Give God All You've Got (2 Kings 13:14-19)
Roger Thrower, April 11, 2021Part of the Going All In series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Mark 29:30 - And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Love – agapao – to welcome, entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
ALL – whole, complete
With ALL your…
Heart – Kardia – center of all physical and spiritual life, the seat of all spiritual life
With ALL your…
Soul – psyche’ – the breath of life, the seat of feelings, desires, affections; the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death
With ALL your…
Mind – Dianoia – a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring
With ALL your…
Strength – ischys – ability, force, might
2 Kings 2:1-14
Gilgal is where the Israelites were circumcised before entering the Promised Land. It means CUTTING AWAY THE PAST.
HAVE YOU CUT AWAY WHAT HOLDS YOU BACK FROM FOLLOWING JESUS WITH ALL YOUR HEART?
MOVING ON WITH JESUS MEANS CUTTING AWAY WHAT HOLDS YOU BACK.
Bethel means House of God – the place where God’s presences dwells.
DO YOU HAVE A HUNGER FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOD?
DO YOU LONG TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE, HONOR HIS PRESENCE?
ARE YOU DETERMINED TO LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE?
Jericho means entering the Promised Land. This means walk by faith, not by sight.
HAVE YOU PLACED YOUR LIFE UNDER GOD’S CONTROL AND LEARNED TO WALK BY FAITH WITH HIM? HAVE YOU LEARNED TO OBEY HIM, PRAISE HIM, AND SEE HIS VICTORIES COME INTO YOUR LIFE?
Jordan means baptism from death to resurrection. It is living the life of fruitfulness.
ARE YOU LIVING A LIFE OF FRUITFULNESS IN CHRIST?
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