New Year 2011 Message
Theme: It 's all about Jesus
Our fellowship has had a wonderful 2010. We have seen the hand of God move among us. I am so grateful to God because His Spirit has done a marvelous work in us this past year. It is wonderful to see all of us come together as a family, with one mind as the beautiful bride of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then God was pleased to use us in reaching many who have not heard the Gospel with the good news of Jesus. We have all had one of the best Christmases of our lives.
I believe the Lord is preparing us for something great in 2011.
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. - Luke 12:48
Why is it about …show more content…
Was it?
He was born by God’s power, lived like a monk, preached great sermons and all the people followed him. He was very popular and kings were scared of him. He baptized the Son of God! He could be forgiven if he thought it was his story. Perhaps the greatness of John was not what he is, or what he did, but because he played his part in the story in the best way possible. He recognized that it is not his story.
Read John 3.
To realize our true identity, Jesus needs to increase and the ‘I’ in us needs to decrease.
OUR ACTIONS
Man is a social animal. We like to live in groups. Some like to lead, some like to follow and almost all of us need to be loved, approved, praised and encouraged. We love it when someone says we did a great job. We say that to children to encourage them. We look for approval from our spouses, bosses, pastors and friends.
Our actions are usually influenced by our needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs puts the need for Self Esteem or Approval right after our need for physical necessities like food, shelter; Safety and Security and the need to be loved. I want to talk about this need for Approval because it often gets us into trouble and derails us from playing our part right in the story of …show more content…
One way to evaluate ourselves is by the verse in
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others - Philippians 2:3-4
And above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins – 1 Peter 4:8
Let’s give God the paper, the pen and the freedom to write the script for us in any way He chooses.
When we do that, we can be sure to have a great ending that God planned for our story.
Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children – Ephesians 5:1
When we realize our true identity and learn to act our part right, we will see a great revival and transformation around us and God’s Kingdom will be established on earth.
It’s not about us. It’s all about Jesus for His glory and His fame.
Let us examine ourselves: Are there any roadblocks to us playing our role?
Do we feel we are more important than the role given to us? Could it be resentment because someone else has the role we like to play? Do we think we can write a better
Theme: It 's all about Jesus
Our fellowship has had a wonderful 2010. We have seen the hand of God move among us. I am so grateful to God because His Spirit has done a marvelous work in us this past year. It is wonderful to see all of us come together as a family, with one mind as the beautiful bride of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then God was pleased to use us in reaching many who have not heard the Gospel with the good news of Jesus. We have all had one of the best Christmases of our lives.
I believe the Lord is preparing us for something great in 2011.
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. - Luke 12:48
Why is it about …show more content…
Was it?
He was born by God’s power, lived like a monk, preached great sermons and all the people followed him. He was very popular and kings were scared of him. He baptized the Son of God! He could be forgiven if he thought it was his story. Perhaps the greatness of John was not what he is, or what he did, but because he played his part in the story in the best way possible. He recognized that it is not his story.
Read John 3.
To realize our true identity, Jesus needs to increase and the ‘I’ in us needs to decrease.
OUR ACTIONS
Man is a social animal. We like to live in groups. Some like to lead, some like to follow and almost all of us need to be loved, approved, praised and encouraged. We love it when someone says we did a great job. We say that to children to encourage them. We look for approval from our spouses, bosses, pastors and friends.
Our actions are usually influenced by our needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs puts the need for Self Esteem or Approval right after our need for physical necessities like food, shelter; Safety and Security and the need to be loved. I want to talk about this need for Approval because it often gets us into trouble and derails us from playing our part right in the story of …show more content…
One way to evaluate ourselves is by the verse in
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others - Philippians 2:3-4
And above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins – 1 Peter 4:8
Let’s give God the paper, the pen and the freedom to write the script for us in any way He chooses.
When we do that, we can be sure to have a great ending that God planned for our story.
Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children – Ephesians 5:1
When we realize our true identity and learn to act our part right, we will see a great revival and transformation around us and God’s Kingdom will be established on earth.
It’s not about us. It’s all about Jesus for His glory and His fame.
Let us examine ourselves: Are there any roadblocks to us playing our role?
Do we feel we are more important than the role given to us? Could it be resentment because someone else has the role we like to play? Do we think we can write a better