Intentional Living: Embracing God's Presence and Purpose
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "You might be thinking, how can you say that good is coming when the world's so upside down and crazy? Well, it's God's response to the insanity. Good is coming. It's his response. Romans 2 says that it's because of God's goodness that he grants us repentance. Good is coming in response to the insanity we see, and we just need to put ourselves in position, believe God in large capacity to be filled with the Holy Spirit power that we can be about the Father's business, being filled with the Holy Spirit, having communion with the Almighty God." [40:40]
2. "So what, what do we need? What needs to happen? We need to be intentional and put our agreement to. You know, so faith in my mind is so simple. All we have to do is agree with God. If God said it, just agree with him. Just put yourself in agreement with it because all of the promises of God are yes and amen. And we just read in 2 Peter that he gave us all of these promises so we could escape corruption and participate in the kingdom of God." [26:40]
3. "You know, here's a thought that that acquaintance, that being familiar with somebody, it actually is saying to be intimate with them. And so I had this thought, you know, how many do you really have a friend that's so close, that you're so familiar with, that you're so acquainted with, that you could go into their house, get something out of the refrigerator, and sit in their favorite chair? You know, that's rare. That's family. That's only family. But that's what God wants from us, is to be so acquainted with him, so familiar with him, that we live in the term that I always use is communion. Living in in the face of God, being in fellowship with him." [29:41]
4. "You know, everything we're talking about, about being children of God, about living in Coram Deo and participating in the kingdom, you know, Peter, I always loved this passage in 1 Peter, and, you know, this is, I'm about at the conclusion here. But Peter said even angels are, they long to look into this, that God would pick men, people like us, to be his children, to be participating in his kingdom, to be filled with his Spirit. It says that they are longing to just get a glimpse of how that could be, that we could live in God's face." [41:21]
5. "You know, just to re-account the story in the book of Acts. Jesus, after his suffering, after his resurrection, he had appeared to a lot of people for 40 days. And he showed himself to be alive and he continued to do works of God and continued to teach about the kingdom. And he said that you need to stay here in Jerusalem because I'm going to ask the Father and he's going to send the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes, you're going to receive power to be my witness." [31:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "And so, in saying all that, I'll go to this 2 Peter. I'm going to read it to you. Chapter 1, verse 1. Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ to those who through the righteousness of God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours. Grace and peace be with yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises so that through them you may participate in the divine power. The divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." [23:18]
2. "And so what I believe is rightly divine in the word is that Paul was saying that God would give you the attitude. The atmosphere, the passion, the yieldedness to receive from Holy Spirit, wisdom, that ability to apply knowledge, that revelation. You know, that whole word has always been in my mind as a young believer, but it means to be uncovered. That we should always be attentive and have that attitude and that atmosphere and that passion and that hunger that God would uncover the reality of who Jesus is. Because he's so beautiful. He's so awesome. And then we would know the hope that he's called us to." [15:13]
3. "So that's what I was hearing. When he was saying get ready, get ready, good's coming. Wisdom and revelation, get ready. Be intentional. That's what I believe I was hearing, and I believe it's brought us to this moment so you could hear it, fresh and new, that God is calling us to come up higher. He's calling us to go deeper. He's calling us to be more intentional. That Jesus Christ, he began his ministry by saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven is within your grasp. You can take hold of it right now, today." [38:44]
4. "And Peter stands up and says, well, you're the Christ, the son of the living God. Well, I have this picture that Jesus stood up and this is his response. He said, blessed are you, Simon, son of Peter. Son of Jonah, because flesh and blood didn't uncover this for you, but my father who's in heaven. And he went on to say on this confession that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God. I'll build the church. But the point I want to make is that Jesus said, blessed are you. And it wasn't like he rubbed him on his head or pat him on the back. Oh, Peter, you're so blessed. But it was. It was the son of God, God of the flesh, made a declaration that you are blessed." [16:28]
5. "You know, I believe that we were designed by God to hear him speaking to us. And I made that comment one time to a man in church. And he says, oh, anytime somebody tells me they heard from God, it makes me wonder about them. And I thought, well, you have to wonder about me every day because that's my passion. That's my hunger. It's to have communion with the living God and have him speak to me through his written word and through the Holy Spirit. And we have to take into account that anything we think that God says to us has to be confirmed by the written word of God, the last word." [20:04]
6. "He said, He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come. I mean, think about that. We don't know the future. But the Holy Spirit's going to prepare us for what's ahead. That should be part of your prayers. Show us what's to come, Lord. Let us be prepared for tomorrow. What are you trying to do? He goes on to say, He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. It's just like I could hear, get ready, get ready. Wisdom and revelation good is coming. And Jesus is saying, the Holy Spirit's going to take from what is mine and make it known to you." [35:44]
