2nd day of Speakers week, another really good day with great messages.
This is what I got out of it today.
- Recommendation letters can never be what validates the ministry, and they will never qualify you for ministry - what validates the ministry is the fruit (2 Cor 3:2)
- You can't seperate your life from ministry; see it as a whole, don't make compartments out of this.
(My Missions training teacher Pam Markey puts it this way:
God is always #1, everything else is #2 - no specific order or anything.
- The older Paul was, he grew in the knowledge of how unsufficient he was - but he also grew in the knowledge of how sufficient God is!
- We want to bring people under the authority of the Spirit who brings freedom - the law brings death (2 Cor 3:7)
Pastor Phil Metzger shared on 2 Corinthians 4 and talked about how apostle Paul saw trials.
The first and the last verse of the 4th chapter in 2 Corinthians say "So we do not lose heart."
How can we not lose heart in trials?
1. Remember that God is using them; when ministry is successful, we say "it's all the Lord"! But what about when ministry isn't successful? We should also say "it's all the Lord"!
2. The eternity overshadows all of this;
Will we still be consumed with trials 15.000 years from now? Will we even remember what trial is?
3. Paul saw God was producing glory through suffering; "Trials are not to be endured to reach glory; it's a process that produces glory!"
Concluding message:
Your life is not your own - get that and you'll experience greater joy! You're owned by Jesus and you don't have a right to choose what happens in your life.
Amazing teachings, once again. So blessed!
This is what I got out of it today.
- Recommendation letters can never be what validates the ministry, and they will never qualify you for ministry - what validates the ministry is the fruit (2 Cor 3:2)
- You can't seperate your life from ministry; see it as a whole, don't make compartments out of this.
(My Missions training teacher Pam Markey puts it this way:
- The older Paul was, he grew in the knowledge of how unsufficient he was - but he also grew in the knowledge of how sufficient God is!
- We want to bring people under the authority of the Spirit who brings freedom - the law brings death (2 Cor 3:7)
Pastor Phil Metzger shared on 2 Corinthians 4 and talked about how apostle Paul saw trials.
The first and the last verse of the 4th chapter in 2 Corinthians say "So we do not lose heart."
How can we not lose heart in trials?
1. Remember that God is using them; when ministry is successful, we say "it's all the Lord"! But what about when ministry isn't successful? We should also say "it's all the Lord"!
2. The eternity overshadows all of this;
3. Paul saw God was producing glory through suffering; "Trials are not to be endured to reach glory; it's a process that produces glory!"
Concluding message:
Your life is not your own - get that and you'll experience greater joy! You're owned by Jesus and you don't have a right to choose what happens in your life.
Amazing teachings, once again. So blessed!
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