What I Really Need\nI Need Understanding: Pastor Michael Dascoli \n6-28-2020\n\n\u201cBe very careful, then, how you live\u2014not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord\u2019s will is.\u201d Ephesians, 5:15-17\n\nQuestion #1: What does God want from my life? \n\n\u201cOne thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek Him in His temple.\u201d Psalm 27:4\n\n\u201c\u2026give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. \nSo use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.\u201d \nRomans 6:13b (NLT)\n\n\u201cThis is what the Lord your God wants you to do: Respect the Lord and do what \nHe has told you to do. Love Him. Serve the Lord your God with your whole being.\u201d \nDeuteronomy 10:12 (NCV)\n\n\u201cNo one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.\u201d Matthew 6:24\n\nApp: What will be your #1? (ref. Matthew 22:2\u201314, Luke 14:16\u201324)\n\nQuestion #2: What does it take? \n\n\u201c\u2026train yourself to be godly.\u201d 1 Timothy 4:7b (ref. The Message)\n\nChallenge: exercise daily in God\n \n\u201c\u2026let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.\u201d Hebrews 12:1b-2 (ref. Luke 10:40-42)\n\nQuestion #3: Why should I do it? \n\nTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies \nas a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. \nRomans 12:1\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?