I SURRENDER ALL  A NEW YEAR BRINGS ABOUT A NEW THEME...  OUR THEME FOR 2013 IS “I SURRENDER ALL”  OUR FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH LESSONS WILL BE THEME-FOCUSED

I SURRENDER ALL  JESUS ALWAYS SPOKE THE TRUTH WHEN HE TALKED WITH THOSE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH  HE ALWAYS WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW UP FRONT WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM

I SURRENDER ALL  JESUS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN FULL DEVOTION TO HIM WAS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH  HE WAS NOT LOOKING FOR HALF- HEARTED DEVOTION  CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING VERSE...

I SURRENDER ALL  LUKE 14:33 – “SO LIKEWISE, WHOEVER OF YOU DOES NOT FORSAKE ALL THAT HE HAS CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE”  FORSAKE – LITERALLY TO SAY ADIEU  TO SAY GOODBYE TO ALL YOU HAVE MEANS TO SURRENDER

I SURRENDER ALL  THE VERSE THAT WE CHOSE FOR OUR THEME COMES FROM MATTHEW 22:37...  “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND”  HOW DO WE GIVE GOD OUR ALL?

I SURRENDER MY HEART  JESUS CALLED US TO LOVE GOD WITH OUR HEARTS  DOES JESUS HAVE YOUR HEART?  DOES JESUS HAVE YOUR HEART 24/7, 365?  THINK ABOUT THE RICH YOUNG RULER IN MATTHEW 19:16-22

I SURRENDER MY HEART  HIS HEART STILL BELONGED TO HIS RICHES  HIS HEART WAS STILL CENTERED AND FOCUSED ON THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD  HE FOLLOWED THE COMMANDMENTS AS LONG AS IT FIT HIS LIFESTYLE

I SURRENDER MY HEART  DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO MONEY OR “THINGS”?  DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO YOUR JOB?  DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO A MAN/ WOMAN PULLING YOU AWAY FROM GOD?

I SURRENDER MY SOUL  THIS BEGINS BY BECOMING A CHILD OF THE KING  IT DOESN’T END THERE, BUT IT STARTS THERE  SOME HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO DO EVEN THIS

I SURRENDER MY SOUL  FELIX SAID, “GO AWAY FOR NOW; WHEN I HAVE A CONVENIENT TIME I WILL CALL FOR YOU” (ACTS 24:25)  FELIX UNDERSTOOD ALL THAT PAUL TAUGHT, BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO GIVE JESUS HIS SOUL

I SURRENDER MY SOUL  AGRIPPA SAID, “YOU ALMOST PERSUADE ME TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN” (AX 26:28)  WORD SOUL ALSO MEANS “BREATH”  IT’S MORE THAN JUST BEING SUBMERGED INTO WATER...IT’S GIVING HIM YOUR VERY LIFE

I SURRENDER MY MIND  CHRIST ALSO SPOKE OF LOVING GOD WITH ALL OUR MIND  DOES GOD CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS?  II COR. 10:5 – “...BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST”

I SURRENDER MY MIND  THAT’S WHY PAUL TELLS US TO THINK ON GOOD THINGS (PHIL. 4:8)  JUDAS WAS AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST, BUT HE HAD NOT SURRENDERED HIS MIND  JOHN 12:3-6 TELLS OF HOW JUDAS HAD HIS MIND FIXED UPON MONEY

I SURRENDER MY MIND  HOW MUCH OF YOUR DAILY THOUGHTS ARE TAKEN UP WITH THINGS OF GOD?  HAVE YOU SURRENDERED THOSE THOUGHTS TO GOD?  DO YOU STILL DREAM OF WORLDLY THINGS?