lust vs. love

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14235107/Jimmy-Carter-shock-adultery-admission-Playboy-cost-presidency.html 

The media didn't get it. Neither did Playboy or those who "read" it. The same for many other people. 

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter knew the difference between lust and love. 

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psalm 25:1

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Each of us has a body and a soul. Our earthly body is finite. Our soul is our connection with God. 

Cherish your soul. Praise God. It connects us to our Creator--infinite and almighty God.

Praise the Lord my soul

"...may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and, ... by the power of God, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls."

He was driving out a demon [that was] mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute person spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that [I] drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 

“When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it roams through arid regions searching for rest but, finding none, it says, ‘I shall return to my home from which I came.’ But upon returning, it finds it swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and the last condition of that person is worse than the first.”  

Luke 11: 14-26

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To my fellow Christians: As Christians we are one body in Jesus Christ. We share one faith in Jesus Christ. We believe God's word--the bible. Catholic, Protestant, and nondenominational Christians all share the same faith--regardless of differences in religion. Religion for many is a matter of heritage. It doesn't matter. What does matter is our shared faith in the triune God.

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hope

 "Therefore, biblical hope is a reality and not a feeling. Biblical hope carries no doubt. Biblical hope is a sure foundation upon which we base our lives, believing that God always keeps His promises. Hope or confident assurance can be ours when we trust the words, “he who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47, NKJV). Accepting that gift of eternal life means our hope is no longer filled with doubt but, rather, has at its sure foundation the whole of God’s Word, the entirety of God’s character, and the finished work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

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