1Corinthians 15-16<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/b><\/p>\n
The movie is City Slickers. Billy Crystal plays Mitch Robins, a man celebrating his 39th birthday and dealing (poorly) with a midlife crisis. Jack Palance plays Curly Washburn, a crusty old cowboy. \u201cDo you know what the secret of life is?\u201d Curly asks Mitch.\u00a0Mitch shakes his head no. Curly holds up one finger. \u201cOne thing. Just one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s great. But what\u2019s the one thing?\u201d asked Mitch.<\/p>\n
Curly grinned, \u201cThat\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to figure out.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMitch is perplexed; he\u2019s worried about lots of things. That\u2019s why he left the city and came to the ranch, but he didn\u2019t know what the one thing was. I don\u2019t think Curly knew, either. Not really. But the Apostle Paul knew, \u201cFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day\u201d (1Corinthians 15:3-4). Without the resurrection, says Paul, \u201cLet us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die\u201d (1Corinthians 15:32). You only live once\u2026 if Jesus Christ was not raised from the dead.<\/p>\n
But he was, and \u201che appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve, then to more than five hundred brothers at one time\u201d (1Corinthians 15:5-6), and the resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything. You live once, and then you live again, because \u201cin Christ shall all be made alive\u201d (1Corinthians 15:22), and the first life is a shadow of things to come. \u201cWhat is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power\u201d (1Corinthians 15:42-43). The secret to life is not to figure out what is the one thing that matters most to you, but the one thing that matters most, period, and make that the one thing that matters most to you.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” ~Matthew 6:33<\/i><\/p>\n
Daily Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n
Father God, the most important thing, the one thing out of everything, is You. To love You with all that I am, my heart, soul, mind, and strength. In doing this, I will, at the same time, love others as much or more than myself, because that is what You did. In humility, You sacrificed Your Son for me, for each of us, for all of us.<\/p>\n
God, grow Your love in me. May You be not the first of many, but rather my one and only consuming passion.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n
Daily Question<\/b><\/p>\n
What would those who know you best say is the one thing most important to you? Why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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