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    Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World
    Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World
    Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World
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    Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World

    By Bishop Rueben P. Job

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    There is no one secret to life. But there are three simple rules that have the power to change your life and your world. John Wesley taught and practiced these rules many years ago. Now it is up to us to practice this way of living.  Do no harm, Do good, Stay in love with God...Not only can these rules change your life, they can change the world. This insightful work calls us to mutual respect, unity, and a deeper daily relationship with God.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9781426725081
    Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World
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    Bishop Rueben P. Job

    Rueben P. Job was a United Methodist bishop, pastor and acclaimed author and served as World Editor of The Upper Room publishing program. Best-known for the classic book, Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living, he also authored or co-authored A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader, Living Fully, Dying Well, Listen, and co-edited Finding Our Way: Love and Law in The United Methodist Church. Bishop Job also chaired the Hymnal Revision Committee that developed the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal.

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      Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World - Bishop Rueben P. Job

      Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World

      Three Simple Rules

      THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

      Rueben P. Job

      ABINGDON PRESS

      Nashville

      Three Simple Rules That Will Change the World

      Copyright © 2009 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission can be addressed to Abingdon Press, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801, or e-mailed to permissions@abingdonpress.com.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Job, Rueben P.

      Three simple rules that will change the world / Rueben P. Job.

          p. cm.

      ISBN 978-1-4267-0026-2 (binding: hardback/paper over boards/ casebound printed binding : alk. paper)

      1. Christian life--Methodist authors. 2. Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Nature, design, and general rules of the United Societies in London, Bristol, Kingswood, and Newcastle upon Tyne. I. Title.

      BV4501.3.J632 2009

      248.4'87--dc22

      2008034884

      Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Quotations of John Wesley are from the collection The Works of John Wesley on compact disc (the complete, unedited 14-volume Jackson edition), copyright © 1995, Providence House Publishers, Franklin, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

      09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18—10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      PRINTED IN MEXICO

      Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Do No Harm

      Do Good

      Stay in Love With God

      A Guide for Daily Prayer

      John Wesley in History and Culture

      Preface

      THREE SIMPLE RULES

      that will change the world

      There are three simple rules that have the power to change the world. While they are ancient, they have seldom been fully put to the test. But when and where practiced as a way of living, the world of things as they were was shaken until a new world was formed.

      We live in such a fast-paced, frenzied, and complex world that it is easy to believe we are all trapped into being someone we do not wish to be and living a life we do not desire to live. We long for some way to cut through the complexities and turbulence of everyday life. We search for a way to overcome the divisiveness that separates, disparages, disrespects, diminishes, and leaves us wounded and incomplete. We know deep within that the path we are on is not healthy or morally right and that it cannot lead to a positive ending. We fear that there is no way out.

      The path we are on has become so well worn that only a radical change can jar us out of the deep ruts of our dilemma. And this radical change is possible because we see the devastating cost of going on as we are. Continuing on as we are is no longer a viable option. The risks are too high and the results too costly. But where are we to turn, what are we to do?

      To seek help we turn to the One who created us, formed us, and loves us as we are and yet always seeks to lead us to become more than we are. When asked which commandment was most important, Jesus responded,

      You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other

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