Canaan Fellowship

Songs:

Love lifted me (508)
Lord I lift Your name on high (107)
This is the day that the Lord has made (209)
What a mighty God we serve (672)
And rejoice before Him
We bring the sacrifice of praise (213)
How great is our God
I sing the mighty power of God (128)
O for a thousand tongues to sing (21)
Jesus, name above all names (86)
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live
Joy unspeakable (740)
J.O.Y
You are wonderful beyond description (80)
The Lord's prayer (631)
You are my all in all (583)

Scriptures:

1 John 1:9
Colossians 3:1-17
Isaiah 40:28-29, 41:10

Bruce Hempel - Your life being given to the Lord

Isaiah 5:1-7 (parable: your life is like a vineyard)

God wants you to bear good fruit. You are His vineyard. Why did Israel bear bad fruit? What gets in the way of bearing good fruit?

• Rebellion.
• Looking back at things of the world
• Not continuing to invest time
• Not looking to the Lord
• Doing what is right in your own eyes
• Unbelief
• Living for yourself

When you live for yourself it is producing wild grapes. Living for God produces good grapes.

Jesus also tells this parable in the gospels. Why didn't the Pharisees accept Jesus? Because they viewed the vineyard as their own -- for their own enjoyment. Same for us, if we view our life as for our own enjoyment we will bear sour fruit.

How Pharisees view people:

• Jeremiah 23:1-5
• Zechariah 11:4-17

How Jesus views people: John 10:1-17

I encourage you to say: "Lord I am your vineyard, you can prune me as you want."

Other contrasts of how to live: Good Prophets vs bad prophets and good priests vs bad priests.

God wants us to be priests, so we should live holy lives.

We should have a fear of God and be ready to give an account of our actions.
Hebrews 13:17
2 Corinthians 5:10-11
Romans 14:7-12

My life is a stewardship for which I will give an account

Acts 27:21-25 God wants us to have a heart of prayer for those along with us. Also note how Paul speaks of his relationship to God: "God whose I am and whom I serve"

We are to be bond servants -- to be with Him and serve Him forever.

Galatians 2:20

Song: When it's all been said and done