A Change of Heart
Theme of the week: Learning to Give Like God
Monday, November 26, 2012
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Key Bible Verse: When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. (Romans 5:6) Dig Deeper: Romans 5:6-11
Throughout the Bible we find countless examples of men and women who desired to make their own choices counter to God's expressed will. And that's the danger of selfishness—we make decisions thinking that we know better than God, or we disagree with God and desire to live a certain lifestyle.
God says that he is the Lord of all. He is always to have preeminence over our lives. He made us; he bought us; we belong to him. Selfishness will breed contempt for others and for God's authority, destroy a marriage, chase the children out of the home, destroy a business, and ultimately destroy a person's life. A truly better path is dying to self and living for Jesus Christ.
What should really spur our hearts toward selfless living is the commitment of our Lord Jesus Christ to us. God gave his very best when he gave us his own Son. And he gave Christ to us when we were alienated from God. Each of us was living in sin and on our way to hell when God reached out and gave us the gift of forgiveness of our sins and eternal life with him.
If we want to overcome a selfish life, we need to learn to give like God.
—Steve Mays in Overcoming
My Response: I will reflect on God's gift of his only son.
Adapted from Overcoming (Regal, 2012) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
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Father, give me the grace to put to death my selfish desires and habits so that I can generously give of myself to others.
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