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"Take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscurs your sense of God, or takes off the relish of Spiritual things; in short, whatever increasesye strength and authority of your body over your mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be itself" - John Wesley's mother answering a question on what counts as sin.

John Wesley Later on in his Life became the founder of Methodist Church.

Have your way o God, Please release me from my pain. Have mercy upon my soul according to your grace and mercy. Please o Lord cleanse me from my doubts. Work your faith in me I plead. You are the God of wonders, only to you I lift up my Soul. For your sake I give up my Life. Test me O God, please test my heart and soul, answer to my cry O Lord I beg. I mourn because of my failures, please take me to your self, let me dwell on your Holy mountain.

You are the potter and I am the clay, with covering of my feat I acknowledge that I am only a creature. Mould me O Lord to the image of your son.
Let me never fall away, that I may forever dwell with Christ Jesus -My Lord and Saviour.

Let me worship you with a pure heart and a right spirit. Let me live and fulfill the purpose of my Life. Change me O Lord and I plead that I may be used to bring healing to the broken hearted. Let my mouth forever declare your praise and give you Glory. Let me not get into any godless discussions, but may I be set apart and not participate in any quarelling, but may I be thought of wisdom from inside out of my inward being. That the fire of your spirit may blow upon the hardened hearts who's lives were never nailed to the cross. May your love shatter them like glass. For the sake of your Glory I pray. In Jesus name Amen.

Lord what is the point of life if I can't be Holy. For it is you who makes all things new. By the Blood of Christ you see me Holy. The ways of the Lord are pure and rigteous, for the Lord is Holy. I shall persue the Holiness of the Lord because I want to stand on mount Zion and dwell with him.

That any desires and otemptations of the flesh may be cast away. Please rip out my heart and place a heart that will be obiedient to your will and obsessed with your Love. Renew my mind o Lord, that I may speak word approved by the spirit in truth and wisdom, encouraging and Loving, for I pray that through my Life the fruit of thy spirit will shine. To know you! To be close to you I crave, To Soar with you I crave. In the name of Jesus Amen.

The following sermon jam was presented by john piper from his message entitled Sex and Supremacy of Christ Part 2.

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Here is the list of things that Piper says that Christ is reigning over them with total sovereignty
and supremacy:

If there is anything admirable, if there is anything worthy of praise anywhere in the universe, it is summed up supremely in Jesus Christ.

He is supreme in every admirable way over everything:

• over galaxies and endless reaches of space;

• over the earth from the top of Mount Everest 29,000 feet up, to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean 36,000 feet down into the Mariana Trench;

• He is supreme over all plants and animals, from the peaceful Blue Whale to the microscopic killer viruses;

• over all weather and movements of the earth: hurricanes, tornadoes, monsoons, earthquakes, avalanches, floods, snow, rain, sleet;

• over all chemical processes that heal and destroy: cancer, AIDS, malaria, flu, and all the workings of antibiotics and a thousand healing medicines.

• He is supreme over all countries and all governments and all armies;

• over Al Qaeda and all terrorists and kidnappings and suicide bombings and beheadings;

• over bin Ladin and al-Zarqawi;

• over all nuclear threats from Iran or Russia or North Korea.

• He is supreme over all politics and elections;

• over all media and news and entertainment and sports and leisure;

• and over all education and universities and scholarship and science and research;

• and over all business and finance and industry and manufacturing and transportation;

• and over all the internet and information systems.

As Abraham Kuyper used to say, “there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’”[1] And rule with absolute supremacy. And though it may not seem so now, it is only a matter of time until he is revealed from heaven in flaming fire to give relief to those who trust him and righteous vengeance on those who don’t.

Scripture: Hebrews 11:10


"there is nothing you can want, there is nothing you can ask for, there is nothing you can need in time or in eternity, there is nothing living, nothing dying, there is nothing in this world, nothing in the next world, there is nothing now, nothing at the resurrection-morning, nothing in heaven which is not contained in this text-I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" -C. H. Spurgeon