35 For whoever wants to save their life[b] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
This verse is always convicting for me. Have I really been willing to lose my life, my choices and truly follow Him? I can't type yes. I want to, but if I'm honest there are many times my thoughts and plans are for my aspirations not His.
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I struggle with the question too. I think for me, its a question of surrender. What does or should that look like? We talk a lot, at church, about giving every part of your life to God.....and usually he gives it back to us, and says he'll let us know when he needs/wants it. But, I'm not sure I'm completely there. It seems to be a need for daily recommittment for me, and I'm not very good at that. One thing I'm going to try to do in 2015, is to listen to Christian music, almost exclusively. It brings God to mind, and put me in a better place of being mindful of him. To be honest, sometimes I don't like the music....I feel like I'm at my Grandparents church.....but I think its really important. The good songs outweigh the bad ones.
ReplyDeletePray for me in the surrender question. Its something that I feel is probably the most important thing in life, and yet I have the least amount of confidence in my ability to pull it off.
we can pray for each other on this one, because I need to do the same or at least take some measurable steps.
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