A Chance to Die
What do you mean by the phrase "A Chance to Die"?
It's a Biblical phrase, representing a commitment--not at all easy!--to die: die to self and self-centered living and always wanting things to be the way I want them to be. The commitment is to live to obey and follow Christ.
Elisabeth Elliot, page 30 A Lamp for My Feet: "An older missionary said something to Amy Carmichael when she was a young missionary that stayed with her for life. She had spoken of something which was not to her liking. His reply was, 'See in it a chance to die.'"
Elisabeth Elliot's biography of Amy Carmichael is titled A Chance to Die.
Luke 9: 23 And (Jesus) said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
Colossians 3: 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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