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Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
"'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
The living water that is our Lord is physically invisible. That which is invisible is more real than that which is visible. Physical death is only real in the visible world. In and through Christ we live outside the physical world, past physical death. Thanks be to God!
Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15:20-22
1 Corinthians 15:20-22
"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive."
Christ lived to show us how to live. Christ died to show us how to die. Christ our God lives in us. The indwelling Christ is alive. We are alive!
Reflections on Romans 10:9-10 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on Romans 10:9-10
Romans 10:9-10
"If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."
How do we become public service announcements for salvation? Marketing reps for God? Promoters of our faith? The answer is in what we say to others. Are we kind? Do our words reflect faith that God is good? Or do we complain and criticize? Focus on speaking the way God would speak.
Reflections on 1 Corinthians 1:18 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on 1 Corinthians 1:18
1 Corinthians 1:18
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."
How much do we want salvation? How much do we believe in the power of God? Enough to be called a fool by those who do not believe? Enough to stand up for what we believe? Enough to testify? Enough that we are not hypocrites and that our actions reflect our belief?
Reflections on Romans 13:8 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on Romans 13:8
Romans 13:8
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law."
God's law is based on loving others. Loving others - like my family and friends, my next door neighbor (what's her name anyway?), my friend's children (even though they are brats), the lady down the street (even though she is strange and does not look or dress like me), the cashier at the checkout (even though he coughed on my credit card), the man I love (even though he left me for another woman), my boss (even though he gave the promotion to someone else), my coworkers (even though they talk behind
Reflections on Romans 13:6-7 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on Romans 13:6-7
Romans 13:6-7
"This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor."
Through paying our taxes and our bills, and through being respectful and honoring others, we gain a sense of responsibility and build our character. Do not the people who have gained our greatest respect also have these qualities? Then in every little thing we do, be honest and respectful, filled with duty and honor. Change and advocacy have more power and effect from a place o
Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15:1,3-4 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on 1 Corinthians 15:1,3-4
1 Corinthians 15:1, 3-4
"Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures"
Is it hard to believe? Is it hard to believe that Christ died for our sins, that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day? Why is this so hard to believe? Is it because we have trouble believing in anything more than the hard, solid reality that our eyes can
Reflections on Romans3:23-24 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on Romans3:23-24
Romans 3:23-24
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."
Are you familiar with grace? Have you ever received it? Given it? It's a major ingredient of many miracles. It's the act of non-judgment at a time when judgment is the expectation. It is the good that happens when bad is the expectation. It is the relief felt from learning a hard lesson in a non-painful way. It is the turning of something terrible into something wonderful. Christ is our saving grace and the master who guides our discipleship so that we might give others the
Reflections on Luke 9:23-24 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on Luke 9:23-24
Luke 9:23-24
"Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it."
Following Christ is a daily discipline, no doubt about it. Our job in the entire divine process of heaven is to choose to stay focused on God. We must bring ourselves back out of the world and into God's kingdom daily. God does the rest.
Reflections on 1 Peter 2:24 by paminbz, literature
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Reflections on 1 Peter 2:24
1 Peter 2:24
"'He himself bore our sins' in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; 'by his wounds you have been healed.'"
If only I would believe it when I hear, "you have been healed." Why do we stick to our wounds and pain like glue? As we die to Christ we are healed. Do we stray again, yes. Do we need to ask forgiveness everyday, yes. Have we been healed? Why do we think not? Perhaps to counteract the pride that we might otherwise feel, as though we healed ourselves. Perhaps because we don't really want to give up control, or perhaps we feel the 'bad stuff' keeps us real or human and theref
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I won!!! by ArzanianJoy, journal
I won!!!
OH MY GAUD!
((Sorry to offend Christians and those of the religious culture with the above statement))
But I WON! I won. Oh my freaking gosh, I won. I can't believe it. Hell yea baby. I wrote over 35,000 words in twenty five days. I am rich in my world now, darlin. I've actually finished the story but I'm rewriting the first six chapters to make it 40,000 words.
Remember that "Nameless" story I was posting a while back? Well, I just finished it AND I'm getting FIVE FREE PRINTED COPIES!
Ah man, I am so happy. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, I feel like crying of happiness right now. I am so freaking happy. Can't contain my excitement.
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Time to explain my Depression a little more by ArzanianJoy, journal
Time to explain my Depression a little more
Would anyone like to understand me a little? I think this is the best way to let everyone understand me more. It is best for everyone to just bear with me and read this if you will.
This is journal two in the emotional series. Journal one: http://fav.me/d5kwm1y
How do you describe Depression?
Depression is a tremendous sadness that washes over my entire being like a tsunami of darkness just enveloping me. I go numb and everything bad flashes through my mind like in the movies when the guys are dying and their memories are flashing through their eyes but this is only the bad. It's like being locked up inside a
Time to explain my Rage a little more by ArzanianJoy, journal
Time to explain my Rage a little more
Would anyone like to understand me a little? I think this is the best way to let everyone understand me more. It is best for everyone to just bear with me and read this if you will.
This is the first journal in the emotional series. Journal Two: http://fav.me/d5kzw9t
I think I should explain what my everyday is like.
I fear Rage more than anything everyday. I wake up nervous, "What if I blow up today? Will I lose another friend?" I fear Rage will upset my friends enough to make them turn me away. I fear going to school every day because they have never seen me in Rage. They may be equipped to handle it, but wh
Bullying and the 'Zero Tolerance' Rule by ArzanianJoy, journal
Bullying and the 'Zero Tolerance' Rule
I would like to thank danktat (https://www.deviantart.com/danktat) for writing something on facebook about this.
I would like to say that I have been threatened and physically attacked by students before. I have had my lunch been stolen. I have been shoved around. I have been made fun of. It all hurts.
But I do not agree with zero tolerance. Read carefully before replying if you would be so kind as to.
Zero tolerance is like telling your children that everything's going to be okay if you tell someone higher than you about your problems. It is trying to teach children that you are living in a Fairytale land.
As an adult, you simply cannot tell your boss about every litt
I am going to write a new story! ((Later)) by ArzanianJoy, journal
I am going to write a new story! ((Later))
May be Fanfiction or Original! I'm so excited. It's going to be huge! It's going to be interactive with the reader! If the reader chooses option A, then the story will take one turn. But if they choose option B, then it will go differently. And so on. There will be multiple choices the reader can have many stories going all at once! It's going to be like a living breathing story that the reader gets to decide what happens!
I'm so excited! Literally! I'm bouncing off the wall! But I'm going to start it later because I've got to write 30,000 words for my current baby! Hehe. I can't wait! Lol. So bouncy.
The story is probably going to be my or
Time to say sorry by ArzanianJoy, journal
Time to say sorry
Even if I don't mean it. I mean, I deserve everything, right? I am saying sorry to myself because I ought to know better. I should be able to tell when to stop talking to people. Yet I still want to say something. This instinctive side says to say something but my gut feeling says to shut up and keep it quiet. I know that if I say one more word, I'll fall out of whack and be driven mad.
Nevermind that, I am crazy. I am very much crazy.
Onto other notes, I am currently writing a story that has to be 30,000 words by November 25, so if I'm not on or I'm not replying, I am writing full force!
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Hehe...thanks for the favorite. Glad you liked the poem I wrote for Courtney 