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2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 15,

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.

What a simple statement that reflects a somber commitment.

To say to other people, I will gladly, most gladly, spend my life for your soul.

Be spent. Like use my life however you want for the good of these other souls.

What a picture of commitment to say my life is not ultimately about me. I am living for the glory of God and specifically for the glory of God and others. I want to spend my life for the good of others,

for the eternal good of others. I want my life to be spent by God

for that purpose. I just ask you today, like is that your posture? When you think about the

people around you and your sphere of influence,

like are you spending your life for the good of their souls?

I think if we're not careful, we can get so caught up in the busyness of life and just

getting all the things done that we need to get done, that we don't take time to stop and say,

how can I spend my life today for the good of souls around me. God, spend me, make my life spent today

for the good of souls around me. Oh, God, please teach us to live like this. God, give us, we pray. Yes, ultimately a focus on you,

but then flowing from this, a desire to spend our lives for others good. God, please help us

to spend our lives for the good of people in our families, for the good of people in our

churches. Help us to spend our lives for the good of those who are without Christ all around us.

God, please help us to spend our lives for their eternal good. God, please spend our lives for the good of people

far from us. God, we pray for the fur people in Sudan, in Darfur. God, over a million of them,

no followers of Jesus. God, cause somebody to spend their life for their souls, raise up laborers who will go and spend their life for their souls.

Raise up laborers who will go and spend their lives for their souls.

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