Let Jesus Roar: Allow God to Use You

Devotional

Day 1: The Lamb and the Lion: Jesus’ Power for You

The nature of Christ is both sacrificial and victorious. He went to the cross as a silent lamb, taking the punishment for our sins without a word. But He did not stay in the grave; He rose again as the conquering lion of Judah. This same power that raised Christ from the dead is now available to every believer. It is a power not based on our own goodness, but on His finished work. God desires to roar His victory and love through your life. [47:22]

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14, KJV)

Reflection: The blood of Jesus cleanses and qualifies you. What is one area of your life where you have felt disqualified from God's use, and how does the truth of Christ's sacrifice change that perception?

Day 2: Created for Purposeful Good Works

You are not an accident. From the very beginning, God had a specific plan and purpose for your life. You are His masterpiece, created anew in Christ Jesus. He has prepared good works in advance for you to walk in. These are not random acts of kindness, but a specific destiny designed uniquely for you. Your life is meant to have a profound impact for His kingdom. [50:08]

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10, ESV)

Reflection: When you consider your unique story, passions, and abilities, what impact do you believe God had in mind when He created you?

Day 3: The Lord Working With You

You are never sent to fulfill God’s purpose alone. The same Jesus who gave the Great Commission also promised to be with those who go. He is actively working alongside you, confirming His word with signs following. This partnership is not based on your strength, but on His presence and power within you. He equips and empowers you for every good work He has prepared. [58:37]

“And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.” (Mark 16:20, KJV)

Reflection: Where is one situation in your life right now where you need to shift from trying to accomplish things on your own to trusting in the Lord's active partnership with you?

Day 4: Cleansed from Dead Works to Serve

The blood of Jesus does more than just forgive sin; it cleanses your conscience from dead works. These are the activities you undertake to try to earn righteousness or approval on your own terms. God’s desire is to free you from this burden of self-effort. He cleanses you so that you can move from a life of striving into a life of joyful service to the living God. [01:08:37]

“How much more shall the blood of Christ... cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14, KJV)

Reflection: Can you identify a "dead work" in your life—a good activity driven by obligation or a need to prove yourself rather than by surrender to God's purpose?

Day 5: Hearing and Heeding God’s Voice

God is not distant; He is alive and active, and He speaks to His children. Discipleship begins when you realize you can hear His voice. Leadership begins when you realize He wants to use you. He guides through His Spirit to direct your steps for His purposes and for the good of others. Your willingness to listen and obey can literally be a lifesaving act of love. [01:13:39]

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27, ESV)

Reflection: What is one practical step you can take this week to create more space to quiet your heart and listen for God's guiding voice?

Sermon Summary

Jesus appears as both lamb and lion: silent in sacrifice, roaring in resurrection. That duality frames a call to let God roar through ordinary lives. Grace saves and positions every believer as God’s workmanship, created for good works that God prepared long before a single life began. Salvation restores identity, authority, and mission so people can govern creation with God’s love and Word rather than build private kingdoms.

The Great Commission remains urgent: go, tell, and make disciples everywhere. Believers receive accompanying signs not as proof of personal merit but as confirmation that Jesus works through those who say yes. God never sends anyone without equipping them; the Holy Spirit shows the way, provides power, and makes the resources of heaven available for earthly needs. Forgiveness by Christ’s blood qualifies people for kingdom service so that failures and past mistakes no longer bar participation in God’s work.

Dead works—well-meaning actions that miss God’s original design—bring a form of curse because they divert life from intended calling. Repentance reorients service from self-rule to serving the living God. Spiritual strongholds and occult influences can blur conviction and dampen zeal; simple repentance, reliance on the cleansing blood, and openness to the Spirit break those barriers.

