Jesus, the Alpha & the Omega
Cut Off Attachments Immediately
Proverbs 23:1–3; Matthew 5:30; 18:8; Mark 9:43–45
However small an attachment may be, do not be too confident that you can cut it off at any time, but cut it off at once: for if you do not have the courage to destroy it when it is but beginning, how can you presume upon success when it has taken root and grown?
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Credit: Infrared: NASA, ESA, M. Regan & B. Whitmore (STScI), & R. Chandar (U. Toledo);
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