Living in Unity with God's Power and Love

"According it says in verse 11 strengthened with all power according to his glorious might then in verse 29 again he says according to his power I strive I labor which mightily works within me mmm let's just little phrase according is what i want to share how the Lord has opened my eyes a little bit to it that word according kind of blew open a little bit when I understood according to be related with the word Accord to be off one Accord to be united with to be one with and it says in Colossians chapter three sorry Colossians 1 verse 13 he rescued us from the domain of darkness there was a time it says in Ephesians I'm just going to share a few verses as I kind of go through this when we began the cushion life we were according to a different spirit according to different power Ephesians chapter 2 verse 2 it says that we were walking according to the Prince of the power of the soil we were with one accord with the devil all of us if we're not given our hearts and lives to Christ walking in one accord with the devil we may not feel that way we may have a lot of good works the devil has a lot of Bible knowledge the devil has more Bible knowledge than all of us but he's not in God's presence at all he's suffering the consequences of operation from God for all eternity even though I might do a lot of things that may be good i may appear as an angel of light i am according to the Prince of this earth I was in a kingdom of darkness and God rescues me to be according to the kingdom of a son to be in one Accord to be completely one with united with and I wanted to share with you from where I saw that word according to to share with you just a few simple ways in which we have to strive to be in one accord with to be fully United with God according to his power in Ephesians chapter 3 this is a passage we memorized it says for this reason I bow my knees so that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power so there's an according to the power so to be one accord with the power of God we're all looking for the Holy Spirit we are looking for the power of God to come upon us if you want to be in one accord with the power of God what it should produce a new Ephesians chapter 3 that passes that we memorized Laura I want if you'd be filled with your Holy Spirit so that I can be in one accord with your power so that in verse 17 Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith and you may be greeted and grounded in love that is the proof of being filled with the holy spirit that is the first proof that we are in one accord with God's power don't think about God's power being required to heal the sick or to raise the dead or said you can walk on water over life situations in a very simple way it starts with being immersed in the love of God that is according to the power are you in one accord with the power of God that means you should be in one accord with a great love of God that he has for you are you constantly drained as we heard you need to rest you need to be rooted and grounded don't move don't do stuff grouped and grounded in the love of God I was blessed when I heard what we heard from went high that God has written it in his book how marvelous he thinks of us they're wearing his arrogance and even the demons can read it the demons read all of God's Word and they trembled but they don't believe they don't believe it demons know it have been reading it has been known as for 6,000 years at least but don't believe it we do have heard it and heard it and heard it we see pictures that try to tell us we're deeply loved but to believe it is to live according to it to change our lives according it to become one with it do you want to be in one accord with God's power change your point of view what do you think God's power looks like God's power first is trying to tell you you're deeply loved and God wants you to be rooted in it according to his power the riches of his glory so that you be strengthened with all power we need to be in one Accord of that it is out of that deep unity with the love of God that we can do other things then turn with me the second Timothy chapter 1 it says that we may in over seven kindle where 6ss kindled afresh the love of the gift of garden verse 6 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 6 it says kindle afresh the gift of God because God has not given you a spirit of timidity again it's the Holy Spirit we're talking about dynamic that dynamite power we're talking about explosive power the Spirit of God coming upon us therefore do not be ashamed of our Lord but join me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God again here to be united with the power of God for suffering for the gospel have a mind that is to suffer Colossians chapter 1 we memorize this passage where it says filling up that which is lacking in Christ's afflictions and that is any if you see that in the context in which he's talking about he's talking about in afflictions and of the church we can never make up any afflictions to make us worthy to enter God's kingdom for ourselves that is all on Christ's righteousness but where God does ask us do you want a partner with me is in being a minister as it comes to the church suffer suffer for the gospel priority priority is those tasks so to speak as we heard make priority to those tasks to say Lord we're not what can activity do I need keep do I need keep needing to do not do I need to do this do I need to do that no no but how can I suffer to build up the body how can I suffer to spend a little time in prayer how can I suffer to send a little email how can I suffer to not think about my own interests for the think about other people and what they needs may be spiritually according to the power to be one accord with the power of God first it is for a love of God to be one with that we rooted and grounded but then you say Lord I want to take up a heart that wants to suffer to build up other people and we come into the church and we said lord I don't need other people to comfort feed me I'm going to help feed others you feed me I'll feed others again Colossians chapter 1 verse 29 it says for this purpose I labor it's not a life of ease if we want to live the Christian life we must fall into the ground and die I labor and I strive again that's similar to start suffering which mightily works within it and as we were in verse 28 from George we proclaim him verse 29 Paul says I strive and I labor but when when I talk I'm talking to all of you and I say we that includes all of us it's a group effort so Paul is saying I'll do my part to strive but the point is that we must proclaim him so you too must strive I can't speak to you if you're laboring and striving but the goal is that we can all proclaim him we all have a opportunity or we all had that need to proclaim him because we may present every man complete can we have this picture that the brother and the sister who's sitting next to you or in front of you you can see the back of the head may be prophets your wife can you have this picture of the judgment seat of Christ and you presenting this brother complete whose job is that the elders Jesus Christ green verse 28 Colossians chapter 1 verse 28 we proclaim him demolishing teaching because that we why does it not include you why can it not include you is this make you some great teacher and some great expert no we know how Jesus presents us complete it takes out a bucket of water and a towel and he washes our feet he washes us in his blood in his suffering he washes us that's how he presented us complete that's how we will help present other people complete by laboring and striving to get under people and lift them up and get in between the toes and root out all the dirt gently because it's sensitive people are sensitive what we proclaim him because we want to present every man complete so we labor and strive finally a word of hope as we close on 2016 some of you may not have had the experience that we heard about where you grew Sevenfold but I genuinely believe that God wants that to be true in 2017 it's not excluded from anybody and it's not about as we heard it's not about the exact numbers at seven or ten or two doesn't really matter but God wants explosive growth God wants supernatural one with the holy spirit power according to the power of God he wants to strengthen you to be rooted and grounded in love according to the power of God he wants you to become somebody who builds up the body of Christ and can suffer for the Gospel according in one accord with God's supernatural explosive power he wants you to labor to make others complete he wants to do that he wants to give you that supernatural dynamic dynamo dynamite power he wants you to be one with that Colossians 19 as we are JB Phillips I hope that you will see things from God's point of view step out of all your mess step out of all your track record step out of all the troubles and you've had several of all the limitations and the handicaps you've got that feel that you do it elevate yourself so to speak from God's point of view and see it see the inheritance and the Saints and God has for you he sees us precious it is the father's good pleasure it is not the father's pleasure at the father's good pleasure he's in chapter 3 verse 20 i'll end with that not to him who is able to do far more abundantly 7 X 10 X 100 x think of a number far more abundantly beyond all that we ask and think according to the power that works within you there's nothing my god cannot do nothing but he's waiting for me and for you he's waiting his power is infinite he's waiting to say will you be different than the demons who hear all these truths but don't believe and will there be it be true that we're very different can we grab ahold of it and say God far more abundantly than what you've ever what I could ever dream or think about you will do it in 2017 that's my hope I've got a faraway long to go I got I need a lot more time before the Lord comes if I'm going to be able to myself be complete in him and I want to spend more of my time more of my energy seeking to labor and strive to proclaim Christ and to make others complete the Christ it's everything for me at least I can do is to do something for the rest of his children he can do it brothers and sisters he will do it according to his power that works within us so may we have hearts full of faith as we look to the new year may god help" [00:00:10]