Purity -Preservation- Power
How can a person keep his way pure? By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].“
Psalms 119:9 AMP
3. HOW CAN A PERSON KEEP HIS WAY
PURE? BY KEEPING WATCH [ON
HIMSELF] ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD
[CONFORMING HIS LIFE TO YOUR
PRECEPTS].“
PSALMS
119
:
9
AMP
PURITY Pure living follows
purity of heart:
We can must need
to have a heart that
fears and loves God.
4. Give us the heart of Jesus, ”So
Jesus answered them by saying, “I
assure you and most solemnly say
to you, the Son can do nothing of
Himself [of His own accord], unless
it is something He sees the Father
doing; for whatever things the
Father does, the Son [in His turn]
also does in the same way.“
John
5
:
19
AMP
PURITY ACCOUNTABILITY
”Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return
for their labor; for if either of them falls, the one will lift up his
companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and does not
have another to lift him up.“
Ecclesiastes
4
:
9
-
10
AMP
INTEGRITY
HOLY
”The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with
his [godly] beliefs— How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his
children after him [who have his example to follow].”
Proverbs
20
:
7
AMP
”But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your
conduct [be set apart from the world by your godly character and
moral courage]; because it is written, “You shall be holy (set apart), for I
am holy.”“
1 Peter
1
:
15
-
16
AMP
”The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them, But
the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.“
Proverbs
11
:
3
AMP
6. CAN YOU BE MORE CODEPENDENT ON GOD ?
Lay a good foundation for other to build on-.—
”Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the
foundation like an expert builder. Now others
are building on it. But whoever is building on
this foundation must be very careful.“ 1
Corinthians
3
:
10
NLT
PRESERVATION
7. CAN YOU COMPLETELY FOLLOW THAT VISION
NOT JUST ON SUNDAYS BUT EVERY DAY?
”Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.“
Matthew
6
:
33
NLT
PRESERVATION
FORECAST A VISION THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN COMMIT TO:
ADOPT A NEW VISION
“THAT THIS LIFE IS NOT ABOUT US. IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS!
8. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY TO PREPARE
THE NEXT GENERATION FOR LEADERSHIP?
PRESERVATION
MENTOR THE MISSION
AIMED TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, NUMERICALLY AND INFLUENTIALLY
INVESTED IN BUILDING CAPACITY IN YOURSELF AND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
”I want you to pattern your lives after
me, just as I pattern mine after Christ.“
1 Corinthians
11
:
1
Put into practice the example of all that you
have heard from me or seen in my life and the
God of peace will be with you in all things.“
Philippians
4
:
9
9. POWER
T H E B R E A T H O F G O D , T H E H O L Y S P I R I T
10. If Jesus, the Son of God and God
the Son, perfect in both His deity
and humanity, needed the Spirit of
the Lord GOD, how much more do
we?
POWER AN ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE ON GOD
A dependence to be exercised and expressed in the adorations and
supplications of prayer.
MAKE THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR BEST FRIEND
MAKING ALL OTHER DUTIES SUBSERVIENT
The Holy Spirit makes us like Christ
”For he knew all about us before we were born and he destined us from the
beginning to share the likeness of his Son. This means the Son is the oldest
among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like him.“
Romans
8
:
29
Making all other duties subservient to the duty of communion with God. In
other words, true and proper humanity is realized only in communion with
God.
How do we receive power
to last?
”For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, For my
hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; My fortress and my
defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged. On God my salvation and my
glory rest; He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God. Trust
[confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.“
Psalms
62
:
5
-
8
AMP