PREPARATION:
We should always rely on the WORD OF GOD �
a.)The Word of God is Timeless.
b.)The Word of God is our Illustration.
WHAT ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TODAY?
I.RESPONSIBILITY TO HEAR GOD RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
Exodus 3: 4-5 �
Why we cannot hear God today?
1.)�Sandals� �pride,prestige, human achievements,material-ism, etc.
-today we hear a lot of VOICES, but let us this time hear what God will say?
2.)BUSYness is not Godliness!
-we are so preoccupied with so many things. So many things, that we often times missed our priority � God.
-Luke 10:42;Ps 27:4;Phil 3:13
3.)Failure �2 Cor 3:18
II . RESPONSIBILITY TO EMBRACE GOD�S VISION.
Exodus 3:4 � �� and he said, HERE AM I.�
�Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.� - Prov 29:18
GOD WILL NOT CHANGE OUR DESTINY! (Psalms 139)
We are on the winning side �(I John 4:4)
We are more than conquerors �(Romans 8:37)
� I have a dream� � popula-rized by Martin Luther King Jr.
= When young Walt was asked by her Kinder teacher to draw a flower garden, he drew it so differently than the rest. He drew the flowers with faces on them! The teacher said: Walt there are no flowers with faces. But Walt answered, � In my garden there are. �
III. RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW GOD�S STRATEGIES �
It�s time to follow God�s order to the �
1.)Nation - Micah 6:8 = � He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?�
2.)Family - Eph 5:22-25
3.)Church � � �even as Christ is the head of the Church� � And in John 15:5- � For w/o me you can do nothing� �
YES, there must be unity in the Body of Christ�
IV. RESPONSIBILITY TO USE WHATEVER RESOURCES WE HAVE.
We must know our roles in the Church:
1.)The Pastor � he must play the role of a Leader / Trainor, who�s tasked is based on the premise of the Holy Scripture: � But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.� - Acts 6:4
2.)The Membership - � And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. � - Eph 4:11-12
3.) Nothing happens to a Christian by chance, all are planned by our loving heavenly Father. Psalms 139. We have a destiny to fulfill!
V. RESPONSIBILITY TO FINISH THE TASK.
� Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. � -Phil 1:6
Never � Never � Never � Never Give Up!
�Evangelism is the task. Without evangelization, the Church will die!!!
�No matter what the challenge be, look on the finish line.
�The glories that we shall someday receive is far more better than the hardships we encounter today.
�It is not so important on how glamorous you�ve started, the issue is : did you finish?
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