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#356: Using Spiritual Gifts Aug 02, 2021

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The Bible has a lot to say about spiritual gifts. There are at least 20 of them listed in the Bible. You can read about them in these passages of Scripture: Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4.
It’s important to understand that these gifts from God are different from our natural abilities. Everyone has natural ability. But only believers have spiritual gifts.
Your spiritual gift reveals how God wants to use your life.
Ask God to reveal to you your spiritual gift. Ask others to tell you how they see God using your life. God doesn’t want to keep your spiritual gift a mystery. He wants to tell you. Step out in faith and allow God to use your life.

1 Peter 4:10 says, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

Romans 12:6 – “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.”

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#355: Never Abandoned Aug 01, 2021

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If you are feeling lonely today, I want to remind you of the promises of God. He has promised that you will not be alone, you will not be abandoned. Even if your family and friends forsake you, the Lord will still be with you.
Though others turn away, He will not. If you belong to Him He has promised that no matter what comes up along the way, he will never leave you or forsake you.
Despite your feelings and your emotions, determine today to stand upon the promises of God. You might feel abandoned, but you are not.
Let’s decide to confront our fears with the truth of God’s Word. We will not let our emotions control us. We will be encouraged by the promise of God to never leave us or abandon us. Let’s thank God for his constant presence in our lives.

Psalm 27:10 says, “Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.”

2 Timothy 4:16-17 - “At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.”

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#354: Praying for Revival Jul 31, 2021

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My heart longs to see the church come alive. I want to see the church awakened to the presence of God. We must come to a place of repentance and surrender before God. I desire to see us filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and reaching our communities for Christ.
Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. It brings sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow. - James Packer
What could happen if Christ followers like you and I began to diligently pray and seek God? What could happen if we asked God to revive his church and to let it begin with us. What could happen if the church came together in unity of purpose and mission?
As we study revivals that have occurred throughout history, we learn that are several signs that accompany a true revival. Revival always begins with believers seeking God in prayer. Revivals are accompanied by faithful Bible preaching, repentance of sins, unity of believers, and a commitment to evangelism.

Psalm 85:6 - “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?”

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#353: Final Instructions Jul 30, 2021

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After all the lessons Jesus imparted, he had one more thing to say. After Jesus’ resurrection, he spent 40 final days with his disciples before his ascension back to the Father. He had a final opportunity to give them instructions. What would he say?
Today we call these verses Jesus’ Great Commission. Jesus had prepared his disciples for three years. Now they were ready. They would take the message of Jesus to their local community and around the world. Just as they had been made disciples by Jesus, they would follow his example and make other disciples.
After his departure, Jesus would baptize his followers with the power of the Holy Spirit. The task he gave them would be too great for them to accomplish in their own strength. They would need a power that is greater than their own. They would need the power of God.
But here’s what is truly amazing. You and I have been given the same mission as the disciples. God has called you and I to make disciples of all nations. We are to spread the good news of Jesus Christ locally, and globally. If you feel inadequate to the challenge, you would be right. Like the disciples, you and I need the power of the Holy Spirit as well.

Matthew 28:19-20 - “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Acts 1:4-5 - “On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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#352: The Abounding Love of God Jul 29, 2021

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Experiencing God’s love is the most life changing thing a person could ever encounter. God created us to love us. Yet, many feel that because of their mistakes and failures God couldn’t possibly love them. The great news is that God’s love is unearned and undeserved.
Human love is generally a response to conditions and circumstances around us. We love because someone pleases us, or because they seem attractive, or because they pay attention to us, or because they make us laugh, or because we feel fulfilled around them.
But God’s love comes without human cause. He loves because that is the kind of God He is. Nothing in us causes him to love us. Not our beauty, not our wealth, not our wisdom, not our good deeds, and not our promise to love him back.
No matter who you are, where you are from, what you have done, how many times you have failed, and even if you don’t love yourself, God loves you!

Psalm 86:15 says, “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."

