2 Timothy 1:13-14 n (NLT)
13 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from
me (Paul) —a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus.
14 Through
the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious
truth that has been entrusted to you.
1. Let's guard our passion for more of
God.
Ask what do I need to do to go all in for God?
Jeremiah 29:13 (NLT)
13 If you look for me (God) wholeheartedly, you will find
me.
2. Let's guard our pursuit of the
lost.
We never quit searching for the lost because God
never quit searching for me.
God will leave the found ones to find the
lost.
We keep fellowship with God if we seek the lost
with Him.
Mark 16:15 (NLT)
15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach
the Good News to everyone.
We seek everywhere for everyone lost.
Ask who can I invite to church this year?
3. We must guard our priority to seek God
through relationships with other Christians in small groups.
Hebrews 10:25 (NLT)
25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people
do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is
drawing near.
We can't tell every one, but we can tell
someone. The value of the group is not the topic, but knowing each
other.
Ask will I let someone know the real me?
4. Let's guard our own progression in
Spiritual growth.
Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)
13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved
it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward
to what lies ahead,
14 I press on to reach the end of the race
and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling
us.
If Paul who wrote a majority of the New
Testament, thought he had room to grow, so must we.
5. Let's guard our participation in our
church.
We must not be a Spiritual consumer, but a
Spiritual contributer.
1 Corinthians 3:9-15 (NLT)
9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You
are God’s building.
10 Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like
an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on
this foundation must be very careful.
11 For no one can lay
any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
12 Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of
materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.
13 But on
the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The
fire will show if a person’s work has any value.
14 If the
work survives, that builder will receive a reward.
15 But if
the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be
saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
Ask how can I use my time and treasure to make an
eternal difference?
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