28 February 2010

MALLEABLE, FLEXIBLE AND READY TO BE USED!

WHO ARE YOU?WHO ARE YOU?

Are you called and assigned or self-defined?Are you called and assigned or self defined?What is the source of your perceived identity?identity?Many miss the mark, because we don’t want t h !to change!

Don’t want to look “weak”Don’t want to sacrifice for othersDon’t want to be inconvenienced

THE GREATEST COMMANDMENTTHE GREATEST COMMANDMENT

Matthew 22:36-39Matthew 22:36 39Master, which is the great commandment in the law?law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and y , y ,with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. gAnd the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

THE POTTER AND THE CLAYTHE POTTER AND THE CLAY

Romans 9:20-21Romans 9:20 21God makes us as He willThe potter has power over the clayThe potter has power over the clay

Isaiah 64:8Y t O L d Y F th th lYet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your handYour hand.

REDEMPTION COMES WITH ASSIGNMENTREDEMPTION COMES WITH ASSIGNMENT

Isaiah 6:5-9Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!hosts! Then flew one of the seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar; And with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven. Al I h d th i f th L d i Wh h ll I d?Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually but understand not; and see and see continuallycontinually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.

YOUR IDENTITY MUST DIEYOUR IDENTITY MUST DIE

Luke 14:26-27 (AMP)Luke 14:26 27 (AMP)If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters [yes] and even hischildren and brothers and sisters--[yes] and even his own life also--he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not persevere and carry his ownWhoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.

DYING IS A DAILY TASKDYING IS A DAILY TASK

1 Corinthians 15:30-311 Corinthians 15:30 31[For that matter], why do I live [dangerously as I do, running such risks that I am] in peril everydo, running such risks that I am] in peril every hour? [I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [ y ] y p y[your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self].

THE CALLED BECOME WHOMEVER GOD NEEDSTHE CALLED BECOME WHOMEVER GOD NEEDS

1 Corinthians 9:16-271 Corinthians 9:16 27The Gospel must be your passionThe charge must never be abused or taken forThe charge must never be abused or taken for grantedServanthood is voluntary but necessaryServanthood is voluntary, but necessaryInteraction is requiredFruit must be the result and it must remainFruit must be the result, and it must remainRun the race until the day of deathWe must not be hypocrites!We must not be hypocrites!