Move in the Right Direction But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. -Acts 20:24 Someone said, “The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration but its donation.” It’s important to think about what kind of donation our lives are making. In Acts 20, the apostle Paul identified what the measure of a person ought to be and the qualities we should see in the life of a leader. In a way, every Christian is a leader. We may be leading our children. Or, we may be examples to younger believers. But we need to take to heart what Paul says. This was an emotional moment for the apostle. He was giving his final words to the leaders of the church of Ephesus. Paul had spent time ministering to them, helping them, praying for them, and caring for them. But he was going away. In effect Paul was saying, “This is what I want you to remember. These are things that should describe your walk with God. He told them, “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God” (verse 24) The New King James Version puts it this way: “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” Paul compared himself to a runner in a race. Using the same analogy in 1 Corinthians, he said, “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!” (9:24) We can get off track in the race of life. That’s why it’s important to focus on our own race and not on the race others are running. It’s also important for us to understand that our times are in God’s hands. Our lives are a gift to us from God. God decides when they begin. And God decides when they end. Paul wasn’t saying that life wasn’t important, because he wrote to the believers in Philippi, “For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better” (Philippians 1:21) Paul was simply saying that he knew his life was a gift from God. In his book Nearing Home, Billy Graham wrote, “I often wonder if God, in His sovereignty, allows the eyesight of the aged to cast a dim view of the here and now so that we may focus our spiritual eyes on the ever after.” As we see the frailty of life, especially when we’ve lost a loved one, eternity becomes more tangible and important to us. The length of our lives is determined by God, not by us. So, we want to make sure that we’re moving in the right direction now. The evening of our life is determined by the morning of it. The end is determined by the beginning.
Seriously...what is with Arena lately? Everyone is playing complete mindless decks. This one is fun, but I play against the same 10ish decks in historic...all just copy/paste AND the same stupid decks.
Just noticed the window. Ash started playing in the middle of the night and basically got roped until the sun came up lol.
This is true LMAO
Move in the Right Direction
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
-Acts 20:24
Someone said, “The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration but its donation.”
It’s important to think about what kind of donation our lives are making. In Acts 20, the apostle Paul identified what the measure of a person ought to be and the qualities we should see in the life of a leader.
In a way, every Christian is a leader. We may be leading our children. Or, we may be examples to younger believers. But we need to take to heart what Paul says.
This was an emotional moment for the apostle. He was giving his final words to the leaders of the church of Ephesus. Paul had spent time ministering to them, helping them, praying for them, and caring for them. But he was going away.
In effect Paul was saying, “This is what I want you to remember. These are things that should describe your walk with God.
He told them, “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God” (verse 24)
The New King James Version puts it this way: “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”
Paul compared himself to a runner in a race. Using the same analogy in 1 Corinthians, he said, “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!” (9:24)
We can get off track in the race of life. That’s why it’s important to focus on our own race and not on the race others are running.
It’s also important for us to understand that our times are in God’s hands. Our lives are a gift to us from God. God decides when they begin. And God decides when they end.
Paul wasn’t saying that life wasn’t important, because he wrote to the believers in Philippi, “For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better” (Philippians 1:21)
Paul was simply saying that he knew his life was a gift from God.
In his book Nearing Home, Billy Graham wrote, “I often wonder if God, in His sovereignty, allows the eyesight of the aged to cast a dim view of the here and now so that we may focus our spiritual eyes on the ever after.”
As we see the frailty of life, especially when we’ve lost a loved one, eternity becomes more tangible and important to us.
The length of our lives is determined by God, not by us. So, we want to make sure that we’re moving in the right direction now. The evening of our life is determined by the morning of it. The end is determined by the beginning.
Watch out for your picnics! Ash is coming for ya! Excellent vid and deck! More of this please! Weee... 👺💥
Ashlizzlle always has the best deck brews and gameplay!
Ashlizzlle plays hard and works harder literally past the crack of dawn lol 🌞 🎉 Awesome video!
I love the gôblin accent and also loved the deck. Thanks, Ash!
Awesome to see her here!
rad to see ash here!
ash is cool
She might be the original cool kid.
Lesson here is: no matter what time of day, it’s always the perfect time to ruin a picnic
High quality content even in a hotel
Goblins are the new meta. Mark my words
deck looks super cool, cant wait for Cavern of Souls for more tribal fun in Ixalan
This deck just destroyed my mill deck. I was on the draw though….
I was building a "budget" deck and ended up with a version of this its hillarious when it lines up
Ayo we out here ruining opponents picnics!! let’s gooo
jund
THIS GAME IS A SCAM
You are the problem with this game. Fun>winning. 3 turn wins arent fun.
Seriously...what is with Arena lately? Everyone is playing complete mindless decks. This one is fun, but I play against the same 10ish decks in historic...all just copy/paste AND the same stupid decks.
Why is this girl systematically pointing out that this and other decks win on turn 3, when there is a tiny chance of that happening!?
I think she wants to point out it is possible when for many other decks you need longer game, right?
Clicks my man. People are interested in t3 wins and will play whatever to get there.
Cause it's cool that it's an option? Lol
If your deck has a chance of pulling off an infinite combo eventho unlikely, it's worth mentioning right?
A tiny chance is actualy a chance. If there was a 0% chance she wouldn't say it.
that's still a chance, boy
Down voted for not putting format in title.