THE ABC'S OF ELEVATION (2 OF 4)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Romans 12:3-8
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The ABC's of Elevation (2 of 4)
Series; Elevate
Joey Rodgers
Romans 12:3-8
Last week, we kicked-off a new year w/ a call to go higher, farther, and deeper w/ God in 2015. To help us on our journey, we discovered in Romans 12, the basic principles necessary to elevate our lives to God.
To elevate means to lift something to a higher position; or to raise something to a more important and impressive level.
We learned last Sunday - if you want to GO up w/ God you have to GIVE up to God. Meaning the key to elevating your life w/ God begins w/ your complete surrender to Him.
Picture - Problem is like a sign I saw yesterday driving to our church - Forward Church. What's wrong w/ this picture? To move forward we usually don't make U-turns. I find this occurs all too often b/c we don't know how to move forward so we turn back to what is natural/comfortable. This is where Paul's words in Romans 12 come into play. Known as the Executive Summary of the Christian life, Paul teaches us the necessary steps to moving forward/higher w/ God.
Today I want to continue our discovery of the essentials of moving higher w/ God by looking at the ABC's of Elevation.
Read - Romans 12:1-8
I Think ACCURATELY of Your Capabilities
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Don't think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself w/ sober judgment, in accordance w/ the faith God has distributed to each of you.
Humility has fallen on hard times in our culture. Simply put, too many of us lack an honest assessment of ourselves. More often than not, we think too much of ourselves - ego-holics, but sometimes we think too little of ourselves. Both extremes have their issues. If you think too much of yourself you'll think serving/caring for others is beneath you, while if you think too little of yourself, you'll never believe you're worthy to receive anything from another.
True humility is nothing more than thinking accurately an ...
Series; Elevate
Joey Rodgers
Romans 12:3-8
Last week, we kicked-off a new year w/ a call to go higher, farther, and deeper w/ God in 2015. To help us on our journey, we discovered in Romans 12, the basic principles necessary to elevate our lives to God.
To elevate means to lift something to a higher position; or to raise something to a more important and impressive level.
We learned last Sunday - if you want to GO up w/ God you have to GIVE up to God. Meaning the key to elevating your life w/ God begins w/ your complete surrender to Him.
Picture - Problem is like a sign I saw yesterday driving to our church - Forward Church. What's wrong w/ this picture? To move forward we usually don't make U-turns. I find this occurs all too often b/c we don't know how to move forward so we turn back to what is natural/comfortable. This is where Paul's words in Romans 12 come into play. Known as the Executive Summary of the Christian life, Paul teaches us the necessary steps to moving forward/higher w/ God.
Today I want to continue our discovery of the essentials of moving higher w/ God by looking at the ABC's of Elevation.
Read - Romans 12:1-8
I Think ACCURATELY of Your Capabilities
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Don't think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself w/ sober judgment, in accordance w/ the faith God has distributed to each of you.
Humility has fallen on hard times in our culture. Simply put, too many of us lack an honest assessment of ourselves. More often than not, we think too much of ourselves - ego-holics, but sometimes we think too little of ourselves. Both extremes have their issues. If you think too much of yourself you'll think serving/caring for others is beneath you, while if you think too little of yourself, you'll never believe you're worthy to receive anything from another.
True humility is nothing more than thinking accurately an ...
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