AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN NEW PORT RICHEY PARISH PASTOR, JEREMIAH SMITH

AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN NEW PORT RICHEY PARISH PASTOR, JEREMIAH SMITH

PHILIPPIANS 3:17 NLT 17 DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, PATTERN YOUR LIVES AFTER MINE, AND LEARN FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE.

INTENTIONALLY CREATE THE PATTERNS OF YOUR LIFE TO PRACTICE THE PURPOSES OF GOD

THE THREE LEGGED STOOL PATTERN 1. INTENTIONAL TIME IN THE WORD

2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 NLT 16 ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD AND IS USEFUL TO TEACH US WHAT IS TRUE AND TO MAKE US REALIZE WHAT IS WRONG IN OUR LIVES. IT CORRECTS US WHEN WE ARE WRONG AND TEACHES US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. 17 GOD USES IT TO PREPARE AND EQUIP HIS PEOPLE TO DO EVERY GOOD WORK.

THE THREE LEGGED STOOL PATTERN 2. INTENTIONAL TIME IN PRAYER

EPHESIANS 6:18-20 18 PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES AND ON EVERY OCCASION. STAY ALERT AND BE PERSISTENT IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR ALL BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE. 19 AND PRAY FOR ME, TOO. ASK GOD TO GIVE ME THE RIGHT WORDS SO I CAN BOLDLY EXPLAIN GOD S MYSTERIOUS PLAN THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE. 20 I AM IN CHAINS NOW, STILL PREACHING THIS MESSAGE AS GOD S AMBASSADOR. SO PRAY THAT I WILL KEEP ON SPEAKING BOLDLY FOR HIM, AS I SHOULD.

THE THREE LEGGED STOOL PATTERN 3. INTENTIONAL TIME WITH THE CHURCH

EPHESIANS 4:11-13 NLT 11 NOW THESE ARE THE GIFTS CHRIST GAVE TO THE CHURCH: THE APOSTLES, THE PROPHETS, THE EVANGELISTS, AND THE PASTORS AND TEACHERS. 12 THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO EQUIP GOD S PEOPLE TO DO HIS WORK AND BUILD UP THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST. 13 THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE ALL COME TO SUCH UNITY IN OUR FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD S SON THAT WE WILL BE MATURE IN THE LORD, MEASURING UP TO THE FULL AND COMPLETE STANDARD OF CHRIST.

HEBREWS 10:24-25 NLT 24 LET US THINK OF WAYS TO MOTIVATE ONE ANOTHER TO ACTS OF LOVE AND GOOD WORKS. 25 AND LET US NOT NEGLECT OUR MEETING TOGETHER, AS SOME PEOPLE DO, BUT ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE DAY OF HIS RETURN IS DRAWING NEAR.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14 NLT 13 NO, DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I HAVE NOT ACHIEVED IT, BUT I FOCUS ON THIS ONE THING: FORGETTING THE PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT LIES AHEAD, 14 I PRESS ON TO REACH THE END OF THE RACE AND RECEIVE THE HEAVENLY PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD, THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, IS CALLING US.

INTENTIONALLY CREATE THE PATTERNS OF YOUR LIFE TO PRACTICE THE PURPOSES OF GOD

PHILIPPIANS 3:18-19 NLT 18 FOR I HAVE TOLD YOU OFTEN BEFORE, AND I SAY IT AGAIN WITH TEARS IN MY EYES, THAT THERE ARE MANY WHOSE CONDUCT SHOWS THEY ARE REALLY ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST. 19 THEY ARE HEADED FOR DESTRUCTION. THEIR GOD IS THEIR APPETITE, THEY BRAG ABOUT SHAMEFUL THINGS, AND THEY THINK ONLY ABOUT THIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH.

