In Your Bible Read This
Jeremiah 1
Here Is Your Memory Verse
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were
born
I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 1.5
Afterwards Talk About
This
Only one life, will soon be past, only what's
done for Jesus
will last.
If this is true what serious changes will you make?
Something To Do Before
Next Time
Write down your vision from God for yourself,
your family
(even if you are still single) and for your Christian service.
Set yourself
short, medium and long term goals for each area making
sure they all meet the SMART principle.
Written Diploma Work
Write a real or imaginary two page plan to hold
an
evangelistic
campaign. Use the seven questions properly.
Meditate Word By Word On
This Verse
Jeremiah 29.11-14
- Spend
a Minute to Change the World
- Pray
For Brazil - 165,000,000 people, all colours, many poor and unreached
peoples.
Astonishing 22% evangelicals, many spiritist worshippers
- Be
sure to teach this lesson to others.
- Always
pray and prepare well adding
- your
own verses and stories to bring it to life.
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to see the illustration for
this lesson
Islam and other fatalistic religions teach
that we are like leaves falling from a tree in autumn into the
river of life which takes us where it will, depositing us on the
bank or sweeping us out into the sea of eternity.
In sharp contrast in Christ, through faith
and prayer which brings revelation, we can know God's plan for
our lives. But unless we bring order into our lives then the
revelation will remain forever in visionary form and neither we
nor this world will benefit from our years.
Discovering
God’s
Plan For Your Life
A successful life has deep roots in God,
and blossoms for his glory. Finding the right direction, one that
brings the most out of your life and changes the world for the
better is not dreamed up in a moment but is a combination of
eternity, the past, the present and God’s prophetic
revelation of his chosen future for you.
1. You Were
Known In
Eternity Past
Before time began there were conversations
in heaven about your life. Jer. 1, 5, Galatians 1.15, Psalm 139,
15-16.
The Sovereign God Chose For You:
Your birth date and place, your colour and
appearance, your parents and background whether rich or poor. So you
can assume that he has a plan for the rest of your life too.
Your Past Prepared You
Since birth the wounded hands of the Lord have
been uniquely preparing you..
Shaped By The Master Potter
through good and bitter experiences alike in
the family and in circumstances, schools and religious teaching whether
Christian or not. Can you see the fingerprints of Jesus on your past
giving you a lifetime of grace and protection from accidents and evil
in the school of life. You have lived when others have not.
2. Then Life
Really
Began
He brought you to a place of sensing his
holiness and feeling convicted of your sins, facing a lost
eternity. His Spirit revealed your Saviour to you, Jesus, and
gave you faith to believe and to become a follower of God’s
Son.
God’s Honeymoon Time
New believers often seem to enjoy a honeymoon
period with the Lord when Father pours out his love and pleasure on his
new family. There is healing and freedom from Satanic grips of the
past, and the grace and thrills of baptisms in water and in the Spirit.
Eph 2, 1-10
3. The Call
Of The
Present
It is not long before we find out that God
has plans for us, and our curiosity is aroused. See Jeremiah. 29.11.
What Are We Here For?
In John 13.3 we learn that, like Jesus, we have
come from God and we are here for God and one day we shall return home
to God. Knowing this brought Jesus such security that he, the Creator
of the world and Lord of all, was able to serve by even washing the
feet of his disciples.
Pray To Discover The Plan
Ephesians 2, 10 says that God has prepared good
works in advance for us to do. So find out from the Lord why you were
ever born and then born again. Grasp his eternal purpose and the job
that Jesus has for you to do. John 15.16
Write The Vision Down On Paper
See Exodus 31.18, 1 Chronicles 28.19, and
Revelation 1,19.
4. Now Plant
The Vision
Of Your Future
As a seed in prayer, letting it rest in God
awaiting the day when new life and a harvest comes. John 12.24
5. Set Clear
Goals To
Shape Your Future
Clear goals streamline our thoughts,
prayers, diaries, resources and they release power like nothing
else can.
- Effective Goals Are SMART , that is
to say:
- Solid, tangible, that is
not vague.
- Measurable, to see how you
are doing.
- Achievable - realistic,
not impossible.
- Repeatable, clear enough
to tell others.
- Timed - with a deadline to
finish by . . . a certain date
-
- You can have short-term goals, say for the
next 3 months;
- medium term, say for the next 2 years;
- and long-term say 10 years from now.
6. Priorities
Add Even
More Power
No-one can work on more than six goals at
once so make a list of all the many things you want to do
personally, in the family and in Christian service. Then ask
yourself the question - If God only allows me six, which six will
they be and of those which is the most important, and then the
second, etc.?
7. Good
Answers Make
Perfect Plans
To make a perfect plan for even a small
church project ask seven questions. The answers will give you a
perfect plan.
- What do I want to do -
exactly?
- Why do I want to do this?
- Where will I do it -
exactly?
- When shall I begin and aim
to finish?
- Who will supervise me,
work with me, and who will benefit from my plan?
- How will I do it? Step 1,
step 2, etc.
- How much will it cost?
Luke 14, 28-29
8. Now
Put Your
Plan Into Action
Because faith without works is dead. Be
prepared to commit your time, energy, prayer, money, reputation
and pride knowing that all hard work brings a profit. Prov. 14.23.
Don't forget to take lots of advice and learn from others. Every
3 months and every year end evaluate progress and make any
necessary changes.
To Close Pray For The
World's Most Unreached Peoples By Name
Taken from the
Joshua
Project Unreached Peoples List these people have no
churchand as yet no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Niger
|
People
Name
|
Language
|
Population
|
Iberogen
|
Iberogen
|
20,000
|
Igdalen
|
Igdalen
|
15,000
|
Maure (Moor)
|
Arabic,
Hasaaniya
|
127,400
|
|