Speaking Truth In Love
GET YOUR ATTITUDE RIGHT - LOVE PEOPLE
“Be kind to everyone you meet…they are all fighting a battle”
Prepare your Heart - Show Compassion
1 Corinthians 16:14 - “Let Love be your motive and your word bring life”
GET YOUR THINKING RIGHT - KNOW GOD’S WORD
“You don’t get angry with a blind man if he can’t describe the sunset”
Prepare your Minds - Become a Student
2 Timothy 2:15 – “Study to show yourself approved”
FOLLOW GOD’S LEAD - LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT
“The greatest adventure is to hear the voice of God and Obey”
Be Led by the Holy Spirit - Simply Obey
Galatians 5:25 – “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit”
FOLLOW THIS PLAN
- Be LOOKING Who has God put in your path today…Be Attentive
- Be LOVING Everyone needs a little kindness…Be Genuine
- Be LISTENING What is God telling you to say and do right now…Be Responsive
- Be LOUD Your words have the power to change someone’s life…Believe
- BE ON GUARD
- No EXCUSES Give God 10 Uncomfortable minutes…Remember the cross
- No REGRETS Don’t believe the Lies of the enemy
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
MATTHEW 28:19-20 – Jesus said, “I am with you always”
Notes:
- God wants children that are like Him.
- The best messenger to a 15 yr old is a 15 yr old.
- 4 stages of discipleship….idea; event; discipline; way of life
- Pass along to others what you are taught
- Jesus did what the Father shows him to do and tells him what to say. We are not the answer to everything.
- Don’t be human doings, be human beings.
- Tell people what Jesus said, not your opinion.
- Go to God with empty hands - we need to empty our hands so He can fill them.
- All ministry is local - where You Are (neighbors, co-workers, etc.)
- Hand write notes to people.