fully alive 23 April 2017

Habakkuk 2:4 Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive.

The glory of God is a person fully alive! Irenaeus The glory of God is a person fully alive!

Fully alive Spiritually Alive Physically Alive Relationally Alive Emotionally Alive Financially Alive  

not like sections of a grapefruit

choosing to be fully alive

choosing  setting goals

Mark 1:35-38 Very early in the morning… Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed… his companions went to look for him… “Everyone is looking for you!” Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else— to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” [CLICK] 2nd part

1 Corinthians 9:24-25 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Corinthians 9:26-27 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Is there some area that God is putting his finger on in my life that he wants me to grow in? One thing that would make me more Fully Alive if I accomplished this thing.

my goal is to become more _____________ alive spiritually physically relationally emotionally financially

Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called

Ephesians 1:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Unity of the church Maturity of the believer Goals Unity of the church Maturity of the believer

step by step

[CLICK] 3 mile an hour God

fully alive

Every journey begins with a single step walking begins with a first step toward the goal

Accomplishing your goals …requires coaches [CLICK] for coaches

Ephesians 4:11-12 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

H heart for people O open your home/space S serve a snack T turn up the thermostat

Accomplishing your goals …requires coaches …requires truth

Ephesians 4:14-15 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

post truth

John 17:17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.

John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

apply it… live it But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. James 1:22

Accomplishing your goals …requires coaches …requires truth …requires community

Ephesians 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

Something happens that sustains us to reach the finish line as we’re cheered on.

Accomplishing your goals …requires coaches …requires truth …requires community …requires cleaning house

Ephesians 4:20-22 That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

The glory of God is a person fully alive! Irenaeus The glory of God is a person fully alive!

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Accomplishing your goals …requires coaches …requires truth …requires community …requires cleaning house …requires the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30 And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.

Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Galatians 5:16, 25 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. [CLICK] for 5:25