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Listen to these words (Mark 8:34-35): “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Listen to the challenge that Bill Hybels received when he was a youth (from The Volunteer Revolution)

“For six months, take the great gamble. Follow the model of Jesus with reckless abandon. Take advantage of every opportunity to serve – even if it seems like something insignificant. Be the one who opens the door for others. Choose the back seat of the car so your friend can sit in the front. Take out the garbage even when it’s not usually your job. Volunteer to stack the chairs after the meeting. Take the arm of the elderly woman negotiating the stairs in the department store. Open your eyes. Keep your servant’s towel handy. Monitor the condition of your heart, weak to week. Then ask yourself: Am I gaining or losing?

And if you want to, try it the other way. Every change you have, put yourself in the center, be demanding, ask the world to revolve around you. Push your way to the front of the line. Disappear when it’s time for the dirty work, the menial tasks. Bow low every morning in front of a full-length mirror. Then step back and honestly assess. Are you becoming closer to God and people or more isolated? Is your life fuller or emptier? Do you feel fulfilled or frustrated? Take the great gamble.”

Who’s willing to drap that serving towel over their arm and take this great gamble?

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