Empowered to Share: Confidence in Jesus
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "I think we've overcomplicated this sharing the one thing. I think we've made it about a program and we've got to have these conversations and here's the steps. The Bible says, just take your everyday life and say, God, would you use it to shine your light through me? Would you create opportunity? God, when I go and be a teacher at school, let your light shine. When I drop the kids off, let your light shine. When I go to work, let your light shine. When I'm having dinner with friends, let your light shine. God, I'm gonna take every part of my life and I'm gonna have confidence that through it, you can share the one." [01:12:42]
2. "This guy had been saved five weeks, was drinking himself to sleep four nights a week. And within a month, God's using his story to tell his mates that there's a God who sees you and a God who loves you. I bet you, if you interview Lippy, he wouldn't know the books of the Bible. He wouldn't know the theology of eternity. He wouldn't know the church history. He just knows that Jesus found him at his worst point and Jesus bought life and light and hope and the Holy Spirit is now encouraging him." [01:15:29]
3. "It isn't always the thoughts that are the problem to begin with. It's the feelings that threaten to sweep me away, making me unsteady and unsure of the very ground I walk on. When trying to explain it to people, I've often likened it to a swarm of bees that swarm and overtake me before I can tell that it's not wind or rain. But when I listen to worship music, when I listen to the word of God, I feel a calm, flood my spirit. The wind dies down, the storm ceases." [01:07:46]
4. "God has a way. God is with me. He is for me. Why? Because I have confidence. I have confidence in the one. Isaiah 55, 10 and 11 says this, as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for food. So is my word that goes from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which it was sent." [01:04:49]
### Quotes for Members
1. "His journey hasn't changed. He still had those failures in his backpack and in his background, but he stood up and he declared the one he knew because Holy Spirit gave him confidence, to share the one. I want to debunk some myths today about sharing the one. You don't need a title. You don't need a pulpit. You don't need to be an extrovert. You don't need to be perfect. You don't have to have all the answers. You don't have to have the perfect moment, but God wants to use you and your personality. He wants to use me and my personality and the reality of my journey to share the one who are desperate for an answer and an anchor point in their lives." [01:09:43]
2. "When I think about who God wants me to be in sharing Jesus with others, listen to Romans chapter 12, verse one to two. So here's what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday ordinary life. You're sleeping, you're eating, you're going to work, you're walking around life and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing that you and I can do for him. Do not become so well adjusted to our culture that we fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix our attention on God. We'll be quickly changed from the inside out." [01:11:30]
3. "What would it be like if we remembered in life's greatest trials, Jesus is in heaven, interceding, praying, petitioning on our behalf? Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword as it is written, for your sake we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither life nor death, neither angels or demons, neither present nor future nor any powers, height nor depth, anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." [01:02:49]
4. "And today when we get to know the one, we can have confidence in the one. And when life's challenges come, we can draw from His Word. Have I hidden in my heart that I might not be detoured from you? In the moment of tragedy, I can rely on who you are because I've got confidence in the one. Did you know that there are 8,810 promises? 8,810. 8,810 promises in this Word for you and I to hold on to. Promises that speak to eternal life, to forgiveness, to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Promises around finances, our need, healing, wisdom, family, marriage, peace. Promises around overcoming temptation, protection, fear. Promises around Him being with us in all types of suffering." [01:03:37]
5. "One of the most prominent figures in the story of Pentecost was a guy by the name of Peter. And I love Peter. Because Peter in one moment was called the rock on which Jesus would build his church. And in the next. In the next moment, Jesus is saying, get behind me, Satan. In one moment, he steps out of the boat to walk on water. And then the next moment, he starts sinking with Jesus right in front of him. In one moment, he's sitting at a dinner telling all of his mates that all you may fail him, but I'm going to be strong. Like, you may let him down, but I'm the guy who's going to go all the way to the end. And then the Bible says, a little Jewish girl by the fire said, do you know Jesus? And Peter swore to convince her that he didn't know Jesus." [51:34]
