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Ministry God & I Working Together

Ministry God & I Working Together. Ephesians 2:10. Theme Passage

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Ministry God & I Working Together

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  1. MinistryGod & I Working Together Ephesians 2:10

  2. Theme Passage 2 Cor 3 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  3. Ministry-while there are many kinds of ministry, all of them involve representing God by the giving of something of value to another- love, truth, help, hope, wisdom, service, sustenance, grace…

  4. My Ministry Tools

  5. 1) Access to God 1 Timothy 2 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, & giving of thanks be made for all men,

  6. 1) Access to God 1 Timothy 2 2 for kings & all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet & peaceable life in all godliness & reverence. 3 For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

  7. 1) Access to God 1 Timothy 2 4 who desires all men to be saved & to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God & one Mediator between God & men, the Man Christ Jesus,

  8. 1) Access to God Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons – but they are helpless against our prayers. SidlowBaxter

  9. 1) Access to God Luke 6 27 "But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, & pray for those who spitefully use you.

  10. 2) The Holy Spirit a) Knowledge of God I Corinthians 2 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

  11. 2) The Holy Spirit a) Knowledge of God I Corinthians 2 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

  12. 2) The Holy Spirit a) Knowledge of God Ministry is sharing what we have been given, the Spirit is our source of knowledge & the bond of our relationship with God.

  13. 2) The Holy Spirit b) Spiritual wealth Gal 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law….

  14. 2) The Holy Spirit b) Spiritual wealth Gal 5 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

  15. 2) The Holy Spirit b) Spiritual wealth The fruit of the Spirit is the character that God pours into our lives so that we can pass it along to others who need love, joy, peace,….

  16. 2) The Holy Spirit c) Spiritual Power Acts 1 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; & you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, & in all Judea & Samaria, & to the end of the earth.

  17. 2) The Holy Spirit c) Spiritual Power We are never too weak to do ministry, God has placed His Spirit, with all of His power, within to do the ministry He assigns to us.

  18. 2) The Holy Spirit d) Spiritual gifts I Cor 12 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:…

  19. 2) The Holy Spirit d) Spiritual gifts I Cor 12 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 & there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

  20. 2) The Holy Spirit d) Spiritual gifts I Cor 12 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each onefor the profit of all

  21. 2) The Holy Spirit d) Spiritual gifts Each Christian has been given the gifts, the spiritual equipment, necessary in order for them to accomplish whatever ministry that are to do.

  22. 3) A Plan Eph 2 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

  23. 3) A Plan Ministry is a path we walk with God, following His plan for us, full of the tools that God has given us. It is not a matter of not knowing what to do, but simply being willing to do what is next.

  24. MinistryGod & I Working Together Ephesians 2:10

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