"Rekindle The Gift Of God In You" (2)

How You Rekindle Your God- given Gift?

Last week Prophet Gabriel give us one of the key ingredient to re-activation of your gift. “PRAYER”

He said God can do nothing unless someone prays. As the body needs food and water daily so your spirit need spiritual food, the word of God and prayer.

PERSEVERANCE

To rekindle or rediscover our gifts as individuals and as a congregation, we must be determine to persistently hold-on to the truth of the word of God. Remember our heritage- Methodist moment- John Wesley - fill with the Holy Spirit- passion for the God and the poor of this time.

Family background- maybe you didn't grow up in a family like Timothy, with a Mother and grandmother who laid the foundation of faith in you, but I believe by the grace of God someone was instrumental in your life who laid that foundation of faith in Christ.

For it the desire of God that none should pariah But All should come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Persistent Wrestler -(Jacob Wrestles with God)

In Gen. 32:22-31 Jacob was determine and persistent by faith:

-that the opponent in this wrestling match was not an ordinary man.

-This person had what Jacob needed “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Persistent Widow

In the gospel reading Luke18:1-8 A widow also wrestles with the powerful, ungodly, unrighteous judge persevering to received Justice.

Jesus asked the question: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” - We don’t know when the time and date but with all the world is going through, will Christ find you faith if He came today?

-Persistent in the Word of God

- In prayer, In doing good, In service to the Church of God, and In giving to the needed