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When God saves us, it is for a purpose. Part of that purpose is in freeing us and making us more like Christ. Part of that purpose is in using us to free others and help them experience the grace of Christ. Moses was a man that God called and used. Like others in Scripture, God used them to make a profound difference in the lives of others.
God has not changed from the days of Scripture. He still saves people and unloads His grace upon them. And based on what we know, if He saves you then He has a purpose for your life in sharing that same grace with others.
Join us at encounter as we look closely at the life of Moses and God’s calling on his life. He was called to make a difference to an entire nation who were desperately waiting on God.
You may discover God’s purpose for your life. You may discover that someone waits for you.
Want to take your faith to a new level?
Are you looking for new ways for your life to make an impact for Christ?
Follow these 4 steps and watch your faith take on new dimensions of depth and influence.
1. Be ready to act on whatever is placed in front of you
If you want to grow in your faith with God and your influence with others, the first thing to do is to be ready to act. God wants you to grow in your faith and influence. He will open the door for countless opportunities throughout your day for that to happen. When those moments arise, act on them. Don’t let fear, uncertainty, or insecurity keep you loving, serving, giving, or showing grace. When God provides the moment, act on it!
2. Be faithful in even the smallest areas of your faith & life
Greater opportunities come to those who are faithful in the small moments. Jesus described the power of faithfulness when He said, “He who is faithful in little will be faithful in much.” The question is not the amount of responsibility that a person has. The real question is their consistency and faithfulness. Will they be honest, faithful, consistent, and loyal in the areas that they already have? Before we can be trusted with much, we must first be trusted with little – the relationships and responsibilities that we already have.
3. Look for ways to influence others’ hearts and desire
Making a difference in the lives of others for God begins by influencing their desire. Its not enough to guilt, condemn, or shame a person into action. For then they are not acting out of genuine heart desire. They are acting on the pressure of someone else. People of real influence seek to win the hearts of others. They instruct with their life and cause others to want to follow and love God. As we show grace, sacrificial love for others, and the reality of Christ in our life, then we open the door to truly influencing others.
4. Let your focus be on others
Living life with the focus on ourselves is a frustrating dead-end. Self-focus is never satisfied, fulfilled, or happy. The men and women that God use have their lives inverted for the sake of others. They rearrange everything for Christ and others. Grace and truth flow through every dimension of their life – their work, their home, their possessions, their relationships, and their time. Helping others experience grace becomes their all-consuming passion.
These are the 4 things that the apostle Paul encouraged Timothy to look for in people when he looked for leaders. He wrote to the young pastor in 2 Timothy 2:1 with these words:
And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
As we step up in our faith in these 4 areas God will open greater opportunities for us to influence others for Christ. Will you step up?
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We all choose to do what is most important to us. We make time for it, dream about it, sacrifice for it, and rearrange our schedule around it. As part of a recent service at encounter, we took a test to determine what really was at the top of our list – who or what sat in the chair of prominence in our life.
Here are the 10 questions to evaluate what is most important in your life:
At encounter, we’re trying to rearrange our lives. We’re learning that the greatest demonstration of our love for God is our love for others. John said in 1 John 4:20, “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”
The real test of my life rearranged for God will show itself in a rearrangement of my life for others. When the hearts, feelings, longings, dreams, and needs of others become more important to me than my own, then my life will be rearranged.
And so we join the journey of change – life rearranged.
