LFM 2019 May 5: Radical Surgery of my Christian Life – Cutting & Pruning.

LFM – Sunday 5 May 2019

Exodus 19

How to build a ministry God’s way

The judgment of God begins with His own household

From the story of Exodus, people of God being delivered from Egypt/ world…

Putting God first in everything
… dedicating the first and the best of my life
… what I put in God’s hands, He will protect and prosper.
Whatever issue I have, I put it to God first and not rely on my own understanding or the ways of the world/ flesh – ujanja wangu
… troubled child, spouse
… kupenda wanawake au wanaume sana – lust
… kupenda pesa au mali nyingi… one is prepared to kill, steal or destroy for wealth.
Especially for those in leadership, we are warned not to put the idols of wealth, power and women above the call of leadership. Solomon made the mistake of multiplying wives, wealth and chariots contrary to Deuteronomy 17:16-17

I need to go through the fire / discomfort of dealing with sin

I cannot do it on my own, need to surrender it to God

Kivyangu, nikumjaribu Mungu
Jeremiah 17:9-10
9. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure—who can understand it?
10. I, the LORD, search the heart; I test the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Radical surgery … for me personally, and for the ministry

Taken to theater so that the Lord can remove the cancer of sin from my life
John 15:2 – NLT
He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more

Hebrews 12

Is a good meditation on radical surgery
To endure as we fix our eyes on Jesus
The Lord disciplines those He loves and cares for
For when judgement comes, only those built with silver, gold and precious stones shall stand.

Prayer – Psalm 51