Fulfilling Your Ministry

1. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:10 NLT)
2. You are not a biological accident. You are specially and specifically designed by God to fulfil a purpose on earth.
3. God says to Jeremiah, “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” (Jer. 1:4-5 NLT)
4. Knowing this should get you excited. What is a surprise to you is not a surprise to God, you are not an afterthought. You are special, unique and complex in design. (Ps. 139:13-16 NLT)
5. Many don’t know how special and specially equipped they are. You can never know who you are except by revelation. When you catch a revelation of who you really are you will fall in love with yourself. (Ps. 8:3-8, Eph. 2:10 NLT).
6. God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it – Eph. 2:8-9
7. Salvation puts you in alignment with God’s plans and purposes. We are recreated in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:28-30)
8. We were all compromised by Adam and Eve. God had factored the possibility of man’s disobedience due to his free will into the plan; Jesus would come into the world. (Rev. 13:8 NLT).
9. So, God calls us into a relationship with Him and makes us right with Him. Then He shares His glory (beauty, magnificence, wealth) with us.
10. Why do we start the discussion on your assignment from here? Being precedes doing. Who you think you are or who you think you’re not puts a cap on what you can do.
11. Discover who you are in Christ. This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2nd Cor. 5:17, 1st Peter. 2:9-10, 1st John 5:4 NLT).
12. Christ made outrageous claims about His identity (Luke 4:18-19, John 10:30). It’s your turn. Your identity in is Christ Jesus. What determines your identity is what God says about you.

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