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(Rom 6?23/ The Message) Work hard for sin all your life and your pension is death
(Rom 6:11/ J B Phillips)Look upon yourself as dead to the appeal and power of sin
(Rom 6:16/JB Phillips) You belong to the power which you choose to obey

( Rom 6:6/ Living Bible)  That part of you that loves to sin was crushed and fatally wounded

(Ray Stedman) His death for us produced our justification; our death with Him produces our sanctification

(Ray Stedman) Feelings change, but our relationship to Christ doesn't change with our moods

(Stedman) Day by day, remind yourself  that what God says is true and act upon it, even though you don't feel like it

(Swindoll)  Keep reminding yourself that, as a Christian, what you're going through now isn't the end of the story. It's simply the rough journey that leads to the right destination

(Swindoll)  God offers a special grace to match every shade of sorrow

(Swindoll) We live in a world where the majority are going the wrong way

(Swindoll) Conduct yourself as one who knows that you will have to account to Him for your life

(Swindoll) The battle with this world is a battle within the mind

(Swindoll) Imagine Christ as He is thinking about you, praying for you, standing with you, and living in you

(Swindoll) We can learn a great deal from children about simple faith and sinple hope

(Swindoll) Our Lord understands our limits, realizes our struggles,knows how much pressure we can take, what measures of grace and mercy  we'll require. He knows how we are put together