"A small leak will sink a great ship, and a small spark will kindle a great fire, and a little allowed sin in like manner will ruin an immortal soul." -J.C. Ryle
"Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?" (1 Corinthians 5:6)
Sin never arrives as a single snowflake-- to allow one "little sin," o permit one "tiny stumble," even if it looks harmless and appealing, is to expose your soul to an entire blizzard of increasing coldness of heart, until the inevitable avalanche buries you.
Sin is not a grey cloud, that you can get away with living under. Storms gather, no matter what you do. Sin is as black as a sunless sky, a lethal maelstrom that knows nothing of mercy. Either you follow the light of the Sun, or end up dwelling in darkness. You cannot afford to spare a single second.
“Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.” -J.C. Ryle
When you are tempted to sin, PRAY! This reconnects your heart to God and gives you the grace you need to listen, obey, and either overcome or endure. If you cling to God, if you consecrate yourself to Him, choosing to love Him rather than the world no matter what… then you CANNOT sin, for the very thought of disobeying and displeasing your beloved Lord becomes utterly loathsome.
A strong, faithful, continuous prayer life is both mandatory and inevitable in a genuinely Christian life. The more we pray, the less we sin… the less we pray, the more we sin. Either we’re listening to God, or we’re listening to Satan. Either we are serving the Father, or we are slaves to the Tempter. This is the spiritual warfare of our lives. Which side is your heart on?
If you show me a man deliberately living an unholy and licentious life, and yet boasting that his sins are forgiven, I answer, 'He is under a ruinous delusion, and is not forgiven at all.' I would not believe he is forgiven if an angel from heaven affirmed it, and I charge you not to believe it too. Pardon of sin and love of sin are like oil and water; they will never go together. All who are washed in the blood of Christ, are also sanctified by the Spirit of Christ. -J.C. Ryle
Sin is the antithesis of faith, because sin is rebellion, and love is obedience. If we love God, we must obey Him, and that occurs naturally when we love Him, for we seek to please Him and grow ever closer to Him with an adoring heart. Yes, we still stumble into sin, but it grieves us, and we pray fervently for the grace to overcome it, and to amend our lives– even if that sin is habitual and addictive. Out of love for our Father, we are willing to sacrifice anything and everything that leads us to sin, no matter what He calls us to do to achieve that… and we never give up hope, for we trust that God will bring this good work into completion in us, for His sake, through His Son (Philippians 1:6). Out of love, we choose the cross over comfort, and we carry it with humble, patient, courageous faith. This is the mark of true repentance.
If someone chooses to sin, though, and enjoys that sin, and/or prioritizes that sinful behavior or mindset above God and worship of Him, yet claims that this very sin is forgiven, that person is gravely mistaken. Yes, God is forgiving, but we must do our half of he work. God ONLY cleanses us of our guilt THROUGH CHRIST, and to receive that great mercy, we must travel His Way, the only way, the narrow way… we must crucify our sins with Him. Pardon requires repentance. And repentance is proven by its fruits. You cannot serve two masters; you CANNOT love sin, and claim to love God as well. Jesus died to save us from sin, to bear our guilt, and so our deserved penalty for sin is what He suffered. THERE is our forgiveness– dying and bleeding on the wretched gibbet! Can you look to your Savior there, wounded and crushed, by choice, because He loves you– and still choose to indulge in sin? No. Either love will win out, or selfishness will. Either you repent and amend your life, staying at the foot of the cross, following Jesus to the grave and beyond… or you turn around, walk away, continue to live as if nothing happened, and lose out on the resurrection. It is your choice. Choose rightly.
I try to keep a mindset of prayer no matter what I’m doing, and I constantly talk to God, Mary, and the angels & saints throughout my day, but it is also absolutely vital to make specific time for formal prayer.
I have alarms set on my phone for the Liturgy of the Hours and the Angelus, I take daily time to read & prayerfully study Scripture, I stop at 3pm each day to say a prayer to Divine Mercy (and I want to get back to saying the Divine Mercy chaplet at that time too), and since my grandmother and I are members of the Legion of Mary, we say those prayers and rosary together every evening.
