MARK 8:35

"For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel's will save it." -- Mark 8:35 (ESV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Often in our attempt to earn God's approval we cling so tightly to the very thing Jesus commands us to lose. Our lives. This is the essence of faith. Who will lose his life for Jesus? Who trusts in the promises of God's Word enough to throw his own understanding to the wind?
Life is found in Jesus. Life is found in obeying Jesus. Life is found in living for Jesus. Anything else is lost in death.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, thank you for the life you give me in Jesus! I confess to you any doubt I may have in my heart and I ask that you help me refine my focus. Change my attitude that I might be like clay in your hands. Take over my life and mold me into a soldier for Jesus, so that I find my life built on solid rock. Take my heart and center it in your Son Jesus as my Lord so that His name would be glorified in all that I do. In His strong name I pray. Amen.