A Dedicated Life - A New Thing (notes)

A Dedicated Life - A New Thing

There Are Many

Lost hurting people in our city that need to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ!

The Lord

• Is doing a new thing among us.
• This is the result of a new dedication that I sense is happening here.
• There is a new vitality, a fresh anointing in all that is happening here.

Isaiah 43

• Says how God feels about us.
• Says not to fear for God is with us.
• He will bring our children from the east and the west, from the north and the south and from the ends of the earth.
• A call to all believers here to minister to the hurting that He will bring to this place.

Isaiah 43

• Also talks about the power of witnessing what God has done when He is doing a new thing.
• It says to forget the former things of the past, don’t even dwell on them.
• See, I am doing a new thing. It will be a time of refreshing for us. (Signs and wonders, miracles and healing will be normal.)

The Gospel

• Is hope for the hopeless
• Is help to the hurting
• Is healing for the sick
• Is release for the bound

Luke 4:18

The Reason

Jesus was used to help people was because He was completely dedicated to God and to the Good News.

The Reason

God used the disciples to shake the world for Jesus was because they were completely dedicated to God and to the Good News that Jesus gave them.

Acts 4:31

Why Is It Important For God To Do A New Thing In The Church?

1. Because people get into ruts and we need God to get us out of it.
2. We allow unforgiveness, bitterness or hurt to stop the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
3. We get accustomed to a system that is no longer valid or doesn’t work. Jesus said we need new wine skins to pour in the new wine of the Spirit.

What Can We Do?

• Rededicate ourselves to the great commission and the new commandment.
• Tell everyone about Jesus
• Love each other as He loves us.

When Jesus & John

• Came they preached repentance because God was going to do a new thing.
• The call is the same today. We must be willing to change if we are going to see God do a new thing here.

Application

• This is a new day to serve God.
• This is a new season to reach out to the hurting of our community.
• Let’s ask God what ministry He desires us to move into.
• Let’s be obedient to the call of the Holy Spirit.