Luke 9:23-24
Jesus said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
What of Today’s Verse…
"I’ve just got to find myself." Won’t ever happen. We do not "find ourselves, our life" by pursuing it. We find it by losing it to something or someone greater than ourselves. We find our life be losing it to Jesus and the work of his Kingdom.
Let us Pray:
Master and Maker of all that lives and breathes, take my life and every breath and use it for your glory. May my words and actions this day be pleasing to you. Through Jesus I offer you this prayer and praise. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
I’ll be happy when…
When you define your happiness by what you don’t have, then you can never be happy. If you feel you need more in order to be complete, then when you get it you’ll still feel like you’re lacking. We’ve all heard people say, "If only I had ____, then I’d be really happy." But happiness is what you are, not what you have.
Instead of focusing on what you don’t have, be thankful for what you do have. Be actively thankful. Think about the fact that you are alive and be thankful for the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat, the warmth of the sun, the coolness of an evening breeze. Be thankful for your family, your friends, and the people who listen to you and care about you, the people who depend on you. Be thankful for your mind, and for your ability to use it to create things and solve problems, and for the education you have.
When you focus on the abundance that you already have, it will expand and grow.
