CHOOSING AND LOSING - One Bread, One Body, 2/18/2010

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 9:22-25
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CHOOSING AND LOSING

"Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the
Lord, your God, heeding His voice, and holding fast to Him." —Deuteronomy
30:19-20

"Pro-choice" today means choosing to do what you want, even to the point
of violating the rights of babies by killing them through abortion.
"Pro-choice" means you choose to deprive babies of all choices, even the
choice to live.

However, the Lord commands us to choose life, not selfishness and the
deaths of others. We choose life by choosing obedience to the Lord (Dt
30:20). Ultimately, we choose life by choosing to lose our lives (Lk
9:24), that is, to deny ourselves, take up Jesus' cross each day, and
follow in His steps (Lk 9:23). Thus, Jesus chose life by choosing to obey
His Father and die on the cross for love of us. God understands
"pro-choice" to mean obedience, not selfishness, and dying to self rather
than taking the lives of others.

Are we "pro-choice" according to Planned Parenthood's propaganda or
according to God's word? Even if we have never had an abortion or
participated in one, we can be the "pro-choice" of Planned Parenthood if
we're not obeying the Lord and denying ourselves. If we are not following
the crucified Jesus, we may be unknowingly following the spirit of Planned
Parenthood. Choose Jesus, Who is Life (Jn 14:6).

Prayer: Father, by Your grace I choose life, obedience, dying to self, the
cross, and Jesus.

Promise: "Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
life for My sake will save it." —Lk 9:24

Praise: Ann, a nursing student, refused to administer a birth-control shot
even though her professor required her to do so. She chose to obey Jesus,
no matter the consequences.

(For a related teaching, order our tape "How to Stop Abortion" on audio AV
53-1 or video V-53.)

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February 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, August 11, 2009

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