Adultery

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Deuteronomy 10:12).

Jesus . . . asked more of his followers than any other teacher ever has—not just to refrain from adultery, but to refrain from desiring, which amounts to the same thing.
~ Malcolm Muggeridge

Advent

“Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the LORD of hosts (Malachi 3:1).

He [John the Baptist] said: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Make straight the way of the LORD . . . I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.’ ” (John 1:23, 26-27).

Advent. The coming of quiet joy. Arrival of radiant light in our darkness.
~ Anonymous

The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ.
~ William Barclay

I’m ever and always a stranger to grace. I need this annual angel visitation . . . to know the virgin conceives and God is with us.
~ Eugene H Peterson

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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