The Source of Life February 3, 2007 Part 1

You have a choice: Ordinary life? Or life blessed by God?

You have a choice: Ordinary life? Or life blessed by God? “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10

You can NOT find the abundant life on your own!

You can NOT find the abundant life on your own! “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 16:25

“You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” Revelation 4:11

I was created for God’s pleasure.

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30

“Worship”

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1

1.Worship is my RESPONSE to God’s love

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 1.Worship is my RESPONSE to God’s love 2.Worship is GIVING BACK to God

1. Focusing My Attention on God

“O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up…and are acquainted with all my ways.” Psalm 139:1-3

1. Focusing My Attention on God Establish daily time with God. “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place…” Matthew 6:6

1. Focusing My Attention on God Establish daily time with God. “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3

2. Expressing My Affection to God

“We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

2. Expressing My Affection to God “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6

2. Expressing My Affection to God “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6 Goal of my day is to know/love Him more

3. Using My Abilities for God

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,” Colossians 3:23

3. Using My Abilities for God It’s not what you do, it’s WHO you do it for.

3. Using My Abilities for God It’s not what you do, it’s WHO you do it for. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1

3. Using My Abilities for God It’s not what you do, it’s WHO you do it for. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1 Living sacrifice vs dead sacrifice???

What are you worshipping?

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23

What are you worshipping? “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23 “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:9