Embracing the Kingdom: Joyful Sacrifice and Transformation

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"Our joy in obeying Jesus should be what causes us to be willing to deny ourselves, to love our enemies, to give to the poor, to love our neighbors." [27:37] (Download)

"If someone values something, they will pay whatever it takes to possess it. So what does that have to do with us and God's kingdom?" [30:15] (Download)

"In order to get to that place they had to value Jesus above everything else, they had to see Jesus and his rule and his reign in their hearts as the hidden treasure that they would do anything to have." [24:42] (Download)

"Our joy of having Jesus rule our hearts should produce inside of us a willingness to give everything that we have to God." [26:08] (Download)

"We have to be willing to set aside our bitterness, our unforgiveness, our selfishness, our pride, and say you know what, I'm going to give those things up because I see a better treasure and his name is Jesus." [26:50] (Download)

"The kingdom of God is of such surpassing value that it demands our complete and joyful surrender and the sacrifice is incomparable to the treasure that is gained." [39:29] (Download)

"we're really good at creating idols and Scholars have kind of over time settled on what they would call Four root Idols that we always have to wrestle with... something always rules our heart something or someone." [31:00] (Download)

"for some it's the idol of comfort, a longing for pleasure... you might need to say, 'God, I want Jesus to rule my heart and because I want him to rule my heart I'm going to be more willing to say no to the things that simply make life easier for me.'" [32:12] (Download)

"Our ability to make a decision that we know will cost us something in order to gain something even better." [21:40] (Download)

"Receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, receiving and welcoming the rule of Christ in our lives brings us joy but requires us valuing it above everything." [23:10] (Download)
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