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GROWING IN THE CHURCH THROUGH SACRIFICIAL LIVING (Acts 2:42-43)

If we are experiencing outstanding breakthrough in the church of God, we need to care for the people of God. The Lord Jesus during His ministry here on earth fed the people with both spiritual and physical food. For example in Matthew 14:13-21, Jesus fed 5,000 men with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes. Also in Matthew 15:32-39, He fed 4,000 men with 7 loaves of bread and a few fishes beside women and children.

Growing the church through fellowship:

This is very important in Acts 2:41-45 the early church of God grew and waxed stronger because the Christians devoted themselves to communication and unity with God with each other. The only way the church could survive persecution was to care for one another. The people of God in the church were in one accord, they had things in common, they fellowshipped together in prayers and in sharing; that should be the attitude of the church today.

The church is built on the foundation of love so God expects Christians to show love to one another so that His church can grow. What are you doing on your comfortable seat in the church when people are swimming in ignorance of the word of God, God desires increase; show your love to your neighbour and be prayerful to bring soul to God.

Preaching the gospel and winning souls is God business. Do not be slothful in this business. Jesus has given you the command in Matthew 28:19-20. Be awake from your slumber and go ahead to bring people into God’s kingdom. Do not let down this kingdom progress, the greatest achievement you can make on earth is to win souls.

What it shall profit a man if he gains the whole world and looses his soul, you are ordained to win souls, prosperity or progress will amount to nothing in life if you fail to win souls to God’s kingdom.

Growing the church through caring and giving

Having preached the word and brought them to the church, what follows is love, show them love; whatever God has blessed you with, use it to encourage the less privileged brethren in the church. The money, property or strength that you have is not your own, use it to worship the one who gave it to you. It takes the love of God to bear one another burden. Do not live to please yourself alone, live to make others happy too (Rom 15:1 and 1 John 3:17-19)

Growing the church through fellowship

Learn to be warm to your brethren; after the church service, greet one another, visit your brother or sister that has not been in the church; visit the sick, encourage the discouraged, help the helpless. If you are rich, visit the poor and share what you have with them, sacrifice your pleasure and visit the hospitalized and needy, there is reward for it. Let your case not be like those who will be caste away because they did not show love and care to the helpless. When you show love to one another the church of God will grow and many souls will be won to God’s kingdom through others.

DEVINE STABILITY BY SEEING THE INVISIBLE

DEVINE STABILITY BY SEEING THE INVISIBLE (Heb 11:1-3, 17-19, 23-27, Heb 12:1-2)

What you see and how you see it goes a long way to affect your stability in God. If you must go a long way, you need to see the invisible, seeing the invisible entails seeing the uncommon and unusual.

In Hebrew 11, God’s people did not give up, they were determine, Abraham waited to see that city with foundation whose builder and maker is God (Hebrew 11:10)

Therefore, God blessed His people. Seeing the unusual is not common. When you are stable, you are able to maintain focus and operate in an uncommon level. In Matthew 11:7-9 Jesus said to the multitude concerning John the Baptist: “what did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what did you go out to see. A prophet? Yes i say to you and more than a prophet

What you see affects your life. What you see and how you see it even in Christendom determines your status.es 1:7-8 says let an unstable man not get anything from God

Four things that can help us to see the invisible

1.       Confidence of provision (Hebrew 11:1-3)

When you know God, faith will make you to see beyond what you see around and so you will have the confidence of provision. The understanding and belief that God created all things and can still create anything and you’re seeing beyond your situation makes you confident and stand tall to serve your God.

2.       Commitment to obedience

When you understand the unseen it will help you to obey God. Faith is like designing the unseen. Looking at the life of Abraham the bible say he  saw ahead; he believed God (faith) and it was accounted unto him for righteousness (Rom 4:3) seeing the invisible removes the fear of the unknown and brings in obedience, it also removes the fear of not having enough

3.       Overcoming the worldly standard

When you see far, you will be able to overcome the worldly standard. Moses confronted his comfort zone in Egypt (Hebrew 11:25-27) fear of not having comfort when we serve God can remove God’s promises upon your life, Matthew 11; 28 say ‘come to me all ye who labour and are heavenly laden and i will give you rest..... For my yoke is easy and my burden is light

4.       Living victoriously in Christ (Hebrew 11:39 – Hebrew 12)

When you leave this world, will your departure be a statement that has been left behind for people to follow? Living victoriously in Christ means that your life must be in the hands of the author and finisher of your faith. Do you want to live that victorious life? Then surrender to Jesus today and make Him the author of your life. Seeing the invisible is fundamental, you will live above any challenge confronting you and you will live the God standard and principles in Jesus Name.

YOUR CHOICES (DEISION) DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY

YOUR CHOICES (DEISION) DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY

There are three things about choices:

1.       You are free to choose

2.       Its not possible for you not to choose

3.       You are not in control of the result of your choices – ie you cannot choose it

You are free to choose:

a.       The quality of your life today is the sum total of the choices you have made sometimes back. Life is made of different time of decision taken. Everyone has to take decision at one time or the other.

Life itself presents options of decision all the times (Deut 30:19, Joshua 24:15, Phil.1:15-18)

b.      Since the above is true: it is impossible not take decision. Taking no decision is decision taken Matt.12:30

c.       You are no longer in control of the result of your decision. Gen 8:22

d.      About decision, big choice takes care of little choices – so sit down and count the cost and evaluate because you take the choice or decision alone – Luke 14:28

Problem of bad choices

The choice of Elimelech was wrong and bad in the sense that he got himself out of the will of God – he decided to take a quick shotcut to moab and never came back

Wrong motives: He was motivated primarily by the physical not the spiritual (Matt 6:33) look at Bethlehem and Moab

Wrong method: operating by sight and not by faith compare the meaning of his name and his decision for moab

Wrong master: he ended up serving the wrong master (Moab) He left the covenant blessing of Israel

Results of bad choices are:

1.       Death

2.       Deprivation

3.       Disappointment

Power of right choices

Ruth among all made the right choice (decision) and her life was transformed. She was delivered from the curse, shame, condemnation and she got a new life

Seven ways of taking right choices

1.       A new determination

2.       A new direction

3.       A new dependence

4.       A new desire

5.       A new devotion

6.       A new dedication

7.       A new destiny

Right choices are like the right investment in the right business which will definitely give good returns. But it is in your hand to take decisions not someone else. http://biggybrand.blogspot.com/