As one listens to the news stations, athletes and about everyone else one thing becomes very clear to me and it is my prayer that we as a church do not fall into that same mindset. Everyone today has an excuse for everything! It always something or somebody else’s fault that things don’t go as planned or we are just not big enough, or we don’t have the money. As we head into 2010 let’s stop using excuses and use the power that is within our hands.
- Who am I
- II Corinthians 5:20-21 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
- Who Sent Me
- Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
- What if they Don’t Listen And Believe
- II Timothy 3:14-16 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
- What I can’t Talk
- Ephesians 6:19 Also pray for me that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret of the Good News without fear.
- What I not Smooth
- I Corinthians 2:1-4 Friends, when I came and told you the mystery [a] that God had shared with us, I didn’t use big words or try to sound wise. 2In fact, while I was with you, I made up my mind to speak only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross. 3At first, I was weak and trembling with fear. 4When I talked with you or preached, I didn’t try to prove anything by sounding wise. I simply let God’s Spirit show his power.
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