Weekly Memory Verse:
If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continually. Luke 9:23 (ISV)
Meditation Thought:
What values do I need to change so I can join God in His work?
Today's Reading - Luke 18:18-27 (NLT) Choose another translation
Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. 20 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’”
The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”
When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich.
When Jesus saw this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?”
He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
(Today's reading came from the New Living Translation)
4 comments:
I'd have to say that if I could change any of the values that I have it would be to "listen to and not challenge authority" unless the Lord guides me to do so.
Wow, I don't know the Holy Spirit will have to reveal it to me. Without His prompting I would just create more of a mess.
Some of my values have been forged by relationships and experiences and can be changed, impossible for me but possible for God to change them.
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