Lakepointe Church with Josh Howerton
How To Consecrate Your Life For God’s Purposes | Fight The Good Fight | Pastor Josh Howerton
Sep 13, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
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Josh HowertonHost
Lakepointe Church with Josh Howerton
Sep 13, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
Josh HowertonHost
We, in two weeks, we've got like, it's one of my three favorite services we have all year.
Um, since the beginning of Bapt the Movies up to now, we've had over 4,000 people indicate a first-time decision to follow Christ sometime in our service.
[audience applauding] Now, hey, um, if you're one of those people, let me just be your pastor for a second and, and just say something.
Um, listen, when you did that, what you did not do is you didn't just receive the grace of Jesus Christ as your savior, although you got that, and there ain't, ain't nothing better than that.
Um, you also, you bent your knee to the lordship of Jesus Christ as your Lord and as your leader.
And what that means is that you are now, you're not just a recipient of grace, you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.
And so, uh, you cannot be following somebody and standing still at the same time.
So the question you should be asking as a new follower of Jesus Christ is: What steps should I be taking to follow my Lord more closely? And the first step that He asks you to take is the step of being baptized.
That means like dunked after you are saved, uh, in baptism, and all that means is it's going public with your faith in Jesus Christ.
[audience cheering] And so, man, you need to be a, the kind of person that's like, "Man, I'm in Team Jesus.
Let's go." So if you've never done that, um, I want you to text the word life to the number 20411.
We, in two weeks, we've got like, it's one of my three favorite services we have all year.
Um, since the beginning of Bapt the Movies up to now, we've had over 4,000 people indicate a first-time decision to follow Christ sometime in our service.
[audience applauding] Now, hey, um, if you're one of those people, let me just be your pastor for a second and, and just say something.
Um, listen, when you did that, what you did not do is you didn't just receive the grace of Jesus Christ as your savior, although you got that, and there ain't, ain't nothing better than that.
Um, you also, you bent your knee to the lordship of Jesus Christ as your Lord and as your leader.
And what that means is that you are now, you're not just a recipient of grace, you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.
And so, uh, you cannot be following somebody and standing still at the same time.
So the question you should be asking as a new follower of Jesus Christ is: What steps should I be taking to follow my Lord more closely? And the first step that He asks you to take is the step of being baptized.
That means like dunked after you are saved, uh, in baptism, and all that means is it's going public with your faith in Jesus Christ.
[audience cheering] And so, man, you need to be a, the kind of person that's like, "Man, I'm in Team Jesus.
Let's go." So if you've never done that, um, I want you to text the word life to the number 20411.
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