IDENTIFYING ENEMY ACTIONS IN OTHERS SHOULD LEAD US TO LOVE AND WEEP; NOT JUDGE AND CRITICIZE

THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE END: THOSE WHO SAY TO GOD, THY WILL BE DONE, AND THOSE TO WHOM GOD SAYS, IN THE END, THY WILL BE DONE. ALL THAT ARE IN HELL, CHOOSE IT. WITHOUT THAT SELF-CHOICE THERE COULD BE NO HELL. NO SOUL THAT SERIOUSLY AND CONSTANTLY DESIRES JOY WILL EVER MISS IT. THOSE WHO SEEK FIND. THOSE WHO KNOCK IT IS OPENED. C.S. LEWIS

REVELATION 3:15-21 NLT 15 I KNOW ALL THE THINGS YOU DO, THAT YOU ARE NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. I WISH THAT YOU WERE ONE OR THE OTHER! 16 BUT SINCE YOU ARE LIKE LUKEWARM WATER, NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, I WILL SPIT YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH! 17 YOU SAY, I AM RICH. I HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT. I DON T NEED A THING! AND YOU DON T REALIZE THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED AND MISERABLE AND POOR AND BLIND AND NAKED. 18 SO I ADVISE YOU TO BUY GOLD FROM ME GOLD THAT HAS BEEN PURIFIED BY FIRE. THEN YOU WILL BE RICH. ALSO BUY WHITE GARMENTS FROM ME SO YOU WILL NOT BE SHAMED BY YOUR NAKEDNESS, AND OINTMENT FOR YOUR EYES SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE. 19 I CORRECT AND DISCIPLINE EVERYONE I LOVE. SO BE DILIGENT AND TURN FROM YOUR INDIFFERENCE. 20 LOOK! I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. IF YOU HEAR MY VOICE AND OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN, AND WE WILL SHARE A MEAL TOGETHER AS FRIENDS. 21 THOSE WHO ARE VICTORIOUS WILL SIT WITH ME ON MY THRONE, JUST AS I WAS VICTORIOUS AND SAT WITH MY FATHER ON HIS THRONE.

COLOSSIANS 3:1-5A NLT 1 SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED TO NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR SIGHTS ON THE REALITIES OF HEAVEN, WHERE CHRIST SITS IN THE PLACE OF HONOR AT GOD S RIGHT HAND. 2 THINK ABOUT THE THINGS OF HEAVEN, NOT THE THINGS OF EARTH. 3 FOR YOU DIED TO THIS LIFE, AND YOUR REAL LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. 4 AND WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR LIFE, IS REVEALED TO THE WHOLE WORLD, YOU WILL SHARE IN ALL HIS GLORY. 5 SO PUT TO DEATH THE SINFUL, EARTHLY THINGS LURKING WITHIN YOU.

JOHN 13:34-35 ESV A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER: JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, YOU ALSO ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. BY THIS ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

IDENTIFYING ENEMY ACTIONS IN OTHERS SHOULD LEAD US TO LOVE AND WEEP; NOT JUDGE AND CRITICIZE

PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21 NLT 20 BUT WE ARE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN, WHERE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST LIVES. AND WE ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM TO RETURN AS OUR SAVIOR. 21 HE WILL TAKE OUR WEAK MORTAL BODIES AND CHANGE THEM INTO GLORIOUS BODIES LIKE HIS OWN, USING THE SAME POWER WITH WHICH HE WILL BRING EVERYTHING UNDER HIS CONTROL.

CITIZEN A NATIVE OR NATURALIZED MEMBER OF A STATE OR NATION WHO OWES ALLEGIANCE TO ITS GOVERNMENT AND IS ENTITLED TO ITS PROTECTION

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OF THIS WORLD TRYING TO GET TO HEAVEN; YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN MAKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THIS WORLD. VANCE HAVNER

LOYAL CITIZENS CAN T WAIT TO GET HOME!

AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN 1. CREATE THE PATTERNS OF YOUR LIFE TO PRACTICE THE PURPOSES OF GOD 2. IDENTIFYING ENEMY ACTIONS IN OTHERS SHOULD LEAD US TO LOVE AND WEEP; NOT JUDGE AND CRITICIZE 3. WE CAN T WAIT TO GET HOME!