Wooster Nazarene Podcast

In this series, we have seen God’s faithfulness to Joseph through a lot of difficult situations. Anybody here today facing a difficult situation? Maybe you’re not being hunted down by your angry siblings, or thrown into prison for a crime you didn’t commit, but we all have our stuff, don’t we.

What we learn through this series is that God desires from us to be faithful in the MIDST of circumstances, and he will be faithful to bring us through according to HIS plans for our good and HIS glory. Those last two words are KEY for us to remember…HIS GLORY. Often we simply want things to be easy and for US to get the glory. God’s love for us is immeasurable, but it also is immeasurable for others, so if we let Him, he will use our trials to help others see His goodness and love as well!

Revivals produce transformed lives that are passionate about becoming more like God. Our spiritual journey can be summed up in a short phrase: “I have one deep desire … I want to be more and more like Jesus. We are believing and becoming!” We are pursuing Him. He is our single focus. This is precisely how we get more of God. There are positively no shortcuts. love for God will compel us to become more and more like Jesus.

This can only happen as we surrender more of ourselves to Him … creating more “GOD-SPACE” in our lives. This is a life of holiness that moves us towards wholeness. This is foundational! We have must get a grip on the scope of what God has done for us through Jesus. “Jesus took it all on Himself” We must make a transformational connection with this truth. It will produce a change that we will never get over.

Generosity is not an act - it is the posture of the heart! It’s an abundance mindset. With God, there’s always more! Generous people look for needs and meet them … “God has blessed me so I can be a blessing to others! I was created to pour out!” I believe the mindset of abundance and a heart of generosity flourishes when you understand that the first of all the increase belongs to God. It’s His!!! God calls the first “tithe”. In Hebrew this means 10%.

You don’t have to have everything fixed in your life. Come to Jesus and live! To be an influencer, you just need to know who Jesus is and you need to love people. Be salt and light! Influence the one in front of you! To be an influencer … “Do for one!” You don’t need a huge platform! Start where you are with who is in front of you.

You are invited. No matter what you wear, how much you've messed up, whether you know about God or not, you are invited.

If God’s the one asking you to jump, you can close your eyes and take the leap! No matter what reason you have for saying you aren’t enough! No matter what insecurity is causing you to double clutch… you can TRUST His desire to use you. He can (and will) use you in spite of insecurity.