QUIET TIME !!

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TAKING RISKS
Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Acts 8:5-8, 25-40


And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Mark 16:20

When you are humble like a child you embrace adventure, excitement and new things. When you lose this humility, you are no longer exciting, adventurous and fearless. Children love running around and climbing into things to find out what is there. Grown-ups sit back and see everything as risky and dangerous. When we built a bell tower in our church, before we could fix a trap door, we found children climbing the stairs to the very top. It is quite a scary journey to the top but the children found it great fun.
When you are a child you are ready for the adventure and the excitement that comes with serving God. You are open for a challenge and ready to travel anywhere in search of God’s will. You want to do His will and you want to serve Him no matter where and no matter what it costs. Older Christians, filled with the pride of their middle age and the pride of their achievements do not even read verses that talk about going to the ends of the world. They do not want to know about the Great Commission.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:19-20
The pride of life makes you establish yourself more and more in this life. The pride of life causes you to avoid risky things that may endanger your establishment in this life.

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