The Advantages to Cleaning My Room

I was getting ready to throw away a piece of paper. Until I read the back. There, I found a list of things which have the potential to change my life.

The list is called "Forms of Dying." It is by John Piper. It caught my eye because I know someone who is dying. Then it caught my eye because of how very much this list needs to apply to me.

Here it is. May it be a blessing to you.

Forms of dying:

-dying to the desire for an untroubled life

-Having no jealousy means dying to the desire for unshared affection.

-Not boasting means dying to the desire to call attention to our successes.

-Not acting unbecomingly means dying to the desire to express our freedom offensively.

-Not seeking our own way means dying to the dominance of our own preferences.

-Not being easily provoked means dying to the need for no frustrations.

-Not taking account of wrongs means dying to the desire for revenge.

-Bearing all things and enduring all things means dying to the desire to run away from the pain of obedience.

From a sermon called "The Greatest of These is Love" delivered on June 25, 1995.

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