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God’s Standard: 3 Things He Calls Each of Us to Do
God calls us, generally speaking, to do a few things:
1. Honor Him with all that we are, first and foremost
2. Love others as yourself
3. Be good stewards of what we are given
Now, I know that is very general, that does not encompass or touch on all that God has called us as His people to do.
God’s standard tells us that every life matters, no matter what.
There are many many examples in the Bible where God has used someone who might be looked at is unworthy or unclean. But, he uses that individual for His glory anyways. In Joshua 2, the Lord calls them to go and “look over the land” especially Jericho. When they did so, they went to a prostitute’s house and she sheltered the two spies that Joshua sent. Eventually, when they destroyed that city, the prostitute, Rahab, and her family were the only people saved. Every life matters, no matter what.
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