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So much time is spent wheeling and dealing, scraping and scheming, selling and buying, that some of the most important things in life that are intangible but nevertheless very real are totally neglected. Jesus gave us a solemn warning about this when he said, 'What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul.' (Matthew 16:26) As you look out in the world in which we live it certainly does seem to be in a mess as far as the making of a life is concerned. In order to be able to make a life as distinct from just making a living we need to meet the God who gave us life in the first place. When a man or woman meets up with God, then they meet up with the one who alone has the answers and who can impart the inward strength and power to enable them to make life that is first of all pleasing to God, and then secondly, satisfying and fulfilling as far as the individual is concerned. But first of all you must meet God, and you can only meet God in Jesus Christ... and it is only then that you will start to make a life as distinct from just making a living.
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