Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Larger than life,..

ME, MYSELF and I,...







It is not easy to think outside the box of your personal life when you are preoccupied with self (self centred).

Inordinately large amounts of resources (over 75 percent for some)- time, money, passion, prayer, ideas, networking, you name it are consumed/ sacrificed to self.

Because of this life's excellence and effectivesness are preempted as we do things that are second best.

Ending thoughts

  • We need to adequately define a sense of mission early in life. Eccles 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
  • We need God to envision us.Rom 8:14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
  • We need to be ruthless enough with our weaknesses which are embodied in self endugence and gratification of the flesh (sin).Rom 8:5 For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.Rom 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

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