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1. "I think we've overcomplicated this sharing the one thing. I think we've made it about a program and we've got to have these conversations and here's the steps. The Bible says, just take your everyday life and say, God, would you use it to shine your light through me? Would you create opportunity? God, when I go and be a teacher at school, let your light shine. When I drop the kids off, let your light shine. When I go to work, let your light shine. When I'm having dinner with friends, let your light shine. God, I'm gonna take every part of my life and I'm gonna have confidence that through it, you can share the one." [01:12:42]
2. "This guy had been saved five weeks, was drinking himself to sleep four nights a week. And within a month, God's using his story to tell his mates that there's a God who sees you and a God who loves you. I bet you, if you interview Lippy, he wouldn't know the books of the Bible. He wouldn't know the theology of eternity. He wouldn't know the church history. He just knows that Jesus found him at his worst point and Jesus bought life and light and hope and the Holy Spirit is now encouraging him." [01:15:29]
3. "It isn't always the thoughts that are the problem to begin with. It's the feelings that threaten to sweep me away, making me unsteady and unsure of the very ground I walk on. When trying to explain it to people, I've often likened it to a swarm of bees that swarm and overtake me before I can tell that it's not wind or rain. But when I listen to worship music, when I listen to the word of God, I feel a calm, flood my spirit. The wind dies down, the storm ceases." [01:07:46]
4. "God has a way. God is with me. He is for me. Why? Because I have confidence. I have confidence in the one. Isaiah 55, 10 and 11 says this, as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for food. So is my word that goes from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which it was sent." [01:04:49]
### Quotes for Members
1. "His journey hasn't changed. He still had those failures in his backpack and in his background, but he stood up and he declared the one he knew because Holy Spirit gave him confidence, to share the one. I want to debunk some myths today about sharing the one. You don't need a title. You don't need a pulpit. You don't need to be an extrovert. You don't need to be perfect. You don't have to have all the answers. You don't have to have the perfect moment, but God wants to use you and your personality. He wants to use me and my personality and the reality of my journey to share the one who are desperate for an answer and an anchor point in their lives." [01:09:43]
2. "When I think about who God wants me to be in sharing Jesus with others, listen to Romans chapter 12, verse one to two. So here's what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday ordinary life. You're sleeping, you're eating, you're going to work, you're walking around life and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing that you and I can do for him. Do not become so well adjusted to our culture that we fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix our attention on God. We'll be quickly changed from the inside out." [01:11:30]
3. "What would it be like if we remembered in life's greatest trials, Jesus is in heaven, interceding, praying, petitioning on our behalf? Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword as it is written, for your sake we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither life nor death, neither angels or demons, neither present nor future nor any powers, height nor depth, anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." [01:02:49]
4. "And today when we get to know the one, we can have confidence in the one. And when life's challenges come, we can draw from His Word. Have I hidden in my heart that I might not be detoured from you? In the moment of tragedy, I can rely on who you are because I've got confidence in the one. Did you know that there are 8,810 promises? 8,810. 8,810 promises in this Word for you and I to hold on to. Promises that speak to eternal life, to forgiveness, to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Promises around finances, our need, healing, wisdom, family, marriage, peace. Promises around overcoming temptation, protection, fear. Promises around Him being with us in all types of suffering." [01:03:37]
5. "One of the most prominent figures in the story of Pentecost was a guy by the name of Peter. And I love Peter. Because Peter in one moment was called the rock on which Jesus would build his church. And in the next. In the next moment, Jesus is saying, get behind me, Satan. In one moment, he steps out of the boat to walk on water. And then the next moment, he starts sinking with Jesus right in front of him. In one moment, he's sitting at a dinner telling all of his mates that all you may fail him, but I'm going to be strong. Like, you may let him down, but I'm the guy who's going to go all the way to the end. And then the Bible says, a little Jewish girl by the fire said, do you know Jesus? And Peter swore to convince her that he didn't know Jesus." [51:34]
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