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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: ADORE (11/23/23)
Bad to Good

Unclean.
This world is unclean.
It has been unclean ever since that first sin in the Garden of Eden.
Sometimes God punished people for their particular sin, for example, Sodom and Gomorrah.
Even so, that judgement and every judgement since has in no way deterred mankind from sin.

Wonderfully, there have been times when God the Holy Spirit has come and awakened and revived some of his people. Consequently, their neighbourhood has been cleaned up a lot.
For example, one result of the 1904 revival in South Wales was a reduction in crime. "During the 6 months before the Revival began the number of people summoned at the Bridgend Police Court from Llynfi Valley numbered 700, but the average since the revival movement spread there has been not more than two per week!"
That valley became a much more pleasant place to live.

Yes, sin is dirty, sin is ugly, sin is damaging, sin can be cruel, and loads of other bad things.
But! Praise the Lord, there’s an alternative to living in sin, a glorious alternative.
Holiness! The absolute opposite of sin.

God is holy. God is holiness.
The Lord Jesus Christ displayed holiness throughout his life on earth.
And God commands us to set that holiness as our chief focus.
Three times we are told to “Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!”
1 Chronicles 16:29, Psalm 29:2, Psalm 69:9.

Holiness is beautiful and if we focus our minds, our prayers, our lives on Jesus, we can become captivated by His holiness.
We would see Him as “Altogether lovely.” Song of Solomon 5:16.”
And we can see Him loveliest of all when at Calvary He sacrificed His holy life to rescue us from our sin. Jesus.

This Christmas, from the depths of our hearts, let’s cry out:
“Oh, come let us adore Him!”
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Bonnie Clarkson
12/03/23
Good story. Liked the ending of tying holiness to adoring God.

But I was confused about the following statement. "average since the revival movement spread there has been not more than two per week!
That valley became a much more pleasant place to live."

"has been more than two per week" would have supported the idea of revival. That "not" in there is a negative positioned against "pleasant place to live". I would try rewording that if I was you.

Keep writing.