John 14:12 NIV Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father

1 Sam 12:24 NIV But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

1 Cor 15:57 NIV "But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ".

Romans 8:37 (NIV): "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us". In all what things? Hardship, persecution, famine, danger, sickness, betrayal, failture, addiction.

Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5 NLT

Consecration

• Belonging to God alone
• To set apart for God’s exclusive use
• Devoted, dedicated, and made Holy through separation
• To be set apart from common things in order to be exclusively devoted to and used for God’s purposes

1) Consecration comes first

John 12:24 NIV Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Paul said in Gal 2:20 NIV I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Consecration is this daily act- God I set myself aside for your purposes. You must increase and I must decrease.

Romans 6:6-7 NIV For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. Because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

2) Consecration is an invitation, not a forced behavior

Joshua 3:8 NIV 8 Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’”

3) Consecration is an act of faith that doesn’t worry about the outcome

Romans 12:1-2 NIV Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

John 17:17 NIV Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Eph 3:20 NIV Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,