"I Am A Seed"Oh I've been pushed down into the groundOh how I have been trampled down
So many feet on top of meI can't help but sink, sink, sink
Oh I've been pushed down into the groundOh how I have been trampled down
Lord I put my trust in TheeYou won't turn Your back on me
Oh I can see it won't be longTill I break free from what I wasYour river of grace flows endlessly
You won't turn Your back on me
I've been burned up in so many firesFrom these ashes I will riseLord Your power has rescued meFor You I'll
always sing
Oh I am a seedOh I am a seedWon't stay long here in this earth
When You rain Your love on me Lord, rain Your love on me
"I Will Follow"
Where You go, I'll goWhere You stay, I'll stay
When You move, I'll moveI will follow...
All Your ways are goodAll Your ways are sureI will trust in You aloneHigher than my sightHigh above my life
I will trust in You alone
Light unto the worldLight unto my life
I will live for You aloneYou're the One I seek
Knowing I will findAll I need in You alone,
In You alone
Who You love, I'll loveHow You serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow You, yeahI will follow You, yeah
In You there's life EverlastingIn You there's freedom for my soul
In You there's joy, unending joyAnd I will follow
Who You love, I'll loveHow You serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow You, yeahI will follow You, yeah
Who You love, I'll loveHow You serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow You, yeah
I will follow You, yeah (3X)
Announcements*Group Night - Next Friday, 2/14 -Plans need to be finalized tonight*Casting Crowns Concert -Friday March 21 -No youth group that night -Sign up by next week *Ice Skating - Saturday, 2/22 -Leave 7:15pm; Return 10:30 -$13 w/rental; $9 no rental -Sign up*Guys ONLY Fun Night - 3/8*Girls ONLY Fun Night - 3/15
More Announcements*Next Theme Night: 2/28 -Best Party Sock Night -Wear your best party socks -We all vote -Whoever has the best party socks wins a $5 gift card to dunkin donuts*If you don’t have a ride to and from youth group, we will give you one - Let us know*Bring a Friend Incentive*Prayer Force*Donation Box for Favol
Christmas Gift for Favol
*Bring in a Christmas gift for Favol*Small types of gifts for a 13 year old boy (small toys, clothes, school supplies)*If you wanted to write a letter we could send that too*Deadline is today*Drop Box by the food area
Christ Gives Us Victory*The end of last lesson:“Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from the life dominated by sin and death?”*This lesson:“Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord!” -What the law was powerless to do, God did -How? -Why?
Just a Reminder*There are two ways to walk:1. Walk in the flesh: -Hostile to God because He doesn’t bow to Jesus as Savior -Doesn’t submit to God’s ways -Cannot please God -Results in death & separation2. Walk in the Spirit: -Peace with God -Wants to submit to God’s ways -We bear fruit of the Spirit
So Now We Have An Obligation1. “Put to death the misdeeds of your sin nature.” -We don’t just let God do it for us -We don’t try to do it on our own -We, by the power of the Holy Spirit, put to death (an ongoing activity) misdeeds2. “Be LED by the Spirit.” -Not just calling upon Him occasionally -Trusting God completely
The Privilege*Freedom, peace, belong, alive, hope to eternal life, sons of God* “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship (adoption).” -“The term adoption may have a somewhat artificial sound in our ears; but in the Roman world of the first century A.D. an adopted son was a son deliberately chosen by his adoptive father to carry on his name and inherit his estate; he was in no way inferior in status to a son born in the ordinary course of nature, and would enjoy the father’s affection more fully and take on the father’s character more worthily.” ~F.F. Bruce~*Adopted as son -The right to call Him Abba -Heirs of God - we will receive all He’s promised