“Light from on high”
– Luk 1:78 (AMP)
Dedication…
Quick Reminders:
- NO Divine Revelation workshop tonight (Tue) due to Board Meeting
- NO Inspirational Video this Fri (videos now only on 2nd & 4th Fri of the month)
“Dedication” to anything requires effort. However, the motivation behind it makes it either enjoyable or cumbersome. Love is the greatest motivator. If our dedication to God does not flow out of our love for Him, it turns into mere “religion”.
You have probably encountered people walking down the street from house to house, trying to spread their religious ideas. The motivation to do something like that is usually “fear”, in one form or another: fear that if they don’t do that, their “salvation” may not be secured. Now, when I was young, I have also “walked from house to house” to spread the Gospel of Jesus, but the motivation was love for the Lord – that is a totally different story.
Paul wrote to the Corinthians “for the love of Christ compels us…” (2 Cor 5:14). If we struggle with dedication, let’s check our motivation…
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ASSEMBLY UPCOMING EVENTS:
REGISTRATIONS: (please add your name to the applicable form at the Info Desk at Church)
- Sunday Teaching orders: DVDs (video) R 50; CD’s (audio) R 30 (all teachings also available on our website: www.lighthouse.net.za)
- New Member Applications: Hettie / Estelle
- Water Baptisms: Dunia
- Child Dedications: Mary-Anne