MyCalvaryLife

BIG IDEA: Our praise is anchored in our recognition.

1. The pharisees wouldn't recognize.
2. The city couldn't recognize.
3. His followers were eager to recognize.

BIG IDEA: The ways of Holy Spirit are just as important as the works of Holy Spirit.

1. We always pick the product
2. Not some but all
3. Gifts are circulated but fruit is cultivated

Power to GO

"Then Jesus came to them and said, "all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit" Matthew 28: 18-20

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

"On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about." Acts 1:4

Powered by GOD

"On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about." Acts 1:4

Power to SERVE

"There are different kinds of gits, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord." 1 Corinthians 12:4

"Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit... But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort." 1 Corinthians 14:1-3

Power of ALL

"While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles." Acts 10:44-46

BIG IDEA: Holy Spirit is my perfect partner.

Holy Spirit partnered with Jesus through His entire life and ministry.
Holy Spirit offers us divine revelation.
Holy Spirit offers us divine empowerment.

BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit is both Divine person and Divine power.

The person of Holy Spirit has been sent to be with us.
The person Holy Spirit has been sent to dwell in us.
The person of Holy Spirit wants to be our close friend.

BIG IDEA: Our spiritual influence rises and falls on our willingness to engage with the process to achieve it.

Our influence is threatened by inconvenience
Our influence flourishes with flexibility

Our influence is threatened by uncertainty
Our influence flourishes with trust

Our influence is threatened by insecurity
Our influence flourishes with faith

Our influence is threatened by cost
Our influence flourishes with sacrifice

Our influence is threatened by completion
Our influence flourishes with responsibility

Part #1: THE NEED
Our Reaction: Skepticism & Sarcasm

Part #2: THE SEED
Our Response: Conceal or Contribute

Part #3: THE POSTURE
Our Approach: Panic or Peace

Part #4: THE PROVISION
Our Miracle: From . Baffled to Blessed

Part #5: THE PURPOSE
Our Faith & His Fame

BIG IDEA: Be ready for the most important appointment of your entire life.

- Keep watch over your readiness
- Keep watch over your investments
- Keep watch over your compassion

1. Rearrange for the change
In order to have room in your life for God, you must intentionally make room in your life for Him.

2. Guard the gate
If we don't leave space for God to show up, something or someone is going to fill it.

3. Settle in the silence
How can we be all that God has asked us to be, if we aren't willing to just be?

“Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Ruth 1:8,9

Love is Selfless

“But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. Ruth 1:16-18

True Love is an Informed Choice

Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2:11,12

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

True love is Sacrificial

“At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.” Ruth 4:6

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!” Ruth 4:9,10

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10