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Inspirational Thoughts for Each Day of the Year
taken from Grace for the Moment volume II©
by Max Lucado
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Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from the New Century Version (NCV).
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March 01, 2010
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The Reward of Christianity ©
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PHILIPPIANS 3:8
All things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
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The reward of Christianity is Christ.
Do you journey to the Grand Canyon for the souvenir T-shirts or the snow globe with the snowflakes that fall when you shake it? No. The reward of the Grand Canyon is the Grand Canyon. The wide-eyed realization that you are part of something ancient, splendid, powerful, and greater than you.
The cache of Christianity is Christ. Not money in the bank or a car in the garage or a healthy body or a better self-image. Secondary and tertiary fruits perhaps. But the Fort Knox of faith is Christ. Fellowship with him. Walking with him. Pondering him. Exploring him. The heart-stopping realization that in him you are part of something ancient, endless, unstoppable, and unfathomable. And that he, who can dig the Grand Canyon with his pinkie, thinks you're worth his death on Roman timber. Christ is the reward of Christianity.
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