Thanks be to God!
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- Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2016 06:30
- Written by James Dean
On Sunday, we focused on giving ourselves completely to God as we looked at Romans 6 & 7. The full sermon will be available from the church website soon but I just want to take a few moments to remind you of the four challenges I left you with:
- Know who your master really is. This is the question we may try to avoid but your eternity depends on the answer. You can only have one master and it's either sin or God. There is no fence or third option!
- Check your fruit. What do you see growing in your life? Is it the fruit of the Spirit? (Look them up in Galatians 5:22-23)
- Commit to God completely. We need to be wholehearted in our commitment to our master. He has freed us from sin and will give us everything we need to serve him.
- Make this it a daily habit. We won't suddenly become perfect overnight and will need to keep coming back to God and re-committing ourselves to him. This is going to be a lifelong commitment. But he is faithful and will complete the work he has started in us. To echo Paul's words, "thanks be to God"!
Let me sign off by reminding you of the first and fifth verses of Frances Ridley Havergal's hymn that we prayed together at the end of the service:
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my will, and make it Thine;
it shall be no longer mine:
take my heart, it is Thine own;
it shall be Thy royal throne.
Is that still your prayer today?
