July 22 - YOUR GREATEST DECISION!

Romans 8:31,35,37-39 31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. GOD WANTS TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND ! Only a few people we called friends of God in the Old testament. Moses and Abraham were called "friends of God," David was called " a man after God's own heart!" Job, Enoch, and Noah had intimate friendships with God.But fear not friendship was more common in the Old Testament. JOHN 15:15 Jesus said: " I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead I have called you friends! SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO JESUS ! William Booth: "The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender !" E. Stanley Jones: "If you don't surrender to Jesus, you surrender to chaos !"  YOU will surrender to money, resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego ! Surrender is not the best way to live, it's the ONLY WAY to live ! King James Version: Calls surrender "Your reasonable service and the most sensible way to serve God !" Abraham followed God's leading without knowing where it would take him. Hannah waited for God's perfect timing without knowing when. Mary expected a miracle without knowing how. Joseph trusted God's purpose without knowing why circumstances happened the way they did ! GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD AND GROW ! G-God James 4:8 Come near to God and God will come near to YOU ! R-Resist James 4:7 Submit to God ! Resist the Devil, and he will flee ! O-Opposes James 4:6 God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble ! W-WORLD James 4:4 Don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God ? GOD IS MOST GLORIFIED IN ME WHEN I AM MOST SATISFIED IN HIM !