Part 3 – We need to hear the Word of the Lord in our life and repent. The book of Proverbs says it’s the little foxes that spoil the vine — pride, arrogance, self-reliance, gossip, lust, loose language, or whatever it may be. When we walk in that broken and contrite place, God’s Word will not only come to us, but it will come through us. We, then, will be able to preach and minister in profound and powerful ways. The Word of God will be a living sword out of our mouth because it has worked first its work in our heart. Where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.

Part 2 – Are you suffering because of righteousness sake or suffering because of sin? Jonah was in trouble and called out to God. Even though waves crashed over him and he found himself in wickedness, he knew Yahweh was listening. Jonah’s heart had become repentant; he could see the desire of his heart and that it was truly desperate for God. Is your life totally collapsed? Remember Yahweh.

We can get so entrenched in religion and become so convinced that our own way is right that when God sends something supernatural our way we can't see or understand what He is using to correct us. Whom the Lord loves He chastens so that we may be a partaker of His holiness. If we are often reproved and ignore correction we will deviate from the power and plan of Jesus Christ. God forbid that we get to the point where we think we have arrived and that we settle into thinking there is no more we can do to serve God.

The concept of the mission of God is so important. He is on a mission to take His nature, character, and essence and form it into that which is visible. If we limit the mission of God in our own life we’ll short change our own blessing. We are called to be a blessing and bless others. As a whole, as a church, what is our mission? We have to look at the mission of Jesus. He said, "I am about my Father’s business." When others look at the church and ask what we are up to, we want to be able to say we are about our Father’s business.

Have you found the treasure of God yet? Every one of us has the capacity to cause angels to shout. The heart of God hears the one voice amidst all the noise in the world. The treasure is the heart of God for individual people. We must begin to see the value of a soul through the eyes of a loving God. Jesus lights a candle in the earth and that candle is His church filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit in pursuit for that one soul. When we find that one soul the angels begin to rejoice. You can cause the angels to shout when one soul repents.

We are living in a season of end-time lawlessness and rebellion against all that is of God. In these times God will always have a people whose lives are an expression of His kindness. Kindness is not an occasional word or deed; it is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. God Himself comes down with the pen of His character and begins to write the law of kindness in our heart. Our part is to yield our lives as a living sacrifice and agree with God that His ways are right and to yield our heart to the writing of a new law.

Part 1 – How far down do we go when we are moving in rebellion towards God? Do we let our self get pulled down by not submitting all that we are to God? Do we get angry when God allows a storm in our life?

The Holy Spirit has called us all to be a part of the gospel community. Community is much more than Bible studies and pot luck dinners; it’s more than just socializing, and more than self-help clubs. Community is a group of people who build their lives around hearing the Word of God, and knowing what the gospel speaks to us (Luke 8:19). True community is only born through the gospel. Without the truth the gospel community is worthless and powerless. Jesus intended it to be where people love one another, live out the truth, and reach out to the lost.