Jun. 25, 2023

Jesus wants us to have an Abundant Life.

Abundant Life is living differently in the middle of problems and in the middle of the struggle and in the middle of difficulties.

Abundant life is enabled and energized by the way we respond to 3 specific gifts that Paul focuses on here.

1. God’s Will For You!

2. God’s Word To You! 

3. God's Work In You!

What’s God’s Will For Me In Jesus Christ?

-Be Joyful Always

-Pray Continually

-Give Thanks In All Circumstances

-Don’t Quench The Spirit

-Don’t Treat Prophecies With Contempt!

-Test Everything

-Avoid Every Kind Of Evil

There are 5 tests you can apply through the scriptures to see if this is of God.

1. The Scripture Test - Does It Agree With Scripture?

2. The Jesus Test

3. The Grace Test

4. The Character Test

5. The Edification Test - Does it Build Up God’s People

God is greater than Pain. God is greater than life and death. He has proven that In Jesus Christ.

“To worship is to quicken the conscious by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to unshackle the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God and to devote the will to the purpose of God.” -William Temple

Scripture References:

1 Thessalonians 5

John 10:10

Luke 3:16