Christian Living on Purity

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Inspired by 1 John 5:4-12 and John 20:19-23
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William Barclay
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John 5:4-12, John 20:19-23
O God, our Father, in the life and death and resurrection of Jesus you have given us the remedy for sin. In him you have opened to us the way to forgiveness for all our past sins, and you have given u...
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Inspired by Isaiah 6:7
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Scott B. Bullock
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Isaiah 6:7
Hear now, O Church, who stands in the gap for the world as representatives of God. We have been made clean. As the angel of the Lord touched the unclean lips of Isaiah and made the man whole in word a...
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David Kinnaman
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Being salt and light demands two things: we practice purity in the midst of a fallen world and yet we live in proximity to this fallen world. If you don't hold up both truth in tension, you invari...
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Adapted from Psalm 119:9-16
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Psalm 119:9-16
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart t...
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Lacking a Clear Path to Faith
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The Pastor's Workshop
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1 Kings 20:40, Matthew 6:34, Romans 7:19, Romans 8:11-14
One common mistake is assuming that everyone else finds faith easy, while we alone struggle. Yet there is comfort in recognizing that we are not alone in our pursuit of Christ in the midst of a broken...
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Prayer of Adoration Lord, our Lord –
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Psalm 8:1, Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 19:1-10, John 8:1-11, Micah 7:18-19
Prayer of Adoration Lord, our Lord – How excellent is your name in all the earth. Because of who you are – we praise You. Because of what you’ve done – we thank You. You are a Father to the fathe...
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Mother Teresa
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- Purity Of Heart
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautifu...
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Søren Kierkegaard
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
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A. W. Tozer
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Psalm 25:15
Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God we do...
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2 Peter 3:14 & 18
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2 Peter 3:14, 2 Peter 3:18
Therefore, beloved, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the d...
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Augustine of Hippo
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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!
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Gracious God, our hearts are often
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Laura B. Murray
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Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Matthew 5:8, Romans 7:21-23, James 4:8, Ezekiel 36:26, 1 John 3:3, Psalm 73:1, Psalm 24:3-4, Matthew 15:19-20, Romans 12:2, Psalm 139:23-24, Titus 1:15, James 1:2-8, Matthew 12:25
Gracious God, our hearts are often divided between what is good and what is evil. Not one of us is pure in heart yet we long to have a whole heart.
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The Deepwater Horizon Crisis and Our Need for a Savior
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Ryan Bundrick
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Romans 3:21-31, 1 John 1:7, Philippians 1:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Colossians 2:13-14
In 2010, an oil rig named “Deepwater Horizon” suffered a catastrophic failure. Due to improper installation of the cement seal, a malfunctioning blowout preventer, and cost-cutting decisions by corpor...
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Dirty Boots
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The Pastor's Workshop
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Proverbs 13:4, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Matthew 25:14-30, Philippians 3:13-14, James 1:22-25, 1 John 1:9, James 5:16
Pope John Paul I recounted a story about Jonathan Swift and his servant. One morning at an inn, Swift asked his servant why his boots hadn’t been cleaned. The servant replied, “I didn’t see the point,...
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Adapted from Psalm 12
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Bud Thoreen
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Psalm 12:null
Leader: Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. People: Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart ...
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Adapted from Psalm 142
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Psalm 142:null
Leader: With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before him; People: When my spirit faints within me, I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “Yo...
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John Henry Newman
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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Thomas à Kempis
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- Purity Of Heart
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
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Thomas à Kempis
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- Purity Of Heart
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
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Collect for Purity
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John 4:7-26, Isaiah 6:1-8, Revelation 4:11, Matthew 22:37, Ezekiel 36:26-27
Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you,...
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Henry Drummond
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- Purity Of Heart
Become pure in heart. The pure in heart shall see God. Here, then, is one opening for soul-culture--the avenue through purity of heart to the spiritual seeing of God.
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Augustine of Hippo
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- Innocence
The so-called innocence of children is more a matter of weakness of limb, than purity of heart.
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Augustine of Hippo
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- Purity Of Heart
- Intentions
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.
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R. V. G. Tasker
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- Purity Of Heart
[The pure in heart are] the single-minded, who are free from the tyranny of a divided self.
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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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- Purity Of Heart
the only way to have a pure heart is to realize you have an impure heart.
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James A. Baldwin
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- Purity Of Heart
- Motivations
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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A Conversation Between St. Francis and a Brother named Leo
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Brennan Manning
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One day Saint Francis and brother Leo were walking down the road. Noticing Leo was depressed, Francis turned and asked, “Leo, do you know what it means to be pure of heart?” “Of course. It means to h...
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John Hagee
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- Purity Of Heart
- Conflict
A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it.
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Almighty and Everlasting God, in whom
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John Watson
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Acts 17:28
Almighty and Everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being, who has created us for yourself, so that our hearts are restless until they find rest in you, grant to us purity of heart and...
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Ubi Caritas
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The Love of Christ has gathered us as one. Let us rejoice and be glad in him. Let us fear and love the living God And in purity of heart let us love one another. Where charity and love are, there is...