“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” (I Timothy 4:8 NLT) The present life seems to get a whole lot of our attention, but not always in a way that adds value to our lives in the long run. Some of the attention we give it is momentary - like good personal hygiene. It needs continual focus or the value of that 'hygiene' fades/wears away. Before long, we need to refocus on it once again. Our spiritual life is no different - it needs renewed focus from time to time because the effect of it has faded a bit or worn away. The more we focus on whatever gives lasting value (like the study of scripture or time in worship), the more we find the renewal we are experiencing isn't really our doing - it is God's. The value to us is realized because he has added it through getting to know Jesus just a bit better. For some of us, the life to come gets far less attention that the life we have in ...
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