The process is not an inherently godly one, although I believe it can be
done in a godly way — with honesty and humility and with the needs of others in mind.
Not exact matches
The disdain for
godly things is accelerating due to the lust people have for THEIR own
ways, not God's
ways, Loving yourself
does not mean getting all the stuff you want or actually not helping others
in love, which only God can change your motivations for.
The fact is that,
in spite of all the criticism against the church as institution, I have never seen a better alternative to a church that really works and
does things
in a
Godly way.
I found out that many who
do not believe
in God were actually brought up
in a
godly way but were either disappointed by their parents or leaders or just simply
do not want to be accountable to God
in their lives and for that reason, «they are willfully ignorant».
So every time our little ones
did not obey our every instruction
in this
way, we felt obliged to inflict pain (a spanking) to steer them towards righteousness and
godly behavior.