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Title: 12/02/07 2/4 I Give God My Life...And He Gives Me? View count: 573 Rating: 4.75 (4 ratings) Description: I Give God My Life...And He Gives Me? God's Gift Exchange -- Part 1 December 2nd, 2007 ~ John 14:27-35 Luke 14:27-35 "Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, `This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple." "Then he (Jesus) called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it." Mark 8:24-35 (NIV) What's The Cost Of Following Jesus? 1. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Freedom. "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:31-32, 36 (NIV) 2. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me A Clear Conscience. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 (HCSB) "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1 (NASB) 3. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Purpose. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son" Romans 8:28-29a (NIV) 4. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Power and Strength. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) 5. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Life and Peach. "The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so...You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you." Rom 8:6-7, 9 (NIV) 6. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Confidence. "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:31b-32 (NIV) 7. In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Fulfillment. "My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 (NASB) 8. I In Exchange For My Life He Gives Me Help with Weakness. "The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words." Romans 8:26 (NLT Tags: 12/02/07, 3/4, Author: sharndan |
