You Were Made for This – 1 Corinthians 2 - Church 3.0 – Brent Phillips

As believers, we are really good at talking ourselves out of praying with others, sharing what God has put on our hearts, or sharing our faith with others. It’s not that we can’t do it. So why do we talk ourselves out of it?

Somewhere along the way we have bought into a lie, and somehow convinced ourselves that we weren’t made for this. We have convinced ourselves that we are meant to be silent and to keep what God has put on our hearts to ourselves and that someone else will share their faith with the lost.

You must know that you were made for this!

What is it about being, among other believers that makes us feel unsafe? Being surrounded by like-minded people is where we should feel the safest. But that isn’t the cases. Why? Because; it has become one of the most judgmental places to be.

We have begun to buy into a lie that we don’t know enough and we have become terrified to speak up or pray for what God has put on their heart in case get it wrong, but who set the rule of what is right?

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 “When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.”

Are you listening to man-made rules and regulations on how we are to do something or are you listening to what God is telling you? You are enough, you are worthy, and you are sufficient enough to share the Word of God. You were made for this and you are enough because of Jesus Christ.

Paul came with simple words so that ordinary people could grab hold of it and realize that He died for them just as much as He did for the person next to them. It is never about us using fancy words. It is always about Jesus plain and simple, because without Jesus, none of it matters.

You are a part of the body of Christ and Jesus died so that you would be enough and the Holy Spirit was sent to live inside of you to empower you and strengthen you to do whatever it is that God is asking you to do. You were made for this and have been equipped with everything that you need in order to accomplish it.

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