Bethel Church LJ Podcast

A blessed night of encouragement through the testimonies of people who've experienced the power of God in their lives.

As good stewards, like Tabitha, we too are to use our gifts, talents, resources, and abilities as God intended when He bestowed them to us.  He expects us to use them faithfully and on time to meet the needs of those arounds us and to do it in such a way that He receives all the glory.

As you come in contact with so many people, it is likely that you will spend time with people who are like Simon Peter before that fourth encounter:  They just need one final touch to bring them to a rock-solid faith in Christ.

While they were actively working in the church, God spoke to the leadership of the church that it was time for the church to separate Paul and Barnabas for "The" work.  The work they were doing was "A" work, preparing them for "The" work to which they had been set apart to do.

All these promises of God, as God reveals them to us, as He lets us see them, are there for us to possess.  But in order to possess them, we must by faith, like Abraham, walk out those promises in our lives.

This woman, when she went to synagogue this day, she not only experienced a good service, she heard the Word of God from the Living Word, and experienced the power of God which set her free.

Empowering us to deal with the situations we face instead of just removing the problems in front of us seems like the long way around.  I want God to do it for me, not to have the responsibility to do something myself.  Yet, that's not how God chooses to work.

It is people who are willing to impart the life of Christ through their words and their actions into other people that they my become righteous positionally, and functionally.  This process of discipleship, taking hold of a soul and shaping them to live righteously is, according to our text, what it means to behave wisely.

Like Jesus, our assignment is through the empowerment of the Spirit, to teach and to do the works of the Lord that Jesus might be made known and His name would be glorified in the earth.

In our text, the apostles wanted more faith, Jesus' answer turns them from the thought of a lass and a more in faith to faith's genuineness.  If there is real faith, then action follows.  We simply need to act on the Word of God and allow our faith to be demonstrated by our obedience to it.