Concrete examples show this dynamic: ordinary people who listen to the Spirit act and rescue the vulnerable; ordinary lives become channels of divine intervention. The call culminates in an invitation to receive Christ, to experience the Holy Spirit audibly and practically, and to engage in disciple-making and evangelism training. Growth follows practice: hearing God, stepping into leadership, and allowing Jesus to use gifts and stories to multiply kingdom impact.

The time for movement is now. The blood cleanses, the Spirit equips, and the mission continues through people willing to be used. Steps of faith—repentance, prayer, learning to hear, and practical outreach—open doors for God’s roar to grow louder across neighborhoods, workplaces, and cities. God’s dream of a beloved community of love and reconciliation advances when ordinary lives yield to extraordinary purpose.

Key Takeaways

1. Jesus roars through yielded lives When Jesus rises as lion, divine authority moves through surrendered people. Yielding releases not merely emotion but God’s strategic presence that reorients daily choices toward kingdom outcomes. Hearing the Spirit precedes visible impact; humility plus obedience converts quiet devotion into bold, contextual action. [46:58]
2. Grace qualifies for kingdom work Salvation by grace positions every believer as God’s workmanship for prepared good works, removing the need to earn access to service. The blood clears conscience from performance-driven religion and frees energy for obedience to God’s original design. Qualification flows from forgiveness, not from proving worth. [49:52]
3. God equips those He sends The Great Commission includes accompanying signs and heavenly help so people do not fight alone. God provides tools, presence, and power to overcome obstacles and to validate witness in real life. Obedience opens the channel for supernatural partnership. [58:37]
4. Blood cleanses from dead works Christ’s sacrifice cleans the conscience from “dead works”—good efforts that miss God’s intended purpose—and frees believers to pursue what they were made for. Repentance redirects energy from self-made kingdoms into serving the living God with clarity and authority. [67:24]
5. Holy Spirit guides practical obedience The Spirit gives audible nudges that translate into tangible mercy and rescue when people obey quickly and simply. Small acts of submission often carry huge kingdom consequences and reveal how ordinary choices connect to larger divine plans. [75:57]

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[00:00] - Welcome
[46:58] - Lamb and Lion: Two-fold Identity
[49:26] - Reading: Ephesians on Grace
[54:51] - Jesus Wants To Use You
[55:04] - The Great Commission: Go Tell
[58:37] - Accompanying Signs and Empowerment
[60:32] - Power Available Through Forgiveness
[67:24] - Blood Cleanses From Dead Works
[71:54] - Christians as Active Hands and Feet
[74:16] - Testimony: Hearing the Holy Spirit
[83:28] - Invitation: Prayer and New Life
[86:12] - Next Steps: Training and Growth

Bible Study Guide

Bible reading: Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Observation questions

According to Ephesians 2:8-10, what is the origin of our salvation and what is its purpose?
In the sermon, what two roles of Jesus are described, and how do they frame our calling? [46:58]
What are the "dead works" mentioned, and what effect do they have on a person's life? [01:07:24]
What promise is given to those who believe and go out to share the gospel? [58:37]

Interpretation questions

The idea that "grace qualifies for kingdom work" suggests our past failures don't disqualify us. How does this understanding of grace change a person's motivation for serving God, compared to trying to earn qualification?
The sermon states that "God equips those He sends" and never sends anyone without providing what they need. [59:23] Why is this promise of partnership and equipping crucial for overcoming the fear of stepping out in obedience?
What might be the difference between a "good work" that God prepared for us and a "dead work" that misses His original design? [01:09:01]
The testimony shared shows a practical result of listening to the Holy Spirit. [01:15:57] Why do you think God often uses ordinary, prompt obedience to accomplish His extraordinary plans?

