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Know Your LimitsDennis J. De HaanDogs
are intelligent, but Charles Medley of Rockford, Illinois, had some
doubts about his dog Bullet. Whenever
Bullet heard a squirrel, a rabbit, or a person, he would take off like
a shot in the direction of that sound. It didn’t matter that he was
tied up. By
the time he reached the end of his rope, he’d be traveling at maximum
velocity, heading straight for his target. But
in an instant, his strong rope would pull taut and jerk Bullet to a
jarring, sprawling halt. That beagle never learned his limits.
  God has built into us a moral tug on the soul whenever we go beyond what is good for us. It’s called conscience.
Unlike
Bullet’s rope, however, it doesn’t stop us from going too far. Furthermore,
conscience can be deadened when we violate it repeatedly,
and it can be programmed with wrong information so that we may feel
guilty when no real guilt exists, or we may be guilty and not feel it.
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1 Timothy 4 -Audio-)
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Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron. —1 Timothy 4:1-2 |
We must learn the moral limits God places on us for our own good and then choose to live within them. By reading God’s Word and trusting His Spirit to teach us, our conscience becomes attuned to God’s standard of right and wrong. This helps us to know our limits and to experience the freedom and joy that living within them brings.  My conscience must be well-informed
From God's own sacred Word;
For conscience may be much deformed
When standards pure are spurned. —Fraser
Conscience
can be our compass if the Word
of God is our chart.
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| Bible
in a Year: 1 Samuel 10-12; Luke 9:37-62 |
"Reflexions from Our Daily Bread"
Posted by: Ben Ayala : benayalal@gmail.com
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¿Quien fue el hombre que mientras mentia Dios estaba con él y cuando dijo la verdad Dios se aparto de él?
Libro de Jueces : La historia de Sansón y Dalila. (Jueces 16:13 mentira, v. 17 dijo la verdad y v. 20 Dios se aparto de él.)- Después Sansón se enamoró de una mujer llamada Dalila, que vivía en el valle de Sore. Los jefes de los filisteos fueron a ver a Dalila, y le dijeron: –Engaña a Sansón y averigua de dónde le vienen sus fuerzas extraordinarias, y cómo podríamos vencerle; así podremos atarle y tenerle sujeto. A cambio de tus servicios, cada uno de nosotros te dará mil cien monedas de plata. -Entonces ella dijo a Sansón: –Por favor, dime de dónde te vienen esas fuerzas extraordinarias. ¿Hay algún modo de atarte sin que te puedas soltar?-Sansón le respondió: –Si me atan con siete cuerdas de arco que todavía no estén secas, perderé mi fuerza y seré un hombre común y corriente. Los jefes de los filisteos llevaron a Dalila siete cuerdas de arco nuevas, y con ellas Dalila ató a Sansón. Y como ya antes había escondido a unos hombres en su cuarto, gritó: –¡Sansón, te atacan los f...
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