Day 8 UNLEASHED FOR MISSION! Love Our Family of Faith as Jesus Does

PEOPLE ARE TO KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE

‭‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭35‬

“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.””

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭3‬

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.”

We read that on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, no man said that aught that he possessed was his own. All they owned was held for the advance of the wonderful reformation. And thousands were converted in a day. When the same spirit actuates believers today, and they give back to God of His own with the same liberality, a wide and farreaching work will be accomplished. (Manuscript 95, 1907, par. 17)

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭41‬-‭47‬

“Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

After the descent of the Holy Spirit the disciples went forth to proclaim a risen Saviour, their one desire the salvation of souls. They rejoiced in the sweetness of the communion with saints. They were tender, thoughtful, self-denying, willing to make any sacrifice for the truth’s sake. In their daily association with one another they revealed the love that Christ had commanded them to reveal. By unselfish words and deeds they strove to kindle this love in other hearts. (The Acts of the Apostles, p. 547)

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭19‬-‭21‬

“We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.”

GENEROSITY IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THE RICH ALL CAN GIVE

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭5‬

“Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭20‬:‭35‬

“I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭38‬

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.””

Day 7 UNLEASHED FOR MISSION! Disciple Children and All Generations to Speak for Jesus

Day 6 UNLEASHED FOR MISSION! Boldly Stand for Christ and Follow Him Fully

WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS UNLEASHED IT GIVES BOLDNESS IN MISSION

2 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭18‬-‭20‬

, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

THE HOLY SPIRIT TRANSFORMED PETER AND THE OTHER DISCIPLES FROM COWARDS TO CAMPIONS AND EVEN MARTYRS FOR THE GOSPEL

‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭10‬:‭6‬ ‭

“The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭4‬

“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

They (the Priests and Rulers) had thought to find the apostles cowed with fear under the strong hand of oppression and murder, but they find them lifted above all fear and filled with the Spirit, proclaiming with power the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth. They hear them declaring with boldness that the One so recently humiliated, derided, smitten by cruel hands, and crucified, is the Prince of life, now exalted to the right hand of God. (The Acts of the Apostles, p. 42)

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬

“But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.”

Strengthened by the endowment of the Holy Spirit, they went forth filled with zeal to extend the triumphs of the cross. The Spirit animated them and spoke through them. The peace of Christ shone from their faces. They had consecrated their lives to Him for service, and their very features bore evidence to the surrender they had made. (The Acts of the Apostles, p. 46)

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬-‭12‬

“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.””

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬-‭14‬

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.”

WHENEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT IS UNLEASHED THE BELIEVERS ARE UNLEASHED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITH BOLDNESS

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭29‬-‭31‬

“And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”

PRAYER POINTS

Pray for holy boldness to be who the Holy Spirit has called you to be!

Ask God the Father in the name of Jesus, who is “alive forevermore” (Rev. 1:18), to send the Holy Spirit to bless His Word.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to help us to speak the Word of God with holy boldness and the great love of God.