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Pick up your Armor

1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore,having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints

Love in perspective

"To Love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--- safe, dark, motionless, airless---it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, inpenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation."
CS Lewis - The Four Loves

Scholar's Prayer

C.G. Moule
Anglican Bishop of Durham, 1901

Lord and Saviour, true and kind,
Be the master of my mind;
Bless and guide and strengthen still,
All my powers of thought and will.

While I ply the scholar's task.
Jesus Christ be near, I ask;
Help the memory, clear the brain,
Knowledge still to seek and gain.

Here I train for life's swift race;
Let me do it in Thy Grace;
Here I arm me for life's fight;
Let me do it in Thy might.

Thou hast made me mind and soul;
I for three would use the whole:
Thou hast died that I might live;
All my powers to Thee I give.

Striving, thinking, learning still,
Let me follow thus Thy will.
Till my whole glad nature be.
Trained for duty and for Thee.

The Beginning

Proverbs 1:7
The Fear of God is the beginning of Knowledge.

For the rest of our lives, I believe we'll be on a journey that will lead us to a deeper understanding of God, a better, more fulfilled and purposeful life than we could ever imagine.

This is the beginning of knowledge: Knowing God.
We see who we are when we realize who God is.
We see others as God sees them when we realize who we are because of Him.

Intimacy with God

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