Comments on: The Prodigal God: The True Elder Brother http://nccftoday.com/2009/12/the-prodigal-god-the-true-elder-brother/ Taking Good News to our neighborhood, Nevada County and the nations Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pat http://nccftoday.com/2009/12/the-prodigal-god-the-true-elder-brother/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Pat Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:12:05 +0000 http://nccftoday.com/?p=921#comment-76 I'm intrigued by question #5. What does it cost me to see someone else enter into the "celebration". I have never really looked at it under that "lens" before. But that is very true. There is a cost. Maybe more like an investment. I have always been amazed by the missionary Jim Elliott who in one of his letters to his wife talked about his life being like a candle consumed for the Lord. What a way to view our life. Every breath we take is being used to build the kingdom and bring others to Christ. It cost Jim Elliott his life. Everything we do for the Lord costs us something. We can look at this as God taking away from us that which we worked hard for (as the elder brother did) or see it as it really is..... the ability to share in the promotion of the gospel. I’m intrigued by question #5. What does it cost me to see someone else enter into the “celebration”. I have never really looked at it under that “lens” before. But that is very true. There is a cost. Maybe more like an investment.

I have always been amazed by the missionary Jim Elliott who in one of his letters to his wife talked about his life being like a candle consumed for the Lord. What a way to view our life. Every breath we take is being used to build the kingdom and bring others to Christ. It cost Jim Elliott his life. Everything we do for the Lord costs us something. We can look at this as God taking away from us that which we worked hard for (as the elder brother did) or see it as it really is….. the ability to share in the promotion of the gospel.

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