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Intro
Our culture has become one of talking points where it is “us versus them” and neither side can meet in the middle.
Jesus teaches us another way: Go out.
Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask.
Become the Word in body as well as spirit.
(Pope Francis)
We have been learning a lot of principles that will help us to stand firm on a horribly toxic culture and to love well in the same culture.
I have not tried to provide scripts for specific cultural conflicts, ungodly standards, or sinful behavior in others.
Think about how annoyed you become when a telemarketer calls and goes through their script.
Those situations drive me crazy on many levels, but one is that I like to have real conversations with real people.
There are principles that cover all of the issues we will face, but each individual situation and each person, deserves a real conversation.
I can’t tell you the exact words to use when you are confronted with the cultural challenges in your life.
We all have different situations and personalities.
There is no one-size-fits -all way for being Daniel in the culture you live in today.
Being a person of godly influence in an ungodly culture a deep-seated personal faith and intimate relationship with God along with a reliance on him as your daily power source and guide.
Let me review some of the truths we have learned as we move to become people of influence in our culture.
Know your Identity in Christ.
Settle your core values
Be ready to stand your ground in the tests of life.
Worship the Lord
Don’t worship other stuff
Give our lives fully to Jesus
Identify our pride and deal with it.
Put our feelings in their proper place
Give God full control of our lives
Understand the brevity of life - but a vapor.
Focus on our priorities
Heed the warning signs of weariness.
Learn how to connect before you correct.
Let God change us into His likeness.
These don’t have to be mastered before we can influence others… because none of us can master them all.
These ideas challenge us to grow closer to the Lord.
As God works in us, we become vessels that he can use to impact others.
Loved by the Father, Saved by the Son, and empowered by His Spirit, we influence the culture around us in two major ways: spiritually and relationally.
Shining light into the darkness
We have to confront the culture the same way Jesus did.
When he came face to face with the devil and was tempted, Jesus responded with the WOG.
He used the sword of truth to defend himself.
Just a side note: Jesus did not confront the devil as God.
He confronted the devil as a man with the WOG.
Thats what we have to do as well.
Five Scriptures and Five Prayer Focuses
1. Pray that the Father would draw them to Jesus
When I gave my life to the Lord, I remember that there had been a tug developing in my heart.
Something was stirring inside me and drawing me towards the Lord.
When Jon asked me when I was going to get off the fence, I was ready.
God had been drawing me to him.
Think about someone you have been praying for and bow your heads....
Prayer
“Father, I pray for the people around me, that you would supernaturally draw their hearts to you.
Send your Holy Spirit to them, and give them the desire to give their lives to you.
Help them to recognize their longing for more as spiritual, as a thirst only you can quench.
Open their ears to hear your voice.”
2. Bind the spirit that blinds their minds.
The truth can be right in front of people and they still can’t see it.
That’s because something is in the way.
The enemy has blinded them but we can pray that the Lord will remove the obstacles so they can see the truth.
Prayer
“Father, bind the evil spirits that are blinding the minds of the people around me in the name of Jesus.
I pray that they would be able to see clearly, to recognize who you are, and to give their hearts to you.
Remove all hindrances the Enemy would use to distract them from your truth.
Open their eyes, Lord, that they might see Jesus”
3. Let loose the spirit of adoption.
(personal relationship with Jesus)
Many people in our culture think Christianity is just another religion.
This minimizes God… just like the Babylonians did with Daniel and the Jews.
These folks may be frustrated or angry with the institution of the church and see Christians as legalists and hypocrites.
God did not come to build an organization.
He came to have a relationship with his children.
Praying for people to have personal encounters with God makes a difference.
Prayer
“Father, I pray that people will understand how much you love them.
Loose the spirit of adoption for the people around me, so that they come into a meaningful relationship with you.
Stir in their hearts a longing to come home, to hear your voice, and to see you welcoming them with open arms.
Let them know you are always running to meet them and hold them close”
4. Pray that believers will enter into positive relationships with the lost
and pray that we will see the opportunities that come across our paths.
We need to pray for opportunities to share what God is doing in our lives and for others to have the opportunities as well.
God’s plan to reach the world is carried out through those of us who already know him.
His desire is for everyone to know him personally and to follow him and to spend eternity in heaven with him.
We are spiritual farmers and we need to be awake to the opportunities to plant, water or harvest spiritual seeds in others.
We have no idea of who may have been praying for someone and if the act of kindness we deliver might be the push they need towards the Lord.
Prayer
“Father, I pray for the lost around me to meet believers who will influence them in a positive way.
Lord, let my life shine in such a way that people want to know the God I serve.
Allow others to see my genuine love and concern for them in all I say and do.
Let me be your hands and feet to serve them and let them know how much you love them.
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5. Release the spirit of wisdom and revelation on them, so they may know God better.
This is the aha! moment when it clicks, and they understand.
We have all experienced it in school when something finally clicks.
The most important place for the truth to click is in the spiritual realm… when the lights come on spiritually.
People need to see their own sin, see what Jesus did on the cross and the the hope that comes from giving their life to the Lord.
They need revelation and wisdom, not just knowledge of spiritual things.
Prayer
“Father, I pray for the people around me to experience the spirit of wisdom and revelation.
I pray that they would truly understand their spiritual condition and see what Jesus did for them on the cross.
Help them to have the information and experiences needed to come to you, so they can understand all you have for them”
Confronting Cultural Challenges
Once the spiritual groundwork is laid, then we can work on becoming Christ’s ambassadors to the culture around us.
There is no magic formula, no script, but out of our relationship with Jesus will come the ability to confront the cultural challenges and make a difference in our culture.
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