Lay Hold on Eternal Life

I have really been struggling to come up with something that I feel God would want me to write about, but I may have found something... the sermon that was given last Sunday at church. There is one minister at the church whom I feel is such a blessing to listen to, he truly has his thoughts organized and speaks from the Word of God. The other ministers all speak from the Word of God as well, don't get me wrong, but I feel this minister truly has a gift for Sharing the Word and I love to listen to him preach.

He spoke on laying hold on eternal life -- something that all Christians should be striving for. There were many references given to scripture that shows us what is necessary in order to hold onto our salvation and have eternal life; I have listed them below. But I would like to highlight a few.

1 Timothy 6:6-12, 19 -- We must give up our love for money, why do we love money anyway? Because it will buy us things? Sure it will buy us things on earth, but no matter how much stuff we buy or how much we tithe, money will not get us into heaven! We must grab hold to righteousness, godliness, love, patience and meekness.
Colossians 3:1-2
Philippians 3:10-14
2 Peter 1:5-10 -- We must have faith and virtue and knowledge and temperance and patience and godliness and brotherly kindess and charity. If we have all these things then we shall be frutiful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Luke 13:24-25
Hebrews 12:1 -- Again, we should set aside every weight and sin that beset us in order to run the race that is set before us with patience.
Luke 18:22
Luke 12:15
Luke 8:14
Luke 9:59 -- There is nothing that should come before us following our Lord, not even burying a parent.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Ephesians 4:22
Ephesians 5:14-20
2 Timothy 2:4 -- If we entangle ourselves in the affairs of our earthly life, our Father in heaven will not choose us as one of His soldiers!
1 Peter 2:1
1 John 2:15 -- If we love the world or things in the world, then we do not love our Father in heaven, for we cannot have both the love of the world and of the Father in us.
Mark 10:45 -- We are children of God, and if the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, then neither should we. We should do as Jesus did, minster to others and give our life to God for the sake of others.
Matthew 11:28-29 -- If we follow the Lord, we shall find rest unto our souls because our Lord's yoke is easy and His burden is light!

It may seem like a lot to take on all at once if we have not truly given ourselves to the Lord, but those of us who have can surely attest to how He guides us in our lives! That is if we allow Him to!! I know myself, I want to be in control of my life so giving up the reins and handing them over to God has definitely been a challenge, but thus far He has provided!

Have a blessed Lord's day tomorrow!

Blessings in Christ,