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"If you follow Jesus he has set you apart and has empowered you to do good works"
What is it that is stopping you from doing these good works?
"It's God's power that propels us to our purpose, but it's our desire that opens the door to his power"
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 "...it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment"
Anointing - "God's favour and the Holy Spirit's empowerment to establish the ever-expanding work of his hands."
Making decisions based on happiness doesn't always work
Happiness is fleeting
What brings you happiness today may not bring you happiness tomorrow!
- But I am a nobody
- But who are you God
- But what if noone believes me
- But I can't communicate very well
- Anyone else but me
"Yes God, Let's go!"
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision - Helen Keller
Look Up! Look In! Look Out!
Go after wisdom no matter what it costs - it's too good not to
Life with Jesus is simple!
Don't let your "stop" become a "full stop"
Don't let someone else's "lid" become your limit
Let Purpose and Promise bother you
Further reading
- Deuteronomy 28 v15 - Disobedience
- James 1 v5-7 - Double mindedness (asking but doubting)
- Matthew 6 v33 - Not seeking his Kingdom first
- Proverbs 21 v13 - No heart for the poor
- Psalms 66 v18 - Cherishing sin in your heart
- Ecclesiastes 5 v4 / Job 22 v27 / Psalm 50 v14 - Broken vow
- 1 Peter 3 v7 - treating your wife with disrespect
- Matthew 5 v21-22 / Mark 7 v11-13 Broken fellowship with brethren
- Malachi 3 v8 - Withholding tithes and offerings
- Mark 7 v13 - Not honouring your father and mother
Can I be bothered to trust God?
Have you ever thought you could do something soley in your own strength only to find that actually you can't?
Adventure is out there
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The Holy Spirit - Who He is and Why He matters so match to us
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Have you ever served a tyrant?
Choosing a Lord is choosing life
Choose for yourself
Choose closed doors and opened windows
Facing the Storm
You can face any storm if your foundations are strong
Build your life on the Rock - Christ Jesus
Sorry - the first few minutes of the talk are missing
The Video interview with Ally Jarvis that is mentioned in the talk may be found at the start of the 20th February 2022 One Church Gloucester Podcast
Focus and Perspective
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come." Ephesians 1:17-21
The Name of Jesus
Let's Go - Lights On!
"... let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5v16
You are a picture of transformation!
What patterns do we need to confirm to in order to improve this picture?
Let's Go - Lights On!
"... let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5v16
Why does everyone need to bring a shovel when they come to church?
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Matthew 13:44
There's treasure to be had
The good person produces good things from the store of good in his heart, while the evil person produces evil things from the store of evil in his heart. For his mouth speaks what overflows from his heart. Luke 6:45
The Gospel - Every Hello Matters - Part 2 - Joy If we are lacking Joy then -
- we are mis-representing the Gospel, and
- we are mis-representing this God that we are following
Q. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.
(From The Westminster Shorter Catechism)
Spiritual Parenting - Lessons from the life of Mordecai
"There's a whole world out there that needs to meet the father and we are to be the guide to get them there"
Theology Series: The Gospel
The Good News and why we need to hear it
The Gospel changes our Identity
Have you received the good news - it is of FIRST IMPORTANCE
In places the audio drops out but hopefully the full message will still come across - I'm sorry
Are you carrying a dead-weight?
Have you got "seeds" in your hand that need to be planted?
When we leave stuff "dead and buried" with Jesus, it will find new life
Worship is Unstoppable
Worship is a submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by his holiness; the nourishment of mind with his truth; the purifying of imagination by his beauty; the opening of the heart to his love; the surrender of the will to his purpose - and all this gathered up in adoration
William Temple ABoC 1942
The Church - the border-less, boundless, un-containable, Kingdom of God - is unstoppable - because of the Spirit of God
The government's rule of 6 doesn’t overrule God's promise of the 2 or 3
When Jesus is in the room things change
God wants to bless those around us, and He wants to do that through us
LIVE BIG - LIVE for OTHERS
What we can build TOGETHER is FAR GREATER THAN what we can build ALONE
God's promise was given to a PERSON - to be fulfilled by a PEOPLE
He sees us even when we are not looking for Him
He sees us even when we can not see Him
He is with us, He sees us, He is for us, He will never abandon us, He will never leave us, and He want's to pour Himself into our world
Roots
Where are your roots?
How deep do they go?
The strength of our faith is determined by the depths of our roots
A Home of Growth
Sown to be Grown
1 Peter 1: 1 "You are not forgotten, you have been chosen and destined by Father God"
A Home of No Going back
God wants to live, He wants to hang out, He wants to be a part of you, to be a part of where you are, and who you are
A Home of Miracles
We need to understand that God really does want to perform a miracle
Homes of miracles soon become Streets of Miracles
A House of Worship How can we win the battles that we're fighting?
The battle may be fought in the valley - BUT it is Won in worship
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ."
"Remember, I have given you authority..."
"In my prayers I keep asking God, the glorious Father, to give light to the eyes of your hearts, so that you will understand how surpassingly great is his power working in us who trust him." (Some phrases removed for emphasis)
Magnify /ˈmaɡnɪfʌɪ/ [ mag-nuh-fahy ]
Enlarge, Promote, Reveal, Show off, Brag, Make great, Make known...
From Late-Middle English (in the senses ‘show honour to God’ and ‘make greater’)
Our lives, if we follow Jesus, can reveal God to others.
God is not afraid of our scrutiny - he wants us all to look closely.
"O taste and see that the LORD is good"Psalms 34
Tested but not tarnished ... The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith - as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honour to God.
1 Peter 1
I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3