You Can Change the World

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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. --Matthew 7:7 God has called you not to just make a living, but to make a life. God has called you not to just take up space in this world, but to make our world a better place in which to live! Yes, God wants you to make a difference! Now, the people God uses to make a difference in this world are people who are vulnerable to Him, who are dependent on Him, and who are available to Him. If you desire and seek a courageous faith… and if you ask God to give you a compassionate heart… then anything is possible. I’m telling you, you can change the world! I believe it’s time to make an impact on this generation and the coming generations for Christ. It’s time for us to fulfill our calling before He comes again. It’s time for God’s Church to rise up and shake off the past and shake the world for Christ. It’s time for God to do a new thing… a brand new thing in the hearts of His people! And that means you! Someone put it this way: “A zealous man in religion is preeminently a man of one thing. It is not enough to say he is earnest, hardy, uncompromising, thoroughgoing, wholehearted, firm in spirit. He only sees one thing. He cares for one thing. He lives for one thing. He is swallowed up in one thing. And that one thing is to please God.” Let that be the passion and the prayer of our hearts and of our lives! God is looking for men and women who have a heart for Him… men and women who want to take their lives to the next level, who want to live beyond all limits! That’s my prayer for you… and me… today. That we will want to move out of the maze of mediocrity in our lives and live for something bigger than ourselves. That we will move out of our comfort zones and into the life God has called us to live!   MOVE OUT OF THE MAZE OF MEDIOCRITY IN YOUR LIFE!

Choosing Your Ruler

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”

Romans 6:12–14

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England were marked by frequent wars over religious disputes. After Henry VIII established the Church of England, there was a struggle between Catholics and the new church for control of the government. The issue was thought to be settled by the late 1600s, but when the Catholic James II was placed on the throne after the death of his brother, the people feared a renewed conflict. To prevent that, the “Glorious Revolution” as it came to be known installed the Dutch king William of Orange on England’s throne as King William III. Along with his wife Mary, William ensured that Catholic control of England would not return. In our day, here in the United States, we have the opportunity to elect representative leaders on a regular basis. In so doing, we are choosing those who will lead us on local, state, and national levels.

There is a similar principle at work in our spiritual lives. No one has the option of being an independent ruler of his own life. Everyone serves something. Some people allow sin to rule over them, obeying what Satan wants rather than what God says. Some people allow God to rule over them, denying the lusts and desires that once motivated their actions. We still have a sin nature after we are saved, but sin no longer has the power to compel us to do evil. The only way we can return to its grasp is if we choose for sin to rule over us again.

Today's Growth Principle: 

Everyone is ruled by something—it is your choice whether your ruler is God or sin.