But, even so, it never feels like enough, and I’m actually grateful for that. I want to “hunger and thirst” for God so much that nothing in this world can satisfy me– I want to always ardently seek Him more, to pray more, worship more, attend Mass more, et cetera. That is a goal I sincerely endeavor and hope to pursue with all sincerely and zeal until the day I die.
God knows I am still a terrible sinner, struggling daily with addiction and temptation and bad habits and laziness… I am constantly brought to my knees in weeping shame and contrition. Yet this drives me to pray all the more, thank God, as I seek His mercy and guidance and justice and love in my life, knowing that ONLY He can save and heal and redeem me. No matter how much I pray, that will not gain me any merit, and I have absolutely no right or reason to boast in it. God knows that I could spend every breath and heartbeat in prayer and it would never be sufficient return for what He has done for me. He deserves all that I can give and infinitely more. But I want to pray because I love Him. I don’t want to pray as “payment owed;” turning it into a business obligation sucks all the innocent honesty out of it. I want all my prayers to flow freely and fervently from an adoring heart, one that cannot help but pray, because it cannot help but love. That’s prayer, and that’s what I want to spend my while life doing.
All glory, honor, and praise be given to our merciful God!!
God seeks creators, not destroyers. For the creator of good is thus destroying evil. And the one who sets out to destroy evil will quickly forget about creating good and turn into a villain. - St. Nicholai Velimirovic
This is a vital distinction. Destruction is the devil’s work; he seeks to tear down and throw away and rip apart, but he never puts anything good in its place. He can’t. Creation is GOD’S job, and His alone! God only creates, and fixes, and purifies. Good and evil cannot exist in the same place, so even if our Creator does seem to destroy something, He is in fact dismantling what is corrupt or sinful or hindering, and bringing Good things into existence in its place. This is always the case, and I know we can all attest to this in our lives.
Let us join God in His holy work, for this is a huge privilege as His children, and one full of joy. Let us do good for His sake, to let Him bring ever more goodness into the world through us.
“God is infinitely wise. He does nothing whimsically. Nothing randomly. Everything is according to wisdom.”
— John Piper
No exceptions– remember this in difficult times! He is forever trustworthy.
Silence, humility, and faithful trust all work together. May we all take time this Sunday to truly read, listen, reflect, and integrate God’s Word into our lives. May we have the courage and trust to follow the Spirit even when the world, and our own wild emotions, are shouting against His still small voice.
God is bigger than: your past, your pain, your anger, your fear, your scars, your insecurities, your sin. Write "amen" if you agree.
AMEN. He is infinitely greater, and He can and will save us from these pains and vices… if we have faith in Him, and give it all to Him TO remove and heal! The question is not “will He,” but “will we?”
Let our hearts cry out Amen, Lord– yes, Lord, I believe– I surrender it all– Thy Will Be Done!!
“Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!”
— St. Joseph his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden
From what we have learned of Saint Joseph’s character through both Scripture and saintly revelation, he was a beautifully pious and charitable man, truly a model of virtuous manhood for all ages. Simply by reading this, the zealous love in his heart for God is brilliantly apparent, and honestly moves my own heart to tears.
Good Saint Joseph, foster father of our Redeemer, pray for us!
“There certainly has remained with me the feeling that my identity is entirely illusory, and that by losing it I have lost nothing, except something, except everything.”
— ‘The Trouble with Being Born’ E.M. Cioran
It is, and it isn’t. Identity based on temporal things will inevitably be just as temporal, but while it exists, it exists, like colors on leaves. True identity is rooted in God, the unchanging. Losing THAT sense of identity is indeed losing everything. But to lose the temporal, however totally, might indeed be devastating in magnitude, but in the end… you’ve lost nothing. Yes you lost something, yes you’ve lost everything, but it can all be rebuilt, reimagined, reinvented. Yet even that will one day shift and fade and change and be lost. That’s the nature of human identity. We must be at peace with that, while holding true to the permanence of God in our hearts.
If needed, lose friends, not Jesus.
Let me tell you from remorseful experience– trying to keep friends that don’t want to keep Jesus is spiritually excruciating, and it will either destroy your conscience for the sake of compromise, or remove you from those relationships to restore you to God.
