C3 Church Tuggerah

Seeking the Lord means seeking His presence. It is a conscious choice to direct the heart toward God. There is always something through which or around which we must go to meet Him consciously. This going through or around is what seeking is. He is often hidden - Veiled!

We serve a God with emotions - a God who loves to be loved. We serve a God who has a love language and the word that is used over and over in scripture it describe what He loves is "praise".

There are different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit. God can reveal and develop your gift so you can help the church.

As God’s people live under his reign through obedience to this word, they attract the nations to God. When Jesus taught in John 14 that God does his work through his word, he was reflecting the common principle of the story of salvation.

When you serve through love everything becomes better. There is more purpose and meaning in your serving.

God helps us build unity as we work together serving each other with one purpose , one goal and one heart.

Each person plays a vital role in God’s kingdom, from the least noticed to the most prominent individual, and each role is just as important as all the others. The key is not how noticed you are or how “effective” you are; its how obedient you are to your Lord and Master. Jesus said, “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you” ( John 15:14). Conversely, He said, “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which i say?” (Luke 6:46). We must be ever mindful of the fact that we are the servants, the ambassadors of a mighty King. He determines our usefulness to His purposes according to how he has gifted and equipped us for ministry.

Let’s look at what a follower of Christ is - a true follower of Jesus Christ- Matthew 4 recounts the call of Christ to Andrew, Peter, James, and John. When Jesus asked them to follow Him it meant: 1) Come follow me for a growing and deepening relationship- not a task or duty- a relationship. 2) Come follow me for a radical reformation because of my influence as a leader in your life = True followers do not remain the same once they start following Christ.

God wants to turn us inside out from our preoccupation with ourselves to thinking, caring and having a heart to bless and serve others. Our maturity in God depends on our ability to serve!

C3t challenging MSG - Talkin change! There is no question that if we as Christians are going to grow and mature into Christ-like character, We must experience progress in giving of ourselves in ministry to and for others. While we can and should find comfort and encouragement in Christ "Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any com mon sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion", (Philippians 2:1 NIV)= You can "serve" if you receive God's resource of love and power- Servant living stands opposed to the primary concerns we see today where the focus of our culture and society is more on our own personal happiness and comfort- But! Phil. 1:4 we should have the same attitude as Christ =servant= serve others bless!

You can't go very far on a flat tyre. Jut like a bike with a flat tyre wobbles and is hard to ride, a life with a flat tyre will wobble and wane and be difficult. Is it time to change your flat tyre?

Every season of our lives is ordained by God and meant to work good in us and cause us to revere God.

Your best life is on the other side of a free heart! As we lean on Jesus, surrender to Him and trust Him can we be free of all the pain, unforgiveness, doubt etc that holds us captive. Don't allow the enemy to make you a hostage to hurt because it holds you back from seeing the beauty of God.

With God, there is no variableness. He never changes His mind; He never changes His Word; and through His Word, we can truly know Him. All He says is everlasting. He never changes His principles of right and wrong. He never changes Himself. And best of all, He never changes His love for His children.

There are many stages of learning to follow. Sometimes we start running ahead of God, walking in our own strength rather than following Him and resting in His strength, love and protection.

Once you receive the affirmation of the Father your life changes! If you do have the opportunity - affirm your children. Set the environment and bring out the best in them by guiding and instructing them. All the while building them up and leading them to their heavenly Father

Some changes in life are fantastic, others are hard to understand. We all ask the question "Why?" and it is easy to get stuck there. The way ahead is to rephrase the question "What now?"

God is faithful to us no matter what we are going through, or whether we remain faithful to Him. God never leaves us but continues to call us to Him in times of change.

We all have changes in our lives. From day to day we need God to help us get through whatever may come our way. Some days we may be shouting, "Praise God!" while other times we may be crying out, "I need a miracle!" Whatever the day may bring, changes will come and we need to have a godly mindset in order to handle them.

Agape love is God's kind of love. It is seeking the welfare and betterment of another regardless of how we feel. Agape does not have the primary meaning of feelings or affection. Jesus displayed it when he went to the cross and died for you and me regardless of how He felt. We can agape others regardless of how we feel. If they are hungry, we can feed them; if they thirst we can give them a drink (Rom. 12:20-21). We can choose to seek the betterment and welfare of others regardless of how we feel.