{"id":148,"date":"2012-05-31T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=148"},"modified":"2012-06-06T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T15:24:04","slug":"testify-god-through-our-life-at-the-market-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Testify God through Our Life at the Market Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>This week\u2019s message is prepared by Pastor Joseph Tai.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/villarkstrategygroup.com\/pub\/ttfh\/prayerconnect\/120204 Prayer Connect - Leading with Love Capacity.mp3\" href=\"http:\/\/villarkstrategygroup.com\/pub\/ttfh\/prayerconnect\/120531%20Prayer%20Connect%20-%20Testify%20God%20through%20Our%20Lives%20in%20the%20Market%20Place.mp3\"><strong>This Week\u2019s Audio Message<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u201cNot only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. \u2026 11\u00a0Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.\u201d \u2013 Romans 5:3-5, 11<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/villarkstrategygroup.com\/pub\/ttfh\/prayerconnect\/120524%20Prayer%20Connect%20-%20Witness%20in%20the%20Market%20Place%20-%20Experience%20Open%20Heaven.mp3\">Last week<\/a>, we saw from Acts 1:3 that before Jesus were taken into heaven, he appeared to his disciples over a period of four days and spoke about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is the zeal of the Lord.\u00a0 It is the purpose for him to come down to earth and is the commission that he gave to his disciples (Isa 9:7, Jn 3:16; Mt 28:18-20) to expand through their testimonies.\u00a0 There are five key aspects for us to testify God through our life at the market place, to expand God\u2019s Kingdom. They are: Character, Communication, Commitment, Capability, Completion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Character is the expression of the life of Jesus. John 1:4 says \u201dIn him was life, and that life was the light of men.\u201d\u00a0 Verse 12 says, \u201cYet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.\u201d\u00a0 Children of God have the life of Son of God. This life is not a stagnant life, but will grow to maturity.\u00a0 Romans 5:3-5 says, \u201cNot only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.\u201d\u00a0 We see here that Character that is approved and tested is ripe.<\/p>\n<p>The first important element of life is Grace.\u00a0 We have justified through faith and gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand (Ro 5:1-2).\u00a0 The second element is faith that is not ours but comes from God.\u00a0 Faith is the truth of God. (Eph 2:8, Heb 12:2).\u00a0 The third element is God\u2019s love poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Ro 5:5).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication\/Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, God uses people in the market place to manifest and to share His character.\u00a0 They are to let the River of the Water of Life move, to bring the living water into the market place and to make the salty water fresh, to bring life (Rev 12:1-2; Eze 47:8-10).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commitment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>God\u2019s flow through our lives will bring influence for His purposes.\u00a0 For in God\u2019s Kingdom, we not only need to participate but also need to fully commit ourselves.\u00a0 We must commit to God\u2019s direction and His goal.\u00a0 Our attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus and to live for Him alone.\u00a0 We make it our goal to please Him, to have sufficient courage so that Christ will be exalted in our body, whether by life or by death (Php 1:20, 2:5, 3:7, 13-14, 2 Co 5:9, 14-15, Ro 14:7-8).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>W as we commit to God\u2019s work, we will be imparted with gifts, talents and capacities from God to serve Him and to serve others.\u00a0 These capabilities will increase as we apply them and do everything through Him who gives us strength (Ro 12:3, Php 4:13).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we embark on the right goal\/target, we need to bring it to its completion.\u00a0 We need to fight the good fight and to finish the race, to fulfill God\u2019s Great Commission (2 Tim 1:12\uff0c4:6-8; Mt 28:18-20).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Market Place Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We pray that soldiers of Christ in the 10500 will live out the character of Jesus Christ in their market place to share God\u2019s grace, faith, and love.\u00a0 They will commit themselves to God and use their given opportunities, capabilities, and talents to serve the market place.\u00a0 They will be faithful to God even to the point of death to accomplish God\u2019s commission so that they will receive His crown of righteousness and life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s message is prepared by Pastor Joseph Tai. 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