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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

How do you know if someone really means what they say?

Your words define your intent.

Your actions prove your commitment.

Am I following Jesus with my words or my actions?

Luke 14:25-27

"25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple."

There's a difference between someone who simply follows Jesus and someone who is a disciple of Jesus.

The goal is to love Jesus so deeply that everything else seems worthless.

Luke 14:28-30

"28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’"

What if Jesus asked me to...

Luke 14:31-33

"31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? 32 And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away. 33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own."

Jesus demands everything.

Is following Jesus worth my complete and total obedience?

James 1:19-21

"31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? 32 And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away. 33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own."

Listen well.

Clean up the mess.

Humbly hear what God has to say.

James 1:22-25

Do I trust God more than me?

James 1:26-27

"26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. 27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."

In the simplest of terms it should be clear if we are obedient or not.

Luke 6:46

We can say Jesus is Lord.

We prove Jesus is Lord with our actions.

Luke 6:47-49

"47 I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

What is the foundation of life?

Jesus was a real man.

Jesus really died for you.

Jesus really rose from the dead.

Jesus will really change your life if you give your life to him.

Being obedient to Jesus is always going to mean being obedient when you don't understand, want to, or feel like it.

Obedience to Jesus means building my life on the foundation he established and not my own.

1. Have a predetermined yes to Jesus.

2. Plan to obey even when life pushes you the other way.

3. Obey when everyone is watching and no one is watching.

John 15:10-11

"10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!"

Do everything you can to bear the fruit of a joy-filled life surrendered to Jesus.

Are there any areas of my life where my obedience is lacking?

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