3-19-08
Living the Abundant Life
Scripture thought for today:

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 10:9-10 NKJV

Dear Friend,

Are you living in the abundant life Jesus promised you? Do you want to?

Some of you may be too young to remember the game show called "Let's Make a Deal." The "big deal" of the show would come at the end when the contestants would choose one of three doors. Behind each door would be everything from a "booby prize" to the "grand prize"-- something great like a new "Vega" (i.e. a car :-) ). The 30 minute show revolved around getting to the door selection at the end. If only the contestant would have known in advance what was behind the doors, they would have chosen the right one.

In a much grander fashion, people can feel that life is like "Let's Make a Deal." We go from door to door knocking and opening doors, hoping for a grand prize and many times getting the booby prize. In John 10:9-10 Jesus says that He is the door to abundant living. Choose this door everyday, every moment and you will live the "grand prize" kind of living. We must train ourselves to learn which doors to open and which doors to slam shut.

This Good Friday we celebrate Jesus slamming the door on hell, death and the grave! This Easter Sunday we celebrate the day Jesus opened the door to heaven and an abundant life!

As we begin this series called "The Doors," tell God what doors you are hoping to open up in your life. Ask God to reveal to you the doors in your life you can close (debt, depression, gossip, sins of all kinds) and what doors He is leading you to open for this abundant life. It's not a guessing game; God truly will lead you into life and life to the fullest as you surrender to Him. We are praying and preparing to equip you to open the "God doors" in your life through this series. God Bless you today.

John 11:25-26 NIV

"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."

Opening to God,

Scott & Clare

Prayer: Heavenly Father, You gave Jesus as the door to the life You want me to live. Open my eyes today and every day to the doors of abundance. I choose today to shut the door on the thief and all destructive life patterns. Thank You for being the door to life for me. I choose to live in Jesus' name and in Jesus' way. Amen

P.S. Don't forget--statistics show that 82% of the people asked to attend church by someone they know...SAY "YES!" Invite the people you care about to church this week.

©2008 Scott & Clare Loughrige