NCCF Church Sharing

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Speaker: NCCF Church Title: NCCF Church Sharing Date: 08/01/2021 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

The central message is that Christians are called to reflect Jesus by growing in personal purity and functioning within the local church. The speaker emphasizes that true joy and the filling of the Holy Spirit are maintained not by external circumstances, but by choosing to endure the 'little crosses'—the daily struggles—with faith. This requires fixing our eyes on Jesus and trusting God's unseen work, even when the path seems like a wilderness.

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Continual joy in the Holy SpiritThe disciples experienced continual joy and the Holy Spirit despite facing severe persecution at the beginning of the church.Acts 13:52

Fixing our eyes on JesusWhen looking for how to keep our joy during difficult days, we find our answer in Jesus who endured the cross for the joy set before him.Hebrews 12:1–2

Picking up our daily crossesWe can be continually filled with joy by picking up the small crosses the Lord sets before us, humbling ourselves and choosing his way over our own.

God makes a way in the wildernessGod promises to do a new thing and make a way in the wilderness, calling us to perceive it through the eyes of faith rather than physical sight.Isaiah 43:19

Faith is the evidence of things not seenFaith allows us to believe without seeing, trusting that the Lord is working and making us a new creation in Christ.Hebrews 11:1John 20:29

Nothing is too difficult for the LordGod reminds us that nothing is too difficult for him, and we can trust him to guide us through confusion and paths of difficulty.

Taking bold steps of faith like a blind manLike a blind man carefully listening to his guide, we must pay attention to the Lord's instructions and walk boldly into the new path he lays out.

God's work to make us like JesusGod began a good work in us with the ultimate purpose of transforming us into the image of Jesus Christ.

Repentance and forgivenessDespite past failures and ignorance, God commands us to repent and offers complete forgiveness, remembering our sins no more.

The potter molding the vesselLike a potter shaping a vessel, God works in our lives so that we may rest in peace and be like him when he appears.

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