Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

You may not know that my real name is Mary!  "Marty" is just a nickname, but it is what I've gone by all my life, and when I got married, the preacher who had known me for practically all my life could not remember my given name.  So I whispered it to him, lol.

So, how does my garden grow?

When you have a garden, do you pull only a few weeds, or do you try to get them all?
Sometimes we just pull off the top part of the weed so that it looks better, but the roots are still there.
If you don't get them all, what happens pretty quickly?
If you want good fruit, you need to get rid of the weeds.

It's the same way in our life.  If we get rid of some sin, but not all, it will cause problems.
We tend to think if we get rid of a "big" sin, then whatever we are still doing is not as bad.  Maybe it is small in the eyes of others, but God wants us to get rid of it all.

In Numbers 33, the LORD told the children of Israel to take possession of Canaan.  He told them to "drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places."  (v. 52)
And then read v. 55-56.
55.  But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your side, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56.  Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

If we get rid of some sin, but not all, we are still sinning.
It's just like someone spitting in your drink.  It's just a little spit.  But who'd want to drink that?
God doesn't want just some of our life.  He wants our life.
What are you holding on to?




I Will Give My Life

V.1 I will give my life unto the Lord, I will give myself unto His word. All that He has granted unto me shall be His own. (!)  He is Oh, so worthy of the best, I will serve through His own righteousness.  All the Glory give to Jesus' name and His alone.

V.2 I will give my heart unto the Lord, I will give my hopes for God to fill. All that I desire, all my dreams, shall be His own. He is Oh, so worthy of this rest, I will wait through His own righteousness.  All the Glory give to Jesus' name and His alone.

V.3 I will give my lips unto His praise, I will fix my eyes upon His gaze. All my reverence, all that I adore, shall be His own. He is Oh, so worthy to be blessed, I will worship His own righteousness. All the Glory give to Jesus' name and His alone.

V.4 I will give my life unto the Lord,
                              I will give my heart unto the Lord,
I will give myself unto His word.
                      I will give my hope for God to fill.
All that He has granted unto me shall be His own.
                       All that I desire... shall be His own.
He is, Oh, so worthy of the best,
                    He is, Oh, so worthy of this rest,
I will serve through His .............................own righteousness. 
                               I will wait through His own righteousness.
All the Glory give to Jesus Name………….….and His alone.
                     All the Glory give to Jesus Name …..….lone.
 Tag: All the Glory give to Jesus Christ the Lord and Him alone.

sMiLeS,