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Telling them to abstain
from food polluted by idols, 
from SEXUAL IMMORALITY, 
from the meat of strangled animals
and from blood.
–Acts 15:20 (NIV)–

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It begins
Exhume
Resurrect

Crucify again
His flesh not yours
His strength not yours
His death was your rebirth

Why embrace a lie
Why refuse the Spirit
Withdraw from vital union
Enslaved
Enslaved

Do not open wide
The door that leads to destruction
Don’t resurrect
What has been killed

Truth laid out
Cast down pride
I grasp for life
I embrace God

Crucify again
My flesh not dead
His strength, not mine
His death is rebirth
Rebirth
Rebirth

Do not open wide
The door that leads to destruction
Don’t resurrect
What has been killed

–Living Sacrifice, “180”–

I think that most people don’t have a single calling. I think we go through phases where we have different callings. I think we have multiple sources of purpose in our lives; and so I tell young people, “Don’t have anxiety, don’t look for the perfect thing. Figure out what type of person you want to be. See what opportunities might match with that. But always prioritize building purpose and meaning into the career that you’re taking, whether you’re a cashier or a bus driver or an investment banker, don’t settle for not having a sense of meaning and purpose in your work, because that influences your relationships, it wastes a huge chunk of your life. And I think there are ways concretely you can build purpose into almost any job; and seek to craft a career and a personal life that are deeply reflective of those values. And then money comes into play in providing you the financial and material stability to enable that.”
–John Coleman–
(35:07)

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
–1 Peter 2:24-25 (NIV)–

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
–Psalm 19:7 (KJV)–

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My strength
My strength fades
My strength

My strength fades away
Slowly with the setting sun
The night brought its
Darkness and its storms
And the floods that came
Reflected a dull moon
Violent winds raged
Beneath the stars that
Didn’t shine

Emptied of myself
I fell to the ground

Slowly
Through the destruction

Came a single quiet voice
And the breath of His words consumed
The night and brought
Strength I have never felt on my own

And He held me up until I could walk again
And promised to stay by my side forever

–Zao, “March”–

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Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life (Tyndale, 1977).

Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God (Whitaker, 1982).

Dr. French Arrington, Christian Doctrine, vol. 2 (Pathway Press, 1993), pp. 183-192.

Unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law,
you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
–Jesus Christ in Matthew 5:20 (NIV)–

Oh, how I love your law!
    I meditate on it all day long.
–Psalm 119:97 (NIV)–

In my inner being I delight in God’s law.
–Romans 7:22 (NIV)–

With the temptation also make a way to escape.
–1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)–

She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” 
But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
–Genesis 39:12 (NIV)–

Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
–Jesus Christ in Matthew 6:13 (KJV)–

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Certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
–Jude 1:4 (ESV)–