It’s all well and good to preach the Gospel to unbelieving friends, but when and if they repeatedly make it clear that they prefer an anti-Christian way of life, and/or that they don’t take your message, morals, or the Mass seriously, as it were… then you need to respectfully part ways. Even the Apostles were warned to not waste their time speaking to those who are effectively plugging their ears to your words, instead being urged to go elsewhere, seeking more receptive hearts.
Friends come and go, and God wants your friends to be His friends, too, for His sake and yours. It is painful and difficult to let go of a friend, even for the faith, because we still love them and would rather stay to show that… but God must still come first. If a friend is endangering your faith or morals, choose to lose them instead of Christ… and then pray that God may win their hearts to His, that they too may come to know His love, and that your friendship may be restored anew, either in this life or the next.
“And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.” (Mark 10:29-30 KJV)
Bible study tip: read the Bible slowly. Why? There is revelation in every single line no matter how boring you think it is. It is often the parts that we find irrelevant that God is trying to speak to us through.
Nothing God says or does is irrelevant– the blessed irony of us judging any word of Scripture as such is that God will ultimately use it even more notably in our life for His glory. He always works through the weak and humble; we must meet Him there, in the words that bring us there.
Anonymous asked: Posting hate in tags and threatening passages from a group that practices hate towards another violates tumblr tos and this journal has been reported.
Friend, I am genuinely baffled as to what you consider to be “hate.” Can you give an example? All my tags are multiple-use and are meant to categorize content. Furthermore, I have no hatred towards any person, nor any interest in acting cruelly for any reason. As a Christian I am obligated, joyfully, to love, and so I humbly do my best to.
As for “threatening” passages, again, this is not the intent. Scripture is corrective and rebukes spiritually harmful behavior. I share these hard but vital truths because they are just as important and applicable to me, in my struggle against sin, as they are to my neighbors.
Christianity is, by its very definition, a religion of love. Ill will is antithetical to all its adherents. There is, as a result, no malice whatsoever on this blog.
I am deeply sorry that you have felt hurt by my posts, but again, no harm is ever intended– just stern reproof for love’s sake.
The fear of God isn't being afraid of Him. It's being afraid of being away from Him.
Just like a little child fears being separated from their parents, just like a babe reaches for its mother when afraid… the “fear” of God is a fear of offending God, of distancing Him from us, of anything that could drive us apart. Holy fear is a result of love.
Jesus said; If you love me, ❌Like ❌Share ❌Type yes ❌Type amen ✅OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS.
Our love, and our obedience, must be proven in fire. Anyone can click, type, or repeat words with an empty heart. But a heart full of ardor towards God will live that love even in the most difficult circumstances, even without any hope of comfort or ease, approval or attention. To love God means to find all our reassurance and reward in Him alone. If you love Him, obey Him, for His sake, no matter what.
A life with Jesus is not a negotiation, you don’t get to choose what you want to follow. To experience true life, you need to die to self.
Original sin, and every sin, is effectively negotiation– choosing not to follow the rules we don’t “agree with” or “approve of!” But we don’t have that rebellious option if we want to be children of God. Humility is mandatory. Our “approval” means nothing; we’re all ignorant sinners. God knows better than we ever could. Love means rejoicing in that, and obeying with gratitude.
When you aren't a Christian, you're partying with devils. When you become a Christian, those devils you used to party with, are now in spiritual warfare against you.
Your demonic "friends" want you dead now, and they will stop at nothing to achieve that gruesome end.
God is in opposition to the world, and the world is in opposition to God. Whatever side you choose, you’re still in a war. The devil just focuses on distracting you with partying, lying that “there’s no hell! There’s no sin! Eat drink and be merry!” while he attacks God by killing your soul. But God tells us flat-out in Scripture that we Christians are in a lifelong struggle against the “powers of this dark world.” So He suits us up with the armor of God, arms us with faith, and strengthens us through Christ. Hell is real, sin is real, and this life is meant to glorify God. Our offense is a defense of truth. God has already won the victory; we need only stand firm in His grace.
Spiritual warfare is real. But so also is Christ’s ultimate victory. We will face opposition equal to our faith, but grace will carry us through. Fear not.
