Thursday, March 18, 2010

Commitment

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Pastor Shane was preaching on how committed are we to God and His ways of living? Is church an essential part of your life? What is Sanctification? It is to make holy. We are sanctified each day by growing more like Christ.

In our society today, the youth are taught when they date that it is ok to date/break up...date/break up...But, how can you be committed? We are setting ourselves up for failure. Society also teaches the adults to get married/get divorced...get married/get divorced. We have a lot to learn!

Ephesians 5:22-24 teaches us...For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything...vs 25-30 teaches us for husbands are to love their wives, just like Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean. He did this so the church would be presented to him holy and without any blemishes. She will be holy and without fault. Husbands need to love their own wives as they love their own bodies. Because a man that loves his own wife, shows love for himself. You don't hate your own body, but you care and nurture it, just like Christ cares for the church. We are members of His church.

How committed are you to the church?

2 Things About a Local Church:
  1. It is the key to Spiritual growth.
  2. We are the visible body of Christ in our community.
7 Things that Profile Commitment:
  1. Join a local church. (be part of the team)
  2. You make it an essential part of your life.
  3. Need to make a Pastor's job a joy! (Hebrews 13:17)
  4. Find ways to serve. (1Peter 4:10)
  5. You give faithfully. (Malachi 3:10)
  6. You connect with people. (God did not create life for you to be alone) (John 13:34; Romans 12:5, 10, 15)
  7. Share your passion.

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