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Intro
Your ministry should flow from your personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Who you are is more important than what you do.
The demands of life and ministry can distract us from our most important relationship with Jesus Christ.
Abiding in Christ is being connected to Jesus in a vital, living relationship.
In John 15 Jesus teaches the disciples the importance of abiding in him.
Jesus is the vine and we are the branches connected to the vine or to Jesus.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit if it is not connected to the vine, we cannot bear any fruit if we are not connected to Jesus.
All of the activity in the world cannot make up for not having an intimate and growing relationship with Jesus… it’s worthless.
Abiding in Christ is a lifestyle of love, trust and commitment.
Rate your relationship with Jesus with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
How important is your relationship with Jesus?
(unimportant) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (very important)
Looking at my calendar, my personal time with Jesus is … (low priority) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (high Priority)
I trust Jesus with … (few things) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (many things)
I want us to focus on three practices that can help us to have and maintain an intimate relationship with Jesus.
Solitude Obedience Service
I. Abiding in Jesus requires Solitude
Solitude is setting aside time to be alone with Jesus.
This is vital for an intimate and living relationship with Jesus.
Jesus even modeled this for us.
Jesus even saw the need to withdraw and spend time alone with his father.
If he needed to do this… we need to do this.
We live in a noisy world with plenty of distractions, and it can be difficult to discern God’s leading in our lives.
God speaks in several ways that all require solitude.
God speaks in several ways that all require solitude.
He often will speak through his word, prayer and other people.
God speaks to us through the Bible.
When we listen to Him, He reveals his very nature to correct yours and mine so that we become more and more like him.
Spending time in the Word of God is one of the most important activities we can do to in possessing or presenting His character.
Spending time in the Bible is vital to know the character of Jesus.
God speaks to us through Prayer.
Someone described prayer as a conversation between two people in love.
It’s easy to reduce prayer to a quick list of our needs and requests for God.
God desires and we need to desire extended times of prayer with the Lord sharing our world with Him and a silence that allows Him to reveal His world to us.
Prayer should be part of an extended time with him, we also need to pray throughout the day.
We are to communicate with God all day.
Prayer is an avenue by which we are reminded of our dependency on God.
Prayer is an avenue by which we are reminded of our dependency on God and our necessity of allowing Him to do his work in our lives and ministry.
God will speak to us in times of silence.
We simply have to get to a quiet place and be quiet so we can listen to God.
You may reflect on the WOG… something you read and listen to God interact with it.
Abiding requires Obedience and Surrender.
We cannot abide in Jesus without obeying what he tells us to do.
The Lordship of Christ is a lost commitment in our culture.
Too many followers of Jesus compromise their faith with their choices, their dress, their words, and their behavior.
They believe, or live as if they believe that they can disobey Jesus at night and then the next day serve him effectively.
The only way we’re going to know Jesus and grow in our faith is by obeying His Word out of our love for Him.
Abiding in Jesus leads to a life of service.
Exp God - It is impossible to be in a relationship with God and not have a mission.
Our God is always at work around us and invites us to join Him in His work.
Our mission is to serve those around us by communicating Jesus Christ to them wherever they are on their journey.
True worship is working alongside Jesus .
We do our acts of service to the Lord as we serve others, especially those in need.
When we minister to others we are actually doing it to Jesus.
When we serve others we move closer to Jesus.
Lets’ so a check up… 1 being the least and 5 being the best.
How am I doing?
Am I spending time alone with Jesus? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Am allowing Jesus to be Lord of every area of my life? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Am I serving those around me? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
The area I am doing well in is (you fill it in).
To deepen my relationship I need to (you fill it in).
Conclusion
By practicing Solitude, obedience and service, we move into an abiding, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
When we neglect authentically doing these actions or disciplines, we will not bear fruit.
Someone said
Abiding in Jesus is like walking a tight rope
The balance is between being and doing.
God asks us to be in relationship with Him first and foremost, but at the same time asks us to do the work of the father.
God comes to us in a still small voice in a noisy world, so it can be difficult to hear him.
We know that the Spirit produces fruit but we are commanded to do the acts which bear fruit.
We have to find the balance between being and doing or we will be out of balance in our relationship with the Lord.
Most of us find it easier to do things for God and to be.
So we concentrate on doing things for God… remember we are human beings… not human doings.
Let’s follow His steps.
Don’t run ahead of him… we get into trouble when we do that (Abraham).
Look to him and for him because In him we live and move and have our being.
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