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"If every instinct is wrong, then the opposite is right" - Jerry Seinfeld
Lord, help me to lose in order to win.
And he said to them all, “If you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, take up your cross every day, and follow me. For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it. Luke 9:23-24
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUvKE3bQlY "If every instinct is wrong, then the opposite is right" - Jerry Seinfeld Lord, help me to lose in order to win.
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"Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10
Give and Take? Or just take? Or simply give with no expectation to ever receive. Lord, help me be someone who is a giver with no intention to receive or to only give when given to. "Then He said to them all, 'If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me." Luke 9:23
Routines can be helpful. Routines can also become a hindrance. We can get in a rut and take things for granted. Often times we make the huge and important decision to follow Christ but then, over time, fail to make further decisions to stay on the correct path. It is beneficial to make a decision every day to deny ourselves of the things that keep us from God, take up our cross and make sacrifices and then follow Jesus. Lord, give me the strength to deny myself and pick up my cross and make a decision each day to follow You. "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit-fruit that will last" John 15:16
God is picking members of His team and He has picked you! Lord, thank you for choosing me to be on Your team. "We love because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19
Why is God worth worshiping, following, obeying and listening to? Because there is probably no one else that you know who loved you first. Sure, you love people because they love you. But those people also love you because you love them. We can debate who loved who first but the answer is probably "you loved at the same time". In other words, few people love without conditions. God not only loved us first but most importantly loved us with no guarantee that we would ever love Him back. Lord, thank you for loving me even when I don't show my love in return. "He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, 'Lord, are You going to wash my feet?' Jesus answered him, 'What I'm doing you don't understand now, but afterwards you will know.' 'You will never wash my feet-ever!' Peter said. Jesus replied, 'If I don't wash you, you have no part with Me.'" John 13:6-8
We routinely ask for something and God doesn't answer our request because He knows full well that what we are asking for is not good for us. We also expect something from God and He will often given us different and much more than we think we need or want. We think we know what we need but God knows what we need. It is as if we are going through life attempting to solve complex math problems without a basic understanding of addition and subtraction. Lord, forgive me for thinking that I know better than You and Thank You for always being patient with me and for showing me Grace. |
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