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A God-Centered Life

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to put God first in all aspects of my life.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to love God above all else.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to love my neighbor as myself.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to love other Christians in such a way as to show the love of Christ to a lost and dying world, even those Christians with whom I disagree with!

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to follow the precepts of the Bible and not man's interpretation or man's tradition of Biblical teaching.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to place my complete faith and dependence upon the Sovereign God who knows best for me and my life.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to die to self and allow the Spirit of God to live through me, the only possible way to live a spiritual life.

In choosing a God-centered life, I choose to be motivated by God's love in word, action and deed.

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