303 c true frreedom in christ

Marketplace facts: True freedom in ChristMarketplace facts: True freedom in Christ

MARKETPLACE FACTS

TRUE FEEDOM IN CHRISTModule 303 C

Mario Denton

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Overall purpose of this series on Marketplace

To understand and learn from various marketplace facts so that you can: • Be more effective and anointed wherever you are in the marketplace.

• Adapt and benchmark your marketplace practices and principles discussed in this series.

• Use these material to facilitate the work of evangelism.



True freedom in Christ• People outside of the Lord Jesus live in

bondage to ‘wanting to appear important.’• The true disciple of Christ seeks only to

please his Master. • All accomplishments are credited to Him

alone. Thus he has nothing to prove.• How tragic is the the businessman who is

driven to proving himself a star.



True freedom in Christ

• But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.

• No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(I Cor.15:10)



Question:

Still worried about what others think and who will get the

credit? Surrender it to Him.



True or false



Nothing to Lose:

• When you’ve relinquished everything to Christ, you have nothing to lose.

• Your reputation. Your future. Your health. Your resources. Your friendships. Your "stuff".

• People who have nothing to loose control nothing.



Nothing to Lose:

• The ultimate freedom is the relinquishment of all your possesses to the sovereign will of God

• Have no selfish agenda.



Question: Still grasping for control? Relinquish it.

• Peter said to him, We have left all we had to follow you!’ ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus said to them, ‘no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life.’ (Lk. 18:28-30) (See Lk. 9:23,24; 14:26-33)



Nothing to Hide:

• Your life is an open book; transparent and vulnerable, with no reputation to defend.

• You keep no double set of books



Nothing to Hide:

• Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Heb. 4:13) (See Gen. 3:6-11)

Question: Still retain some secret closets? Open them up.



Nothing to Gain:• Your single passion in life is the Glory of

God. Consequently, there is nothing to grasp; no ulterior motives and no hidden agenda.

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Gal. 6:14) (See Jer. 9:23,24; 1 Cor. 1:28-31)



Question: Still manipulating the

outcome? Release it to Him.



Prayer Focus• Father, In the name of Jesus, I

surrender myself to walk in the Word in the marketplace. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world.

• The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me.

• I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen



Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25

• “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

• Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do

what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

• But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)



Learning, application and commitment

• One of the principles that I have learned from this lesson was …

• I intend to apply this principle in my market place by: …..

• With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately.



Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!



Sources and acknowledgementCHRIST@ WORK NEWSLETTER

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Unauthorized use of FCCI, Christ@Work, Crown Companies, their trademarks or logos is strictly prohibited.

• The “Facts of the Matter” is also available through the Internet: www.factsofthematter.org. 2003 R. Dwight Hill.

• Slides compiled by Mario Denton. • Please commit yourself to inform us of the results regarding the

effectiveness thereof should you wish to use this material.



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Blessings from Dr Mario Denton as the Africa: Continental Program Director - Marketplace


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