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Im going to my last seminar today. I already got 80 ceu's, ill renew my admin certification soon!

Prov. 11:23 says "The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath."

Prov. 10:20 says "The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth."

Prov. 10:11 says "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."

Prov. 10:2 says "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."

By Jonathan Edwards -Their foot shall slide in due time- Deut. 32: 35 In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all God's wonderful works towards them, remained (as ver. 28.) void of counsel, having no understanding in them. Under all the cultivations of heaven, they brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit; as in the two verses next preceding the text. The expression I have chosen for my text, Their foot shall slide in due time, seems to imply the following doings, relating to the punishment and destruction to which these wicked Israelites were exposed. That they were always exposed to destruction; as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. This is implied in the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm lxxiii. 18. ...

(Matthew 16:24-26) by Rev. Dr. Sergio E. Arevalo, Jr. Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? I N TRODUCTION This passage contains the ever-recurring themes of Jesus’ teaching. In the four Gospels we can read these things, too. It means Jesus gave emphasis to this important teaching. It’s about the challenge of the Christian life. These are the things which man must be prepared to do, if he is to live the Christian life. I. HE MUST DENY HIMSELF. This phrase connotes that we need to give up something. However, in the theological parlance, this means three things: 1) No to self and yes to God. It is difficult thing to say no to ourselves, since it means struggle with...