The Open Door Church 337

In the power of the Holy Spirit proclaim Christ as God has commanded, compelled by love of God, a compassion for the lost and a focus on the eternal. Scripture: Acts 13:1 "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them aw...

God wants us to be won back to Him through faith and trust in Jesus Christ who poured out, through His death, an immeasurable demonstration of love. In the triumphant Christ and the filling of the Holy Spirit we receive the transforming hope of the certainty of God's love. Scripture: Romans 5:5 "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost whi...

There is heat from the stresses of life and a spiritual heat from pressing into the Lord, but we can trust Him when we think our sins are beyond erasing and the guilt remains to replace sin and bring spiritual water to cool the heat thereby producing joy. Scripture: Jeremiah 17:7-8 "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.  For he shall be as a tree planted by...

God has given a task to suffer with Christ who has atoned for our sins that we may be grounded in Him and live out our faith as a testimony for others to see Christ. Scripture: Colossians 1:23-24 "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am...

All God has for us, let our soul call out for His blessings to our Personal Lord with a complete offering from the heart toward Him and in awe. Scripture: Psalm 103:1&2 "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.  Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits..." KJV

We are valuable to God, being light and salt to the world. Let us savor life, displaying the greatness of God, respecting and referencing Him by submitting to the power and authority of Jesus Christ. Scripture: Matthew 16:25 "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." KJV

In and around our lives we have the peace of God, if in obedience think on truth, the good and the pure, while focused away from a self controlled life, letting Jesus Christ be Lord. Scripture: Philippians 4:6-9 "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understandi...

There are some things we are not ready to hear, our hearts lose trust, become troubled and pick up anything, living a life of tradition, religion, process and procedure, thinking it is the way. The way was always intended to be the person of Jesus Christ, the way of salvation appointed by God The Father. Scripture: John 14: 6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father excep...

God doesn't make us use resources at our disposal to advance the Kingdom of God, but it is His heart for us through Christ, though there will be trials,  to willingly lay down our lives. Scripture: Philemon 1:5 and 14 "...thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus" and "do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necess...

Now that you have come to accept the Lord, be children of light, not sleeping, but being watchful, sober to the truth, joining in fellowship with Him and others. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they...

There's strengths God desires for us and commands we do with love to transform the world and our lives. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13&14: "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.  Let all that you do be done with love."

Hurting people cry out, God hears and answers their distress with unequalled power for His glory. Scripture: "Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy" NKJV

Paul reminds us how we get caught up in the wisdom of men and things morally just, but miss the Power and Spirit of God dwelling inside us. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."

God is all sufficient to battle spirit against flesh according to His workmanship in us as joint heirs with Christ, which builds our trust. Scripture:  2 Peter 1:3 "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue"  NKJ

Together we work with Christ to unfold God's Plan with intended purpose, having received grace and trusting His sufficiency will allow us to do it right now. Scripture: "We then, as workers together with him , beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the acce...

The art of God produces life eternally and abundantly in a portrait showing exactly where we are in prosperity, then hands us the brush during adversity to reveal our righteousness or deceitfulness, only to find Him in it all. Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:13-14 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of...

Women are created uniquely that we may experience God and see Jesus through their anointing hands and living sacrifices of love, thereby  preparing us to fulfill the plans He has for us. Scripture: Matthew 26:7 "a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table." NKJV

Satisfaction is not found in possessions, however great gain develops in a strong desire for God's eternal plan. Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6 "Now godliness with contentment is great gain."

In the form of a servant, seeking no reputation, Christ's thoughts were fixed on the caring of others in love and obedience unto death. Scripture: Philippians 2:5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" KJV

Faithfulness  helps us trust God who saves us from decay, preserves us in Christ. Scripture Psalm 31:23 "O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer." KJV

The resurrection is a sign of truth in all God's words, the reversal of death has brought the Life that lives in us, Jesus Christ. Scripture: Luke 24: 5-6 “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? “He is not here, but He has risen." KJV

Are you held in slavery for fear of death? Scripture: Hebrews 2: 14-15 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." KJV

This is God's love...Jesus died in our place. Scripture: Hebrews 9:24 "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us" KJV

Step out on the promises of God and possess what He has for us. Scripture: Joshua 6:3-4 "You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets." NKJV

We plan from the heart, but THE answer comes from the mouth of God. Scripture: Proverbs 16:9 "A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps." NKJV