I Will...

I WILL...

VARIOUS SCRIPTURES

December 13, 2000 (WED)

PARKERSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH

1. I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID.

ISAIAH 12:2—BEHOLD, GOD IS MY SALVATION; I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID; FOR THE LORD JEHOVAH IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG; HE ALSO IS BECOME MY SALVATION.

WHOM SHOULD WE EVER FEAR?

THE BIBLE TELLS US IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US. WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL POWER IN THE UNIVERSE.

CHRISTIANS ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. GOD IS OUR FATHER. DOESN’T A FATHER PROTECT HIS CHILDREN?

2. I WILL BLESS THE LORD

PSALM 34:1—I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES; HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH.

WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BLESS THE LORD TODAY—

a. OUR SALVATION

b. OUR LIFE

c. OUR PROVISIONS/POSSESSIONS

d. OUR CHURCH

e. OUR BROTHERS/SISTERS IN CHRIST

f. WE COULD GO ON AND ON

PART OF OUR PRAYER LIFE SHOULD BE SPENT IN BLESSING THE LORDS NAME.

WE SHOULD FEEL OBLIGATED TO BLESS THE LORD, FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR US.

3. I WILL LOVE THEE O LORD

PSALM 18:1—I WILL LOVE THEE O LORD MY STRENGTH.

WE SHOULD SHOW OUR LOVE TO GOD, IN OUR ATTITUDES TOWARD

A. PRAYER

B. PEOPLE

C. PRAISE/WORSHIP

D. TITHES AND OFFERINGS

E. SERVICE

F. PERSONAL MINISTRY

DO WE SHOW OUR LOVE OF GOD IN THE LIVES THAT WE LIVE?

4. I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES

PSALM 119:145—I CRIED WITH MY WHOLE HEART; HEAR ME O LORD: I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STATUTES OF GOD THAT WE SHOULD KEEP?

A. TEN COMMANDMENTS

B. THE GREAT COMMISSION

C. GOLDEN RULE—LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

STRIVING TO KEEP GOD’S STATUTES PUTS US ON A PATH OF OBEDIENCE THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP THE HABITS THAT MARK A GREAT CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE.

5. I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD

PSALM 116:9—I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

WE SHOULD WALK AN UPRIGHT LIFE.

WE SHOULD CARRY OURSELVES AS IF WE WERE WALKING BEFORE THE LORD AT ALL TIMES, BECAUSE IN REALITY WE ARE.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROPER TESTIMONY—OUR LIVES ARE OPEN BOOKS TO THE LOST. WE ARE UNDER SCRUTINY EACH AND EVERY MINUTE OF OUR LIVES.

WALK BEFORE THE LORD AND PASS THE TEST.

6. I WILL PRAISE THEE

PSALM 139:14—I WILL PRAISE THEE; FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE; MARVELOUS ARE THY WORKS AND THAT MY SOUL KNOWETH RIGHT WELL.

WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD, FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS MADE.

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HATH MADE, REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.

THIS IS THE DAY, THIS IS THE DAY

THAT THE LORD HATH MADE

THAT THE LORD HATH MADE

I WILL REJOICE

I WILL REJOICE

AND BE GLAD IN IT AND BE GLAD IN IT.

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HATH MADE,

I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.

THIS IS THE DAY

THIS IS THE DAY

THAT THE LORD HATH MADE.

7. I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY

PSALM 101:2—I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY. O WHEN WILT THOU COME UNTO ME? I WILL WALK WITHIN MY HOUSE WITH A PERFECT HEART.

HOW DO WE BEHAVE OURSELVES WISELY?

A. AVOID SIN

B. READ THE WORD DAILY

C. CONFESS SIN DAILY

D. SPREAD THE WORD

E. LIVE WHAT YOU PROFESS TO BE

WE SHOULD STRIVE TO PRACTICE THESE SEVEN I WILLS

1. I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID

2. I WILL BLESS THE LORD

3. I WILL LOVE THEE O LORD

4. I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES

5. I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD

6. I WILL PRAISE THEE

7. I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY

ALL OF THESE CAN PUT US ON THE ROAD TO OBEDIENCE AND THE ROAD TO BEING THE CHRISTIAN GOD WANTS US TO BE.