God Created You For

Success

The CARE Package

By Florence Bell

October 27, 2014

Principle of Excellence

• God’s plan for my life to bring Him glory!

• “Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him, and He will do it.” ~ Psalm 37:5

• “Lay aside every weight that slows us down and sin that trips us up….run with endurance the race God has set before us.” ~ Hebrews 12:1b-2a

• Recognize who God is – power, present, know

• “And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power…” ~ Rev. 15:8a

Care Enough to Give

Your Best

Commit to the Assignment

• There is a kingdom purpose for everything we do in alignment with God’s plan for our lives

• Mark of good character (Gal. 5:22-23)

• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Commit to the Assignment

• Failure to commit = commitment to failure

• Venue for escape (Matt. 6:13, 1 Cor. 10:13)

• The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure…Rescue us from the evil one.

Commit to the Assignment

• Choose to do it – make up your mind that you are going to do it

• Desire to do it – don’t be a fantasy-chaser or perpetrator

• Set the standard – stand firm in faith with the authority God gives you

• In the west, people will respect the name of the LORD; in the east, they will glorify him. For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the LORD. ~ Isaiah 59:19

Commit to the Assignment

• Extend grace and truth

• Grace gives benefit of the doubt, forgives quickly and builds up to be at peace with all

• …Put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other...Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. ~ Colossians 3:12-15

Commit to the Assignment

• Extend grace and truth• Truth reflects what’s in a person to manifest

outwardly and be imparted to others

• Speak the truth of God’s word and seek to discern to edify and instruct others ~ Proverbs 8:6-9

• A tree is known by its fruit

• “One says I have works & you have faith. Show me your faith without works and I’ll show you my faith by my works.” ~ James 2:17-18

Commit to the Assignment

• Establish and maintain balance

• Agile matrix of boundaries

• Know your limitations and resources available

• There is a time and season for everything

• For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

• Guard your heart.

• Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. ~ Proverbs 4:20-23

Commit to the Assignment

• Commit with understanding of the opportunities and risks before starting so that finishing is virtually guaranteed

• “I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.” ~ Philippians 3:13-14

Accept the Responsibility

• To / Of / For ___________

• Invest in yourself to yield fruit in abundance

• Hold yourself accountable to God’s will

• Make a mistake? Get up, dust yourself off and keep moving forward

• “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~ Galatians 2:20

Accept the Responsibility

• Apply the Triple A – acknowledge, apologize, action (move on)

• Press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling ~ Php. 3:14

• Put blinders on and run your own race

• “Be full of joy in the Lord. Be considerate in all you do. Remember the Lord is coming soon. Pray instead of worrying. God’s peace will guard your heart and mind as you live in Christ.” Php. 4:4-7

Accept the Responsibility

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Conversely, avoid being too sensitive and gullible.

• Regardless of the circumstance:

• “God’s word never returns void and He cannot lie, but must bear witness of Himself. If God said it, He will do it.” ~ Isaiah 55:11, Num. 23:19, Heb. 6:18

• Walk in humility and be courageous (Eccl 3:1)

Respect the Authority

• Of the Word

• “…astonished at the teaching, for His word possessed authority.” ~ Luke 4:32

• “because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word.” Mark 7:13

Respect the Authority

• Miriam-Webster’s definition – “ a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious and should be treated in an appropriate way.”

• Give respect (honor) to whom respect (honor) is due. ~ Romans 13:7

• Beware of those who display false sense of humility. Esteem others over self. ~ Php. 2;3

Respect the Authority

• Walk in in submission, but not in fear towards one another. (2 Timothy 1:7)

• For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God. ~ Eccl. 5:7

• Believe in God’s authority and the spiritual authority He placed inside of you.

• The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted. ~ Prov. 29:25

Embrace the Anointing

• Of the Holy Spirit• “The anointing you received….remain in

fellowship with Christ.” ~ 1 John 2:27

• “We have an Advocate who will teach us all things and remind us of the Word.” ~ John 14:26

• “ It is God who makes us stand firm in Christ. He anointed us.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:21

Embrace the Anointing

• The 3rd person of the trinity

• Humbly and thankfully accept the power that comes with it

• Walk in it to bring glory to God

• He wants to help us do the miraculous

• Bring healing, restoration, deliverance, loose from strongholds, beak yokes and set free from oppression. Plus fed, clothe and shelter. (Is. 58:6-8)

Embrace the Anointing

• Fast and pray – keep an open heart & mind

• Learn the voice of the Lord

• You will reap what you sow• “A time to embrace and a time to shun

embracing.” ~ Eccl. 3:5b

• Allow it to help you live empowered, fulfilling the plan of God, and experience abundant living in the kingdom.

Treasure the Experiences

• In Your Life

• React to your surroundings with a positive attitude

• “And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’…for when I am weak, then I am strong.” ~ 2 Cor. 12:9-10

Treasure the Experiences

• It’s all about God’s plan

• “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” ~ Rom. 8:28

Declare the Victory

• Of Your Success • You can do all things through Christ who

strengthens you. ~ Php. 4:13

• He traced our bloodline through Christ Jesus• “He is the image of the invisible God, the

firstborn of all creation….for all the fullness to dwell in Him, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach…” ~ Colossians 1:15-23

Declare the Victory

• We are inseparable from God’s love

• “Victory is ours through Christ who loved us. Neither death nor life, angels nor demons, fears for today nor worries for tomorrow, no powers in the sky above or the earth below, not even the powers of hell can separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ~ Romans 8:37-39

Expect the Best

• In all things for everyone born of God overcomes the world (1 John 5)

• He created us in His image – the majesty and splendor of His glory!

• “Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary. Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.” ~ Psalm 96:6, 104:1

Expect the Best

• Fix your thoughts on true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable – excellent and praiseworthy things (Php. 4:8)

Declaration

• CARE – React – Traced – Created Revisited

• When we CARE we REACT in love towards one another

• When God CREATED he TRACED our bloodline through his own because of his love for us.

God’s Lens

• Essence of divinity Genesis (alpha) to Revelation (trinity) = Omega (outcome)

• The first prophet and gave birth to the prophetic process through act of Creation

• In the beginning God “ra’ah” (saw) the light He created & declared it was good (Gene 1:4)

• Spoke our purpose into existence before conception (Jer `1:5, 29:11)

God’s Lens

• Sees us differently from how we see each other

• He discerns, perceives and envisions purpose for each our lives, both collectively and individually

• Worship Him, harvest fields, and prosper

• Walk out life plan using gifts, talents and skills

• The weak and the strong – Romans 14

Keys to Remember

• CARE – Make progress

• REACT – Success is relative at each step

• TRACE – Joint heir with Christ

• CREATED – Keep the faith & pursue excellence• “We can rejoice when we run into problems and trials

= patience = strength of character = hope of salvation = not ashamed. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.” Rom. 5:3-5

Activation & Declaration