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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
“Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.” Augustine’s quote is an axiom, a truth that is always true. A person can not “sorta surrender” to Christ. “Sorta surrender” – that’s a moron with an ox if ever there was one. But this phrase (sorta surrendered) probably accurately describes a great deal of folk who feel that they are following Jesus in our culture. Certainly they desire to inherit heaven – sure –but this “living for Jesus” thing, well that’s just a little too constrictive. Our idea of a suffering saint is someone whose preacher is just a mite long-winded (I’ve heard of such things) or worse, a preacher who likes to sing!
Living for Jesus becomes a blur of church activities all designed to make us feel useful and get us home before 9:00 p.m. Snatch and grab Christianity! It’s quick, it’s relatively painless, but it’s all we really have time for in our TV-guide lives. Recently as we were closing a service, I overheard a youth exclaim, “Thank goodness!” as she walked out with her text message screen lit up. Reflecting on the moment and trying not to take it to heart too badly, I realized she’s just a product of her environment. Too many places to go, too many people to communicate with about not much of anything! “Living for Jesus” becomes “too busy for Jesus!”
I’m thinking, Jesus must be a super-skinny guy, because his followers have been squeezing Him into their lives for generations. I mean when He said, “Deny yourself,” He wasn’t for real, was He? “Part Time for Jesus” . . . now there’s a song title that’s got some possibilities!
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is My body." Then He took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them saying, "Drink from it all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
Matthew 26:27, 28
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
I saw a book title some time ago which read: “Everything I Needed For Life I Learned in Kindergarten.” That was depressing, I didn’t go to kindergarten! What did I miss? What foundational learning or basic instruction or secret handshake slipped by me unnoticed because I didn’t enter school until the first grade? I asked my mother, “Why did you scar me in such a way?” Her answer? You guessed it, everything I needed for life I learned from her! Moms teach us so much, don’t they? Things like:
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