A Life of Sacrifice
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🗓️ 16 May 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
On the third day of our series on pursuing simple Christianity, we’re looking at what it means to live a life of sacrifice to God. May we discover what it means for our hearts, minds and will to be fully surrendered to Jesus, and in return may we find the abundant joy he has promised. He is trustworthy and true. And we will find the life God has planned for us when we surrender all to him.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 9:23, and today's worship is Worth it All by First15 Worship feat. Magen Thurman.
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“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
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| 0:00.0 | On the third day of our series on pursuing simple Christianity, we're looking at what it means to live a life of sacrifice to God. |
| 0:13.0 | May we discover what it means for our hearts, minds, and will to be fully surrendered to Jesus. |
| 0:19.0 | And in return, may we find the abundant joy he has promised. |
| 0:23.8 | He's trustworthy and true, and we will find the life God planned for us |
| 0:28.1 | when we surrender all to him. |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture today comes from Luke 923. |
| 0:53.3 | In it, Jesus says, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. |
| 1:05.0 | Living for our own gain adds stress, pressure, and chaos to life, successfully robbing us of all the transcendent |
| 1:14.6 | peace available through sacrificial living. We were never created to be our own provider or sustainer. |
| 1:23.0 | We were never meant to develop our own source of joy and purpose. |
| 1:34.7 | And the only place we will find lasting peace is in complete surrender to God's intention for us, |
| 1:37.3 | a life of total sacrifice. |
| 1:41.1 | Jesus was our perfect model. |
| 1:45.8 | He did everything according to the perfect and pleasing will of the Father. |
| 1:53.8 | And Jesus said in Luke 9, 23 through 25, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life would lose it. But |
| 2:00.7 | whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. |
| 2:04.2 | For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? |
| 2:11.0 | Jesus makes it clear that sacrifice is the gateway to finding the life that God intends for us. It's the pathway that leads to the perfect will of our Heavenly Father. |
| 2:23.3 | If you're like me, living life sacrificially initially sounds terrible and unattainable. It feels impossible based on past experiences and present selfish desires. |
| 2:36.0 | But we need to take time to know the God whom we are sacrificing our lives to. |
| 2:42.0 | We need to renew our mind to the perfect love of Jesus who would lay down his own life for us |
| 2:48.0 | before ever asking us to follow in his footsteps. The life God intends for you |
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