Baby Dedication
Transcript: We must CONVERT and BECOME like children. Want to be with Jesus all the time. Jump in my arms. Have your turned ? Converted & Become We need to receive those that have turned and are like children. If God isn't important in yoru life then He probably wont' be important in the life of your children. Innocence Do you love the turn? We give our children to the Lord for they are from the Lord. Those that were converted and are like children. Gullible Want Jesus/Father to be proud of you. Want to show what you have done, Can others tell? We must turn (strefo) our lives toward Him. How do you know you have converted/turned to Jesus? What is the best way to dedicate our children to the Lord? Wanting to be loved It is like receiving Jesus. Who is he talking about? Are you Humble like a child? Purity Baby Dedication Beautiful Children Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. James 4:10 What makes children so beautiful? Desire to please By dedicating ourselves to Him. Especially when they are our children. We are not just to be like children. Loving Woe to those that cause these to stumble We must become humble in every way before him. Do you understand you still have things to learn? all the time. Children are one of the great joys in life. To love these is to love Jesus. Changed your ways? Ability to learn Turned toward Jesus? My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; Psalm 127:3-5 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:1-6