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No Longer Yourself Bible in a Year: Numbers 17–19 Mark 6:30–56 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the of God, loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 Today's Scripture & Insight: Galatians 2:14–21 In the summer of 1859, Monsieur Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope—something he would go on to do hundreds of times. Once he did with his manager Harry Colcord on his back. Blondin gave Colcord these instructions: “ up, Harry . . . you are no longer Colcord, you are Blondin. . . . If I sway, sway with me. Do not attempt do any balancing yourself. If you do, we will both go our death.” Paul, in essence, said the Galatian believers: You can’t walk the line of living a life that is pleasing God apart from faith in Christ. But here’s the good news—you don’t have ! No amount of attempting earn our way God will ever cut . So are we passive in our salvation? No! Our invitation is cling Christ. Clinging Jesus means putting death an old, independent way of living; ’s as if we ourselves have died. Yet, we go on living. But “the life [we] now live in the body, [we] live by faith in the of God, loved [us] and gave himself for [us]” (Galatians 2:20). Where are we trying walk the tightrope today? God hasn’t called us to walk out on the rope to Him; He’s called us to cling to Him and walk this life with Him. Reflect & Pray How can you stop trying to please God on your own? Where do you need to cling to Jesus today, trusting His righteousness? Dear Jesus, thank You for doing for me what I could never do for myself. I turn away from trying to please You on my own. I’m so glad I don’t need to earn Your love. 
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I like that analogy of not walking to Him, but with Him. Some folks seem to think they have to work their way to Him, to become acceptable to Him, when in truth, He has made us acceptable to Him by His own sacrifice of death and resurrection. For that, I am eternally grateful and strive to please him by allowing him to guide me, and yes at times, even carry me. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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I think God carried me for a long time when I was in trouble. Sometimes I feel I have to please God at all times but now He is guiding me and I feel I can relax in my faith.
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I think God carried me for a long time when I was in trouble. Sometimes I feel I have to please God at all times but now He is guiding me and I feel I can relax in my faith. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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