Purity Doesn't Happen By Accident;

A Defining Reality For Me Is What Scripture Teaches In Hebrews 12, That God Is Our Father, And That A Sign That He Loves Us Is That He Disciplines Us, He Takes Us Through Hardship To Build Character In Us That Could Not Be Shaped Apart From Difficulty.

We Want To Stay On The Straight And Narrow Path And Serve God, Yet We Continue A Practice That Often Pulls Us In The Wrong Direction.

We Express True Love In Obedience To God And Service To Others- Not Reckless Or Selfish Behavior- And We Choose These Behaviors.

The Common Error Today Is To Bring God So Close That We Strip Him Of His "godness." We Think We Have Him Figured Out. So God Becomes Our Pal, Our Buddy, Our Divine Butler." From "dug Down Deep

God Gave People 2 Ears And 1 Mouth Because He Wants Us To Listen Twice As Much As We Talk.