Wholeheartedly Together
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All In
All In
Definition: with complete sincerity and commitment.
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:
God wants us to have singleness of purpose
Unity! one heart!
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremaih 29:13
Holy
Holy
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
1 Chronicles 12:
Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
Set apart, consecrated
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;
Are we all in? set apart?
King David understood what it meant to be wholehearted and together.
Are you in love with Jesus
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
The bible describes the men that fought along side David 37 in all
But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
I would like to name a few.
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.
Adino the Eznite, Chief among Captains. He killed eight hundred men at one time.
1 Thessalonians
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
He wasn’t afraid of big challenges!
- Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel had retreated. He arose and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.
2 Samuel 23:
A man who would not retreat but persevere in battle.
A man who doesn’t let go of the sword even when tired and alone.
- Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite.
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines. But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.
2 Samuel 23:11-12
The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.
A defender of the fields.
One who positions himself in strategic places for the benefit of the whole.
3 Chief men
Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord.
3 of His Chief men - Broke the Philistine garrison to give David the desire of his heart
Men who will not count the cost to go after another man’s desire.
Abishai He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them
Not afraid to take on the enemy
Benaiah
Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
2 Samuel 23:20-21
David made him the head of the guard
David made him the head of the guard
Did back down from the attacks of the enemy no matter how scary they were.
He didn’t care about the odds that were stacked up against him.
Are you working Whole hearted together with others or are you alone?
Christ desires us to become one!
John 17:20-
“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.