“Fans Or Follower” | Sermon

Fans Or Followers

MAKE.   Attenders.   DISCIPLES

Matthew 4:19 “Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ They immediately left their nets and followed Him.”

Matthew 28:18-19 “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, …”

We are not waiting to get to heaven. We are living now with His life. HIS POWER HIS KINGDOM

Church — Not a place you gather on Sunday but a family you belong to 24/7

Circle The Most Important To God:

     Pasto    Carpenter    Lawyer    Truck Driver    Evangelist       Teacher.     Waitress      Doctor

Martin Luther “A cobbler, a smith, a farmer, each has the work in the office of his trade, consecrated Priests and Bishops.”

Your vocation is a Holy calling. WORK = WORSHIP. LIFE = WORSHIP

1 Corinthians 7:20 “Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.” 

“Usually a person should keep on with the work he was doing when God called him.” (LB) 

“Each one should remain in the condition in which he was [when he was] called.” (AMP) 

Ephesians 4:16 (NIV)  “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”    Full maturity only happens together.

Romans 16:3-4 “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me.”

2 Corinthians 6:1  “We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.”

Sunergos (With and to Labour / work) Synergy:— the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”   Michael Jordan 

Draught Horses can go from pulling 8,000lbs to 50,000lbs when trained to collaborate.

The powerful lessons that these magnificent draft horses can teach us involves not only teamwork but coordinated and trained collaboration.

A great church is not built on the talent of a few but on the dedication and sacrifice of many.

It will take a growing team to transform this city and beyond.

Acts 6:1-7 (NLT)“But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, ‘We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.  And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility.

Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”

Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith).

These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.

So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.

1 Peter 4:10   “As each one has received a gift,(SHAPE) minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” 

We are  committed to realising your SHAPE!

    S piritual Gifts    

    H eart    

    A bilities     

    P ersonality   

    E xperiences 

We want to serve your shape.  Our desire is that you become everything God created you to be. 

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

Workmanship (Poiema):—that which is made or done; a work, workmanship. creation,  His PEOM!!!! 

2 Questions To Help You Engage:

1. What makes you tick?      Brings you joy makes you feel fulfilled and satisfied.

2. What ticks you off?           Annoys me and could be done better.

Romans 12:1 (MESSAGE) “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.” 

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