>>Spiritual gifts
When we celebrate our birthdays and people gives us gifts and as soon as they go back to their homes after birthday party what is our first reaction? We run and un-wrap the gifts as fast as we can to see what’s inside.
Likewise, when we became born again God gave us spiritual gifts. What do we do, now that we know that he gave them to us? Un-wrap it and use it for the glory of God.
>>ALL
Ephesians 3:20 – “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above ALL that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…”
The word ALL, in connection with what God says:-
ALL means,
-To the highest degree
– Inexhaustible supply
-Maximum
-Of all types
-For everything
-Every manner of
-Every kind
-For every detail
-Beyond human understanding.
So when you think of these verses…God of ALL grace, mercy, peace, forgiveness. Remember the meaning of ALL!
>>Faith in a Faithful God
We never judge what God is doing in our lives through one season, but see His work over different seasons. That’s faith in action to me. We pray, we wait, and we serve…all the time believing that God is faithful. Eccl 2, 3
>>How to pray?
1 Bring your anxieties before God.
Be bold. Be adamant in requesting with authority in prayer as you are speaking to your Father.
2.Tell ur needs to God of course, but come with an attitude to hear from God.
3. Pray with your Bible open. Take a verse meditate & pray using that verse.
4 Most important ask Jesus to teach you pray. When Jesus, His disciples used to wait for him to finish and tell Him teach us how to pray Luke 6.12
>>Three types of followers:
- Shallow followers- Just interested in rituals in order to please God to get some kind of benefit. #Matthew 23:25-28
2. Edgy followers- They just want to have a relationship at the edge, want to play safe, allow God to come and touch just the surface. They build a border line and allow God to just remain at this point. Hebrews 5:11-14
3. Intimate followers-
Intimate relationship with God means: #Ephesians 2:1-5
-The deepest part of you is having a relationship with a deepest part of God.
He reveals a part of Himself that only through the Cross of Christ we can enjoy. #Galatians 2:20