keep looking up. i. to be set apart from this world requires us to have a higher focus, lifting our...

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I. TO BE SET APART FROM THIS WORLD REQUIRES US TO HAVE A HIGHER FOCUS, LIFTING OUR

VISION.

II. YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE

III. YOU ARE VALUABLE TO GOD, A PERSON OF WORTH

IV. GOD REMAKES US THROUGH JESUS. HE CHANGES SIN-RUINED

HUMANS INTO A LIVING EXAMPLE OF FAITH AND LOVE.

9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.

Romans 8:9-10

Romans 8:11-1211 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus

from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.

Romans 8:13-14

13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

V. YOUR CHOICE IS CRUCIAL. YOU WILL EITHER FOLLOW YOUR SINFUL NATURE OR GOD’S WAY…

GOD’S WAY BRINGS HARMONY WITH HIM.

VI. CULTIVATE A LIVING DEVOTION TO GOD

2 Thessalonians 3:55 May the Lord lead your hearts

into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes

from Christ.

JAMES 1:22

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

VII. GOD HAS PROVIDED FOLLWERS OF CHRIST WITH ALL WE NEED FOR LIVING A

HOLY LIFE!

2 Peter 1:3

3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.

Psalm 57:2

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