We Dedicate Ourselves to Purity

As men of the Purity Platoon, we dedicate ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ whose Spirit is a Holy Spirit and whose job it is to produce holiness in His Bride. Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for [...]

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Purity Verse: The Pure in Heart

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. + Matthew 5:8

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Am I a Prisoner?

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it [...]

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Word from the Battle – You Know My Folly

O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. Do not let those who hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of hosts; do not let those who seek you be dishonored because of me, O God of Israel. + Psalm 69:5-6

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Make Me Clean!

A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, ‘If you choose, you can make me clean.’ Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. + Mark 1:40-42 [...]

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Permissible, but not Beneficial (Re-Post)

“Everything is permissible for me”–but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me”–but I will not be mastered by anything. – 1 Corinthians 6:12 Today I have been feeling resentment. I resent that it is “not permissible” for me to act out and comfort myself with my addictive behavior. I resent the expectations placed [...]

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A Word from the Battle

It is good for me that I was humbled, so that I might learn your statutes. + Psalm 119:71

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Battle for Purity: Sword and Shield

These strategies for bouncing and starving the eyes may sound rather simple. Maybe even easy to do. But they aren’t. Satan fights you with lies, while your body fights you with the desires and strength of deeply entrenched bad habits. To win, you need a sword and a shield. **** Your Sword I have made [...]

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Though Not Adequate, We Must Take Action

But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the gaps were beginning to be closed, they were very angry, and all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it. So [...]

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A Cadence for the Battle

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil. + Saint Augustine And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been [...]

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