The Spirit Filled Life

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The Spirit Filled Life

• Part 3 of 3
• Making a Difference

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community
Church Nov 26, 2006
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God Saved me to Make an Eternal Difference!

• 2 Chronicles 169a For the eyes of the LORD range
  throughout the earth to strengthen those whose
  hearts are fully committed to him

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Generational Periods

• G.I. Generation Born 1901 to 1924
• Silent Generation Born 1925 to 1942
• Boomer Generation Born 1943 to 1960
• X Generation Born 1961 to 1981
• Millennial Generation Born 1982 to 2003
• Futuristic Generation Born after 2003

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God is Looking

• Acts 1322b I have found David son of Jesse a
  man after my own heart he will do everything I
  want him to do.
• Acts 1336a "For when David had served God's
  purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep

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Understand

• 1. Your Position in Christ
• John 33 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the
  truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless
  he is born again."
• John 524 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my
  word and believes him who sent me has eternal
  life and will not be condemned he has crossed
  over from death to life.

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• 1 Peter 29 But you are a chosen people, a royal
  priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to
  God, that you may declare the praises of him who
  called you out of darkness into his wonderful
  light.

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Understand

• 2. Your Present God Given S.H.A.P.E.
• Job 108a "Your hands shaped me and made me
• Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality,
  Experiences
• F.A.T. Faithful, Available, Teachable

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• Hebrews 61a Therefore let us leave the
  elementary teachings about Christ and go on to
  maturity
• Philippians 25 Your attitude should be the same
  as that of Christ Jesus

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Understand

• 3. Your Placement in the Church Body
• 1 Corinthians 1218 But in fact God has arranged
  the parts in the body, every one of them, just as
  he wanted them to be.
• 1 Corinthians 1224b-25 God has combined the
  members of the body and has given greater honor
  to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there
  should be no division in the body, but that its
  parts should have equal concern for each other.

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Understand

• 4. Your Personal Responsibility before God
• Worship Word Prayer Servant
• Ephesians 416 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.

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• 1 Corinthians 1558 Therefore, my dear brothers,
  stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
  yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because
  you know that your labor in the Lord is not in
  vain.
• 1 Peter 410 Each one should use whatever gift he
  has received to serve others, faithfully
  administering God's grace in its various forms.
• Galatians 69 Let us not become weary in doing
  good, for at the proper time we will reap a
  harvest if we do not give up.

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If I Understand

• My Position in Christ
• My Present God Given SHAPE
• My Placement in the Church Body
• My Personal Responsibility before God
• THEN

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My Spirit Filled Life Enables me to

• Be the person God Calls me to be!
• 2 Corinthians 318 And we, who with unveiled
  faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being
  transformed into his likeness with
  ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord,
  who is the Spirit.

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My Spirit Filled Life Enables me to

• Be the person God Calls me to be!
• Be Faithful in running the race of life!
• Hebrews 121-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded
  by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw
  off everything that hinders and the sin that so
  easily entangles, and let us run with
  perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us
  fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter
  of our faith, who for the joy set before him
  endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat
  down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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My Spirit Filled Life Enables me to

• Be the person God Calls me to be!
• Be Faithful in running the race of life!
• Be making an Eternal Difference in others!
• Ephesians 210 For we are God's workmanship,
  created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which
  God prepared in advance for us to do.
• John 1516 You did not choose me, but I chose you
  and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit
  that will last. Then the Father will give you
  whatever you ask in my name.

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Be Ready!

• Rev. 2212 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward
  is with me, and I will give to everyone according
  to what he has done.

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