1 00:00:05,260 --> 00:00:07,940 This is the consecrator's vow. 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,440 I vow before God to make these verses 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,360 and their principles a act of reality in 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,980 my life as I serve my Lord in 5 00:00:17,980 --> 00:00:18,920 my generation. 6 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:21,580 May I refer to them each day and 7 00:00:21,580 --> 00:00:23,900 ask the Holy Spirit to make them a 8 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:25,680 practical reality in my life. 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,720 I'll sign my name to it and I'll 10 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:28,220 date it. 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,680 The following three verses were given by John 12 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,020 Song to the consecrators in his meetings who 13 00:00:35,020 --> 00:00:37,100 pledged their life to the service of the 14 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,560 Lord Jesus Christ and the spread of the 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,060 gospel. 16 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:42,920 John Song would sign his name in their 17 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,260 Chinese Bibles with the following verses to live 18 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:46,680 by. 19 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:50,800 Number one, Psalm 5110. 20 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:54,800 Create me a clean heart, O God, and 21 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,700 renew a right spirit within me. 22 00:00:57,140 --> 00:00:59,840 May this be a constant reminder to me 23 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,580 that I need always to pray for a 24 00:01:02,580 --> 00:01:05,180 clean heart and a right spirit to keep 25 00:01:05,180 --> 00:01:06,760 me from sin and temptation. 26 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Number two, Romans 12 verses 1 and 2. 27 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:16,900 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies 28 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,720 of God, that ye present your bodies to 29 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,420 live in sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which 30 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:25,820 is your reasonable service. 31 00:01:26,580 --> 00:01:29,800 And be not conformed to this world, but 32 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,080 be transformed by the renewing of your mind 33 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,000 that you may prove what is that good 34 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,260 and acceptable and perfect will of God. 35 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,400 The call in verse one, present myself a 36 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,000 living sacrifice, should be a constant reminder of 37 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,380 my vow to serve the Lord all the 38 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:50,460 days of my life. 39 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,760 The second verse, an exhortation not to be 40 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,220 conformed to this world, warning me all the 41 00:01:58,220 --> 00:02:01,160 time not to love the world, lest my 42 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,700 love for my Redeemer should grow cold or 43 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:06,480 lukewarm, and I should not conform to the 44 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,520 world, but live above it in my personal 45 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:10,180 life. 46 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,400 Number three, 1 Corinthians 15. 47 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:21,640 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always 48 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:24,420 abounding in the work of the Lord for 49 00:02:24,420 --> 00:02:27,160 as much as you know that your labor 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,600 is not in vain in the Lord. 51 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:33,680 This verse reminds me to remain steadfast in 52 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,260 my faith and diligent in my work. 53 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:40,320 Had King David lived by this principle, he 54 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,240 would have stayed fighting the Lord's battles rather 55 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,420 than lounging on his bed of ease and 56 00:02:45,420 --> 00:02:45,920 sin. 57 00:02:46,380 --> 00:02:49,680 I pray this consecrator's vow that the Lord 58 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,140 will grant me the grace to stay a 59 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:56,880 living sacrifice, unconformed to this world, steadfast and 60 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,880 unmovable, and never wearied in serving Him all 61 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,760 the days of the rest of my life 62 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,520 as I live in unto God and His 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,120 glory. 64 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,460 I pray these things in the strong name 65 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:10,820 of Jesus Christ. 66 00:03:11,140 --> 00:03:11,500 Amen.