Christianity Oasis Forum

[cimi]

October 23
Wednesday


LOSING AND
FINDING OUR
LIVES IN HIM

READ:
Luke 9:18-27
_________________________________________________________________________
For whoever desires to
save his life will lose
it, but whoever loses
his life for my sake will
save it. __Luke 9:24
__________________________________________________________________________

When Mother Teresa died in 1997, people marveled again at her example of humble service to Christ and to people in great need. She had spent 50 years ministering to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying through the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.

After extensive interviews with her, British journalist Malcomlm Muggeridge wrote: "There is much talk today about discovering an identity, as though it were something to be looked for, like a winning number in a lottery, then, once found, to be hoarded and treasured. Actually.

..the more it is spent the richer it becomes. So, with Mother Teresa, in effacing herself, she becomes herself. I never met anyone more memorable."

I suspect that many of us may be afraid of what will happen if we obey Jesus' words: "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses has life for My sake will save it" (Luke 9:23-24).

Our Savior reminded His followers that He came to give us life abundantly (John 10:10). We are called to lose our lives for Christ, and in so doing discover the fullness of life in Him. __David McCasland

``````````````````"Take up thy cross and follow Me,"``````````````````
````````````````````I hear the blessed Savior call````````````````````
``````````````````How can I make a lesser sacrifice``````````````````
``````````````````When Jesus gave His all? __Ackley`````````````````
______________________________________________________________________________________________
As we lose our lives for christ,
we find fullness of life in Him.

*********************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 9:18-27***********************

18 And it happened, as He
was alone praying, that HIs
disciples joined Him, and
He asked them, saying,
"Who do the crowds say
that I am?"

19 So they answered and
said, "John the Baptist, but
some say Elijah; and others
say that one of the old
prophets has risen again."

20 He said to them, "But
who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered and said,
"The Christ of God."

21 And he strictly warned
and commanded them to
tell this to no one, 22 saying,
"The Son of Man must
suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders and
chief priests and scribes,
and be killed and be raised
the third day."

23 Then He said to them
all, "If anyone desires to
come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up
his cross daily, and follow
Me. 24 For whoever desires
to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life
for My sake will save it.

25 For what profit is it to a
man if he gains the whole
world, and is himself
destroyed or lost? 26 For
whoever is ashamed of Me
and My words, of him the
Son of Man will be
ashamed when He comes in
His own glory, and of the holy
angels. 27 But I tell you
truly, there are some
standing here who shall not
taste death till they see the
kingdom of God."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Jesus called His disciples to do three things: deny themselves, take
up their cross daily, and follow Him (v.23). As His disciples, we too
are to pursue Christ and reject a self-centered life.