At what cost? - Day 5

Day 5


"how much does it cost?" that is a typical response to the questions we get as parents...  it seems like every time we turn around we are having to pay something else for new clothes, new shoes, school lunches, ball games, snow cones, Christmas is around the corner, and then you have groceries...  just seems like all we talk about is the cost of what we are trying to buy or what we want...


the cost of serving God doesn't typically come with a price tag...it comes with sacrifice and willingness to give of our hearts.....

did you think about the cost when your wife and/or children told you what they expected?  did you start thinking about how you were going make it happen?  when you looked at what God said was our role, did you figure out the cost/effort to love your wife/husband as Christ loved the church?  did you think about how much your life was going to change if you followed through with what God has called men and women to do in our homes?

i think, as Christians, we can't even fathom the cost of our salvation...if we did, we might take it more seriously...

i would like for you to write the following:

what is it going to cost me to be a Godly man/husband/father?
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what is it going to cost me to be a Godly woman/wife/mother?

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once you have set the direction, you must figure the cost...nothing in life that God calls us to do is easy and without cost...the cool thing about it though, Jesus will not call us to do something he hasn't or won't do himself...everyone knows he died for us...a terrible death at that...

in Luke Jesus talks about the cost of being a disciple...

14:28
"suppose one of you wants to build a tower.  Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?  For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you."

14:33
"in the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."


Psalm 49:8
"the ransom for life is costly, no payment is ever enough"

Proverbs 4:7
"the beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.  Though it will cost you all you have. Get understanding."


the answer is EVERYTHING....


Let me know your thoughts,


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