Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of embodying the teachings of Jesus through personal experiences and community engagement.
John Wimber's quote speaks to the calling of Christians to actively participate in the ministry as exemplified by Jesus Christ, blending theological understanding with practical, Spirit-led action. It highlights the journey from personal struggles to fulfilling a larger mission of making and nurturing disciples, suggesting that a balance of sound doctrine and passionate practice is essential for effective ministry.
In practice
In a church sermon discussing the importance of practical ministry.
Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps our energy as well as our love for God and other people...Like Jesus and Paul, we can learn to be content with what we have, living modestly in order that we may give liberally to the work of the kingdom and to meet the needs of others.
Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.
It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.
We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual cosmetics to make myself presentable to Him. I can accept ownership of my poverty and powerlessness and neediness.
Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.
Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.
Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life.
Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish, silly, and sometimes sinful notions. Prayer means that I am to be raised up into feeling, into union and design with him; that I am to enter into his counsel and carry out his purpose fully.
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