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We want to wish everyone a very blessed and fruiful Thanksgiving Day "Enter into his courts with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name." - Psalm 100:4 ===================== |
2012 Itinerary
God has put into Pastor David's heart to start going out and doing special meetings during 2012.
If you have an interest in helping to send him into the foreign mission field, we invite you to partner with him by sowing generously so he can begin to schedule his itinerary. We have several locations in Africa that desire us to come and hold crusades.
Also, if you have a desire to see him come to your church to hold a special meeting or crusade, send us the dates that are available.
We are believing that 2012 will be our most productive year as we reach out in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.
All gifts and contributions are tax-deductible. |
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Greetings!
God never called the church to be a perpetual care center. Yes, there are people who are hurting and need to be nursed into wholesome. That's what the power of the gospel holds...it makes the sick well again. But once people experience the wonder of God's grace and mercy, they need to lose that patient mentality and become spiritual caretakers themselves. We owe so much to what God did in us through the cross. It is time we take what has been sown into us to a lost and hurting world. Today's message is about stewarding your life. You can become a good steward by learning how to reinvest the resources of heaven that have been invested into you into other people. |
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STEWARDING YOUR LIFE
EFFECTIVELY HANDLING LIFE'S RESOURCES |
"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to
another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
1 Peter 4:10
When we think of economics our minds immediately thinks of money. But did you know that the Greek word for "economy" is the same word we get "dispensation?" How many of us think of the dispensation of grace in terms of economics? I doubt seriously that thought has ever register on most people. If all we think about when it comes to grace is the free favors of God (which was bestowed upon us so that we could become born again), then we have missed a very important part of the economy of grace. God made an investment in each one of us, and he expects a return on his giving! We need to rise to a new level in understanding the grace of God, for it is far more than the willingness of God to show favors. It is actually the spiritual exchange, God's mode of operation, in the kingdom of God.
As a steward of the manifold grace of God, you have the opportunity to partake of all that heaven possesses. But with that sacred privilege, you also have the grave responsibility of being a distributor or dispenser of God's grace. Just like if you invested your money into a savings account or money market, and would expect it to grow and increase, in the same way God is looking to see what he has invested in you, to grow and increase.
The economy of grace involves the actual structure or condition of a heavenly exchange. Paul said, "According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon" (1 Cor. 3:10). As you can see, the grace of God is not about building physical empires-it's about building spiritual lives!
Jesus came into this world with one purpose in mind: to invest into humanity the treasures of heaven. He knew we were impoverished by sin. He knew we were helplessly undone. And as a consequence to our own inability to save ourselves, he came and took our place. He made available the grace of God so that we could become rich with the life of heaven. God's economy operates by grace. If you want to be truly blessed in life, then become a steward of this grace by turning the riches of heaven into an investment into other people. |
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PRAYER
Father, I thank you for your grace. I thank you for enabling me to be a partaker of all of heaven's resources. I also want to thank you for the investment you have made in my life. You said in your Word, "we have this treasure in earthen vessels..." (2 Cor. 4:7). Teach me Lord, how to reinvest this treasure in others, so that there is an increase to heaven's economy. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. |
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CONFESSION
I realize that true stewardship is about maintaining and managing things that my heavenly Father has placed in my heart. So today, I choose to be a good steward. I will take the things that have been sown into me and see them increase as I live my life as a doer of the Word. Everything I do for the kingdom is my investment into the economy of heaven. Therefore, I will not bury my talents, but I will willingly sow all that I have and all that I am for the sake of the kingdom. |
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DEFINING MOMENTS...
The Bible says, "And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us; and we beheld his glory (the glory of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). Paul said, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (2 Cor. 3:2). There is no greater achievement in life than to arrive at a place where your life reflects the Word, where you allow his Word to live in you and through you. Paul said, "I am what I am by the grace of God" (1 Cor. 15:10). You are far more than what you might think you are, and you have in you more than what you think you have. It's time to make an investment. Sow your life and watch how the grace of God will change your economy to reflect his economy!
In His Grace,
Pastor David
Faith Harvest Church
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