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But the fact is we only usually connect with others through what we say
and do. So many preachers preach about what we do. They quote Jesus

and say he says: ‘Deny sin.’ Well, that’s a good idea too, but it’s not
what Jesus says. He says: ‘Deny YOURSELF.’

“Here I Am” Versus “There You Are”

When we don’t deny ourselves and prefer others more than we do

ourselves, then our attitude is, “Here I am!” We want to be in the
spotlight. We want to be center-stage. We want to be appreciated and

have significance. Some refer to this as not being able to see past the
end of our nose.

When we do deny ourselves and prefer others more than we do
ourselves, then our attitude is “There you are!”

This is something I learned from the singer John Denver many years

ago. John and I sang together some in his ‘BC’ days: before he was a
celebrity. John was a hugger. We used to joke: “John would hug a tree if
no one else was there.” John lived the attitude that he never met a

stranger. The first time I met him he made me feel like he’d been
waiting for weeks — just to meet me.

There was no one else in the world more important to John than I was
at that moment in his life.

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