Day: October 9, 2017

What is man?

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Ephesians 5:8 – For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light: What is man? Is he anything? Wading into a sea of discontent, There is but an ocean of emptiness. Wandering in a wilderness of loneliness, Ascending the mountain of sorrow. Where will he go? There is nothing. There is no one. The rain of suffering falls, Pounding him into submission. Where can he go? What can he do To escape this horrifying deluge Of doubt and despair? Is there anyone out there? Seeking, searching, groping In the darkness of …

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How are you doing at handling your loneliness?

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I don’t have to ask you whether you are lonely. Single or married, you know what this hollow feeling is like. It’s an inescapable part of being human, but trying to escape it rarely works. It just pushes it under the surface for a while, to pop up again later. One of the misbeliefs is that this ache can be eliminated. It can’t be. But you can lessen its effects. You can deal with it in constructive ways that make it less painful and less frequent, but if you think that a romantic relationship will make it go away completely, …

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Making Him Known

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Acts 17:16-33 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19 And they took him, and …

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