3 Wishes

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3 Wishes
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• Definition
• 1. Intense or unrestrained sexual craving.
• a. An overwhelming desire or craving
• b. Intense eagerness or enthusiasm

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Epithumia Epithumia
this word means strong desire and is modified by
the adjective
Not just physical but anything that attracts our
desire
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And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to
eat this Passover with you before I suffer. Luke
2215
I am torn between the two I desire to depart and
be with Christ, which is better by far
Philippians 123
But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned
by being separated from you for a short time (in
person, not in thought), out of our intense
longing we made every effort to see you. 1
Thessalonians 217
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal
body so that you obey its evil desires Romans
612
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Parable of the Soils-Luke 8
Path
Hear but not believe
Busy
Rock
No root
A problem of depth
Thorns
Choked by lifes worries and riches and pleasures
Already occupied
Good Soil
Fertile
Multiplies
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Cities as Cultural Metaphors
Late 18th Century
Boston
Mid 19th Century
New York
Early 20th Century
Chicago
Today
Las Vegas
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Lust Is
Self satisfaction
Self serving
Desire turned inward
The pursuit of self gratification
The opposite of love
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Matthew 1624-25 Inward
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone
would come after me, he must deny himself and
take up his cross and follow me. For whoever
wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for me will find it.
Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. "Anyone
who intends to come with me has to let me lead.
You're not in the driver's seat I am. Don't run
from suffering embrace it. Follow me and I'll
show you how. Self-help is no help at all.
Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding
yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it
to get everything you want but lose yourself?
What could you ever trade your soul for?
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Love never gives up. Love cares more for others
than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't
have. Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a
swelled head, Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first," Doesn't fly off the
handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of
others, Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes
pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with
anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for
the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to
the end.
1 Corinthians 134-7 The Message Outward