Hi Church,
I pray you are all doing well entering a new week to be the people of God in our confronting and confused culture. Its good to know we stand upon the rock of the Gospel that is immovable and will never be shaken.
Reflecting on our weekend together it was so good to hear from Ross Nancarrow on the work of International Mission Ministries in Nepal and especially the completion and celebration of the Training Facility. Grace Church had such an amazing part to play in ensuring its completion. Thousands of Dollars were contributed from us and other generous people from around Australia. What was handed over to the people of Nepal was a legacy of faith, hope and love for their nation so that the gospel will be taught from one faithful generation to the next. Thank you to Ross and his wonderful team who have planted watered and nurtured new churches for the advance of Gods kingdom.
Ross also encouraged us with a great word reminding us of how we are to live the everyday like Jesus. Jesus was not a man unlike us. He lived the everyday in the human limitation like us with even less resources than us, not using His divinity to have any advantage. The advantage that did come to him was cultivated through a lifestyle of faith just the same as we can. The three keys were one; knowing and living from a place of Identity as a son/daughter of God beloved and accepted. Two, living in daily intimacy or abiding with Holy Spirit, listening to what God is saying and doing what he sees God doing. Third, living by faith, that is total trust on His Father. The being about His father’s business in everything. This resulted in a man who lived in anointed relationship with Holy Spirit. A man who was empowered by Holy Spirit to be Holy, to be loving, to be powerful.
Jesus modelled this lifestyle so that we can follow the same, with the same outcomes as He did and even more. This is the faithful fruitful life that results from abiding in Holy Spirit. May we do likewise.
Love and blessings.
Greg and Amanda