A Faith That Puts God Second | Christian-ish | Part 3

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Between work, family, and everything else, choosing your priorities can be tough. Finding time for God may feel like just another task. But what if faith isn’t about fitting Him in? What if there’s a better way to live? Let’s find out in this message.

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0:00.0	Start with an easy question today. If you are a Christian, if you're a disciple of Jesus online, you can type this in the comment section. If you're a follower of Jesus, what should come first in your life? What should come first? It's an easy question. The answer starts with G and rhymes with bod if you're a christian what should come
0:23.6	first in your life the answer is god should come first in your life right seek first the kingdom of
0:29.2	god and his righteousness and then all these things shall be added under you jesus said the most
0:34.5	important command is to love the lord your God with all your heart,
0:38.3	all your mind, all your soul, and all your strength. If you're a follower of Jesus,
0:42.7	what should come first in your life? The answer is God should come first in our lives.
0:46.9	Sadly though, many of us claim that God is first in our lives, but our lives don't reflect God being the first priority.
0:59.1	And I'll illustrate this to you and ask you, what are some categories in life? What are some
1:08.4	priorities? We know what? God is a priority in your life. What are some
1:14.9	other categories in your life that would be something important? Someone shout something out.
1:19.4	What else? God and marriage and family. Very good. You've got the card right. Ding, ding,
1:24.8	ding. Marriage and family. If you're married, you better prioritize your spouse. If you have kids, you want to prioritize your kids. You want to
1:32.6	value your grandma, your grandpa, your brothers, your sisters. Families should be very important
1:38.8	to you. What else would be in there? I would say your career. You went to college. You borrowed
1:43.9	$40 million to get a degree, right? You're paying off your debt. You'll be doing that for I would say your career. You went to college. You borrowed $40 million to get a
1:45.4	degree, right? You're paying off your debt. You'll be doing that for the rest of your life. It feels
1:48.7	like because why? You want to have a good career. You want to have a good job. You want to have a
1:52.4	profitable income. You want to do something that matters. What else do you have in your life? You're
1:55.8	going to have your money and your stuff. Stuff costs money. You want to buy some decent stuff.
2:01.4	You don't want your stuff to own you, but you want to have a good life, you want to enjoy it.
2:06.2	And then I'm going to say, just to keep it simple, your hobbies, right?
2:10.6	You want to enjoy some things that you do.
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