One Thing You Lack! Luke 18:18-31
In the Midst of Trials and the Uncertainties of Life David Sought the One Thing: God and His Presence!
Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. 8 When You Said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.”
In the Midst of Distractions, Worries and the Business of Life and Ministry Mary Chose the One Thing: God and His Word!
Luke 10:39 Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word . . . 41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; 42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall never be taken away from her.
In the Midst of a Persecuted and Difficult Life, Paul Did the One Thing: Forgetting What Lies Behind, He Pressed on to what Lies Ahead: Knowing Christ
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but One Thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what Lies Ahead! ….. That I may Know Him!
God With Me/Us! God Speaking to Me/Us, Us Knowing God!
What is this One Thing? Eternal Life!
John 17:3 This is Eternal life that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have Sent!
The One Thing The Rich Young Ruler Wanted-Eternal Life!
He wouldn’t Let Go of the One Thing He would eventually lose to Lay Hold of The One Thing that would be His forever!
The One “Things” of our Lives that Keep Us from the One Thing of Eternal and Abundant Life!
Excuses: Luke 14:15
Property – Loving Your Property More than God
Jobs and Stuff – Loving Your Jobs and Stuff…..
Relationships – Loving your spouse more than the one thing
Things of The World: 1 John 2:15-17
Lust of the Flesh – Loving Sin, Immorality
Lust of the Eyes – Things, money retirement account
Boastful Pride of Life – Loving being right than Loving the one thing: Pride, Unforgiveness and Pursuing Peace with All People!
He is no fool who gives up what He cannot keep to gain what he will never lose: Jim Elliot
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