August 3 & 4, 2024 – Pastor Reese Carlson
It is Not in Me
The highest level of success and resources do not contain the
Money is not an exchange for
“How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.” Proverbs 16:16
We don’t stop pouring
“As followers of Jesus, we do not let past pain cripple our God-given gift.”
When we are tempted to
“In the discipline of secrecy… we abstain from causing our good deeds and qualities to be known…”
Dallas Willard
“If it’s not God’s will you can’t force it. If it is God’s will you can’t stop it.”
Craig Groeschel
Practice:
1. Empty (confessing our need for God)
2. Receive (ask God to fill us with His Spirit)
“There must be an emptying before there can be a filling; and when the heart is turned upside down, and everything that is contrary to God is turned out, then the Spirit will come.”
D.L Moody
In receiving communion, we first confess our need for God, then we receive God Himself.