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Thrive (Part 1)- Thriving In Our Time Series
Contributed by Kory Ferree on Aug 7, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: You were made for more than to just barely get by or merely survive… you were made to come alive in Christ, to strive toward Him and thrive in your life.
You were made for more than to just barely get by or merely survive. You were made to come alive in Christ, to strive toward Him and thrive in your life. We are called as Christians to be more than conquerors through Christ, Who loves us and lives through us.
As believers, we have this beautiful promise in the Bible:
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.” No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Today, we are kicking off a new series called, “Thrive”, and we are going to take a practical look at the power of the Lord at work in our personal life.
The best kept secret in the body of Christ is the blessed life that offers a greater clarity, higher quality, and deeper integrity. The secret to seeing your signature life is finding your path, and fulfilling your purpose. At this significant place where your earthly path collides with your heavenly purpose that has been sovereignly planned, we discover the dynamic life that we have always desired to experience.
We receive a greater clarity for life as we solidify our vision.
We represent a higher quality of life as we simplify our passion.
We reap a deeper integrity in life as we specify our mission.
The sole purpose of this study is to reveal the secret of seeing your signature life develop from only a dream to an everyday reality. The desire of my heart is for every disciple to discover the dynamic life and their heaven-sent, God-given destiny!
Friends and Family,
Does your faith need refueled?
Does your focus need refreshed?
Does your future need refined?
There is a rich and rewarding life as a result of your relationship with the Lord that is waiting to be redeemed. This is the journey of a lifetime in which you will experience a thrilling and fulfilling existence, the time of your life.
Let me ask you a question:
“What is free yet it is priceless, you cannot own it, but you can use it, you cannot store it but you can spend it, once you have lost it, you can never regain it?” The answer is: Time
Time is the most valuable, unpredictable, perishable resource known to man. Time is really the only capital a human being has, and the only thing he cannot afford to lose. A sad reality, people usually take time for granted until they realize they have little left of it.
What is the cost of loss moments? What is the cost of loss memories? Loss time cannot be regained, only regretted. How many loss moments or loss memories will it take that cannot be regained, only regretted before we begin redeeming our time, making the most of every moment?
Someone once said, “Time waits for no man, therefore it is obviously a woman.” Time marches on, and waits for no one. Time will not wait for you to catch your breath… time will not wait for you to find your feet… time will continue to march on like the sun, to the beat of a different drum. As sure as the sun will rise and as sure as the sun will set, time marches on.
For the next few moments, we are going to discover the truth about our time in life on earth, and how we can treasure our time in light of eternity.
The truth about your time in life on earth:
