Hello Everyone,
When your time on earth is completed, what evaluation will God have of your life and ministry? What is the essence of success in God’s eyes?
Three Important Questions
1. Are you being faithful? Matthew 25:21-23; 1 Corinthians 4:1, 2
Are doing what God has called you to do, utilizing all that which God has given you to do it?
2. Are you bearing Fruit? God wants us to bear much fruit. John 15:1-8
*Christ-like Character. As seen in the fruit of the Spirit” Gal 5:22, 23
This is fruit he wants to express in you.
*Christ-like Influence. As exemplified by Jesus in Acts 10:38.
This is fruit…he wants to manifest through you.
3. Are you making God famous? True success brings God glory.
Matt 5:16 “When people see our good deeds they will glorify God in heaven”
That is why we are to fully exercise our spiritual gifts… so that God is glorified. 1 Peter 4:10, 11
With the remaining days we each have on earth we are called to be successful by being faithful, fruitful and making God famous.
Our friend Kit Lauer went to heaven on Friday, April 24th….in Gods eyes…he was a success.
Tonight, I did a teaching on this subject (Success in God’s eyes) to about 40 leaders who provide oversight of the
church in Bom Retiro do Sul.
Throughout the evening we paused and wrote our personal reflections as to what degree are we being faithful in our gifting, resources and our experiences? What fruit is evident in you and is manifesting through you and what ways is God becoming famous through our life?
These are important questions for each of you reading this update as well.
After the leadership workshop, at 10:00 pm, Sammy and I drove to 30 minutes a
way to Lajeado and had churrasco (barbecue) dinner with Vinicius Guzzo´s parents and his 15year old sister, Fernanda.
Vinicius (21yr old Brazilian), as most of you know, is a current intern in the Hope Chapel worship department. The bonus and surprise in all this was that Vinicius´ mother, who has a catholic background as well as the dad, began asking assurance of salvation questions. Wow! Did Sammy get excited and for one hour began sharing the gospel amidst her questions.
Christen spent the night there. Sammy and I came home and talked about Romans 5 in preparation for my last upcoming Sunday teaching till 4:30am.
What a glorious evening!
So many spontaneous things happen, not only because we are in
“Pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel”
On behalf on the team,
Jason
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