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My way to decency. Part. 2. Because I wasn't strong enough in the sum of His Word and His Holy Spirit, and yet hadn't understood the meaning of Godliness and Holiness, that God is Holy and He wanted me to be likewise both inwardly and outwardly, it went some more years until I had an huge WAKE up call! That's 20 years+ ago now and at that time I was living as a big hypocrite, a sinful and unholy life as a "Christian". One glorious day, mine eyes got wide open, and I could finally see that I was a big hypocrite who needed to wholeheartedly repent, and plea for mercy and forgiveness! Abba Father forgave me once again, cleansed me with the precious Blood of the Lamb, and gave me a brand new chance to start all over again! HalleluYah! ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐โฌ๏ธ๐ถ๐ผ๐Amazing Grace above all!!! ๐ After this event, I soon started to dress decent again, with full length dresses&skirts and I was completely satisfied with it, and it's the same today. ๐ I started to cover my head again on a permanent basis for 8 years ago. I'm stronger in the sum of the Word today than back then, and I know that I'm dressing in a Biblical way, to honor my Savior, and to not be a temptation for my brothers in the Lord (or other men), etc. So, if you're a saved and born again woman and don't dress decent yet, please read this testimony once again while you are praying, and I pray that the Holy Spirit will convince you and teach you, to start to dress in a way which will please Him, and not grieve Him, as I believe you love the Lord with all your heart, and that you only want to honor Him in all you do. ๐ May the Lord's peace and grace be with you. Warm regards from Monica. ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ธ ๐ค ๐ธ ๐ผ ๐ป
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My way to decency. Part. 1. This testimony is first of all to all the women who are saved and born again. When I was 20 years old (over 35 years ago), I lived together with some Danish missionaries in Greece for some months, helping out with looking after some of the children, cooking and washing dishes and clothes etc. When I traveled with them, I had to dress decent with full length dresses&skirts and cover the head, and I was satisfied with that, in so much that it became natural to me. After I had lived in Greece for an half year, I (unfortunately) got "homesick" and went back to Norway again. I continued to dress decent etc., even if very few of the other young (and elderly) women did it, because I felt comfortable with it and was considering that it was Biblical to do so. We were 3 young women from a congregation who shared one apartment together, and the dad of one of them, came to visit me one day. I had deep respect for him and his opinions, but I know that in this case I shouldn't have listened to him, cause he managed to talk me out of my decent behavior, telling me that "it wasn't the will of God that I should dress like that, or not cut my hair short or use headcover, cause God want you to be free." What a bunch of lies he told me, but unfortunately I chose to believe in him, and I stopped dressing decently, I cut my hair and didn't use headcover anymore. Even if I know today that the Lord has forgiven me for this, I still feel sorrow ๐ when I think about how I grieved His Holy Spirit. I remember that I felt sorrow inside me immediately when I did what I did back then, but I felt like it was no turning back. Little by little after I had done this, I slowly started to go back to the world again! Exactly what the enemy wanted to obtain. So, I was back in the "pigsty" again for a while, until I heard the Lord calling me back to Him, and I came "crawling" back.
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Why do we think these phrases are passages in the Bible? One reason is people havenโt read or donโt actually know what is in the Bible. Another reason is sometimes we use what we perceive as Biblical truth to reinforce own pre-existing beliefs or what has been taught to us. Yet some of these phrases do at times reflect Biblical truth or concepts. Sometimes, however the phrases are a result of folk wisdom or cultural use of the terms. -------- #6. Is "Cleanliness is next to godliness." in the Bible? If so, what is the passage or similar phrases used in the Bible? If not, where does it originate from?