Don’t be selfish and think that everything is just about you. Some people tend to say “well, it’s my life and I do whatever I want with it”. God is the one that gave you breath of life and your soul belongs to Him.
One should realize that what he does affects his brothers and sisters. Your sin affects me and affects the Body of Christ, both local and universal. And just the same, your obedience helps my prayers to be answered and helps The Kingdom of God to grow.
“If one part suffers every part suffers with it, if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” 1 Corinthians 12:26
Know that your obedience, your faith and your relationship with God, meaning that which you build in intimacy with God, it’s an inheritance for those in your family and your Church. Generations to come, will benefit from the fruits of your righteousness.
“I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother, Lois and in your mother Eunice and I am persuaded now lives in you also.” 2 Timothy 1:5
2 Samuel 7:8 – 19
God can fulfill the desires of your heart through the lives of your children. Maybe your vision will be fulfilled after you will be gone. But you must have a vision for the generations that will come after you. You must prepare the ground for the generations to come. You must build the right circumstances for the future generations, so that they might finis what you started. Maybe just as David, you must fight the enemy that tries to steal the spiritual inheritance that you are trying to leave to your children. Maybe you need to fight during your life time so that your children will have peace to build the kingdom of God.
1 Kings2:1-4
In order that God might fulfill his promise to you, in the lives of your children, you must do your part as well.
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me, your love, O, Lord, endures forever – do not abandon the works of your hands” Psalm 138:8
At the end of this message, our Church honored the faithfulness of 3 ladies, to whom we owe the fact that we belong to God today.
3 Grandmothers influenced through their life, through their prayers and obedience the lives of many people in our Church and in the Body of Christ.
These ladies have been living their faith during good times and during bad times. They have been persecuted by the communists, by their families, by their friends, laughed upon, mocked, ridiculed, but still found through the race of God, the strength not to let go of what they believed, had the strength to keep on going for more than 38 yeas of faithfulness.
As a symbol, we gave them a diploma. We didn’t do this to praise them as people, but we did this to honor God’s faithfulness.
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