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If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. (Lk 9:23) . . . I die daily.  (I Cor 15:31) Father, grant me the heart to give up my very being to you. Living the Christian life is the hardest thing you will ever do.  It is also the most fulfilling thing you will ever do.  But isn’t that normal? Aren’t the hardest things in life usually the most rewarding? Sometimes people act as if God made us just so He could forgive our sins, and then we could go…

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The Christian Life and the Christian Reality

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body.  (I Cor 6:19-20) Praise you, Father, for you have made me a dwelling place for your Spirit, unworthy though I am. Christianity calls you and me to live a life that seems impossible, and, indeed, would be impossible if it was not for the fact that Christ makes us new and indwells us through His Spirit.  He makes us new…

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Not I But Christ

I am crucified with Christ (Gal 2:20) Praise you, Father, for the grace of the Cross.  I wrestle to live out the life of the Cross.  It is hard.  But it is real and powerful.  As you have given me the grace of the Cross and Resurrection, give me also the grace to live out the Cross and the Resurrection in my life, resting in my Savior. Living the Christian life does not begin with you.  Christianity is not about you.  It’s not about how good you are or how strong you can be or what wonderful deeds you could…

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A New Life

unless one is born again . . . (Jn 3:3) Father, I praise you that in Christ you have made me new.  By your grace, please set my eyes on your glory, your kingdom, and the work you have done through Jesus Christ. I want to begin talking about the Christian life – what it is and how to live it.  And right away, I need to say two things.  The first is that the Christian life encompasses everything: your work, your money, your relationships, your family, your sex life, how you use your time, what you read or what…

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Christmas or christmas

At Christmas the world changed.  At Christmas God became man.  At Christmas God so loved the world that He gave His son.  Christmas is, after all, a love story. If Christmas is true, then your king and mine was born in a stable.  If Christmas is true, then Jesus is the center of everything.  If Christmas is true, then the only appropriate response is to bow and worship.  But this world doesn’t want to bow and worship, so it ignores the central fact of Christmas and celebrates instead its own christmas.  You and I are then left with Christmas or…

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