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Virtues Obedience – The Path to Freedom Obedience may be the simplest, and most difficult of the virtues to practice. It is also among the most important, as it is the essence of our response to the Gospel: “If you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15...
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Virtues Humility – The Mother of Virtues It goes by an assortment of names: the flesh, pride, selfishness, conceit, a haughty spirit, but however you want to slice it, pride is embedded in each human and it is the cause of all sin. If pride is our weakness,...
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Virtues Honesty – The reflection of a pure heart On the surface, honesty seems like a natural character trait that would be important to everyone. Why would it be considered a virtue? Why is honesty a largely uncommon attribute of a precious few people? Being...
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Virtues Wisdom – The Path of Peace Do you know someone who is wise? Someone who truly possesses wisdom? Plainly, wisdom is part common sense, and part keen insight. Wisdom is careful and measured. It operates on the basis of knowledge and truth. Just living life...
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Experiencing the Truth. A while back, our middle daughter sent a short video of bath time with our 10-month-old granddaughter. It was titled ‘Cutest video of all time,’ and, for biased grandparents, this was an appropriate title. The little one was standing inside the...
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Virtues Hope – the partner of Faith If faith is the foundation of all virtues then hope is the confident assurance that a life built on faith will be good, fruitful and bring God glory. Like faith, hope is unseen. “For in this hope we are saved. Now hope that is...
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Christ, My Only Hope "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' But if you bite & devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another." Galatians 5:14-15 When I'm honest...
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Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee. Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good gifts and Giver of Life, come and abide in us, and cleanse us of all impurity, and save our souls, O Good One. Holy...
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Virtue Faith, the Foundation of Virtues “… God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.” Faith is planted by God in the human heart from its first beat of life. It is faith that assures the innocent child that he or she is safe in the sanctity of his...
