1. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?

2. The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but to God.

3. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

4. Romans 12:1 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.

5. Matthew 16:24-25 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."

6. 2 Corinthians 8:5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

7. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but to God. Saints must seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God.

8. Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

9. Matthew 10:34-36 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'

10. Matthew 10:37-39 "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."

11. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but to God. Saints must seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God. One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in spiritual activities.

12. 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.

13. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but to God. Saints must seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God. One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in spiritual activities. One's ox may be in the ditch.

14. Luke 14:5 Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?" But if it is the same ox in the same ditch time after time, one may need to: A. build a fence B. fill the ditch C. get rid of the ox

15. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? The Christian's life belongs, not to himself, but to God. Saints must seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God. One may be sick or otherwise unable to engage in spiritual activities. One's ox may be in the ditch. There may be times when something else is more pressing.

16. Matthew 5:21-22 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.

17. Matthew 5:23-26 "Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny."

18. ARE YOU PUTTING GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE? Your plans to be here go awry. –U–Unforeseen sickness in the home. –T–Traffic accident on the way to the building. –I–It could be anything over which you have no control. This is different from not even planning to be here when the saints come together to worship God and encourage one another.