Point of Grace Online Worship - December 21, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 12.21.25 – Advent 4 – “Coming Home for Christmas – Drawn to the Light”

Advent – This season of anticipation, preparation, waiting for what is coming – for Who came and
is coming back ………. Is now ushering in the season of Christmas … the season of Light.

We have been “Coming Home for Christmas” spending Advent in the prophet Isaiah who brought God’s message of hope to a people who were far from home … in exile because of sin and rebellion against God.  The invitation then and now is “Come Home…. Come Home … Your Father has made you a way Home.  He has given His Son as “Light to Lead You Home”

Isaiah 63:1-5

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy;

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

Glory – “The Glory of God is the full potency of God, the manifestation of His greatness, character and power.  The Glory of God is also His manifest Presence. “ – John Eldridge
It was the Glory God that filled the Temple in the Old Testament (Presence) and the Glory of God that raised Jesus from the dead (Power).

 “God's glory comes freely.  It comes apart from anything we do or say.
It still comes to us in Jesus Christ.
We are called to faithfulness, not so that Kingdom glory will come but because its advent is imminent. Divine light cannot be humanly generated we can only “Arise and shine because our light has already come” and is coming again.
Luke writes, (think Christmas story here) “An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them.”  Simeon celebrates, “A light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of your people Israel.”, the Magi marvel, “We have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him”. 
What a light show!  Majesty arrived in the midst of the mundane.  The most holy appeared in the flesh in the presence of cattle manure.  Divinity entered the world on the floor of a stable through the womb of a teenage virgin and the presence of a lowly carpenter.  Jesus is the light of the world who took on flesh so that he might take you into his arms heal your hearts, forgive your filth and destroy your darkness.  The Son of God became a human being not to demonstrate the innocence of infancy but to live the life we could not and to die our death so we need not!
Here is dazzling light, brilliant light and eternal light no wonder the Nicene creed confesses that Jesus is God of God and Light of Light”    Reed Lessing

Isaiah 60
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy;

So Jesus could say,

““I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12

and

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:14-16

at the same time!

Think “Snow Globe”!

How do I keep the “aperture” of my soul wide open to the Light especially during the holidays?

            Time and Intentionality in the Presence of the Light
            Practices to open our souls “aperture” – Worship, Word and Prayer  (Daily Pause)

            “Jesus, Come in …..”

            “Let there be Light”

Point of Grace Online Worship - December 14, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 12.14.25 – Advent 3 – “Coming Home for Christmas – A Home Un-broken”  

Advent – A season of anticipation, preparation, waiting for what is coming – for Who came and is coming back. 

“Coming Home for Christmas” means some beautiful things for all of us.  It can also mean some painful things. Our experience of “home” although meant to be a place of wholeness, healing and restoration is in reality a place also tainted by wounding and brokenness in need of restoration and healing.  The hope of the Christ-child is that through Him we are invited into a home “un-broken” now in part but in full when He returns.  

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. 

This is the 5th Servant Song of Isaiah. 

“The Suffering Servant of Yahweh who is “anointed” by Yahweh to bring salvation, hope and restoration to God’s people speaks for and about himself in these Songs.  It was this song that Jesus used to launch and define His ministry and claim His place as the long awaited “Anointed One” of Yahweh – the Messiah – the Christ! 

Luke 4
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,   
 because he has anointed me   
 to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners    
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,19    
 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. 
The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.
 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. 
He has sent me:
            to bind up the brokenhearted,
                 to proclaim freedom for the captives and
                     to open wide (eyes) those bound shut
                         to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God,
                     to comfort all who mourn, and
                 to provide for those who grieve in Zion—
           to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
                the oil of joy instead of mourning, and
                      a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. 

 Responding to this “good news” to the poor – to us in need? 

“Jesus, come in … … …

 You get the last word!” 

 Amen 

 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, 
  I will come in … “
  - Jesus -

Revelation 3:20

Point of Grace Online Worship - December 7, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 12.7.25 – Advent 2 – “Coming Home for Christmas - No Place Like Home”

Advent – A season of anticipation, preparation, waiting for what is coming – for Who came and is coming back. 
Perhaps in this season like no other our cultural rhythms reveal a deep unmet longing, yearning, hunger, desire … for a better more beautiful, more bright, less dark, more hope-full, peace-full, joy-full, love filled life.  The holidays give us a fleeting taste … a glimpse of life as it should be.

