Colossians 2:18-19
The body and head are always moving in the same direction. We cannot have the body and head going in different directions. Movements and decisions are decided by the head.
Jesus Christ is the head, and His body is the church.
God wants us to flow with Him.
Jesus came to connect man back to God. The moment you connect with God, eternal life is immediately in sight. Jesus purpose for coming to this earth was to connect people and God back together.
Mark 9:37-38
Too few people are reaching out. If we want to reach out, we must change our attitude to the lost.
Galatians 4:9
When a mother give birth to a child, she experience great pain and labour through the process.
Similarly, we need to get through pain and labour, to get another to be borned again in Christ.
4:35
A labourer must life up his/her eyes.
3 AREAS WE NEED TO LIFT UP OUR EYES
1. We need to lift up our eyes from ourselves.
We should refrain from being self-centred
John 7:38
In the Kingdom of God, we should not always think of ourselves. Instead we should volunteer to labour in the Kingdom of God.
You've got to touch other people's hearts if you want to experience God.
2. We need to life up our eyes from being cast down.
We are cast down when we are disappointed, discouraged.
Motivate ourselves to have an upward moving spirit.
Meditate on optimistic things, pure faith
3. We need to life up our eyes in the way we look at people.
People who are always disliked, or by us, are always in God's great love. Since we are his labourers, and children, we must do likewise.
Do not attempt to remove the tiny speck in other people's eyes, when you have a plank in yours.
Be a witness for Jesus Christ.
Stop being downcast.
Witness=Someone who've seen or heard, and give an account based on that.
John 1:35-45
Go all out and give an account on what Jesus Christ have contributed to your lifes
Acts 1:8
1. God has called you to be a witness
The moment you are saved, you are called to be a witness.
Pray to God to use you to be his witness.
Thoughts like "not being competent to be witness" are meant to strengthen your faith.
Egs. You feel uncomfortable when exercising your muscles until they strain, but at the same time, they goes stronger as time goes by.
2. God's power is available
As the Holy Spirit comes upon us, we have power, and we can use this power provided to us by the Holy Spirit to be an effective witness. Acts 1:8
3. You need to step out in faith, and dispel all our fears
Being a witness is a continuous and constant process.
Faith propels you forward, inspires you forward, creates solution.
Fear discourages you, create problems
Ephesians 4:12-13, 16
As the body becomes full, we will become more matured. We need to have all to have a full revelation of Christ.
The five-fold ministry was restored over the pass years to equip you to be an effective witness to other people.
1 Corinthians 12:13-14
