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Chris
1. Hunger
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. (NKJV)
Time is short, stakes are high.
We must never put God in a box, and conclude on what being a Christians, being His disciple, means. We never arrive.
Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (NKJV)
We must never stay static in the Lord. There is no status quo.
My own view of who God is in my life changes all the time as I see new areas and learn new things.
Poor in spirit, hunger and thirst for righteousness
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (NKJV)
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. (NKJV)
Matthew 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (NKJV)
Live a life where you actively seek to store up treasures in heaven. What you treasure shows where your heart is.
Jesus is the bread of life. Never let anything else numb you into satisfaction, spoil your appetite for the truth. Never be satisfied with the things this world offers.
It will make cares and deceive with riches and choke the Word. You will bear NO fruit.
2. Truth
Truth is in the Word. The Word will CHANGE how you see God, yourself and the World.
Read it, think about it constantly. Set your mind on eternal things – not airy fairy, highfalutin but seek to understand how and why things are the way they are. Seek to know God, how He sees things, in the Word.
You will encounter without doubt His goodness and His grace!
Acts 20:32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (NKJV)
The Glory that He said was in us will manifest, when we see ourselves in the mirror of the Word.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (NKJV)
God loves us so much – we need to catch a glimpse of this! We need to be immersed in every truth that Jesus died on the cross for!
3. Freedom
John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (NKJV)
Every truth in every area that you come to know will make you free. You will become more like Jesus in that area.
Important Truths:
Know that He has set you free – no more are you condemned.
He has forgiven ALL your sins, removed your sin nature.
Made you into a New Creature – spirit, soul and body. 2 Cor 5:17
You have a great inheritance in the New Creation Life
Renewal of how you see God, yourself, Christianity and the World as a whole.
Unwhole views of what church is about, what being a child of God means.
Know who you are in Jesus Christ.
4. Awe
Realise how great a salvation He has bought for us.
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, (NKJV)
Of His great Love for us, how He has given of Himself to us that we may have His Life, His wholeness in us.
John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: (NKJV)
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (NKJV)
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (NKJV)
His salvation is complete. Every area we believe in, we receive. The more we realise this, the more we are in awe. He is as big to us as we see we have been saved, healed and made whole. We stand in awe more and more as we see more of His grace, His life working in us.
5. Faith
It is easier to have faith when we know His Love. If we don’t think He is good, if we think He sends evil for our good, this undermines faith.
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. (NKJV)
James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. (NKJV)
John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (NKJV)
Faith comes by hearing and knowing the Word and its promises!
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (NKJV)
6. Relationship
It’s not the outwards – don’t run out to get people saved first. Don’t try go out and do “Christian” things in place of a relationship with the One True God.
Everything we do is a result of the time we’ve spent with Him, in Word and in prayer.
Know God through His word, not outside of it.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (NKJV)
Be led by His Spirit in what you do.
7. Satisfaction
Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! (NKJV)
He is good. Your life will be filled with goodness, the fruits of the promises.
8. Worship
When you walk in His will, your life becomes worship to Him. It will no longer be about you, but about Him.
That’s when we start to bear fruit.
Luke 8:15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. (NKJV)
9. Inheritance
Goodness and mercy will follow you.
Goodness beyond what you can imagine. Mercy beyond what you need.
There is a rich inheritance for each of us.
Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’ (NKJV)
Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. (NKJV)
10. Rewards
Rewards beyond what we can imagine. The rewards are just for believing and acting out of faith!
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (NKJV)
We receive the promise of the Spirit through Faith!
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” (NKJV)
He himself is our reward! If you have the giver, you don’t need to go after the gifts!
