Have the courage to allow yourself to be warmhearted. Remember that the Christian life is a journey from darkness to light. Remember that the Christian life asks that each individual loves their neighbor as they love themselves. The Christian life requests that God be loved and served. Each day work to develop a good character. Have the courage to lead a life of genuine humility, avoid the temptation of pride. Look for examples of those living morally-sound lives. Seek purity and righteousness. Seek honor and virtue. Live virtuous. Reflect upon goodness, kindness, holiness. Live to give thanks, praise, and love to God each day, always.
Serving God is always beneficial.
Humility provides many opportunities to become closer to God and to help our neighbors. Christian Humility is an interruption of the self-absorption and selfishness encouraged by the secular culture.
The secular world encourages each individual to distract, to deceive, to demean their neighbors. Many conversations lead nowhere; many filled with the brightest of tones, the lightest of sounds will lead to darkness. Let the listener beware. Seek and conductive only conversations and discussions filled with goodness, hope, purity. Do not clog your imagination with impurity, meanness, jealousy.
Have the courage to say only those things which will be pleasing for God to hear.
Accept that this might be difficult at first, accept this as a goal for a lifetime as a loving, loyal servant of God.
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