MOVING ON - MOVING FORWARD LOOKING UNTO JESUS.
( Hebrews 12:2 ) 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
INTRODUCTION:
*. Moving on
& Moving forward is the great desire of the Church for 2022-23.
A. God design
the Church like in a Spiritual race that always need to move on and moving
forward in the Ministry of the Lord for the glory of God.
( 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 ) 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but
one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for
the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible
crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as
uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
B. God also
design the Church like the good soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ that face the
hardship in facing the spiritual battle in Christian life that need to move on
and moving forward with total hardship against our spiritual opponent to fight
and win our spiritual battle.
( Ephesians 6: 13-18 ) Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having
on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
C. God design
the Church like a human being started from being a spiritual baby that need to
grow spiritualy and moving on and moving forward to
5 GREAT
CHALLENGE FROM MOVING ON -MOVING FORWARD IN 2022-2023 IN THE LORD'S WORK.
1. MOVING ON AND MOVING FORWARD TO BE
UNITED IN THE LORD'S WORK.
( Psalms 133:1-3 ) 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment
upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down
to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the
dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the
blessing, even life for evermore.
2. MOVING ON AND MOVING FORWARD TO BE
UNMOVEVABLE & STEADFAST IN THE LORD'S WORK.
( I Corinthians 15:58 ) 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
3. MOVING ON AND MOVING FORWARD TO BE
UNSTOPPABLE TO REACH THE LOST AT ANY COST.
( Acts 6:4-7 ) 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to
the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole
multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost,
and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a
proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles:
and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and
the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
( Acts 5:42 ) 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased
not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
4. MOVING ON AND MOVING FORWARD TO BE
UNMOVEVABLE TO FACE SOME DEEP TRIALS WE FACE IN CHRISTIAN LIKE
( I Peter 1:7 ) 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
( II Corinthians 1:7-10 ) 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are
partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
8 For we would not, brethren, have
you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out
of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
9 But we had the sentence of death
in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth
the dead:
10 Who delivered us from so great a
death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
5. MOVING ON AND MOVING FORWARD TO BE
UNTIRING RUNNING CHRISTIAN RACE TO FINISH IT WITH FAITHFULNESS AND WITH
VICTORY.
( Hebrews 12:1-2 )
1 Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
* God bless
you all always*
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