John 12:24-26

24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. - John 12:24-26

Dear Jesus,

As you life goes, so goes mine. You give me the meaning of both our lives. I'm here to lose myself in serving. I'm not here to serve and be preserved. I'm here to give it all up for the benefit of others. Fill me with your Holy Spirit so I find joy in serving and dying to self even in the hard ways. Don't let me shrink back or quit from jobs you have given me just because they bring stress. Make me a servant and use my life to produce the fruit you want now and after I have taken my seat in heaven. When my life is over, take what i have done and make it keep on producing good for people long after I am gone. That's what your short life does for me. You gave it up and it still does the greatest things on this planet.

Amen

Pastor Don Patterson

The measure of your life is how it was spent not how it was saved.