• Being a child of God is not a call to laziness.
• Many are born-again and have sat down, not doing anything but coming to church and going back home.
• You should walk with God and work with God in your christian journey.
What is dedication:
• The act of binding yourself to a course of action.
• A complete and whole-hearted fidelity.
• In dedication , there is sacrifice.
• Sacrifice is doing things when the conditions may not be convenient.
• In dedication, there is faithfulness.
• In dedication, there is commitment.
Prov 4:14-16
• God wants us to be dedicated to Him, satan also wants his followers to be dedicated to him.
• If you are dedicated to doing what God tells you to do, the enemy hates that.
WHAT IS IN DEDICATION?
1. PROMOTION (1 Chr 11:6, 17-24)
2. ENTHRONEMENT (Est 10:3, 6:1-11, 1 Sam 18:25, 27)
• Dedication will lead to your quick enthronement.
• Mordecai was enthroned because he was faithful.
3. ANNOUNCEMENT
4. YOU WIN ACCESS TO YOUR MASTER’S HEART (Acts 13:22, James 2:23)
5. ACCEPTANCE AND FAVOUR (Ruth 1:16)
6. DEDICATION PREVENTS SHAME (2 Tim 2:15)
7. ACQUISITION OF AN ANOINTING (2 Kings 2:9)
IN WHAT AREAS SHOULD WE SHOW DEDICATION?
1. PRAYER (1 Thess 5:17)
2. KINGDOM SERVICE (Luke 2:37)
3. GIVING (Eccl 11:1-3, Prov 11:24)
4. SOUL-WINNING ACTIVITIES (Acts 15:26)
5. STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD (2 Tim 2:15)
Mat 24:46