Ep. 122 - The Amazing Definition of Initiative, Part 3

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🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This is the final instalment of Ray Comfort’s devotional on Initiative. It is true that you can receive a word from God to step out in particular ways, such as when Ray and his family left New Zealand to come to the United States in 1989, but when it comes to sharing the gospel, we already have the command from God in the Great Commission. When you’re a Christian and you are filled with the desires of God and you want to see the lost saved, then you will pray and see the hand of God move agai...

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0:00.0	Pious Ray Comfort again looking at part three of a devotional entitled The Amazing Definition
0:11.2	of Initiative and what we looked at as the principle of Jesus said going to all the
0:15.7	world and preached the gospel to every creature.
0:19.7	That means you don't need to wait for Jesus to tell you to do something.
0:23.2	Is it already told you to do it?
0:25.6	The starting pistol has been fired.
0:28.1	We are to run the race.
0:29.5	We are to reach out to the lost with every ounce of energy we've got.
0:32.6	So I shared in the first part, part one and part two, some exploits that God allowed
0:36.8	me to be involved in where he proved himself wonderful in giving me my heart's desires.
0:42.1	We looked at other Bible verses to light yourself in the Lord, he'll give you the desires
0:45.4	of your heart.
0:46.7	And if you are truly crucified with Christ, if you're loving the Lord and you're sold
0:50.6	out to Him and you've said not my will, but yours be done, your desires will be the same
0:55.2	as God's desires.
0:56.2	And that means you can embark upon these exploits knowing that God will honor them and
1:00.1	we'll look at some of those exploits in Scripture, we've got honor them.
1:03.6	Matthew 14, verse 25, not going to read it, I'm going to give you a paraphrase, Jesus
1:09.6	was walking on water, Peter saw him walking on water, I'm going to share verse 28 with
1:14.0	you, verse 28, and Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it's you, bid me to come to you
1:20.8	on the water.
1:21.8	And Jesus said, come.
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