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?