Food and feasting that abundantly satisfy hunger and thirst have always been ways we celebrate, anticipate, create and capture moments of bliss! 

Isaiah 55:1-5
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.”

Sounds like Jesus!
John 7:36-39
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”   By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. 

John 6:27,35
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 

John 4:13-14
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Isaiah 55:1-2
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

This feast is “free”, already paid for, available to all!
Just bring your “hunger and thirst” to this one table that satisfies! 

“It’s true, isn’t it? You long to be right with God, to be seen, known, and approved by the One who made you. But instead, you reach for second-rate food. You chase the applause of your peers, hoping it will satisfy. You idolize your children, living through their grades and goals, hoping that will make you feel full. You exercise obsessively, spend gratuitously, strive to be the indispensable friend or the perfect spouse all in a desperate effort to feel “right.” In darker moments, you scroll through images you know you shouldn’t. You pop the pill you bought in secret. You labor, you spend on what Isaiah would call “bad bread.” You toil for food that does not satisfy, forgetting that what you truly hunger for you already have, in full, in Christ.”
Pastor Matt Popovits

We yield our bodies to what we eat … we yield our souls to what we consume! 
Choose well the diet for your soul.
The feast that Jesus is and brings is available now – tastes of home that truly satisfy! 
Everlasting promises that fuel our soul!  When it comes to the soul, we eat with our ears and eyes.

Vs.3 
“Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.”

This feast is too good to keep to ourselves!

Vs. 4-5
“See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.”

Vs.  6-7
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Point of Grace Online Worship - November 30, 2025

11.30.25 Far From Home         Advent 2025 

Coming Home for Christmas: Home isn’t just a place; but it is primarily people.

-       This season uncovers our desire for safety, for acceptance, for being known and loved. You don’t get that through gifts or locations. You can only get that from people. 

Isaiah 11:1-10:

    [1] There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

       and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

    [2] And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

       the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

       the Spirit of counsel and might,

       the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

    [3] And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.

    He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

       or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

    [4] but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

       and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

    and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

       and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

    [5] Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,

       and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

    [6] The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,

      and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

    and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;

       and a little child shall lead them.

    [7] The cow and the bear shall graze;

       their young shall lie down together;

       and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

    [8] The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,

        and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

    [9] They shall not hurt or destroy

       in all my holy mountain;

    for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD

       as the waters cover the sea.

    [10] In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

A stump of new life

A new kind of King

A new kind of Kingdom  

A God who leaves Home. 

John 1:1 & 14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jesus enters into our exile, so that we might have his home  

Redeeming Hurry

This season, every moment that brings a longing for home. Let it draw you back to him.

Point of Grace Online Worship - November 23, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 11.21.25 “Consecrated Unto Thee” Part 4

Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Consecration – to make “holy”, to “set apart” for God,

God makes us “holy” (set apart for Him) through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Now, we respond to that gracious by “consecrating” ourselves to Him. Consecration is an active response to the gracious action God has taken in saving and redeeming us as His special people. We now freely by faith “offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God.”

How can we “consecrate” the actual parts of our living?

Praying and Doing

“Pray”

It is so very helpful to regularly bring the different arenas of our lives under the authority, rule and reign of Jesus through prayer – especially those areas where we tend to resist His leadership and those areas where we are vulnerable to the enemies lies and attacks.

“Jesus, All I am and all I have and all there is … Belongs to You”

“Jesus, I give You everyone and everything.”

“Jesus, I now bring the Kingdom reign of God over my life and over all my kingdom and domain especially ……(ie. my body, sexuality, finances, entertainment choices, my time, my words, my relationships ….)

