9-17-17, Serving in Seventeen, Our God Reigns, Psalm 139
- God Knows You! Intimately
- Your Thoughts (1 Cor. 2:9-12, Heb. 4:12)
- Your Words (James 3:5-8)
- Your Deeds (Romans 8:12-14)
- God Sees You! Accountability (Romans 14:10-12)
- Requires reverence for God our Creator.(Heb. 12:28)
- Requires selfless living. (Phil. 2:3-4)
- Requires surrendering our will. (Luke 22:39-42)
- God is for you! Eternally (1 Cor. 1:4-9)
- Creating you (Col. 1:15-20)
- Numbering your days (Job 14:5)
- Thinking of you (John 15:12-14)
- God knows best! Submission: (Phil. 1:3-6)
- To God regarding the wicked (John 3:16-18)
- To God regarding your life (James 4:7)
- God is concerned with what motivates you! Sincerity (1 Sam. 16:6-13, 1 John 3:19-24, 1 Peter 1:22-25)
- Do you want to change only for the sake of PRIDE? (Pr. 11:2, 16:18, Mark 7:14-23)
- Look at me I have it all together
- Look at how good I am
- Do you want to change only for the sake of PRIDE? (Pr. 11:2, 16:18, Mark 7:14-23)
- Look I’m Jesus’s little sunbeam
- Do you want to change only for SELF? (James 3:14-16)
- I need God’s blessings to be better than others
- I need God’s blessings so I can be popular
- I need God’s blessings so they will like me
- Do you truly want spiritual transformation? (2 Cor. 3:18)
Purification through fire/smelting.
- Broken before God concerning sin!
- Broken before God concerning your need for more of Him
- Broken before God concerning your impact on others in the realm of eternity!
Areas I Need to Allow God’s Transformation!
Romans 12:1-2
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Start TODAY by:
– Admit your need for transformation. Destroying PRIDE!
– Ask God for help in these areas. When we ask God for help we are enabling His power to be at work in us. (Matt. 7:7-11)
– Act upon the truth found in the word of God. Taking steps away from the flesh and into the Spirit of Almighty God. (Romans 8:1-8)
I, (your name) __________________________________ will commit my way to the Lord, and give Him permission to search me on this day __________________________ and forever.
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