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Who is Number One?

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Matthew 7:24-25 (ASV) 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

The importance of knowing who

or what is number one

Gallop Poll – Number one cause of stress

James 1:8 (KJV) 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

CONFLICTING PRIORITIES

Joshua 24:14-15 (KJV) 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Matthew 6:24 (KJV) 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other…

Mark 8:36-37 (KJV) 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

The resources for discovering who or what should be number one

THE WORLD

Luke 8:14

Luke 12:15

THE WILL OF GOD

I John 2:17

Psalms 119:37

Romans 12:2

Matthew 11:28-30

II Timothy 3:16-17

Who is Your Number One?

Job 34:3-4 (KJV) 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

1 John 2:17 (KJV) 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Philippians 3:8 (KJV) 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Philippians 1:21-23 (KJV) 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Matthew 6:33 (KJV) 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 7:21 (KJV) 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

"The Lord is first,

my friends are second, and I am third."

Matthew 22:37-40 (KJV) 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.