“Jesus, You have my first ‘Yes’…. I declare ‘Yes’ to You first” in each arena of my life …. ……

“Before I go to my culture, my common sense, my upbringing, ‘what seems right in my own eyes’, and my ever ‘demanding to be heard’ anxiety … my first ‘yes’ goes to Jesus. Jesus gets my ‘yes’ first and my first ‘yes’.” And when I fall short… and choose other ‘yeses’ first… and I will … my failure is met with His grace because He said ‘yes” to me first before I could ever say ‘yes’ to him. His ‘yes’ me first sets me free to re-commit myself to saying ‘yes’ to Him always.”

“Do” - How do I “act” in accordance with my consecration prayer?

GUARDING A CONSECRATED LIFE

Romans 1:19-25

19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.  

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

HONORING GOD AND GIVING THANKS ARE INSEPARABLE ACTS OF WORSHIP

"That man is truly happy who can say of all his substances, be it little or be it much, 'The Lord gave it to me.'" (Spurgeon)

"Lack of gratitude is the first step to idolatry (Rom 1:21). Thanksgiving is an explicit acknowledgment of creatureliness and dependence, a recognition that everything comes as gift, the verbalization before God of his goodness and generosity." (Fee)

Romans 1:19-25

19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Luke 17:11-19

11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

GOD WILL ALLOW WHAT THE HEART DESIRES EVEN IF IT IS NOT HIM

THE PRACTICE OF VALUING AND GIVING THANKS IS THE KEY TO SPIRITUAL CLARITY AND GROWTH

Romans 5:8: "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

THE CROSS WASN'T A TRAGEDY; IT WAS A DIVINE STRATEGY

Giving thanks is not just merely with words, but with a life lived in the Spirit responding to this immeasurable gift.

● Giving thanks for The Cross means we are willing to take up our own.

● Giving thanks for the Cross means I long to be reconciled with others because I have been reconciled with God. Who is it in your life that you are holding at a distance? A family member, a colleague, a neighbor? Let your profound gratitude for the Cross move you toward reconciliation, not retreat.

● Give thanks for the Cross means serving where you are not seen, or where you will receive no earthly reward.

Point of Grace Online Worship - November 16, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 11.16.25 “Consecrated Unto Thee” Part 3

Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Consecration – to make “holy”, to “set apart” for God,

God makes us “holy” (set apart for Him) through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 
Now, we respond to that gracious by “consecrating” ourselves to Him.  Consecration is an active response to the gracious action God has taken in saving and redeeming us as His special people.  We now freely by faith “offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God.”

How can we “consecrate” the actual parts of our living?

Praying and Doing

“Pray”

It is so very helpful to regularly bring the different arenas of our lives under the authority, rule and reign of Jesus through prayer – especially those areas where we tend to resist His leadership and those areas where we are vulnerable to the enemies lies and attacks.

“Jesus, All I am and all I have and all there is … Belongs to You”

“Jesus, I give You everyone and everything.”

“Jesus, I now bring the Kingdom reign of God over my life and over all my kingdom and domain especially ……(ie. my body, sexuality, finances, entertainment choices, my time, my words, my relationships ….)

“Jesus, You have my first ‘Yes’…. I declare ‘Yes’ to You first” in each arena of my life ….        ……

“Before I go to my culture, my common sense, my upbringing, ‘what seems right in my own eyes’, and my ever ‘demanding to be heard’ anxiety … my first ‘yes’ goes to Jesus. 
Jesus gets my ‘yes’ first and my first ‘yes’.” And when I fall short… and choose other ‘yeses’ first… and I will … my failure is met with His grace because He said ‘yes” to me first before I could ever say ‘yes’ to him.  His ‘yes’ me first sets me free to re-commit myself to saying ‘yes’ to Him always.”

“Do” - How do I “act” in accordance with my consecration prayer?

Why is it so important that our “money and wealth” be consecrated to God through financial giving?

Biblical Giving – Returning to the Lord a sacrificially generous percentage of what He has already given us is an obedient act of consecrated worship of the One who sacrificially gave Himself for us.

Leviticus 27:30-33
30 “‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 31 Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it. 32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.”

Malachi 3:8-11
“In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 8:1-5 
And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

Jesus, in all areas of my life including my finances.  You have my first, Yes! 
           My first “Yes” in my financial life is a sacrificially generous percentage of what You have graciously given me, returned to You as an offering.  This is my true and proper worship.

