Luke 4:8 (NIV)
8 Jesus answered, "It is written: Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only."

Why do we flirt? If you were married to a man or a woman and every time you went out with them they were looking at another person, how would you feel, living in a marriage like that? Do you think that Jesus doesn't have feelings?

I had a couple who came to me for counselling and he said, "She looks at him". And she said "Well he looks at her". I said, "Well don't the both of you do it to Jesus, aren't you both living for a better house, better car, better clothes, better job, all these better things but yet you spend very little time with God and living for Christ and living for His purpose in your life, spurring one another on and encouraging one another on saying, "You can make it." rather than talking one another down?

We have to get to that point where God is first in our life and we cross over but what is happening is we're not crossing over we're living on the banks looking at the Promised Land, so close but yet so far out. Are you ready to cross over? The God in you can do it, He's just looking for a few people that will lose themselves and put on Him, to fill themselves, to allow Him to show the world compassion through them, to show the world generosity through them, to show the world forgiveness, to show the world restoration, to show the world healing. Can you give up you to allow Christ to possess you by His Spirit to reveal Himself to a dying world? You've got to give Jesus residency or do you want to cohabitate? It's not going to be easy because the old you and Christ are not going to get on so well.
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