In our thinking, we actually begin to believe that our ways are better than God’s. We take this created gift called sex and use it to question the Creator God, who gave us the gift in the first place. We replace God’s pattern with our preferences, exchanging what God’s Word says about sexuality for what our observation and experience say about it. Yet we’re blind to our own foolishness. It’s as if we’re living out Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The real danger here is our claim to know better than God what is best for our bodies and to justify sexual sin as a result.
David Platt

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#1 · July 7, 2006, 10:44 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"Heaven's Grocery Store"
 
  
 
I was walking down life's highway
A long time ago.
One day I saw a sign that read,
"HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE."
 
As I got a little closer,
The door came open wide,
And when I came to myself
I was standing inside.
 
I saw a host of angels,  
They were standing everywhere.
One handed me a blanket and said,
"My Child, shop with care."
 
Everything a Christian needs
Is in that grocery store.
And all you can't carry,
Come back the next day for more.
 
First, I got some PATIENCE,
LOVE was in the same row.
Further down was UNDERSTANDING,
Needed everywhere you go.
 
I got a box or two of  WISDOM,
A bag or two of  FAITH,
I just couldn't miss the HOLY GHOST,
It was all over the place.
 
I stopped to get some STRENGTH
And COURAGE to help me run this race.
But then my blanket was getting full,
And I remembered I needed GRACE.
 
I didn't forget SALVATION,
Which like the others was free,
So I tried to get enough of that
To save both you and me.
 
Then I started to the counter,
To pay my grocery bill,
For I thought I had everything
To do my master's will.
 
As I went up the aisle,
I saw PRAYER and had to put it in,
For I knew when I stepped outside,
I would run right into sin.
 
PEACE and JOY were plentiful,
They were on the last shelf.
SONG and PRAISES were hanging near,
So I just helped myself.
 
Then I said to the angel,
"How much do I owe?"
The angel smiled and said,
"Just take them everywhere you go."
 
Again, I politely asked
"How much do I really owe?"
The angel smiled again and said, "My Child,
Jesus paid your bill a long time ago!"
 
 
"B.A.D."
 
  
 
I spotted a man with an acronym on his shirt that had
 
B.A.D.
 
Me, being the curious person that I am, I stopped the man and asked,"What does B.A.D. stand for?"
 
And trust me, you'll be amazed at what his response was. 
 
He replied, B.A.D. stands for: "Blessed And Delivered".
 
That thought stuck with me as I finished doing my shopping that day.
 
So I came up with a little advice for you today.
 
1. When the enemy tries to attack you, be B.A.D.
 
2. When things don't seem to be going right on your job, be B.A.D.
 
3. When things are stressful, be B.A.D.
 
4. When folks scandalize your name, just be B.A.D.
 
Surround yourself with people you can be B.A.D. with!!!
 
Now send this to the people who you know don't mind being B.A.D.
 
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
 
May God Bless You And Have A B.A.D. Day !!!!!
 
 
Have a blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 
 
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