Guard against pride, vanity, envy, avarice, the cares and worries of this world, detraction and complaining. And if you do not have book-learning, do not be eager to acquire it, but pursue insted what you should desire above all else, namely, to have the Spirit of the Lord and his grace working in you, to pray always with purity of heart and to have humility, patience in persecution and infirmity, and to love those who persecute and rebuke and slander you...
Rule of 1223 - Chapter X
I stand in the courtroom of God and stand convicted on all counts.
ReplyDeleteThrough your Spirit, your Bible and your Church, teach me your ways. I desire to live in you, with you, for you and through you, my Risen Lord, now and forever. Amen.
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