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Intentionally Apostolic

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Intentionality

I am deeply, deeply thankful for Apostolic heritage.

Can I ask you a question?

"How can the average person you meet tell that you are Apostolic?"

Can they?

What is it about how you carry yourself, how you talk, act, the things you do that causes them to see that there is something different about you?

Wins Above Replacement

WAR - Wins Above Replacement

Used to determine how many runs a player will contribute to a team in a year compared to the average player (replacement).

They didn’t used to have this type of “metric” in sports.

But over time, and realizing that they are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a player that could go completely south, they have used this statistic to measure the overall worth of a player.

And in doing this, they are being very intensely intentional about their heavy investment.

“Let’s place a number on what all he can do, and then we’ll have an idea of the number he should be paid.”

Very attentive, very thoughtful, very intentional.

Intentionally Apostolic

Now I’m going to say this… if those executives will be so interested and intentional about where their investment is going and the value that is being gained… then maybe, perhaps… there is room to become more intentional in my walk!

They’ve got an investment of dollars that they are looking at to be intentional about… but I’m telling you that when God filled us up with His Spirit, there was an INVESTMENT that was made right then and there!

AND I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT.

I have always been intrigued by that phrase: “By the power vested in me...” It’s heard almost as a cliche, but what a deep phrase for it to be cliche to our ears!

In the setting of a wedding, as has happened millions and millions of times, it is almost in one ear and out another.

But let me tell you… you let somebody, in prayer, under the anointing of the Holy Ghost, speak, “BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME… BE HEALED!” Oh my!

You talk about anointing and authority!

Getting a Revelation of Who We Are

And the fact is, there has been an extraordinary amount of power vested in us!

The Calling

We have received a high calling!

Sounds like a pretty high calling!

There is none greater!

So: He who calls you, will sanctify you, or set you apart and declare you holy!

If you seek it, God will help you to begin walking worthy of the calling that you were called to!

The Walk

When Paul says that we should “walk worthy” he is meaning that our life should match the excellency of God’s calling!

“When you were born, God did not put a rattle in your hand.

He placed a sickle in your hand!”

- Pastor Phil LaRue

You were not created to merely work a 40+ hour work week!

You were not created to merely create more noise in this world!

There are millions of people who all they are doing is rattling!

I don’t want to rattle!

I want to harvest!!!

George

Ways I Can Be Intentional

The Blessing of Being Intentionally Apostolic

God provides!