Dedication
Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead.
Eli Stanley Jones 1884-1973, American Missionary
1 Cor 2:2-7
For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. NASU
What is it that empowers you or inspires you daily? It is a good question to stop and ask yourself this morning. What is it that charges your batteries every day, or inspires you, and keeps you moving and humming? We are all moving in a direction aren’t we, and we all have winds that keep us dedicated to that certain direction. But what is it that is filling your sails today and charting your course?
Well, J. R. Miller an American Golfer, once said this, “It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.” What is he saying? He is saying that sometimes we have to drop the sails and row, because the direction that the wind would take us is not where we need to go. That sounds like work doesn’t it, well yes, it does. But maybe we need more of that today as Christians.
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth President of the U.S., once said this, “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.” If we live a life not crossing the boundaries around us we will not experience all God would have us to touch in this life. Sure, you can play it safe, and sure you can not get involved, but you will never see the things of God that are hard to grasp, you will not receive the wisdom that comes from “Experiencing” God.
Mary Cholmondeley, said this of the possibilities in this life, “No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime ''Let out all the length of all the reins.'' Have you ever let out all the length of the reins in your Christian experience? It is what Paul is speaking of above, there is the fear and trembling in the risk, but there is also that wonderful time when the power of God is seen because you are completely dedicated, having your faith in God and not in the wisdom of men.
This morning determine in your heart to know Christ and be dedicated to having a “real” relationship with Him. You will find that when you let go of the reins, He will take them and then you just hang on for the ride, it can get scary, but the trip will end in Heaven and the view will be spectacular…God Bless
Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead.
Eli Stanley Jones 1884-1973, American Missionary
1 Cor 2:2-7
For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. NASU
What is it that empowers you or inspires you daily? It is a good question to stop and ask yourself this morning. What is it that charges your batteries every day, or inspires you, and keeps you moving and humming? We are all moving in a direction aren’t we, and we all have winds that keep us dedicated to that certain direction. But what is it that is filling your sails today and charting your course?
Well, J. R. Miller an American Golfer, once said this, “It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.” What is he saying? He is saying that sometimes we have to drop the sails and row, because the direction that the wind would take us is not where we need to go. That sounds like work doesn’t it, well yes, it does. But maybe we need more of that today as Christians.
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth President of the U.S., once said this, “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.” If we live a life not crossing the boundaries around us we will not experience all God would have us to touch in this life. Sure, you can play it safe, and sure you can not get involved, but you will never see the things of God that are hard to grasp, you will not receive the wisdom that comes from “Experiencing” God.
Mary Cholmondeley, said this of the possibilities in this life, “No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime ''Let out all the length of all the reins.'' Have you ever let out all the length of the reins in your Christian experience? It is what Paul is speaking of above, there is the fear and trembling in the risk, but there is also that wonderful time when the power of God is seen because you are completely dedicated, having your faith in God and not in the wisdom of men.
This morning determine in your heart to know Christ and be dedicated to having a “real” relationship with Him. You will find that when you let go of the reins, He will take them and then you just hang on for the ride, it can get scary, but the trip will end in Heaven and the view will be spectacular…God Bless
Pastor William
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