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Running on Empty.........

It's not fun to run out of gas.
Have you every run out of gas?
Not your car - you.
I have.
The gauge I was looking at in my life clearly read full, but I still found myself stranded on the side of life's road. The gauge I was using - the world - was flawed, but I didn't realize it until my tank was empty and I was going nowhere. If we judge whether or not our lives are "full" based on the world's standards, we are destined to run out of gas....

...Just because we are busy doesn't mean that we are alive.
Just because the world says are lives are full doesn't mean that our lives really are full. Our lives are not full simply because we are working hard, playing hard and living hard. When we try to fill our lives with the fuel of this world, we find ourselves running on empty.

The gospel of John records that Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it to the full" (John 10:10). In other words, Christ said that He wants us the have "life - in abundance". He wants our tanks full of life...


Running on Empty - Arron Chambers

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Anonymous said…
This blog-entry is a prophetic anticipation of week 2 in Life in the Spirit this week at your local church!! ;-)
However dry the tank - the promise and assurance of the never-failing gift of the Holy Spirit remains for all and for you.....
Desire
Ask
Recieve
Flourish
11 June 2008 at 21:46
Arron Chambers said…
Thanks for posting a quote from my book. Wow! That's really cool. I hope my book was a blessing to you.

Have a great day.
Arron
13 June 2008 at 18:35
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