I SURRENDER MY WILL

•OUR THEME FOR 2013 IS “I

SURRENDER ALL”

•TODAY WE FOCUS ON OUR THEME

FOR THIS YEAR

•THERE ARE SOME THINGS EASIER TO

SURRENDER THAN OTHERS

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•IF YOU ASKED ME TO SURRENDER TO

YOU A PAIR OF SOCKS...NO PROBLEM

•IF YOU ASKED ME TO SURRENDER MY

HOME...PROBLEM

•THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE VALUE

MUCH MORE THAN OTHERS

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•A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE TALKED

ABOUT OUR FREE WILL

•OUR FREE WILL IS PROBABLY THE LAST

THING ON EARTH THAT WE WOULD

AGREE TO GIVE UP

•THE THOUGHT OF GIVING UP OUR WILL

WOULD FRIGHTEN MOST

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•WHAT IF THE ONE WHO YOU

SURRENDERED YOUR WILL TO LOVED

YOU MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE?

•WHAT IF THEY ONLY HAD YOUR BEST

INTEREST AT HEART?

•WOULD YOU THEN BE WILLING?

I SURRENDER MY WILL

•1. THE BIBLE SAYS...

• WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT

SUBMITTING TO GOD’S WILL?

• GOD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR TO THE

FACT THAT WE MUST OBEY HIS WILL

• MATTHEW 7:21

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•1. THE BIBLE SAYS...

• “...BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF

GOD ABIDES FOREVER” (I JN. 2:17)

• “FOR YOU HAVE NEED OF ENDURANCE,

SO THAT AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE

WILL OF GOD, YOU MAY RECEIVE THE

PROMISE” (HEB. 10:36)

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•1. THE BIBLE SAYS...

• JESUS SAID “WHOEVER DOES THE

WILL OF GOD IS MY BROTHER AND

MY SISTER AND MOTHER” (MK. 3:35)

• ONCE WE BECOME A CHILD OF GOD,

WE NO LONGER LIVE FOR THE FLESH,

BUT FOR GOD’S WILL (I PET. 4:1-2)

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•1. THE BIBLE SAYS...

• THE WILL OF GOD MUST BE DONE

FROM THE HEART (EPH. 6:6)

• IT WAS THE PRAYER OF MANY THAT

WE DO THE WILL OF GOD (COL. 4:12;

HEB. 13:21)

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•2. TRUST AND OBEY

• IF I WERE FORCED TO SURRENDER

MY WILL (POWER OF ATTORNEY),

WHO WOULD I SURRENDER IT TO?

• OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE THAT I LOVE

AND TRUST, THAT I KNOW LOVES ME!

• ON EARTH, WHO MIGHT THAT BE?

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•2. TRUST AND OBEY

• THE QUESTION IS, DO WE TRUST

THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS

WHAT IS BEST FOR US?

• HAS GOD EVER BROKEN A PROMISE?

• JOHN 3:16

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•2. TRUST AND OBEY

• GOD’S ULTIMATE DESIRE IS THAT THE

WORLD BE SAVED (II PET. 3:9)

• ROMANS 5:6-8

• TITUS 3:4-7

• DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMEONE YOU

CAN TRUST?

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•3. COMMUNICATION CREATES CLARITY

• IT’S DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW GOD’S WILL

IF WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WILL

IS

• WE MAY KNOW THAT HE LOVES US AND

COMMANDS IT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO

KNOW WHAT HIS WILL INVOLVES

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•3. COMMUNICATION CREATES CLARITY

• THAT COMES ONLY THROUGH A

DILIGENT STUDY OF GOD’S WORD

• “THEREFORE DO NOT BE UNWISE,

BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL

OF THE LORD IS” (EPH. 5:17)

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•3. COMMUNICATION CREATES CLARITY

• HOW ARE WE TO BE FILLED WITH THE

KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL? (COL. 1:9)

• PAUL WAS TOLD THAT HE NEEDED TO

KNOW GOD’S WILL (ACTS 22:14)

• ALL KNOWLEDGE COMES THROUGH

GOD’S WORD (II TIM. 3:14-17)

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•4. WHAT DID JESUS DO?

• IT’S HUMBLING TO THINK THAT EVEN

CHRIST (GOD IN THE FLESH)

SUBMITTED HIS WILL TO THE FATHER

• “MY FOOD IS TO DO THE WILL OF HIM

WHO SENT ME, AND TO FINISH HIS

WORK” (JN. 4:34)

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•4. WHAT DID JESUS DO?

• JOHN 6:38-40

• GOD’S WILL WAS FOR EACH ONE OF

US TO BE SAVED

• CHRIST CARRIED OUT THAT WILL ON

THE CROSS (GAL. 1:4)

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•4. WHAT DID JESUS DO?

• THE MOST SELFLESS ACT THAT WAS

EVER DONE WAS BY OUR LORD AND

SAVIOR ON THE CROSS

• YET JUST HOURS BEFORE HE

AGONIZED OVER DOING THAT

• MATTHEW 26:36-44

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•4. WHAT DID JESUS DO?

• NO ONE EVER SAID THAT DOING THE

WILL OF GOD WAS EASY

• IT WASN’T SO FOR CHRIST

• YET HE LEFT US AN EXAMPLE BY

ENDURING AND SURRENDERING TO

GOD’S WILL