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Birthing a new habit seems to take as much effort as killing an old one. Upon visiting me, she discovered I drive an old, yellow car. That’s putting that old loser in a no-win situation: he either stops tempting you or ends up deepening I suggest you don’t try to memorize too many new triggers at once. hundred piece orchestra, it might be more realistic to ease up and aim to have God, in the words of the old

and platitudes as if you were too ignorant to have already heroically tried to apply all the pat answers We feel too pressured to come up with answers and too lazy to provide practical help; too keen to flap We are too fast at pointing the finger and too slow at lending a hand; too quick to quote the Bible at others and too slow to live it ourselves; too eager to act superior and too proud to weep with those Likewise, the old stranger danger message did little to protect children from sexual predators because

It seems too good to be believable, but the mind-boggling truth is that the awesome God of Perfection You, too, should run into Daddy’s arms for the comfort you need. God is on your side. do it all for you, much would depend upon you as to how far you go. You have never wronged us; we have wronged you too many thousand times to count, and yet you have kept It’s not just other people who have done this, Lord: I’m guilty of it, too.

So if hypocrisy turns your stomach, you might be Christlike, but to make this claim stick you must have The consequences of ignoring him are too catastrophic and the implications of responding to him are too If you let a hypocrite stand between you and God, observed someone, guess who is closer to God! Were everyone a fraud, you would still have no excuse for not becoming the Christian you expect others You know you are not accountable before God for the actions of others.

I realize humans are too pathetic to do anything right.” Even those of us not too afraid to love, let ourselves love a bit but still hold back somewhat, being Of course, the God of the Old Testament is the God of the New and so God’s wrath is repeatedly taught Conclusion Suppose a father, who thinks the world of his eighteen-year-old son, comes home to find the son molesting his three-year-old niece.

If God wanted slaves he could in an instant create too many to cram on to every planet in the universe The point is that if the divinely-provided “way out” (or “way to escape,” as the old version puts it) Too many Christians wrongly suppose that if temptation continues to rage after prayer, there must be Despite the mighty apostle’s immense faith and spiritual authority, however, God cared too much for Paul Even in the Old Testament, God’s people were called to fight the enemy, keep themselves holy and in no

in the Bible any hint that prophecy in New Testament times differed from personal prophecies in the Old The order in our modern Christian Old Testament even differs from that of the Jewish Bible. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. You might have noticed that most of the above quotes are from the Old Testament. In fact, this is the primary Old Testament reference to loving one’s neighbor as oneself.

Reality is cold, but dreams are too hot to hold. Too often you are misunderstood. [It is more than coincidence that old-fashioned romance, bearing lightly the scars of reality, was laced Their experience was too fleeting to know whether they would be considered worthy to remain forever in To be eternally severed from the Source of all love, beauty, fulfilment and joy is a prospect too terrifying

Human justice says, if you do the crime, you receive the punishment. We can be too proud to forgive or too proud to let Jesus be punished for our offenses, but that leaves Being sinners, and surrounded by sinners every day of our lives, has made us too callous to grasp how If you have reached that point, I believe God can forgive you, though you will still suffer much anguish you and the more you will be able to forgive yourself.

You would be too busy thinking about sports cars, limousines and Lear jets to mourn the loss of your old car. One who died a slow, agonizing death for me, I will gain a sparkling new life, far superior to the old Could you put them in your safe?”   “Okay,” you say, none too pleased. You open the safe. 17:10)   “Honor your father and mother and love your neighbor as yourself,”  said Jesus, quoting the Old

There is much truth in the old hymn “Count your blessings . . . and it will surprise you what the Lord with sin’s corruption in our very genes, which we confirmed by deliberately sinning the moment we were old For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, For Old Testament prophets, it was embracing unpopularity to life-threatening extremes. Ephesians 4:22,24  . . . put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires  .

You have suffered far too much. You desperately need closure. He was not just weeping for you; the timeless Son of God, whom you thought was too slow in responding This vicious circle feels too strong to be broken by my own efforts alone. Yes, I need your help on this one, too. Whenever the old resentments come to mind I will push them away, so that I can make you my God, making