There are two choices– to party blindly with demons, or to battle soberly with Christ. Look at your life. Which lifestyle are you living?
"Being a Christian isn't for sissies. It takes a real man to live for God - a lot more man than to live for the devil.” ~Johnny Cash
The devil is all about shortcuts and compromise, indulgence and revelry, rebellion and pride, self-interest and want. The devil’s way is easy– so easy, you’ll slide down it all the way to hell. It might feel like a theme park, but no matter how “fun” the ride is, the end is a crashing halt.
God’s way, the true way, the only Way, demands sacrifice and longsuffering, repentance and reform, obedience and humility, loyalty and faith. It requires us to be charitable to the hostile, forgiving towards abusers, patient with the abrasive, and loving towards those that the world despises. It’s not “fun,” it’s not a party, it’s not a thrill ride. It’s hard work, and it requires us to put our selves last. But it is the ONLY path to peace, joy, love, and salvation. No exceptions. And it’s worth it.
“Delay your want in this world, to get what you really want from the Lord.” Day-8/365!
Patience and surrender kills all worldly lusts. Putting emotions and impulses aside, no matter how loudly they scream, shows that we trust God and value His kingdom more than any fleeting things or experiences. If we are genuinely willing, God will make us genuinely able. Halfhearted surrender is still just clinging. We must let go of “wants,” and trust God to meet our needs… for He knows them far better than we do!
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.”
And we will know it, either through the Bible’s bright teaching or through the world’s dark experience. The truth remains the same.
“True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences.”
Our love for God must be so strong and true, that the very thought of compromising it is horrid to consider!
“Sometimes God will give you exactly what you wanted just to show you that it's not at all what you needed.”
Wants are fleeting, worldly things. All we need is God. Seek Him above all else, for He is sufficient. Remember– bodies will all fail and die eventually. Our souls continue on. God cares for both, but the latter is the higher priority.
Remember Saint Paul– in hunger and in plenty, in danger and in safety, God was His only desire, His only want… and so his true needs were always met. His life was secure. God never abandoned Paul, even when he was in tough times, even if the world may have considered him cursed. After all, he sure wasn’t asking for worldly “wants”! The same goes for all the faithful. We may “want” luxury and ease and fun, but in the end it’s hollow. God will show this to us clearly, so that we will not only have deeper joy in Him, but also so that we will be freed from all the torture of selfish want. Thanks be to God!
Holy Spirit, we ask for a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Your will. (Eph. 1)
If it doesn’t glorify God– and the Holy Spirit will tell you if it doesn’t– then it’s not following God’s will. Be vigilant, know Scripture, and don’t make excuses.
Stop talking "blessings" and start talking REPENTANCE fam. it ain't about you it's all about Christ
The opportunity to repent is the biggest blessing. This life isn’t the only life– but it is the shortest! If we truly believe in heaven and hell hereafter, then counting our blessings means putting God’s mercy and love first on the list!
It’s all about humble grace– the glory of every victory is for God alone.
The moment you begin following God’s will for your life is the moment the enemy takes greater notice of your life.
And he will do anything to stop you.
Don’t stop pressing in to who God says you are. What He’s prepared you to do. And how He’s changed you to change the World.
The devil wants to stop God’s will from being done. The devil wants to mock Jesus’s love and Crucifixion. We must stand strong in faith, obeying God in humility, for the sake of His glory. The key word is not “me” or “I”, it’s “GOD.”
Do not mistake a winter of the soul for its death. Faith and doubt are like the tides; only remember on which shores you stand, and seek others who have dealt with your struggles.
In the wintry days of my soul… I start decorating for Christmas. ⛪❤🎄❄👼 God is with us! God is still with us! And if enduring such spiritual chills is what it will take for the Lord to be born again within my heart, for his guiding star to enlighten my path, for the songs of his angels to reach my tired ears… then amen, amen, let the ice come down and blizzards rage; I shall learn with jubilation to seek my warmth in God’s embrace, and praise His name among the frosted pines.
