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story of my love life.
2 Corinthians 12: 8-9
Satan's angels did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my kness. No Danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didnt think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
""my grace is enough, its all you need
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
"Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:25-30
Christian MySpace GraphicsThose people are on a dark spiral downward.
But if you think that leaves you on the high ground where you can point your finger at others, think again.
Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself.
It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors.
But God isn't so easily diverted.
He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you've done.
Romans 2:1-2
Christian MySpace GraphicsConsider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.
You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.
So don't try to get out of anything prematurely.
Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father.
He loves to help.
You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it.
Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought.
People who "worry their prayers" are like wind-whipped waves.
Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.
James 1:2-8
Christian MySpace GraphicsI'm bursting with God-news;
I'm dancing the song of my Savior God.
God took one good look at me, and look what happened—
I'm the most fortunate woman on earth!
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others.
His mercy flows in wave after wave
on those who are in awe before him.
He bared his arm and showed his strength,
scattered the bluffing braggarts.
He knocked tyrants off their high horses,
pulled victims out of the mud.
The starving poor sat down to a banquet;
the callous rich were left out in the cold.
He embraced his chosen child, Israel;
he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high.
It's exactly what he promised,
beginning with Abraham and right up to now.
Luke 1:46-55
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you:
compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline.
Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense.
Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.
And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.
Colossians 3:21-14
Christian MySpace GraphicsIf I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies
or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people,
my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence,
and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I'll be there ready for you:
I'll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health.
From now on I'm alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place.
2Chronicles 7:13-14
Christian MySpace Graphics"Now it's time to change your ways!
Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins,
pour out showers of blessing to refresh you,
and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus.
Acts 3:19
Christian MySpace GraphicsWhat actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work.
So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be God's man.
Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it.
I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central.
It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God.
Christ lives in me.
The life you see me living is not "mine,"
but it is lived by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.
I am not going to go back on that.
Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God?
I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace.
If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily.
Galation 2:19-21
