What I wish for you in 2015! PASTOR Paul Rose Opening round =============== What are you wishing for this year? Wish #1 =============== Get to KNOW God! Wish #1 =============== 2 Kings 23:3 (NIV) --------------- The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant. Wish #1 =============== Get on the RIGHT TRACK. Wish #1 =============== Feed your SOUL. - BE A SELF FEEDER - FEED FROM GOD FOR YOURSELF - DONT WANT GOD TO DO EVERYTHING FOR ME - BE WILLING TO GO INTO THE DEEP WHERE GOD IS - WHAT GOD IS DOING HE WILL USE OTHER PEOPLE TO - GIVE HIM AWAY TO OTHERS Wish #1 =============== Hebrews 6:1 (NIV) --------------- Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, Wish #1 =============== 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV) --------------- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Wish #2 =============== FOLLOW AFTER God! Wish #2 =============== Joshua 24:14-15 (NIV) --------------- “Now FEAR THE LORD AND SERVE HIM with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Wish #2 =============== Matthew 16:24 (NIV) --------------- Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Wish #2 =============== Follow even when you dont FEEL LIKE IT. Wish #2 =============== Follow even when THE OPPOSITION GETS TOUGH. - WE HAVE THE VICTORY, WHEN I DRAW CLOSER TO GOD THE ENEMY ASSAULTS HARDER BUT THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON Wish #2 =============== 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV) --------------- No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper Wish #3 =============== SAY YES TO God! Wish #3 =============== Hebrews 11:3 (NIV) --------------- By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Wish #3 =============== Say yes even when it DOESNT MAKE SENSE. - I CAN ONLY SEE THE PRESENT GOD SEES TIME FROM ITS BEGINNING TO ITS END Wish #3 =============== Say yes even when all your QUESTIONS ARENT ANSWERED. -GOD DOESNT WORK ON CREDIT BUT CASH ONLY, WE SHOW FAITH THEN HE SHOWS BLESSINGS EVEN WHEN I DONT UNDERSTAND Wish #3 =============== Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV) --------------- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Wish #3 =============== Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) --------------- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; IN ALL YOUR WAYS SUBMIT TO HIM, and he will make your paths straight. Wish #4 =============== EXPECT God to MOVE! -COME IN WITH EXPECTATION Wish #4 =============== 1 Kings 18:36-39 (NIV) --------------- At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!” Wish #4 =============== Be INTENTIONAL Wish #4 =============== Be SPECIFIC Wish #4 =============== Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) --------------- ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ Wish #4 =============== Hebrews 11:6 (NIV) --------------- And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:04:23 +0000
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