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all suf?ciency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8). Pray that God will ?ll you with His good gifts to give to those He brings into your life. 5. Jesus was separate. Jesus was in the world, but He was not a part of the world. He came to touch the world, but He never became like the world. He was separate from the world, yet He changed the world around Him. We must pray that we can ?nd that balance too. We can’t stay so separate that we have no touch with the outside world. Nor can we be looking, living, talking, and acting so much like the world that people don’t see anything different about us. Jesus never lost sight of where He was going. He always kept eternity in His perspective. We must do the same. Pray that you will always remember who you are, what you are called to do, and where you are going to spend eternity. 6. Jesus was obedient. One of the most amazing things about Jesus was that even though He was Lord, He still did not do anything on His own. He prayed and did not act until He had instructions from God. We must live that way too. “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:6). Jesus was obedient to the point of death. Can there be any greater level of obedience? He did what He had to do because He knew the great things that would come out of it. We have to do the same, “looking unto Jesus, the author and ?nisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls” (Hebrews 12:2-3). Ask God to help you die to yourself so that you can live for Him.