[July 16. 2008] HE CHOSE ME
- pastor Dennis Leonard (Heritage christian Center in Denver, Colorado, the US)
John 15:15-18
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but i have called you freinds, for all things that i herard from My Fother i have made known to you. You did njot choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that youshould go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. These things I command you,that you love one another. "If the world hates you, you knowthat it hated Me before it hated you."
1. As aBeliever, God has placed an assignment on your life that only you can fulfill.
a. Whatever talent you need to complete an assignment, God has already given that talent to you.
b. His gifts and callings are irrevocable.
2. God nevercalled you to be perfect, but He does expect you to trust Him.
a. He has empowered you toaccomplish His will.
b. There will be difficult times that come your way, but God wants you to have the right attitude.
c. The enemy cannot stop a Christian that believes the Word and is washed in the Blood of Jesus.
3. Genesis 1:27 says that you were created in the image of God.
a. You are a chosen generation,aroyal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people... 1 peter 2:9
b. You are of God, little children,and have overcome them, because Hewho is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
4. The easiest way to fail in this life is totry and please everyone around you.
a. God did not call you to be a people pleaser; He called you to be a God pleaser.
b. You can't allow people's opinions to dictate how you live.
5. "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world..." Ephesians 1:4
a. God made you to be the best person you could be.
b. You don't have to be jealous of anyone else, because you've been chosen by God.
c. You don't have to be intimidated, because you've been shoesn by God.
6. When God chooses you for a job, you can do things that nobody else can do.
a. The reason you can tolerate certain things is because you've been chosen by God.
b. The reason you canlive in your difficult situation is because you were chosen by God.
c. The only reason you can tolerate the way people talk about you is because you've been chosen by God..
7. God demonstrates His own love toward us, in thatwhile we were stil sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
a. Teh bible says, "For God so lovedthe world thatHe gave His only begotten Son, that whoeverbelievers in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16
8. God has inscribed you onthe palms of His hands. (Isaiah 49:16)
a. He is holding back the hand of the enemy and watching over you.
b. He wants youtotrust inthe Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)
9. The enemy has a plan to bring you down and try to destroy you. (John 10:10)
a. You may feel pressed in on every side, but the enemy cannot destroy you because you've been chosen by God.
b. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD. Psaln 37:23
10. When God is working in your life, He willlet you go through some things in order to find out what you will do.
a. God wants to know if you will praise Him in the middle of your storms.
b. He wants to know if you'll keep on tithing, when wverything is at its worst.
c. He wants to know ig you will keep coming tochurch,even though you may have been betrayed.
11. Your attitude is everything, especially whenyou aregoing through trouble.
a. God wants you to have the right attitude, and praiseHimno matter what comes into your life.
b. If you lose your house and you have the right attitude,you will trust God for a better house.
c. If you have the right attitude, you will confess that youare more thana conqueror through Christ Jesus who loves you. (Romans 8:37)
12. The Bible says, "...Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!"
a. And all these Blessings shall come upon youand overtake you,because you obey blessed shall you be when yougoout...Blessen shallyou be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. Deuteronomy 28:2-6
b. Your are the head, and not the tail; you are above and not beneath.
13. The enemy can't stop you because you have been chosen by God.
a. The Word says, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgement You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of theLORD, And thier rightousness is from Me," Says the LORD. Isaiah 54:17
b. "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways." Deuteronomy 28:7
c. When the Lord has called you to do something for Him, nobody can stop you.
14. It's time to prophesy and say, "I am victorious and chosen by God."
