All In Wk. 1

Grand Point Church

Kevin Elworth

All In • Sermon • Submitted a year ago

Jesus speaks to a rich young man

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The constant pursuit of the Lord is to call us up higher than we have been before. The very heart of God is forward and closer to him and that necessitates that we advance. The things he’s going to call us to are going to be out and away from our comfort and will always result in our leaving something behind. For you to fully become the person God has for you to become then distance needs to be found between you and whatever will hold you back. Should you be found standing in front of the Lord today and you proudly profess the same passion and excitement about your situation, what would he tell you that you still lack? Listen, it’s important for you to understand that Jesus was not telling this man that he was not enough. He was fully enough. Neither was this a situation of working for salvation. It’s not that this man needed to give up his stuff in order to be fully received by the Lord. That wasn’t it at all. He was already fully received. The Lord had fully received him, but he failed in fully receiving the Lord.

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Mark 10:17-21

Intro- Me/We- All In. All on the line. When has there been a moment when you went all in?

When the Lord asks of us, he rarely shows us what is held on the flip side of his proposal/request.

HIS petition is presented with an opportunity to experience the goodness of God.

SERIES INTRO- Resolutors / goals / words / IT’S THE DETERMINATION TO CHANGE THINGS, TO BECOME BETTER. FOR ME, I CALL THEM MINDSHIFT MOMENTS.

How do you reshape your mind around your fear?

How do you reshape your mind around your dreams/desires, your parenting?

How do you reshape your mind around your marriage?

Everything is possible and it’s all on the table

The One thing you’re missing- It’s not that you’re always missing something, it’s that when you identify it, we should be willing to fully trust the Lord that he has our best interest and his eternal plan in mind in leading us to it. Z

The heart of God is always drawing us further into full confidence with him, who he is, and what he has for people.

If God were to reveal to you what the most important thing for your life would be, would you do it?

Would you even be able to hear it?

When this guy came to Jesus, he came with the sense of tremendous accomplishment. I’ve arrived. Ive done all I need to do, what more could Jesus possibly want FROM me?!

RAN UP / KNELT DOWN / QUESTION - WHAT WOULD YOU ASK?

BIBLE READING PLAN

Jesus statement to this guy was - you know the commands

IF WE KNOW THEM, DO WE DO THEM? BOIL DOWN TO JUST THE 2. God/People.

We think - All about $$$

When we release the little we have avails us to the abundance at his disposal.

“Many of our risks seem tame and our sacrifices somewhat lame.” When he said take up your cross and follow, it wasn’t for a future instagram post featuring Thomas Kincade painting a picture alongside a quietly flowing brook. It was for us to understand that he was calling us to a life that would end in death and we are carrying the killing instrument.

“We end up focusing on what he asked him to give up, but fail to consider what he offered up in return.”

“If we hold out on God, we’ll miss out on everything God wants to do in us, for us, through us.”

<<KEYS BEGINNING>>

There is so much more that God wants you to have and experience through him

Let me help you as we draw this to a close: