Preparing to leave.

In one week we will be in Guinea! As I am preparing my devotions for our time in Guinea I ran across some quotes from John Piper from his book Don't Waste Your Life.

I am praying for Beth and Tim as they prepare for the team, for the church as they prepare and for the hearts of those who will attend the clinics, those who the team's path will cross and for God to be seen by all who we come into contact with.

Crossway, 2003, 189 pp.  ISBN 1-58134-498-8

John Piper is the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and the author of a number of books.  His passion is the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples.  This book helps individuals focus on making their lives count in God’s great global purpose. “If you are a Christian, you are not your own.  Christ has bought you at the price of his own death.  You now belong doubly to God: He made you, and he bought you.  That means your life is not your own.  It is God’s.  Therefore, the Bible says, ‘Glorify God in your body.’  God made you for this.  He bought you for this.  This is the meaning of your life.” (9) “Remember, you have one life.  That’s all.  You were made for God.  Don’t waste it.” (10) “You get one pass at life.  That’s all.  Only one.  And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.” (13)  “The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.” (44)  “Better to lose your life than to waste it.” (79) “Speaking the good news of Christ is part of why God put you in your job.” (151)  “We owe our lives to God’s commitment to missions and mercy.  He came a long way to help us, and his help includes every kind of help we need.  And he got dirty doing it.  In fact he got killed.”  (165)