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Friday, June 19, 2009
Are you Resisting the World, the Flesh, and the Devil?
A man standing still is doing nothing, but a man standing still in a raging river is resisting.--Chinese proverb.
It seems to me that if we can be moderately successful in resisting the flesh (closer to us than the world or the Devil), then we can be moderately successful in resisting the other two forces.
It seems to me that if we can be moderately successful in resisting the flesh (closer to us than the world or the Devil), then we can be moderately successful in resisting the other two forces.
ReplyDelete"First things, first."
- Western proverb