“BEING USED OF GOD.”
TEXT: Luke 1:41
Matthew 20:28- “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
WRONG VOICES = WRONG IDEAS = WRONG THOUGHTS= WRONG VIEWPOINT = MISS GOD’S BEST.
1. RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS.
When God wants to help you go from Step 1 to Step 2, He will put into your life power relationships – These are people who have done what you’re trying to do, have already been through what you’re going through, and have the ability to reach back, and grab you, and pull you through, and expedite your journey in extraordinary ways, and it’s all about who you get around.
A. RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS CAN UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL THAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.
B. LET’S UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU, HE WILL SEND A PERSON, AND WHEN THE DEVIL WANTS TO CURSE YOU, HE WILL SEND A PERSON.
Romans 8:5
- Flesh people feed your fear, but spirit people feed your faith.
- Flesh people tear you down, but faith people build you up.
- Flesh people drain your energy. They waste your time.
- Flesh people talk to other people about you rather than talking to you about you.
- Spirit people talk to God for you.
C. GOD SENT ANANIAS, BARNABUS, AND TITUS TO HELP PAUL GET STARTED.
2. RIGHT TIMING. John 4:4
- There is a timing to ministry. There is a timing to being used of God.
STORY: I Kings 17-God told the prophet Elijah that famine was coming. Go to the River Cherith. I’ve commanded the ravens to feed you there. Notice it’s a specific place. Your source is not the brook. Your source is not the bird. Your source is God, and if you’re in relation… Don’t go to God for a miracle. Go to God for a relationship.
It’s dependent upon you being in the right place with the right people, and I’m the right person. I’m a power relationship, Elisha, in your life.
Bethel means house of God. God showed him, angels, ascending, descending. It tells me. Then Jacob made a powerful statement. He said, “I have found the gate of heaven.”
3. RIGHT IDEA.
JOIN A TEAM TO SERVE ON.
SERVE -Serving, reaching, equipping, and valuing everyone)
Knowing God, Finding Freedom, Discovering Purpose, and Making a Difference. This is God’s plan for your life.
John 13:12-17
Growth Track consists of 3 steps.
Step 1- Getting to know River of Life
Step 2- Discover your divine design.
Step 3 – Join a team and serve.
I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
- Many of you need a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP.
- How many of you need a power relationship?
- How many of you are lonely, and you’re ready for God’s will?
- How many of you today need somebody to put you in where you’ve tried to get in and you can’t get in?
- How many of you feel like God’s saying, break the plow?
- How many of you feel like the creek has dried up and God needs to give you a new set of instructions?