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!! TAKING THE INITIATIVE                                                                                                                        from ‘50 Days of Faith’ Part 3 of 8                                                                                                            March 11, 2007 Part 2 of 2
 
*III.
ANNOUNCE*________________________________________
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/“Jesus asked him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’
The blind man answered, ‘Teacher, I want to see.’”/  Mark 10:51 (NCV)
 
/“You ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’”/
James 4:15 (NIV)
 
 
! *IV.
RECEIVE ________________________________________*
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       /“Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way: your faith has made you well.’
And immediately he regained his sight...”/  Mark 10:52a (NAS)
 
/“From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.”/
John 1:16 (NIV)
 
/“That’s why faith is the key!  God's promise is given to us as a free gift.”/
Rom.
4:16a (NLT)
 
!!!!!! V.  TAKE ________________________________________
 
/“... he regained his sight and began following Jesus on the road.”/
Mark 10:52b (NAS)
 
/“If people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing...”/ 
James 2:14 (NCV)
 
/“Everything that we have – right thinking, right living, a clean slate, and a fresh start – comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.”/  1 Cor.
1:30 (Mes)
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!! TAKING THE INITIATIVE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              March 11, 2007 Part 2 of 2                                                                                                              2024 words
Quick recap from last week – from the story of Bartimaeus, we came up with the first two keys to beginning a fresh start with faith in our lives.
Firstly– *SEIZE THE MOMENT *and secondly – *TAME YOUR FEAR.
*We acknowledged that faith can be scary because God is asking us to do something that is not in our nature to do – we think we know best but God is asking you to do something greater than you’ve ever done before.
Different than you’ve ever done before.
He’s asking you to depend on Him in a way you never have before.
So, yes it’s going to be scary but it’s a choice we face if we take faith seriously – you can stay the way you are; if you do there can be no spiritual growth in your life or you can look forward with faith and step forward in faith?
Moving on, the third key to beginning a fresh start is to:
 
*III.
ANNOUNCE your faith.
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Go public with it.
Announce your goal, your intention, the change you want to make in your life, what you’re asking God to do.
You need to tell others because there’s no such thing as a secret disciple.
In Mark 10:51 it says, /“Jesus asked him [Bartimaeus]  ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’
The blind man answered, ‘Teacher, I want to see.’”/
He said, I want my sight.
I want to be healed.
Question:  Why on earth did Jesus ask this?
He walks over to a guy who’s a blind beggar, sitting on the  ground by the road and asks, “What would you like Me to do for you?”  Didn’t He already know what the guy needed?
Jesus did it for the benefit of Bartimaeus.
You see, by asking that question He allowed Bartimaeus to publicly announce his faith.
Bartimaeus said, “I want You to heal me!”
You don’t ask somebody to heal you unless you have faith that he can do it.
Bartimaeus is saying three things about Jesus; firstly, I believe You are who people say You are.
Secondly, I believe You have the power to change me.
And thirdly, I believe You can and will change me.
It was a statement of faith.
And he did it publicly.
Here’s the amazing thing.
Jesus asks you the very same question right now.  “What do you want Me to do for you?”
He asks it every day, every morning.
Every morning He asks, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
If Jesus were to come to you right now and ask that question, how would you answer?
God wants to use you.
He wants to bless you.
He wants to make changes in your life.
He wants to do incredible things in your life.
Things you can’t even imagine.
But you have to ask.
And you have to ask in faith.
Every time you set a goal it’s actually a statement of faith?
Every time you say, “This is what I want God to do; this is what I want God to change, this is my dream, my goal, my vision, my objective.”
You are publicly announcing your faith if you believe God's going to help you to do it.
There is one qualifier when you set a goal - you need to add the phrase, “... if it is God's will.”
Because you don’t know the future.
You don’t know what God has in store for you.
You don’t know what His plans are.
You’re not sovereign.
He is.
You say, “Here’s my goal... if it’s God's will.”
James 4:15 /“You ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will we will live and do this or that.’”/
We can’t predict the future so we don’t want to be presumptuous but that doesn’t mean you don’t set goals, that you don’t make statements of faith.
Jesus said, “If you’re going to be my disciple, I don’t want you to be ashamed of Me.
I want you to publicly identify yourself with Me as a follower of Christ.
So, if you’re going to make a fresh start, you need to announce your intentions, announce your goals, announce your faith publicly.
The fourth key, the fourth secret to a fresh start is:
!!!!! IV.  RECEIVE GOD’S GRACE
 
You seize the moment, you realize Jesus is here, He’s giving you the opportunity.
You Move against your fears.
You Announce your faith – And you Receive God's grace.
Mark 10:52 says, /“Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way.
Your faith has made you well.’
Immediately he regained his sight.”/
He accepted the grace of God.
I know that there’s a lot of hurt here.
Some of you are struggling with conflict, or pain, or disappointment, or grief in your life.
You’re kind of like the blind beggar Bartimaeus on the side of the road.
You’re really struggling.
The truth is you can put on the happy face but inside you’re breaking.
I’m pleased that you’re here today because Jesus is waiting to give you a fresh start.
The emphasis is on give.
You don’t earn it; you don’t work for it.
You certainly don’t deserve it.
You don’t buy it.
It’s not about religious rituals.
You just receive the free gift of God's grace and the ability to make a fresh start.
Regardless of what your past has been, regardless of what you’ve done, regardless of the things you’ve brought on yourself.
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