Analogy on How God Saves Us

from God’s Grace at Work - Daily Devotional (Rick Warren)

I know I don’t look like it today, but for three years I was a lifeguard.
And every lifeguard knows you can’t save someone as long as they are trying to save themselves.
If somebody is drowning and flailing around in panic, a lifeguard knows to just stay back for a few seconds and wait until they give up.
Because if you try to save them while they’re trying to save themselves, they will pull you under too.

When they finally give up, they relax, you put your arm around them and just swim back to shore. It’s really quite easy.

God wants to save you.
Jesus Christ wants to save you from your hurts, your habits, and your hang-ups.
He wants to save you for his purpose and by his grace.
But you’ve got to quit trying to do it yourself.
You’ve got to relax. You need to let go and let God be God.

The Greatest Advice

The Greatest Advice

-Rick Warren, the Purpose Driven
Life

*Don’t date because you are desperate.
Don’t marry because you are miserable.
Don’t have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don’t philander because you think you are irresistible.

*Don’t associate with people you can’t trust.
Don’t cheat. Don’t lie. Don’t pretend.
Don’t dictate because you are smarter.
Don’t demand because you are stronger.

*Don’t sleep around because you think you are old enough and know better.
Don’t hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don’t sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.
Don’t stagnate!

*Don’t regress.
Don’t live in the past. Time can’t bring anything or anyone back.
Don’t put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don’t throw your life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your
biological clock is ticking.

*Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some
of life’s more hasty decisions.

*To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a puppy.
Don’t bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.

*To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you
can be.
Simplify your life. Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements: abusive friends, nasty habits, and
dangerous liaisons.
Don’t abandon your responsibilities but don’t overdose on duty.

*Don’t live life recklessly without thought and feeling for your family.
Be true to yourself.
Don’t commit when you are not ready.
Don’t keep others waiting needlessly.

*Go on that trip. Don’t postpone it.
Say those words. Don’t let the moment pass.
Do what you have to, even at society’s scorn.

*Write poetry.
Love Deeply.
Walk barefoot.
Dance with wild abandon.
Cry at the movies.

*Take care of yourself. Don’t wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life.
You drive yourself to your destination.
No one completes you - except YOU.

*It isn’t true that life does not get easier with age.
It only gets more challenging.
Don’t be afraid. Don’t lose your capacity to love.
Pursue your passions.

*Live your dreams.
Don’t lose faith in God.
Don’t grow old. Just grow YOU!

*When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your
life that you’ll never get back.
Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give to
someone is your time.

*Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is
T-I-M-E because the essence of love is not what we think or do or
provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves.
God is good all the time!