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Taking Sin Seriously
Holiness, Standards, Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione Holiness, Standards, Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione

Taking Sin Seriously

Jesus introduces His message to Pergamos by reminding them of the sharp two-edged sword proceeding from His mouth. This symbolises the Word of God that will soon cut to their hearts concerning compromise in their midst.

The city of Pergamos was an epicentre of pagan idolatry and immorality. Yet Jesus commends the believers there for clinging to His name despite persecution. For the most part, they had resisted the rampant evil around them.

However, Jesus takes issue with Pergamos' tolerance of sin within its walls. Some members dabbled in idolatry and sexual immorality. These wayward sheep should have been confronted and corrected for their own good. But instead, they remained unchallenged as part of the flock, to its detriment.

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Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Some days I want to withdraw from social media altogether. One would think my aversion and distress would be due to worldly influences, and while there is a degree of that, my current frustration with social media lies primarily with Christians using it to attack one another. What’s up with that?

Like most things in life, social media has the potential for both good and evil.

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Hope for the Heavy Heart
Spiritual Warfare, Discouragement, Deadly Darts of the Devil Dana Rongione Spiritual Warfare, Discouragement, Deadly Darts of the Devil Dana Rongione

Hope for the Heavy Heart

Some of you have probably wondered where I’ve been and why I haven’t been writing. It’s quite a long story, so let me sum it up the best I can. In the past three weeks, our entire ministry team has been sick with the flu. Tennille and I finished preparing for and hosted the annual ladies’ retreat with nearly 60 ladies in attendance for the week. Jason celebrated his birthday. And we’ve been finding and setting up a new sponsorship in Wales after finding out that the church hosting us was told they no longer qualified. Yes, due to some weird changes in the wording of the laws regarding sponsorship, our sponsorship was revoked, making our visas invalid.

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Don’t Fall For Satan’s Lies
Deadly Darts of the Devil, Spiritual Warfare Dana Rongione Deadly Darts of the Devil, Spiritual Warfare Dana Rongione

Don’t Fall For Satan’s Lies

Today’s video is an excerpt from my Wilderness Wanderings Series from several years ago. If you want to get the full context of the story, I encourage you to read Numbers 22-25. The focus today, as the title states, is to remind us to beware of Satan’s attempts to deceive us. I hope it will be a blessing to you.

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What Were You Thinking?
Wayward Emotions, Thoughts, Spiritual Warfare, contentment, Discontentment Dana Rongione Wayward Emotions, Thoughts, Spiritual Warfare, contentment, Discontentment Dana Rongione

What Were You Thinking?

During my devotion time this morning, I had an “aha” moment while reading another familiar passage. I’ve been making it a practice to stop and think about every word in each verse instead of just getting the gist of the verse. This has opened my eyes to many things, and this morning was no different.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: - Philippians 2:14

In the past, when I read this verse, I summed it up like this: do everything without complaining—a command which is far more difficult to obey than it appears at first glance. However, as I broke the verse down into individual words this morning, I had to ask, What’s the difference between murmuring and disputing?

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