Sermon
MGD: The Grip of God's Love
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You created all things, and by your will exist and
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are created. Revelation for eleven Saloon, Beloved, and welcome to
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our morning glory devotion facilitating today's devotion. And mister and
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Missus champon aj let us kindly share a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, Blessing, grace, honor, and power be onto your
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name this morning. We give you all the glory as
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we humble ourselves to listen to your word, open our
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hearts and minds to receive your wisdom today in Jesus'
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mighty name, we pray, Amen will take our confession from
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Joshua one eight. This book of the Law shall not
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depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate in
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the day and night that I may observe to do
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according to all that is written in it. For them,
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I shall make my way prosperous, and then I shall
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have good success. Beloved. The topic for today's devotion, Yes,
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the grip of God's love, taking from Second Couintance five,
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verse fourteen and fifteen, and I read from the King
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James version Second Corinthians five fourteen and fifteen. For the
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love of Christ constrained us because we does change that
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if one died for all, then we all died, And
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that he died for all, that they would leave should not,
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henceford leave unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them,
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and rose again, Amen.
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The gream of God's love. I once made a decision
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that I knew right down in my bones was wrong.
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At the time, I was clever enough to justify it.
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I told myself it was practical. I convinced myself it
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was necessary. I pushed my conscience aside and moved on
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with my day. But God has a way of visiting
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us when the world goes quiet. That night, sleep was impossible.
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There was a weight on my chest that no amount
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of torsing and taining cook shit. The more I tried
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to ignore it behavior it became. What made it even
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harder was that I knew I still had a small
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window to make it right. I could go back and
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admit the error, But that meant face and the cost.
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It meant the sting of pride and the embarrassment of
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saying I got this wrong. As I lay there in
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the dark, wrestling with myself, I realized that God wasn't
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just pointing out a mistake. He was axing a much
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deeper question, who actually owned your life? It was then
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I remembered the words of the apostle Paul in seeking
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Corinthin's five fourteen, for the love of Christ constrained us.
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In our modern world, we don't lie the idea of
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being constrained. We want to be free, independent and in charge.
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But Paul uses a word that suggests being gripped or
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held together. He's saying that the love of Jesus acts
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like a fence that keeps us from wandering off a cliff.
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You see, Paul had reached a conclusion. He looked at
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the cross and judged that if Christ died for everyone,
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then everyone must have been dead without him. And if
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he died for us, then we have lost the right
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to live for ourselves. We are not our own We
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were bought with the Christ. The restlessness I felt that
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night wasn't God trying to make me miserable. It was
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his love refusing to let me go. It was a
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claim of the Cross upon my life. Many of us
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want a savior who will wash away our past, but
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we are less certain about a life lord who was
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to governor present. Yet you cannot have one without the other.
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The world tries to force us into line using fear
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or rules, but God uses something far more powerful. He
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uses the overwhelming reality of what Jesus did for us.
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When you truly graps that He gave us life so
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you could have yours, obedient, stop spinning a choreer. It
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becomes a response of love. I had to get out
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of bed, humble myself, and fix what I had broken.
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It wasn't easy, but it brought a peace that no
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self judgment could ever give. Beloved, perhaps you are carrying
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a weight to day. Maybe there's a decision, a grudge,
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where a secret you're holding onto. Don't fight the restlessness.
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That pressure you feel isn't a heavy hand trying to
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crush you. It is a loving hand trying to guide
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you back. He loves you too much to leave you
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where you are. Amen, well take our memory raise from
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seeking Corinthians five fourteen. For the love of Christ constraineth us,
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because we thus church that if one died for all,
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then we are all dead, and that He died for all,
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that they which live should not hinds for to live
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unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them. And
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rouse again, Amen, be loved please let us share a
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word of prayer. Lord Jesus, We thank you for your
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word today. We pray that you forgive us for the
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times we've ignored your voice and choosing what was convenient
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over what was right. Thank you that your love won't
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let us settle for less than your best. We surrender
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every part of our lives to you. We pray that
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you'll constrain us today with your love. Give us the
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courage to make it right, to humble our pride into
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work in obedience, not out of fear, because you first
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loved us. Let your peace ruling our heart as we
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choose to live for you who die for us and
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rose again. Amen. Thank you, beloved and God bless you
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