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What are we supposed to think? Or How are we supposed to think? Living in this world filled with sin and hatred, how are we supposed to cope? How do we prevent ourselves from falling into the worldly pattern? Is it possible to get out of it… for good?

I’ve come across these questions lately as I have found myself slightly stuck… Certain areas in my life have become habitual and I’ve become content with that… which is bad. Also I’ve been slacking on my devotion and dedication… (as you can tell by the amount of posts I’ve had lately) (more…)

So I come back from my all-too-needed spring break - I mean really needed, I just got over being really sick, in the middle of make-up work and tests, and finishing projects and tieing up lose ends in groups that I missed out on while not being able to communicate - and I return home with my messy clothing bag and all my bag of souveniers, clumping a new pile in my room.  Then I look at my hypothetical “to-do list” and I groan…  Then I notice something my friend gave me before I got sick.

My grin slowly crosses my face as I remember what it is…

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While on vacation in the Smokies, I picked up a book from one of the many book outlet stores there called God is Closer Than You Think, by John Ortberg. This book hit a key note on what was going on in my life. I felt distant from God, but this book helped bring me closer and realize opportunities I could take advantage to help me grow. I HIGHLY reccommend this book!
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Too often do we judge one another in the wrong way. I recently read an article that talked about how the common phrase, ‘Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged‘, has been misquoted. The article gave multiple Bible verses and talked about how God tells us to judge, but do it acording to His Word, the Word of God.

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1 Colosians 1:10-14 (NIV)

10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption,the forgiveness of sins.

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