Christian Resolutions

TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:1-7

TOPIC: CHRISTIAN RESOLUTIONS

BIBLE SURVIVOR SERIES, Message 16

Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Icard, December 30, 2001

Deuteronomy 6:1-9, NKJV

1“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2“that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3“Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

6“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8“You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9“You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

I. PREMISE: GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS, 6:1 1“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

II. PROMISE: GOD’S PEOPLE SET HIGH GOALS, 6:5-7

5“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

III. CHRISTIAN RESOLUTIONS

(Webster: “the act of determining”)

A. To Build a Closer Relationship with God, v.5

B. To Develop a More Disciplined Study of God’s Word, v. 6

C. To Set a Better Example for My Family, v. 7

D. Other Resolutions:

More consistent attendance at church, or to join a small group, or SS Class or an ABF, (Adult Bible Fellowship) to increase my giving percentage or to begin tithing a full 10 percent, to improve your Quiet Time, to stop living in the past, to forgive and forget, to take F.A.I.T.H., to be more positive, more loving, happier, healthier, holier.

FBI Sermon Notes

TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

TOPIC: CHRISTIAN RESOLUTIONS

BIBLE SURVIVOR SERIES, Message 16

Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Icard, December 30, 2001

Deuteronomy 6:1-9, NKJV

1“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2“that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3“Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

6“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8“You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9“You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

I. PREMISE: GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE HIGH _______________, 6:1

1“Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

II. PROMISE: GOD’S PEOPLE SET HIGH ______________, 6:5-7

5“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7“You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

III. CHRISTIAN RESOLUTIONS

A. To Build a Closer __________________________ with God, v.5

B. To Develop a More Disciplined _________ of God’s Word, v. 6

C. To Set a Better _______________________ for My Family, v. 7

D. Other Goals: ________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

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