Confessions on Purity

I am to let no one despise my youth, but I am to be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith and in purity. 1Ti 4.12

When Christ is revealed, I shall be like Him, for I shall see Him as He is. I have this hope in Him and so I purify myself, just as Jesus Christ is pure. 1Jo 3.2 3.3

I love my brother and abide in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in me. 1Jo 2.10

I must be pure in heart, for, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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Confessions on Diligence and its results

The blessing of the Lord makes me rich, and he adds no sorrow to it. Pr 10.22

I will not be a lazy sluggard.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children. Pr 14.22

In all labour there is profit – but idle chatter leads only to poverty. I get down to business. Pr 14.23

I am not lagging in diligence. I am fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Rom 12.11

Diligence is my precious possession. Pr 12.27

Diligent hands make me rich. Pr 10.4

The hand of the diligent will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labour. I will be diligent and rule.

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Confessions on Love and Loving

I am to be an example to the believers in love. 1Tim 4.12

Since I have purified my soul in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, I must love the other believers fervently with a pure heart. 1Pet 1.22

All that I do is to be done with love. 1Cor 16.14

All that I do with my wife is to be done with love. All that I do with my co-workers must be done in love.

I pursue love. I pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts. 1Cor 14.1

As a man elect of God, holy and beloved, I put on tender mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.

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Commitment to Worship

I shall worship the Lord my God, and Him only shall I serve. (Matthew 4:10)

I am a true worshipper, and worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
(John 4:23)

I shall love the Lord my God with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength, and with all my mind, and my neighbour as myself. (Luke 10:27)

Whether I eat or drink, or whatever I do, I do all to the glory of God.

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Sin and Salvation – Section I

The Disciple,—Master, it is clear to almost everyone that to disobey God and to cease to worship Him is sin, and the deadly result is seen in the present state of the world. But what sin really is is not absolutely clear. In the very presence of Almighty God, and in opposition to His will, and in His own world, how did sin come to be?

The Master,—1. Sin is to cast aside the will of God and to live according to one’s own will, deserting that which is true and lawful in order to satisfy one’s own desires, thinking thus to obtain happiness.

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Sin and Salvation – Section II

The Disciple,—Master, in these days some learned men and their followers regard Thy atonement and the redemption by blood as meaningless and futile, and say that Christ was only a great teacher and example for our spiritual life, and that salvation and eternal happiness depend on our own efforts and good deeds.

The Master,—1. Never forget that spiritual and religious ideas are connected less with the head than with the heart, which is the temple of God, and when the heart is filled with the presence of God the head also is enlightened.

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The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering – Part II

1. In the bitter cold of winter the trees stand bare of leaves, and it seems as if their life, too, had departed for ever, yet in the spring time they put forth new leaves and beautiful flowers, and the fruit begins to show itself. So was it with Me in My crucifixion and resurrection, and so it is with my faithful cross-bearers (2 Cor. iv.8-11; vi.4-10). Though they seem to be crushed and dead beneath their cross they still put forth the beautiful flowers and glorious fruits of eternal life which abide for ever.

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