"Why is purity such a struggle? Why is it so difficult to order our lives in a way that allows Christ to shine through us? ... We destroy purity by equating it with legalism and forgetting that it is first and foremost a work of the heart. Reducing it to a set of rules trivializes the purpose of purity and creates a veneer of purity without the genuine, underlying character."
— David Edwards
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"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence."
"God never intended His Church to be a refrigerator in which to preserve perishable piety. He intended it to be an incubator in which to hatch our converts."
"Dear Precious One,
Yesterday I talked to you about the importance of My grace leading you to forgive those who have wounded you. That is hard. Today...."
"[Jesus continued,] "The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter..."
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