Questions in this episode: – Do you think it is important for Christians to actively engage in politics to uphold Christian values and influence positive changes? – Where does it say to pay preachers or church people to serve in the church – On the 1,000 year reign of Christ, when he comes to rule …
We must be faithful to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives by obeying the clear vocational and ministry calling for our lives.
Though God’s plans for our lives will involve some fearful circumstances, we must be unafraid and resolute about fulfilling God’s calling on our lives as we hold on to his promises.
We must evaluate our competing desires to serve God and our own comfort, resolutely deciding to persist in fulfilling the particular calling he has laid on our lives as Christians.
Our decisions about the best use of our Christian stewardship will at times conflict with other Christians; when they do we shouldn’t fret, but instead seek constructive solutions.
As God’s called agents in this world we must remain focused on our particular assignments, never fazed by the providential redirections as to how and where he utilizes us.
God has planned a specific set of purposes for our generation and will personally work to enlist you to accomplish a set of them for his glory.
We must value and celebrate the pre-Christian grace of God, which he clearly demonstrates in drawing people to a receptive hearing of the gospel of Christ.
We must never let fear or pain distract us from boldly following God’s revealed will for our lives, knowing that the Lord’s fruitful plan for our lives is always best.
To fully appreciate the grace of Christian regeneration we need to recall the futility and plight of our pre-Christian rebellion against God.
So often we discover that the challenge of the Christian life is to stay focused on the big picture of what’s eternally significant. While the demands of everyday life shout for our attention, it’s the issues of supreme importance that usually…
When we read of people in the Bible provoking God to anger we ought to take note – especially when the people making God mad are his own children. The last thing we should want is to follow in the erring footsteps of our elder brothers and sisters. One such cautionary incident took place on the day God called Moses to lead Israel’s exodus from Egypt.
Following Christ requires clarity regarding who Jesus is and how his Lordship must not be supplanted by any earthly love or loyalty.
Christ will call us to positions and tasks for which we will feel inadequate, our job is to be faithful, trusting that he will supply all that is needed, bearing fruit through us in victories and setbacks.
We should purposefully engage in God’s assignment to make disciples, careful not to get bogged down in the priorities of life that inhibit our engagement in evangelism.
Jesus possesses absolute authority over our lives, so it is critical to be mindful of his commands & commissions, and it behooves us to be diligent to do them.
As participants in the gospel’s benefits, we must enthusiastically embrace the responsibility and calling of being gospel emissaries to everyone else.
As Christians we have the responsibility and the hope of living everyday and in every way for the glory of God and the advancement of his agenda.
God Expects us to watch our attitude as we minister to his people, so that we won`t ever quit or become haughty in our quest to serve the bride of Christ.
God has called each of us to get to work to make this outpost of Christ’s church great world history hinges on it!
We ought to remain focused on God’s agenda to love and serve his people by enthusiastically embracing our role as his tools.
God has an important and fulfilling plan to utilize each of us in this world and in his church and that looks a lot better than the futile life we led before Christ.
God’s Word encourages us to thoughtfully consider whether the work we are doing is the work he has called us to do.
It is always worth it to trade comfort & convenience for the joy & fulfillment of assisting Christ in building his church!
The Christian life is only worth it when we dive in to what God has called us to do.