Sunday Morning - 9/22/2024

Reach Sacrificially "I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land filled flooded with light." John 3:16 John 1:1-14 Acts 4:29 Acts 4:31 Ephesians 6:19 I. Praying for Boldness 1. It keeps the need stirred in our hearts. 2. It reminds us this world isn't our home. 3. It ensures our lives are in line with God's purpose. Luke 19:10 Matthew 24:14 Mark 13:10 1 Timothy 2:1-4 2 Peter 3:9 "It must seem a strange thing, but it is strangely true, that there is scarcely ever a good thing in the world of which some little evil is not the consequence. Let the sun shine in brilliance; it shall moisten the wax, it shall harden clay. Let it pour down floods of light on the tropics; it will cause vegetation to be extremely luxuriant, the richest and choicest fruits shall ripen, and the fairest of all flowers shall bloom. But who does not know that there the worst of reptiles and the most venomous snakes are also brought forth? So it is with the gospel. Although it is the very sun of righteousness to the world; although it is God's best gift; although nothing can be in the least comparable to the vast amount of benefit that it bestows on the human race, yet even of that we must confess that sometimes it is the "odor from death to death" (2 Cor 2:16). But then we are not to blame the gospel for this. It is not the fault of God's truth; it is the fault of those who do not receive it. It is the "fragrance from life to life" to everyone that listens to its sound with a heart that is open to its reception. It is only "death to death" to the man who hates the truth, despises it, scoffs at it, and tries to oppose its progress." - SPURGEON Matthew 7:13-14 Matthew 7:21 John 15:18 II. Prepared as a Living Sacrifice Romans 12:1-4 Acts 20:17-38 Philippians 2:1-8 Matthew 28:19-20