St francis the sissy
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But in fact he was prematurely old; for he was not fifty when he died, worn out with his fighting and fasting life.
Somewhere along the way we've sanitized and reduced the Holy life to a boring, tame and silent stereotype. We forget or maybe ignore our difficult duties to struggle and toil against the flesh bringing it under submission to Christ. This struggle will take all that is within us and more. Taking the fight to the front lines of this spiritual war still requires engaging your body and mind fully. I had a youth pastor that used to say, "work yourself to death for the kingdom and then pray yourself back to life again." Give it a shot.
Somewhere along the way we've sanitized and reduced the Holy life to a boring, tame and silent stereotype. We forget or maybe ignore our difficult duties to struggle and toil against the flesh bringing it under submission to Christ. This struggle will take all that is within us and more. Taking the fight to the front lines of this spiritual war still requires engaging your body and mind fully. I had a youth pastor that used to say, "work yourself to death for the kingdom and then pray yourself back to life again." Give it a shot.
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