CONVENIENCE

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COMMITMENT
CONVENIENCE
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Proverbs 2615 The lazy man buries his hand in
the bowl It wearies him to bring it back to his
mouth.
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The first area I want you to consider is
marriage.
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1 Kings 114 For it was so, when Solomon was
old, that his wives turned his heart after other
gods and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his
God, as was the heart of his father David.
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Matthew 194 And He answered and said to them,
"Have you not read that He who made them at the
beginning 'made them male and female,' 5 "and
said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and
the two shall become one flesh'? 6 "So then,
they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore
what God has joined together, let not man
separate." Malachi 216 "For the LORD God of
Israel says That He hates divorce,
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To have and to hold, from this day forward, for
better for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
till death do us part.
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Marriage has never been a 50/50 relationship it
must be a 100/100 relationship.
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The second area I want to consider this morning
is our relationship with God.
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John 649 "Your fathers ate the manna in the
wilderness, and are dead. 50 "This is the bread
which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of
it and not die. 51 "I am the living bread which
came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever and the bread that I
shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for
the life of the world." 52  The Jews therefore
quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this
Man give us His flesh to eat?" 53 Then Jesus
said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and
drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54
"Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last
day. 55 "For My flesh is food indeed, and My
blood is drink indeed. 56 "He who eats My flesh
and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
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57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live
because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will
live because of Me. 58 "This is the bread which
came down from heaven -- not as your fathers ate
the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread
will live forever." 59 These things He said in
the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. 60 
Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard
this, said, "This is a hard saying who can
understand it?" 61 When Jesus knew in Himself
that His disciples complained about this, He said
to them, "Does this offend you? 62 "What then if
you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was
before?
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63 "It is the Spirit who gives life the flesh
profits nothing. The words that I speak to you
are spirit, and they are life. 64 "But there are
some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew
from the beginning who they were who did not
believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He
said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one
can come to Me unless it has been granted to him
by My Father." 66 From that time many of His
disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
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Jeremiah 1023 O LORD, I know the way of man is
not in himself It is not in man who walks to
direct his own steps.
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Proverbs 37 Do not be wise in your own eyes
Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8 It will be
health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
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Psalm 119133 Direct my steps by Your word, And
let no iniquity have dominion over me. 134
Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may
keep Your precepts. 135 Make Your face shine
upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
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John 667 Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you
also want to go away?" 68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal life. 69 "Also we have
come to believe and know that You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God."
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Matthew 713 " Enter by the narrow gate for wide
is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is
the way which leads to life, and there are few
who find it.
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Joshua 15 "No man shall be able to stand before
you all the days of your life as I was with
Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave
you nor forsake you. 6 "Be strong and of good
courage, for to this people you shall divide as
an inheritance the land which I swore to their
fathers to give them. 7 "Only be strong and very
courageous, that you may observe to do according
to all the law which Moses My servant commanded
you do not turn from it to the right hand or to
the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
8 "This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and
night, that you may observe to do according to
all that is written in it. For then you will make
your way prosperous, and then you will have good
success. 9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and of good courage do not be afraid, nor be
dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you
wherever you go."
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Romans 121 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that you present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not
be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God.
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2 Corinthians 135 Examine yourselves as to
whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do
you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in
you? -- unless indeed you are disqualified.
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Can I honestly say that I am committed to serving
the Lord if I choose to worship Him when it is
convenient for me?
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Hebrews 1024 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works, 25 not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,
as is the manner of some, but exhorting one
another, and so much the more as you see the Day
approaching.
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Are you serving God out of convenience or are you
committed to serving Him?
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