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#351: Laying Down our Rights Jul 28, 2021

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Jesus tells us there are far more important things than looking out for what we think we are entitled to. Instead of focusing so much on ourselves, and what we think we deserve, we should instead put our focus on others, and love them like Jesus did.
If we hold onto our right to personal respect, our immediate reaction is going to be an insult back. But here, Jesus is calling us to give up that right and to refuse to retaliate because we live with a higher value - to honor Jesus with every word and every action.
We resist the temptation to seek revenge. It’s tempting to do to others what they’ve done to us. We are called to show grace—to be kind and caring to someone, even when they don’t deserve it.
This is the heart of the gospel…Christ humbled Himself; He took on Him the form of a servant, and He laid down His life for us.
It’s hard to lay down our rights, but we must see that any right surrendered to God will result in greater freedom in Christ. Let’s surrender it all to Jesus.

Matthew 5:38-42 - “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”

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#350: When our Love Grows Cold Jul 27, 2021

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Most of us know people who once walked with Christ. They were passionate about Jesus. They had such a strong faith and relationship with God. But over time, they lost their passion and their love grew cold. We wonder what happened.
What a tragedy for our love for Jesus to grow cold. When we love the world and the things of this life, there is little room left for Jesus.
It’s vital that we guard our hearts. We must seek Jesus first and above all things. We organize our lives around our relationship with God. We pursue Him daily. We stoke the fire to the keep the flames burning.
The coldness of our love for Christ doesn’t begin in public. It begins in private. It’s not evident right away. We can still go through the public motions of our outward faith. Meanwhile, inwardly our love has grown cold. Tragically, a cold soul eventually becomes evident to all. Speaking of believers, Jesus said we would know them by their fruit.

Matthew 24:12 - “ Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”

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#349: Visible Signs of Spiritual Growth Jul 26, 2021

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When we are brand new Christian and we just learning to follow Christ, we are at the beginning stages. There is much to learn and so many areas in which we grow and change to be like Jesus.
Growing in Christ is something that should never stop. There is more to experience. There are deeper depths and hight heights. There are more steps of faith to take. There is a richer experience in Christ. We just have to seek for it.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit is the result of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the life of a Christian. The fruit is the character of Jesus. As we abide in Christ, as we seek him and pursue him, we bear more fruit. In fact we cannot produces spiritual fruit apart from abiding with Jesus.
Do a checkup of your spiritual health. Are there visible signs that you are growing in your relationship with Christ? With intentionality, begin to pursue a closer walk with God. As you do, the spiritual fruit will become evident.

1 Peter 2:2 says, “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation”

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#348: Our Favorite Excuses Jul 25, 2021

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Like Moses, most of us have our favorite excuses. We are too busy. We are not qualified. We are not ready. We struggle to see how and even why God would want to use our lives. We often fail to see what God sees in us.
Why does God put such a great treasure in such weak vessels? In other words, why does God want to use my life, with my flaws, my failures, and my weaknesses? So that the greatness of the power may be of God and not of us. So that it would be evident to anyone who had eyes to see that the work was being done by the power of God, not the power of the vessel.
God wants to use your life for his glory. He wants to use your life to display his power. He wants to use you so that your life had purpose and meaning. He wants your life to be a blessing to others.'
Let’s surrender our excuses and step out in faith. Let God use your life. He may want to use your voice, your time, your resources, your experience, or your talents. Let go of why you can’t and trust God. You’ll be amazed at what he can do through you.

Exodus 3:11 - “But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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#347: Meditating on Scripture Jul 24, 2021

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The Bible presents us with the spiritual discipline of meditation on scripture. This is the practice of thinking about the Word of God. How many times have you read some Bible verses in the morning as you started your day, only to never think of them again?
What would happen if you began to meditate on Scripture? What if you picked a verse for the day or the week and you intentionally thought about the verse throughout the day? Imagine getting God’s Word into your heart. Imagine thinking about what the verse means and how you would apply it to your life.
As the Holy Spirit directs you, select a verse of scripture to memorize. Continue to meditate on this verse throughout the week. Ask God to speak to you from this verse and be quick to apply it to your life.

Psalm 1:1-3 - “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”

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