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  Pinc Power - Devotional #4 - "Commitment"COMMITMENT! FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT IS A SCARY WORD. FOR TEENAGERS, COMMITMENT CAN BE A DIFFICULT THING TO COMMIT TO. WE LIKE TO LIVE ON THE EDGE, HAVE FUN, FORGET ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, AND ULTIMATELY LIVE OUR LIVES THE WAY WE WANT TO LIVE THEM. COMMITMENT PLAYS A BIG ROLL IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES. IN OUR EDUCATION WE HAVE TO BE COMMITED TO STUDY IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOOD GRADES. AS ATHLETES, WE HAVE TO BE COMMITED TO WORKING OUT AND TAKING CARE OF OUR BODIES { CUT DOWN ON THE SUGAR.} BUT THE BIGGEST AREA OF COMMITMENT IS IN OUR WALK AS A CHRISTIAN. HOW COMMITED ARE WE TO LIVING THE LIFE GOD HAS CALLED US TO LIVE AND THE LIFE THAT SO MANY TIMES WE SAY WE ARE COMMITED TO? TRY THIS TEST! IN THE MORNING, HOW DO YOU START YOUR DAY? DO YOU MAKE GOD NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? WHEN YOU TELL SOMEONE YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, DO YOU HOLD TRUE TO YOUR WORD EVEN IF IT COSTS YOU SOME PERSONAL SACRIFICE? DO YOU LET THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO INTERFERE WITH PROMISES YOU HAVE MADE TO FRIENDS? CHECK YOUR HEART! SEE IF GOD IS TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM COMMITING TO SOMETHING 100%. GOD DOSEN'T WANT LUKE WARM CHRISTIANS WHO PRETEND TO BE COMMITED AND REALLY ONLY WANT TO DO THINGS THEIR WAY. YOU SEE, IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT US ANYWAY. IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT HIM. FROM DAY ONE, GOD WAS TOTALLY COMMITED TO US. HE NOT ONLY TAKES CARE OF US BUT JUST SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE A DOUBT IN OUR MINDS HOW COMMITED HE WAS TO US HE SENT HIS PERFECT SON TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON A CROSS TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. HE IS IN LOVE WITH US BUT ARE WE IN LOVE WITH HIM. DO YOU SAY WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU ARE TOTALLY HIS BUT IN THE TIMES WHERE IT CALLS FOR THAT SCARY COMMITMENT PART, DO YOU STEP UP TO THE PLATE OR DO YOU BACK AWAY? HE WILL ALWAYS BE COMMITED TO US, BUT WILL WE EVER REALLY KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO BE TRULY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY, 100%, COMMITED TO THE ONE WHO FIRST LOVED US? LOVE ALWAYS, SHEA YARBOROUGH |
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