Praise the Lord Church. Today's Church Service is all about will we choose God's best?
Today's main scripture is Romans 8 verse 38 through 39 and this is the ESV version.
As you have it, please say amen. It says,
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So God loves us and has the very best in store for us.
Once saved and now following him, there is nothing stopping us from loving God and nothing stopping God from loving us.
We have a choice to choose God's best, which is filled with deep love for us,
because God's best is his will, his plan, and his purpose in our lives.
Just like a loving parent wants the best for his children,
God wants the first, the utmost, top-notch, best prize for his children.
It is his choice over our second best choice, because he knows all and we don't.
Will we choose his best that is made and carved out of love for us?
Our second scripture is Matthew chapter 6 verse 24, and this is taken from the NIV version.
Once you have it, please say Amen.
No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
We must understand if we want God's best, we cannot practice sin.
We cannot straddle the fence with sin and expect the Lord to bless us,
because light and darkness cannot coexist.
If we are choosing God's best wholeheartedly, then we will be devoted to him and despise sin.
If we are willing to love God, to surrender ourselves to him and follow him,
then our sinful fleshly nature.
We will see greater fruitfulness in our spiritual walk and in our physical life.
Our last scripture is Deuteronomy 30 verse 19 through 20,
and this is taken from the NASB version.
Once you have it, please say Amen.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today,
that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.
So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.
By loving the Lord, your God, by obeying his voice and by holding close to him.
For this is your life and the length of your days,
so that you may live in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give them.
So the choice is ours to make.
But we must understand the consequences.
There are good and bad consequences.
If we choose Christ, his best, by staying vigilant to him,
by being obedient, surrendering ourselves, loving the Lord, trusting in him,
knowing that God has the best in store for us,
we will be restored whole, complete in him,
because he alone can make us content.
But if we choose the negative consequence and choose our own way,
we will feel empty.
So our points today are, one, choose.
We have to choose between our second best or God's best.
Our second point today is surrender.
We must submit ourselves to Christ in order to be fruitful and prosper in this journey called life,
and in our spiritual walk with him.
Our final point today is consequence.
We, our choices, have consequences, whether godly or ungodly, good or bad.
Will we choose to forge our own path that leads to pain, devastation and heartache,
or will we choose God's way, the best way, the godly consequence,
that is filled with contentment and wholeness that only God can ever fill?
The choice is up to us to decide today.
So, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today.
To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.
It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes on to righteousness and with the mouth confession is made on to salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit.
This truth is not a free past to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel to others.
You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.