OBEDIENCE OBEDIENCE MARYS OBEDIENCE HINDRANCES TO OBEDIENCE OVERCOMING
OBEDIENCE
OBEDIENCE • MARY’S OBEDIENCE • HINDRANCES TO OBEDIENCE • OVERCOMING HINDRANCES • PRACTICAL STEPS
MARY’S OBEDIENCE • WORD FROM THE ANGEL – BE IT UNTO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD (LUKE 1: 38) – LIKELY CONSEQUENCES • CONFIRMATION OF THE CALL – JOSEPH’S OBEDIENCE MATT 1: 24 (JOSEPH WOKE UP AND DID WHAT THE ANGEL OF GOD COMMANDED) – ELIZABETH’S WORD LUKE 1: 42 (BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMAN, BLESSED IS THE CHILD YOU WILL BEAR) – SHEPHERDS ARRIVAL IN MANGER LUKE 2: 19 (MARY TREASURED) – SIMEON & ANNA’S TESTIMONY, JESUS IN TEMPLE LUKE 2: 25 -51 (MARY TREASURED)
MARY’S OBEDIENCE • WATER INTO WINE – THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE (JOHN 2: 3) – DEAR WOMAN WHY DO YOU INVOLVE ME. MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME • DOUBTS STILL PERSIST – HE IS OUT OF HIS MIND (MARK 3 : 21) – HE IS BESIDES HIMSELF • EVENTUAL DEATH ON THE CROSS – DEAR WOMAN HERE IS YOUR SON (JOHN 19: 26)
HINDRANCES TO OBEDIENCE • EXPECTATIONS OF THE SUPERNATURAL – BURNING BUSH EXPERIENCE (EXODUS 3) – HEAVENLY VISION (ISAIAH 6: 8) • NEED FOR THE SPECTACULAR – SILVER OR GOLD I DO NOT HAVE (ACTS 3: 6) – GREATER THINGS THAN THESE (JOHN 14: 12) • NEED FOR THE ENTIRE PLAN – FEAR OF FAILURE – NEED TO BE IN CONTROL – THY WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET (PSALM 119: 105)
OVERCOMING HINDRANCES • CALLING OF SIMON PETER (LUKE 5) – – – PUT OUT A LITTLE FROM SHORE – FOR PREACHING PUT OUT INTO DEEP WATER AND LET DOWN THE NETS BECAUSE YOU SAY SO, I WILL LET DOWN THE NETS I AM A SINFUL MAN FROM NOW ON YOU WILL CATCH MEN • BEING FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS – YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL WITH A FEW THINGS I WILL PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF MANY THINGS (MATT 25: 23) • CHIEF END OF MAN IS TO GLORIFY GOD – INHERENTLY I TEND TO SEEK GLORY – NECESSITY TO REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER I DO IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP (COL 3: 23)
PRACTICAL STEPS • BE FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS – CONTRIBUTE IN LOCAL CHURCH – VOLUNTEER IN AREAS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE • MOVE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONES – MEET PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW. DON’T STICK TO YOUR GROUPS – PRAY FOR FRIENDS OR FAMILY IN NEED – NOT AS AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE OR BLIND RISK BUT PRAYERFUL AND AN ACT OF WORSHIP • FOCUS ON CHRIST. FOCUS ON OTHERS – CHRISTS LOVE COMPELS US THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES… BUT FOR HIM WHO DIED FOR THEM – PRAY FOR OTHERS. BE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS NEEDS
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