#confront :(

[virtuouslibertines69]

"I will search for you after your death, to confront you. I will pose to you your timelessness and lack of fixity. I will say you have now never won. I will search for you across heaven, for you marked me when I was indistinct, when I was loving, I say." - Alice Notley, from In The Pines: Poems; “The Black Trailor (A Noir Fiction),”

Adoration and Contemplation by Cziiki

[itsyourchoicedevotionals]

Loving Someone

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1Corinthians 13:1NIV

What did Jesus say were the two primary commandments? “He answered, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself” Luke 10:27NIV.

Jesus took ten of the commandments and rolled all ten into two. If we love God we won’t have other gods in our lives— basically anything can become a god when it’s put first in importance to Yahweh i.e. gods of money/banks, influential people, traditions, medicine, government offices, sexual behaviors, idols of statue forms, ideologies or religions not serving Yahweh and a plethora of other things. Nor will we profane our Lord’s name.

Second commandment, loving someone will cause us to honor them; while keeping us from lying, stealing, killing them, committing adultery with someone, or desiring to have their stuff. “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” Romans 13:10NIV.

Love is active, and nice, it doesn’t expose the weaknesses of others. Writing to the church, 1Peter 4:8NIV “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” Holy Spirit nailed me on this one— ‘Debbie, how many times have you pointed out a particular flaw in someone? Did you do it to lift them up or put them down? Your every word is to lift up others. Some words seem mean and harsh when said. Praying for people is the best way, It’s My job to change them.’ Ouch! I relate this, because I hear others speaking the same way— warning to us all.

How do you confront an evil? We’re living in a very confused time. Satan has deceived people’s minds into living in lies telling them their identity is not in Christ, nor themselves, only in what their imagination. Back in my youth, such an identity crisis would put people into strenuous psychiatric care. “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” John 8:32NIV. Loving speaks the God’s truth— ]you were made in this body at this time by the loving God Who is lovingly concerned about every detail of your life.’

Can love confront a blatantly sinful lifestyle? Which is more loving— warning a sleeping person that the building they’re sleeping in is on fire? — Quietly, turning away and allowing the sleeping person to die in the fire? A normal person without any particular love for others would pound on all the apartment doors in the building to awake all their neighbors. People are applauded for running into a burning building to rescue someone. What’s the difference? Their burning building— their sinful lifestyle will take them directly to the real fires of hell. I’ve heard three separate speakers who were steeped in perverted lifestyles— say that Churches and Believers had loved ’accepted’ them as they were. The churches preached the truth about sin, including theirs. Believers openly answered when asked about their lifestyles, ‘your lifestyle is sin, a sin God calls an abomination and hates. You aren’t lost. Yahweh will help you escape that lifestyle through the blood of Jesus’

Do we really love others? Are we just noisy gongs, crashing symbols, mean, hateful, tongue-talking Believers in Christ? If we’re the latter, there’s a fix it Bible verse— “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1John 1:9ESV. He’ll wash away our sins, like they never happened. Then He’ll allow us to start over with His help. What will you do? It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: LORD God we’ve sinned. Forgive and cleanse us please. Help us to act more like Jesus in every way of love, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

by Debbie Veilleux Copyright 2024 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional, as author. Thank you.

[wack-ashimself]

Being confrontational is a good thing, not a bad thing. And it's not by default aggressive. It means cutting through the shit and getting to the direct source of what we need to get through and is causing our problems. If more people are confrontational, I promise the world would only improve. The world always improves with less bullshit.

[loveandthepsyche]

[maslimanny]

You cannot change what you refuse to confront.

[revkilltaker]

Split – Integrity/Psywarfare - 7″ Pic Disc - Victory Records - VR-41

Stats

Pressing #:  1st

Color:  Picture Disc

Qty Pressed: ???

Additional Info: Other Pressings Available

Track List

Integrity – Sarin

Integrity – Learn How To Die

Psywarfare – Decay

Psywarfare – Woodland Creature

6.5/10

[s-o-a-p-ing]

2 TIMOTHY S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 4

Wednesday, 9/11/24

SCRIPTURE:

Preach the word.  Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient.  Correct, confront, and encourage with patience and instruction. ~ 2 Timothy 4:2

OBSERVATION:

Preaching the Word should be easy...

...but not when it's inconvenient to do so...

But inconvenience is an emotional or personal feeling...

What's convenient for me may not be for others...

...and so that's another opportunity to surrender what I want (or don't want), to God's will...

I mean, after all, the cross wasn't "convenient..."

I tend to have a hard time correcting and confronting...

...myself sometimes...

...as well as others...

...though I do think I am, typically, encouraging and patient - with others...

But with myself?

Too often - Not so much... 

Thankfully, the Father does all of these things through His Holy Spirit, His Word, and His grace and mercy...

Correcting me...

Confronting me...

Encouraging me...

Instructing me...

Patiently...

APPLICATION:

Preach the word...

Be ready...

