Spiritual opportunities and spiritual adversaries often go together. You shouldn't run from adversity.
God does not command holiness from us a means to gain His acceptance. He commands us to be holy because WE ARE HOLY.
We know the things we shouldn't do because we would be ashamed of them. But why are we not ashamed of the things we DON'T do?
Don't waste time arguing about stuff that doesn't matter. And by the way, most stuff doesn't matter!
When you serve in church, you develop relationships with people you never would otherwise.
In dedicating our children to the Lord, we commit ourselves to raising them in His ways.
