Grace Bible Church Georgetown, Tx

What are you building our life on? Where is your hope? Are you excited about the future? Do you look forward to the great return of Christ? Do you love to worship? Are you free? Is there a chance cynicism has crept in?

We are challenged as Christ followers to represent Him. That requires integrity to not only "look" the part outside but to "be" the part inside.

Jesus gives firmness through love. John 5:12 says God prunes to produce more fruit. The fruit of the Spirit comes from God not us. Praise the Lord through trials because fruit will come of it.

Who Am I? All believers in Christ are children of God. Our life purpose as children of God is to love God and our fellowman and to serve them doing good works and sharing good words.

Are you open to the interruptions of Jesus in your life? Do you believe that Jesus has great plans for the rest of your life? Those plans fit into His grand plan for His Kingdom in this world. He is sufficient to carry them out. Are you open to step out in faith and walk in His Spirit to do His will? Do not fear the calling of God. He is good, always good. He will give you all you need. He will bless you with His presence as you are willing to walk in His will.

So many Christians today live lives of frustration, fear, anger and just general angst., That is not the life Jesus has for us. Maybe we've been like the disciples asking Jesus to fix our lives when He wants to engage us in His eternal mission which is the only way our lives get fixed. By His Holy Spirit, we have rteceived divine power, His preserence to proclaim Him until he returns.

Maybe your're here today in need of deliverance of some kind. Freedom is not the word you would use to describe your life. Is it time to lay it down? Your future, your family, your pain, your struggle, your addiction, your ministry, your pride, your efforts. Just lay it down and stand in the the victory of the cross.

Is your day, your week, your life arranged so that there is total contentment in your experience of God? Has it been a while since the love of God washed over you? To be honest with you, it probably won't happen here in this service. It takes your willingness to be alone with him; to be still with Him; to hear Him; just as He did with Peter, let Him restore you as only He can.

When Jesus is calling; when you know it's Him; nothing else matters. Even his blessings. What matters to you? Are you trying hard to fish and your net is empty and you don't know why? Could it be that Jesus is calling? Maybe He's giving you guidance to fish a different way. Throw the net on the other side. He's saying "Do it my way. It may require some unorthodox thinking or go against what you think, but trust me in this". Why don't you just do that? Live the life that matters to eternity.

Not only the book of John, but the whole Bible was written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that believing you may have life in His name. To believe means to trust Him. Trust him with you pain, your grief, your successes and your failures. Trust him with your kids, your marriage, your future. Trust Him.

Jesus has so much more planned for you than you could ever imagine, but you have to listen to Him. Let Him love you. Let Him each you. Let Him kindle a fire deep within you today and keep stoking it. Let it grow into a fiery inferno that ignites everything it touches.

Jesus' Grace is remarkable, mercies are innumerable, strength is impenetrable. He is honorable, yet approachable, indescribable, yet personal, He is beyond comprehension, further than imagination, constant through generations, King of every nation, and he is saying your name.

What enemy do you face today? Maybe it's anxiousness or worry? Perhaps you're tired of trying to make everything work? You know the enemy is flying above and you can see him, but you're not protected. Your're not under God's wing and you would never describe you life with Christ as rest. That is not what God wants for you. He will be your supply. He will shelter you from the storm. He will go before you. He is calling you.

Have you ever been extravagant; done something completely excessive and over the top. It may have been a blow-out vacation or a big splurge on a new car. Have you ever been extravagant in the way you have given? Maybe a missionary touched your heart and you gave beyond your means to help them. What about your love and worship of God – any extravagant, over the top excess there? If there has been, what does that look like?

If you believe people are good on their own, then Jesus becomes unnecessary. Now, people may do good things, but that doesn’t make them good. No one is good except God. So, if you’re ever going to be good, you’re going to need who – God. But the good news is that when you turn to him and believe in Jesus for your salvation, all sin is forgiven and its penalty completely removed; you are declared fully righteous, holy and good. Your nature has been changed from sinner to saint by the precious blood of Jesus and His work because you would not be qualified for heaven any other way.

What is God saying to you today? You're fairly comfortable and God is a significant part of you life, but you wouldn't call yourself desperate. Or maybe you face the impossible today. Jesus may be saying to someone here today, "Don't be afraid, just believe". That means wait. Wait. I know what I am doing. One day you will hear His tender voice: My precious child, time to get up. This is over. Believe

Maybe you're here today and you know that you've been chasing a dream, a hope a success, your deepest wish. If I could just be loved or successful or financially secure or healed, then everything would be OK. Perhaps today you'd let Him go deeper. It may be painful as he restores you, redeems you, rescues you from your deepest wish.

Maybe on a personal level today, you know you are not spiritually healthy. You are struggling. Old patterns of temptation and sin creep in; you get discouraged but feel powerless. You are not forsaken or forgotten. He is pursuing you and working even when you don't see it. This is you day because Jesus finds the lost and causes the blind to see. Will you come to him?

This is a wrap up of the DNOW weekend. Our focus was on the HUSTLE, focus the hustle on Jesus.

The proof of my salvation is the test of whether Christ is in me. It's not whether I can lead a clean life or am not tempted. That is not the test. Is Christ in me-that's the test.