Matthew 15-28 Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant...if you're content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty. Staying with it--that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end.
Mark The Diligent Servant. Jesus lost no time. He didn't fritter His time away. Everything He did was intentional and purposeful.
Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes.
Jesus was never without a story when He spoke.
Love the Lord God with all your passion & prayer & intelligence & energy. And here is the second commandment. Love others as well as you love yourself. There is no other commandment that ranks with these.
Part of (Peter) is eager, ready for anything in God; but another part is as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire. Help me not to become tired, and then lazy as an old dog, Lord.
Luke Just like the Devil played upon Jesus' hunger in the wilderness, he will always play on my weakness. Whether it's a habit or a temporary situation. Just like the Devil only retreated temporarily, and lay in wait for another opportunity, he will do that to me. I must always be on guard.
Even though Jesus was doing a very successful ministry & there were still plenty to be healed, Jesus knew that God was sending Him to other villages to do the work of God. I believe I am being sent to another 'village' in PA, even though there is plenty of work to do in TN.
Jesus prayed all night before choosing His disciples. How long do I pray before making a decision?
Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier.
Jesus continued according to plan. Altho what He was doing might not have made sense to others, He knew He was doing the Father's business. He knew this because He was in constant communication with Him. Prayer is the primary source of direction. God's view, not man's.
Even though people were being healed, the people asked Him to leave--too much change, too fast, and they were scared. (Never be afraid of the change Jesus is working in my life.)
Life is not defined by what you have done, even when you have done a lot. We must watch carefully to not be consumed by our possessions. The way to life--to God!--is vigorous and requires your total attention.
If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get a life on God's terms.
John You're tied to the mundane; I'm in touch with what is beyond your horizons. You live in terms of what you see and touch. I'm living on other terms.
Anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal. If any of your wants to serve Me, then follow Me.
This is what I want you to do: Ask the Father for whatever is in keeping with the things I've revealed to you. Ask in My name, according to My will & He'll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks.
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