Sunday 13th October

Lawrence Kirby shared a message titled,
'Core, Call & Cause'

Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

We need to move from just belief in Jesus to having an experience of him that impacts the way we live! 

When you have an encounter with Jesus, it transforms your…

Core - the center of your being
Call - what you do on planet earth
Cause - that which you live for 

Adam and Eve weren’t called to just stay in the garden, but to carry the message of connection with God into everywhere they went. 

You are a child of God, a minister of life, a conqueror! That’s the core of who you are.

Water will flow out of you to everyone else when you are in Christ. 

Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.””

This is what we are to be about doing (it’s our call!)

We are to represent Christ to everyone we meet. 

A huge challenge for us is that our faith has become all about us! 

The more we give ourselves to the call and the cause of God, the more we have to deal with our core.

Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭31‬-‭34‬ ‭NLT‬‬
““So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

As a believer these things shouldn’t dominate our thoughts. 

There’s something greater than just you, me, or this church.

We don’t put up with the things that stop the Kingdom of God advancing! 

In other words, an encounter with Jesus transforms your:
Who
What
Why

Give yourself to what God’s called you to.

The Kingdom of God is the greatest cause we can live for. 

I am bought at a price for a cause that is greater than me.

If you’ve never had that encounter, ask God for it.