Give to Keep Luke 9:23-25 5.26.14

GIVE TO KEEP

BREAD

²³ Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. ²⁴ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. ²⁵ What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?”

Luke 9:23-25 (NIV)

BUTTER

“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to keep what he cannot lose.”  Jim Elliot

“He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever.”   John Tillotson

HEART SAVOR

• ·       I am to deny self and follow Jesus – daily - Who left all to save me.
• ·       If I cling to my life – my rights - I lose it yet if I live my life with open hands I gain it.
• ·       There is no ultimate good in gaining the world if I lose my very self.