Thursday, February 23, 2012

"Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it"

Luke 9:22-25

"The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." And he said to all, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

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Uno man na an gusto mahitabo ni Jesus, kon mosunod kuno kita Dija, hikawan man kuno nato an ato kaugalingon, magpas’an kita nan ato kUGlingon n krus kada adlaw sanan mosunod Dija?

‘Katapos, kon sin’o kuno an mag-amping nan ija kinabuhi, mawaya ra ini dija sanan kon sin’o an kawad’an nan kinabuhi tungod kan Christ, masalbar nija ini.

Uno man kuno’y maani nan tawo kon mapanag’ija nija an tibook kalibutan pero kawad’an sija nan ija kaugalingon kinabuhi?

Ini na mga panultihon ni Jesus, kinahanglan amo’y ato sumbanan para kita makahimo nan desisyon na sa ato mga kinabuhi, ato gajud unahon permi an mga kagustuhan sanan mga kinahanglan gikan dato ni God.

Nagsaksipisyo si Jesus nadto sa kamatajon masalbar lamang kita sa ato mga kasay’anan, ugsa na kinahanglan ihatag ‘sab nato an ato kinabuhi kan God para sa Ija kahimayaan.

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"Lord Jesus, I give you my hands to do your work. I give you my feet to go your way. I give you my eyes to see as you do. I give you my tongue to speak your words. I give you my mind that you may think in me. I give you my spirit that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me, your Father, and all mankind. I give you my whole self that you may grow in me, so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me."

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