WHERE IS YOUR HEART? IF IT’S JUST ALL ABOUT YOU, WHAT YOU CAN GET OR HOW TO BUILD YOUR EGO, THAT’S THE WRONG MOTIVE.

GOSPEL CORNER

09/11/24

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Today’s Scripture
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:9–10, NIV

Build The Kingdom
Did you know that your destiny is tied to helping others? Your assignment is tied to building the kingdom. It’s not greedy to want to take your family to a new level. It’s not wrong to want to see your business blessed so you can support the kingdom in a greater way. The key is, Where is your heart? If it’s just all about you, what you can get or how to build your ego, that’s the wrong motive. But when your heart is to honor God with what He’s blessed you with, to bless your family and to be a bigger blessing to others, you can ask for big things and watch what God will do. It’s going to take bold prayers to do the awesome things God has called you to do. You haven’t seen, heard, or imagined what God has in store for you. How is this going to happen? By taking the limits off Him. Start praying big prayers, asking for big things, to make a difference in your community, to leave the world a better place.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that when I put You and Your kingdom first and am doing the right thing, You do awesome things through me. Thank You for Your promise that as I honor You, I am also fulfilling my purpose. Help me to live with the right motives and make a difference today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

SECTION TWO

To understand the grace of God, it is essential you understand the differences between the old covenant of law and the new covenant of grace. To help you accelerate your understanding of law and grace, I want to share with you one of my favorite scriptures. I have preached this verse around the world, from Hillsong Conference in Sydney, Australia, to Lakewood Church, in Houston, Texas.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.—John 1:17

The law was given through a servant. Grace and truth came through the Son. The law talks about what man ought to be. Grace reveals Who God is.

In the first miracle of Moses, he turned water into blood, resulting in death. In the first miracle of grace, Jesus turned water into wine, resulting in life and celebration. The letter (the law) kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Cor. 3:6).

Under the law, God demands righteousness from sinfully bankrupt man. But under grace, God provides righteousness as a gift. Now, which covenant would you like to be under? The answer is obvious!

The truth is, through the cross at Calvary, all who believe in Jesus and acknowledge Him as their Lord and Savior are under the new covenant of grace. Yet today many believers are still living in confusion, and get law and grace all mixed up by holding on to some aspects of the law and some aspects of grace in their Christian beliefs and walk.

Jesus said you cannot put new wine into old wineskins. The new wine will ferment and break the wineskins, and you will lose both (Matt. 9:17). In the same way, you cannot put the new wine of grace into the old wineskin of the law. One will cancel out the other (Rom. 11:6).

Under the law, God said, “I will by no means clear the guilty, but I will visit their sins to the third and fourth generations” (Exod. 34:7). But under grace, God says, “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Heb. 8:12).

There has been a change! Can you see with absolute high-definition clarity that there has been a radical change and it is all because of Jesus?

Choose to live wholly under the new covenant of grace today, where through Christ’s perfect finished work at the cross, you have God’s righteousness as a gift, and God’s own Spirit of life leading you to victory over areas of defeat.

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