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Monologue Of A Christian Suffering
Gary,

I enjoyed thoroughly reading your insightful monologue. You stated, "A lack a Christian perceives should be filled with nothing besides God. When a person, Christian in particular, seeks God will all their heart, soul, and mind, they will find God to be everything their soul desires. Before one looks elsewhere, they should remember the story of Eve in the garden and her conversation with the serpent, and how that turned out." I utterly concur with your ideology. My presupposition is that, there are a vast amount of "half-done Christians" in the universe we reside in. For example, last quarter I had a fellow student say to me, even if we live "perfectly" it does not mean that God will work for us. I was appalled and wanted to asks her, why are you enrolled in this ministry/doctoral program, if you do not have faith in our Creator. I was elated it was the last class with her. She is what I consider a "half-done Christian." Conversely, if we respect and honor that Jesus Christ, died for our salvation and seek the Lord's will, while obeying His Covenant, keeping the faith, putting Him first, and glorify His great name, our entire shall be fulfilled with nothing other then, blessings and peace. I
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Some of us should consider being mindfulness of our ideas and actions in order to grow in Christ. I pray for all the "half-done Christians" that they find inner peace in their hearts and minds, so they too can fill complete, thereupon they will lack nothing. Muck elucidates that the "Noble Eight-Fold Path" is the way to a life of pure solitude notwithstanding, that all Christians should adopt this kind of

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