Gillette Abundant Life Church

Jesus has a plan for each of us to overcome the things of this world. Becoming holy through His ways will help us to draw others near to Him.

When we have a grateful heart. God can do wonders in our lives.

King David fully put his trust and faith in God. We should learn from King David as an example of putting trust and faith in the Lord.

Paul reminds the church of Corinth to keep Christ in the center, also calls for unity among them.

Have you messed up lately? Have you really messed something up? That voice will say "It's too late now. You are worthless. Now God doesn't care for you anymore." That is a lie from hell. God loves you so much He died for you. God's love is deeper than your mess ups.

Having a heart for or after God. What does that mean? That means doing whatever pleases God, no matter what others think. It is more refreshing then trying to please this world.

We need to let God transform us so he can use us for his Kingdom. Look at the story of the apostle Paul.

Don't ever think of yourself as useless or of no value to God. Submit to Him and get ready to be used!

No man can serve 2 masters no matter how much you think you can. Jesus said and if He said it then you can take that to the bank that it is true. So who are you going to serve, God or wealth. You can put any label on it. Maybe it's time that God becomes your master.

Judas betrayed Jesus. The devil used Judas to betray Jesus. we need to learn from Judas and not listen to satan.

We can learn a lot from the seven churches. Church of Laodicea is covered here.

The disciples that were mentioned today were part of the outer circle. They were not as close to Jesus like some of the other disciples were. That does not make them less important then the others. Jesus still used them and counted them as the 12. That doesn't make us less important in God's kingdom. God can still use you no matter how insignificant you feel.

The church of Philadelphia was a faithful church. They teach us how to be faithful in this day in age. We need to be faithful to God with prayer and fasting and reading and studying his word. We also need to be faithful to the church in our attendance and tithes and offering.

God will communicate several ways to get our attention. We have a duty to here him and respond.

Every voice has a distinction about it, whether it's high or low, loud or quiet. If you listen to a voice long enough you can recognize that voice without even seeing who walked into a room. God doesn't us a booming voice, but a still small voice. He wants to invite us in, not scare us. We need to start recognizing the distinction of God's voice.

The church or Sardis was a dead church because the didn't live for the Lord like they should have lived. They are a prime example of how we should not be. We need to be a live and living church, not a dead one.

God is with us everywhere, even when we cannot feel Him through the valleys of life. Have faith for He is with us.

Lesson 5. Thomas and Matthew. God has a specific plan for each of us, maybe not something we're good at or comfortable doing. His plan will be something that we can only do through Him, and His strength.

The churches in the Bible will teach us how we should live in this time frame. Like how how we should dress and be modest for the Lord and not be like the world. the Bible says come out from them and be ye seperate.

The Good life.... what does that mean. Big house, nice cars, lots of money, fame....the list could go on for a minute. But in the end those things won't matter. Jesus is the answer to that question. Enoch found that out in Gen 5. He walked with God 365 years of his life then God took him home. He didn't experience death. God needs to become our everything, our good life.

Phillip and Nathaniel were the next 2 in the group that was mentioned today. Nathaniel didn't think nothing could come from Nazareth. But on the contrary, God is always good. God doesn't call you because you are perfect or have it all together. He calls you because He can help you in your brokenness. He uses the broken and imperfect people to further His kingdom.

Endurance through hardships. Be who God says you are, not who others say you are. Don't listen to the lies of the enemy. Stay steadfast in prayer, stay in Gods will for your life. We will endure hardships that may be designed to grow us. Stay strong, joy comes in the morning!

It's hard to shout with your mouth closed or a whisper. The bible says shout unto God with voice of triumph. A voice of worship will invite the Spirit of God in. There is no telling what God will do in your situation if you raise your voice and let God arise.

James and John had a zeal to follow Jesus, and that is ok, but sometimes they let that zeal get out of hand. We can be zealous, but don't loose control. Keep that zeal in check with the Lord and let the Lord lead you.

There are lost souls in the world, but for us to be ready for that harvest we need to get closer to the Lord. We need to let the Lord change some things in us so that we can be ready for the harvest that the Lord wants to give us for his Church.