Sermon Date: Jan 1, 2017 Series: Getting Your Life Back On Track Sermon: First Things First Sermon Notes: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. - Matthew 6:33 God placed things in order What proceeds one thing, sustains the next The basis of christianity is LOVE LOVE is the foundation Where there is no alignment there is chaos Foundation is essential for success Many painful experiences are results of improper order 1. Commitment comes with a cost For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -Matthew 6:21 Commitment in God comes with no risk But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. - 1 Corinthians 2:9 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. - Luke 6:28 You always reap more than you sow Once your commitment increases, so does the cost Resistance (The devil doesn’t want to say bye) Rifts (If I cant be where I’ve always been, I don’t want to be anywhere) Reset (Be willing to start over) 2. God is not your back-up plan, He is your plan In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:6 Your plans consistently fail, because you fail to acknowledge him Take God everywhere Change to a righteous pattern God’s word gives you the instructions 1. Submit to God’s Way The first duty of every soul is to find its master -Peter Forsythe Whatever is in the house belongs to everybody in the house We are joint heirs in christ 2. Righteousness is based on a feeling But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. - Isaiah 64:6 Kingdom ‘Wealth vs. Rich’ Money and no purpose Wealth is money with purpose Celebrate your right to provision God honors faithfulness 1. Your days of partial payments are over The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. - Psalms 24:1 2. Your obedience will attract blessings
