Need a 2nd Chance Part 2
Part 2 of 2nd Chance:
My short testimony: “LET GO-LET GOD”!
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
I was so Sick and needed a Doctor!
Luke 5: 31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who KNOW they are sinners and need to repent.”
*Everyone is sick. Not everyone knows it.
**We have addictions because of Sin.
**If we ask God to examine our heart everything we TRY to HIDE will be brought to the surface; it is there this day that “addiction to sin” is revealed and LIFE begins!!!!!!!
I admitted to God my faults, addictions to sin and asked for changes, sought Him every moment, got into His Word, yielded to the changes He asked for and asked daily for courage to do His will even though its hard to change because of my selfish- self boundries.
The only part of me I loved about myself back then was my worldly so called strenght’s. *But it is the weaknesses that we need to focus on. To strengthen our weaknesses.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9a.
*God doesn’t expect YOU to be like anyone else He expects YOU to do what Jesus did!
Being a witness isn’t just about your words but it’s also about your Conduct/Actions.
Its not easy- but now I know I don’t need to do all this on my own. The vine IS NOW my source and I rely on Him as He instructs me.
I found a larger world of possibilities than I used to know–Called TRUTH!
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
When life appears to lack Meaning and Purpose, remember that if you devote your life to the purposes God has for you, the fruits of your labor will be manifested in due time. “The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24).
I Did not know that God wanted little me to live in Him!
*He wants to be your source of life.
* He wants you to abide in Him and rely on Him for everything.
*He wants to be your source for strength, provision, hope and joy.
* Like the air you breathe, He wants you to rely on Him for your Very Existence.
Abiding in God begins by meditating on Him, His Word and His goodness.
*You stop and think about Him when you go to sleep at night.
*You think about Him when you first wake up.
*You think about His promises all throughout the day and continually fellowship with Him in prayer.
* You make Him your number ONE priority and stay connected with other believers in the Body.
*You can not hold back any longer–You just have to Share this Great News of Jesus and His Love with Others.
*Life with Jesus is not about SELF – It’s About “RELATIONSHIPS”- Unity and the work in the Body.
John 17: 23 I(Jesus) am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect UNITY that the WORLD will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.
***The Holy Spirit Transforms us into the image of Christ. WE are NO longer Self Centered when WE no longer make decisions based on how things affect ME BUT instead on how things affect the Kingdom of God!!!
Now that SOUNDS LIKE A TRUE LOVE RELATIONSIP! It’s about WE not I!
**Notice what John 15:5 says will happen when you abide in Him – you will produce much fruit!
**When you are connected to God, everything you set your hand to will be fruitful and blessed. Just like a branch thrives when it is connected to the vine, you’re going to thrive and be prosperous for His Purposes when you are connected to Almighty God.
*Most of the time we will not even know it ourselves, But God working through you (His Vessel now) will bear much fruit if we listen and obey Him and unify giving Glory and credit to God verses self-so JESUS is lifted up for others may see and COME to believe!(John 17: 23)
*Depend on Him today and make Him your number ONE priority. NOT MAN!
*Abide in Him and let Him pour out His abundant favor and blessing on you all the days of your life, Knowing this life is ALL about His purposes—not MINE!
He is the source of fruit through us.
John 15:2-8
*When we plug into Jesus, He flows through us like only He can do.
Through the tough years I learned that-When we” LET” Him— miracles happen that can only be of Jesus.(The miracles we all can have- the fruit of the Spirit—the miracle of love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control).
*God understands our disobedient heart. He sees what we really are; yet He gives “Second Chances”.
* God gave Jonah a second chance.
*God gave the people of Nineveh a second chance.
*God gave me a 2nd-3rd…Chance
It is a lesson of love from a heavenly Father who specializes in second chances.
Have you blown it? Have you disappointed someone close to you? God is the God of second chances. All we have to do is acknowledge our waywardness. God will restore. Gog will give Grace. ASK GOD- CHOOSE to “LET GO and LET HIM”!
2 Peter 3: 15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved.
You and I don’t just need to present ourselves and our good works. We also need to tell people the reason for the hope that is in us!
By our WORDS and our ACTIONS, we’re to share Christ to the lost and the hurting. You can’t just sit in the lifeboat of a sinking ship and hope everyone else finds it. WE have to tell them. So with your WORDS and your ACTIONS, share Christ with everyone you can and allow God to draw them to himself!
God continues to humble me daily. I now am a Christian who has grown in the grace and knowledge of the WORD of God and knows that there IS deliverance in our lives and how we need some daily.
I am redeemed by Christ unto good works by faith. Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all sin and to Purify for Himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
I can not continue to acknowledge the Sin and do nothing about the sin in my/our lives. I know that Sin feels good. Sin is pleasure for a season so the Bible says. BUT it also says in Romans 6:1 What shall we say, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound.
Should we continue doing all these sinful things in order to take advantage of the multitude of sins that Jesus’ blood covers? Only you can answer that—-I humbly answer that question DAILY and I thank Jesus for His perfect Patience and Grace He has and is giving me hourly.
Lord, Thank you for choosing me before I could chose You, thank you for the
nail pierced hands ALL because of MY Addiction to Sin. Thank you that you
knew me before I was born, thank you that you and no one else formed me in
my mothers womb, thank you that no weapon formed against me shall prosper Father in heaven, today I choose to abide in You. Thank you for second chances. Like the air I breathe, I know I am totally dependent on You. Thank You for Your promise of blessing on me and help me to always be a blessing to other people. Help me speak Blessings and Peace not only over my friends, BUT also my enemies. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
2 Tim. 3: 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, 17 so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.