The Father's Menu
Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Friday, November 12, 2021
PRESCRIPTION FOR LIFE
“He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.” ????????????
Mark 8:34-35 (WEB)????????
Main Text: Deuteronomy 30:19
When Jesus said those words, He wasn’t just giving us a prescription for getting into heaven, He was telling us how to live a superior life right here on earth. There’s a higher life that we can life right here, right now. But to get in on it, we have to lay down the way of life most of us are accustomed to. We may have to let go of the very things we’ve been trying so hard to latch onto. We have to set our hearts instead on doing what God wants us to do.
Jesus didn’t live His life for Himself. He lived it completely for God. He did only what the Father told him to do — and He lived in total victory.
It’s time we realize that getting born again is not something we do just to miss hell. Our purpose is to please God — to lay down our lives in order to fulfill His desires. To be His special possessions in the earth and to do whatever He tells us to do. Our top priority is to give ourselves to Him and to live in communication with Him.
Prayer
Father in the name of Jesus, I choose you over this world and all its pleasures, I seek after your kingdom, I receive the Spirit of discipline to stay with Your Word.
Further Reading
Mark 8:36 “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Colossians 3:4 “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
Read through the Bible: Amos 1 & Psalm 144
