RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (4 OF 4)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Romans 12:14-21
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Rules of Engagement (4 of 4)
Series: Elevate
Joey Rodgers
Romans 12:14-21
During WW2, a military unit in the Pacific hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. Being a bunch of jokesters, they took advantage of the boy's seeming naiveté. They smeared Vaseline on the stove handles so it'd get on his hands. They put buckets of water over the door so he'd get soaked when he opened it. They even nailed his shoes to the floor for a laugh. Day after day the boy took the brunt of their jokes w/out saying a word. Feeling guilty, the men apologized to the boy saying, ''We're sorry for the pranks we've pulled on you and we promise to stop.'' The boy smiled and asked, ''No more sticky on stove?'' ''Nope.'' ''No more water on door?'' ''No more water on door.'' ''No more nail shoes to floor?'' ''No more nailed shoes.'' ''Okay'' the boy said w/ a wide grin, ''Then no more spit in soup.''
As we come to the end of Romans 12, Paul has taken us on a tour of discovering the heart of the Christian walk and how we can elevate our faith in 2015. He began by declaring the key to walking w/ Christ is our constant surrender to God by offering our bodies as a living sacrifice. He states if you want to GO up w/ God, you have to GIVE up to God.
Next, he declared we must also gain a proper perspective of ourselves and recognize we're a part of something greater than ourselves. We're a vital part of the body of Christ.
Last week, Paul reminded us that while we're God's children gifted and called to serve at His pleasure - if our motivation is not His love, then we've missed it. Today, Paul is going to remind us that if we've surrendered to Christ, then it'll also show up in those relationships that disagree and disgrace us.
Here is a simple reality - everyone has enemies. Everyone has people that don't like them and they don't like - people they don't jive w/ - who always seem to get under their skin.
I'm reminded of the story of two writers who were jealous of eac ...
Series: Elevate
Joey Rodgers
Romans 12:14-21
During WW2, a military unit in the Pacific hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. Being a bunch of jokesters, they took advantage of the boy's seeming naiveté. They smeared Vaseline on the stove handles so it'd get on his hands. They put buckets of water over the door so he'd get soaked when he opened it. They even nailed his shoes to the floor for a laugh. Day after day the boy took the brunt of their jokes w/out saying a word. Feeling guilty, the men apologized to the boy saying, ''We're sorry for the pranks we've pulled on you and we promise to stop.'' The boy smiled and asked, ''No more sticky on stove?'' ''Nope.'' ''No more water on door?'' ''No more water on door.'' ''No more nail shoes to floor?'' ''No more nailed shoes.'' ''Okay'' the boy said w/ a wide grin, ''Then no more spit in soup.''
As we come to the end of Romans 12, Paul has taken us on a tour of discovering the heart of the Christian walk and how we can elevate our faith in 2015. He began by declaring the key to walking w/ Christ is our constant surrender to God by offering our bodies as a living sacrifice. He states if you want to GO up w/ God, you have to GIVE up to God.
Next, he declared we must also gain a proper perspective of ourselves and recognize we're a part of something greater than ourselves. We're a vital part of the body of Christ.
Last week, Paul reminded us that while we're God's children gifted and called to serve at His pleasure - if our motivation is not His love, then we've missed it. Today, Paul is going to remind us that if we've surrendered to Christ, then it'll also show up in those relationships that disagree and disgrace us.
Here is a simple reality - everyone has enemies. Everyone has people that don't like them and they don't like - people they don't jive w/ - who always seem to get under their skin.
I'm reminded of the story of two writers who were jealous of eac ...
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