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AGAPE. Suicide attempt Depression Addictions Promiscuity Tantrums. S.T.D scares Risky behavior Paranoid episodes Criminal activities Abusive relationships. My Past. I was slowly starting to crack…. I had too much pride to ask for help…and no one ever offered.
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Suicide attempt Depression Addictions Promiscuity Tantrums S.T.D scares Risky behavior Paranoid episodes Criminal activities Abusive relationships My Past
I was slowly starting to crack… I had too much pride to ask for help…and no one ever offered.
Belief in Someone Greater than Myself One day I just fell to my knees and said “God, I can’t do this alone anymore…my way isn’t working. I need You.”
God’s Love And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. - 1 John 4:16 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:12-13 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' – Matthew 22:37-39
New way of thinking… I used to think it wasn’t practical to follow Christ’s teachings. It seemed rigid, impossible, and no fun. Then I tried it….
Positive Effects Wholesome desires... Compassion Attention Knowledge Words of Affirmation Acts of Service
My Present “May you be able to feel and understand how long, wide, how deep and how high God’s love really is and experience this love for yourself.” --The Bible (Ephesians 3:18-19)