Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? –1 Corinthians 6:19 (AMP)–
Skaters and surfers share the values of independence, freedom, and nonconformity. So when they get born again, they have a tendency to relate to people like John the Baptist, Elijah, Paul, Jesus, Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Martin Luther, George Fox, John Wesley, Charles Finney, Leonard Ravenhill, and David Wilkerson. Just so you know. And even after getting to know the Lord, some of them still might skate and surf, but they’re just more careful about it; and they don’t let it totally consume their lives.
This is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are threatening to kill you, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord or you will die by our hands”—therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.” –Jeremiah 11:21-23 (NIV)–
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. –1 Thessalonians 2:16 (KJV)–
Whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. –Romans 13:2 (NIV)–
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I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. –John 14:16-17 (KJV)–
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. –Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)–
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble… Be still, and know that I am God. –Psalm 46:1, 10 (KJV)–
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. –Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)–
God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. –Isaiah 12:2 (KJV)–
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. –Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)–
Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. –1 Peter 4:12-13 (KJV)–
Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. –Luke 22:44 (KJV)–
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. –Revelation 21:4 (KJV)–
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We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort. –Articles of Religion, “IX. OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN.”–
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The Garden of Eden brought sin and suffering, but the Garden of Gethsemane brought salvation and healing. God cursed the ground with thorns and thistles, but his Son atoned for sin partly by receiving a crown of thorns, on to the same forehead that sweat drops of blood hours before it happened. –Genesis 3:18; Luke 22:44; Matthew 8:16-17; 27:29–
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Sweating through cold, grey, clay skin Asleep with blank, wide eyes Sweating through cold, grey, clay skin Asleep with blank, wide eyes And at night I fear my own way to lose it And if you think that I’m alone you’ll never prove it Numbness fades into pins and needles, depression and irrational fears And at night I fear my own way to lose it And if you think that I’m alone you’ll never prove it And at night I fear my own way to lose it And if you think that I’m alone you’ll never prove it –Zao, “Quiet Passenger Pt. 1”–
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Lester Liles, ed. Streams of Healing: A Book of Comfort (Revell, 1958), pp. 126-144.
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David Wilkerson, Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately? (Revell, 2012).
Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ (Whitaker House, 1981).
Andrew Murray, Divine Healing (CLC Publications, 2005).
Richard J. Foster, Streams of Living Water (HarperOne, 1998).
Todd Nettleton, When Faith Is Forbidden (Moody, 2021).
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