Giving God What He Wants
Giving God What He Wants
Speaker: Pastor Lee Cummings
Date: August 24, 2019
In this stand-alone sermon titled, Giving God What He Wants, Pastor Lee Cummings teaches on the greatest gift you can give to God: a fully yielded life.
Focus Scripture
Galatians 5:7-25 (ESV)
"You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.
I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit."
Sermon Highlights
The greatest gift you can give to God is a fully yielded life.
When God gets what He wants most, you will get what you want most.
The greatest gift you can give to the world is a fully surrendered life to Christ.
The world doesn’t need more information. It needs more witnesses.
The greatest battle you will face is between the desires of the Holy Spirit and the passion of your unholy spirit.
Works of the flesh don’t reproduce fruit. They bring death, while works of the Spirit bring life and fruit.
When we’re walking in step with the Spirit, we take on the characteristics of the Spirit.
If the direction you’re heading is toward God and you’re doing all you can to get toward Him, His grace and His mercy will be waiting for us.
Want to give God what He wants? Give Him an answer of YES.