Chosen to Serve | Week 2 | Chosen Series
Chosen to be His representatives in the earth.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:20 NASB1995
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; ~ 1 Peter 2:9 NASB 1995
Excellence: Love 1 John 4:8b 8 … for God is love.
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NASB 1995
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 NASB 1995
4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? ~ Romans 2:4 NKJV
Empowerment
49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”~ Luke 24:49 NKJV
Empowerment: Fruit of the Spirit
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. ~ Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV
Empowerment: Gifts of the Spirit
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.~ 1 Corinthians 12:7-10 NKJV
Freedom
5 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.~ Galatians 5:1 NASB 1995
Freedom: Sin and death
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 NASB 1995
Freedom process
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, 6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete. ~ 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 NASB 1995
He wants to empower you to be His ambassadors to set the captive free and bring His kingdom in the earth.
Words of Knowledge
- We believe there is more than one person here today that had not planned on being at this church today but for some reason you decided to come. You felt like you just needed to come. He wants you to know that He has been drawing you to Him. He is the reason you are here today; it’s not by chance or a coincidence. He wants to bring healing to your broken heart today. He loves you.
- We believe the Lord wants to heal someone suffering with pain from multiple cysts, a lot of small cysts.
- We believe the Lord wants to set someone free from heaviness. He wants to give you a garment of praise and remove a spirit of heaviness.