The answeR is in His Word siR! (rhymes ;))
Awesome!!
Joyce Meyer LIVE wahaha!!
Wow.. 2 days of Joyce Meyer was very very impactful and fruitful as well!
An anointed preacher indeed as she's able to articulate her understanding of the doctrines very well making it easy to grasp and digest for the congregation. Her testimony was a super heart-opener too.
One of the main highlights of all I think was during the first service where she placed a rocking chair on the platform next to herself. Very intriguing huh.. and that was her intention - to get the message she's about to share (with the help of the chair) into the back of our heads in a more visual manner.
So here goes the message:
Christianity is not what we can do for God so we can get His blessings, but by the grace of God that we
ARE blessed, that we
ARE free to receive His blessings.
God loves us not because of anything else but His desire to, and none of us can do anything to change it.
God has called us His children the very day we receive His salvation, and He already
has intended a great great plan for each one of us.
But there are alot of Christians still yet to know who they really are in Christ. And it's because of this that they will never manifest what God intends them to be (their call & purpose in life).
Instead of believing we are made righteous, prosperous in life, and accepted by God through Christ as said by God Himself, people tend to try to be righteous, seek mercy, etc
Here you are sitting on the rocking chair.. in the arms of God knowing who you really are in His eyes.. resting peacefully in His promises and presence.. whoaaahhh...shiok (and this is the kinda life Jesus died to give us)
But alot of christian, who are children of God, who are already in the chair, are still trying hard to the extend of struggling to get IN the chair. That's because instead of believing what God says about them.. they choose to believe the lies of the devil instead. I admit I find this hard to cope and was like this until this sermon hit me so hard.
So the message was made clear,
Stop getting in the chair when you're already sitting on it! haha
and all it takes for you to successfully live a lifestyle of peace, contentment and hapiness is just to BELIEVE.
(faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God.)It's when we believe through the Word of God that we can truly live a victorious life.
Wa! I have to meditate on this sermon very often leh I think for me
I go read my Bible le!! BB!! =D
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