In order to qualify we need to look at Character:
· My intention is to stir your heart for the ministry.
· God has called us all to the ministry.
· But not all of us are Apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers.
The bible says these offices are for
· The equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry.
You can read the building blocks for success:
· In 2nd Peter 1:1-12:
· (write these building blocks down go over them continually)
Understanding these building blocks, will instill in your heart desire:
· To fulfill your course and finish your race.
· Realizing its not just whats in it for you, but all the people God has called you unto.
If you dont finish your course:
· That will naturally affect many other lives.
· So its not all about us.
· Its about all the people God has called us unto.
You need to establish the fact that in order:
· To Fulfill your course,
· To finish your race,
· To develop these 9 ingredients listed in 2nd Peter
· And also the qualifications out of 2nd Tim. 2:20-21.
You are going to have to incorporate spiritual disciplines!
lets are going to start with:
· Disciplines; the identification and there purpose.
Remember this:
· Joy is the center of all the disciplines.
Because in exercising these disciplines we find freedom.
· And where there is freedom there is Joy.
In order to reach our full potential as men and women of God:
· Most of us are going to have to undergo a lot of change.
And the changing process is Gods Work and not ours alone!
Its not will power that changes us:
· Its Gods Grace,
· Gods Word,
· And Gods Spirit.
Philippians 2:13 Says:
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
The Weymouths Translation says:
It is God Himself, whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will, and also brings about the accomplishment of it.
Thats why we can say the changing process is not my responsibility alone:
· Its God working in me.
The Bible lets us know:
· He gives you the very desire you have, to want to accomplish His will.
· He put it in you.
He will not only give you that desire:
· But He will bring it to pass and accomplish it.
o If we will cooperate.
Gods Grace, His Word, and His Spirit:
· Are the changing agents.
An example would be:
Lets say you have a child playing in the mud,
· When the child gets home,
· You turn on the shower,
· The water comes out,
But the child will not become clean until:
·They position them selves under the water for a while.
The agent called water:
· Will bring forth the desired transformation.
The only way he can go from dirty to clean is to position himself under the water:
· The water is the agent of change.
Gods Grace, His Word and His Spiri-- WILL DO THEIR WORK IF:
· We will position ourselves under their influence consistently.
· My intention is to stir your heart for the ministry.
· God has called us all to the ministry.
· But not all of us are Apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers.
The bible says these offices are for
· The equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry.
You can read the building blocks for success:
· In 2nd Peter 1:1-12:
· (write these building blocks down go over them continually)
Understanding these building blocks, will instill in your heart desire:
· To fulfill your course and finish your race.
· Realizing its not just whats in it for you, but all the people God has called you unto.
If you dont finish your course:
· That will naturally affect many other lives.
· So its not all about us.
· Its about all the people God has called us unto.
You need to establish the fact that in order:
· To Fulfill your course,
· To finish your race,
· To develop these 9 ingredients listed in 2nd Peter
· And also the qualifications out of 2nd Tim. 2:20-21.
You are going to have to incorporate spiritual disciplines!
lets are going to start with:
· Disciplines; the identification and there purpose.
Remember this:
· Joy is the center of all the disciplines.
Because in exercising these disciplines we find freedom.
· And where there is freedom there is Joy.
In order to reach our full potential as men and women of God:
· Most of us are going to have to undergo a lot of change.
And the changing process is Gods Work and not ours alone!
Its not will power that changes us:
· Its Gods Grace,
· Gods Word,
· And Gods Spirit.
Philippians 2:13 Says:
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
The Weymouths Translation says:
It is God Himself, whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will, and also brings about the accomplishment of it.
Thats why we can say the changing process is not my responsibility alone:
· Its God working in me.
The Bible lets us know:
· He gives you the very desire you have, to want to accomplish His will.
· He put it in you.
He will not only give you that desire:
· But He will bring it to pass and accomplish it.
o If we will cooperate.
Gods Grace, His Word, and His Spirit:
· Are the changing agents.
An example would be:
Lets say you have a child playing in the mud,
· When the child gets home,
· You turn on the shower,
· The water comes out,
But the child will not become clean until:
·They position them selves under the water for a while.
The agent called water:
· Will bring forth the desired transformation.
The only way he can go from dirty to clean is to position himself under the water:
· The water is the agent of change.
Gods Grace, His Word and His Spiri-- WILL DO THEIR WORK IF:
· We will position ourselves under their influence consistently.
