Give it up...(Fri)

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

So here we are: We’ve been caught in the act, we blame shifted, we were cursed, and we’ve been left with a life…We’ve also taken ownership of our sin, confessed it, determined to live thru pain, and create a life that worshipful…all because of the sacrifice and love of Christ.

Genesis 3:21

Did you catch that? Abel wasn’t the first one to die, an animal was. An animal had to be sacrificed to “cover the nakedness” of Adam & Eve…Naked, do you ever feel that way? Like no matter what you do, it’s never enough, like the sin and the failures and the hardship of life have just stripped away all your resolve, all your joy and left you with nothing…Jesus became that, even though He is God of all Creation, he became nakedness for us and sacrificed Himself for our life.

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Now, we are created in His likeness, in Him…So it should only be natural that we sacrifice. We should die daily for Christ and His cause of saving this world. What will you sacrifice (give up painfully) today for your priesthood? Remember, God didn’t give away something He really didn’t want anyway. He gave His very own Son, in essence His very own Life. What will you give today to flip Malakoff, Texas on it’s head and start saving lives?

You know the drill; Find a story about sacrifice and bring it to RiotLIFE.