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1. "You might be thinking, how can you say that good is coming when the world's so upside down and crazy? Well, it's God's response to the insanity. Good is coming. It's his response. Romans 2 says that it's because of God's goodness that he grants us repentance. Good is coming in response to the insanity we see, and we just need to put ourselves in position, believe God in large capacity to be filled with the Holy Spirit power that we can be about the Father's business, being filled with the Holy Spirit, having communion with the Almighty God." [40:40]
2. "So what, what do we need? What needs to happen? We need to be intentional and put our agreement to. You know, so faith in my mind is so simple. All we have to do is agree with God. If God said it, just agree with him. Just put yourself in agreement with it because all of the promises of God are yes and amen. And we just read in 2 Peter that he gave us all of these promises so we could escape corruption and participate in the kingdom of God." [26:40]
3. "You know, here's a thought that that acquaintance, that being familiar with somebody, it actually is saying to be intimate with them. And so I had this thought, you know, how many do you really have a friend that's so close, that you're so familiar with, that you're so acquainted with, that you could go into their house, get something out of the refrigerator, and sit in their favorite chair? You know, that's rare. That's family. That's only family. But that's what God wants from us, is to be so acquainted with him, so familiar with him, that we live in the term that I always use is communion. Living in in the face of God, being in fellowship with him." [29:41]
4. "You know, everything we're talking about, about being children of God, about living in Coram Deo and participating in the kingdom, you know, Peter, I always loved this passage in 1 Peter, and, you know, this is, I'm about at the conclusion here. But Peter said even angels are, they long to look into this, that God would pick men, people like us, to be his children, to be participating in his kingdom, to be filled with his Spirit. It says that they are longing to just get a glimpse of how that could be, that we could live in God's face." [41:21]
5. "You know, just to re-account the story in the book of Acts. Jesus, after his suffering, after his resurrection, he had appeared to a lot of people for 40 days. And he showed himself to be alive and he continued to do works of God and continued to teach about the kingdom. And he said that you need to stay here in Jerusalem because I'm going to ask the Father and he's going to send the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes, you're going to receive power to be my witness." [31:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "And so, in saying all that, I'll go to this 2 Peter. I'm going to read it to you. Chapter 1, verse 1. Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ to those who through the righteousness of God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours. Grace and peace be with yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises so that through them you may participate in the divine power. The divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." [23:18]
2. "And so what I believe is rightly divine in the word is that Paul was saying that God would give you the attitude. The atmosphere, the passion, the yieldedness to receive from Holy Spirit, wisdom, that ability to apply knowledge, that revelation. You know, that whole word has always been in my mind as a young believer, but it means to be uncovered. That we should always be attentive and have that attitude and that atmosphere and that passion and that hunger that God would uncover the reality of who Jesus is. Because he's so beautiful. He's so awesome. And then we would know the hope that he's called us to." [15:13]
3. "So that's what I was hearing. When he was saying get ready, get ready, good's coming. Wisdom and revelation, get ready. Be intentional. That's what I believe I was hearing, and I believe it's brought us to this moment so you could hear it, fresh and new, that God is calling us to come up higher. He's calling us to go deeper. He's calling us to be more intentional. That Jesus Christ, he began his ministry by saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven is within your grasp. You can take hold of it right now, today." [38:44]
4. "And Peter stands up and says, well, you're the Christ, the son of the living God. Well, I have this picture that Jesus stood up and this is his response. He said, blessed are you, Simon, son of Peter. Son of Jonah, because flesh and blood didn't uncover this for you, but my father who's in heaven. And he went on to say on this confession that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God. I'll build the church. But the point I want to make is that Jesus said, blessed are you. And it wasn't like he rubbed him on his head or pat him on the back. Oh, Peter, you're so blessed. But it was. It was the son of God, God of the flesh, made a declaration that you are blessed." [16:28]
5. "You know, I believe that we were designed by God to hear him speaking to us. And I made that comment one time to a man in church. And he says, oh, anytime somebody tells me they heard from God, it makes me wonder about them. And I thought, well, you have to wonder about me every day because that's my passion. That's my hunger. It's to have communion with the living God and have him speak to me through his written word and through the Holy Spirit. And we have to take into account that anything we think that God says to us has to be confirmed by the written word of God, the last word." [20:04]
6. "He said, He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come. I mean, think about that. We don't know the future. But the Holy Spirit's going to prepare us for what's ahead. That should be part of your prayers. Show us what's to come, Lord. Let us be prepared for tomorrow. What are you trying to do? He goes on to say, He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. It's just like I could hear, get ready, get ready. Wisdom and revelation good is coming. And Jesus is saying, the Holy Spirit's going to take from what is mine and make it known to you." [35:44]
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