Jenifer gilley
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From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 5:48 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Friday July 14th


> "HE MUST INCREASE, BUT I MUST DECREASE." ( JOHN 3:30 )
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>                   STEWARDS-NOT OWNERS!
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> When the crowds left John the Baptist to follow Jesus, he said: "This is 
> the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to 
> the sidelines" ( Jn 3:30 TM ). John thought like a steward. A steward 
> simply manages something for the owner until he comes to take it back. 
> John knew that the crowd leaving him for Christ was never his to begin 
> with. God had simply placed them under his care for a period of time to 
> accomplish certain purposes. With John this was apparently just fine. 
> John's view of stewardship presents us with an important principle. For 
> his crowds may be our careers, our assets, our natural and spiritual 
> gifts, etc. Are these things owned or merely managed in the name of the 
> One Who entrusted them to us? Your answer depends on whether you're called 
> or driven. Driven people consider them owned; called people don't. When 
> driven people lose things it's a major crisis; when called people lose 
> them, nothing's changed. Why? Because their calling is
> not to a position, it's to a person-the person of Christ. Knowing who he 
> was not was the beginning of John knowing who he was. And who was he? A 
> steward! And he didn't aspire to anything beyond that. What is success, as 
> God counts success? It's when others hear you, but follow Jesus. It's when 
> others see some quality in you that causes them to fall more in love with 
> Him. Only when that happenes and you feel like you've lost nothing in the 
> process can you truly say, "Father, I've done what you called me to do."
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> Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Ange") (\o/)
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