Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people.

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Myths about Living for God

1.Living for God is only for super religious people

“EACH ONE should use whatever gift he has received to serve others…” 1 Peter 4:10

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things

“…arm yourselves also with this same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.” 1 Peter 4:1-2

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things 3.Living for God means denying ourselves fun

“Pagans think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation…” 1 Peter 4:4

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things 3.Living for God means denying ourselves fun

“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. But is that a sacrifice which brings its own reward? It is empathically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. I never made a sacrifice.” David Livingstone

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things 3.Living for God means denying ourselves fun

Myths about Living for God 1.Living for God is only for super religious people 2.Living for God just means doing things 3.Living for God means denying ourselves fun

Facts about Living for God

1.We are all equally called to live for God

Facts about Living for God 1.We are all equally called to live for God 2. Living for God means Living with God

Facts about Living for God 1.We are all equally called to live for God 2. Living for God means Living with God 3. Living for God offers us life and fun to the fullest