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<blockquote data-quote="money_pit_yj" data-source="post: 641184" data-attributes="member: 7710"><p>All In </p><p>I was playing poker one night and had about $200 to my name. The last hand I played got dealt and I drew pocket 6s. The flop was dealt and came up 6 J 6. There is only one way I can lose so I bet strong. My best friend called my bet and the turn card came up 7. I checked and he went all in and I called without hesitation, thinking he was playing for a full house. We show our cards and he was holding pocket 7s. When the dealer dealt the river card and it was a 7 of spades my heart sunk. I do not know what the probability of having two 4 of a kinds on the table at one time was but I know that I bet all I had on an almost sure thing and lost. </p><p> </p><p>What does All in look like? In poker it looks like this: Every chip to my name is on the table, if I win, I double up at least and if I lose, I'm done. </p><p>In our walk it looks like Deuteronomy 6:5: " Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." </p><p>This verse is echoed in Joshua 22:5 "But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." It also finds its way into Matthew, Mark and Luke. </p><p> </p><p>The word that sticks out in these verses is all. To walk in all his ways, to love him with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength. Look at the life of Jesus, he loved the Father with all his heart and soul, He loved the Father and was obedient to the point of physical death on the cross. God spoke of a savior from the very beginning after the fall, he spoke of a savior through the prophets and Jesus was that savior. </p><p>What does that look like in our life? It means we strive to obey all his commands, not to just pick and choose how we want to do to obey him. I think that is what the majority of churches do now is pick and choose where they want to obey. People are so quick to show up, give some money, maybe work the nursery and do a lot of what we are commanded to do, but when it comes to The Great commission, they check up and almost disappear. The last thing Jesus said to the disciples before he ascended into heaven is this: </p><p>Matthew 28:18-20 "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey all I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of age" </p><p>We have all heard it and we all know what it means, but I want to tell you why it is the bet that we need to make. I bet all my chips on a .024% chance hand that I knew was going to win and I lost. I've gone all in on jobs, addictions, relationships, and recreation but those all led to the same thing, nothing, emptiness, longing, failure. Look at that scripture again "All authority is given to me and…….I am with you always, to the very end of the age." </p><p>Men, we were not given all authority in heaven and earth to sit in a church 2 days a week and try to learn something else. How would Jesus ministry have gone if He had sat around in the synagogues and temples talking to those who came in? We have placed our bets on achieving all that the world tells us we need. We have bet the spiritual well being and eternal fate of our family on a losing bet when we have assurance in God's word that if we will go all in with our lives for Christ, we will be rewarded greater than we could ever imagine. </p><p> </p><p>God, show me how to go all in for you. What does that look like in mine and my families life today. Take my entire life and use it for your honor and Glory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="money_pit_yj, post: 641184, member: 7710"] All In I was playing poker one night and had about $200 to my name. The last hand I played got dealt and I drew pocket 6s. The flop was dealt and came up 6 J 6. There is only one way I can lose so I bet strong. My best friend called my bet and the turn card came up 7. I checked and he went all in and I called without hesitation, thinking he was playing for a full house. We show our cards and he was holding pocket 7s. When the dealer dealt the river card and it was a 7 of spades my heart sunk. I do not know what the probability of having two 4 of a kinds on the table at one time was but I know that I bet all I had on an almost sure thing and lost. What does All in look like? In poker it looks like this: Every chip to my name is on the table, if I win, I double up at least and if I lose, I’m done. In our walk it looks like Deuteronomy 6:5: “ Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” This verse is echoed in Joshua 22:5 “But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." It also finds its way into Matthew, Mark and Luke. The word that sticks out in these verses is all. To walk in all his ways, to love him with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength. Look at the life of Jesus, he loved the Father with all his heart and soul, He loved the Father and was obedient to the point of physical death on the cross. God spoke of a savior from the very beginning after the fall, he spoke of a savior through the prophets and Jesus was that savior. What does that look like in our life? It means we strive to obey all his commands, not to just pick and choose how we want to do to obey him. I think that is what the majority of churches do now is pick and choose where they want to obey. People are so quick to show up, give some money, maybe work the nursery and do a lot of what we are commanded to do, but when it comes to The Great commission, they check up and almost disappear. The last thing Jesus said to the disciples before he ascended into heaven is this: Matthew 28:18-20 "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey all I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of age” We have all heard it and we all know what it means, but I want to tell you why it is the bet that we need to make. I bet all my chips on a .024% chance hand that I knew was going to win and I lost. I’ve gone all in on jobs, addictions, relationships, and recreation but those all led to the same thing, nothing, emptiness, longing, failure. Look at that scripture again “All authority is given to me and…….I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Men, we were not given all authority in heaven and earth to sit in a church 2 days a week and try to learn something else. How would Jesus ministry have gone if He had sat around in the synagogues and temples talking to those who came in? We have placed our bets on achieving all that the world tells us we need. We have bet the spiritual well being and eternal fate of our family on a losing bet when we have assurance in God's word that if we will go all in with our lives for Christ, we will be rewarded greater than we could ever imagine. God, show me how to go all in for you. What does that look like in mine and my families life today. Take my entire life and use it for your honor and Glory. [/QUOTE]
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