13 Jul Will You Finish Well?
Pastor Vincent - 21 November 2013
A Different Spirit That Follows The Lord Wholeheartedly
The power of gospel does not lie on removing the problems you're facing. The power of gospel, however, gives you a different spirit whenever you receive the word of God. This different spirit enables you to hold God's absolute promise in the highest esteem, draws you into prayer to seek God when you are faced with challenges. Most importantly, this different spirit propels you to pray until you start enjoy your daily walk with God despite the weaknesses and spiritual giants in life. Through the message today, may the word of God gives us a different spirit that follows Him wholeheartedly.
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Are we doing well?
1) Am I closer to God than half a year ago?
2) Have I allowed any weakness or sin to fester without dealing with it?
3) How have I stretched my faith this year?
4) How about my relationships with others?
Obstacles to finishing well:
- <Heb 12:1> “…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”
1) Sin.
- “Fruitfulness” ≠ Holiness
- Holiness > Outcomes
- Battle sin
- Don’t hide
2) “Everything that hinders”.
- May not be outright sin
- Complacency
- Indifference
- Laziness
How can we finish well then?
1) The grace of God above all else.
- <1 Co 15:10> But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
2) Daily “uncompromised” time with God.
- Usually fall not suddenly but bit by bit.
- Daily doses of God’s word and intimate prayers.
3) Offer ourselves as daily living sacrifices to God.
- The power to do so comes from remembering God’s mercy on us.
4) The support of the body of Christ.
- <2 Ti 2:22> “Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
5) Always carry an eternal perspective.
- Learn to number our days <Ps 90:12>, so that we can live wisely.
Two Sauls:
King Saul- Started well, ended bad
Saul/Paul-Bad start, finished well
“It is more important to finish well than to start well.”
“No one finishes well by accident, it comes with prayerful, deliberate efforts.”
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