- 1. Leading Up
- The difference between an ask and a nag
- We ask our boss how we are doing
- What am I currently doing that you would want me to stop
- What am I not doing that you’d like me to start
- Helping God have the lead in our lives
- Romans 12:1
- NIV: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.
- ESV: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,(B) to present your bodies(C) as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
- MSG: So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
- Romans 12:1
- Making our lives an act of worship
- Because of God’s mercy
- Eph 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved.
- Offering ourselves as a living sacrifice
- Philippians 2:4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- Becoming Holy
- Phil 2:4 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- Because of God’s mercy
- Moving from Here I am to Here, I AM
- Here I am
- Physical location
- Mental focus
- Spiritual place
- Here, I AM
- Move from where I am to where you want me
- Offering our lives
- Desire to be a part of what God is doing.
- Here I am
1/3/2010 – Here, I Am – Videocast
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