I SURRENDER ALL

A NEW YEAR BRINGS ABOUT A NEW

THEME...

OUR THEME FOR 2013 IS “I

SURRENDER ALL”

OUR FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

LESSONS WILL BE THEME-FOCUSED

I SURRENDER ALL

JESUS ALWAYS SPOKE THE TRUTH

WHEN HE TALKED WITH THOSE HE

CAME IN CONTACT WITH

HE ALWAYS WANTED PEOPLE TO

KNOW UP FRONT WHAT WAS

EXPECTED OF THEM

I SURRENDER ALL

JESUS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ANYTHING

LESS THAN FULL DEVOTION TO HIM WAS

SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH

HE WAS NOT LOOKING FOR HALF-

HEARTED DEVOTION

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING VERSE...

I SURRENDER ALL

LUKE 14:33 – “SO LIKEWISE, WHOEVER

OF YOU DOES NOT FORSAKE ALL THAT

HE HAS CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE”

FORSAKE – LITERALLY TO SAY ADIEU

TO SAY GOODBYE TO ALL YOU HAVE

MEANS TO SURRENDER

I SURRENDER ALL

THE VERSE THAT WE CHOSE FOR OUR

THEME COMES FROM MATTHEW 22:37...

“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR

GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL

YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND”

HOW DO WE GIVE GOD OUR ALL?

I SURRENDER MY HEART

JESUS CALLED US TO LOVE GOD WITH

OUR HEARTS

DOES JESUS HAVE YOUR HEART?

DOES JESUS HAVE YOUR HEART 24/7, 365?

THINK ABOUT THE RICH YOUNG RULER IN

MATTHEW 19:16-22

I SURRENDER MY HEART

HIS HEART STILL BELONGED TO HIS

RICHES

HIS HEART WAS STILL CENTERED AND

FOCUSED ON THE THINGS OF THIS

WORLD

HE FOLLOWED THE COMMANDMENTS

AS LONG AS IT FIT HIS LIFESTYLE

I SURRENDER MY HEART

DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO MONEY

OR “THINGS”?

DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO YOUR

JOB?

DOES YOUR HEART BELONG TO A MAN/

WOMAN PULLING YOU AWAY FROM GOD?

I SURRENDER MY SOUL

THIS BEGINS BY BECOMING A CHILD

OF THE KING

IT DOESN’T END THERE, BUT IT

STARTS THERE

SOME HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO

DO EVEN THIS

I SURRENDER MY SOUL

FELIX SAID, “GO AWAY FOR NOW;

WHEN I HAVE A CONVENIENT TIME I

WILL CALL FOR YOU” (ACTS 24:25)

FELIX UNDERSTOOD ALL THAT PAUL

TAUGHT, BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO

GIVE JESUS HIS SOUL

I SURRENDER MY SOUL

AGRIPPA SAID, “YOU ALMOST

PERSUADE ME TO BECOME A

CHRISTIAN” (AX 26:28)

WORD SOUL ALSO MEANS “BREATH”

IT’S MORE THAN JUST BEING

SUBMERGED INTO WATER...IT’S GIVING

HIM YOUR VERY LIFE

I SURRENDER MY MIND

CHRIST ALSO SPOKE OF LOVING GOD

WITH ALL OUR MIND

DOES GOD CONTROL YOUR

THOUGHTS?

II COR. 10:5 – “...BRINGING EVERY

THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE

OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST”

I SURRENDER MY MIND

THAT’S WHY PAUL TELLS US TO THINK

ON GOOD THINGS (PHIL. 4:8)

JUDAS WAS AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST,

BUT HE HAD NOT SURRENDERED HIS

MIND

JOHN 12:3-6 TELLS OF HOW JUDAS HAD

HIS MIND FIXED UPON MONEY

I SURRENDER MY MIND

HOW MUCH OF YOUR DAILY

THOUGHTS ARE TAKEN UP WITH THINGS

OF GOD?

HAVE YOU SURRENDERED THOSE

THOUGHTS TO GOD?

DO YOU STILL DREAM OF WORLDLY

THINGS?