Dedication-4

Illustration:

My explorations in the cow pasture near my boyhood home/The cows had three creeks which flowed thru their pasture/The pasture was bordered on one side by the larger Crane Creek, which two smaller creeks flowed into/The cows would drink from the smaller creeks/They would gather in the creek but only one or two cows would ever get to drink clean water/Because: the two cows farthest upstream would always muddy, defecate, & urinate in the water!/All the cows downstream got tainted water!/EFFECT

Yadkin River runs by Salisbury, NC—Notorious for Fish kills from the multiple fabric mills built along the river—producing a tainted, toxic effluent/ I suppose they built them along the Yadkin River because it is naturally a ‘red clay runoff’ river & only rarely has a visibility of more than a few inches/EFFECT

Cigarette Smoke/Taints clothing & structures/Most smokers are ‘nose blind’(to borrow a phrase from a TV commercial)/My wife’s has an aversion to cigarette smoke/By the smoker’s being ‘nose blind’ they force the smoke & smell upon others/EFFECT

Throw or drop a rock into still water—It’s ripples effect the entire surface many times larger than the specific area first effected/EFFECT

Application:

?What is the overall EFFECT of your Dedication to God?

?Are you truly Dedicated to God?

?By & For Whom, do you do what you do?...?Yourself or the Savior?

CONCLUSION:

Action:

Dedicating you & your world to the Lord recalls/demands consideration of...

4. EFFECT(:18b)

1. OWNERSHIP(:17a)

2. DEPENDENCY(:17b, 22-23, 25)

3. PURITY(:18a)

Pt# 4 only! Presented 05/26/2019pm to:

FBC Cbelle

206 Storrs Ave. SW(SE Ave. A)

Carrabelle, FL 32322

Pts. 1-4 Presented 04/09/2000pm to:

Providence Baptist Church

975 Providence Rd.

Whigham, GA 31797