"Consider how precious a soul must be, when both God and the devil are after it.” - Charles Spurgeon
The soul of man was breathed into his nostrils by God Himself! No other creature was given life in this way. We humans are a special creation, blessed and loved by the Lord, made in His image and likeness. So it’s no wonder that the devil wants to destroy our souls so badly! He hates God, therefore he abhors anything that is precious and special to God– most notably, humanity. God puts such a high value on our souls that He sent His Only Begotten Son to die for us, so that our souls could be saved from sin– the deadly curse that the devil revels in propagating, lying and manipulating mankind, trying to destroy our priceless souls. The devil claims our souls are worthless, but this is blatantly false. He’s just trying to offend and mock God. But we need to know better than that. We are precious to God– to God, the Creator of All!– and we must be humbled by that, moved in love to respect our souls as such.
“If you think to find paradise on earth, even in a monastery, then you are very mistaken. Paradise—full blessedness—does not exist on earth, and cannot, because man was not created for earth, but for heaven.”
— Abbess Thaisia of Leushino
As someone discerning a religious vocation, this is vitally important to remember. “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness”– for they are able to endure in blessed hope, knowing that their souls shall only be satisfied with God, and therefore no lack of paradise on earth can disappoint them… while that same hunger will drive them to do all that they can to still reflect as much of heaven as they can in this world, for His glory, to inspire others to that same divine desire.
Matthew 6:21 (KJV) - For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Remember that our hearts were made for God. Using our heart for anything else is effectively a denial of purpose– like having a car, but using it for storage instead of driving. God should, and must, be our greatest treasure. To place our worship, attention, and care anywhere else is idolatry, futile and ultimately empty. So honestly ask yourself: what’s in your treasure chest?
“Even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live.”
— Mother Angelica
AMEN. If our belief in God's existence doesn't change us, then we're just like the devil.
Faith without works is dead; just holding a belief does not indicate faith, or trust, or love! If we are to truly call ourselves Christians, then we must live in loving imitation of Christ, and obedience to God. Otherwise, it’s like putting a label on an empty container– no matter what it says, what really counts is the content… or lack thereof.
“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
— MereChristianity by C.S. Lewis (pg. 50)
The hardest truth for the flesh, and the most beautiful truth for the soul.
“Do you want to be right or righteous? Do you want to win or be winsome?”
“Winsome” means “sweetly or innocently charming” or “engaging.” Indeed it is better to lose with everyone on good terms and in good spirits, than to win by pushing or beating others down. Let us always be Christlike, which is true righteousness.
“Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, even persecutors, the worst of sinners: his righteousness is sufficient for them; his Spirit is able to purify and change their hearts.” -George Whitefield
Pray always for the conversion of persecutors-- especially your own personal ones.That is a grace gifted to you from God-- who else can pray for them with such radical love, but those for whom such love must be God-inspired? This truth is the greatest hope for them and us; after all, we, too, have only been saved through His Spirit.
“It is always the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus. But Satan’s work is just the opposite; he is constantly trying to make us look at ourselves instead of Christ.”
— Charles Spurgeon
This discernment is a vital litmus test for our decisions of focus. Whatever we do or think, we must ask– who am I truly turning towards here? Where is my heart’s genuine focus, for good or ill? Who am I glorifying with this, if I were to sincerely ask my conscience? If we ask these things in humble honesty, the Holy Spirit will convict us of error, and keep us on the straight and narrow. Thanks be to God for our Advocate!
“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.”
All of our trials are gifts from the hand of God, to help us grow in holiness, should we respond to them with a humble and faithful heart.
Frustrated? Lonely? Insecure? Confused? A lack of communication with God puts our entire life out of focus. Get into the Word, pray more. -Tovares Grey
This is VERY true and I can personally attest to its importance. Put God first– the rest will follow, by His hand.
Satan loves to take what's beautiful and ruin it. God loves to take what's ruined and make it beautiful.
A powerful reminder to my soul as God continues to heal me from trauma.
Before we can teach others, God will discipline us first, that everything we give may be profitable and will not lead them to harm.
We cannot show them the way that leads to life, if we ourselves don’t even know the way to Jesus. We cannot teach them obedience, if we ourselves are disobedient to God. We cannot preach what we do not know, we cannot show them the power of God’s Word when we ourselves are not changed by it.
What they see to us, will either mold them to Christlikeness or disobedience.
