If we’re honest, none of us puts God first. I personally think all of us are so self-absorbed that we mainly think about ourselves. If you don’t agree with me, just please think about it for a day. Be brutally honest with yourself and see who you love with all of your heart, all of your mind and all of your strength? God or yourself?
As born-again believers, we hate this about ourselves. We want to love God. We know we should love God. We want to make God #1 in our lives. But we fail.
I love this quote by my pastor (who is mainly my pastor through his radio ministry; I do attend his church, but only once a month.) Anyway, here’s the quote:
“Jesus does not want you to reserve time for Him; that’s not what He wants. What He wants is for you to take Him with you into your time.”
(Aaron Budjen; Radio Archive; “First Place in your Life.”)
If you are interested, here is the link to the 27-minute radio program.
Lotta Bynert
So true. Amazing that I found your site. I found an article that was transladed into Swedish and a link to his radio archive. And I started to listen .. I consider him my pastor as well though being Swedish and living in Sweden.
It’s really good to meet another woman even through a website who has had the same experience as I have had. In Sweden I haven’t found anyone.
I return to 1 John 4:17-19 and let those words sink in.
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momforfreedom
Oh, so good to meet you! Thank you for writing. 1 John 4:17-19 are brilliant verses, and so encouraging . . . He is love! Our hearts overflow with love for Him, because He first loved us. Amen, sister. 🙂
It’s so interesting that someone translated one of his articles into Swedish!! I’m so thankful for that. Yes, Aaron is your pastor, because a pastor is a shepherd; a true pastor shepherds us, leads us, closer to Jesus. in that sense, Aaron is the only pastor I’ve ever had even though I’ve attended over a dozen churches: he is the one who has led me to a deep friendship with the living God. I’ll bet you can say the same.
Are you on Facebook? We have a group, “Living God Ministries Unofficial Fellowship Group.”
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Peggy Beasley
Lisa, this is so GOOD! A short burst of graspable, life-changing truth. POTENTIALLY life changing, I should say. Anyhow, 👍
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momforfreedom
Peggy! So fun to get this comment from you. Thanks so much for your encouraging words, my dear friend and sister. 🙂
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