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9birth. From that point forward, it is loving Jesus, loving Jesus for saving you, loving Jesus because He loved you first.Question number one on the Judgment Day is: %u201cWhat did you do with my Son Jesus Christ?%u201d Are you willing to make the commitment to Him now? Remember this is the cornerstone, it is the purpose that God has for your life. This is where it starts. Come to Christ today. Lesson # 1296 January 12, 1997Chapter 2What Are My Values?In his book, Ordering Your Private World,Gordon MacDonald tellsabout a friend that was the duty officer on a nuclear submarine in the Mediterranean. On one occasion while the captain was in his quarters, the duty officer was in the very bowels of the submarine. There was a lot of naval traffic overhead so he was forced to make some rather abrupt and sudden maneuvers to avoid any potential collisions.Within a matter of moments the captain came down to the bridge, the control room. He looked at the duty officer and asked \captain took a quick look around and began to go back up the ladder while muttering under his breath, \When I read that little illustration, it reminded me so much of life. All around danger is lurking%u2014above us, around us and below us. There are things that would wreck our lives. The alert captain, rather trying to necessarily handle every distraction that might come their way, immediately went to the control room and looked around and asked \down here?\I want you to temporarily forget all that's going on around you. Try your best to forget the distractions, the frustrations and the dangers that go way down deep inside, all the way down to your control room. The place the Scripture calls the heart. Look around and see if everything looks all right there to you, too.See, the key to building the maximum life is not so much of taking care of what's out there but taking care of what's in here, the heart, mind or intellect. Like that submarine, it's what steers. Way down deep inside that determines either the success or the failure of the journey. In the human life, those things are called values. Those core things that you cherish and live for are in the very bowels of your soul. They are the essence of life. Let's go down and look at our values.What are your values?a.Your values determine your direction.