Posted by Pastor Bruce on March 29, 2010
What are you living for?
Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) – Titus 2:14 (AMP)
God gave because love gives…and God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) Because we are born of God we have that same purpose for living, to give. Giving is the essence of living. You will not be totally satisfied in life until you begin to give.
The life that you are now living was given to you by God and it is not too much for Him to ask us to give our lives for others. The ultimate gift and the ultimate act of giving was when Jesus went willing to the cross and gave His life on our behalf in order to redeem us. He gave EVERYTHING for you.
Now He is calling us to live our lives in order to give to Him by being a blessing to others. We have the ability to give because He lives in us. We are designed to give because we were designed to imitate our Father.
We have to settle the issue of our purpose for living in order to make the biggest impact that we can make with the rest of the minutes, hours and days that we have left on this earth.
Focus on the life of Jesus and what He gave to us, then allow that life of love to flow out of you and give.
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Posted by Pastor Bruce on December 7, 2009
Our original purpose is still our original purpose.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply;… – Genesis 1:28
The meaning of being fruitful and multiplying is not just limited to the idea of procreation or “having children”, God has called us and equipped us to bear spiritual fruit in our lives.
John 15:8 – By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:16 – You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
When we are bearing fruit we are most satisfied, we are doing what we are created to do. This command from the beginning is still ringing out today, do you hear it?
The only way that we can bear any fruit is to stay connected to the Vine! Jesus! The life of God is the very thing that flows through us in order to bear fruit. This life that Jesus came to provide is developed in our lives through our daily fellowship with Him. We must give ourselves to the Word and prayer in order to receive from Him, for the purpose of bearing fruit.
Let’s get connected and stay connected to the Vine, so that we can bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply.
Posted by Pastor Bruce on November 18, 2008
“Lord, bless me!”
This is a good prayer because you can’t give what you don’t have…
Don’t stop your prayer with asking God to bless you, ask Him to make you a blessing for this is the ultimate purpose in being blessed.
He is looking for people who are looking for people to bless. This is our purpose for living.
When we take our eyes off of ourselves and put them on Him and others, we begin to receive His blessings. (and not until then…)
It is a proven fact that people who have faced depression have come out of that deep dark place with just a single act of love toward someone else.
Seek to give and be a blessing today.
