Resolutions SITG07
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I. RETURN
1. We return in repentance, confessing our need for mercy, cleansing, and forgiveness.
2. We rerun in humility, desiring nothing more than for you to be glorified, honored, and obeyed.
3. We return in reverence, acknowledging your greatness, holiness, and majesty.
4. We return in gratitude, celebrating your goodness, grace, and love.
5. We return in joy, confessing your revelation as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
6. We return in hunger, seeking your renewal, righteousness, and restoration.
7. We return in hope, wanting your kingdom to come, your will to be done, and your son, the Lord Jesus, to be lifted up.

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II. REMEMBER
1. We remember your holiness and declare that you alone are God and there is none like you.
2. We remember your creation and affirm you as the author of life and uphold the sanctity of every life, everywhere.
3. We remember the fall of man and declare both our guilt and your righteousness in the result of sin being separation and death.
4. We remember your law and declare both its truth and our helplessness and hopelessness before its demands.
5. We remember your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and declare His sacrifice our justification and rescuer from eternal judgment.
6. We remember your Sprit and declare that it is only by His presence and power that we can live for you and make a difference in this world.
7. We remember your mission and declare as your sons, servants, soldiers, and saints, our resolve to see all nations gathered at your throne in worship.

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III. RENEW
1. We renew with conviction our commitment to seek first you and your kingdom, above all else.
2. We renew with passion our affirmation to Biblical marriage as the foundation for the family, the church, and the community.
3. We renew with courage our calling to stand against sin, disease, poverty, and injustice in our world.
4. We renew with boldness our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and are unashamed to be identified as His followers.
5. We renew with dedication our desire to reject passivity and irresponsibility and to live as godly men who lead others into eternity.
6. We renew with resolve our surrender to the authority of your word and its truth for our lives.
7. We renew with hope our vision of the future because of your presence, promises, and eventual return.

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IV. REBUILD
1. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our inner lives by restoring Christ like integrity and wholeness to our character.
2. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our families by being servant leaders to our wives, children, and grandchildren.
3. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our brotherhood by being men who reject isolation and choose to walk the Christian life in the company of other brothers and friends.
4. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our churches by being diligent to preserve the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace as we support her God given leaders.
5. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our communities by being salt and light to the prejudice, poverty, and perversion that destroys the image of God in man.
6. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our nation by restoring justice, reclaiming honor, and remembering the common good.
7. We pledge to rebuild the walls of our world by living and proclaiming the gospel to all peoples so that they can hear and believe that Jesus Christ alone is the way, the truth, and the life.

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