Go With The Flow Series: RefuelHydrating the soul

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October 31, 2010

We welcome everyone to our zionsville church
Three annual pilgrimage feasts for the Jews…
• Feast of Passover – celebrated within the spring to acknowledge the starting of your grain harvest
• Feast of Pentecost – occurred seven weeks later, celebrating the end of your grain harvest
• Feast of Tabernacles – week-long autumn harvest festival
John seven:37-38
37 On the final and greatest day time of your Feast, Jesus stood and explained in a loud voice, “If any person is
thirsty, let him appear to me and drink.
38 Whoever believes in me, since the Scripture has explained, streams of dwelling h2o will movement from inside
him.”
Jesus’ creed of your latest – remain in line with the current and you will be fine.
Psalm 92:12
The righteous will prosper like a palm tree, they will develop like a cedar of Lebanon;
Proverbs 14:11
The house of your wicked will likely be destroyed, however the tent of your upright will prosper.
John ten:ten
The thief will come only to steal and kill and destroy; I have appear that they may have lifestyle, and have it to the
complete.
A flourishing lifestyle = it will come from outside by yourself,
delivers renewal inside by yourself,
for the sake of creating blessing past by yourself.
I. It will come from outside yourself…
A foundational truth in lifestyle is that there is often a god and its not you.
“There is often a God. It is not you. This may be the starting of wisdom. At initial, it appears to be like like poor information since I
would wish to run the globe. I’d wish to gratify my desires. I’d wish to have my unique way. But after
we think about it, this concept turns out to become extremely very good information. It signifies that a person far wiser and additional
capable is running the indicate. It is his job to become God; it really is my job to find out to let him be who he’s. The
Bible claims, ‘The idiot has explained in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ I suppose the even larger idiot, looking in
the mirror, has explained, ‘There is often a god!’ for the oldest temptation is that we ‘will be like God.’ Genuine lifestyle,
nevertheless, commences when I die to the false god that’s me.” – John Ortberg
II. delivers renewal inside yourself…
– the current of Jesus’ dwelling h2o usually flows within the path of your fruit of your Spirit (Galatians five)
– when a person bumps into me, what spills out of me reveals what’s inside of me.
III. creating blessing past yourself…
– the current of Jesus’ dwelling h2o flows outward, in loving acts of service to other folks
– Augustine described sin as being a lifestyle turned in on itself. Jesus explained we’ll uncover lifestyle once we give ours away.
Concerns for this Lenten journey…
? Am I flourishing these days…is there lifestyle flowing through the stomach of my soul?
? Am I clear on my position?
? May be the lifestyle I’m currently dwelling the lifestyle God called and produced me to reside?
? Would the men and women approximately me say that I’m additional loving nowadays than a 12 months back?
? Would the men and women who know me well say I reside with the others-oriented-posture?
? Am I heading together with the movement.!!!.or fighting the movement?
40/30 Challenge = thirty minutes of targeted time with God each day for 40 consecutive days