The Ultimate Christian Sacrifice



The Christian pledge
Made as a priority
Is to put God first
Before all other matters
In fellowship and worship.

About this poem

As an article of Christian faith, believers are asked to reject the narrative of materialism, setting themselves apart, by putting God first as a priority in their daily lives, above all else. This is the ultimate sacrifice of Christian discipleship, fellowship, and worship.

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Written on May 21, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on May 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s ‘Liebe Mili’ (translated into English as “Dear Mili”), Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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