I am called to live, not die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I\u2019ve been focusing on death for so long that I missed the whole point of dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dying to Self is only a process to Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dying to the old nature is only a channel to get rid of the obstacles to living the resurrected life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vision of God for my life is not to die to Self but to live to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What honors God is not the dying daily, but the living daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLord, I know I must die before I can live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I embrace death because without it, I cannot live the heavenly life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Lord, take my eyes beyond the pains & processes of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord, lift my eyes up to see the glorious result of the crucified life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let the joy of that life propel me forward into death and through death; never making death my end point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh Lord, take me beyond the cross, beyond the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take me Lord into the vibrant new dawn of resurrection & make that my every daily abode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is pray and desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Jesus\u2019 name I pray. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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