That’s why before we can be used by God, He will make sure we will be refined and tested by fire first.
I can humbly attest to this. God demands integrity of heart, for the good of all. Discipline not only refines us, but humbles us– to try and teach someone else about God while ourselves living in sin is an action of pride, really. It may even be an attempt to hide our own sin under a guise of evangelistic holiness. No, God will only use the meek to further His Kingdom, and we should all be deeply grateful that He is always willing and able to bring us to that point of virtue, no matter how difficult the process may be.
God wants us to know Him entirely, and that requires not only ardent love but also holy fear. The two are united.
“Our lips may say a thousand good words about God but if we live in vain, sin and selfishness, do we really think God is pleased?”
— Walk in the Light / J.G
Hypocrisy is a terrible sin for Christians, as it results in scandal and dishonor of God. Our actions must testify to our faith.
“The struggle is the sign of holiness. A saint is a sinner that keeps trying.”
To struggle against sin shows that we refuse to comply with it, that we refuse to be slaves to it, that we will not rest in wicked complacency over the warfare in our soul. All humans are born into sinful nature and tendencies, and we will all be tempted, cajoled, persecuted, and outright attacked by Satan and his vice of selfishness until the day we die. The devil wants us to despair. He wants us to weaken, to wear out, to be so crushed by battles that we lose hope and stop fighting, just for a semblance of peace. But we Christians know that the only true peace is found in Christ, and in obeying Him, in remaining loyal to Him no matter what turmoil may rage around and against us. God is our hope, and so we keep trying, striving ever closer to Jesus, despite our human weakness– for His power is made perfect in such. We fight the Good Fight until the very end, never despairing, never denying, never turning back. We may struggle with sin until our final breath, but the Lord is merciful as well as just, and if our hearts have been uncompromisingly focused on Him despite it all, then I believe that hope shall not disappoint. Because of this, we have the strength to carry on… and thus, we become saints.
“He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.” -Saint Thomas Aquinas
As those who love God, we must hate sin, both in ourselves and in the world. BUT this ‘hatred’ must be without malice or rage. To hate sin means to despise evil, true, but it also means that we must focus on good. To obsess over wrongdoing, to be consumed by wrath and indignation, only leads US into sin, and therefore we are not to put our minds or hearts there. Instead, let us live justly and speak out against injustice out of love for our just God, not out of anger towards men. We, too, are sinners; God is patient with us all for our merciful conversion. He sends rain and sunshine on both the just and unjust, but in the end, only the just will survive. Only those who are righteous in Him will be saved. The wicked will perish in their wickedness. So yes, let your heart break out of sorrow for the reality of evil, for this does show your love of good. And be angry at the evil you see, too, for Jesus was also angry at those who were cruel, hypocritical, and abusive. But that anger did not lead to violence or bitterness or any other sin. Instead it led to firm but patient correction, exhortations to conversion and penance, and the warning against further misconduct. We are to follow our Lord’s example, and trust in God to handle the ultimate situation. Our job is to be faithful and obedient to His Good Will, not to punish others, or to panic over the world. Follow Him, and rest in His power and peace. God is Good. Let His promises mend your heart. Evil has already lost. Preach that Good News!
“Humility is the one thing no devil can imitate.”
St John Climacus
A vital reminder, always.
Remember this when you are tempted to arrogance, defensiveness, excuses, and pride, especially under a pretense of “righteousness.” By choosing humility in all cases intead, you choose what is always the only true Christian option.
“God can save the sinner you are, but not the saint you pretend to be.”
Humility is the one thing no devil can imitate, and it is the key to reconciliation with God. Jesus Christ came to save the lost– if we insist we know where we’re going, we’ll wander in the dark forever for our foolish pride.
Preaching TRUTH to a generation that loves lies can be very discouraging. Preach TRUTH anyway. The only eternal reward is for the righteous
And God wants this generation to listen to Him and therefore join the ranks of the righteous through Christ!
When you preach Truth, do not do so with a mindset of moral superiority or pride. We are equal sinners and are called righteous only through the grace of God working in us. Preach Truth out of loving justice– as one seeking the conversion of sinners, the finding of the lost, and the ultimate salvation of all peoples!
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