Ever battle your flesh? Every day, right? Check out our flesh vs spirit series as we share our personal battles and some spiritual advice.
When I think of slothfulness, I usually think about the movie Zootopia in which the workers at the DMV are actual sloths. Their reactions to their counterpart characters in the movie (a rabbit and a fox) are hilarious. The sloths react in super slow motion to everything that is said to them and their pace […]
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Nearly all women have heard the phrase a modest woman, but what exactly does the word modest mean in relation to women in society today? What is a modest woman? How can one become modest? What does the Bible say about modesty? I hope to shed some insight on these questions. Modesty is traditionally defined
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A few days ago, I shared with the TLM Sisterhood Facebook group a story about a young couple from my past that I had decided was inappropriately dressed for church. This incident happened several years ago. There I sat on a Sunday morning in my usual self-righteous, stylish garb. I was wearing my Sunday best
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modesty (ˈmädəstē): the quality or state of being unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one’s abilities; the quality of being relatively moderate, limited, or small in amount, rate, or level; behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency To speak on the topic of modesty, we must first understand the words unassuming
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When I was growing up, my parents raised me with strictness. Although I know they did it out of love, to a budding teenage girl just trying to find her own way in life, it was frustrating. I felt like I missed out on a lot and was never really trusted enough to make the
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Rule #1: Ladies, if they are not willing to Snapchat or FaceTime, it’s a no-go. I do not know why the thought of promiscuity prompted me to attempt to tackle the hook-up culture of online dating. What in the world was I thinking when I thought I could talk knowledgably about any of it? But
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As a young girl who went to church faithfully and watched God perform many miracles in the lives of others, I so desperately wanted to grow up, become successful, and have a loving, devoted husband. I pictured myself having a beautiful wedding on a white sandy beach, sharing a blissful life of love and laughter
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Have you ever watched the movie Grease? It came out in 1978. Seeing this movie was the first date my boyfriend, now husband, and I went on when my parents finally allowed him to come down to our beach house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is one of my very favorite memories
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All week I have thought carefully about what I would say this week. I have asked God what He would have me to remind us all when it comes to promiscuity and the use of our bodies. Clearly this is an issue that Christians have had to face throughout history and will continue to face
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When I was a young naïve girl, the word promiscuous always conjured up images in my mind of those infamous ladies of the night. Whether on a street corner or swinging from a pole, I could never identify myself with them. What made them that way? How could they give themselves away so easily? Not
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