Jesus, All I am and all I have and all there is … Belongs to You.

Jesus, You have my first ‘Yes’….  I declare ‘Yes’ to You first …. In every arena of my life…”

Amen 

Point of Grace Online Worship - November 9, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 11.9.25 “Consecrated Unto Thee” Part 2 

Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Consecration – to make “holy”, to “set apart” for God,

God makes us “holy” (set apart for Him) through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 
Now, we respond to that gracious by “consecrating” ourselves to Him.  Consecration is an active response to the gracious action God has taken in saving and redeeming us back to Him – as His special people.

Living the consecrated life is shaping our lifestyle to conform to the identity God has given us.  
God has set us apart to live a special way.  At PoG we call it, “the meaningful life Christ intends!”

A Foundational Declaration of “Consecrated Unto Thee” Living

“Jesus, All I am and all I have and all there is … Belongs to You”

With that truth comes refreshing Release and needed Realignment!

            Release – “Jesus, I give You everyone and everything.”

            “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1Peter 5:7

            Realignment – “Jesus, You have my first ‘Yes’…. I declare ‘Yes’ to You first”

            “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things
             will be given to you as well”. Matthew 6:33

“Before I go to my culture, my common sense, my upbringing, ‘what seems right in my own eyes’,
and my ever ‘demanding to be heard’ anxiety … my first ‘yes’ goes to Jesus. 
Jesus gets my ‘yes’ first and my first ‘yes’.”
And when I fall short… and choose other ‘yeses’ first… and I will … my failure is met with His grace because He said ‘yes” to me first before I could ever say ‘yes’ to him.  His ‘yes’ me first sets me free to say ‘yes’ to Him always.”

1 Chronicles 29: 9-16
9 The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly. 10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,  “Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. 11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. 12 Wealth and honor come from you;  you are the ruler of all things.  In your hands are strength and power  to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.
14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.  16 Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 

2 Corinthians 8:1-5 
And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

Mark 12:41-44   Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.  But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.  They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Jesus, All I am and all I have and all there is … Belongs to You.
Jesus, I give everyone and everything to You.  (name the things you need to release)
           I give everyone and everything to You, Jesus

Jesus, You have my first ‘Yes’….  I declare ‘Yes’ to You first”

Amen

Point of Grace Online Worship - November 2, 2025

Point of Grace Worship 11.2.25 “Consecrated Unto Thee” Part 1 

Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” 

Consecration – to make “holy”, to “set apart” for God,

God makes us “holy” (set apart for Him) through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 
Now, we respond to that grace and love by “consecrating” ourselves to Him.  Consecration is an active response to the gracious action God has taken in saving and redeeming us back to Him – as His special people.

Consecrating includes cleansing, sacrifice and (re-)dedication to God and His purposes in the world.

Consecration is so important in a time of compromise.

Theological compromise

John 17:14-19 “13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.”

2 Timothy 4:1-5 “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 

“The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.” A.W. Tozer   

Moral Compromise

Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.  It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

“Three marks of a moral revolution:
What was universally condemned is now celebrated.
What was universally celebrated is now condemned.
Those who refuse to celebrate are condemned.”
Theo Hobson 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.

We are consecrated to a Person – In our “being” and in our “living” we are “set apart” for a person.

1 Peter 2 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

We are consecrated for a Purpose – In our “being” and in our “living” we are “set apart” for His purpose.

1 Peter 2 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ……. 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”

“A man by His sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on earth is most like God.  This is man’s greatest tragedy and God’s heaviest grief.” A. W. Tozer

“You were born in the image of God to be used by God for incredible Kingdom purposes and the greatest tragedy is that you will waste your life on lesser things.  You are the perfect candidate for God to use if you will consecrate yourself to Him” – Jon Tyson

“The world has yet to see what God would do with a man fully consecrated to Him” D.L. Moody

“Other’s may.

You may not!” 

Joshua 3:5
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” 

Consecrate yourselves!

            Cleansing, Sacrifice, (Re-)Dedication to Jesus and His purposes in the world.