Application questions

The blood of Jesus cleanses our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. [01:07:24] Is there a "good" area of your life—a ministry, a habit, a pursuit—that you now wonder might be a "dead work" because it's not what God specifically created you for? What would it look like to repent and reorient that energy toward serving the living God?
God's dream is for a beloved community of love and reconciliation. What is one practical, small step you could take this week to be a channel of God's love and promote reconciliation in your immediate sphere of influence—your family, workplace, or neighborhood?
Discipleship begins the first time someone realizes they can hear from God. Leadership begins the first time someone realizes God can use them. [01:13:39] When was the last time you acted on a specific, practical nudge you believed was from God? What was the outcome, and what did you learn about hearing His voice?
The Great Commission remains urgent: go, tell, and make disciples everywhere. What is one area of your life (e.g., a relationship, a workplace, a hobby) that you have not yet considered a mission field? Who is one person in that context you can begin praying for and looking for an opportunity to "jaw" the gospel with? [56:10]
The Holy Spirit gives audible nudges that translate into tangible mercy. [01:15:57] This week, make a conscious effort to pause and ask the Holy Spirit for direction in your daily routine. Are you willing to obey a simple, even inconvenient, prompting immediately? What might happen if you do?

Sermon Clips

But god still is love and so his love caused him to come to the Earth in Christ Jesus. The Bible says that god was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. In other words, he redeemed the world. He paid. He came to the Earth and went to the cross to pay for everything that we've ever done wrong. Every mistake that we've ever made and ever will make, Jesus died on the cross to pay for it. [00:53:51] (29 seconds) #RedeemedByLove

And tonight, today, I wanna talk about that. God wants to roar but he wants to roar through you. God wants to speak but he wants to speak through you and and here's here's the question that we wanna start with and this is what we want you to think about. How much more can god do through you? How much more can god do through you? Let me let me say it this way. Will you let Jesus do anymore through you? Amen. [00:47:46] (34 seconds) #LetJesusWorkThroughYou

And as we do, that roar is getting louder. The more you let Jesus use you, the louder that roar is getting in the earth. Let's let's put that slide up there. Put the slide up for me. This is the key thing here. Discipleship begins the first time someone realizes that they can hear from god. Leadership begins the first time someone realizes god can use them. [01:13:15] (40 seconds) #HearGodLead

God never sends anybody to do anything for him that god doesn't equip and empower them to do. Amen. When god said to Moses, he said, god came to Moses. He said, Moses, I've seen the the the slavery of the suffering of my people in Egypt and slavery and I'm I'm down to deliver them and then god says, so I'm sending you. And but god says, but I will be with you. Yeah. [00:58:59] (28 seconds) #GodEquipsTheCalled

This is when Jesus is about to ascend to the throne, about to go into heaven. And he's not just in heaven like like my grandma's in heaven, like my dad's in heaven, my mom's in heaven. No. Jesus is in authority and he's in heaven and he still has authority on Earth. He's still active. [00:55:23] (27 seconds) #JesusStillReigns

Now listen. This is this is the point. Jesus wants to use every one of you. He wants to fill you with the holy spirit so that he can guide you. Think think of how many people we could help. How many people we could lift? How many people we could get saved if everyone of us say yes to Jesus. How much more can Jesus use you? [01:18:05] (34 seconds) #JesusWantsToUseYou

So that we could not only be, listen to this, not only be forgiven but so that we could be restored, restored back to our our our our position, restored back to our authority, restored back to our mission and our mission was to govern the earth with god's love and god's word. Amen. [00:54:21] (25 seconds) #RestoredToYourMission

God created, the Bible says that god is love. First John chapter four says, god is love. Say that with me. God is love. That it doesn't mean that god radiates love or god has love or god may give you love. God is himself love and then the Bible says that god created the world. That means that love created everything that you see around you. [00:52:15] (26 seconds) #GodIsLove

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Let Jesus Roar: Allow God to Use You

Devotional

Day 1: The Lamb and the Lion: Jesus’ Power for You

Day 2: Created for Purposeful Good Works

Day 3: The Lord Working With You

Day 4: Cleansed from Dead Works to Serve

Day 5: Hearing and Heeding God’s Voice

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

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Let Jesus Roar: Allow God to Use You

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