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Welcome to the Green Meadow Church of Christ. COMMITMENT. “an agreement or pledge to do something; being obligated, bound, or emotionally impelled”. COMMITMENT. School / Education Career Goals Financial Obligations Health Marriage / Family. God Wants Relationship.
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Welcome to the Green Meadow Church of Christ
COMMITMENT “an agreement or pledge to do something; being obligated, bound, or emotionally impelled”
COMMITMENT • School / Education • Career Goals • Financial Obligations • Health • Marriage / Family
God Wants Relationship “For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”Matt 12:50
God Wants Relationship “Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’” Gal 4:6
But, challenges await… Matt 13:20-21
COMMITTED LORD to the
God Committed Himself • Why? • LOVE ! • John 3:16, Rom 8:38-39 • How far was He willing to go? • Rom 5:6-8 • He obligated Himself • Heb 6:13-19
Jesus Committed Himself • Jesus became poor so He could give riches to you!
Jesus Committed Himself “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.” 2 Cor 8:9
Jesus Committed Himself • Jesus became poor so He could give riches to you! • 2 Cor 8:9, Phil 2:5-8, Heb 2:9, 14-17 • His commitment was crucial
YOU Must Commit Yourself God requires something from you Rom 12:1-2 2 Cor 8:1-5
YOU Must Give Your SELF “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,and with all your soul,and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30
Self-made? Dan 6:1-10
“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.” 2 Tim 1:12