January 23 - Choice Gleanings

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DAILY READINGS: Gen. 29; Job 38-39; Matt:15:29And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
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Ye know the house of Stephanas…that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints. 1 Corinthians:16:15I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
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Life's addictions—drugs, alcohol, nicotine, gambling, etc.—end up costing the addict everything. Material goods, employment, family and friends, physical and mental health, dignity—wasted to appease a craving that will never be satisfied. Addicting oneself to the service of other Christians is just the opposite. Everything an earthly addiction could possibly cost, an addiction to ministry exceeds, both in this life and the one to come. Wouldn't the result be amazing if an epidemic of "service addiction" caught hold of God's people? —Rick Morse

Let this my motto be;
Help me to live for others,
That I may live like Thee. —C. D. Meigs