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Written by Bobot Apit   
Saturday, 18 April 2009 08:11
If you rely on appearance to feel loveable, on intelligence to feel worthwhile, on money to get what you want, or on a successful career to feel important, you are missing out on the true source of living a fulfilled, rich, loving, satisfied life.
 
 
John 3:16-21 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (17) For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (18) He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (19) And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (20) For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. (21) But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.
 
 
 
M editation by Don Schwager:
 
Do you know the love which surpasses all else? A true lover holds nothing back but gives the best that can be offered, even everything in their possession for the beloved. God proved his love for us by giving us the best he had to offer – his only begotten Son who freely gave himself as an offering to God for our sake and as the atoning sacrifice for our sin and the sin of the world. Abraham's willing sacrifice of his only son, Isaac prefigures the perfect offering and sacrifice of God's beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This passage in the gospel of John tells us of the great breadth and width of God's love. Not an excluding love for just a few or for a single nation, but a redemptive love that embraces the whole world, and a personal love for each and every individual whom God has created.
 
God is a loving Father who cannot rest until his wandering children have returned home to him. Saint Augustine says, God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us to love. God gives us the freedom to choose whom and what we will love.
 
Jesus shows us the paradox of love and judgment. We can love the darkness of sin and unbelief or we can love the light of God's truth, beauty, and goodness. If our love is guided by what is true, and good and beautiful then we will choose for God and love him above all else. What we love shows what we prefer. Do you love God above all else? Does he take first place in your life, in your thoughts, and actions?
"Lord Jesus Christ, your love is better than life itself. May your love consume and transform my life that I may desire you above all else. Help me to love what you love, to desire what you desire, and to reject what you reject".
 

S upplementary Reading
What's Your Power Source? 
 

If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

 
 
What source of power are you plugged in to? Appearance? Intelligence? Money? Career? There's nothing wrong, per se, with any of these. It's just the role you allow them to play in your life.
 
If you rely on appearance to feel loveable, on intelligence to feel worthwhile, on money to get what you want, or on a successful career to feel important, you are missing out on the true source of living a fulfilled, rich, loving, satisfied life. You also run the risk of hurting others, losing valued relationships, and ending up with a pile of regrets at the end of your life. God wants better for you.
 
To experience true power in your life, plug in to God's Spirit. Plugging in to him will get you off reserve power and connected to the source of true power.
 

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What is the source of power you most often depend on—appearance, intelligence, money, career, something else? Make a decision today to stay plugged in to God's power by depending on his Spirit.

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Note:  This excerpt was taken from the "Power for Life Daily Devotional"
 

 

 
GOD BLESS US ALL!

PRAY as if everything depended on HIM. ACT as if everything depended on YOU.
 
 

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