EIGHT. Adjusting your life to God.
--in a nutshell <daily sidebar>
1. You cannot stay where you are and go with God.
2. God is interested in absolute surrender.
3. Obedience is costly to you.
4. Obedience is costly to those around you.
5. Obedience requires total dependence on God to work through you.
--in more detail <daily subheadings>
(1) Adjustments are necessary: Adjustments to God
summary> When God speaks to me… is my invitation to adjust my life to Him; Adjustments prepare me for obedience; I cannot stay where I am and go with God
(2) Kinds of adjustments: Absolute surrender
summary> I adjust to a Person; Adjustments are well worth the reward of experiencing God; The God who calls me is also the One who will enable me to do His will
(3) Obedience is costly –part 1: The cost of enduring opposition
summary> Obedience is costly to me and to those around me; I must adjust my plans and program to what God is doing
(4) Obedience is costly –part 2: Let Christ communicate with His People
summary> I can trust God to care for my family; Don’t deny others the opportunity to sacrifice for their Lord; I need to trust Christ to communicate with His People; Whatever my Lord may ask today or in the future my answer is yes
(5) Total dependence on God: The Holy Spirit helps you accomplish the Father’s will, Adjustments in prayer
summary> Obedience requires total dependence on God to work through me [stubborn or bull-headed differs from attentive obedience]; “things” don’t work, but He works; The key is my relationship with a Person; Waiting on Him is always worth the wait
::::: DVD message notes 1-5, p177
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