"I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.
My Father will honor the one who serves me."
My Father will honor the one who serves me."
John 12:24-26
On August 6, 2012, after a week of serious heart trouble, I had open heart surgery, replacing a mitral valve destroyed by a staph infection. Although there were warning signs of an impending heart problem I refused to acknowledge it, instead maintained by a sense of pride in my former physical health and strength.
It was an illusion maintained by arrogance in my former physical abilities,
I was unwilling to recognize a change of seasons, struggling against the Most Holy God who desires to take me to a new place, a place of strength that comes through my own weakness, a place of abundant life that comes only by dying to self, and really embracing what following Jesus means.
Do not to hold on to things that will keep us limited and earthbound, while God himself calls us to" come up".
I was unwilling to recognize a change of seasons, struggling against the Most Holy God who desires to take me to a new place, a place of strength that comes through my own weakness, a place of abundant life that comes only by dying to self, and really embracing what following Jesus means.
Do not to hold on to things that will keep us limited and earthbound, while God himself calls us to" come up".
Recognize that even now new seasons are coming and have come, and the death or loss of certain things may be necessary for a new harvest. Holding onto things that are already dead or worthless is like a hot air balloon weighed down by excessive cargo which must be jettisoned for the balloon to soar to its full potential.
Follow, love, serve Jesus, beloved, with all of a new heart.
He promises that we will be with Him, caught up in all He is, and honored by the Father.
To be with Jesus, unencumbered, is to enter into a place a new revelation, close encounters of the heavenly kind that will exceed anything you had previously believed possible.
He promises that we will be with Him, caught up in all He is, and honored by the Father.
To be with Jesus, unencumbered, is to enter into a place a new revelation, close encounters of the heavenly kind that will exceed anything you had previously believed possible.
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