Thanks for this
:))Gwen From KS:))
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From: O.Addison Gethers
To: Deaf-blind inspirational life groups ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; bsfm groups
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:12 AM
Subject: {dbilg} Oct 20 - Directions for Life devotional from kcm
Oct 20 - Directions for Life
"If any one intends to come after Me, let him deny himself--forget, ignore,
disown, lose sight of himself and his own interests--and take up his cross,
and...follow with Me. For whoever wants to save his [higher...] life, will
lose [it]...and whoever gives up his life for My sake and the Gospel's, will
save [it]."
(Mark 8:34-35)
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Dear Addison,
When Jesus said those words, He wasn't just giving us a prescription for
getting to heaven. He was telling us how to live a superior life right here on
earth.
You see, there's a high life that we can live right here, right now. But to
get in on it, we have to lay down the way of life that most of us are accustomed
to. We may have to let go of the very things we've been trying so hard to
latch onto. We have to set our hearts instead on doing what God wants us to do.
That's what Jesus did. He didn't live His life for Himself. He lived it
completely for God. He did only what the Father told Him to do--and He lived in
total victory.
It's time to realize that getting born again is not something we do just to
miss hell. Our purpose is to please God. To lay down our lives in order to
fulfill His desires. To be His special possessions in the earth and to do
whatever He tells us to do. Our top priority is to give ourselves to Him and
to live in communion with Him. To spend enough time with Him that we can hear
His voice and respond in obedience.
Only when we do that will we be genuinely fulfilled. Only when we do that
will we be able to live the high life we've been longing for.
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Scripture Study: Acts 20:7-24
O. Addison Gethers
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