Metanoeite XLII

"If we say, 'We don't have a sin,' we're kidding ourselves and are not truthful."

Looking back, I've been a real jackass at times; and I'm sorry for a lot of what I've said, done, written, and even thought.

"Look forward."

"Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable - if
there is any moral excellence and praise - dwell on these things."

Metanoeite XLI

Metanoeite (XLI)

"I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart.
And the peace I give isn't like the peace the world gives."

I think people like to fight.

"Not My people."

"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you
into a new person by changing the way you think."

Metanoeite XL

"I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war."

I fired him because he is an ecclesiastical arsonist; lighting fires to distract attention from his life's accumulating ashes.

"I gave a rod and staff to you."

"Watch out for those who cause dissensions and pitfalls contrary to the doctrine you have learned.
Avoid them; for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites."

Metanoeite XXXIX

"I will tear to bits the dissertations of the Ph.D.s."

I've been reading a lot about You.

"Why are you spending so much time with secondary resources?"

"If you need wisdom - if you want to know what God wants you to do - ask Him,
and He will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking."

Metanoeite XXXVIII

"The greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends."

I live to love and I will die for love.

"You're on cue."

"We love because He first loved us."

Metanoeite XXXVII

"The works of the flesh are obvious."

I'm cranky, grouchy, contentious, and depressed.

"You need to spend more time with Me."

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faith, gentleness/humility, self-control."

Metanoeite XXXVI

"Salt...Shine."

I forgot Your word on Easter Day, 2007: "If you understand, Jesus is counting on you!"

"True."

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

Metanoeite XXXV

"Be honest in your estimate of yourselves...Just as our bodies have many parts and each has
a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body,
and each of us has different work to do...We belong to each other,
and each of us needs all the others."

There's not enough of me to go around.

"That's how I planned it."

"God alone is my rock and my salvation."

Metanoeite XXXIV

"The Word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife,
cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires.
It exposes us for what we really are."

I didn't disagree when my son said in passing, "Dad, your discernment is a burden, isn't it?"

"Gifts are not without cost."

"About matters of the spirit...I do not want you to be unaware."

Metanoeite XXXIII

"She doesn't consider the path of life...Keep your way far from her."

I'm wondering if she dresses like that to leave nothing to the imagination.

"She caught your attention; so you better come home to Papa!"

"Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead."

Metanoeite XXXII

"Am I my brother's guardian?"

She soothed her audience by saying we are not responsible for what others say and do.

"Partial obedience is disobedience; for you are responsible for what you say and do and how you respond to what others say and do."

"Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable -
if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise -
dwell on these things. Do what you have learned and
received and heard and seen in me,
and the God of peace
will be with you."

Metanoeite XXXI

"What fellowship does light have with darkness?"

Accommodating evil is enabling it.

"Not bad for a mainliner."

"Therefore, come out from among them and be separate...do not touch any unclean thing, and
I will welcome you. I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me."

Metanoeite XXX

"Those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires,...For
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away
from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains."

You promised a windfall; and when it comes,...

"You'll do as I say."

"No one can serve two masters."

Metanoeite XXIX

"Since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith,
let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so
easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race
that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on
Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish."

So many wonderful saints have directed me to You for as long as I can remember.

"Count your blessings."

"Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!"

Metanoeite XXVIII

"Fulfill your ministry."

My friend said we should quit and I mused: "If only I had wings...I would fly away...How far away I would flee..."

"Not until I say..."

"It is finished."

Metanoeite XXVII

"They come in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves."

I saw slithering yet said nothing to avoid reproach as the troubadour's refrain haunted: "The enemy I see wears a cloak of decency."

"Discernment is given for the body's health - a manifestation of the Spirit is given to produce what is beneficial - but poison pollutes and souls suffer if the gift remains wrapped."

"Be as wise as serpents and as gentle as doves...You will be given what to say, because
you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you."

Metanoeite LXVI

"If you prefer them over Me, you don't deserve Me."

Denominational pride is sin.

"So is yours."

"What's that I see in your eye?"

Metanoeite XXVI

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes."

I'm ready to look up, stand up, speak up, and act up for Jesus.

"It's about time."

"Everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven."

Metanoeite XXV

"You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin."

He counseled with caution, "If you want people to bleed, you must hemorrhage."

"I know."

"He was led like a lamb to the slaughter."

Metanoeite XXIV

"I haven't spoken anything in secret."

Anyone who asks for the passwords for my computer and voicemail can have 'em; for I only hide when I've got something to hide.

"Devils work in darkness."

"Everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it,
so that his deeds may not be exposed. But anyone who lives by
the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be
shown to be accomplished by God."

Metanoeite XXIII

"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie."

I know that's what You said in Jesus and Holy Scripture, but I was thinking...

"Be careful."

"If anyone adds to the prophetic words of this book, God will add to him the plagues
that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this
prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life
and the holy city, written in this book."

Metanoeite XXII

"Before you were born, I knew you...I knit you together in your mother's womb."

We're still debating when life begins.

"How big of you."

"Whoever welcomes a child welcomes Me."

Metanoeite XXI

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute
darkness for light and light for darkness."

Apostates and schismatics are shredding the fabric of faith's call to peace, unity, and purity by thinking their righteousness exceeds everybody else's.

"My Word is bigger than their favorite parts."

"These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts."

Metanoeite XX

"Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,
not staying away from our meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging
each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near."

I'm so tired of lame excuses for not honoring You in worship and managing what You've entrusted to us for Your glory alone.

"You love 'em and I'll judge 'em."

"I will honor those who honor Me."

Metanoeite XIX

Metanoeite (XIX)

"There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land."

Everything's going to hell.

"But not everybody."

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

Metanoeite XVIII

"Anger abides in the hearts of fools."

A mentor warned, "If I wanted to hurt somebody, I'd get him to hate somebody; for grudge-holders are gravediggers and the only graves being dug are their own."

"He's right."

"If you don't forgive, God will not forgive you."

Metanoeite XVII

"The tongue is a fire."

Too many four letter words insult You and injure Yours.

"Here's one to change that: obey."

"Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction;
nothing makes them stumble."

Metanoeite XVI

"When I want to do good,..."

Urges are killing me.

"My remedies save you."

"Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path."

Metanoeite XV

"You are the salt...You are the light."

It's hard to watch evil enabling.

"Who told you to watch?"

"If salt loses its taste, it's no longer good for anything...No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket."

Metanoeite XIV

"If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow Me."

I'm ready to die for You.

"I'd prefer you live for Me."

"I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God."