{"id":1341,"date":"2004-11-27T00:21:22","date_gmt":"2004-11-26T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2004-11-27T00:21:22","modified_gmt":"2004-11-26T16:21:22","slug":"i-consider-my-life-worth-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/i-consider-my-life-worth-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"I consider my life worth nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the words from Apostle Paul&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Attended thanksgiving dinner for 1 year labor in children church,<br \/>\nWas assigned to teach P5 and P6 next year &#8230;<br \/>\nAnd probably few sermons also &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At first i thought it&#8217;s going to be another year of service<br \/>\nAnother year of learning<br \/>\nAnd another year of growing<\/p>\n<p>Never expect to get something more<br \/>\nSomething beyond what i can do<br \/>\nBeyond what i think i&#8217;m capable of<\/p>\n<p>Till a thought came after me,<br \/>\nThis few lines from a song &#8220;Servant of the Gospel&#8221;<br \/>\nThat says : &#8220;refuge in His mercy,<br \/>\nmarvel at His love&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since when that a ministry is ever be easy<br \/>\nsince when that i&#8217;m expert in it<br \/>\nsince when that i know how to<br \/>\nsince whan that i say i can do it?<\/p>\n<p>For in weakness that God&#8217;s power is made perfect<br \/>\nin my weaknesses that God is glorified most<br \/>\nif i know all, there&#8217;s no need of God<br \/>\nif i can do all, no room for God works<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s not time to teach me how to<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not time to train me to be an expert<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not time for developing my skills<\/p>\n<p>but it&#8217;s time for me,<br \/>\nto be humble<br \/>\nto 100% dependable<br \/>\nand trust Him<br \/>\nto see Him works<br \/>\nto be faithful in my prayers<br \/>\nto persevere in tough times<br \/>\nand trust Him still<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s been a long walk<br \/>\nyet it&#8217;s still early in the morning<br \/>\nthere&#8217;re more to go<br \/>\nso don&#8217;t be small hearted<\/p>\n<p>the talk with Joel few days ago<br \/>\nand meditation on Paul&#8217;s letter<br \/>\nit becomes making more sense to me<\/p>\n<p>i consider my life worth nothing,<br \/>\nif only i may finish the race<br \/>\nand complete the task<br \/>\nthe Lord Jesus has given me<\/p>\n<p>the task of testifying<br \/>\nto the gospel<br \/>\nof God&#8217;s grace<\/p>\n<p>that i consider all rubish<br \/>\nfor the sake of knowing Christ<br \/>\nto be found in Him<br \/>\nhaving righteousness not on my own<br \/>\nO, that i may know Him<br \/>\nand the power of His resurecction,<br \/>\nsharing in His suffering<br \/>\nbecoming like Him in His death<br \/>\nand somehow to attain<br \/>\nto the resurecction of the dead<\/p>\n<p>when life worths nothing<br \/>\nexcept God and His kingdom,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s the most blessed life<br \/>\nbecause He is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the words from Apostle Paul&#8230; Attended thanksgiving dinner for 1 year labor in children church, Was assigned to teach P5 and P6 next year &#8230; And probably few sermons also &#8230; At first i thought it&#8217;s going to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/i-consider-my-life-worth-nothing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,85,89,96,46,48,49,63],"tags":[122,187,193,253,260],"class_list":["post-1341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-corinthians","category-acts","category-blessedness","category-convicted","category-philippians","category-poems","category-prayer","category-songs","tag-bible-character","tag-gospel","tag-heartfelt","tag-paul","tag-poem"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/on-call\/","url_meta":{"origin":1341,"position":0},"title":"On call","author":"clay","date":"April 6, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Was late for office this morning, so had to take taxi. 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