Commitment to HIM

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Commitment to HIM

• Luke 5
• January 11, 2009

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How Faith Promise Works

• NOT dues assessment dunning giving what we
  can see.
• IS totally voluntary a promise to pray a
  promise to have faith.
• It is not you giving, but what God will give
  through you.

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How Faith Promise Works

• Everyone can make a faith promiseold, young,
  listeners, friends.
• Every believer connected with this congregation.

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How Faith Promise Works

• God loves to be trusted.
• Malachi 310
• You can never outgive God.

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• 2 Corinthians 8
• Prerequisite-first gave themselves v.5
• Practice-even beyond their ability-love
  v.3
• Pleasure-overflowing joy welled up in rich
  generosity v.2
• Pattern-Jesus was rich, became poor to make us
  rich v.9

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Calling The First Disciples

• Luke 51-11
• they left everything followed him.
• v.11

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People Came To Hear The Word Of God

• Luke 51
• Jesus focused on the Word of God. v.3
• 415, 21, 31-32, 43-44
• Search committee listens to sermons of
  candidates
• Will he preach the Bible?
• Will people want to listen to him?
• Will his illustrations be interesting?

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Last Week In Our Daily Bible Reading

• 1-1-1-10
• GospelsMatthew 1-3 birth of Jesus, Herod, wise
  men, baptism/temptation
• Acts 1-middle of 4ascension, replacing Judas,
  Pentecost, arrest of Pete/John

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Last Week In Our Daily Bible Reading

• 1-1-1-10
• Psalms 1-6the righteous/wicked, Gods Son on
  throne, sleep though many foes
• Be angry, but do not sin God hates lies Davids
  problems

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Last Week In Our Daily Bible Reading

• 1-1-1-10
• Genesis 1-17the creation, the fall, Cain/Abel,
  genealogy, flood, tower of Babel,
• Abrahams call, to Egypt, shown the stars
  believes God.

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We Can Get Audio Bibles

• Whole KJV on 3 MP3-CDs 13
• New TestamentNKJV MP3 14
• Whole NAS MP3 16
• Whole NIV on DVD 27
• Whole NIV Bible dramatized 35

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• People came to hear the word of God.
• 51
• Jesus uses what is available v.2-3
• He had no pulpit, sign-up cards, microphone,
  music, PowerPoint
• John Wesley spoke to thousands in open fields.
• Franklin once estimated 25,000 heard a speaker.

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• People came to hear the word of God.
• Jesus uses what is available.
• Jesus asks for help. v.3
• So the woman at the well

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• People came to hear the word of God.
• Jesus uses what is available.
• Jesus asks for help.
• So the woman at the well
• Jesus knows more about our craft than we do.
  v.4-6
• Thats one reason we trust him.

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• Jesus results are far beyond ours.
• v.6
• Our proper response to Jesus v.8-11
• Fall on our knees and worship.
• Feel deeply our sense of sin.

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What Is Out There?

• 54
• Put out into the deep.
• Our bad memories
• The possibility to assist Jesus
• An opportunity to trust him
• New world, a new future
• New reverence for Jesus
• A moment of decision

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What Can I Do?

• Pray this week to know your Faith Promise amount.
  
• Pray for Grayson businesses, police, jail, city
  council.
• Build a CD ministry.
• Up down Grayson learn what people want.

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What Can I Do?

• Meet all the ministers in Carter County working
  together.
• Craft-Build tasteful cross empty tomb.
• KCU studentsDozens go nowhere to church.

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What Can I Do?

• Phone all families in this church regularly
  encourage them.
• Clean up pews on your way out.
• Pick up papers around building parking lot
  before every meeting.

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What Can I Do?

• Open doors for meetingsBe 1st here last to
  leave.
• Tract displayDon Nash used to do that.
• Bring some people to Sunday School or church.
• Put Bible songbooks envelopes sharp pencils
  in pews.

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What Can I Do?

• If you just come go, you are nothing but a
  spectator with a very thin faith.

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Healing a man with leprosy

• 512-16
• If you are willing. Jesus touched him, I am
  willing.
• Dont tell anyone-probably in Galilee.
  v.14

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Healing a paralyzed man

• 517-26
• Pharisees from everywhere there. Jesus forgave
  his sin. vv.21-26

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Calling Levi

• 527-32
• Saw him at his tax booth.
• Levi followed held a banquet to celebrate.
• Pharisees objected. vv.31-32

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Answering Religious Questions

• 533-39
• John Pharisees fast pray
• You eat drink. Why?
• Like bridegroom like patching old garment
  like new wine in old skins

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Summary

• Lets pray for our Faith Promise.
• We will be heavy on the Bible.
• We will heal peoplegetting them forgiven.
• Even look for significant people to call to
  follow Jesus.
• We will respond to HIM ourselves, though he calls
  us into deep water.

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