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Thorpe Acre Road, Loughborough, |
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Spirit Empowered
Can you please encourage people to listen to Sunday’s talk again. LK 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the
captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, LK 4:19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour." Jesus called you and me to be about the Fathers business Matt 28: 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I
have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the
age." It’s not about going over there or supporting ex number of missionaries. It’s about being faithful where we are, not where we wish we were. We are here because we are
here and this is where God has placed each of us. Why because he is a
missional God, a God who from the very depths of His being longs to reach out
to missing and invite them to sit and eat with Him in His Kingdom Jesus promised in Jn 14: 18 I will not leave you. I am with you as
you go but go you must. Paul in puts it like this
Ro10: 13 For,
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." RO 10:14 But how are they to call on one
in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they
have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15 And how are
they to proclaim him unless they are sent? 2 Cor 5: 20 So we are
ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat
you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our
sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God. Some South American pastors made a statement at the
1928 “The Christian community must chatter, discuss and proclaim the gospel; it must express the gospel in it’s life as the new society, in it’s sacrificial service to others as a genuine expression of God’s love, in a prophetic, exposing and opposing of all demonic forces that deny the Lord Ship of Christ and keep men & women less than fully human, in its pursuit of justice for all people, in its responsible and caring trusteeship of God’s creation and resources.“ (David Watson “I believe in the church”) We are commissioned by the Son and empowered by the Holy Spirit to carry on the Fathers business. What are you about? As an individual and as a cell? What about your cell? How do you feel about the brakes coming off? What teaching do you need about: the empowering of the Holy Spirit? the releasing of the gifts for the building up of the body for the work of ministry? What plans have you as a cell for mission? How can we support each other? Consider cell and church. Spend time praying for each other. Some prayers of N T Acts 4: 29 ff Ro 10:1, Eph 1:17ff Eph 4: 14ff Phi 1:3ff Ja 5: 15ff Matt 7:7 |
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