Under the law?

• Romans 7
• Romans 8:3
• Galatians 3:21
• Hebrews 7:19

The Rock San Diego – 1/18/09 – Talent Potential

• When you are born into Christ, God gives you abilities and talents to overcome and defeat Satan
• You shall receive explosive power
• He’ll globalize your witness if you are obedient
• There is no power in your spoken word, unless it is of the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit expresses power through each person uniquely

1 – Be personally set free from spiritual bondage

• Repent – don’t be a slave to sin
• You are becoming more and more free every day
• Take your gift and use it for God’s glory 
• You are Heaven’s army – equipped with spiritual weapons
• Do your part as a part of the body of Christ

2 – Liberate other people

• If you’re not using your gifts to liberate other people, the devil has you very successfully distracted from your purpose

3 – Provide leadership over systems that protect spiritual liberation

• Don’t become like the Dead Sea – don’t hoard spiritual truth
• Get in the battle
• Rewards in Heaven are based on your faithfulness

The Rock San Diego – 1/11/09 – Time Potential

• God has given you time potential 
• Potential of time, talent and treasure
• Consider your potential not in worldly perspective, but from God’s perspective
• You will be judged based upon what you did with what God gave you
• You will be graded based on your personal potential (what God has given you)
• To whom much has been given, much is required
• Before you were born, God knew you, and He knew how He wanted to use your gifts and talents
• Chronos time = the duration of something
• Hairos time = a moment, an event
• In heaven, your chronos time and your hairos moments are the same…
  • He sees it all now
  • A thousand years is one day and one day is a thousand years

1. Because in heaven chronos and hairos times are established, we can plan accurately

• Reclaim the power of your time!
• If you can get in touch with God, He can give you your future
• There are some things that you have never seen and never heard that God wants to reveal to you now
• Ask God to show you yourself
• The Holy Spirit is there to assist you in making the right decision
• Let God guide your decisions.  If you don’t get an answer, keep asking and obeying.
• If you’re not good at something, maybe you’re not supposed to be good at it

2 – Because in heaven chronos and hairos are combined, our time can be accelerated

• Joes 2:25 – I will restore what the locusts have eaten in your life
• God can catch you up – relationships restored, physical restoration

3 – Because in heaven chronos and hairos are "now" in the eyes of God, chronos time can be converted to hairos time

• Your life can be one special moment 
• Your whole day – each second – is a hairos opportunity
• You can create hairos opportunities
  • Pray, thank someone, tell someone they are a blessing
• Acts 17: 24-38

4 – Because in heaven chronos and hairos are protected, we can be confident that we can finish what God has established us to do

• There is specific work that God will appoint only to you
• As long as you’re obedient, no one can take God’s appointment for you
• Follow the crumbs and you’ll get there
• Even "bad" moments can become hairos moments
  • Praise God for each moment and look for the opportunity to learn
• Find your ‘sweet spot’ where you can’t wait to wake up in the morning

5 – Because in heaven chronos and hairos are final, it is time for urgency

• Jesus Christ is coming back and you will be judged
• We are diamonds – we have no light in ourselves – our job is to reflect God’s glory back to Him
• He doesn’t want your power, He doesn’t want your ideas… He wants His 
• MAKE EVERY MOMENT A HAIROS MOMENT
• You needed saving because who you were was not good enough
• Satan will give you every reason that exists to continue to float through life

• At the beginning of each week, make a list of things you will do / accomplish in the coming week.

SeaCoast Grace service – God is…

• God is in control
• God will provide
• God has purpose in each life
• God has a plan for you (will you allow it?)
• God is listening and hears you
• Our natural inclination is to hide from God
  • I’ll handle this on my own
  • What if God wasn’t a last resort?
• It’s less important how you pray than that you pray
  • God reads your heart
• Pray with sincerity – like a child to a father
• Pray with confidence
  • Remember who you’re talking to – Almighty God
• You are invited to prayer through grace – and receive grace because He loves you
• Change doesn’t come from self-examination, it comes from focus on god examination
• It’s not a matter of perspective, it’s a matter of trust (in God)
• We know what God’s intentions are – "All things together for good"
• If God said you could pray for one thing what would it be for you?
• When we pray, we must ask for His perspective
• Don’t depend on stuff (money, world), depend on God
• Listen in prayer, and receive His answers
• Asking in prayer is like lifting / releasing the outcomes to God

Unprofitable Servants

Luke 17:10 – Do not take any pride whatsoever in obeying God, but say "We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do."

Proud Daddy

[My middle daughter] was the only student in her preschool class today that was able to identify all of her letters, both upper and lower case!

Clothing line idea

Justified – "I shouldn’t need this shirt to tell you I’m Christian"

Asking for Protection from Myself

Pastor Doyle spoke about leaving unholy things behind us today in service.  Then tonight, I got upset with [my middle daughter], and [my wife] mad a comment about a face I make when I get really upset.  I realize that my anger often becomes rage far too quickly and easily.

I choose to ‘leave behind’ my anger.  

SeaCoast Grace service

• Holy is a critical word – what is Holy?
• How is holy different that pure?
• 1 Peter 1:13-16
• There ought to be increasing evidence of Christ in your life
• To make the most out of life, be holy
• Holiness is internal, not external
• Is ‘holy’ even comprehensible?
• Moral integrity, absolute perfection, pure ~ holy
• Without a fresh glimpse of God, the people will self-destruct
• Worship is about keeping God in His place in our hearts – Holy and worthy of fear / reverence
• We are called to be holy
• God is inviting us to live the life He intended
• Need to delete unholiness from our lives from time to time (frequency will come from your level of focus)
• Protect yourself (with God’s help) from allowing unholiness to enter your life
• As you move toward holiness, it requires you to leave things behind (people, ideas, habits, attitudes, hurts, unforgiveness, unbelief, control)
• All we are truly capable of as Christians is being obedient – let Him be in charge
• Sanctification
• Christianity is a journey toward holiness, dropping off unholiness along the way
• Glimpse His holiness by studying His word
• Write letters to God
• Conform to God’s will and Christ’s likeness
• Put everything on the table and invite God to decide whether each "thing" is holy and / or leading to your holiness
• Not inviting Him to "inspect" is like hiding from Him
• Lord, show me what needs to be left behind

General Notes

• I need to understand that all security is false, other than the security in Jesus Christ.  Even with a job, there’s only provision through God’s blessing.  Imagine not having a job, and being totally dependent on God for provision, not knowing how or where it would come from.  That sense, that need for trust, that dependence is real, with or without a job.  When you let go of dependence on a job and trust in God’s provision, it opens up a new realm of blessings.
• Last night I told Jesus that I felt like our relationship was slipping and I wanted to be closer and better know His love and who He is.  But I also prayed that I would remain devoted no matter what.  Later, I woke up crying in joy from a dream I had where I got the impression that [my wife]had come to Christ.