Daily Bread_November 24, 2014

Title: How Connected Are You to God?

Text:

Philippians 3:7-8 (ESV)
⁷ But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Observation:

Today's topic grips my heart; it penetrates the depths of my soul. Notice what the Apostle Paul was willing to surrender in order to know Christ.

What does surrender look like? Have you reached the point in your life where you can agree to what Paul said? For him, this is what total surrender looks like.

Philippians 1:21 (ESV)
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

So, Paul makes this appeal to God's people; what he said to them, he says to you.

Romans 12:1 (ESV)
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 6:13 (ESV)
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

Prayer:

Father God, for the sake of knowing Christ, I am willing to surrender my all to Jesus. Father, nothing I have is worth having without the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Father, I want to know You more intimately, love You more dearly, and serve You more faithfully.

Father, order my steps so that I might know more of You, and do more for the advancement of the kingdom of God. Father, I pray that the power of the Blessor may fall on Your people today. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

"All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me."

Source: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/441

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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
⁴ But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
⁸ Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

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