My Life At 50

(From the covenant renewal service in my church on 31 December 2024)

Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants. Give yourselves to him, that you may belong to him. Christ has many services to be done. Some are more easy and more honourable; others are more difficult and disgraceful. Some are suitable to our inclinations and interests, others are contrary to both. In some ways, we please Christ and please ourselves. But then there are other works where we cannot please Christ except by denying ourselves. It is necessary, therefore, that we consider what it means to be a servant of Christ. Let us therefore go to Christ and pray: