Sunday, January 27, 2008

Elisha 11 Kings 2:1-11 NIV
Ruth 1:3-18 NIV
Luke 9:57-62 NIV (3 excuses for not commiting)
Luke 23:46 NIV, comitting to trust His Father in DEATH!

Home: Joshua 24:15b (father)
Prov. 31:27-31, (Mother)

Job:
Prov. 12:24, 16:26

Church:
Eros vs Agape
Eros, as long as I get what I want, I will choose to stay, serve, (as long as the honeymoon lasts)
Agape: I will never leave you, regardless how I feel, it is not about me.
John 13:33 KJ
Prov. 13:22b (inheritance for his childrens, children) Your children find it difficult to see beyond your past failures, and embrace your vision for ministry, your childrens children do not have any history of you past failures and easily embrace your vision for ministry. The only dream killer for your childrens children is your children.
Heb. 13:17 TLB (obey your leaders whom give account of you)

Close
We have learned today about commitment,
People can commit to a job or a marriage and still be miserable
But when you choose to partnership with someone or something it takes it to a whole new level
I am asking you to consider partnering up with FOA.
Partnership with FOA is about sharing the workload and reaping in a harvest of changed lives in this community.
A combination of commitment and partnership in ministry, knits the church together and creates an unstoppable Holy Ghost force.
The anointing from true partnership will destroy the strongholds of darkness over this community.
Truly pray about giving more of your time to fervently pray for us
Truly pray about investing more of your talents to be used here as you mature in the Lord
Truly pray about investing more of your tithe/offerings into this ministry, that we can truly reach this neighborhood for Christ.
Then lets ACT UPON IT!
I will talk more about this in the coming weeks!