"There Are No Victories At Bargain Prices"

like telling God that I’m going to do something that he’s talked to me about, and then I

don’t get it done, I feel allot like maybe Felix felt, confronted with the Truth and not really

sure I want to face the music. None of us like to confront the fact that we have failed.

As I prepared this message, and God was preaching to me you might say, I prayed

about these failures, and I admitted them. God told me that he still loved me. And he still

loves you no matter how much you have failed.

But here’s the interesting part. He reminded me that he loved me, but I never

heard him say, “It’s OK, you don’t need to worry about it.” I have failed, but He still

wants me to get it done. He wants me to overcome it. He will help me, as I discipline

myself in those areas, he will see me through as long as I’m pressing forward.

God doesn’t help us when all we do is sit around and make excuses of why it can’t

be done.

John Wesley said,

“Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.”

And if you have ever read about the life of John Wesley, then you know that he lived those

words before he wrote them.

Friends, as a church and as individuals we need to commit ourselves to make the

most of everyday, of every relationship, of every prompting of God, it’s a attitude, it’s a

discipline that God can install into our lives.

Listen, I’m talking to myself as much as I am anyone sitting in the pews today, but

I believe God wants us as a church to take to heart this attitude of urgency. We can’t wait

for our ship to come in. We can’t wait for something Great to happen to put us over the

top as a church. We got to GO and MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, AND WHEN WE

GO AND ALLOW GOD TO USE US, IT WILL BE GREAT, IT WILL BE BETTER

THAN ANYTHING WE COULD DRAW UP, OR PLAN.

We got to stop thinking like a Welfare Church, Where somehow it’s going to be

handed to us. “There are no Victories at bargain prices” Gen. Eisenhower understood

that truth.

God will bless us as we sell out for Him. And to be honest, for some of you I’m

not talking about giving more time, more money, more energy, because your already

giving all those things. But devote yourself to letting God Produce His Fruit in your life,

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, and self-control. Pursue these things,

give as much effort in producing these fruit as you do in everything else and God will truly

Bless and use you.

Don’t get me wrong, We need more people who are committed to the church,

attendance to our meetings, committed in their giving which supports this ministry,

committed to using their gifts to edify the whole church. We need everyone carrying a

part of the load, and we will accomplish so much more with just a few more hands and

feet involved in real ministry.

It’s an attitude of making the most of every opportunity. I believe that God is

using this time, this uncertainty that has come with the year 2000 to try and wake the

church up. As a nation we are in a freefall when it comes to morals and standing up for