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I Won't Stick Around To See How Much Temptation I Can Take. God Is Not Impressed With My Ability To Stand Up To Sin. He Is More Impressed By The Obedience I Show When I Run From It.

God Will Make Right All That Is Wrong, He Will Take Away The Lingering Effect Of Sin And What's Not Right In Our Lives. He Knows How Painful Life In This World Can Be.

A Defining Reality For Me Is What Scripture Teaches In Hebrews 12, That God Is Our Father, And That A Sign That He Loves Us Is That He Disciplines Us, He Takes Us Through Hardship To Build Character In Us That Could Not Be Shaped Apart From Difficulty.

I'm Not Saying Dating Is Sinful, And I'm Not Saying A Guy And A Girl Should Never Spend Time Alone Together. I'm Saying Let's Wait Until We Can Be Purposeful, So There's A Reason Behind Our Relationship, And We're Not Just Stirring Up Passion For The Sake Of A Good Time.

If You Ant To Feel Deeply, You Have To Think Deeply. Too Often We Separate The Two. We Assume That If We Want To Feel Deeply, Then We Need To Sit Around And, Well, Feel. But Emotion Built On Emotion Is Empty. True Emotion- Emotion That Is Reliable And Does Not Lead Us Astray- Is Always A Response To Reality, To Truth.