Announcements:
- Church lunch fellowship will be Sunday March 17, 2024 after church
- Men’s meeting Saturday March 16 at 9:30am
- Thursday Night Bible Study at 7pm at HCC.
- Camp Sign-Up Sheet is available. Sign up to lock in a spot. Private rooms still available.
- Prayer Meeting every 1st Sunday of the Monday at 6pm (next one Sunday Mar 3, 2024 at 6pm)
- Next Worship Night Sunday March 24, 2024 at 6pm.
- Spanish Translation for the sermon is now available at HCC. Feel free to invite Spanish speaking people to church.
- Youth meet every Saturday at 6:30pm.
- Pray for HCC and Open Hands Community Charitable Services as we prepare to expand our service to the community.
Sermon Notes:
Main Point: Hearing God’s voice requires a willingness to surrender to God’s will and plan for your life.
Simple Steps to Hearing God’s Voice
Step 1: Is to have no other God’s before him. Christ as your redeemer and Lord.
Step 2: Is to put yourself in position to encounter God. To experience the presence and Glory of God.
Step 3: Be willing to surrender to God’s will and plan for your life.
Note: it doesn’t matter if you are a new Christian or mature Christian, these steps apply your entire Christian journey
Pastor’s Thoughts:
- Surrendering can be hard but it is the key to true freedom to become the instrument of God you were created to be.
- Surrendering at its core is yielding our power to another.
- This can feel scary at first.
- But as we learn to yield our desire for control, we will gain access to God’s strength.
Scriptures about Surrendering:
Philippians 3:7-9. “I count all things but loss”. I surrender this world, that I may when Christ.
Luke 9:23-24. Deny yourself (your will), take up our cross (trials and persecutions). Surrender.
Galatians 2:20. I no longer live but Christ lives in me. Surrender
We are not our own: Freedom is found in genuine surrender to Christ
Galatians 5:13.
- We are free from laws to earn our way into heaven. Jesus is our redeemer period.
- Do not use your freedom for unrighteousness rather use it to love and serve others. This is the heart of Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20.
- Our bodies belong to Christ
- Your body is a temple surrendered to God.
- You are not your own, you are bought with a price (the cross)
- In all things Glorify God in surrender to his will for your life
Summary:
- Have no other Gods, Put yourself in position to encounter God, surrender to God’s will and plan for your life
- These 3 steps puts you in a position to hears God voice and take action for God’s Kingdom
- In these last days, as the world draws further form God’s truth, it is important that we hear God’s voice and surrender to it.
- Jesus died so we can be free from sin and the Holy Spirit was sent to be God’s voice and lead us into his calling for our lives.
- When you fall in love with Jesus it is easy to say ‘Yes’ and “AMEN”.