Patiently:

Correct...

Confront...

Encourage... 

Instruct...

from verse 5:

Keep control of myself...

Endure...

Do the work...

Serve fully...

PRAYER:

Patient Father God - I confess to not always being ready to represent, share, and encourage through - preach - Your Word, feeling the Spirit's urging and leading and yet feeling the personal inconvenience and holding back for fear of being seen as self-righteous or hypocritical... and yet, You gave Your Son for my fear and hypocrisy and self-centeredness, and for that I am grateful, despite how I act sometimes... May Your Holy Spirit continue to encourage and instruct me to self-control, endurance, fully serving those You bring into my life, even - or especially - those who might pass in traffic, on the sidewalk, in the hallway... In Jesus's example of willful surrender to Your will, and in His Name - for Your ultimate glory, praise, and worship... 

...and closing with verse 22:

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

𝖌 Oh, and P.S. - Backwards to 1 Timothy tomorrow!

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[afza147]

Ep5 Cinderella at 2am (5)

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[chronivore]

[gampix]

Guilt.

[angelkwill]

Overcoming

Why so much anger?What are you running from?Like a scared childhiding from the bogeyman. What makes a grown man clingto something that destroys?What was once a “let loose escape”has become a full blown addiction. By clinging so tightly to that bottleit must feel as if that bottle’s clinging to you.But one day, when you learn to let go, you’ll find it lets go too. That bottled fiend you…

[basshole-astard]

PSA: i keep seeing posts about staying cool in extreme heat that include advice like "gatorade is bad actually!" and "don't drink fruit juice it'll just dehydrate you!" and neither of these are true!

regarding fruit juice: there's apparently a misconception that Any Sugar At All will dehydrate you, and that's simply not true. yes, sugar will make you pee more when consumed in large amounts, but 1) the natural sugar in fruits won't do this to you 2) great news! a lot of fruit juices exist without any added sugar in them! 3) honestly even having a glass of the fruit juice with added sugar won't completely dehydrate you as long as you're also drinking water throughout the day. if its hot you deserve a cold treat of a drink!!! can't go wrong with fruit juice!!!

regarding gatorade: maybe this isn't an every day drink, but guess what: if it's 110F/40C or hotter outside, and you don't have AC, or you're moving around a lot outside of the AC, and you're sweating buckets: that's when you drink a gatorade.

gatorade exists to replenish all the electrolytes (salt) and glucose (sugar) that you sweat out. YES it is meant for athletes to drink during intensive work outs and not necessarily for people who aren't doing that kind of exercise. BUT GUESS WHAT! when you're sweating buckets because you had to walk to the bus in extreme heat, that's intensive exercise. please feel free to drink a gatorade after that! that's its intended use case!!!!

no: neither of these drinks should be a total replacement for water. but drinking a lot of water and then treating yourself to a fruit juice with lunch is a good idea!!! drinking a gatorade becuase you just had to walk for 20 minutes in the heat is a good idea!!!

Please Stop Spreading Misinformation About Drinks!!! It's fine if you drink things that aren't water!!!! Yes you should probably always be drinking water but drinking something else As Well isn't going to hurt you!!!! okay!!!! its fine!!!!!!

honestly so long as you are consistently getting Any (non-alcoholic) fluids in you, you're doing great!!!!!! okay!!!! i love you stay safe <3

[septembersart]

the epic highs and lows of high school bloodrush...

[pastorhogg]

As the Day Ends

An Evening Reflection Inspired by Matthew 11:16-19 As we settle into the evening’s quiet, let us turn our minds to the poignant messages within Matthew 11:16-19. In this passage, we witness Jesus addressing the fickle nature of humanity—people who are quick to judge and slow to understand the   works of God manifest through John the Baptist and Jesus Himself. The metaphor of children in the…

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Judges 14: God Puts In Samson's Heart To Get Married To Confront The Philistines

1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 

2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”

3 His father and mother replied, “Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?”

But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.” 

4 (His parents did not know that this was from the Lord, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines; for at that time they were ruling over Israel.)

5 Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother. As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him. 

6 The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done. 

7 Then he went down and talked with the woman, and he liked her.

8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. 

9 He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

10 Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men. 

11 When the people saw him, they chose thirty men to be his companions.

12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 

13 If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”

“Tell us your riddle,” they said. “Let’s hear it.”

14 He replied,

“Out of the eater, something to eat;     out of the strong, something sweet.”

For three days they could not give the answer.

15 On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?”

16 Then Samson’s wife threw herself on him, sobbing, “You hate me! You don’t really love me. You’ve given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.”

“I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother,” he replied, “so why should I explain it to you?” 

17 She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.

18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,

“What is sweeter than honey?     What is stronger than a lion?”

Samson said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,     you would not have solved my riddle.”

19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he returned to his father’s home. 

20 And Samson’s wife was given to one of his companions who had attended him at the feast.

[afza147]

Ep5 Cinderella at 2am(4)

He's right .