Life in 4D

Deploy

Jon Fredricks

Today’s Scripture: Acts 1:8, 2:44-45 NIV

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Acts 1:4-8 NIV

4 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. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 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.”

Ephesians 2:10 NIV

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

John 15:16 NIV

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

1) SURRENDER THE WANT

1 John 4:12 NIV

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Mark 8:36 NIV

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

James 4:15 NIV

Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

Luke 22:42 NIV

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

2) DO SOMETHING TODAY

Romans 12:1 NIV

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Romans 12:4-8 NIV

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

2 Corinthians 8:12 NIV

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

3) EXPECT TO GROW

1 Corinthians 14:12 NIV

So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

Philippians 1:6 NIV

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 4:16 NIV

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.