When God saves us he justifies us; he sanctifies us, makes us fit for heaven.  He wants us to grow up and mature. The need for Christians to mature and be accountable.  He saves us and gives us mercy.  It's not ok to be saved and live in sin.  He saved us to rise above sin. Ephesians 2:8-10 Romans 12:1-8 Everyday we are to dedicate our body to God each day.   Each day... Not just every now and then, or once a week BUT every day.  1.  We dedicate our body to God each day.  To offer as sacrifices to God. The most spiritual act anyone can do is to dedicate our body to God every day.  Don't give the enemy a foothold.  2. God wants you to eliminate all distractions from your life.   Eg motor cars; health; things. Let God transform your mind.  Let him teach you.   Let God do the work in you.   Yield to God. If you want an act to happen in your body; it has to start in your mind. 3.  Everyone likes a know-it-all...do they??? We need to be ready to excercise wherever God wan

Kairos Outside.  We were blessed to have a recent visit from representatives from Kairos Outside... "...Kairos Prison Ministry Australia is an interdenominational Christian ministry reaching out to incarcerated individuals, their families and those who work with them; to bring sustainable meaning and hope in the place of loneliness, isolation and despair..." For more infirmation: http://kairos.org.au Kairos is an international program.  Three arms of program: - Kairos Outside for women. - Kairos Inside. - Kairos Torch. Pray for teams; guests that God brings along.  How can you help?  Pray.  Kairos needs prayer 24/7 during the conference.   Listen and Love.

Ephesians 2:8-10:  "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Tonight I want to talk about Christians to be equipped and accountable. If you go home and 'google ' verse 10 of Ephesians, you will find it says it is a masterpiece.  God says who I am.  A lot of times when things go wrong we ring someone and complain.   Go first to God and talk to him about to.  Whoever you are, whatever job or position you have, you are first and foremost a minister of God. What matters is what you've done with the Lord.  Not material things.  Life changing truth about you:  you are a minister of God. Ministry is not worship, music; it about loving people.  Practice what God has given to you. 1 Peter 4:10 - Each of you should use whatever gift you have receive

Justification and Santification Romans 3:12 "Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him."   Philippians 2:12-13 3 kinds of love: Romantic love- attachment Responding love - thankful and responding Agape love - your salvation; God saus,  "I will pay the price for" We not talking about earning our salvation through efforts.  This is a wordly thinking.  God is not in the business of insurance but assurance. Sin is sin; no matter how big or small. You need to reconnect with God.   The wonderful news is when you are a Christian; because you have God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in your life, you can do good works. Ephesians 2: 8-10 :  "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is

Disciples use discipline in their lives- in response to Jesus. 3 types of love; in English we only one word but other languages have more than one word: Romantic love Responding love Sacrificial love  (agape) We want to grow up to the full stature of being a mature person. Habits: 1.  Christ in my life; my time 2.  Put Christ first in relationships 3.  Put Christ first in financial 4.  Put Christ first in prayer. Time: James chapter 1:22-25 "But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth]. For if anyone only listens to the word without obeying it, he is like a man who looks very carefully at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets what he looked like. But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, an